animals Look at all the places this cat shouldn't be Xeni Jardin

tabloids Adjectival overload, and the tabloids finally get one right, in this week’s round-up of the rags Peter Sheridan

designer humans Could we accidentally bestow human-style awareness into a pig? Arwen Elys Dayton

art The Weird of Wendy Pini Rob Beschizza

marketing Broetry is the perfect blogging format for the age of Trump Rob Beschizza

Gadgets Boing Boing Gift Guide 2017 Gift Guide

I hate rodents Sic semper evello mortem rattus norvegicus Jason Weisberger

Entertainment The Death of the Exorcist Richard Kaufman

podcasts Questioning the nature of reality with cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman David McRaney

picks Yellowstone bison calf killed by park rangers after tourists placed it in their rental car trunk Xeni Jardin

Gadgets Human traffickers implant their slaves with RFID chips Cory Doctorow

family Kano Computer Kit – If kids can put together Legos, then why not a whole computer? Dave Finkel

offworld The best games about home are the ones that make you leave it Laura Hudson

media After years of fat-shaming headlines, the tabloids decide that thin can kill, too Peter Sheridan

offworld Her Story: a compelling murder mystery game with a tragic flaw Laura Hudson

offworld Why Final Fantasy VII matters Leigh Alexander

Food Warning: At least two eels were definitely harmed during the reporting of this story Linda Rodriguez

offworld Play it now: Jostle Parent Leigh Alexander

40 of the world's weirdest flowers Nadina Hughes

yanss Monkeys, money, and the primate origins of human irrationality David McRaney