gadgets Raspberry Pi 5, finally Rob Beschizza

Not a single laugh: JD Vance tells another joke Jason Weisberger

television The Sopranos is finally getting a 4K box set Grant St. Clair

weapons Man builds a belt-fed potato cannon, because he could Jason Weisberger

failures Trump's "Great American" state fair opens with busted rides and a cow named Melania Jason Weisberger

travel Free all-ages playground in Western Australia has a 35-meter walkway and flying fox Popkin

AI Companies discover AI is expensive when employees actually use it Jason Weisberger

Chonkers the Clown Is Grandpa Pudding Brains the mystery patient getting the super-Ozempic? Jason Weisberger

Boing Boing Gadgets This $899 smart piano teacher just dropped a 5-year subscription for the best price ever: just $68 Boing Boing's Shop

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

animal ASMR This giant anteater uses his dancing tongue to keep cool in the summer's sweltering heat Jennifer Sandlin

animals Honeybee curls up inside closing flower in timelapse video Popkin

movies Shrek 5 sure looks like another Shrek movie Grant St. Clair

science fiction Jason Momoa won't touch the Escape from New York remake Séamus Bellamy

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

History Estonian supermarket built around a 10,000-year-old Ice Age boulder Popkin

animals Puss caterpillar is one of North America's most venomous insects Popkin

art Watch a caterpillar enjoy a tiny playground built just for bugs Popkin

Science This weekend's blue moon is also a micromoon (but won't be blue and isn't smaller) Rob Beschizza

adorable animals Eastern black rhino Zuri cools off with a hose — and it's adorable Jennifer Sandlin