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Garden gnome fails to defend tiny patch of land against claim
Ownership of an 8ft by 3ft strip of land between two houses came into dispute after new owners moved in on one side.
 • Rob Beschizza
ProPublica uncovers the Trump administration’s impressive collection of conflicts of interest
It turns out that when you remove the ethics guardrails and fire the watchdogs, the revolving door does not just spin. It becomes the whole show.
 • Jason Weisberger
Boing Boing, March 9, 2026
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Dead Kennedys' Jello Biafra hospitalized after hemorrhagic stroke
Jello Biafra, Dead Kennedys co-founder and Alternative Tentacles Records founder, suffered a hemorrhagic stroke on Saturday, March 7, caused by high…
 • Mark Frauenfelder
Medical journal put a scientist’s name on a fake paper, then demanded 499 euros to remove it
A journal put Laertis Ikonomou’s name on a paper he never wrote, then tried to charge him 499 euros to take it down.
 • Ellsworth Toohey
Iran’s $2,000 drones vs. America’s $5 million missiles
One Patriot missile costs enough to buy about 150 Iranian Shahed drones.
 • Ellsworth Toohey
International developers skipping GDC because the US no longer feels safe
For decades, the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco has been a yearly pilgrimage for game creators from around the world.
 • Jason Weisberger
The $30 billion AI code editor that might already be obsolete
Cursor’s four cofounders became billionaires in 2025 selling an AI code editor that hit $1 billion in annualized revenue by November.
 • Ellsworth Toohey
The Met put 140 objects online as 3D models you can rotate
You can’t see the back of a van Gogh painting at the Met.
 • Ellsworth Toohey
Oil companies celebrate as Trump’s Iran war pushes prices toward $100 a barrel
As Trump and Whiskey Pete’s war with Iran widens, oil prices are climbing toward $100 per barrel, and U.S.
 • Jason Weisberger
Stop hunching over your laptop in cafes
Tim Leffel, a remote worker and editor of the Nomadico newsletter who’s on the road about six months a year, argues that the gear most digital nomads…
 • Ellsworth Toohey
Frazetta’s 1973 “Captive Princess” oil painting goes to auction
Frank Frazetta’s “Captive Princess” — his 1973 oil painting for the cover of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ The People That Time Forgot — is headed to…
 • Ellsworth Toohey
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