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Boing Boing, April 6, 2026
Trump’s Iran shrug, the Easter Bunny assault, and fish you can finally eat again
 • Boing Boing
AI writing witch hunts hurt autistic writers most
JA Westenberg — a writer, commentator, and self-described autistic person — argues that AI writing detection is junk science, and that the writers most…
 • Ellsworth Toohey
Trump’s plan for Iran is: ¯_(ツ)_/¯
In a war that could redraw the map of the Middle East overnight, the official position of the United States currently appears to be: Hey, man, we’ll…
 • Jason Weisberger
Incredible storm chaser footage captures tornadoes up close
The videos in this compilation were shot by storm chasers, people who drive toward the weather everyone else is running from.
 • Popkin
Amazing animal facts that will wow your friends, courtesy of Natural Habitat Shorts
I recently watched this funny animation by Natural Habitat Shorts featuring a jellyfish named Bennett who is stressed out at work because he has to give…
 • Jennifer Sandlin
“Sunshine” is a 30-foot-long animated dachshund sculpture
Even though I study consumerism and consumption, and nothing should really surprise me anymore in this hypercapitalist system we’re living in, I am…
 • Jennifer Sandlin
An artist painted a monster, an occult poet conjured it to life, and now it wants to kill your Mörk Borg character
In 2023, poet and performer Janaka Stucky crowdfunded Ekphrastic Beasts, an RPG monster bestiary with an unusual creation method at its core: instead of…
 • Gareth Branwyn
Trump spends Easter Egg Roll ranting to children about Biden’s autopen
The White House Easter Egg Roll took a detour into grievance hour Monday as President Trump, seated among children coloring eggs, launched into a…
 • Jason Weisberger
Officials say refugee’s death was a homicide after Border Patrol agents left him alone in the cold
A nearly blind refugee was dropped off by Border Patrol outside a closed donut shop in Buffalo, left alone in the cold without help, and days later was…
 • Jason Weisberger
Musk makes banks buy his crappy chatbot if they want in on the SpaceX IPO
TechnoKing Elon Musk is forcing banks to buy subscriptions to his glitchy, scandal-prone AI chatbot Grok if they want a role in SpaceX’s blockbuster…
 • Jason Weisberger
OpenAI pulls plug on Sora after realizing it built a money incinerator
It simply comes down to OpenAI realizing Sora would never be profitable.
 • Jason Weisberger
Erika Kirk explains women’s purpose: not careers, just babies
It is the job of every wife to plan an excellent fireworks display to celebrate their husband's murder.
 • Jason Weisberger
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