statues The last time a Frederick Douglass statue was vandalized in Rochester, it was because of drunk college kids Thom Dunn

police Military police un-ironically re-stage the Boston Massacre during anti-police protests Thom Dunn

geography A short animated tour through every state in the US Mark Frauenfelder

History Aviation museums' "most wanted list" of cool aerospace artifacts lost to history David Pescovitz

music Why The Animals' Eric Burdon is OK with Trump using "House of the Rising Sun" David Pescovitz

sports Fantastic pins remix pro sports logos with Black Lives Matter David Pescovitz

photos Magnificent images from the Natural History Museum's Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition David Pescovitz

Gadgets Save 15% on this craft tequila that comes with free shipping right to your door Boing Boing's Shop

guns Not first rodeo for gun-toting St. Louis couple Rob Beschizza

hollywood Japanese sword master reviews the movies, shows how it's done Rob Beschizza

Games Peculiarities and miscellanea of the Street Fighter series Rob Beschizza

free speech Why Harper's "Letter on Justice and Open Debate" is dumb Mark Frauenfelder

science fiction New edition of Cory Doctorow's Little Brother/Homeland with intro by Edward Snowden Mark Frauenfelder

conservation Diego and other giant tortoises head to home island after saving their species Andrea James

smithsonian The origin story of that all-American toy, Slip 'N Slide Andrea James

native americans That time George Washington ordered "total destruction and devastation" of the Haudenosaunee Thom Dunn

Spoken Word with Electronics Sound Design: How to Make Your Home Into Eraserhead or 2001: A Space Odyssey Ethan Persoff

racism The US Department of Justice was originally created to tackle white supremacy Thom Dunn

black hills Why Native Americans are protesting Trump's celebration at Mount Rushmore Maddie Lee

photography Sixth great-grandson of Thomas Jefferson re-creates his presidential portrait Rusty Blazenhoff