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Boing Boing, February 20, 2026

Saudi cash, dead mosquito beaks, and a cat that requires body armor

Boing Boing
Feb 20, 2026
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Photo: Mark Frauenfelder

Today: Musk’s $97.4 billion xAI deal gets Saudi backing, researchers turn mosquito proboscises into 3D printing nozzles, a nasal spray that fights every pathogen at once, and the Reddit saga of a cat so aggressive its owner wears a helmet to serve dinner. Plus HUD’s plan to evict citizen children, measles outbreaks in three stat…

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