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Boing Boing, July 3, 2026
AI billionaires, banned mirror life, and a very unsettling clown
 • Boing Boing
38 scientists want to ban “mirror life”
Mirror life — synthetic organisms built from molecules with reversed chirality, the opposite handedness of every natural protein and DNA strand on Earth…
 • Ellsworth Toohey
57 AI billionaires are worth $320 billion combined
A new analysis from FutureSearch’s wealth study of AI billionaires counts 57 AI billionaires worldwide, worth a combined $320 billion — and almost none…
 • Ellsworth Toohey
No AI for Al. “Weird Al” Yankovic yanks AI commercial
“Weird Al” Yankovic pulled out of his participation in a commercial for a business software company when he found out it is an artificial intelligence…
 • Ruben Bolling
The age of physical games begins to come to a close as PlayStation discontinues discs
I can’t say I didn’t see this coming after Rockstar announced that GTA 6 wouldn’t get a physical release. Or, to be honest, after the PS5 and Xbox…
 • Grant St. Clair
Rare footage shows how rough Six Flags’ wooden Rattler coaster was
The original Rattler (see video) at Six Flags Fiesta Texas opened in 1992 and was once one of the biggest wooden roller coasters in the country.
 • Popkin
Twin Pines’ vintage ice cream clown is deliciously unsettling
Twin Pines ice cream was one of many regional dairy brands that once filled American grocery store freezers in the mid-to-late 20th century.
 • Popkin
The Good Liars find state fair MAGA fans who rank Trump over God
Time and time again, I count myself lucky that The Good Liars are willing to wade into the backwoods of MAGA country so I don’t have to.
 • Grant St. Clair
This site turns LA Metro trains into ambient music
What does a city sound like when you turn its transit system into a musical instrument?
 • Popkin
This interactive sketchbook turns your drawings into tessellating patterns
Escherllate is a fun browser sketchbook built around tessellation.
 • Popkin
Milo the cat lost his favorite pom pom, so he got 200 more
This video of a cat and his adorable favorite toy took me on an emotional rollercoaster (with a very happy ending).
 • Popkin
AI scam callers can be broken with a few simple commands
AI is coming for all our jobs, it seems, even those of phone scammers.
 • Grant St. Clair
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