apps Blurmatic makes screenshots with a depth-of-field effect Rob Beschizza

generative art Weave Silk is a relaxing website to play around on when I'm feeling stressed Popkin

slavery As Nottoway "Plantation & Resort" burns, it's a great time to remind you that plantation weddings are wrong, period Jennifer Sandlin

1st Year = 31st Dog Year'ish Dog Years is to Human Years as 7 is to 1 = Wrong Andrew Yi

racism Battle of the victims: how Asian hate and the housing crisis collide in the city Maddie Lee

AI List of "This x Does Not Exist" sites Rob Beschizza

Boing Boing Gadgets Set yourself up with big savings on 25 different app and software bundles this July 4th Boing Boing's Shop

movies On Raiders of the Lost Ark's 40th anniversary, archaeologists dispel the movie's myths about their field David Pescovitz

Boing Boing Gadgets Here are 39 of the best July 4th deals to help keep some money in your wallet Boing Boing's Shop

eff In serving big company interests, copyright is in crisis Cory Doctorow

uk The Chinafication of the internet continues as the UK proposes blocking any service that hosts "illegal" or "harmful" material Cory Doctorow

music Website serves endless stream of "epic" music Rob Beschizza

novels Ultra-coordinated motherfuckery Marcus Sakey

copyright Stop the Music Charles Duan

gamergate That time the Internet sent a SWAT team to my mom's house Caroline Sinders

fiction The Man Who Sold The Moon Cory Doctorow

books Jo Walton's "My Real Children" [book excerpt] Boing Boing

Entertainment The rebirth of Omni—and its vibe Glenn Fleishman

Science Dinner's Revenge: mealworms that survive in the stomach, then eat their way out of predators Mary Roach