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Could you live a normal life in Night City?
Cyberpunk 2077‘s Night City is probably the single most detailed city in any video game ever made, bar none.
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Grant St. Clair
Feature-length Fallout fan animation depicts a pivotal moment in series lore
War never changes, but it does occasionally shift into badass animated form.
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Grant St. Clair
Helldivers 2 sheds 130 gigabytes in an unprecedented feat of optimization
As we’ve well documented here, Helldivers 2 is a lot of fun.
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Grant St. Clair
Boing Boing, December 04, 2025
Chernobyl fungus thrives on radiation, robot shoots human, and the great Italian coffee war
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Boing Boing
How AI could save democracy instead of destroying it
Bruce Schneier and Nathan Sanders are asking the right question in their new book Rewiring Democracy: not whether AI will change politics, but how we…
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Ellsworth Toohey
Palantir’s CEO is not instilling confidence in anyone
Purveyor of surveillance software that enables authoritarian oversight, Palantir CEO Alex Karp behaved very strangely during an interview with the New…
19 hrs ago • 
Jason Weisberger
White House to advance global warming so we can have the Wagon Queen Family Truckster
“You think you hate it now, but wait till you drive it.” –Vacation
21 hrs ago • 
Jason Weisberger
Kohler’s “encrypted” smart toilet watches you poop
For just $599 and your dignity, Kohler’s new “smart” toilet cam will lovingly photograph your excrement.
22 hrs ago • 
Jason Weisberger
Watch this tiny hamster burrito for an instant mood boost
This video of a hamster wrapped in a paper towel like a tiny burrito, just its little face poking out the top, is the brain palate cleanser you didn’t…
22 hrs ago • 
Popkin
The impossible task of parking at a house with an excited dog (video)
This video perfectly captures the experience of trying to park at a friend’s house when their excited dog is running around.
22 hrs ago • 
Popkin
Fungus near Chernobyl may be feeding on radiation
Wildlife continually surprises us in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.
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Gail P Sherman
The giant ice pillar of Lycksele, Sweden: a 25-year winter tradition
The Lycksele Ice Pillar in Lapland, Sweden, is the world’s tallest ice pillar.
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Popkin
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