music Ministry's "(Everyday Is) Halloween" (1984) David Pescovitz

Tin foil hat Candace Owens takes her patriot act to Putin's talent show Jason Weisberger

video Baby's hand makes a cherry look like a giant piece of fruit Popkin

Due is a reminder app that really works Gail Sherman

movies The live-action Moana trailer looks gray, lifeless, and nipple-free Grant St. Clair

Games Top devs share their placeholder art to prove you don't need AI Rob Beschizza

comedy Ryan Gosling crushed it yet again on SNL Grant St. Clair

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

interviews Bill Gates explains the lesson of Jeffrey Epstein Rob Beschizza

History Vermont's tilted "witch windows" were supposedly designed to stop witches Ellsworth Toohey

Boing Boing Gadgets Microsoft Office 2024 for $99.97 keeps Word, Excel, and PowerPoint simple Boing Boing's Shop

Culture New Yorker writer Calvin Tomkins on what it feels like to turn 100 Ellsworth Toohey

Merriam-Webster once had a card catalog of 315,000 words spelled backward Gail Sherman

lesser anteater Move over, Purdue peanut butter man, and make way for our new tamandua peanut butter queen! Jennifer Sandlin

Boing Boing Gadgets Finally, a way to stop wrangling five different AIs at once Boing Boing's Shop

pixel fonts Tiny pixel fonts are a challenge. With double-width pixels, they're a nightmare. Rob Beschizza

ai slop Grandma's roast turkey replaced by AI chaos: holiday cooking goes slop Jason Weisberger

art These kinetic sculptures feature mundane, sad, beautiful, and desperate human movements on endless loop Jennifer Sandlin

Games Speedrunner beats Mario 64 with one button and quantum physics Grant St. Clair

Gestapo Portland still not a war zone, more like a party Jason Weisberger