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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
Tom the Dancing Bug: Super-Fun-Pak Comix, feat. Super Pals, McSmelty's World starring Mickey Mouse, and MORE!
This week's assortment also includes Mank & Mook, Uncle Cap'n, and Tim Tripp Time Traveller.
 • Ruben Bolling
Why hobby coders treat AI-written code as missing the point
Fogus names 7 hobby programming communities where the learning, not the working code, is the product.
 • Ellsworth Toohey
TAC-2 is back: the new Commodore reissues an old joystick
Pre-orders are open for $49, with a steel shaft replacing the original's tire valve and a 9-pin connector instead of USB.
 • Rob Beschizza
The farthest you can get from a road in the San Gabriels is 2.7 miles
Dima Kogan found the spot near Ross Mountain and Iron Mountain using OpenStreetMap data and a Voronoi diagram, then hiked out and left a register.
 • Ellsworth Toohey
Hoover Dam is set to lose 40% of its maximum power this year
A prolonged drought has dropped Lake Powell so low that a Glen Canyon Dam fix could cost up to $3 billion.
 • Ellsworth Toohey
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