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Tom the Dancing Bug Another Calvinesque and Hobbesian look at Donald Trump and his imaginary friends
Ruben Bolling

flights These standing airplane "seats" may be tomorrow's economy class
David Pescovitz

creepy people Annoyed pregnant woman purposely trips little boy and gives him a concussion
Carla Sinclair

fake news Trump’s Fixer, Killer Clintons, and What Comey Didn’t Reveal, in this week’s fact-challenged tabloids
Peter Sheridan

FROM THE BOING BOING STORE

This versatile telescope lets you observe both Earth and sky

banned Items banned by the Eurovision Song Contest
Rob Beschizza

ice ice baby Somehow I never saw 1991's "Cool As Ice"
Jason Weisberger

music gear Moby auctioning music gear to benefit animal rights group
David Pescovitz

the handmaid's tale The Handmaid's Tale Season 2 starts tonight and it looks amazing. Here's the trailer
Carla Sinclair

keys Security researchers demonstrate inexpensive one-minute method to clone master hotel key cards
David Pescovitz

useful things 3-quart Instant Pot on sale today for $56
Mark Frauenfelder

don't shoot Step-by-step analysis of what police "de-escalation" looks like
Clive Thompson

Just you wait Just you wait: This Hamilton parody follows 'Weird Al' Yankovic's life
Rusty Blazenhoff

the kraken wakes Rescued octopus comes back a day later to chill with its rescuers
Clive Thompson

comets Look at this comet's terrifically chaotic surface
David Pescovitz

Ripoffs Art on Old Navy designs looks exactly like illustrator's work
Mark Frauenfelder

synthetic biology The case for storing digital data in DNA
David Pescovitz

optical illusions Why you might see flying boats
David Pescovitz

japanese Interview with host of JapanesePod101
Mark Frauenfelder

specialty lubricants I just wanted to maintain my bicycle
Jason Weisberger

reduce reuse recycle Apple robot that disassembles iPhones
Clive Thompson

shithole presidency Sarah Huckabee Sanders: “At some points Democrats have to decide whether they love this country more than they hate this president.”
Mark Frauenfelder

trump's regressive drug policy Public ignorance about “drunk/drugged up losers” is expensive and deadly
Maureen Herman

augusto pinochet Incentives matter: the Mr Market LOOOOOVES death squads
Cory Doctorow

deepfakes An algorithm for detecting face-swaps in videos
Clive Thompson

open locks whoever knocks In 60 seconds, security researchers can clone the master hotel-room keys for 140,000 hotels in 160 countries
Cory Doctorow

$15/hour Bernie Sanders' New Deal: ending involuntary unemployment with guaranteed $15/hour infrastructure jobs
Cory Doctorow

Balancing bottles Watch this balancing artist stack bottles inside a shaky frame
Rusty Blazenhoff

futility closet In 1975 a woman set out alone to lead four camels across the deserts of western Australia
Futility Closet

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