happy mutants Leafcutter Designs' mini mailbox is made for the tiniest of letters and packages Rusty Blazenhoff

kite surfing Stranded kite surfer rescued thanks to HELP message spotted from the air Allan Rose Hill

racism Musk chimes in support of racist tweets Jason Weisberger

geology Book about the "bad luck" incurred taking souvenir rocks from National Parks Bob Knetzger

police Website reveals law enforcement misconduct data in New York City Elías Villoro

occult The Enduring Legacy of Parapsychologist J.B. Rhine Mitch Horowitz

poetry 'Love, Me' is a poem crowdsourced from hundreds of letters Rusty Blazenhoff

vinyl Look at these cool 1970s postage stamps from Bhutan, which are tiny vinyl phonograph records Mark Frauenfelder

Cryptozoology Jane Goodall on Bigfoot: "I'm not going to say it doesn't exist" David Pescovitz

surveillance Florida cops use AI to target people for a new "enhanced scrutiny" program Thom Dunn

Lea Redmond Dandelion Post: Spread the love with aerogramme snail mail "seeds" Rusty Blazenhoff

tabloids Insiders, sources and pals–the dubious origins of this week's tawdry tabloids Peter Sheridan

letters Opening an intricately-folded "locked" letter from c.1700 David Pescovitz

satanic Stryx, the too-good-to-last satanic '70s variety show Janelle Hessig

noads Channeling Timothy Leary on the Centennial of his Birth, October 22, 2020 Boing Boing

Boing Boing Gadgets These six voice recorders are all tiny, but mighty — and also, on sale Boing Boing's Shop

mistakes PayPal won't run transactions referring to tardigrades Rob Beschizza

First photo of multiple giant planets orbiting a star similar to our Sun David Pescovitz

music Interview with musician and artist Genesis P-Orridge Sarina Sinclair and Case Esparros with Kane Lafia

typography Tools to replace swear words with grawlixes: symbols suggesting anger and obscenity Rob Beschizza