kids today Kids today would not enjoy 'Howdy Doody' Jason Weisberger

art Fantastic Azerbaijan rug woven to look like it's melting David Pescovitz

Funny Turtle high-fives alligator David Pescovitz

Games Enjoy a relaxing half hour compilation of rain scenes in videogames David Pescovitz

oregon First-ever virtual Oregon Country Fair is happening this weekend Rusty Blazenhoff

short 'Tokri,' a gorgeous stop-motion short 8 years in the making Rusty Blazenhoff

nonsense Trump perfects his gibberish today while babbling about Biden's economic plan Carla Sinclair

summer Mousommar: adorable rodent May Queen Rob Beschizza

wristwatches In-depth look at a $200,000 wristwatch Mark Frauenfelder

surveillance What you need to know about police drone surveillance at protests against police brutality Thom Dunn

hollywood Japanese sword master reviews the movies, shows how it's done Rob Beschizza

Gadgets RokBlok is the world's tiniest wireless record player, and it's…awesome Boing Boing's Shop

GOP Convention Mitch McConnell is 7th senator to back away from the Republican National Convention Carla Sinclair

useful stuff Nifty itty bitty flashlight fits on a zipper pull Mark Frauenfelder

free speech Why Harper's "Letter on Justice and Open Debate" is dumb Mark Frauenfelder

voter suppression Trump's campaign against mail-in voting is backfiring by discouraging Republican absentee voters Thom Dunn

design Free downloads to print and assemble tiny papercraft arcade consoles Andrea James

education Harvard and MIT are suing over the Trump administration's student immigration ruling Thom Dunn

white supremacists The legal battle over those novelty Sea Monkeys and X-Ray Specs involves white supremacy and a 60s bondage film star Thom Dunn

We Are Little Zombies is a treat for eyes and ears Mark Frauenfelder