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Boing Boing, December 12, 2025
CDC warns travelers of mosquito nightmare virus, Newsom's latest identity crisis, and the truth about Oliver Sacks's beloved brain stories
Dec 12
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Mark Frauenfelder
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CDC warns travelers of uncurable mosquito-borne virus
Planning a trip to Cuba, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, or southern China?
Dec 12
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Ellsworth Toohey
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Epstein photo dump shows Trump, Clinton, Gates in sex trafficker’s orbit
House Oversight Committee Democrats released 19 photos from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate on Friday, showing a parade of powerful figures, including…
Dec 12
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Ellsworth Toohey
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Gavin Newsom woke again
After Trump’s election win last November, California governor Gavin Newsom lurched to the right, hanging out with MAGA weirdos and adoping anti-trans…
Dec 12
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Rob Beschizza
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Woman drives to police station with Homeland Security agent in her car
When unmarked vehicles full of armed men pull up and someone jumps into your car, driving to the nearest police station seems like a reasonable response…
Dec 12
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Ellsworth Toohey
5
Oliver Sacks fabricated key details in his books
Oliver Sacks, author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, was apparently a doctor who mistook his patients for fictional characters.
Dec 12
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Ellsworth Toohey
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5
Second grand jury refuses to indict Letitia James
Justice Department prosecutors have to please the president, but grand juries don’t.
Dec 12
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Rob Beschizza
5
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Sequel to excellent surreal action game Control revealed
I’ll admit this year’s Game Awards ceremony fell flat for reveals (the real reason anyone watches).
Dec 12
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Grant St. Clair
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The mystery behind that spooky desert statue has finally been solved
Do you remember that spooky gaming-related obelisk that appeared in the California desert unannounced?
Dec 12
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Grant St. Clair
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Turn-based RPG “Clair Obscur” becomes year’s most unexpected gaming triumph
To my shame, French double-A RPG Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is the only one of this year’s GOTY nominees I haven’t played, making it awkward to write…
Dec 12
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Grant St. Clair
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Watch what happens when you pull teeth from this felt doll
I’m obsessed with this interactive felted tooth doll by What’s In The Wool. This whimsical little tooth has a mouth full of even tinier teeth, all made…
Dec 12
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Popkin
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Trump “pardons” jailed Colorado Republican, but she was convicted on state charges
Trump’s social media account announced that he had “pardoned” Tina Peters, the former clerk of Mesa County, Arizona, jailed there for election fraud…
Dec 12
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Rob Beschizza
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