california 30 tons of bomb-grade ammonium nitrate vanish from sealed rail car in western US Mark Frauenfelder

books John Shirley's guide to wrecking your career in science fiction John Shirley

politics Amazon, Google, Apple and others seeking government favors pay for Trump's $200,000,000 ballroom Ellsworth Toohey

music Green Day to Chili Peppers: Artists rally for fire-ravaged Los Angeles Mark Cerulli

Boing Boing Gadgets Learn to tickle the ivory keys with Skoove's AI-powered lessons! Boing Boing's Shop

Caribbean Hurricane Beryl spares one house on Union Island. It's made of plywood and irony Natalie Dressed

logos High-quality vector versions of logos Rob Beschizza

Mass shooter at California bar was retired cop and former police union chief Rob Beschizza

hollywood Striking writers joined by other unions for rally at the La Brea Tar Pits Harry Hannigan

education Kids who have to crawl under freight trains to get to school Ruben Bolling

birds Pigeon busted flying into prison with a backpack of meth David Pescovitz

police Colorado police bind woman on railroad tracks, let her get hit by a locomotive Thom Dunn

music Real de Catorce performs the blues en Español Elías Villoro

here kitty kitty Warning against letting wild animals in your house backfires due to cuteness of wild animal Annie Rauwerda

supercuts Supercut of every guest star on "The Love Boat" runs 26 minutes Mark Frauenfelder

los angeles All-girl garage punk band The Linda Lindas played the L.A. Public Library Rusty Blazenhoff

Science When NASA quarantined the astronauts David Pescovitz

dolphins There's a non-zero possibility that Iran has a fleet of Communist assassin dolphins Thom Dunn

nyc Pacifica Radio ignores injunction, continues to play canned content on NYC's WBAI Cory Doctorow

fake news Noah's Ark found, a Palace coup, and a Hollywood poker scam, in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan