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Cassian Andor was inspired by Joseph Stalin

Star Wars hero Cassian Andor was inspired by Joseph Stalin, from the character's rugged looks to the plot device of funding revolutions through daring…

5 hrs ago •

Rob Beschizza / Boing Boing

Dark Toblerone discontinued in U.K.

Say goodbye to dark chocolate Toblerones, Britons!

5 hrs ago •

Rob Beschizza / Boing Boing

The web but with a cable TV menu

Eva Decker's Hypertext.tv is a dangerous mingling of the cable and world-wide web user experiences, lovingly rendered with an aggressive CRT shader.

6 hrs ago •

Rob Beschizza / Boing Boing

Renaissance madrigal cover of "Birdhouse in Your Soul" is perfect

I adore quirky alt-pop-rock band They Might Be Giants, and pretty much think that their song "Birdhouse in Your Soul" is a perfect pop ditty.

6 hrs ago •

Jennifer Sandlin

DOJ's menacing letter to med journals "a chill down the spine of scientists"

The Department of Justice recently sent letters to perhaps "tens" of scientific journals, accusing them of being "partisan" and asking whether they are…

6 hrs ago •

Jennifer Sandlin

Nothing in this world is cuter than baby animals!

The world is overwhelmingly awful right now, in so many ways.

7 hrs ago •

Jennifer Sandlin

Nintendo reopens Switch 2 preorders with post-tariff price hikes

Who could have possibly seen this coming?

7 hrs ago •

Grant St. Clair

Snõõper's "egg punk" musical madness

"No stage diving, no crowd surfing," read a sign at the side of the stage—half facing the audience, half posted in the band's domain.

14 hrs ago •

Lux Sparks-Pescovitz

Doom in a QR code

Backdooms is a Doom-like game that fits inside a QR code.

21 hrs ago •

Rob Beschizza / Boing Boing

Teen's new bionic hands can literally go on solo missions

You know that dream where your hand detaches and raids your fridge for you?

22 hrs ago •

Ellsworth Toohey

Boing Boing, April 18, 2025

All our posts from the past 24 hours

23 hrs ago •

Donald Trump's latest delusion: "Egg prices are getting too low" (video)

Delusional Trump is now worried that the price of eggs are not high enough.

Apr 18 •

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