the well Mysterious hole appears in the floor of a 175-year-old New England house, attempting to swallow the owner Thom Dunn

Audio Pouring water down a 165 foot well sounds surprisingly odd David Pescovitz

tattoos Tattoo parlor offers free sessions to cover up of racist symbols David Pescovitz

genocide This children's book about Oliver Cromwell is like playful colonialist violence for kids Thom Dunn

Science Coronavirus 'acts like no pathogen humanity has ever seen,' say doctors Xeni Jardin

useful stuff What's in author Richard Kadrey's bag? Mark Frauenfelder

racism Civil rights complaint: cop ordered black shoppers to remove coronavirus masks Rob Beschizza

france Explore the Catacombs of Paris with a virtual visit Rusty Blazenhoff

florida Florida cow arrested by police after months on the lam Thom Dunn

photography The Smithsonian just released 2.8 million images into the public domain David Pescovitz

babies MIT's "Smart Diaper" alerts caregiver when it's wet David Pescovitz

Gadgets 20 cool car gadgets that will change the way you drive Boing Boing's Shop

attack ads Anti-Trump Conservative PAC launches a brutal attack ad against Arizona Senator Martha McSally Thom Dunn

crime "A piece of shit": Government report on Wells Fargo corruption shows top executives' direct complicity in millions of acts of fraud Cory Doctorow

crime Wells Fargo's ex-CEO will pay $17.5m in fines and never work in banking again (but he is still very, very rich) Cory Doctorow

pollution US drinking water is a "toxic soup" of "forever chemicals" Mark Frauenfelder

Weird FBI seeks 'bad wig bandit' on the lam in North Carolina Xeni Jardin

Food Gin yogurt criticized Rob Beschizza

design Genius billboard advertising the new Dracula TV series David Pescovitz

elections Meet Jackie Fielder, the recently homeless indigenous woman who's primarying a San Francisco Democrat in a state senate race Cory Doctorow