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Conservative election fraud activist convicted of election fraud
Harry Wait made a name for himself as a conservative activist pushing false claims of election fraud at the 2020 polls.
 • Rob Beschizza
Church of England’s first woman leader installed as Archibishop of Canterbury
The Archibishop of Canterbury leads the Anglican Communion, with some 100m adherents worldwide. For the first time since its founding the position is…
 • Rob Beschizza
OpenAI suspends plans for erotic chatbot
In its hunt for profits, OpenAI planned to launch an erotic version of ChatGPT that would entertain human users with sex talk and imagery.
 • Rob Beschizza
Boing Boing, March 25, 2026
A lost robot, a suspicious fortune, and a grandmother’s Wikipedia page
 • Boing Boing
This guy used AI to document his grandmother’s life on a personal Wikipedia and now you can, too
After the pandemic, Jeremy, the creator of whoami.wiki, visited his grandmother and found a cupboard stuffed with 1,351 loose photographs spanning…
 • Ellsworth Toohey
A clown fought a robot in 1897, and we can finally watch it
A 45-second film from 1897 — the earliest known cinematic depiction of a robot-like figure — has been rediscovered after being lost for over a century.
 • Ellsworth Toohey
Unknown traders made a fortune shorting oil 15 minutes before Trump reversed Iran threat
Between 10:49 and 10:50 AM GMT on Tuesday, 734 oil futures contracts changed hands.
 • Ellsworth Toohey
The autism spectrum has 39 dimensions, and every profile is unique
When people say “autism spectrum,” most picture a straight line — “a little autistic” on one end, “very autistic” on the other.
 • Ellsworth Toohey
Second Duggar brother faces criminal charges involving children
Joseph Duggar — of TLC’s “19 Kids and Counting,” the reality show about a large fundamentalist Christian family — was arrested Wednesday in Tontitown…
 • Ellsworth Toohey
Toyota ad offers critical purchase information
If you are looking for a Toyota that can transport a fully grown male, look no further than Toyota Del Rio’s advertising.
 • Jason Weisberger
Thieves steal Sea Scouts sailboat, leave worse one behind
Worse things happen at sea
 • Jason Weisberger
Meadow is a small square smartphone with a few useful apps
The Meadow is a square smartphone, compact but not tiny, with good apps such as music, photos, maps and ride-hailing, but no evil apps such as social…
 • Rob Beschizza
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