marjorie taylor greene Marjorie Taylor Greene praises Biden at Turning Point USA rally Mark Frauenfelder

insects Nevada swarming with over 3,000 mosquitos infected with West Nile Virus: "It is explosive here" Carla Sinclair

china New Microsoft report says China campaign accused U.S. of using a military-grade "weather weapon" to deliberately start the Maui wildfires Mark Frauenfelder

politics Media Matters publishes useful guide to Project 2025, the extreme right-wing agenda that "represents a threat to democracy, civil rights, the climate, and more" Jennifer Sandlin

politics Watch Vivek Ramaswamy perform as rapper "Da Vek" Jennifer Sandlin

clueless congressfolk Marjorie Taylor Greene's praise for Biden is now a campaign ad approved by the president himself (video) Carla Sinclair

books An interview with cartoonist Kate Beaton on the environmental aspects of her graphic novel "Ducks" Ruben Bolling

adorable creatures Giraffes, waiting out rain, caught on Taronga Zoo's Savannah Cam Jennifer Sandlin

elon musk NDAs help Elon Musk's exploding rocket problem stay in the dark Elías Villoro

maps Redlining maps show racism and white supremacy "in 1930s technicolor" Elías Villoro

podcasts What would Bartleby the Scrivener click on? Elías Villoro

plagiarism Academic paper on language colonization turns out to have stolen its language Thom Dunn

video games New scientific paper explores the ways that Mario Kart can help reduce poverty and improve global sustainability Thom Dunn

plastics Coca-Cola testing a paper-based bottle Clive Thompson

Boing Boing Gadgets These 35 items can help your kid learn at home Boing Boing's Shop

late stagecoach capitalism Chevron, Shell, Wells Fargo fund powerful police groups Mark Frauenfelder

unions A supposedly progressive vegan food company called No Evil Foods was involved in some evil union busting Thom Dunn

christ what an asshole Robert Bork is the architect of the inequality crisis Cory Doctorow

corruption Nobel-winning economist Joe Stiglitz calls neoliberalism "a failed ideology" and sketches out a "progressive capitalism" to replace it Cory Doctorow

trump Under Trump, EPA kills funding for kids' health research centers Xeni Jardin