makers Activist blacksmith teaches gun violence survivors to melt down guns and turn them into farm implements Cory Doctorow

gadgets CrankGPT is an offline AI box for the apocalypse Rob Beschizza

History At a medieval church festival, the priest brayed like a donkey and the congregation brayed back Ellsworth Toohey

History The WWII commando who fought with a broadsword, longbow, and bagpipes Ellsworth Toohey

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

Internet An anonymous group posted internet puzzles to recruit code-breakers, then vanished Ellsworth Toohey

Games The Elder Scrolls 6 teaser is now eight years old and counting Grant St. Clair

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

pure energy Coal finally loses to the Sun Jason Weisberger

History In 1896 a railroad crashed two trains head-on for fun and killed two spectators Ellsworth Toohey

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

History Hundreds of tiny medieval tunnels no one can explain Ellsworth Toohey

time keeps on ticking Apple's watchOS 27 cutoff is weirdly brutal Jason Weisberger

solar power Utah City spends $400,000 on stainless-steel slides in the desert Jason Weisberger

Science A satellite has been jamming GPS over Europe Ellsworth Toohey

Technology The YouTube channel with 77,000 videos of red and blue rectangles Ellsworth Toohey

Science New solar-power desalination device leaves no brine Ellsworth Toohey

animals A beetle that hijacks wasps, then impersonates them by smell Ellsworth Toohey

horror Time-traveling dinosaur movie looks like a lot of fun Grant St. Clair

stupid Trump promised cheap gas and no new wars. Thanks, MAGA! Jason Weisberger