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Grandpa Pudding Brains: “Most people don’t know dumb has a B”
Next week’s breakthrough: why “knife” starts with a K.
16 hrs ago • Jason Weisberger
Ubisoft lost a billion and a half dollars last year
Hey, remember when I was like “oooh, the Black Flag remake is pretty clearly a desperate Hail Mary to turn games giant Ubisoft’s ailing fortunes…
20 hrs ago • Grant St. Clair
Another graduation speaker hypes AI to boos, tells students their education is already obsolete
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and private equity managerial Gloria Caulfield, addressing graduates, both got booed recently as they talked up AI.
21 hrs ago • Rob Beschizza
No sign of fabled Trump phone in the wild
Trump phones were sent out to reviewers, but today The Verge’s Dominic Preston reports that they are the only models shown to exist.
May 22 • Rob Beschizza
Armed with German copyright, Fender threatens makers of Strat-style guitars
Fender does not hold a U.S.
May 22 • Rob Beschizza
Trump not committing to attending son’s wedding: “not good timing for me”
President Trump will “try” to attend his son Donald Jr.’s wedding to socialite Bettina Anderson, but the timing is “not good” for him.
May 22 • Rob Beschizza
Irish seagull shits on King Charles III
On a visit to Northern Ireland, King Charles III received an indifferent gift from one of the locals. “At least it didn’t land on my head,” he said…
May 22 • Rob Beschizza
Helldivers crosses over with Warhammer for satire squared
They’re calling it the most misunderstood collab of all time.
May 22 • Grant St. Clair
Bush releases extremely cursed summer-flavored baked beans
Ahh, the tastes of summer.
May 21 • Grant St. Clair
Louvre creates containment zone for people who only came to selfie with Mona Lisa
The Louvre is giving the Mona Lisa her own dedicated exhibition space, a move that should dramatically improve conditions both for art lovers and for…
May 21 • Jason Weisberger
Experts warn men not to turn scrotums into septic DIY water balloons
Doctors are pleading with men to stop injecting assorted fluids into their testicles for social-media masculinity cred, which feels like the sort of…
May 21 • Jason Weisberger
Waymo’s autonomous taxis remain strangely drawn to floodwater
Somewhere inside the neural net is apparently a very determined salmon.
May 21 • Jason Weisberger
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