san francisco San Francisco is spending $1.7 million to build a single public toilet Mark Frauenfelder

red tape Innocent people in Humboldt County are being fined millions for cannabis crimes Mark Frauenfelder

india Man overcharged 25 cents for a train ticket in India gets refund after 22-year fight in court Mark Frauenfelder

san francisco San Francisco man gets parking ticket after curb was repainted red while his car was parked Mark Frauenfelder

bureaucracy San Francisco native Jason Yu spent $200,000 trying to open an ice cream shop, but the city's bureaucracy beat him Mark Frauenfelder

apple Apple locked this guy out of his iCloud, App Store, and Apple ID accounts Mark Frauenfelder

red tape The excruciating process of applying for unemployment on a Kafkaesque Massachusetts state website Mark Frauenfelder

media Man who bought Gawker for less money than a hat shutters company, keeps hat Thom Dunn

Weird Human penis found at gas station. No cause for concern, say police. David Pescovitz

Boing Boing Gadgets Prepare for whatever winter throws your way with this universal first aid kit Boing Boing's Shop

nightmare fuel Nightmarish prototype of a wind-up creeping baby doll Mark Frauenfelder

politics Classified documents found in Mike Pence's new home (!) Carla Sinclair

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

music This rarely heard guitar solo from Pink Floyd's Animals was only included on the album's 8-Track release David Pescovitz

reverse engineering Researchers reverse-engineer Roman concrete Andrew Yi

bbc Reporter travels to Ghana to verify height of extremely tall man Rusty Blazenhoff

robots Ping Pong robot Forpheus is a formidable foe Elías Villoro

politics Thousands of weed users are still in jail. Marijuana CEOs rake in millions. Elías Villoro

Audio AI-powered enhancement of voice recordings Rob Beschizza

books How one family illustrates the legacy of slavery Elías Villoro