gaming Wolfeye Studios' Weird West is looking like my kind of game Seamus Bellamy

Comics Fluorescent blacklight comic book Rob Beschizza

books Two far-out books about California counterculture reviewed by Erik Davis David Pescovitz

russia Russian soldier proposes with 16 tanks in the shape of a heart on Valentine's Day Thom Dunn

Robert Anton Wilson Robert Anton Wilson's daughter Christina on the new edition of her father's book, Ishtar Rising Mark Frauenfelder

pranks Pranking French Stewart with dolls, which he is afraid of Cory Doctorow

china Hong Kong shoppers patronize "yellow" stores that support the uprising; while "blue" businesses that support the mainland are vandalized Cory Doctorow

Weird 'I go to thrift stores with $20 and try to make the weirdest outfits I can.' Xeni Jardin

Weird Police nab 'Carjacking-goatnapping' suspect, goat and human released unharmed Xeni Jardin

art Rare new video interview with R. Crumb David Pescovitz

Business Frustrated game devs automated the production of 1,500 terrible slot machine apps and actually made money Cory Doctorow

History alt.interoperability.adversarial Cory Doctorow

Business Before you ask your Chinese factory for a discount, make sure you won't be kidnapped and/or have your product cloned Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Medallion Status: comparison is the thief of joy, and John Hodgman is the thief-taker Cory Doctorow

b-side Someone is draining the blood from cattle, leaving them looking like "deflated plush toys" John Struan

photography Summer is over. Juggalos are forever. Nate 'Igor' Smith

crime Texas Buzzsaw Botox Burglar: Woman grinds into clinic to steal anti-aging cosmetics Xeni Jardin

science fiction Read: Jeannette Ng's Campbell Award acceptance speech, in which she correctly identifies Campbell as a fascist and expresses solidarity with Hong Kong protesters Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Because Internet: the new linguistics of informal English Cory Doctorow

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