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

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

star wars Star Wars origin story for Grand Admiral Thrawn is as wonderful as I hoped Jason Weisberger

medicine PSA: Your birth control pills could be placebos Séamus Bellamy

News 'Multiple Fatalities' in Florida Mass Shooting: Suspect in Custody, 20+ Injured at Parkland's Stoneman Douglas High School Xeni Jardin

ahoy Blackbeard's pirates liked to read novels Clive Thompson

kids books This illustrated kids' book of E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial is out of this world Mark Frauenfelder

photography One Dutch couple's insanely racy wedding photos Rusty Blazenhoff

Science Newly-discovered orchid smells like champagne David Pescovitz

futility closet Augustine Courtauld was marooned at a remote weather station in Greenland in 1930 Futility Closet

Talk less draw more This pack of 'Hamilton' crayons will make you 'smile more' Rusty Blazenhoff