Boing Boing - A Directory of Mostly Wonderful Things

Games Dwile flonking, the ancient pub sport invented in 1966 Ellsworth Toohey
History Castro's supercow got a state obituary and a marble statue Ellsworth Toohey
History Soldier who was shot in eight places said he "enjoyed the war" Ellsworth Toohey
video games This $199 NES cartridge was "one of the worst video games of all time" Ellsworth Toohey
Food This German cheese is ripened by live mites, which you then eat Ellsworth Toohey
History A plane vanished in 1947 after sending "stendec" in Morse Code Ellsworth Toohey
Technology In 1990, engineers wrote an internet standard for carrier pigeons Ellsworth Toohey
surveillance This windowless NYC skyscraper is reportedly an NSA spy hub Ellsworth Toohey
Tom The Dancing Bug Tom the Dancing Bug: A Busy, Busy Day at Washington DC's Freedom 250 Celebration Ruben Bolling
uk UK's Virgin Media fined $28m for hanging up on people calling to cancel Rob Beschizza
bye bye Court rejects Trump's claim that The Kennedy Center needs his name to survive Jason Weisberger
funerals You can hire a mysterious stranger to mourn your passing Séamus Bellamy
Space Scientists working to uncover space-based nuclear weapons Séamus Bellamy
United argued that a window seat is just a seat near a wall Jason Weisberger
gadgets Zohran Mamdani's retro wristwatch is a Casio classic Rob Beschizza
anti-knock Trump's answer to high gas prices is socialism with patriotic branding Jason Weisberger
cryptid fantasy This Bigfoot YouTube channel is entertaining woo in documentary drag Jason Weisberger
books I just finished "On the Calculation of Volume II" Jason Weisberger
weather This website turns yesterday's sky into a poetic memory Popkin
books Verba Prima collects thousands of literary opening lines Popkin

History The shootings at Kent State are now closer to the end of World War I than to today Popkin

Huh what Grandpa Pudding Brains explains roadside bombs in nightmare toddler English Jason Weisberger

Boing Boing Gadgets PocketMage is a crowdfunded PDA with a keyboard and e-paper screen Séamus Bellamy

Business Adobe, Amazon, and Atlassian are telling workers: use AI less Séamus Bellamy

media InfoWars is finally back, but not quite as you remember it Grant St. Clair

Entertainment Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender lands on streaming July 25th Grant St. Clair

Games Burrow inside a massive kaiju in this bizarre flesh-mining indie game Grant St. Clair

gadgets PocketMage, an e-ink PDA inspired by wizards Rob Beschizza

Boing Boing Gadgets Lifetime Bundle: GPT, Claude, and Gemini for $60 till 7/19 Boing Boing's Shop

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