Funny Dog-sized holes in the fence so that pup can peep at her neighbors Rusty Blazenhoff

art Watch this engraver reshape Abe Lincoln's penny portrait into a skull Andrea James

useful stuff Photos and videos of bugs and stuff with my USB microscope Mark Frauenfelder

music Almost Famous cast and creators reunite for 20th anniversary podcast series David Pescovitz

robots A speedy, scurrying bug robot the size of a penny David Pescovitz

language AI-generated English words Rob Beschizza

Business For sale on the dark web: +500,000 Zoom accounts, some at less than a penny each Xeni Jardin

mistakes Spotify ran ads for evil clown film "It" on childrens' lullaby playlist Rob Beschizza

installation art Minimum Wage Machine dispenses free money at the simple turn of a crank Gareth Branwyn

Gadgets One of these trusty multi-tools or pocket knives could be a virtual lifesaver Boing Boing's Shop

Gadgets Florists.com is the smarter way to do Valentine's Day Boing Boing's Shop

online shaming Gentleman calls police after Target employee won't sell him an electric toothbrush mispriced at $0.01 Mark Frauenfelder

Journalism VICTORY! New Free File rules ban tax-prep firms from hiding their offerings, allow IRS to compete with them (a love-letter to Propublica) Cory Doctorow

cops Top Florida Cop instructed officer to act like a "white supremacist" when engaging Black suspect Rob Beschizza

mashup Mariah Christmas song mashups: Marilyn Manson, Radiohead, and Queen Rusty Blazenhoff

Business Mint: late-stage adversarial interoperability demonstrates what we had (and what we lost) Cory Doctorow

elections Stephen King-themed, anti-Susan Collins merch from the Maine Democrats Cory Doctorow

Gadgets Learn visual branding with this graphic design course Boing Boing's Shop

sports The potential number one NBA and NFL draft picks were both ruled ineligible by the NCAA John Struan