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COVID pandemic enters seventh year with no end in sight
It’s strange to think that the COVID-19 pandemic, which sent the world into lockdown seven years ago, never ended. It continues to kill and cripple us…
 • Séamus Bellamy
Scaphism: the ancient Persian execution where insects ate you alive
If you’re looking for the most horrifying execution method in history, scaphism is a strong contender.
 • Ellsworth Toohey
A teen Michelangelo’s demon painting finally identified
Before the Sistine Chapel ceiling, before the David, before any of the masterworks that would make him a legend, a preteen Michelangelo was painting…
 • Ellsworth Toohey
Annoyed by loud phone videos? This app fights back with science
We’ve all been trapped near someone blasting videos on their phone in public.
 • Ellsworth Toohey
Witness says ICE guards choked man to death; DHS claims suicide attempt
Geraldo Lunas Campos, a 55-year-old Cuban immigrant, died on January 3 at Camp Montana East, an ICE detention facility at Fort Bliss in El Paso.
 • Ellsworth Toohey
Boing Boing, January 16, 2026
AI badges, witch windows, and McConaughey fights back
 • Boing Boing
Matthew McConaughey combats AI by trademarking his image and voice
AI deepfakes are one of the great societal growing pains of our time.
 • Séamus Bellamy
“We executed one of you” guy now facing child custody arrest warrant in Michigan
Jayden Scott, the 23-year-old MAGA hero who went viral for taunting protesters at the site where ICE shot and killed a woman, is now facing a warrant…
 • Ellsworth Toohey
Play a collaborative infinite word search
What do you do when you have finished the crossword, Wordle, and Clues by Sam? Instead of Strands, try Words.zip, an infinite collaborative word search…
 • Gail P Sherman
California prosecutors push back on ICE’s fantasy of consequence-free violence
Claims of absolute immunity from the law for DHS thugs abusing citizens and immigrants are as illegitimate as they sound.
 • Jason Weisberger
This 1900 snail-woman sculpture is pure art nouveau magic
This 1900 sculpture depicts an ethereal snail-woman hybrid with a delicate human face emerging from antennae and shell.
 • Popkin
European troops deploy to Greenland as Trump’s annexation threats intensify
France, Germany, Norway, and Sweden are sending troops to Greenland, with approximately 15 French mountain infantry soldiers already i…
 • Ellsworth Toohey
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