Business Etsy sellers say their bank accounts were emptied in major billing snafu Gina Loukareas

Gadgets Your barista may be at home, but that doesn’t mean your coffee game should suffer Boing Boing's Shop

Gadgets Fill up your kitchen with Damascus knives that make cooking look like art Boing Boing's Shop

toilet paper How to keep your anus thoroughly abraded during the coronapocalypse Rob Beschizza

housewares Artisanal plastic crates Rob Beschizza

crime 'El Chapo' beer launched by murderous druglord's daughter Xeni Jardin

Environment The dangerous, exploitative, and dirty business of "healing" crystals David Pescovitz

Machinery Extremely epic video shows how pencils are made Rob Beschizza

uk Atomik Vodka: distilled from grains grown in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone Cory Doctorow

NSFW Guys, Brooklyn Ball Barbers cater to your manscaping needs Rusty Blazenhoff

Live Long And Prosper At first I thought this Ka-Bar Tactical Spork was an artisanal Spork Jason Weisberger

surveillance The New York Times's chilling multimedia package on China's use of "smart city" tech to create an open-air prison Cory Doctorow

fake news Hoover killed JFK, RFK & MLK, Brad Pitt’s private hell, and Mick Jagger’s mental disorder, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

music Treasure Island Music Festival on the San Francisco Bay, October 13-14 David Pescovitz

Cooking I kinda think this tater tot cookbook defines my generation Jason Weisberger

scotland Nope: Mayonnaise ice cream Rusty Blazenhoff

candy Pastry chef tries her hand at making artisanal Skittles and Kit Kats Rusty Blazenhoff

ice cream There's going to be scratch-and-sniff postage stamps this summer Rusty Blazenhoff

reptiles Entire boas and iguanas found in Mexican bottles of mezcal Carla Sinclair

reality tv Reality TV is the New French Novel Marc Weingarten