sculpture This cool new arts residency wants to transform interstellar space waste into sculpture art Thom Dunn

scams How psychics and tarot readers use software to fight online scams Thom Dunn

filmmaking OpenAI's generative video software is more tedious than actual filmmaking Thom Dunn

art The Prison Creative Arts Project showcases paintings, sculptures and drawings by the incarcerated Elías Villoro

books "When you make a space safe for Black women, it's safe for everyone." Elías Villoro

psychology RIP Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, author of "Flow" (1934-2021) Mark Frauenfelder

amazon The tale of the fake DUNE audiobook scam Thom Dunn

Boing Boing Gadgets Learn something new this summer with two dozen e-learning deals, each just $20 Boing Boing's Shop

Comics The wild story of a new comic book publisher con artist who bought up popular 90s comics IP Thom Dunn

Boing Boing Gadgets This $40 app splits songs into instrumentals and vocal tracks like music magic Boing Boing's Shop

noads The man who destroyed skepticism Mitch Horowitz

music The Library of Congress is launching an open-source archive of hip-hop samples dating back more than a century Thom Dunn

google Indigenous elder on Sidewalk Labs's Toronto consultation: "like being given blankets and gun powder and whisky to trade for our participation" Cory Doctorow

Technology What does it mean to be human in an age of machines? Institute for the Future

books On the strengths of fiction done as near-history Guy Gavriel Kay

art The story of Traceroute, about a Leitnerd's quest Thomas Kaestle

genii Magic Castle co-founder Irene Larsen, 1936-2016 Jason Weisberger

Business The changing world of webcomics business models Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Come see Cory at Santa Monica's Diesel Books on Thursday Cory Doctorow