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Science 38 scientists want to ban "mirror life" Ellsworth Toohey
Business 57 AI billionaires are worth $320 billion combined Ellsworth Toohey
music No AI for Al. "Weird Al" Yankovic yanks AI commercial Ruben Bolling
Games The age of physical games begins to come to a close as PlayStation discontinues discs Grant St. Clair
nostalgia Rare footage shows how rough Six Flags' wooden Rattler coaster was Popkin
ice cream Twin Pines' vintage ice cream clown is deliciously unsettling Popkin
politics The Good Liars find state fair MAGA fans who rank Trump over God Grant St. Clair
music This site turns LA Metro trains into ambient music Popkin
art This interactive sketchbook turns your drawings into tessellating patterns Popkin
animals Milo the cat lost his favorite pom pom, so he got 200 more Popkin
Technology AI scam callers can be broken with a few simple commands Grant St. Clair
books The worst Caldecott winning book — Rumpelstiltskin Ellsworth Toohey
News Nashville's control tower has 27 controllers; the FAA wants 52 Ellsworth Toohey
animals Baby kangaroo swats at swooping magpie in playful Australia video Popkin
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Science This spider flings ants 30 centimeters into its trap Ellsworth Toohey
Science A synthetic cell grew, copied its DNA, and split in two Ellsworth Toohey
hoaxes John Titor, the internet's most famous time traveler, vanished in 2001 Ellsworth Toohey
mistakes Spokeswoman sues company after it uses AI to make new ads featuring her Rob Beschizza
Boing Boing Gadgets Manage projects like a pro with Microsoft Project 2024 for just $49 Boing Boing's Shop

science fiction Starlog returns in November after 17 years out of print Rob Beschizza

History Ben & Jerry's maintains a Flavor Graveyard of discontinued ice cream products Rob Beschizza

History Nixon gave Cyprus a piece of the moon. Then a coup made it disappear. Ellsworth Toohey

Boing Boing Gadgets Upgrade your PC with MS Office Pro Plus 2019 and Windows 11 Pro for just $26 Boing Boing's Shop

politics County with 37 data centers tells schools to turn off lights to save electricity Rob Beschizza

internet culture A mystery DVD mailed from Poland hid coded threats in a plague doctor video Ellsworth Toohey

History In 1681, a mystery attacker who vanished instantly terrorized London Ellsworth Toohey

History 1930 film may be the first how-to video in history Grant St. Clair

Dearly departed Grandpa Pudding Brains describes recent chat with President Theodore Roosevelt, who died before he was born Jason Weisberger

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