Copyfight Online copyright infringement is up, and water is still wet Cory Doctorow

adorable animals Capybaras sound just like laser beams, and here's proof! Jennifer Sandlin

video You won't believe what dandelion stems do when wet Popkin

review Review: Triple Aught Design FAST Pack Litespeed Cordura Standard Séamus Bellamy

This 1903 patent proposed preserving bodies in transparent glass blocks Ellsworth Toohey

Nature Watch a giant water lily open its "vicious" flower Popkin

Boing Boing Gadgets You can't stuff an AirTag in your wallet, but these credit card-sized trackers work just as well Boing Boing's Shop

Technology Anonymous investor pours millions into undersea community — "to live in the ocean, forever" Ellsworth Toohey

maps Ultra-detailed map of U.S. rivers Rob Beschizza

ornithology This bird "oinks" just like a pig Jennifer Sandlin

science fiction Dyson Trees could make a home for humans—and other things Rob Beschizza

Technology Sweden begins construction of massive underground nuclear vault that will last 100,000 years Ellsworth Toohey

Environment Australian beaches closed due to mysterious balls Thom Dunn

politics DC cop convicted for tipping off Proud Boys about police operations Ellsworth Toohey

Delightful Creatures Watch: When kitty says he hates his bath, listen up! Or face the sheer (but amusing) chaos that ensues Carla Sinclair

sports Ice skating through a "drowned forest" Popkin

Gardening while Black Black pastor arrested for watering white neighbor's flowers gets green light to sue police (video) Carla Sinclair

History Is this mysterious shipwreck the oldest in the Great Lakes? Is it Le Griffon? Rob Beschizza

bizarre competitions Wolfing down scalding hot biscuits and other weird contests from 1897 Mark Frauenfelder

Weird Professional blockage busters battle monster fatberg in England Allan Rose Hill