security Proof-of-concept supply-chain poisoning: tiny, undetectable hardware alterations could compromise corporate IT Cory Doctorow

animal ASMR Animals in an adorable munching montage Jennifer Sandlin

Funny Adorable bear caught on camera in epic back-scratching session Popkin

puzzles The highest-order Rubik's Cubes Rob Beschizza

photos How a 1937 hoax captured the imagination with giant grasshoppers Popkin

wild creatures Montana grizzly bear "explodes" out of trap and nearly destroys a man's camera (video) Carla Sinclair

Delightful Creatures Yellowstone tourists block grizzly bear's path Jason Weisberger

Angry felons Donald Trump's deep-rooted mommy issues exposed in new Lincoln Project "Bad Blood" ad (video) Carla Sinclair

Crowd-fearing funghi Nintendo's cute Toad started TikTok trend dancing with fans at Universal — until he snapped (video) Carla Sinclair

Boing Boing Gadgets Make precious travel memories by learning the local language with Rosetta Stone! Boing Boing's Shop

travel Fudge, freaks, and formaldehyde: Unexpected thrills off Missouri highway Popkin

Harris-Walz for president Tim Walz — meet the fun and normal VP pick in 2-minute montage: "We're not afraid of weird people" (video) Carla Sinclair

MAGA fumes Donald Trump just got weirder: watch his "butt-sniffing" interviewer in action (video) Carla Sinclair

emphysema David Lynch says his days of directing are over — loves smoking, "but in the end, it bit me" Carla Sinclair

Comics The final volume of the DUNE graphic novel lands on an odd note Thom Dunn

music "Weird Al" Yankovic's new video: Polkamania! Ruben Bolling

gender The weirdly conservative story of a famous American drag artist from the 1910s Thom Dunn

politics Desi Lydic and Jordan Klepper discuss Trump's most recent insane ramblings Jason Weisberger

money 5 most evil con artists in history: Their shocking scams revealed  Ellsworth Toohey

documentary Stand By for Failure, the full documentary on Negativland Natalie Dressed