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Sure, Jan: Melania pops up with a very convenient Epstein denial
I mean Glass! George Glass!
 • Jason Weisberger
Boing Boing, April 9, 2026
A pub thief stole a Fabergé egg, and Meta won’t let you sue Meta on Meta
 • Boing Boing
“Catturd” gets more X engagement than the New York Times
Catturd — a right-wing pseudonymous account — routinely outperforms the New York Times on X.
 • Ellsworth Toohey
Terry Zwigoff and Drew Friedman in conversation after CRUMB at Film Forum
The 1995 documentary CRUMB — Terry Zwigoff’s portrait of underground cartoonist Robert Crumb and his deeply dysfunctional family — was snubbed for an…
 • Ellsworth Toohey
Amazon is turning 2 million old Kindles into bricks this May
If you own an older Kindle and ever factory reset it after May 20, 2026, you will never be able to read new books on it again.
 • Ellsworth Toohey
Meta is pulling ads that recruit plaintiffs suing Meta
Two weeks after a California jury found Meta negligent in a landmark social media addiction case, the company has started removing ads on its own…
 • Ellsworth Toohey
Amazon to cut off old Kindles in May
Amazon is to discontinue support for old Kindles, including the first and second generations and the Kindle DX.
 • Rob Beschizza
EFF quits X as posts now get 3% of what tweets once got
In 2018, the Electronic Frontier Foundation — the San Francisco nonprofit that has been fighting for digital rights since 1990 — posted 5 to 10 times a…
 • Ellsworth Toohey
Someone left mysterious symbol-filled booklets in a London bookshop
In 1995 or 1996, British musician Cylob — real name Chris Jeffs — picked up a free booklet from a stack near the entrance of a London bookshop.
 • Ellsworth Toohey
Mac OS X ported to the Nintendo Wii
The Macintosh’s operating system has been ported to the Nintendo Wii, defying those who said it could not be done. Granted, it’s the original release of…
 • Rob Beschizza
Metal Gear Solid movie on the way
In 1998, Hideo Kojima’s Metal Gear Solid brought cinematic action to the original Sony PlayStation, and now Hollywood is returning the favor.
 • Rob Beschizza
Pub thief who nabbed handbag didn’t realize it had $3m Fabergé egg in it
When Enzo Conticello, 29, took Rosie Dawson’s handbag in the Dog and Duck pub in Soho, London, he didn’t realize how big his score was: it contained a…
 • Rob Beschizza
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