fashion Sneakers made from Amsterdammers' used bubble-gum Cory Doctorow

Japan What is the deal with Japan's smile merchants? Matt Alt

Your childhood's calling, and it wants you to play all of your favorite retro games on this TV console Boing Boing's Shop

rap Listen to Kenny Mason fuse 90s alternative with hip-hop Devin Nealy

Food These food ingredients make your mouth feel numb, shocked, or buzzed with a vibrator Mark Frauenfelder

Boing Boing Gadgets How television saved my family's relationship with our dog Boing Boing's Shop

canada 'Uniquely Canadian turn of events' leaves Tumbler Ridge, B.C. without internet Jess Sabine

writing I've been writing a book for 25 years Séamus Bellamy

drugs Today is the 50th anniversary of Dock Ellis's legendary baseball no-hitter on LSD Thom Dunn

drugs A sober look at kratom, a psychoactive plant that has many claimed benefits, and has also inspired a moral panic Cory Doctorow

Funny Squirrel wrecks couple's home while away on holiday and insurance won't pay Xeni Jardin

Science A 1953 colloquium pondered the question "Did Man Once Live By Beer Alone?" Clive Thompson

politics Michael Cohen's mobile phone data shows he was in Prague around time of Trump Russia meeting Xeni Jardin

psychedelic A handful of psychedelic "Atlantis" mushrooms in Amsterdam Jason Weisberger

toddlers A 2-year-old shreds his parents $1,060 savings in paper shredder Carla Sinclair

News California's Delta Fire: 15,294+ acres scorched in 24 hours, 'human involvement' blamed Xeni Jardin

Reviews This device lets me work in mosquito-free bliss Séamus Bellamy

animals I was lucky to have a friend like Lu Jason Weisberger

San Francisco Bay Area Artist secretly shares 'Meals For Thieves' Rusty Blazenhoff

internet of things A juicer that won't make juice unless the produce is marked with special code [Updated] Mark Frauenfelder