california Internet Archive to open their physical archive for a rare behind-the-scenes tour Rusty Blazenhoff

hip hop Bay Area hip-hop archive opens in Oakland library Rusty Blazenhoff

dead tech Moral panic article from 1984 about the demise of slide rules Mark Frauenfelder

Comic Books Freaky finds: shopping for comics at Bizarro-Wuxtry Lee Keeler

movies Rian Johnson says Dave "The Animal" Bautista is the best wrestler-turned-actor Devin Nealy

Technology The Vessel of the Ritual of Damnation is being auctioned off on eBay Thom Dunn

trump Trump under investigation for violating the US Espionage Act, obstruction of justice, and destroying federal government records Mark Frauenfelder

COVID-19 Unjected is a dating site for unvaccinated "safe blood" people Jennifer Sandlin

law Real-world bitcoin robberies Rob Beschizza

Monsters Ghost and goblin actors demand better labor rights from the Haunted Houses Thom Dunn

witchcraft New Salem Witch Trials exhibit re-examines the meaning of "witch" Thom Dunn

Boing Boing Gadgets Discover your and your pet's DNA story with these kits that are now 15% off Boing Boing's Shop

art A fine art photographer has taken daily selfies since 1982 David Pescovitz

rock and roll Let's open up this (brief history of the) mosh pit! Thom Dunn

dancing "Disco felon": medical condition caused by too much finger snapping David Pescovitz

tabloids Clinton divorce drama and Hitler's kinky sex life in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

cognition enhancement The occult history of the dunce cap Popkin

design Lovely tool that displays street maps like watercolor paintings acquired by Smithsonian David Pescovitz

life hacks How to stop procrastinating by making any kind of work interesting Mark Frauenfelder

economics How credit cards work, explained with evil fairy mobsters Thom Dunn