mistakes New pole at Wal Mart struck 10 times in first week Rob Beschizza

Technology Motorized backpack self-adjusts its motion to feel lighter David Pescovitz

california Call for Oakland muralists to paint boarded-up windows downtown Rusty Blazenhoff

mistakes Woman drowns after petting alligator Rob Beschizza

puzzles Can you solve the "Hanging Cable" problem, used as an Amazon interview question? Mark Frauenfelder

fbi Both-side-ism comes for the FBI's abortion task force with exaggerated claims of "pro-choice violence" Thom Dunn

Japan In Japan, these giant shoulder calluses are a badge of honor Mark Frauenfelder

real estate This $3.5 million mansion includes a replica of Bruce Wayne's study and so much more Thom Dunn

china Authenticating a video showing hundreds of kneeling people in shackles and blindfolds on a Chinese railroad platform Cory Doctorow

makers Thinking back on the special magic of Make: and Maker Faire Gareth Branwyn

guillotine watch New Jersey law would force Verizon to pay the taxes it avoided for a decade Cory Doctorow

Weird You can pay someone to take a walk with you in Los Angeles now Xeni Jardin

law Virginia judge rules automated license plate data collection by police is illegal Xeni Jardin

Gadgets Name your price for this complete Adobe CC design class Boing Boing's Shop

History Auschwitz asks visitors to stop balancing on rail tracks for photos Rob Beschizza

anti-semitism Polish newspaper offers anti-semitic tirade "proving" Poland never did anything anti-semitic Jason Weisberger

fox Fox News was always partisan, but now it is rudderless and "anti-democratic" Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Tim Maughan's Infinite Detail: a debut sf novel about counterculture, resistance, and the post-internet apocalypse Cory Doctorow

corruption Iowa's electricity monopolist Midamerican Energy has written a bill to let it "monopolize the sun" Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Swedes! Poles! Germans! Luxembourgers! The world is depending on you to save the internet from the EU! Cory Doctorow