Boing Boing Gadgets Kickstarting a metal, reusable, self-extracting straw Cory Doctorow

startups How a bartender turned dick-shaped candy into a $100K business Ellsworth Toohey

australia The potoroo is another long-snouted animal you should know Jennifer Sandlin

electronic music The Faint: 25 years of Blank Wave Arcade (Todd Fink Interview) Lee Keeler

Science Retro-futuristic blimp provides connectivity from the stratosphere Gail Sherman

art Whimsical objects that blur the line between art and everyday life Jennifer Sandlin

louisiana Things that exist but probably shouldn't: Drive-thru daiquiri stands Jennifer Sandlin

dystopia Microplastics found in every semen test sample in study Natalie Dressed

antisemitism Famed antisemites Ye and Milo Yiannopoulos part ways over porn disagreements Thom Dunn

a gator for every swamp Wally the Emotional Support Alligator has gone missing Thom Dunn

Nature Survivalist answers survival questions from Twitter Popkin

Science See how crash test dummies, mannequins, marionettes, and other fake people are made Popkin

dolls The Doll Garden of Sabile is a peculiar garden in Sabile, Latvia, where you can find hundreds of Life-size straw dolls on display Popkin

Business This sci-fi author had a secret life as psychological warfare mastermind Roy Christopher

functional art Natural dye educator uses plant dyes to turn fabrics into beautiful and functional works of art Jennifer Sandlin

top talent These wine descriptions are perfectly absurd! Jennifer Sandlin

new mexico Crazy Zillow listing reveals floor plans inspired by Harriet Tubman and Frida Kahlo Jennifer Sandlin

Nature Cassowary sounds like it's sucking the last bit of an infrasound smoothie through a straw Jennifer Sandlin

vegan Scrappy Cooking transforms "common food scraps" into "magic" Jennifer Sandlin

tabloids JFK's second gunman, and alien life on Earth, exposed in last week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan