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Patronscan's "ultimate bouncer" never forgets a face in San Francisco's gay bars
Three Castro bars including Mix and Badlands now scan IDs and store patron data for up to five years, prompting EFF legal concerns.
 • Rob Beschizza
If you like indie games, have you tried the Itch desktop app?
The latest version adds full bundle support, so massive collections like the Bundle for Racial Justice now appear in the app's library.
 • Rob Beschizza
At $4 a gallon again, even Republicans souring on Iran war
Overall support for the conflict has dropped to 28%, while Exxon Mobil posted a $14.53 billion quarterly profit.
 • Rob Beschizza
Stolen Civil War cannonballs found in luggage
A child took five inert cannonballs from Fort Morgan and hid them in his grandmother's bag before a flight to Oklahoma City.
 • Rob Beschizza
AI assistant named for long-dead pharmacy founder mutters incomprehensibly and "demands that you talk to him"
Kinney Drugs customers in rural Vermont report daily calls, wrong dosages and unwanted refills since the tool launched in May.
 • Rob Beschizza
Curiosity rover finds field of honeycomb-textured "polygons"
In its 13th year on Mars, the rover captured a 360-degree panorama of the Valle Grande on June 19, spanning a butte named Miraflores.
 • Rob Beschizza
Casio's new Ring Watch has a few smart features
Priced at 1990 yuan (~$294) in China, the CRW-H001 tracks heart rate, blood oxygen, sleep and more in three ring sizes.
 • Rob Beschizza
Boing Boing, July 30, 2026
Duct-taped spy cameras, a lip-licking pig named Daisy, and a fake BBC ghost hunt
 • Boing Boing
U.S. delegation uses AI slop map of Africa at AIDS conference
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 • Rob Beschizza
Marmots now have an OnlyFans account to fund research
I never expected to have an OnlyFans account, but all manner of strange things are possible in 2026, so here we are.
 • Gail P Sherman
The only movie released in Smell-O-Vision piped 30 odors under the seats
The 1960 mystery-comedy Scent of Mystery was the only film ever released in Smell-O-Vision, which delivered 30 odors to vents under the theater seats.
 • Ellsworth Toohey
A town duct-taped garbage bags over its Flock spy cameras
Given recent events, it's safe to say that in many communities, Flock's creepy, all-seeing automated license plate readers (ALPR) have become as…
 • Séamus Bellamy
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