Science Mysterious rolling balls of poop alarm authorities in Great Smoky Mountains Xeni Jardin

Weird Odd letters and numbers appearing on cars in Redding, California David Pescovitz

novels An interview with Charlie Kaufman about his new novel takes a weirdly meta Kaufman-esque turn Thom Dunn

social distancing Tag yourself on this social distancing D&D alignment chart Thom Dunn

music Interview with musician and artist Genesis P-Orridge Sarina Sinclair and Case Esparros with Kane Lafia

Robert Anton Wilson Robert Anton Wilson's daughter Christina on the new edition of her father's book, Ishtar Rising Mark Frauenfelder

art Art in the age of artifice Ferdinando Buscema

History Bestiality was not socially acceptable in medieval Europe Cory Doctorow

dolphins There's a non-zero possibility that Iran has a fleet of Communist assassin dolphins Thom Dunn

law Lawyer's long, weird sigfile setting out when and whether he's willing to talk on the phone goes viral Cory Doctorow

music Butthole Surfers' Gibby Haynes wrote a young adult novel and it sounds fantastically weird David Pescovitz

cephalopods Octopus changes color while asleep, possibly dreaming Clive Thompson

monopolism Bill Gates: if we break up Big Tech, we'll just have more bad companies Cory Doctorow

religion Church under investigation after worshiper pinned down to ‘pray the gay away’ Xeni Jardin

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

animals Dog is seriously freaked out by this duck Xeni Jardin

Bird's eye views Aerial photos of sea-salt flats Clive Thompson

science fiction Read: Jeannette Ng's Campbell Award acceptance speech, in which she correctly identifies Campbell as a fascist and expresses solidarity with Hong Kong protesters Cory Doctorow

Gadgets Protect your dog and learn its lineage with these DNA kits Boing Boing's Shop

happy mutants The magic theatre of High Weirdness Ferdinando Buscema