carnie grape Cotton candy grapes: A refreshing treat or an abomination against mankind? Kevin Reome

happy mutants Trippy Tiny Desk Concert features a "saxocone," a saxophone with a traffic cone in it Jennifer Sandlin

movies Why CG fire looks terrible even in high-budget movies Rob Beschizza

neuroscience Alice in Wonderland Syndrome is a bizarre brain condition where your perception of the world is wayyyy off David Pescovitz

Boing Boing Gadgets This ultra-light headlamp has a 210-degree arc of light and 32 hours of battery Boing Boing's Shop

Dungeons and Dragons stats for the Goose from Untitled Goose Game John Struan

Teenager writes about the time she got her head stuck in a pumpkin Mark Frauenfelder

fake news Why Donald Trump is the tabloid president Peter Sheridan

books An excerpt from Souls, Light and Wings, a debut novel by Simon A.G. Spencer Simon A.G. Spencer

tabloids Alien coffins, Donald Trump, and Herman Munster Peter Sheridan

cats Marvel at the power of a psychic cat Leigh Alexander

offworld Feelings machines: games that capture a moment Leigh Alexander

Eat the Rude: Hannibal Lecter meets the 99% Mark Dery

happy mutants Chapters one and two of Charlie Fletcher's The Oversight Cory Doctorow