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Boing Boing, February 21, 2026
Here are today’s Boing Boing stories.
 • Boing Boing
OpenAI CEO reduces childhood to a power bill
Sam Altman on the meaning of life is pretty rough.
 • Jason Weisberger
Psilocybin trial shows six months of depression relief from one dose
One or two doses of psilocybin provided six months of relief from depression that nothing else could touch, in two late-stage clinical trials of…
 • Ellsworth Toohey
This website tells you whether your food is still safe to eat
Ever stare at something in your fridge and try to decide whether it’s worth the gamble?
 • Popkin
These intricate “phantom” leaves from 1864 look like delicate lace Cut-Outs Preserved in Time
These images of skeletonized leaves from 1864 are intricate masterpieces.
 • Popkin
Celebrate Pokémon’s anniversary by paying $40 for 22-year-old Game Boy games
Did you know that Pokémon‘s 30th anniversary is coming up?
 • Grant St. Clair
Michael Stipe returns to The Simpsons with “Everybody Kirks”
One of the best things I’ve seen this week is this parody of REM’s 1992 hit “Everybody Hurts,” which was featured on the finale of the 37th season of…
 • Jennifer Sandlin
White House posts “Trump Right About Everything” report, peer-reviewed by the voices in his head
The White House has published a sweeping new economic analysis concluding that convicted felon Donald Trump is, as usual, correct about everything.
 • Jason Weisberger
Elon Musk invents the mattress sale
Price isn't why people don't buy Cybertrucks; the truck being terrible is why they don't.
 • Jason Weisberger
In civil rights reversal, Trump DOJ sides against desegregation
The legal question before the court is narrow, but the philosophical shift conservatives are seeking is sweeping
 • Jason Weisberger
Your beach cruiser just got a bureaucrat
A new idea to limit injuries and hooning on e-bikes in California has been introduced to the state’s assembly: register e-bikes like they are cars.
 • Jason Weisberger
Archive.today links banned at Wikipedia after operator edits archived URLs
Archive.today, also found at archive.li and other URLs, is a popular tool for snapshotting web pages and reading paywalled articles.
 • Rob Beschizza
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