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Boing Boing, August 7, 2026

Neo-Nazi ad payouts, a 1898 internet prophecy, and a legally mandated "Y'all"

Boing Boing
Aug 07, 2026
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Happy Friday! Today's stories: Meta paid out 16.2 million accounts, including pages linked to neo-Nazis. Mark Twain described something like the internet in an 1898 story. A Kentucky water tower reads "Y'all" due to a legal problem. And you can hear a reconstruction of what the Odyssey may have sounded like as a song. Thanks for reading!

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