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Turns out Grandpa Pudding Brains' expertise is poles, not polls
As Reuters/Ipsos puts his approval at 33%, Trump touts new tapered White House flagpoles he says he paid for himself.
 • Jason Weisberger
Tom the Dancing Bug: The MAGAs go back to when America was Great
Ruben Bolling sends his time-traveling characters to find the exact moment the country was supposedly at its best.
 • Ruben Bolling
Fairphone finally sells its repairable phones directly in the US
The unlocked Fairphone 6 Plus costs $649.99, works on T-Mobile and AT&T, and has a user-replaceable 4,415mAh battery.
 • Séamus Bellamy
Slow Horses season 6 is coming September 16th
The trailer shows someone picking off Slough House agents past and present, with the season possibly drawing from Herron's Joe Country.
 • Séamus Bellamy
NASA image shows crater on moon created by SpaceX rocket crash
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter captured the August 5, 2026 impact site from 60 miles up after waiting six days for the spot to rotate into view.
 • Rob Beschizza
Florida Republican who wants child sex abusers put to death is one, say cops
County clerk Michael Caruso, 67, faces five felony counts after allegedly molesting a relative under 5 in Palm Beach County.
 • Rob Beschizza
Logos of the early UFOlogy scene and Japanesel love hotels
Klasse Wrecks publishes the KFAX zines — black and white archives of early computer software logos, UFO group logos, and love hotel logos.
 • Mark Frauenfelder
Drug dealer jailed after taking gun to probation meeting
Noble Nwokocha, 24, will serve four years and eight months after a converted revolver was found in his coat in Laindon.
 • Rob Beschizza
Boing Boing, August 18, 2026
A ported Android tablet, a lost arcade-era VHS, and a sub-$20 fountain pen
 • Boing Boing
How reusable heat packs work
The pouch holds supersaturated sodium acetate, and snapping the metal disc seeds crystals that fall out of solution and hit 130°F.
 • Mark Frauenfelder
Android ported to reMarkable's color tablet
Chalid Raqami got Android 13 running on the Paper Pro, with double-tapping the power button switching to stock OS in about 20 seconds.
 • Rob Beschizza
White House furious after Jon Ossoff mentions Trump's fawning aide Natalie Harp
Even Harp's own brother Preston calls her relationship with the president unhealthy after becoming estranged over it.
 • Jason Weisberger
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