photography Calder Wilson attached fireworks to his drone. Result: remarkable Andrea James

Boing Boing Gadgets Do you always forget to toggle your Mac's security settings? Pareto does it for you. Boing Boing's Shop

art A short film about the mobiles of artist Alexander Calder Popkin

Alexander Calder A film about artist Alexander Calder's amazing miniature circus from 1931 Popkin

mysteries Mysterious "Halifax Hum" driving villagers nuts for a year David Pescovitz

video Watch first-person video from a drone flying directly into the fiery cauldron of Iceland's erupting volcano David Pescovitz

california Where unsold items end up after Oakland's huge White Elephant Sale Rusty Blazenhoff

Food New study shows that everything about restaurants during COVID is awful, but especially the customers Thom Dunn

obituaries Alan Rath, pioneering tech artist, dead at 60 Gareth Branwyn

donald trump Why won't the big news outlets call Trump's racist tweets racist? Xeni Jardin

Science New York's rat population has genetically diverged into "uptown" and "downtown" subpopulation Cory Doctorow

russia Will the real George Papadopoulos please stand up? Jason Weisberger

gender Septic masculinity: when homophobia prevents men from literally wiping their own asses Cory Doctorow

assault under color of authority Probation officer sentenced to 1 year in jail for sexually assaulting girl inmates on a "weekly basis" Mark Frauenfelder

design Here are the favorite book designs of master book designers Mark Frauenfelder

photography This $300,000 Air Force One photo caused a panic in 2009 Andrea James

security Political leaks disrupt Ecuadoran election Cory Doctorow

News Trump and Mexico president Peña Nieto talk about a wall, but not about who pays Xeni Jardin

happy mutants Citizen Maths: free, open mathematical literacy for everyone John Rees and Seb Schmoller

sculpture Learn about modern sculpture, and make your own Jason Weisberger