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Grandpa Pudding Brains sizes up Elvis for a fistfight at Graceland
There’s no setting so inappropriate, no shrine to someone else, that Trump won’t make it about himself. The only story that matters is his, regardless…
 • Jason Weisberger
Boing Boing, March 23, 2026
Rogue AIs, robot umpires, and a scambaiter who sued himself
 • Boing Boing
AI agent taught itself to mine crypto during training
Researchers built an AI agent called ROME and put it inside a sandboxed training platform (the Agentic Learning Ecosystem) to learn how to use…
 • Ellsworth Toohey
Your public library can get you almost any book on earth for $5 or less
You need a $198 academic text or research?
 • Mark Frauenfelder
Guy built an e-ink subway display so he didn’t have to keep unlocking his phone
Daniel Pyrathon lives near three New York City subway lines and got sick of unlocking his phone every time he wanted to check the next train.
 • Ellsworth Toohey
Hoover Dam could lose most of its power as Lake Mead plummets
This video breakdown of federal data shows Lake Mead falling faster than even recent forecasts predicted.
 • Jason Weisberger
Croatian friends have modded over 2,000 Casio watches
Three friends in Osijek, Croatia — Fabio, Lovro, and Ian — couldn’t find the custom Casio watches they wanted, so they bought modding equipment and…
 • Ellsworth Toohey
Hegseth gutted the Pentagon office that protects civilians
Pete Hegseth is a rootin’, tootin’ two-gun cowboy!
 • Séamus Bellamy
Happy birthday, Oblivion! Twenty years of beautiful vistas and unnerving potato faces
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion came out twenty years ago today, and there’s a good chance you played it on your Xbox 360, enthralled by the beautiful…
 • Grant St. Clair
Kash Patel confirms FBI buys your data instead of getting a warrant
If you feel that having your personal information sold is a fair price for playing a free smartphone game or finding out which Game of Thrones character…
 • Séamus Bellamy
Lion King composer is suing a comedian for $27 million
A few weeks ago, comedian Learnmore Jonasi appeared on the One54 podcast and spent two hours with hosts Akbar Gbajabiamila and Godfrey Daneschmah.
 • Gail P Sherman
Top devs share their placeholder art to prove you don’t need AI
Crimson Desert, a new action-adventure role-playing game developed by Pearl Abyss, won praise for its vast and beautiful scenery but some criticism for…
 • Rob Beschizza
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