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Boing Boing, July 10, 2026
John Deere caves, a parasite spreads
 • Boing Boing
Anthony Hopkins releases first album at 88
Anthony Hopkins, famed for his Oscar-winning performance as serial killer Hannibal Lecter among many other movie and television roles, has his first…
 • Rob Beschizza
Gaza’s ceasefire has somehow expanded Israel’s control to nearly 70%
Nine months into a ceasefire, Israel now controls nearly 70% of Gaza, up from 50% before the “ceasefire,” because apparently the “cease” part was more…
 • Jason Weisberger
Watch Asian swamp eels emerge from the mud for feeding time
The Asian swamp eel (Monopterus albus) is an unusual freshwater fish with a snake-like body and no scales.
 • Popkin
The Hastings Museum celebrates Kool-Aid’s origins with a permanent exhibit
Hastings, Nebraska, is the birthplace of Kool-Aid, and the city’s museum has a permanent exhibit dedicated to the powdered drink’s history.
 • Popkin
SleepScroll is the anti-feed your brain has been waiting for
SleepScroll is a free browser toy that offers an alternative to the endless social media feed.
 • Popkin
Louisville’s Can Opener gives 11foot8 a run for its money, peeling open trucks at a rate of about 1 per day
Since North Carolina’s famed 11-foot-8-inch can-opener bridge was raised to 12 feet and 4 inches, the bridge’s steady flow of victims has slowed to a…
 • Gail P Sherman
One person built what players call the best train sim ever
A single developer working under the name Novatetsu Games has built a train simulator that Steam reviewers are calling the best ever made. Running…
 • Ellsworth Toohey
UK politician Ann Widdecombe beaten to death in own home
British politician and novelist Ann Widdecombe, a former minister of prisons known for her dogmatic conservative views, was found dead Thursday at her…
 • Rob Beschizza
Why an ambulance ride can cost $12,873 – blame the hearse
For most of the twentieth century, if you needed an ambulance in America, a funeral home sent one — the only vehicle built to carry someone lying flat…
 • Ellsworth Toohey
Estonia beat fentanyl, then lost to stronger drugs
Estonia is the one country that can say it beat fentanyl.
 • Ellsworth Toohey
Passenger nearly pulled out a Ryanair window in mid-air
A window came off a Ryanair jet mid-flight over North Macedonia on Thursday, and a passenger was partly pulled through the hole before others hauled him…
 • Ellsworth Toohey
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