slavery Listen: Voice recordings of black slaves Rusty Blazenhoff

television 'The Wonder Years' but with a Black family Rusty Blazenhoff

politics Trump "America First" Eagle design looks like the Nazi parteiadler emblem Rob Beschizza

writing Raymond Chandler is the once and future king of opening paragraphs Seamus Bellamy

futility closet In 1911, the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre Futility Closet

books The best 250 adventure novels of the 20th century Mark Frauenfelder

food music 20th Century Fox theme performed on spatula and scrambled tofu Rob Beschizza

real estate The US government just "disestablished" a Native American reservation Thom Dunn

hoarding Panic buying through the ages Seamus Bellamy

Comics Meet these incredible collectors of the gags and novelties sold in old comics David Pescovitz

Gadgets The Ringo is a build-it-yourself mobile phone that actually works Boing Boing's Shop

Business A visit to the world's oldest surviving video rental store David Pescovitz

interviews An interview with legendary bass player Carol Kaye Gareth Branwyn

kickstarter Jane Metcalfe, co-founder NEO.LIFE, has a cool upcoming book Mark Frauenfelder

music New biography of electronic music pioneer Wendy Carlos David Pescovitz

avant garde Celebrating Captain Beefheart's birthday with a look at his masterpiece, Trout Mask Replica Gareth Branwyn

Science CLIMATE: 2019 was hottest year on record, NASA and NOAA report Xeni Jardin

futility closet In 1907, hunter Jim Corbett stalked a Nepalese tiger that had killed 434 people Futility Closet

pizza Irish people have a very strange understanding of "pizza" Thom Dunn

cops Knives vs Cops Rob Beschizza