Trash Bird Let “Trash Bird” teach you how to be happy Caroline Siede

john waters The "Singing Anus" from John Waters' Pink Flamingos has died Janelle Hessig

Gadgets Let a bunch of robots help you get your house cleaned while you are stuck at home Boing Boing's Shop

television Puppeteer Caroll Spinney (Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch), RIP David Pescovitz

litterbirds Bald eagles are taking trash from a Seattle landfill and dumping it into suburban yards Carla Sinclair

News Venezuela: Jorge Ramos & Univision crew freed after Maduro detained for 3 hours inside presidential palace Xeni Jardin

france Crows being trained to pick up trash at French park Rusty Blazenhoff

art The Weird of Wendy Pini Rob Beschizza

wildlife Raccoon climbs up side of skyscraper as world watches with bated breath, then is captured and released to wild Rusty Blazenhoff

happy mutants At the Golden-Calf Slaughterhouse: an interview with Johannes Grenzfurthner Thomas Kaestle

picks KFC chicken shortage blamed on DHL Seamus Bellamy

books Liartown: forthcoming book from master image manipulator Sean Tejaratchi Rob Beschizza

authors Grant Morrison interview: "Laughter can banish any and all demons" Propaganda Anonymous

obits Mandy Johnson, 1953-2015 Rob Beschizza

Gadgets Boing Boing Gift Guide 2016 Gift Guide

gift guide Boing Boing's 2016 Gift Guide: Books Boing Boing

Gadgets A visit to the crapgadget impulse aisle with Meh. Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Taxidermy "gooseneck" lamp Cory Doctorow

Food Warning: At least two eels were definitely harmed during the reporting of this story Linda Rodriguez

fiction The Man Who Sold The Moon Cory Doctorow