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Boing Boing, April 2, 2026
Trump fires his AG, tobacco becomes a psychedelic farm, and SF fines a man for listening to his insurer
 • Boing Boing
4chan’s lawyer wrote a free speech bill for the UK
Preston Byrne, the US attorney who has been merrily trolling UK regulators on behalf of 4chan, has co-authored a draft bill, the UK Free Speech Act…
 • Ellsworth Toohey
Tobacco plants now produce psilocybin and DMT — on purpose
Researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel have modified tobacco plants to yield five psychedelic compounds at once: bufotenin and…
 • Ellsworth Toohey
San Francisco homeowner fined $50K for trimming street trees
Paul Dennes got an email from his insurance broker: trim the trees near your San Francisco home, or you won’t qualify for coverage.
 • Ellsworth Toohey
Trump fires Pam Bondi as attorney general
Pam Bondi is out as attorney general, replaced for now by Deputy AG Todd Blanche, according to CNN.
 • Ellsworth Toohey
War profiteer Marc Andreessen brags about zero introspection
On a recent podcast, Marc Andreessen, whose firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) manages tens of billions in VC assets, said he engages in “zero…
 • Ellsworth Toohey
Civil War soldiers called the first instant coffee “axle grease”
The Union Army’s attempt at instant coffee during the Civil War came in tins containing a thick slurry of condensed milk and coffee concentrate that…
 • Ellsworth Toohey
Apple bans vibe coding apps from the App Store
Apple removed “Anything” from the App Store last Thursday, the third vibe coding app pulled in March after Replit and Vibecode were blocked earlier in…
 • Ellsworth Toohey
Someone added hip-hop beats to an opossum drinking peach juice
Apparently, there’s just something extra special about opossum slurps, because people keep making awesome mashups with that particularly mellifluous…
 • Jennifer Sandlin
This illness might keep you from getting up in the morning
I slept well last night.
 • Séamus Bellamy
Hegseth kills probe into Apache pilots who buzzed Kid Rock’s house
Hey, remember in the long, long ago when Jason told you about those Apache attack chopper pilots that were grounded for dropping by Kid Rock’s house and…
 • Séamus Bellamy
A compass that only points to the Times Square Olive Garden
Most April Fools news pranks are dismal, but I really want this compass that only points to the Olive Garden in Times Square. It’s by Jason Goldberg…
 • Rob Beschizza
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