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Boing Boing, March 2, 2026
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 • Boing Boing
California’s age verification law could regulate every Linux command
MidnightBSD, an open-source operating system, recently announced it would block California residents entirely rather than risk liability under the…
 • Ellsworth Toohey
Microsoft tried to ban the word “Microslop” and it backfired badly
Microsoft just gave the internet a masterclass in the Streisand effect.
 • Ellsworth Toohey
Turn on audio description even if you can see fine — it makes TV better
In an Agatha Christie adaptation, a character forces a polite grin.
 • Ellsworth Toohey
The Kiffness turns a beach fruit vendor into a global banger
The Kiffness has made a career out of spotting accidental music in the wild and turning it into something joyous, weird, and irresistibly danceable.
 • Jason Weisberger
Vaccines are free. Measles now costs $1.5 billion a year
Vaccines are one of the best financial deals in modern history. Refusing them doesn’t make government smaller. It just kills children.
 • Jason Weisberger
MAGA protests Disneyland by having 30 people buy $200 tickets
For a movement built on “go woke, go broke,” the strategy of financing the enemy’s quarterly earnings call feels less like resistance and more like a…
 • Jason Weisberger
Metal Gear Solid 4 is finally escaping PS3 prison
After nearly two decades locked away in PS3 prison, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots is finally getting ported to literally any other system.
 • Grant St. Clair
US Department of Education decorates headquarters with Charlie Kirk
Plastering a dead outrage merchant's face on the Department of Education signals that the new K-12 curriculum is clear: mock expertise, monetize anger…
 • Jason Weisberger
Gorillaz release eight-minute hand-animated short film alongside new album
At long last, The Mountain has arrived.
 • Grant St. Clair
“Abolish ICE” wins overwhelming majority of votes in Chicago’s “Name a Snowplow” contest
In early February, we reported that the City of Chicago Streets and Sanitation Department was running its fourth annual “You Name a Snowplow” contest.
 • Jennifer Sandlin
Watch Buddy Guy tear it up at 89 on NPR’s Tiny Desk
Buddy Guy is one of the last living links to the Chicago electric blues that shaped rock and roll.
 • Séamus Bellamy
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