hollywood How a New York artist gave birth to James Bond's 007 logo Mark Cerulli

musicals Watch trailer For Steven Spielberg's film adaptation of West Side Story Mark Frauenfelder

Boing Boing Gadgets Did anybody expect Microsoft to drop Visual Studio Pro 2026 lifetime licenses for $35? Boing Boing's Shop

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

websites The obscure airfields of America Rob Beschizza

History In 1810, a prankster sent 4,000 letters to flood one London address with chimney sweeps, coffins, and the Lord Mayor Ellsworth Toohey

solar power Utah City spends $400,000 on stainless-steel slides in the desert Jason Weisberger

Somehow, Eric Trump's "money printing" bitcoin business left investors holding the bag Jason Weisberger

Space NASA's Artemis II images—and a phone video Rob Beschizza

worse things happen at sea California's ocean protections work, so naturally we're arguing about them Jason Weisberger

News California dad faces felony charges for installing stop signs Ellsworth Toohey

LGBTQ No, you really don't need to watch the new Harry Potter Grant St. Clair

politics Meow! Britain imports America's "kids using litterboxes in school" hoax Rob Beschizza

crime TikTok psychic must pay $10m to professor she falsely claimed was Idaho killer Rob Beschizza

music Moroccan Tape Stash preserves Morocco's cassette music heritage Roger Park

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

Games List of games with chroma-keyed actors addressing the player Rob Beschizza

dogs Watch as this opera-singing doggo tackles famous arias Jennifer Sandlin

politics Check out "Elon Musk," a new protest song by Carsie Blanton, in the political tradition of Woody Guthrie Jennifer Sandlin

law Florida Salvation Army bell ringer attacks store manager with donation tripod Rob Beschizza