art Meow Wolf's new Fridge Portal Backpack is fantastic Rusty Blazenhoff

video WATCH: freaky smoke vortex sightings continue Andrea James

Gadgets The Moskiller can eradicate mosquitoes from your backyard without any chemicals Boing Boing's Shop

Gadgets With this tech-heavy, premium quality bidet, you’ll have bought your last roll of toilet paper ever Boing Boing's Shop

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

travel What it's like to take a vacation in Singapore's Changi Airport Mark Frauenfelder

a trip to disneyland Naked and famous: Swiss tourist has Disney LSD trip of a lifetime Jason Weisberger

happy mutants Boing Boing's own Rob Beschizza interviewed on the Cool Tools podcast Mark Frauenfelder

Funny Satire: No charges for Iowa man arrested after he dressed up as Mr Freeze and shouted nonconsensual polar vortex puns in public Cory Doctorow

Science Watch this build and test of a high velocity vortex cannon Andrea James

roleplaying games What's new in the world of tabletop gaming? (Early August Edition) Gareth Branwyn

Kids This Iowa bridge trail has a remarkable nighttime lighting effect Andrea James

pain Managing carpal tunnel syndrome at 46 Jason Weisberger

Science Watch this absolutely glorious slo-mo collision of two vortex rings David Pescovitz

pollution This man is swimming across the Pacific Ocean to raise awareness about plastic pollution Seamus Bellamy

video VHS is making a comeback Andrea James

privacy Happy Data Privacy Day! A turning point for anonymity, privacy, and the tools that deliver them Gabriella Coleman

web theory Social media's "engagement"-based algorithms are intrinsically hospitable to conspiracies and fake news Cory Doctorow

Japanese culture Being a fake loved one is big business for this Japanese man Rusty Blazenhoff

privacy To do in Austin: Plurality of Privacy Project in Five-Minute Plays Cory Doctorow