art James Brunt arranges beautiful rock mandalas in the wild Andrea James

trump FEMA official who teleported to Waffle House teleports out of agency Rob Beschizza

Grandpa Pudding Brains pens backstory for nefarious Reflecting Pool vandal Jason Weisberger

Games Valve's Steam Machine will run you at least a thousand dollars Grant St. Clair

History For centuries, a cracked Egyptian statue sang at dawn Ellsworth Toohey

animals Honeybee curls up inside closing flower in timelapse video Popkin

Science A new book, Poking the Squid, tells the scandalous, salacious truth about animal sex, in comics form Ruben Bolling

pool guy Pool expert explains Grandpa Pudding Brains' Lincoln Memorial Algae Farm Jason Weisberger

Boing Boing Gadgets Microsoft Office is somehow only $20 during Deal Days Boing Boing's Shop

Boing Boing Gadgets ChatGPT writes it, this $40 tool makes it sound like you did Boing Boing's Shop

History Estonian supermarket built around a 10,000-year-old Ice Age boulder Popkin

Science These 1996 Hawaii lava photos look like a horror movie set Popkin

cold Before refrigeration, one obsessive Boston guy sold winter to the tropics Jason Weisberger

it does a body good Nearly 60 Idahoans get a quick lesson in the joys of pasteurization Jason Weisberger

movies Fall, the movie about not falling, gets a sequel about an even bigger fall this fall Grant St. Clair

Comic Books Mike Mignola throws Uri Tupka to the devils Gareth Branwyn

Science Scientists use yeast from body of Ötzi the Iceman to make "very very good" sourdough Gail Sherman

Tin foil hat Candace Owens takes her patriot act to Putin's talent show Jason Weisberger

music What does a rock sound like when it's shaped into an instrument? Popkin

$80 DIY bird listening device creates painterly collages of avian visitors Rob Beschizza