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The startup selling proof that a human wrote your manuscript
Vellumproof cryptographically seals each draft in a chain of hashes, with the first manuscript free and $5 a month after that.
 • Ellsworth Toohey
Baby monitors now want to predict who your kid will become
Nanit's CTO wants to use a baby's motion patterns to predict whether they'll grow into an introverted 10-year-old.
 • Ellsworth Toohey
China cut its oil imports in half. No one knows why.
After Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz, China stopped buying about 5 million barrels a day, keeping oil near $100 instead of $200.
 • Ellsworth Toohey
An Englishman ate his first pecan pie and fell for American diners
Henry Oliver's first slice of pecan pie, à la mode for $4, turned him into a believer in the American diner.
 • Ellsworth Toohey
Boing Boing, August 4, 2026
A goat tower, dried paper rays, and a 1940 windmill time capsule
 • Boing Boing
National Guard troops entered a Purple Heart veteran's yard, zip-tied her, then charged her with assaulting them
Anna King, who criticized their D.C. deployment with protest signs, was tackled on May 8 in an incident caught on her Ring camera.
 • Jason Weisberger
Rocky Horror Show musical director sent threats to self to end production and avoid cast drama
Kenneth Grenier, 26, of Hyde Park, Vermont, was cited for false reports after impersonating a Concord Theatricals executive in the texts.
 • Rob Beschizza
"It was vandalism!" cried Grandpa Pudding Brains after his DOJ blamed his contractor's shoddy installation
The DOJ dropped its case against former Olympian David Hearn after a Park Service engineer documented peeling eight days before his visit.
 • Jason Weisberger
A 50-year-old short story written for today
Ray Bradbury's "There Will Come Soft Rains" is set in Allendale, California on August 4, 2026.
 • Jason Weisberger
A German strip mall hides a museum of Braun's design history
The BraunSammlung in Kronberg im Taunus fills one floor with radios, mixers, and hundreds of pieces Dieter Rams helped design.
 • Popkin
The world's largest goat tower was built by accident
An Illinois couple's goat tower runs 31 feet tall, with an extra wrap of ramp added by miscalculation.
 • Popkin
U.S. Central Command asks for ideas on beating Iran
Admiral Cooper's team is crowdsourcing options after Trump called off major new strikes seven times in seven weeks.
 • Rob Beschizza
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