summer reading list Ask Reddit: "What book f*cked you up mentally?" Mark Frauenfelder

politics Dial-A-Poem is back, with the revolutionary poetry we all need right now Jennifer Sandlin

comedy These Faulkner-style comedic shorts are utterly brilliant Jennifer Sandlin

art Explore the extraordinary legacy of Nazi-slugging comic book pioneer Jack Kirby Mark Frauenfelder

AI Which will be the first LLM to win a Pulitzer? Rob Beschizza

books AI hallucinated a "best summer reading" list and, the Chicago Sun-Times published it Jason Weisberger

Boing Boing Gadgets This AI makes better songs than Metallica. Yeah, I said it. Boing Boing's Shop

books Illiterate street vendor's raw tale exposes gritty 1960s Tangier life Mark Frauenfelder

Boing Boing Shop Set the vibe for any occasion with custom lighting from this sleek LED corner floor lamp! Boing Boing's Shop

conspiracy theories Raw milk lovers are spinning the government's H5N1 warnings into a conspiracy theory Jennifer Sandlin

AI models Essays explore the hellscape of freelance AI model training Jennifer Sandlin

books LitHub's savage list: the year's most brutal book reviews Mark Frauenfelder

tabloids Scientology's secrets, Kardashian brain damage, and Chinese bioweapons in last week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

labor Wall Street Journal complains about workers using their sick days Thom Dunn

politics Jimmy Levy, of "Boycott Target" infamy, is back with some more shitty MAGA "music" for your listening (dis)pleasure Jennifer Sandlin

Noname new album Sundial drops this summer Elías Villoro

Japan What is the deal with Japan's smile merchants? Matt Alt

fox news Is Tucker Carlson a saint? Is Fox News part of the New World Order? Some on the right think so. Jennifer Sandlin

music Pass the Sault Elías Villoro

Reviews "Numb To This" is a harrowing graphic novel memoir about a mass shooting Thom Dunn