words Is "Goblin Mode" really the Word of the Year, or are we being gaslighted? Thom Dunn

NSFW How the Tom Ford fragrance "Fucking Fabulous" was named Rusty Blazenhoff

books This little book of Nasty Words For People is surprisingly delightful Thom Dunn

COVID-19 "Pandemic" is the Dictionary.com word of the year. Thom Dunn

spooks The racist history of the word "spook." Thom Dunn

Business America's worst patent judge gets a scorching language lesson from the appeals court Cory Doctorow

pop music Ex-Ticketmaster CEO blames vinyl album lengths on TikTok Thom Dunn

rpgs EAT THE REICH is a new RPG where vampires get to suck Nazi blood Thom Dunn

donald trump Hillary nails Trump's "rigged game" pathological mindset in 2016 debate clip Mark Frauenfelder

activism Read about the activists who helped bring down bleach-peddling, wellness-grifting Grenon family Jennifer Sandlin

bananas From capitalism to banana-less society: the bizarre vision of socialists exposed! Thom Dunn

cover songs Fall Out Boy re-wrote "We Didn't Start the Fire" for 1989-2023 Thom Dunn

racism When US law discriminates differently against Black Native Americans Thom Dunn

creativity "Steal Like An Artist" author Austin Kleon's excellent message for graduates David Pescovitz

Boing Boing Gadgets This writing app is a great tool for novelists, lawyers, screenwriters, academics, and more Boing Boing's Shop

documentary Classic skateboarding film The Devil's Toy captures the spirit of the sport in Montreal in the 1960s Jennifer Sandlin

music Joan Baez, 82, talks about drawing, panic attacks, and America's backward spiral David Pescovitz

los angeles LA driver's karmic crusade: one brake light rescue at a time Lee Keeler

conspirituality How Tik Tok amplifies the consumerist fever dream of conspirituality Jennifer Sandlin

AI Noam Chomsky explains the difference between ChatGPT and "True Intelligence" Thom Dunn