Sex Emotional labor watch: "Closers" flirt on behalf of men who use Tinder Cory Doctorow

adorable animals Meet Alvin, an adorable Guinness World Record-holding Shetland pony who has perfected the art of skipping Jennifer Sandlin

Supreme Court backs Texas law requiring ID checks for adult website access Ellsworth Toohey

crime Chewy the meth raccoon busted in Ohio traffic stop Rob Beschizza

Business US Patent Office to small businesses: "LOL have fun getting extorted by patent trolls" Ellsworth Toohey

music This YouTube video is a playable video game Grant St. Clair

Boing Boing Gadgets More languages learned with Babbel = more excuses to travel to cool places Boing Boing's Shop

gay Documentary highlights the men that Abraham Lincoln slept with Thom Dunn

animation Check out this gorgeous Blue Eye Samurai supercut Gail Sherman

candidates Before you tell Biden to drop out, check out this poll on Trump vs. Democratic alternatives Carla Sinclair

animals Russia's naval-defense dolphins may have gone AWOL David Pescovitz

ecological entomology Plastics are entangling ants and other insects, according to new study Carla Sinclair

gadgets HP covers printer's USB port with warning sticker to make sure you don't go right ahead and use it Rob Beschizza

AI AI version of Disney CEO says Disney's magic "doesn't need people to make it happen now" Mark Frauenfelder

television GQ magazine publishes, then removes profile of Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav: "based on his performance to date, he's only good at breaking things" Rob Beschizza

extreme measures Jealous flight attendant calls in bomb threat to stop her ex from flying with another gal Carla Sinclair

movies Watch: a new edit of Guccione's disastrous "Caligula" is in the works Mark Frauenfelder

History Why We Fight was a 2006 documentary on the logic of America's endless parade of pointless wars Elías Villoro

mashup The Van Halen and José Feliciano Christmas musical mashup that surprisingly works Rusty Blazenhoff