politics Watch US senator challenge Teamsters boss to a fistfight during Congressional hearing (video) David Pescovitz

gadgets 11-year-old expected to have smartphone in school Rob Beschizza

tabloids Covid cover-up, UFO cover-up, and Trump's sadistic sex tapes in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

israel Brawl at the Museum of Tolerance Rob Beschizza

josh hawley In campaign video, Jon Hamm takes aim at Josh Hawley's "Manhood" Mark Frauenfelder

Texas teacher encouraged middle school students to fistfight in class (video) David Pescovitz

Food The subtle brilliance of Waffle House Devin Nealy

punk rock The 1981 punk rock Halloween riot on SNL Gareth Branwyn

circuses Interview with a late 1800s circus worker Mark Frauenfelder

alleged comedy Comic Maeve Higgins to Shane Gillis: "Your words have consequences. Imagine!" Mark Frauenfelder

art Liartown, USA leaves Tumblr over NSFW-ban; announces new 544-page Crap Hound book "devoted to images notable for their lack of positivity" Cory Doctorow

Tylenol can "ward off existential dread of death and nothingness" Mark Frauenfelder

happy mutants Profile of Lexi Alexander: director, martial arts champ, and the first (only) woman to direct a Marvel movie Cory Doctorow

happy mutants In 1937, a judge quietly asked Meyer Lansky to form a squad of Nazi-punching gangsters to raid Bund meetings Cory Doctorow

Games The 20 games you shouldn't miss in 2016 Brandon Boyer

happy mutants The week in Pokemon: home invasions, armed robbery, police militarization Cory Doctorow

air rage Fights on planes 400% more likely when there's a first class section Mark Frauenfelder

gift guide Boing Boing Gift Guide 2015 Boing Boing

Boing Boing Gadgets Dissecting Sphero's Star Wars BB-8 David Pescovitz

fiction The Man Who Sold The Moon Cory Doctorow