mass shooting in america Georgia gun shop owner quits after too many mass shootings: "I just can't." Carla Sinclair

toys Behold the very finest "mall ninja shit" Rob Beschizza

books John Shirley's guide to wrecking your career in science fiction John Shirley

travel "Babies sleep in prams outside": Life in the world's five safest countries Ellsworth Toohey

Entertainment First look: Inside Universal's new How to Train Your Dragon land Ruben Bolling

deep in the... of Texas To protect children Texas lawmaker proposes banning… sex toys Jason Weisberger

Culture Tom Whitwell's annual collection of 52 fascinating facts returns, featuring expensive calculators and trademarked scents Mark Frauenfelder

conspirituality We need to talk about Marianne Williamson Jennifer Sandlin

art There's probably an art vending machine near you. What are you waiting for? Jennifer Sandlin

police Criminal gang operated fake police station down the road from a real one David Pescovitz

Boing Boing Gadgets Light up with a pipe that's made to make smoking simple Boing Boing's Shop

rowan atkinson This guy photoshops Mr. Bean's face onto celebs Jennifer Sandlin

public toilets Spanish city charges $750 to pee in the ocean Mark Frauenfelder

music Wax Italia: Digging for 45s in Florence and Rome Lee Keeler

work The world's largest four-day workweek experiment has begun David Pescovitz

tabloids America in chaos in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

guns A new investigation from the Trace shows that the ATF rarely enforces the law Thom Dunn

COVID-19 Los Angeles hospitals forced to use gift shops to treat COVID patients Gina Loukareas

chicago The naming of 'Inside Vladimir' Kevin Reome

police violence A US Air Force Sergeant linked to Boogaloo Bois charged with killing police officer Thom Dunn