#wholesome Tim the Security Guard at the National Cowboy Museum is the wholesome content you need right now Thom Dunn

music Listen to the cowboy throat singer David Pescovitz

art Illustrator mixes western iconography with the undead Andrea James

crime Real cowboy lassoes bike thief at Wal-Mart David Pescovitz

non-fiction Good nonfiction: "Cowhand – The Story of a Working Cowboy" (1953) Mark Frauenfelder

cyberpunk Can you jam with the console cowboys in cyberspace? Thom Dunn

Delightful Creatures Watch 2 cats watch a cat run across football field mid-game Xeni Jardin

kooks If Trump is removed from office, says famous pastor, "veterans, cowboys, mountain men" will go on a Democrat killing spree Mark Frauenfelder

Weird Mysterious rash of cattle mutilations in Oregon David Pescovitz

security Information security and warfare metaphors: a toxic mix made in hell Cory Doctorow

Roadside Attractions Paul Bunyan and other fiberglass advertising giants ride again at Bell Plastics in Hayward California Janelle Hessig

videos Profiles of the three worst Republican lawmakers running for re-election in Texas Cory Doctorow

ever changing moods This Ted Cruz attack ad is just a Trump tweet on a truck Mark Frauenfelder

scholarship Prominent AI researchers call the entire field "alchemy" Cory Doctorow

Mike Teevee Star from 1971 "Willy Wonka" surprised fans when he appeared on Jeopardy Carla Sinclair

reality tv Reality TV is the New French Novel Marc Weingarten

poetry Hawk Moon: Sam Shepard’s Forgotten First Book Mark Dery

happy mutants Scenes from classic westerns featuring genderswapped gunslingers Cory Doctorow

Boing Boing exclusive Sinatra’s bastard son covers "California Über Alles" by The Dead Kennedys – while suiting up Maureen Herman