movies The Spirit was by far the best movie of 2008. Deal with it. Zach Spound

movies The first trailer for Buddy isn't, you know, for kids Séamus Bellamy

Boing Boing Gadgets PocketMage is a crowdfunded PDA with a keyboard and e-paper screen Séamus Bellamy

nostalgia Rare footage shows how rough Six Flags' wooden Rattler coaster was Popkin

folklore The Bunny Man was a real hatchet-wielder in 1970 Virginia — but the internet turned him into something else entirely Ellsworth Toohey

mysteries An Oklahoma family vanished in 2009 with $32,000 cash, a trancelike home video, and no explanation Ellsworth Toohey

politics Trump's Great American State Fair is "kind of rubbish" Jennifer Sandlin

failures Trump's "Great American" state fair opens with busted rides and a cow named Melania Jason Weisberger

books Carlos Castaneda faked an anthropology classic, then built a cult Ellsworth Toohey

art Toyo Ito's Expo Hall "Shining Hat" looks like a portal opening in the sky Popkin

religion A cargo cult in Vanuatu has been waiting for an American named John Frum since the 1930s Ellsworth Toohey

aliens Catholic church fires exorcist who said UFO sightings mostly the work of demons Rob Beschizza

History Hundreds of tiny medieval tunnels no one can explain Ellsworth Toohey

art Danish cemetery has a grave dated 1996–2064, for a time traveler Popkin

Science RFK, Jr. says "depriving" children of whole milk constitutes "a form of child abuse" Jennifer Sandlin

Doubt A deleted recording blows up Melania's Epstein story Jason Weisberger

hate Indiana Lt. Gov says America needs to rediscover the joy of hatred Jason Weisberger

video games Flock Around is a charming multiplayer birding game for $5 Gail Sherman

tv Netflix's Avatar season 2 keeps the washed-out look fans hated Grant St. Clair

Future is now Waymo's autonomous taxis remain strangely drawn to floodwater Jason Weisberger