How to make caligae: https://bbs.boingboing.net/t/make-hobnailed-roman-marching-boots-the-caligae/
Psychedelia and Shamanism: https://bbs.boingboing.net/t/the-healing-power-of-ayahuasca/
Cool art: https://bbs.boingboing.net/t/gorgeous-teeny-tiny-pencil-drawings/
Rap music, with a spin-off about punk: https://bbs.boingboing.net/t/white-rappers/ & https://bbs.boingboing.net/t/the-whitest-of-all-genres/
Debunking alt-med: https://bbs.boingboing.net/t/explainer-how-anaedotal-evidence-about-alternative-medicine-can-lead-you-astray/
Mocking the stupid: https://bbs.boingboing.net/t/mens-rights-meltdown-at-mcdonalds/
Hipster nonsense: https://bbs.boingboing.net/t/employees-at-silicon-valley-start-up-fast-36-hours-each-week/
International politics: https://bbs.boingboing.net/t/turkey-6-000-arrested-following-coup-but-that-doesnt-make-it-an-inside-job/
Robots in sweatshops: https://bbs.boingboing.net/t/as-sewbots-threaten-asias-sweatshops-we-need-to-decide-who-will-benefit-from-automation/
A discussion of interesting experiences: https://bbs.boingboing.net/t/this-happened-once/
An in-depth discussion of kink: https://bbs.boingboing.net/t/explain-it-like-were-vanilla/
Not much gadget advertising in that list, but that’s just because I find those articles tedious. I did see an article on a Kickstarter for a portable synth a few hours ago, though, and something about tennis balls.
