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Girl mice grew balls after a one-letter DNA change
Swap one letter in a girl mouse’s DNA and she grows testes.
4 hrs ago • Ellsworth Toohey
AMOLED writer deck has adorable bees on it
Writer decks usually have e-ink displays, which are nice to read and easy on batteries.
4 hrs ago • Rob Beschizza
UK bans “stepfamily” porn by one vote, sets 5-year prison term
The UK House of Lords voted 144-143 on Thursday to ban pornography depicting sex acts between stepfamily members, passing by a single vote.
5 hrs ago • Ellsworth Toohey
John Deere settles right-to-repair lawsuit for $99 million
Anyone who went through a John Deere dealer for major equipment repairs since January 2018 is in line to collect.
5 hrs ago • Ellsworth Toohey
NYT investigation names Adam Back as Bitcoin’s Satoshi Nakamoto
John Carreyrou — the journalist who broke the Theranos story — spent 18 months trying to identify Satoshi Nakamoto, Bitcoin’s pseudonymous creator.
5 hrs ago • Ellsworth Toohey
A.J. Jacobs beat a weeks-long writing block with a two-minute timer
A.J.
6 hrs ago • Ellsworth Toohey
This dashboard tracks everything going on with Artemis’ Orion capsule as it returns to Earth
The Artemis II mission is nearing the end, with the Orion capsule, dubbed Integrity by the crew, due to splash down off the coast of San Diego at 8:07…
6 hrs ago • Gail P Sherman
Clothing tags from the 80s hid jokes, messages, and mischief
I had a blast looking through this photo collection of old clothing tags, shared by T.
6 hrs ago • Popkin
Dead skin pulled from a lizard’s nostril is deeply satisfying
This video of a happy pet lizard having a piece of old skin pulled from his nostril is extremely satisfying to watch.
7 hrs ago • Popkin
Sure, Jan: Melania pops up with a very convenient Epstein denial
I mean Glass! George Glass!
24 hrs ago • Jason Weisberger
Boing Boing, April 9, 2026
A pub thief stole a Fabergé egg, and Meta won’t let you sue Meta on Meta
Apr 9 • Boing Boing
“Catturd” gets more X engagement than the New York Times
Catturd — a right-wing pseudonymous account — routinely outperforms the New York Times on X.
Apr 9 • Ellsworth Toohey
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