Boing Boing, June 25, 2026

Price hikes, greased road signs, and Victorian sewage

Happy Thursday! Apple, Xbox, and Rockstar all raised prices this week, ICE showed up in person to moderate someone’s Instagram post, and CDC scientists published a vaccine study the agency tried to bury. Meanwhile, Parliament once fled London because the river smelled too bad, and a New Jersey road called Shades of Death has residents greasing the sign …