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Boing Boing, February 10, 2026
Vanishing paperbacks, and Pringles burial
 • Mark Frauenfelder
Tortoise fast enough to escape fire
A tortoise in Fullerton, California, escaped its burning shed and reached safety.
 • Jason Weisberger
Rep. Goldman to ICE director: “If you don’t want to be called a fascist, stop acting like one.”
“If you don’t want to be called a fascist regime or a secret police, then stop acting like one.”
 • Ellsworth Toohey
“I have two other daughters”: Texas man shoots daughter after argument about Trump
A family argument about Donald Trump ended with a British woman dead on a bathroom floor in Texas
 • Jason Weisberger
The mass market paperback is vanishing
In 2007, Americans bought 103 million mass market paperbacks — the pocket-sized books crammed into spinner racks at airports, drugstores, and grocery…
 • Ellsworth Toohey
Commerce secretary admitted to lying about Epstein island visit
In October, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick recounted visiting his neighbor Jeffrey Epstein’s Manhattan townhouse around 2005.
 • Ellsworth Toohey
This cyclist has gotten 36 London drivers banned
Lawyer Nick Freeman — who brands himself “Mr Loophole,” a name he actually trademarked — wants cyclists to carry number plates.
 • Ellsworth Toohey
Crater Lake only looks serene because it’s had 7,700 years to calm down
About 8,000 years ago, Mount Mazama dramatically erupted and collapsed, creating Oregon’s beautiful Crater Lake.
 • Jason Weisberger
Influencer who bought RadioShack accused of running $230 million Ponzi scheme
The day after the SEC accused him of running a Ponzi scheme, Tai Lopez posted on X: “Never doom.
 • Ellsworth Toohey
Bondi and Patel hide senders of Epstein’s most disturbing emails
“Your littlest girl was a little naughty.” “Can we talk about treasure hunt for girls on the island.” “I found at least 3 very good young poor.”
 • Ellsworth Toohey
“There are clearly co-conspirators in here,” says lawmaker reviewing unredacted Epstein Files
If there were nothing left to hide, no one would have worked this hard to keep it hidden for this long.
 • Jason Weisberger
New Google Map tracks proposed ICE warehouse locations across the United States
We recently reported about Immigration and Customs Enforcement spending $70 million to buy a warehouse in Surprise, Arizona, that they plan to turn into…
 • Mark Frauenfelder
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