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MAD hits 600 issues; still, thankfully, hilariously juvenile
MAD Magazine published its 600th issue this week, and celebrated with a gorgeous cover (and back cover) by the reigning champ of MAD cartooning, Sergio…
 • Ruben Bolling
Becoming a British royal with nothing more than confidence and an accent
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: Max Fosh is the only YouTube prankster out there worth a damn.
 • Grant St. Clair
Spider-Man continues to do the things only a spider can in the new trailer for the latest “Spider-Man” movie
How many times do you think I can get away with saying Spider-Man in this post?
 • Grant St. Clair
Meta lays off thousands, monitors workers, increases the snack budget
Welcome to the dark side. We have snacks, surveillance, and vibes that are off.
 • Jason Weisberger
Grandpa Pudding Brains brags about how rigged U.S. elections are
He is not warning about rigged elections. He is normalizing them.
 • Jason Weisberger
HP 16c programmer’s calculator returns in collectible form
The HP 16c Collector’s Edition [HP via Adafruit] revives a mundane but well-loved tool.
 • Rob Beschizza
JD Vance turns dog whistles into a brass section
Nothing says big tent like three kinds of siege mentality.
 • Jason Weisberger
Vienna’s graveyards are full of hardcore hamsters
The cheeks are cute. The lifestyle is metal.
 • Jason Weisberger
Pool expert explains Grandpa Pudding Brains’ Lincoln Memorial Algae Farm
Grandpa Pudding Brains’ Lincoln Memorial Algae Farm may be ugly, expensive, and very funny, but Swimming Pool Steve says it is not especially…
 • Jason Weisberger
Boing Boing, June 17, 2026
Fish from the sky, a cat on stage
 • Boing Boing
Cat crashes Romeo and Juliet ballet in Turkey, bites Romeo mid-death scene, steals entire show
A ballet performance of Romeo and Juliet in Izmir, Turkey, was nearing its tragic conclusion when an uninvited cast member wandered onstage and quietly…
 • Popkin
Report on AI use in business rife with AI hallucinations
The massive consulting firm KPMG had to pull a lengthy report on the use of Agentic AI after it was found to be riddled with AI-generated fabrications…
 • Gail P Sherman
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