art Go vote for your favorite duct-tape-fashioned prom outfit Jennifer Sandlin

social distancing High schoolers planning virtual proms Rusty Blazenhoff

movies Bob Odenkirk stars in straight-faced remake of The Room Grant St. Clair

websites The obscure airfields of America Rob Beschizza

History In 1974, Turkish forces fenced off a Cyprus beach resort. It's still empty. Ellsworth Toohey

white supremacist JD Vance turns dog whistles into a brass section Jason Weisberger

reddit It took Reddit four years to identify the sixth face on a set of curtains Ellsworth Toohey

History The turnspit dog was bred to run on a wheel and roast meat, then went extinct Ellsworth Toohey

Games Exploring Grand Theft Auto 4's hidden history Grant St. Clair

music Watch an inebriated Bob Dylan troll a bored John Lennon about stealing "Norwegian Wood" Ruben Bolling

Science T-Rex leather handbag failed to sell at auction for $500k Gail Sherman

Boing Boing Gadgets Get better results from your favorite AI models with this $30 prompt tool (MSRP $179) Boing Boing's Shop

Boing Boing Gadgets GPT, Claude and Gemini for life — all for $60 during Deal Days Boing Boing's Shop

religion A cargo cult in Vanuatu has been waiting for an American named John Frum since the 1930s Ellsworth Toohey

Games Sealed 1985 Super Mario Bros game fetches record $3m at auction Rob Beschizza

Boing Boing Gadgets Claude AI is having a moment — this $20 course helps you keep up Boing Boing's Shop

science fiction Mark Russell's new graphic novel explores the strange comfort of cults Gareth Branwyn

economics Grandpa Pudding Brains loves the inflation Jason Weisberger

Boing Boing Gadgets This AI tool turns your ideas into slide decks for $28 Boing Boing's Shop

Working with Anthropic's new model feels like being a patron, not a wizard Ellsworth Toohey