security Ring: "We don't use facial recognition"; also Ring: "We have a head of facial recognition research" Cory Doctorow

dinosaurs Largest known soft-shell reptile egg discovered in Antarctica Thom Dunn

Gadgets It’s 4/20 and these pipes, grinders, and vapes can help you celebrate the right way Boing Boing's Shop

Gadgets Get high-end audio without the high-end price tag with these Sony headphones Boing Boing's Shop

Coffee Espresso is better with fewer beans, more coarsely ground Mark Frauenfelder

cancer Love, loss, and Carrie Fisher’s lamp Gina Loukareas

Gadgets Save big on these Cyber Monday deals that are already on sale Boing Boing's Shop

#standedatnarita No trains or buses from Narita to Tokyo after the category 3 typhoon = chaos for thousands Sean Bonner

robots Pogoing robot looks like it's having fun bouncing through an obstacle course David Pescovitz

metal Grooveless metal engineering (Electrical discharge machining) Rob Beschizza

Eat the Teacup, It’s Delicious Richard Kaufman

dod Dystopia watch: a roundup of the DOD's new less-lethal weapons Cory Doctorow

Kids Watch how to make hard candy shaped like a sushi roll Andrea James

occult Touch Me Not, a surreal 18th century manual on how to raise the Devil, and then send him treasure hunting Gareth Branwyn

politics Conservative protestor unable to tear up anti-fascist sign Rob Beschizza

happy mutants What, today, would most delight a serious Joni Mitchell fan? (Other than a new album?) Spider Robinson

politics Research report explains how adtech supercharges political deceit, allowing even bumblers to be master propagandists Cory Doctorow

pencil The rOtring 600: a classic mechanical pencil now made in Japan Jason Weisberger

music New line of beautiful and classic-looking microphone cables from Spencer Tweedy David Pescovitz

books This video of a 360º hand-crafted flipbook of Mt. Fuji will take your breath away Xeni Jardin