Boing Boing - A Directory of Mostly Wonderful Things

History The Strand once published a jade specimen worth exactly one fat man Ellsworth Toohey

History A Japanese doomsday cult bought a million-acre Australian sheep ranch to test sarin gas Ellsworth Toohey
History Om Malik, 1966-2026 Rob Beschizza
Games Retroid's Pocket Nova takes a second shot at getting 4:3 right Rob Beschizza
DHS ICE does in-person Instagram moderation now Jason Weisberger
RAM shortage Apple raises prices because AI ate the RAM Jason Weisberger
monuments Ignoring tire tracks, NPS hunts mystery Reflecting Pool vandal Jason Weisberger
art A rare Bob Ross painting could sell for a happy little fortune Jason Weisberger
Weird New Jersey has a road called Shades of Death and residents grease the sign to stop theft Ellsworth Toohey
History In 1858 the Thames smelled so bad that Parliament fled and Disraeli called it a 'Stygian pool' Ellsworth Toohey
Science Blood-red rain fell on India for two months and some physicists blamed a comet Ellsworth Toohey
Technology The $999.99 iPhone app that did absolutely nothing sold 8 copies before Apple killed it Ellsworth Toohey
History A mountain man spent 25 years eating the livers of the people who killed his wife Ellsworth Toohey
gadgets Leica's SL3-P loses the dot, gets 8K open-gate video Rob Beschizza
privacy Facebook employee data exposed in Meta's own surveillance program Séamus Bellamy
politics CDC buried this COVID vaccine study, so scientists published it anyway Séamus Bellamy
Boing Boing Gadgets Deal Days knocks this HP EliteBook workhorse down to $275 Boing Boing's Shop
Grandpa Pudding Brains pens backstory for nefarious Reflecting Pool vandal Jason Weisberger
Games 8BitDo's button-only arcade controller gets a tiny screen Rob Beschizza
Boing Boing Gadgets Learn 14 languages from 100+ linguists while this Deal Days Babbel offer is still valid Boing Boing's Shop

books Carlos Castaneda faked an anthropology classic, then built a cult Ellsworth Toohey

History In 1916 a con man ran a car on water and fleeced Henry Ford Ellsworth Toohey

mental health Mushrooms got him off antidepressants, so he built TripSitter Ellsworth Toohey

Whiskey Pete discovers viruses do not respect vaccine freedom speeches Jason Weisberger

AI Companies discover AI is expensive when employees actually use it Jason Weisberger

dementia Grandpa Pudding Brains visits a truck factory, makes haunted chew toy noises Jason Weisberger

cars Kevin Mitnick left the man who helped jail him enough for a Porsche 911 Ellsworth Toohey

please remain seated Teen exits Disneyland ride, learns why you keep your arms, legs, and body inside the boat Jason Weisberger

Technology AI-designed radio chips look like QR codes and beat human ones Ellsworth Toohey

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