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The American Bystander's Viral Load

By Michael Gerber

Funny writing from The American Bystander, "the world's best print humor magazine."

NextDraft

By Dave Pell

The day's most fascinating news from the Internet's Managing Editor

The Internet's managing editor is insightful, incisive, and the punniest person we know!

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Danny Hellman Illustration

Beloved illustrator Danny Hellman has been making art for a wide variety of publications since 1988.

Danny created many excellent illustrations when bOING bOING was a mere zineling many moons ago.

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It is Happening

By It Is Happening

Surviving tyranny

Surviving tyranny and fighting fascism

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The Art of Noticing

By Rob Walker Art of Noticing

Ideas, inspiration, and provocations for creativity, work, and staying human. From author Rob Walker.

Rob Walker's fantastic newsletter about making everyday life more rewarding by appreciating the ordinary.

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Book Freak

By Mark Frauenfelder

The most useful ideas from one great nonfiction book, every week. Takes three minutes to read.

Wonkette

By Rebecca Schoenkopf

Wonkette is filthy, hilarious, liberal news. YOU CAN HANDLE THE TRUTH!

We love Wonkette! It keeps getting better and so cool that they moved to Substack.

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The Tom the Dancing Bug Review

By Ruben Bolling

The weekly comic strip Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling - Two-time Pulitzer Prize Finalist, Herblock Prize, RFK Journalism Award, Berryman Award, NCS Awards, #1 Dad Mug Owner, Top 76 Theme Park Influencer, Olympic Hopeful

The best living political cartoonist — 'nuff said!

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Rusty’s Electric Dreams ⚡

By Rusty Blazenhoff

An inbox zine for positive deviants + the people who ❤️ them.

Frequent Boing Boing contributor Rusty Blazenhoff's fantastic newsletters of whimsy and wonder

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Recomendo

By Cool Tools Lab

6 brief personal recommendations of cool stuff.

Shoddy Goods, from meh.com, by Jason Toon

By Meh

A newsletter from meh.com, by Jason Toon, about the stories behind the stuff people make, buy, and sell

Burning Shore

By Erik Davis

Consciousness Culture from a California perspective

Dr. Erik Davis connects the dots between techgnosis, the cultures of consciousness, and high weirdness of all sorts.

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Inconspicuous Consumption

By Paul Lukas

Big Enthusiasm for Small Details

Beer Frame was one of our favorite zines in the 1990s, and now Paul Lukas is back and better than ever!

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The Microdose

An independent journalism newsletter supported by the U.C. Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics

Grounded and fascinating reportage from the psychedelic renaissance.

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