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Neil Sedaka dead at 86

Neil Sedaka (previously at Boing Boing), among America’s most prolific and enduring singer-songwriters, died Friday in Los Angeles. He was 86.

6 hrs ago • Rob Beschizza

LAPD officer charged with disability fraud after skydiving adventures

Disability doesn’t necessarily leave someone unable to move, walk or play: it just means they can’t work.

7 hrs ago • Rob Beschizza

Pope tells priests to stop using AI to write their sermons

Forget stochastic parrots: how about periphrastic priests?

8 hrs ago • Rob Beschizza

Anthropic says no to Pentagon demand for mass surveillance and autonomous weapons

Anthropic, best-known for its Claude AI platform, will be losing Pentagon business after it declined to change its policies against using its technology…

9 hrs ago • Rob Beschizza

Boing Boing, February 27, 2026

All our posts from the past 24 hours

9 hrs ago • Mark Frauenfelder

Meet the Enshittificator, a man whose job is making your apps worse

Somewhere in Norway, a man goes to work every morning, sits down at his desk, and deliberately makes your favorite apps worse.

9 hrs ago • Ellsworth Toohey

Neck surgery may help flush Alzheimer’s toxins from brain

A report in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery proposes using a microsurgical technique called lymphovenous anastomosis (LVA) to help clear the toxic…

9 hrs ago • Ellsworth Toohey

Magnesium helps migraines but the rest of the hype is shaky

Migraine sufferers may have the strongest reason to reach for that bottle of magnesium on their nightstand.

9 hrs ago • Ellsworth Toohey

Stolen Gemini API key racks up $82,000 in 48 hours for solo dev

If someone steals your credit card and racks up fraudulent charges, your bank will reverse them.

10 hrs ago • Ellsworth Toohey

The one thing that actually stops would-be dictators

What actually stops a would-be dictator?

10 hrs ago • Ellsworth Toohey

Red Dwarf co-creator Rob Grant dead at 70

Rob Grant, co-creator of cult science-fiction comedy series Red Dwarf, died Wednesday at 70.

11 hrs ago • Rob Beschizza

Neanderthal men had a thing for modern human women, genomes show

When Neanderthal men encountered modern human women tens of thousands of years ago, they were apparently very interested.

13 hrs ago • Ellsworth Toohey

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