corruption China's billionaires are disappearing into police custody and/or early graves Cory Doctorow

books Here's a terrific search hack for the Internet Archive Book Images Flickr photo stream Jennifer Sandlin

Science Desmond Morris wrote The Naked Ape in four weeks to pay for a house Ellsworth Toohey

GOP senator rips Noem for killing her dog and calling it leadership Ellsworth Toohey

Going back to Cali The National Park Service sets its sights on California's busiest beaches Jason Weisberger

acab Sheriff's deputy starts a visit by shooting a dog, ends it with a warrantless search Jason Weisberger

books Cartoonist Patrick McDonnell and his "Mutts" comic strip celebrate Adopt Love, encouraging pet adoption Ruben Bolling

bad ideas Michigan man calls in bomb threat to delay his flight to LA (the plan backfires) Carla Sinclair

horrors $200 fine for woman whose pigs killed neighbor Rob Beschizza

Boing Boing Gadgets Waiting for a reason to get a Costco membership? This one comes with $45 to spend Boing Boing's Shop

Funny Geese show care and concern when human friend pretends to faint Popkin

crime doesn't pay Woman breaks dogs out of pound, winds up in jail herself (video) Jason Weisberger

adorable doggos Video of tuckered-out bus-riding dogs after a day of adventure Jennifer Sandlin

Golden retriever Listen to a Golden Retriever snoring like a cartoon character Jennifer Sandlin

pecking order L'il pup sasses big dog — until even bigger doggo steps in to set things straight (video) Carla Sinclair

olympics The 1904 Olympics Marathon gold medalist won while hallucinating on rat poison and brandy Ellsworth Toohey

Fire Fire Fire Bad things happen when doggo chews a lithium battery pack Jason Weisberger

Suddenly the RNC will defend strict veganism Gov. Walz and his daughter ride "The Slingshot" at the state fair Jason Weisberger

tech Department of Homeland Security to use robot dogs in raids Rob Beschizza

science fiction "Big Germs" — short fiction by Rudy Rucker Boing Boing