military That text informing you that you've been drafted into the US Army? It's fake. For now. David Pescovitz

art A tribute to Korean artist Kim Jung Gi, dead at 47 Devin Nealy

pencils Faber-Castell 1.8mm mechanical Exam Pencil Andrew Yi

toys Lockpicking Lawyer & Son solve Rubik's Cube-locked "treasure chest" Rob Beschizza

books The Strange Case of the Tom Ripley of Book Publishing Thom Dunn

Weird Fish rained from the sky in Texas this week David Pescovitz

comedy Simone Giertz combines a plant and a lamp and creates a "plamp" Gareth Branwyn

life hacks How to stop procrastinating by making any kind of work interesting Mark Frauenfelder

Boing Boing Gadgets Scrivener 3 for Mac helps writers get the job done their own way for $30 Boing Boing's Shop

writing Writing lessons from Tom Stoppard's script doctoring on INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE Thom Dunn

mysteries Mysterious phishing scam targets authors' first drafts Clive Thompson

paragliding Vulture lands on paraglider's selfie stick Rusty Blazenhoff

writing Moleskine's new studio collection offers the same great notebooks with gorgeous new covers Thom Dunn

Space Cool NASA illustrations of Jupiter's lightning and atmospheric "mushballs" Andrea James

History History professor and high school textbook author pushing to capitalize the "b" in "Black," and why that matters David Pescovitz

sports Owen Morse sets hang gliding world record for piloting 222.22 miles over California's Owens Valley Xeni Jardin

useful stuff The time I risked my life borrowing a Draft-Matic Mechanical Pencil Mark Frauenfelder

Science Trump administration drafts legal pact for mining the moon Xeni Jardin

Boing Boing Gadgets This cash management account lets you literally pay it forward Boing Boing's Shop

Weird A prototype toy line for the X-rated epic film disaster Caligula (1979)… April Fool's! David Pescovitz