yikes TIL: Camels can eat long-needled cactus Rusty Blazenhoff

Science Victorian illustration depicting effects of laughing gas makes science look like a wild party Popkin

anti-american presidents Los Angeles man lectures National Guard soldiers with painful truth: "Our president laughs at you" (video) Carla Sinclair

Business "Eccentric" brewery owner seems more interested in shutting than opening pubs Rob Beschizza

politics French far-right leader cancels U.S. speech after Bannon's "Nazi" gesture as German far right distances itself from J.D. Vance Rob Beschizza

stunning videos Did a whale really "swallow" a kayaker, as AP and other news outlets claim? (video) Carla Sinclair

fish Black demon of the sea caught on video Allan Rose Hill

criminal justice reform Freedom-hating Texas Attorney General sues Dallas for voter-approved measure to end pot arrests Ellsworth Toohey

MAGA logic Trump wants to "shoot fake news" reporters for their own good, says his campaign Carla Sinclair

law Vermont man charged with drunk driving in Canada thought he was in U.S. Rob Beschizza

music Dookie Demastered: classic Green Day album in "obscure, obsolete, and inconvenient formats" Rob Beschizza

olympics Whale of a time at Olympics when humpback breaches during surfing semifinals (video) Allan Rose Hill

Boing Boing Shop These bass-thumping JBL wireless headphones are over $20 off their normal price Boing Boing's Shop

law 40 years to life for man who killed mom in fight over PlayStation volume Rob Beschizza

Boing Boing Shop Stop slouching! This wearable posture support solution can make any seat ergonomic for only $40. Boing Boing's Shop

anti-vaxxers Defying all logic, anti-vaxxers hold a convention Jason Weisberger

art These "Clothesline Animals" are simple, clever, and beautiful Jennifer Sandlin

vanity plates DEZNUUTZ, 2HI, VENMO, and 3,000 other vanity license plates rejected by New York's DMV David Pescovitz

language Scientists report groundbreaking first conversation between humans and whales David Pescovitz