prison Watch a video of my prison and opioids play "Streets Like This," performed by actors who have all dealt with incarceration Thom Dunn

books Lumpen: the politically infused funk music band of the Black Panther Party Elías Villoro

music Swell Season, from the lovely film Once, reuniting for US tour (video) David Pescovitz

london Young woman transforms from 'nice girl' to punk to test tolerance in 1983 BBC clip Rusty Blazenhoff

immigration The incredibly charming story of Dublin's Chinese street names Thom Dunn

fish Investigations begin into Berlin aquarium failure; some fish survived Jennifer Sandlin

accidents Watch: Daring Instagram skater shows off skills in London streets — until a car door gets in the way Carla Sinclair

travel The Airbnb-ification of Tenochtitlán, Mexico City Elías Villoro

doing it wrong Los Angeles clears homeless encampments ahead of mayoral inauguration Jason Weisberger

tabletop gaming Tabletop gamer's gift guide for 2022 Gareth Branwyn

Boing Boing Gadgets Early Black Friday drops are here — save 66% off these noise-canceling earbuds Boing Boing's Shop

art installations gone awry Watch: Gigantic balls (think The Prisoner) run amok on the streets of London Carla Sinclair

music Watching Patrick Dexter play cello outside is a balm for my troubled soul Jennifer Sandlin

star trek Harlan Ellison auction includes the world's most (in)famous "Star Trek" photo Mark Frauenfelder

music Real de Catorce performs the blues en Español Elías Villoro

trump The Trump Store in Tombstone, Arizona Jennifer Sandlin

video games Looking back at 25 years of the Goldeneye video game for Nintendo 64 Thom Dunn

san francisco Merchants in San Francisco neighborhood threaten to stop paying taxes and fees if homelessness is not addressed Mark Frauenfelder

rip RIP: 90210's revered Joe E. Tata Jason Weisberger

Las Vegas destroys a tiny home community Jason Weisberger