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How to see “impossible colors”
What does “reddish green” look like?
 • Ellsworth Toohey
The tragic love life of Jeremy, the world’s loneliest snail
In 2016, a retired scientist in London discovered a garden snail with a shell that coiled counterclockwise — the opposite of nearly every other snail on…
 • Ellsworth Toohey
Boing Boing, January 12, 2026
AI-powered self-hosting, ICE violence, and alien influencers
 • Boing Boing
Chemistry YouTuber claims to perfectly replicated Coke
The formula for Coca-Cola is one of the most closely guarded trade secrets.
 • Gail P Sherman
Erich von Däniken, who claimed aliens built the pyramids, dead at 90
Erich von Däniken, the Swiss author whose 1968 book Chariots of the Gods? launched the ancient astronaut movement and sold over 70 million copies, died…
AI agents have made self-hosting your own server fun for normies
Running your own home server used to mean spending hours fighting with Docker configs, memorizing arcane Linux commands, and debugging networking issues…
 • Ellsworth Toohey
Californians really need to stop eating deadly mushrooms
Deadly mushrooms are continuing to claim lives in California despite warnings.
 • Gail P Sherman
“This is why we killed that lesbian b****” ICE agents in Minnesota beat a veteran US marine
While civilians protest peacefully, Trump’s brownshirts continue their campaign of violence and terror.
 • Jason Weisberger
Trump Administration tells US citizens to flee Venezuela after destabilizing it
Breaking a country and then warning Americans to run is real leadership.
 • Jason Weisberger
Weekend of peaceful protests after ICE slays Renee Good
For all the warnings about chaos, what actually unfolded was grief, anger, and restraint on a scale large enough to make the absence of violence…
 • Jason Weisberger
Fire deliberately set at Mississippi synagogue
A fire deliberately set early Saturday morning severely damaged Beth Israel Congregation
 • Jason Weisberger
These “alien influencers” do human impressions
The very best satire comes from holding up a mirror to your intended audience and going, “Isn’t this weird?”
 • Grant St. Clair
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