horror Surreal Estate: Artist Annie Owens' spooky off-the-grid witch cottage up for sale Rusty Blazenhoff

animal names What do YOU call these tiny land crustaceans? Annie Rauwerda

drugs Cocaine and MDMA from urine flowing in river near music festival, potentially harming rare eels David Pescovitz

romance Woman charged with making bomb threats at boyfriend's workplace so she could spend more time with him Mark Frauenfelder

police US Police failed to act on massive warning of clown threats Thom Dunn

billboards Douglas Coupland's slogan billboards in Vancouver Gareth Branwyn

History "Fecal abyss" found under London gets 3D model Rob Beschizza

scams Palm reader arrested for scamming $71,000 to banish demon from victim's daughter David Pescovitz

gimp Arrests made in Somerset gimp mystery Rob Beschizza

bad swans Bad swan dies Rob Beschizza

happy mutants The Clown Egg Register: photos of the painstakingly painted eggs that English clowns stake their faces on Cory Doctorow

race Most ancient Briton yet found was black-skinned, blue-eyed and clearly laughing at enraged Daily Mail comments about him Rob Beschizza

uk Owner of a private school bus contractor fires low-waged drivers and shuts company without notice: "Fuck it" Cory Doctorow

star wars Help this guy find his stolen Darth Vader wood burning stove Mark Frauenfelder

computer science Wrong things that programmers believe, a curated list Cory Doctorow

dupe UK nuclear power plant will be the most expensive object on Earth Mark Frauenfelder

History King Arthur's grave was a hoax invented by cash-strapped 12th C monks Cory Doctorow

Weird Man's head audibly ticked like a clock David Pescovitz

Copyfight Public Domain Day outside the USA: what Canada and the rest of the world get today Cory Doctorow

Boing Boing Gadgets What's inside a "Hello Barbie" surveillance toy? Cory Doctorow