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The War Department’s 1944 guide to FM radio is still a great explainer
The U.S.
6 hrs ago • Ellsworth Toohey
Research keeps proving we should talk to strangers more
Every commuter on every train in every city is running the same miscalculation.
6 hrs ago • Ellsworth Toohey
Boing Boing, March 2, 2026
All our posts from the past 24 hours
7 hrs ago • Boing Boing
California’s age verification law could regulate every Linux command
MidnightBSD, an open-source operating system, recently announced it would block California residents entirely rather than risk liability under the…
9 hrs ago • Ellsworth Toohey
Microsoft tried to ban the word “Microslop” and it backfired badly
Microsoft just gave the internet a masterclass in the Streisand effect.
9 hrs ago • Ellsworth Toohey
Turn on audio description even if you can see fine — it makes TV better
In an Agatha Christie adaptation, a character forces a polite grin.
9 hrs ago • Ellsworth Toohey
The Kiffness turns a beach fruit vendor into a global banger
The Kiffness has made a career out of spotting accidental music in the wild and turning it into something joyous, weird, and irresistibly danceable.
10 hrs ago • Jason Weisberger
Vaccines are free. Measles now costs $1.5 billion a year
Vaccines are one of the best financial deals in modern history. Refusing them doesn’t make government smaller. It just kills children.
10 hrs ago • Jason Weisberger
MAGA protests Disneyland by having 30 people buy $200 tickets
For a movement built on “go woke, go broke,” the strategy of financing the enemy’s quarterly earnings call feels less like resistance and more like a…
10 hrs ago • Jason Weisberger
Metal Gear Solid 4 is finally escaping PS3 prison
After nearly two decades locked away in PS3 prison, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots is finally getting ported to literally any other system.
10 hrs ago • Grant St. Clair
US Department of Education decorates headquarters with Charlie Kirk
Plastering a dead outrage merchant's face on the Department of Education signals that the new K-12 curriculum is clear: mock expertise, monetize anger…
11 hrs ago • Jason Weisberger
Gorillaz release eight-minute hand-animated short film alongside new album
At long last, The Mountain has arrived.
11 hrs ago • Grant St. Clair
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