photography Alex Honnold just completed the gnarliest free climb in history Andrea James

free climbing Watch this man climb all the way to the top of a 101-story skyscraper in Dubai Mark Frauenfelder

video WATCH: heart-pounding first free ascent of El Capitan's Dawn Wall Andrea James

Gadgets 30 items on sale for Memorial Day that'll improve your home and beyond Boing Boing's Shop

good samaritans Twin girls, 4, free themselves from car seats to survive crash that killed their dad Xeni Jardin

architecture Power plant looks like it's holding a giant cigarette (and features its own year-round ski slope) John Struan

alleged comedy Comic Maeve Higgins to Shane Gillis: "Your words have consequences. Imagine!" Mark Frauenfelder

germany Berlin Senate approves five-year, citywide rent freeze Cory Doctorow

privacy Mary Meeker's 2019 Internet Trends: stalled growth, security dumpster-fires, more online education and fear of regulation Cory Doctorow

science fiction Exclusive excerpt of Rudy Rucker's new novel: Million Mile Road Trip Mark Frauenfelder

urban theory The great e-bike experiment: the data Dave Tolnai

protest Nation Park Service on the verge of blocking most White House protests: comments due by MONDAY! Cory Doctorow

eff Happy Day Against DRM! How We'll Hill-Climb Our Way to Glory! Cory Doctorow

psychology How Wim Hof, "The Iceman," withstands such extreme temperatures David Pescovitz

counterfactuals What if humans weren't the first civilization on Earth? Clive Thompson

jazz-age memes The stowaway craze of the 1920s Clive Thompson

french spiderman Watch: Man scales 29-story hotel with bare hands, no safety harness Carla Sinclair

dog Chew resistant leash for dogs who need a chew resistant leash Jason Weisberger

happy mutants Revealing the cover and first excerpt of Autonomous, Annalee Newitz's long-awaited debut novel Cory Doctorow

books Read: Strategic Dog Patterning, a story from "Why I Hunt Flying Saucers" Hugh AD Spencer