Boing Boing - A Directory of Mostly Wonderful Things

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

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

Games Collection of pixel-art skylines from old arcade and video games Rob Beschizza

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Russians returning to 1 horsepower amid gasoline shortages Rob Beschizza

music Poet's copyright lawsuit against Taylor Swift tossed again Rob Beschizza

"Knockoff" browser add-on filters junk brands from Amazon results Rob Beschizza

History In 1964, a Dutch librarian drilled a hole in his own skull to get permanently high Ellsworth Toohey

Science For 1,000 years people have seen strange lights on the Moon Ellsworth Toohey

History In 1987 Kowloon Walled City packed 33,000 people into six and a half acres Ellsworth Toohey

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