water Plastic bag used to irrigate soil in oddly satisfying video Popkin

Delightful Creatures Adorable little cow makes a friend on the farm Gail Sherman

Science Scientists sterilized soil. It kept breathing for six years. Ellsworth Toohey

Food Farmer digs up yam shaped like a human hand in China Popkin

Your Notes app isn't a prompt strategy—VibeFarm is & it's just $30 for lifetime access through 6/14 Boing Boing's Shop

art This guy bent 70 trees into ladders and bird cages Popkin

art Giant crop postcards turned oversize produce into folk art Popkin

Games Someone modded Skyrim into Fallout 4's Pip-Boy games Grant St. Clair

False Hope AI's giant rural job machine mostly appears to manufacture hype Jason Weisberger

robots Bear-deterring "Monster Wolves"sold out in Japan Gail Sherman

Science Vulture vomit is the leading theory for Kentucky's 1876 meat shower Ellsworth Toohey

History On one night in 1888, tens of thousands of English sheep fled their fields at once Ellsworth Toohey

News U.S. expects the smallest US wheat crop since 1972 Ellsworth Toohey

websites Pomiferous: database featuring more than 7,000 apple varieties Rob Beschizza

Boing Boing Gadgets Careful parents—this calmer kids' app is $59.99 for life right now Boing Boing's Shop

Games SkyParkour mod turns Skyrim into a better Assassin's Creed Grant St. Clair

AI Study finds AI server farms creating their own local heat islands Jason Weisberger

parts is parts Surprise: "pasture-raised" eggs still run on corn and soy Jason Weisberger

Games YouTuber skips the dragon-slaying and becomes a Skyrim farmhand instead Grant St. Clair

whales "Save Willy Act" proposes Coast Guard 'whale desk' to prevent whale deaths in San Francisco Bay Jason Weisberger