Boing Boing, October 01, 2025
Massive government shutdown, guinea pig heist resolution, and a puzzling dictionary expansion
Happy Thursday! Today we explore the surreal: an interagency scramble as the Trump administration bans climate-related terms at the Department of Energy, plus the strange case of 24 rescued guinea pigs (and one tragic loss) in Arizona. Meanwhile, Merriam-Webster’s new 5-pound dictionary arrives with both “rizz” and “dad bod” maki…
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