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Tom Cotton’s defense of killing shipwreck survivors: they were moving
Senator Tom Cotton has a message for anyone troubled by U.S.
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Ellsworth Toohey
Boing Boing, December 07, 2025
New therapy dogs take the stress out of flying while Nintendo locks music behind plastic figures
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Boing Boing
Reading Rainbow’s theme song gets magical makeover from rising star Bukola
As we reported in September, “Reading Rainbow” has a wonderful new host, Mychal Threets, a former Solano County librarian and bookworm who grew up…
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Jennifer Sandlin
Mysterious obelisk in California desert sparks intense speculation
The Game Awards hits us in less than a week, but apparently that’s enough time for viral marketing.
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Grant St. Clair
Airport therapy animals are way better for making travel better than Sean Duffy’s dress codes
I want to give a big shout-out to Riley and Tipper, the furriest, longest-snouted, most slobbery staff any airport has ever been lucky enough to employ.
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Jennifer Sandlin
Metroid Prime 4’s silent world requires expensive amiibo to fix
Move over, Bethesda. Nintendo has never been known as a DLC-happy company (at least until recently), but that reputation scarcely matches reality. Take…
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Grant St. Clair
The Pantone color of the year is… white
Pantone has announced its color of the year for 2026, and it is white.
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Gail P Sherman
Grand Theft Auto Online brings back beloved series character to squeeze out a little more goodwill
Grand Theft Auto Online‘s final major update looms on the horizon.
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Grant St. Clair
Amazon’s superhero satire The Boys ends with prescient government takeover
I genuinely can’t think of an adaptation that’s elevated its source material as much as The Boys. Garth Ennis’ original comic was essentially edgy…
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Grant St. Clair
Can you really “one weird trick” your way to healthier bread consumption?
I love fresh bread.
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Ruben Bolling
Watch as this okapi picks up kibble with his prehensile tongue!
This video of Mzimu the okapi, who lives at London Zoo, is bound to bring you joy today!
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Jennifer Sandlin
YouTuber transforms 30-minute submarine horror game into feature film
Do you remember Iron Lung? No, not the horrific medical devices—Iron Lung, the 2022 indie horror game where you’re stuck in a decaying submarine under…
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Grant St. Clair
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