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Boing Boing, June 17, 2026
Fish from the sky, a cat on stage
 • Boing Boing
Cat crashes Romeo and Juliet ballet in Turkey, bites Romeo mid-death scene, steals entire show
A ballet performance of Romeo and Juliet in Izmir, Turkey, was nearing its tragic conclusion when an uninvited cast member wandered onstage and quietly…
 • Popkin
Report on AI use in business rife with AI hallucinations
The massive consulting firm KPMG had to pull a lengthy report on the use of Agentic AI after it was found to be riddled with AI-generated fabrications…
 • Gail P Sherman
One of my favorite games is finally getting DLC, which means I can recommend it again guilt-free
I really, really loved Dragon’s Dogma 2. Yes, even after its meme-filled moment in the sun was over.
 • Grant St. Clair
Watching a middle-aged English woman enrage romance scammers is my new favorite pastime
It should come as no surprise by now that I enjoy a good scambait. Scambaiting, or the art of deliberately wasting scammers’ time, has become a bit of a…
 • Grant St. Clair
Android 17 brings a customizable virtual gamepad to foldables
Well, this is a sweet bonus: if you own an Android foldable like a Samsung Z Series foldable, OnePlus Open or Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold, you may soon…
 • Séamus Bellamy
Shrek 5 sure looks like another Shrek movie
Back when Shrek 5 was officially confirmed as a project that was, indeed, happening, I thought it was overdue.
 • Grant St. Clair
In a Honduran town, fish appear on the ground after every major rainstorm
In the department of Yoro, Honduras, fish turn up on the ground after large storms.
 • Ellsworth Toohey
The toast sandwich is a piece of toast between two slices of untoasted bread
A toast sandwich is exactly what it sounds like: a thin slice of toasted bread, placed between two slices of untoasted bread.
 • Ellsworth Toohey
Tom the Dancing Bug: The Dementia Donnie Center for TV Watching
Tom the Dancing Bug: The Dementia Donnie TV Room
 • Ruben Bolling
Former prosecutor says talking to police always hurts you
When a former prosecutor got a new case, the first thing he asked was whether the suspect talked.
 • Ellsworth Toohey
Cold-water espresso cuts energy use 75% and tastes identical
The UNSW team that used ultrasound to speed up cold brew to three minutes has pushed the technique further — producing espresso-strength shots with…
 • Ellsworth Toohey
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