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The only ATM in Antarctica has a second ATM for spare parts
The Antarctica ATM at McMurdo Station sits at 77 degrees south, and a second machine supplies its spare parts.
 • Popkin
Stewart Brand put his 1997 BBC architecture series online for free
How Buildings Learn is a 6-part 1997 BBC series by Stewart Brand, scored by Brian Eno and free on YouTube.
 • Popkin
Ansel Adams shot 226 park photos for a mural that never got made
World War II stopped the 1941 Department of the Interior project, but the National Archives holds the prints and offers them free.
 • Popkin
A mechanical keyboard, plain yoghurt, and a 7am start
The sociologist Keith Kahn-Harris types on a Wobkey Rainy 75 with Gateron Oil Kings, and Mounjaro gave him 7am starts.
 • Ellsworth Toohey
How San Francisco became a tech capital, then nearly lost itself
Jonathan Weber's City on the Edge draws on 200 interviews to trace the internet boom, Burning Man, and the "City Family" that ran San Francisco.
 • Ellsworth Toohey
Boing Boing, August 12, 2026
A commuter's T. rex novel, salmonella jalapeños, and a hand-drawn Enterprise cutaway
 • Boing Boing
Slick samurai simulator Ghost of Yōtei finally getting some DLC
Ghost of Yōtei Complete Edition arrives in October with the Echoes of Sekigahara story expansion and a roguelike mode, upgradable for $15.
 • Grant St. Clair
A museum curator wrote the first T. rex novel on his daily commute
The first T. rex novel, from 1915, beat Edgar Rice Burroughs by 3 years and a museum skeleton by 9 months.
 • Popkin
Taylor Farms recalls jalapeño products in 26 states over salmonella
The recalled stock reached Hannaford, Kroger, Target, Trader Joe's, Walmart, and Whole Foods, with Best If Used By dates through August 16, 2026.
 • Séamus Bellamy
Kevin Smith writes first Star Wars/Marvel comic crossover
The Star Wars/Marvel comic crossover isn't part of What If...? It takes place in Earth-616 canon, out January 2027.
 • Gail P Sherman
Adam Savage is gobsmacked by this hand-drawn Enterprise cutaway
The officially licensed Paramount illustration by Matt Cushman took years to complete and stretches 11 feet long.
 • Séamus Bellamy
Florida police are using Meta's creepy smart glasses
Florida's Sunshine law exposed a purchase order for Meta smart glasses bought for undercover deputies.
 • Séamus Bellamy
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