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If only this gasoline-powered laptop were real
Supposedly to be found on the Springfield, Missouri Facebook Marketplace, this unusual vintage Dell laptop has an Intel Core 2 duo processor, 2GB of…
 • Rob Beschizza
A cyberdeck to help you airlock the Alien
The Typeframe PS-85 is a cyberdeck crafted by Jeff Merrick, inspired by Epson portable computers and the design language of 1979 science fiction-horror…
 • Rob Beschizza
Boing Boing, May 4, 2026
AI heat islands, shrinking rivers, and Star Wars Day
 • Boing Boing
Lightning compilation video reveals how storms cause fires, explosions, and power loss
This lightning compilation video captures what happens when the atmosphere turns volatile.
 • Popkin
Bear spotted in tree, LAPD reacts
“Police do say they’ve seen the bear climb at least three different trees.”
 • Jason Weisberger
The Force is strong at the Obama Presidential Center this Star Wars Day
The Obama Presidential Center marked Star Wars Day with a quick, playful video.
 • Jason Weisberger
This video on the complicated color codes of US passports cracked me up
The creators of this super informative video also made it super entertaining.
 • Jason Weisberger
The Colorado River’s last buffers: officials juggle shrinking reservoirs to avoid system collapse
Facing record-low levels in the Colorado River system, federal water managers are deliberately holding back water in Lake Powell to keep its…
 • Jason Weisberger
Study finds AI server farms creating their own local heat islands
The same AI bubble promising to reshape the future may also be quietly reshaping the climate.
 • Jason Weisberger
Deadly virus scare strands cruise ship at sea as countries refuse to let it dock
I do not understand why people want to visit a floating petri dish disguised as a 1990s mall built inside a terrible hotel. Is it the buffet?
 • Jason Weisberger
This tree branch is accidentally NSFW
This tree branch oddity is somehow NSFW even though it consists of nothing but a branch and some cowboy boots.
 • Popkin
This mask has a Pinocchio nose with bouncing colored balls on the end
Artist Ton Zwerver made this striking kinetic mask featuring bouncing appendages.
 • Popkin
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