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

MAD magazine artists reveal how anti-Semitism shaped American comics (video) Mark Frauenfelder

Brian Eno This deck of cards helps me with writer's block Séamus Bellamy

politics ICE Barbie and Duck Dynasty jerk want immigrants to compete for basic human rights Grant St. Clair

ebook After 11 years, I upgraded my Kindle e-reader, again Jason Weisberger

News 4chan hacked, obliterated and unlikely to be back soon Grant St. Clair

book reviews Review: Chapel Perilous: The Life and Thought Crimes of Robert Anton Wilson Gareth Branwyn

Spoken Word with Electronics How to spout gibberish with a phoneme generator Ethan Persoff

Boing Boing Gadgets Review: The reMarkable Paper Pro is my favorite tablet Séamus Bellamy

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music "The Ballad of Toshi" – On women gazing at men in biopics Ruben Bolling

History "Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States" in graphic novel form Thom Dunn

websites Fan wikis wanting to escape the Fandom/Wikia sinkhole have a new ally Rob Beschizza

Boing Boing Gadgets Find leads, close deals, skip the headaches—get AroundDeal for $49.99 Boing Boing's Shop

Comics "The Golem of Venice Beach Vol. 2" boasts an all-star artist lineup Thom Dunn