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June 2026

Boing Boing, June 30, 2026
Vanished planes, ghost quacks, and a giant seal
 • Boing Boing
Linux for Sega Genesis
A peculiarity of Sega’s fondly-remembered Dreamcast game console was that it was compatible with Windows CE, a minimal version of Microsoft’s desktop…
 • Rob Beschizza
Microsoft says 8GB “great for everyday use” after years insisting on 16GB for Windows 11
For years, Microsoft said you should have 16GB of RAM to run Windows 11.
 • Rob Beschizza
JD Vance discovers the Nicene Creed in a yard sign
It is always funny when the people calling everyone fragile need theological rescue from a yard sign.
 • Jason Weisberger
Scammers are selling seeds for AI-generated fake flowers
One Etsy seller’s seed listings include a hosta that looks like a bunch of screaming demon shrimps, a plant shaped like a butterfly, and a…
 • Ellsworth Toohey
Masking a physical replica of Space Cadet Pinball
Anyone who used a Windows PC in the late 1990s remembers 3D Pinball for Windows — Space Cadet, the spaceship-themed table that shipped with the…
 • Ellsworth Toohey
A single drug injection reversed autism-like behavior in mice
In a mouse model of autism, a single injection of a designer drug re-grew a shrunken part of the neuron and, within an hour, the mice went from…
 • Ellsworth Toohey
“Mexican Batman” tapes suspected thieves to lamp posts
A Mexican vigilante is chasing down suspected thieves in Lagos de Moreno and duct-taping them to lampposts. He has acquired the unimaginative nickname…
 • Rob Beschizza
Side-by-side: how macOS app icons changed from Tahoe to the next beta
Apple keeps tinkering with the “Liquid Glass” look it introduced in macOS Tahoe, and designer BasicAppleGuy has lined up dozens of system app icons from…
 • Ellsworth Toohey
A tick virus that needs only 15 minutes to infect you hit a record 76 US cases
Most people who worry about ticks are thinking about Lyme disease, which generally needs the tick attached for a day or two before it can infect you.
 • Ellsworth Toohey
NPR retracts comically specific article about Supreme Court’s Samuel Alito retiring, after he doesn’t
This morning, NPR published a long, detailed article about U.S.
 • Rob Beschizza
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