finland Witnessing the construction of a traditional Finnish log house is strangely soothing Séamus Bellamy

politics This Polish trailer park LARP experience lets you roleplay the death of the American Dream for 390 euros Jennifer Sandlin

animals Help wanted: Grizzly Bear Conflict Manager David Pescovitz

star wars "Windowless bunker": Reviews are in for Disney's $5,000 Star Wars hotel Mark Frauenfelder

tabloids Clinton divorce drama and Hitler's kinky sex life in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

guns AR-15-worshipping Christian church opens new private compound in Texas Thom Dunn

Technology 'Zucked: Waking up to the Facebook Catastrophe,' by Roger McNamee [BOOKS] Xeni Jardin

Japan of course Ferris wheel karaoke now exists Rusty Blazenhoff

News After travel industry outcry, TSA will end Trump-era ban on laptops for flights to U.S. from Middle East Xeni Jardin

Business Aviation is hell because airline exec pay is solely based on quarterly profits Cory Doctorow

trumpism Trump plans ban on laptops in the cabins of flights from Europe Cory Doctorow

Alaska Photos of a family that's lived in near isolation in the Alaska wilderness for 18 years Mark Frauenfelder

security DHS bans laptops in the cabins of flights from 10 airports Cory Doctorow

Boing Boing Gadgets Putting two elevators in one shaft Cory Doctorow

Boing Boing Gadgets Lithium batteries should be banned as cargo on passenger planes, says UN aviation watchdog Xeni Jardin

yanss New York City's Placebo Buttons and The Post Hoc Fallacy David McRaney

The sad old motels of Barstow, California Charles Platt