pranks After 20 years, no one knows how a pumpkin got impaled on Cornell's 173-foot spire Mark Frauenfelder

activism "Monopoly Man" photobombs Equifax CEO's Senate hearing David Pescovitz

police Police "terrified" by red balloons tied to grates Rob Beschizza

pranks Prankster repeatedly hijacking radio station broadcast with masturbation ditty David Pescovitz

pranks Why people name things, and themselves, "Zzyzx" David Pescovitz

law Prank bro learns that removing stop signs ain't smart Andrea James

picks I wonder if my house sitter found the 'Snakes in a Can' yet Jason Weisberger

music Watch: David Bowie's first TV appearance at age 17 was a delightful prank David Pescovitz

pranks Hollywood sign changed to Hollyweed! David Pescovitz

pranks The White House staff pranked Obama with snowmen Caroline Siede

pranks Creepy clown heatmap: is your neighborhood next? Andrea James

picks An IRS scammer called me and I made him mad Mark Frauenfelder

pranks Fellow tricked by lung capacity tester Mark Frauenfelder

youtube Yes Men punk the NRA with "buy one gun, give one gun" program Cory Doctorow

security Qantas delays flight because of wifi network named "Detonation Device" Cory Doctorow

Funny Four sets of identical twins pull an epic NYC subway car time-machine prank Cory Doctorow

pranks Man in bear suit gives co-worker a scare Mark Frauenfelder

politics RU Sirius's 1982 jams are well-suited for the Age of Trump David Pescovitz

happy mutants Kickstarting a tool to block robocalls and tie up scammers Cory Doctorow

infosec Someone at the Chaos Communications Congress inserted a poem into at least 30 million servers' logfiles Cory Doctorow