pranks Gingerbread monolith appears on San Francisco hilltop Gareth Branwyn

vandalism Christians censor monoliths, vandalizing property and tearing down monuments Thom Dunn

sculpture Mysterious genitalia sculpture swapped in Bavarian mountains for bigger phallus Kevin Reome

maps K6 Project maps Britain's red telephone boxes Rob Beschizza

Science Chimps love crystals and won't give them back Ellsworth Toohey

Right to exist How Zionism went from a political philosophy to a loyalty test Jason Weisberger

mistakes A bet, a parachute, and Devil's Tower: a perfect plan until it wasn't Jason Weisberger

Games Silent Hill studio drops cryptic countdown for next game Grant St. Clair

Boing Boing Gadgets 81% off a MacBook Air? Here's why you'll never regret going refurbished Boing Boing's Shop

gaming Daft Punk "Experience" coming to Fortnite Gail Sherman

literature "If you were to recite a single page, dogs would drop dead" — a review of the most boring book in the world Mark Frauenfelder

music Postcards from Kraftwerk's computer world Lux Sparks-Pescovitz

politics Elon Musk to open Tesla-themed restaurant Grant St. Clair

photography World's oldest UFO photo may depict something else entirely Allan Rose Hill

Games Civilization VII gets good reviews, mostly Rob Beschizza

noads Happy mutants rejoice: Boing Boing launches clean, ad-free experience Boing Boing

Boing Boing Gadgets Take the pain out of painting with a color sensor that tells you how it is Boing Boing's Shop

mysteries Another mirror monolith pops up, this time near Vegas Rob Beschizza

architecture Turkmenistan's eccentric dictator built a self-glorifying $12m phallic marble monstrosity called the "Neutrality Monument" Mark Frauenfelder

art Stunningly dreamlike paintings of a UFO, monolith, spirit guides, and other high weirdness David Pescovitz