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From vibranium to unobtainium: the periodic table of made-up stuff
Science fiction has always needed materials that don’t exist.
8 hrs ago
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Ellsworth Toohey
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Hero wrestles gun from terrorist at Bondi Beach
It’s been a terrible week for gun violence, both here and around the world.
8 hrs ago
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Séamus Bellamy
3
Social media posts may stop you from visiting the United States
Despite travel warnings from your government, are you thinking about visiting the United States?
8 hrs ago
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Séamus Bellamy
3
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Pixel 10 Pro Fold replaces laptop for digital nomad productivity
I am a mobile productivity junkie.
9 hrs ago
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Séamus Bellamy
3
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Boing Boing, December 14, 2025
Books abandoned, smoking chimps, and the Roman who regretted his loyalty pledge
10 hrs ago
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Boing Boing
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North Korea’s zoo features a smoking chimp and a dog trained to use an abacus
The Korea Central Zoo in Pyongyang offers visitors a unique blend of wildlife and ideology.
12 hrs ago
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Ellsworth Toohey
2
The British pastry named after its resemblance to dead insects
At some point in British culinary history, someone looked at a pastry filled with currants and raisins and thought: those look exactly like dead flies.
12 hrs ago
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Ellsworth Toohey
3
Why do bookstores make some people urgently need the bathroom?
In 1985, a 29-year-old Tokyo woman named Mariko Aoki wrote to a Japanese magazine called Book Magazine with an embarrassing confession: for years…
Dec 14
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Ellsworth Toohey
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The teenage Roman emperor who scandalized an empire and died at 18
Elagabalus became Roman emperor at 14, was assassinated at 18, and managed to pack more scandal into those four years than most rulers achieve in a…
Dec 14
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Ellsworth Toohey
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The man who survived Niagara Falls in a barrel was killed by an orange peel
Bobby Leach was not a man who feared death.
Dec 14
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Ellsworth Toohey
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Third time’s the charm: new Street Fighter movie looks delightfully campy
They had me at “Orville Peck as Vega,” honestly.
Dec 14
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Grant St. Clair
3
Al Jaffee’s legendary Mad Christmas toy feature
This Christmas, let us celebrate with one of comedy’s all-time classics: Al Jaffee’s “If Kids Designed Their Own Xmas Toys” from Mad Magazine issue #76…
Dec 14
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Ruben Bolling
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