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Boing Boing, April 24, 2026
Government blunders, ancient rock art, and Tempest code
 • Boing Boing
A free book explains Tempest by reading every line of the source code
TEMPEST vs TEMPEST is a free book about two of the strangest-looking arcade games ever made.
 • Ellsworth Toohey
An editor who read “Crash” called JG Ballard “beyond psychiatric help. Do not publish”
When JG Ballard submitted Crash to Jonathan Cape in the early 1970s, a senior reader reportedly wrote on the manuscript: “This man is beyond psychiatric…
 • Ellsworth Toohey
Action Comics No. 1 heads to auction after a 40-year hold
In the early 1980s, a collector with limited funds was scanning auction catalogs and phoning in small bids, hoping something overlooked would slip…
 • Ellsworth Toohey
Inside DriveSavers, where data loss becomes a grief crisis
DriveSavers, a data recovery firm in Novato, California, has a lobby museum called the Museum of Bizarre Diskasters.
 • Ellsworth Toohey
Real Life Comix: 51 true NYC stories from 66 cartoonists (and Moby)
Fifty-one true stories about New York, from 66 people who’ve survived it.
 • Ellsworth Toohey
Young@Heart Chorus delivers stellar concert filled with political and protest music for these challenging times
I’m totally blown away by the supreme talent of the Young@Heart Chorus, which covers songs by Sonic Youth, Green Day, Coldplay, Jimi Hendrix, and more…
 • Jennifer Sandlin
Why does Cincinnati’s Smale Park have kaleidoscopes aimed at flowers?
In Cincinnati, you can find some cool public kaleidoscopes at Smale Park.
 • Popkin
Viggo’s favorite things: a heartwarming collection of small moments through a dog’s eyes
Stuff My Dog Loves is a cute website that honors all the things that the site creator’s dog loves.
 • Popkin
Are Palantir employees starting to realize they’re the baddies?
Co-founded by famed FBI informant Peter Thiel (along with seed money from the CIA), Palantir’s tech is often used to make hospital networks run more…
 • Séamus Bellamy
This app will warn you about horror movie jump scares
My ma loves to watch horror movies for about five minutes.
 • Séamus Bellamy
“Save Willy Act” proposes Coast Guard ‘whale desk’ to prevent whale deaths in San Francisco Bay
It was their water first. Doing what we can to stay out of their way seems pretty reasonable.
 • Jason Weisberger
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