videos Boing Boing presents: Skeleton Boy, a moving short documentary about the life, death and afterlife of Harry Eastlack, star of the Mutter Museum Cory Doctorow

lawsuits Defamation lawsuit against Congressperson Nancy Mace to test Speech or Debate clause Jason Weisberger

Ashes to affection: two months after the Palisades fire a cat is reunited with her owner (video) Jason Weisberger

Kids 9-year-old saves choking friend at school using Heimlich learned from YouTube Jason Weisberger

linguistics This tiny North Carolina island is last place in America where people talk like actual pirates (video) Ellsworth Toohey

criminals Watch this woman pull a horse's tail causing it to buck and throw off child riding it Allan Rose Hill

Gulf of Mexico SS United States en route to be scuttled and turned into a reef Gail Sherman

National register of historic places! Visit a historic shell-shaped Shell gas station in Winston-Salem, NC Popkin

travel interruptus Passenger video: Mysterious haze fills Delta Air Lines flight, forcing emergency landing Carla Sinclair

Ron Howard's surprising revelation about his relationship with Andy Griffith Show co-star Don Knotts Allan Rose Hill

Incredible video of the fighter jet crashing nose first into the Pacific Ocean yesterday Allan Rose Hill

books RIP Tom Robbins, author of "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" Ellsworth Toohey

politics Demanding attention, Nancy Mace behaves like a child Jason Weisberger

crime Wannabes and criminals are impersonating ICE officers Rob Beschizza

education Meet the Depression-era vaudeville family that set a world record for school-hopping Ellsworth Toohey

tiktok HillmanTok University is "a virtual community celebrating Black culture and creativity" Jennifer Sandlin

politics MAGA Rep introduces bill to carve Trump's face into Mount Rushmore Ellsworth Toohey

drugs These US states are most likely to legalize marijuana in 2025 Allan Rose Hill

Science The legend of 3M's invisible electrostatic wall Rob Beschizza

anthropology Our early ancestors weren't big meat eaters after all Allan Rose Hill