grifters An 8-year-old con artist ran a brilliant grift to get out of going to school over Zoom Thom Dunn

qanon With Trump out, QAnon influencers are desperate to keep their grift going Mark Frauenfelder

scams How the infamous India gem scam works Mark Frauenfelder

Long Cons Elizabeth Holmes' last months at Theranos: a "long, labored, highly visible, and heinous corporate death march" Mark Frauenfelder

Long Cons Instagrammer writes about how he was elaborately scammed out of $7500 Mark Frauenfelder

Long Cons Three men arrested in $364 million Ponzi scheme Mark Frauenfelder

Long Cons Man charged with selling fake In-N-Out franchises in the Middle East Mark Frauenfelder

books Neal Stephenson's guide to writing books with a fountain pen Ellsworth Toohey

movies It Ends is a horror movie about a road that ironically doesn't do that Grant St. Clair

History The theory that UFOs come from Earth, not space Ellsworth Toohey

crafts Knitters believe a hand-made sweater can end your relationship Ellsworth Toohey

vice president JD Vance discovers parenting is easy when the Secret Service does the hard parts Jason Weisberger

Technology The sci-fi machines that talk, but only about one thing Ellsworth Toohey

china Cuba's surviving Trump's oil embargo with solar powered tuk-tuks Séamus Bellamy

Litigation Enthusiast Elon Musk's legal problems have gone international, so naturally he's doing politics Jason Weisberger

movies Trailer for Michael Mann's "Manhunter: The Final Cut" Rob Beschizza

Boing Boing Gadgets Stay connected with this refurbished $112 flip phone  Boing Boing's Shop

History Houses built for one purpose: to make the neighbors miserable Ellsworth Toohey

politics Help! What the heck is this, and why does it look just like a cursed, melted Donald Trump? Jennifer Sandlin

politics The British government has kept a cat on the payroll since 1929 Ellsworth Toohey