halloween New research reveals why people are afraid of clowns Jennifer Sandlin

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

Stable Genius As war looms, Grandpa Pudding Brains delivers emergency remarks on decorative water features Jason Weisberger

art This animator is doing wild things with construction paper Popkin

Boing Boing Gadgets The Philips 4000 Series Touchscreen Deadbolt is a smarter way to lock up Boing Boing's Shop

Technology A guy bought Friendster for $30K and is rebuilding it to be more social, less network Ellsworth Toohey

Turns out Tesla's "self-driving" taxis have drivers Jason Weisberger

Not even artificial Artificial intelligence is just underpaid human labor Jason Weisberger

Reddit's glitch in the matrix Subreddit will mess with your reality Popkin

science fiction Dead sci-fi author debugs reality in Ben H. Winters' "Benjamin" Gareth Branwyn

Comics Legendary comics artist Klaus Janson's first US gallery exhibition Gareth Branwyn

Technology Those Waymo robotaxis? Humans in other countries drive them Séamus Bellamy

adorable animals "Babe, wake up, new panda rat just dropped!": Meet the Northern Luzon Cloud Rat Jennifer Sandlin

politics Trump shuts down Kennedy Center; nearly all programming heads have quit Ellsworth Toohey

News Kennedy Center programming head quits after six days on the job Ellsworth Toohey

AI California orders Musk's xAI to stop generating sexual deepfakes immediately Ellsworth Toohey

law America had laws banning ugly people from public until 1974 Ellsworth Toohey

health CDC warns travelers of uncurable mosquito-borne virus Ellsworth Toohey

Science Fairytale mushrooms cause "lilliputian hallucinations" of tiny people Gail Sherman

A database of smart lighting options Rob Beschizza