germany Patti Smith stops to calm down crowd: "Just be cool, get cool" (1979) Rusty Blazenhoff

Boing Boing Gadgets Imagine never seeing a website hosting renewal email again after paying $149.99 once Boing Boing's Shop

Technology What happens when the machine keeping you alive dies on vacation Ellsworth Toohey

Science The chemistry behind Garden Grove's runaway chemical tank Ellsworth Toohey

poetry This poem perfectly captures AI-induced rage Jennifer Sandlin

erased by racism Jack Daniel's sold a preacher story and buried the enslaved distiller Jason Weisberger

cute Don't worry, good things happened this month too Grant St. Clair

adorable animals Eastern black rhino Zuri cools off with a hose — and it's adorable Jennifer Sandlin

A coder fed 20 years of his messages to AI to audit his friendships Ellsworth Toohey

Science Vivianite may be the most goth crystal on Earth with its eerie glow and graveyard origins Popkin

youtube The saga of the weirdest theme park in the Midwest via Defunctland Grant St. Clair

animals Albino softshell turtle looks like a real-life Pokémon Popkin

ice cream Ice-cream-obsessed senior dog proves that the sweet treat is the key to longevity! Jennifer Sandlin

History Shag carpet around the toilet — the 1970s were something else Popkin

Games The Steam Controller doesn't just scream. It sings, too Grant St. Clair

books Cory Doctorow's "Reverse Centaur" book — why AI is hell on workers Mark Frauenfelder

animals Man lovingly rocks his pet baby donkey in wholesome video Popkin

dogs Entering a cat in a dog show Grant St. Clair

UFOs JD Vance believes demons responsible for UFOs Séamus Bellamy

movies This fan edit corrects the continuty problems of a Star Wars favorite Séamus Bellamy