superman 100,000 payphones still haunt the United States Séamus Bellamy

wait for it This video on the complicated color codes of US passports cracked me up Jason Weisberger

Science More heat means more energy. More energy means bigger storms Jason Weisberger

Games Razer's oldest mouse is new again, and $1337 Rob Beschizza

mistakes Parents may pay repair bill after kid scratches a $50 million Rothko painting Mark Frauenfelder

politics DC Cops now treating snarky notes on Tesla windshields as hate crimes Ellsworth Toohey

Innovation How rivalry between two Japanese companies in the 1950s led to the world's best pencils Ellsworth Toohey

travel $21k nightmare: Norwegian Cruise Line abandons family in Alaska  Ellsworth Toohey

donald trump Trump's attorney seems no smarter than Trump Yoy Luadha

gadgets NES-styled mechanical keyboard Rob Beschizza

Boing Boing Gadgets Spend an intimate night with Maroon 5 to close out the summer Boing Boing's Shop

COVID-19 CDC stops reporting COVID-19 cases on cruise ships Jennifer Sandlin

afrofuturism Mark Dery on the "everything, all at once" art and life of Jean-Michel Basquiat Gareth Branwyn

movies What are Tarantino's three desert island movies? Devin Nealy

religious news The "Atheist Street Pirates" remove illegal religious signs from Los Angeles streets Mark Frauenfelder

tabloids Prince Andrew's Russian blackmail, Hunter Biden's $150B scandal, and the Lock Ness monster, in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

futility closet In 1945, a U.S. Army transport plane crashed in the highlands of New Guinea Futility Closet

white supremacy Watch GOP reps claim Capitol riot was a "normal tourist visit" Mark Frauenfelder

futility closet In the 1500s, four Spanish colonists were marooned in an unexplored North America Futility Closet

castaways Teaser for documentary about the "real-life Robinson Crusoe boys" Mark Frauenfelder