snake oil This 'storm glass' is stupid but looks neat Jason Weisberger

marijuana I had dinner at LA's OG Cannabis Cafe Jason Weisberger

leather Bickmore Gard-More takes wonderful care of my hats Jason Weisberger

tabloids Megxit Explodes – Who’s to blame? in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Gadgets This durable cork-handled umbrella has style to spare Boing Boing's Shop

tabloids LBJ killed JFK, the Queen’s secret lover & Julia Roberts’ divorce, in this week’s highly dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

climate change What happens when climate change ravages graveyards? Thom Dunn

usausausa Frederick Douglass: What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July? Cory Doctorow

music THE BUREAU: Part Eleven, "Your Supervisor Disintegrates" — with a Gysin Dream Machine, an Altman Brain Machine, and Other Hallucinatory Hardware Ethan Persoff

News Lawyer Michael Avenatti arrested on felony domestic violence allegations: LAPD Xeni Jardin

Science Hurricane Florence in 3D, as seen by NASA's MISR onboard the Terra satellite Xeni Jardin

fake news Kidnapping solved, Tom Cruise’s love plot, and inside Area 51 – in this week’s fact-challenged tabloids Peter Sheridan

maker Secret history of classic TV's laugh tracks David Pescovitz

Business The NSA can't recruit or retain hackers because the pay sucks and the Agency is a bureaucratic mess Cory Doctorow

trump Only Mexico City has the cojones for the Trump/They Live Billboard! Mark Frauenfelder

1990s The glorious inelegance of the 1990s family computer Jess Kimble Leslie

obits Mandy Johnson, 1953-2015 Rob Beschizza

makers The MakeShift Challenge (or what would MacGyver do?) Gareth Branwyn

media Do dolphins really like chilled pickle-eating celebrities? This week’s tabloid stunners. Peter Sheridan

happy mutants Stormtrooper decanter Cory Doctorow