happy mutant Danny Elfman is teaching a MasterClass: "It's okay to fail" Rusty Blazenhoff

humor A useless machine that wraps gifts in 10 seconds Rusty Blazenhoff

bizarre competitions Wolfing down scalding hot biscuits and other weird contests from 1897 Mark Frauenfelder

Space Houston, we have a scheduling conflict: NASA astronauts' 50-day space stay extended indefinitely Jennifer Sandlin

music A statistical analysis of why people hate post-grunge band Nickelback Rob Beschizza

tesla Heavy EV appears CyberStuck Jason Weisberger

maga MAGA congresswoman furious that Border Patrol seized fentanyl Mark Frauenfelder

movies Have we moved beyond the martial arts superstar? Devin Nealy

Comics Failure to Launch: A Tour of Ill-Fated Futures Gareth Branwyn

movies Honest Trailers puts Black Adam through its paces in a hilarious video Devin Nealy

politics Disco Elysium and the death of art Grant St. Clair

occult The Enduring Legacy of Parapsychologist J.B. Rhine Mitch Horowitz

Games How "Monopoly" took a monopoly on Lizzie Magie's Landlord Game Elías Villoro

ESP Is Precognition Real? Mitch Horowitz

tabloids Biden's "crimes" and "henpecked" Harry in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Art and Design The 90s Art School Instagram is a fascinating time capsule of pre-internet fun Thom Dunn

History Sir Clive Sinclair, 1940–2021 Rob Beschizza

COVID-19 Man makes rope from sheets to escape 4th floor of quarantine hotel Carla Sinclair

Boing Boing Gadgets Want the secrets that every great CFO already knows? This e-book explains it all. Boing Boing's Shop

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