happy mutants Mid-Century Misery: the discontented delights of Stevan Dohanos Cory Doctorow

sound CDs are back because streaming made music feel disposable Jason Weisberger

Games Ancient Greeks built special arenas for flinging wine dregs at targets Ellsworth Toohey

News The rotten-egg stench that drove Bruce Springsteen out of Tacoma Ellsworth Toohey

News Passenger nearly pulled out a Ryanair window in mid-air Ellsworth Toohey

News A parasite is giving 1,000+ Americans 'explosive' diarrhea Ellsworth Toohey

health Psyllium husk is not nature's Ozempic, but it is a pretty good source of fiber Jason Weisberger

Food This German cheese is ripened by live mites, which you then eat Ellsworth Toohey

gadgets Zohran Mamdani's retro wristwatch is a Casio classic Rob Beschizza

weather This website turns yesterday's sky into a poetic memory Popkin

Russians returning to 1 horsepower amid gasoline shortages Rob Beschizza

music Poet's copyright lawsuit against Taylor Swift tossed again Rob Beschizza

relics Why English spelling looks like it lost a bar fight with history Jason Weisberger

Science The ancient spark plug and other "out-of-place artifacts" Ellsworth Toohey

Games XBox announces layoffs Rob Beschizza

music No AI for Al. "Weird Al" Yankovic yanks AI commercial Ruben Bolling

ice cream Twin Pines' vintage ice cream clown is deliciously unsettling Popkin

Boing Boing Gadgets This app makes learning piano feel less like practice and more like progress — on sale for $104.99 for life Boing Boing's Shop

politics TED-stage futurist/longevity salesman says mass surveillance will make us behave Séamus Bellamy

History February 30 happened once, in 1712 Sweden — and May 35 still happens every year in China Ellsworth Toohey