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Boing Boing, July 2, 2026
Starlog returns, plague doctors, and a talking corpse
9 hrs ago
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Boing Boing
Spokeswoman sues company after it uses AI to make new ads featuring her
Amber George, longtime spokeswoman of a store chain, saw an advertisement featuring her that she did not remember recording.
13 hrs ago
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Rob Beschizza
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Starlog returns in November after 17 years out of print
Starlog, the science fiction magazine that ended its 33 year run in 2009, will return this fall with a new print edition, a weekly podcast and a…
16 hrs ago
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Rob Beschizza
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Ben & Jerry’s maintains a Flavor Graveyard of discontinued ice cream products
You’ve heard of graveyards, where we ceremonially store human remains.
19 hrs ago
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Rob Beschizza
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County with 37 data centers tells schools to turn off lights to save electricity
Henrico County, Virginia, has asked its schools and government offices to cut power use as the local grid struggles to meet the power demands of its 37…
20 hrs ago
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Rob Beschizza
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Grandpa Pudding Brains describes recent chat with President Theodore Roosevelt, who died before he was born
You do remember who Trump absolutely did, however, meet?
Jul 1
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Jason Weisberger
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Boing Boing, July 1, 2026
Stolen iPhone plans, gambling losses, a redecorating tortoise
Jul 1
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Boing Boing
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This neurological condition makes people deny their own limbs
Somatoparaphrenia is a rare delusion in which a person denies that one of their limbs, or an entire side of their body, belongs to them — even when…
Jul 1
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Ellsworth Toohey
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The myth that Catherine the Great died having sex with a horse, debunked
Catherine the Great, who modernized Russia during her reign, took about 22 lovers over her lifetime — enough to fuel a legend that outlived her by…
Jul 1
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Ellsworth Toohey
5
In 1943, the NFL forced the Eagles and Steelers to merge into one team
In 1943, the Pittsburgh Steelers and Philadelphia Eagles had lost so many players to World War II that the NFL forced the two teams to merge into one…
Jul 1
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Ellsworth Toohey
4
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When a World of Warcraft bug accidentally created a virtual pandemic
On September 13, 2005, Blizzard added a raid to World of Warcraft with a boss, Hakkar the Soulflayer, who cast a debuff called Corrupted Blood that…
Jul 1
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Ellsworth Toohey
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Marvel wouldn’t let Italian Spiderman into a real Spider-Man movie
In 2007, an Australian film collective called Alrugo Entertainment shot a trailer for a movie that didn’t exist.
Jul 1
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Ellsworth Toohey
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