Boing Boing - A Directory of Mostly Wonderful Things

Science New solar-power desalination device leaves no brine Ellsworth Toohey

Science Why autism symptoms can ease during a fever — and how to mimic it Ellsworth Toohey
science fiction 'They're Made Out of Meat,' rewritten as a dialogue about LLMs Ellsworth Toohey
Funny HowToBasic's omurice attempt ends in familiar, egg-covered ruin Grant St. Clair
video games Domino's Pizza picked a fight over a video game nobody asked about Grant St. Clair
movies Fall, the movie about not falling, gets a sequel about an even bigger fall this fall Grant St. Clair
Entertainment At Disney World, you'll soon be able visit Monsters, Inc.'s city to celebrate H.U.M.A.N. Day Ruben Bolling
christian nationalism 180 religions dropped from Pentagon's approved list of faiths Séamus Bellamy
china China is using recruitment sites to buy top secret information Séamus Bellamy
climbing Sherpa left for dead on Everest found alive Gail Sherman
politics Indiana declares June "Nuclear Family Month" Jennifer Sandlin
I seen a rainbow Grandpa Pudding Brains goes chasing waterfalls Jason Weisberger
animals A beetle that hijacks wasps, then impersonates them by smell Ellsworth Toohey
History The Vietnamese monk who ate only coconuts and built a Coconut Kingdom Ellsworth Toohey
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robot Robo-party clown ignores Asimov's first law of robotics Jason Weisberger
History How a raunchy love charm became an innocent nursery rhyme Ellsworth Toohey
History The Army told Hershey to make a chocolate bar that tasted bad Ellsworth Toohey
law AI beat law professors in 75% of blind matchups, Stanford finds Ellsworth Toohey
prices Trump's war in Iran cancels summer vacation Jason Weisberger

ambush that failed Nancy Pelosi has no time for Mike Lindell's hallway goblins Jason Weisberger

literature Could a Nabokov novel have been the 'father of all hypertext demos'? Ellsworth Toohey

tesla Tesla FSD is so good its trainers won't ride in it Jason Weisberger

Games Retro Pokémon-inspired indie game looks very cool, but not long for this world Grant St. Clair

Games Until Dawn gets a surprise sequel announcement Grant St. Clair

Comic Books Mike Mignola throws Uri Tupka to the devils Gareth Branwyn

tech The E Ink device that keeps you on schedule without the rabbit hole Séamus Bellamy

Science Scientists use yeast from body of Ötzi the Iceman to make "very very good" sourdough Gail Sherman

top talent "Tiny Grandma" brings joy to the world Jennifer Sandlin

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