movies People have been trying to crack the 6-digit code in a Joyce Carol Oates story since 1966 Mark Frauenfelder

usps Can you solve the "secret" phrase on the USPS's new Mystery Message stamps? David Pescovitz

art A sculpture at CIA headquarters has kept a coded message secret for 35 years Ellsworth Toohey

christian nationalism 180 religions dropped from Pentagon's approved list of faiths Séamus Bellamy

Stable Genius As war looms, Grandpa Pudding Brains delivers emergency remarks on decorative water features Jason Weisberger

Games Legendary emulator ZSNES rewritten from scratch Rob Beschizza

"What the actual fuck": inside Anthropic's experiments on Claude's soul Ellsworth Toohey

Road Rules Threatening blue states' road money amounts to banning "driving while brown" Jason Weisberger

politics Winning poem of the Hegseth Haiku Contest announced Jennifer Sandlin

politics Airport therapy animals are way better for making travel better than Sean Duffy's dress codes Jennifer Sandlin

books Mumble Grumble: font for illegible handwriting, nonsense text and comic book tomes Rob Beschizza

privacy Airlines create permanent surveillance files on all travelers Ellsworth Toohey

National Parks Service National Parks visitors find better use for quisling QR code Jason Weisberger

Secretary Rubio's exciting new game show: "Who wants to be deported?" Ellsworth Toohey

UCLA RIP Donald Shoup: parking reform visionary who changed cities Ellsworth Toohey

Boing Boing Gadgets These PC cheat codes are my secret to never running out of ammo in Call of Duty Boing Boing's Shop

9% of people use this dangerous PIN — are you one of them? Ellsworth Toohey

Boing Boing Gadgets Ditch the paint samples, get the Nix Mini 3 instead Boing Boing's Shop

useful stuff Why what3words is the best location app you're not using Gail Sherman

apps Location app divides world into 3m² squares and gives them all names Rob Beschizza