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UK politician Ann Widdecombe beaten to death in own home
British politician and novelist Ann Widdecombe, a former minister of prisons known for her dogmatic conservative views, was found dead Thursday at her…
 • Rob Beschizza
Why an ambulance ride can cost $12,873 – blame the hearse
For most of the twentieth century, if you needed an ambulance in America, a funeral home sent one — the only vehicle built to carry someone lying flat…
 • Ellsworth Toohey
Estonia beat fentanyl, then lost to stronger drugs
Estonia is the one country that can say it beat fentanyl.
 • Ellsworth Toohey
Passenger nearly pulled out a Ryanair window in mid-air
A window came off a Ryanair jet mid-flight over North Macedonia on Thursday, and a passenger was partly pulled through the hole before others hauled him…
 • Ellsworth Toohey
Coffee machines with no plastics in the brew path
Simply Good’s “The Brewer” is a drip machine with a simple pitch to the coffee addict: it has no plastic parts that come into contact with coffee.
 • Rob Beschizza
Sony updates its decade-old RX10 superzoom
Sony announced the RX10 V this week, an all-in-one superzoom camera with a 24-600mm-equivalent ZEISS lens and a 20-megapixel 1-inch sensor.
 • Rob Beschizza
Hannah Montana Linux updated after 18 years
Hannah Montana Linux, released in 2009, was themed around Disney Channel sitcom character Hannah Montana, the in-world alter ego of Miley Stewart, as…
 • Rob Beschizza
A parasite is giving 1,000+ Americans ‘explosive’ diarrhea
A parasite that usually causes about 50 illnesses a year in Michigan has now sickened nearly 1,000 people there, part of a nationwide spike that hasn’t…
 • Ellsworth Toohey
Boing Boing, July 9, 2026
Sinning Bibles, mite cheese, and unexplained space rings
 • Boing Boing
The EU just approved a food additive that curbs weight gain
European regulators just approved a food additive designed to keep you from gaining weight. It’s inulin propionate ester, or IPE, cleared for sale in…
 • Ellsworth Toohey
Meta patented a wearable that listens all day to guess your feelings
Meta has patented a wearable that listens to you all day and guesses how you feel. As 404 Media reports, the device would continuously record audio and…
 • Ellsworth Toohey
Congo’s Ebola outbreak has killed 600 and is reaching new provinces
Congo’s latest Ebola outbreak has killed 600 people and is now spreading into provinces that had been untouched. Authorities have logged 1,759 confirmed…
 • Ellsworth Toohey
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