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A nose for justice: the FBI’s tech-sniffing dog
When the FBI needed proof in the 2016 Chelsea bombing case, it didn’t turn to a new algorithm or a breakthrough surveillance tool.
 • Jason Weisberger
Boing Boing, February 20, 2026
Saudi cash, dead mosquito beaks, and a cat that requires body armor
 • Boing Boing
Saudi cash fuels Musk’s next frontier
Elon Musk’s crap factory xAI has secured a $3 billion investment from Saudi-backed HUMAIN, converting the stake into shares of the soon-to-be combined…
 • Jason Weisberger
Moderate exercise works about as well as therapy for depression
Moderate-intensity exercise has “a similar effect on depressive symptoms” as psychotherapy, according to Medical Xpress. Not high-intensity, gut-busting…
 • Ellsworth Toohey
Cat owner spends $20,000 and wears a helmet to feed their cat
Somewhere in Illinois, a person puts on a helmet and shin guards every day just to feed their cat.
 • Ellsworth Toohey
Scared deer trusts firefighter
A deer became stuck on the slippery ice at Loon Lake, Washington.
 • Jason Weisberger
HUD wants to evict 37,000 citizen kids over their parents’ papers
Undocumented immigrants in federally subsidized housing already get zero rental assistance.
 • Ellsworth Toohey
Apparently, women are just assets with title issues
Reducing women to paperwork is an interesting way to make his voting rights point.
 • Jason Weisberger
Measles spreading in Utah, Oregon and California
Utah has hundreds of cases, Oregon and California are reporting cases in the single digits, but RFK JR’s MAHA movement is certainly sweeping the nation…
 • Jason Weisberger
Dead mosquito beaks make surprisingly good 3D printing nozzles
A dead mosquito’s feeding tube costs about 80 cents.
 • Ellsworth Toohey
Another skateboarding history of Venice, CA video
Skateboarding is as much a means of transportation in Venice, CA, as it is a sport.
 • Jason Weisberger
Google Maps now with less maps
You can still find the restaurant. You just can’t find out if it’s terrible.
 • Jason Weisberger
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