Boing Boing, July 31, 2026

Facial-recognition bouncers, stolen cannonballs, and honeycomb polygons on Mars

Happy Friday! Today's stories: Patronscan's facial-recognition system is tracking faces at San Francisco's gay bars. With gas back at $4 a gallon, even Republicans are turning against a war with Iran. Stolen Civil War cannonballs turned up in someone's luggage. And the Curiosity rover has found a field of honeycomb-textured polygons on Mars. We also loo…