podcast New podcast: "Burning Man Live" offers stories from its community Rusty Blazenhoff

science fiction Starman at 40: John Carpenter's forgotten sci-fi masterpiece, interview with special effects artist John Rosengrant Lee Keeler

Space First "artisanal" satellite made from wood launched into space Allan Rose Hill

california World's oldest lightbulb: 123 years and still glowing Natalie Dressed

michigan How to get a unicorn hunting license in Michigan Thom Dunn

science fiction Sexy Asian lady robots haunt science fiction Rob Beschizza

tesla The Tesla "Cyberbeast" is exceptionally ugly Jennifer Sandlin

bizarre competitions Wolfing down scalding hot biscuits and other weird contests from 1897 Mark Frauenfelder

Boing Boing Shop Transform your home into a smart house with this 3-pack of plugs, now $70 Boing Boing's Shop

Business A deep dive into the dying of Red Lobster Rob Beschizza

rowling J.K. Rowling claims Nazis didn't burn trans books, issues lawsuit threat when called a holocaust denier Rob Beschizza

tabloids Presidential perverts, Trump's feet, and Biden's medical crisis in last week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

protests "Imagine the worst, most foul thing you have ever smelled" – protestors sprayed with crowd-control chemical report severe symptoms Mark Frauenfelder

fires Buffalo Bills tailgate party gets a bit too lit when one fan catches fire (video) Carla Sinclair

photos This enormous snowman froze so that Burning Man could burn Popkin

video In 1976 lots of kids were inspired by Evel Knievel Jason Weisberger

proactive bystanders Tourists stop woman from burning down Martin Luther King Jr.'s house (video) Carla Sinclair

desperate memoirists Marjorie grovels to "libtard" Jimmy Kimmel, asks to be on his show (video) Carla Sinclair

News Jezebel to close after owner G/O Media fails to find buyer Rob Beschizza

History Downright freaky Halloween costumes from a rural Scottish island in the 1930s (video) David Pescovitz