The Oreo Cat Briefly forget your post-election despair with this insanely happy cat Caroline Siede

ireland Newly discovered fungal zombie spiders named for Sir David Attenborough Thom Dunn

censorship New Kennedy Center leadership censors award-winning musical about a sparkle-loving shark Thom Dunn

Technology ChatGPT isn't hallucinating — it's bullshitting Mark Frauenfelder

alternative facts CNN's Scott Jennings defends Elon Musk's Nazi salute — until he's asked to "do it right now on TV" (video) Carla Sinclair

Boing Boing Gadgets Here's how to keep an eye on Fluffy even when you're at the office Boing Boing's Shop

sports Discofoot "shakes, shimmies and twirls us further away from our society's cumbersome classifications" Jennifer Sandlin

We strongly recommend you vote for Kamala Harris today Rob Beschizza

animals People are collecting illegal tarantulas "like they're Pokemon" Allan Rose Hill

lawsuits Students fight false accusations from AI-detection snake oil Rob Beschizza

Science What will Robot Finger find in your cavities? Rob Beschizza

live piercings, sex and blood 18 people hit with "severe nausea" after watching racy new feminist opera in Germany Carla Sinclair

israel Manufactured "Israeli-Palestinian" boy band is in really poor taste Thom Dunn

florida Surgeon loses license after fatally removing wrong organ Mark Frauenfelder

politics MyPillow's $14.88 deal surely just a coincidence Rob Beschizza

Delightful Creatures Trapdoor Ravine Spider's butt easily mistaken for Oreo cookie Popkin

music White people in the 80s rapping about karate Thom Dunn

junk food Oreo-flavored Coke and Coke-flavored Oreos Gail Sherman

world news Vietnam National University says it doesn't want short people because they lack confidence Ellsworth Toohey

politics Jon Stewart on the commercialization of Pride Month Jason Weisberger