animals Horses can communicate with people using symbols David Pescovitz

snakes Snake, 62, lays eggs without having been around a male for more than a decade David Pescovitz

racism Lawyer for gun-toting St. Louis couple describes his clients as "melanin-deficient human beings" Thom Dunn

Funny Every item scanned as "Mr Potato Head" in glitch at department stores David Pescovitz

television The time a man held a news anchor hostage on live TV David Pescovitz

art Milton Glaser, legendary graphic designer, RIP David Pescovitz

b-side 'Murder hornets' arrive in the U.S., beekeepers fear mass honeybee deaths Xeni Jardin

new york city A day in NY in the early 1980s through the eyes of musicians, artists, activists, filmmakers, and more Gareth Branwyn

books Ray Bradbury's captivating explanation of his Mr. Electrico character's uncanny origins David Pescovitz

music Shut-in sounds: 33 of the best industrial albums Gareth Branwyn

tabletop games The codebreaking game Mastermind is 50 years old Mark Frauenfelder

blackwater Blackwater founder Erik Prince used ex-spies to infiltrate liberal groups for Project Veritas Thom Dunn

Technology Investors used Clearview AI app as a personal toy for spying on public Xeni Jardin

politics Clint Eastwood backs Mike Bloomberg Rob Beschizza

surveillance What it's like inside the CIA during Donald Trump's "Deep State" purge Thom Dunn

makers Meet the rocket scientist who invented the Super Soaker David Pescovitz

cults Love Letters to Hitler Mike Shaughnessy

boing boing 20 years of blogging at Boing Boing Rob Beschizza

politics New Jersey AG says 5 politicians took thousands in cash bribes via envelopes, paper bags, coffee cups Xeni Jardin

Technology Feds charge Evil Corp, Russia-based creators of Dridex malware, in $100 million bank hacking spree Xeni Jardin