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Boing Boing, July 29, 2026
Butter physics, vanished keepers, and a cesspit disaster
 • Boing Boing
Boing Boing Digest, July 29, 2026
Voting rights, vanished keepers, and medieval cesspits
 • Boing Boing
Cartoonist sues AI meme generator monetizing his work
Replacing the text in popular comic strips is a common meme format, and few artists are displeased to see their work mutating online.
 • Rob Beschizza
CDC now reports 18,000 cyclosporiasis cases in 45 states
The latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows the cyclosporiasis outbreak now extending to 18,000 cases in 45 states. Since…
 • Rob Beschizza
U.S. Senate unanimously opposes Ghislaine Maxwell pardon
President Trump’s friendship with dead billionaire Jeffrey Epstein is still a matter of endless public discussion. And it’s rumored he plans to pardon…
 • Rob Beschizza
Peppa Pig prevails over Wolfoo in copyright case
Peppa Pig’s proprietors today won a copyright battle in London’s High Court against the creators of Wolfoo, a YouTube character long accused of…
 • Rob Beschizza
Tesla Cybertruck overtakes Ford Edsel as “biggest flop” in U.S. auto history
Tesla sells a few hundred Cybertrucks a month to human beings, maybe.
 • Rob Beschizza
Lenovo’s all-in-one IdeaCenter desktops to come in colors
Lenovo’s putting in extra effort for its latest IdeaCenter all-in-one desktops, which usually come in dark gray and sometimes also in light gray: the…
 • Rob Beschizza
The Senate unanimously tells Trump to leave Ghislaine Maxwell in prison
For once, Senate Republicans declined to hold the door open.
 • Jason Weisberger
Tom the Dancing Bug: Even a trillionaire isn’t as lucky as Lucky Ducky
Tom the Dancing Bug: Lucky Ducky, in “New Frontier”
 • Ruben Bolling
The SS Richard Montgomery’s masts are coming down. The bombs are staying put
After decades, the SS Richard Montgomery’s three masts are scheduled to come down in September.
 • Jason Weisberger
Trump’s participation trophy heads to the Big Apple
Trump’s giant, 10-foot-tall gold participation trophy honoring his “enthusiastic participation” in the Iran War is moving from Washington, D.C., to New…
 • Jason Weisberger
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