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Conman George Santos burst into tears at the sound of "87 months"

The myth of Musk's genius is burning a hole in America's wallet

Conman Congressperson George Santos headed to the hoosegow

Thai ranger fired after threatening to deport tourists over Chinese greeting

China cancels massive US pork order, thanks to Trump's tariffs

Army prankster suspended for giving Trump and Hegseth photos a "time-out"

FBI arrests Milwaukee judge for allegedly helping defendant evade ICE agents

Trump claims taxing billionaires would hurt poor people's feelings

National Science Foundation director resigns after funding slashed

Corrupt cardinal demands to be in conclave choosing new pope

The Oscars orders academy voters to actually watch the movies

The Last of Us is getting rereleased for the fourth time to capitalize on show hype

Tech companies want to buy Chrome from Google after anti-trust ruling

Panda Express reverses mask ban for employees after public outcry

Tiger runs in sheer panic when confronted by, er, a playful fish (video)

Texas gets brutal smackdown from something called a "dry microburst associated virga bomb"

Tom the Dancing Bug: Super-Fun-Pak Comix, feat. Actually-Man, Axnon Duul, and more!

Boing Boing, April 24, 2025

Trump wants to destroy Democratic fundraising, orders Bondi to investigate ActBlue

DHS to US citizen: Sorry you were born here, leave anyway

Evertop is a solar-powered e-Ink portable PC: "thousands of hours on a single charge"

Font used in famous anti-piracy campaign was pirated

Scientists discover world's most bitter substance — in a non-toxic mushroom

Trump rages at Fox News for admitting "the President is under water" (video)

Fujifilm suspends US imports of its already hard-to-get cameras

Woman sneaks by TSA and airport gate agents at JFK just like magic, as seen in new footage (video)

U.S. influence wanes sharply under Trump, slips behind China for first time in worldwide poll

Woman who tricked her way into mens-only Magic Circle to rejoin it

Don't forget to eat your delicious and nutritious phloem

Command Z: a mini-series that wanted to do something about the future

Kraftwerk-themed wedding was spectacular

Lego xylophone made entirely with bricks–and works beautifully

Spooky-looking Ghost of Tsushima sequel gets release date

Next live-action Predator movie revealed

RFK Jr to cut LGBTQ services from National Suicide and Crisis Hotline

America's 19 wealthiest households barely squeak by with trillion-dollar windfall in 2024

"Not a big deal": Trump dismisses decline in tourism

Bill Hader to co-write and hopefully star in Jonestown TV show

Trump expands offshore detention program, now including Rwanda

Bring back the computer-advertising raccoons

Steal $7, lose $84,000

Pretty-boy Hegseth splurges on makeup room in the Pentagon

Boing Boing, April 23, 2025

Your essential guide to not screwing up in Japan

How a teenage diarist scandalized the nation in 1902 with a horny Victorian memoir

Arcade classic Gauntlet hacked to show entire dungeons on high-res displays

Horrible CSS puzzles for web designers

Cleaver mechanical keyboard machined from aluminum block

ICE detains Harvard Medical School cancer researcher

Propmaster pulls back the curtain on movie magic

Adorable baby chimp plays peek-a-boo with a giant Easter egg

Artists resist AI with the #StarterPackNoAI movement

This knife has become my best EDC buddy

Medication delivered by chewing gum

Trump "lab leak" website "inaccurate, flawed, and misleading"

Sarah Palin loses her libel lawsuit against the New York Times

Nothing to sniff at: "Large amounts" of cocaine hit Texas beaches after smuggling goes awry

Boing Boing, April 22, 2025

Being a Lego Master Builder is a real career path, and I'm seriously reconsidering my life choices

Oblivion remake announced and released

Economists calculate the monetary value of pets

Doggo instantly falls into cross-eyed trance with scalp massage (video)

Nancy Mace freaks out at man who asked her about town halls

Postcards from Kraftwerk's computer world

Florida man attacks 11-year-old girl, blames her on egging house (video)

Got contamination? FDA skips milk safety tests after Elon fires 20,000 Health and Human Services employees

Deep state somehow forces Hegseth to fire his own allies, share war plans with family

Florida woman impersonates ICE agent to kidnap ex-boyfriend's wife (and gets away with it, at first)

J.D. Vance killed the pope, at least according to memes

Trump tariffs hit retrogaming

Corgi race is exactly as chaotic as it sounds

Fisherman gives crabs spa treatment before releasing them back to ocean

Foul-mouthed, weed-smoking Spider-Man hits the streets of New York to celebrate 4/20

How the Willis Wonderland pop-up book actually popped

Elf Queen Tilda Swinton Cast as James Bond, Doctor Who and Chosen as Pope

As stocks tumble, so does Trump — to his lowest approval rating so far this term

Watch: Fire on Delta flight forces 294 travelers to evacuate in Orlando (video)

Boing Boing, April 21, 2025

Why psychopaths are less susceptible to contagious yawning

Private security goons charged with dragging woman at town hall meeting

Stop border agents from searching your phone: Wired explains

Firing lasers into the retina reveals a brand new color

School board member admits to banning books without reading them, faces lawsuit

White House reportedly looking for Hegseth replacement

After paying for silence, Gaiman demands a refund

The curious contents of Kristi Noem's stolen purse

Two German teen girls discover America's new tourist attraction: detention centers

This Scottish traveler turned a van named Ernie into a storytelling machine

Leavitt absurdly claims Hegseth doing "phenomenal job" after 2nd Signal error (video)

Study: bigots who hate one marginalized group increasingly hate all of them

Walt Disney World's newest ride: Tiana's Bayou Adventure

Mad Magazine at the Norman Rockwell Museum

Tesla whistleblower describes just "how vindictive this monster is"

High-fat high-sugar diets make you suck at games

Authoritarians love conspiracy theories

Ubisoft opens colorblindness simulation tool to public

Humanoid robots run half-marathon alongside humans

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared Yemen attack details in second online chat group

40% traffic drop for Trump-friendly Target as "DEI" shoppers go elsewhere

Pope Francis dead at 88

Craving something sweet? Try this 4000-year-old Mesopotamian dessert

Canada creates maple syrup fraud deterrent

Fortnite's entire next season will be Star Wars-themed

Custom Cybertruck looks even worse after lib-owning makeover

Next Star Wars game is an XCOM knockoff set in the Clone Wars

Watch the first-ever footage of the elusive colossal squid

Boing Boing, April 19, 2025

Cassian Andor was inspired by Joseph Stalin

Dark Toblerone discontinued in U.K.

The web but with a cable TV menu

Renaissance madrigal cover of "Birdhouse in Your Soul" is perfect

DOJ's menacing letter to med journals "a chill down the spine of scientists"

Nothing in this world is cuter than baby animals!

Nintendo reopens Switch 2 preorders with post-tariff price hikes

Snõõper's "egg punk" musical madness

Doom in a QR code

Teen's new bionic hands can literally go on solo missions

Boing Boing, April 18, 2025

Donald Trump's latest delusion: "Egg prices are getting too low" (video)

Someone hacked Seattle crosswalk buttons to broadcast fake Jeff Bezos messages about tax dodging

Cyprus launches exciting new journalist surveillance program

Remember when people paid real money to watch bug apocalypse documentaries?

Rubio proves Trump a liar on ending Russia-Ukraine war: "We need to move on"

Lucasfilm announces new Star Wars movie with Ryan Gosling

Multipaint: draw pixel art within the limitations of old computers

Eighty-two years ago, a weird and wonderful bicycle ride changed culture forever (video)

SNL's Kyle Mooney is branching out into music, and it's about what you'd expect

Popular music stats: chords, two-hit wonders, and more

Did you know you can mail potatoes without packaging them?

Jenga record stands tall at at 3,132 blocks

Water striders walk on water and suck the life out of their prey

Yes, those are actual graves in the middle of your runway, thanks for flying

Date announced for Peacemaker season two

ICE enlists Palantir to track down people it wants gone

How the Willis Wonderland pop-up book actually popped

Man with U.S. birth certificate jailed for illegally entering Florida as an “unauthorized alien”

Cyberculture pioneer RU Sirius's new album of "rhymes against reality"

Boing Boing, April 17, 2025

Obviously non-existent Fyre Festival 2 "postponed"

Two teens busted for smuggling 5,000 ants

At least 6 people shot at Florida State University today — and Gov. DeSantis fights back with "prayers"

Strongest sign detected of life on another planet

How Trump's tariff plan is lining his and Musk's pockets

Homeland Security tells America-born doctor to get out of her own country

Japanese PhD student forced to leave U.S. because another person caught too many fish at a church outing

Social media and map apps lead to most mountain rescues ever in UK, says official

Mortgage rates up, making housing more expensive

AI company logos look like buttholes

Historic oak that survived Spanish Armada felled by restaurant chain

DOGE: all bark and no bite

1983's Atari 1200XL: a super system doomed by a super price

Idaho Republicans are losing their war with Boise City Hall's Pride flag (video)

GOP Senator admits fear of Trump 2.0: "We are all afraid" (video)

Your diets keep failing because your cells remember being fat, according to new study

Pastor prefers to be frisked by men than risk being turned gay by scanners

YouTuber who left Diet Coke for Sentinelese is in deep trouble

Watch United Airlines flight catch fire midair, thanks to a rabbit (video)

Corvid intelligence: study shows crows understanding geometry

Now's your chance to be part of a tattoo animation "flipbook"

Video: dreaming dog's tail is out of control

Chaotic Rube Goldberg machine washes your hands

Expert archer takes on Hawkeye's greatest shots

Stranded hiker clings to cliff in terrifying video

Your body is just a giant sack of sidewalk chalk, says creepy video

4chan hacked, obliterated and unlikely to be back soon

How to get a figurine produced in China and not lose your shirt

Bookstore owner's ingenious method for moving 10,000 books into a new storefront (video)

Archaeologists claim IP rights to an ancient Roman dodecahedron

Boing Boing, April 16, 2025

American Psycho director: "Wall Street bros" don't get the story is "a gay man's satire on masculinity"

Lawsuit claims Tesla misreports mileage to avoid warranty claims

More bad news for Elon Musk — gleefully dished out by Trump's transportation secretary (video)

The Star Wars that George Lucas didn't want you to see is coming to the big screen

Three cases of a "100% fatal" mad cow-like brain disease just showed up in tiny Oregon town

Science awards show censors Seth Rogen for telling too much truth

200 years ago, France forced Haiti to pay $44 billion for daring to free themselves from slavery

Museum shop turns Bosch's weird monsters into meticulously crafted figurines

Kermit is a typeface to help kids read

Photos that fooled the world

Watch a fearless cyclist bomb down an outdoor stairset

The strangest bird wings you'll ever see in nature (video)

"Just like that illegal alien" Marjorie Taylor Greene has protestors tased and removed from her "town hall"

How scammers use dating apps to steal your money

Official Oblivion remake leaks, disrupting plans for fanmade one

Here's hoping The Life of Chuck doesn't suck

California candidate threatens immigrants with deportation if they don't marry incels

Today's new horror: necrotizing fasciitis of the vulva

America's rich die sooner than Europe's poor

The coolest droid in Star Wars is finally coming to Lego

A 60 second sound clip could alleviate video game motion sickness

California crosswalks hacked with AI voices of Zuckerberg and Musk

Boing Boing, April 15, 2025

UFO—unidentified falling object—crashes through roof and vanishes without a trace (video)

MAGA Congressman "booed" to smithereens at town hall while defending Trump tariffs (video)

China imposes export restrictions the rare earths we need for everything

Trump's tariffs finally makes sense: Ruble soars past dollar

What is this mysterious huge tower at Area 51 spotted on Google Earth?

Canadians decline Gavin Newsom's dangerous invitation to visit California

While Coachella raged, burglars quietly hit a luxury resort

Skulls for $600, ribs for $35: Florida boutique busted for selling human bones

Michigan man doesn't enjoy watching GF's pets while she takes cruise — so he sends ship a bomb threat

Google decides regular human surveillance isn't enough, targets dolphins

Why "Made in America" dreams are a galaxy-brain-stupid fantasy

The new entry-level Cybertruck feels like a downgrade, not a deal

DHS orders American lawyer to self-deport: "It's time for you to leave" (Oops)

Holy crap! Watch this plumber flush an entire chicken down fancy toilets

Tokyo's tiniest electronics shop gets second life in fan's amazing recreation

Tom the Dancing Bug: The Smythe family of Chagrin Falls, USA – MAGAducation

Cockatoo sees dog walk by when barking ensues — and it's not the pup making the noise (video)

Alert circle: San Diego Zoo elephants show off their earthquake defense superpowers

Indestructible glass drops tell hydraulic press to get bent

Living the dream: island sized for exactly one house

What if Earth had a giant banana for a moon? (video)

Wooden shrimp has better work-life balance than entire American workforce (video)

Midsommar director's next film is about small town COVID denialism

Sony joins the "let's fleece gamers" party with PS5 price jump

Watch JD Vance fumble and break the college football National Championship trophy (video)

Lost art of coconut shell navigation: How Pacific islanders crossed oceans

Boing Boing, April 14, 2025

Americans "are next," says Trump to El Salvador president, not noticing the camera (video)

Fantasy goes Western in The Malevolent Seven: angels, demons, and dust (book review)

National security clown show: Mike Waltz's team used Gmail for military business

2 U.S. students thrown into Danish prison over Uber misunderstanding (video)

Lyft now offering complimentary transcripts of your private conversations

Trump stooge Miller condemns Maryland man SCOTUS ordered returned to the US

Caseless phones become status symbol for attention-seeking rich

Ancient tax cheats got fed to leopards, new scroll reveals

Naked man climbs atop Tiana's Palace at Disneyland (video)

Man bribes girlfriend with cruise vacation to use Linux for a week, relationship somehow survives

"I have a this active measles virus — I just wanna stab everybody" — Jon Hamm steals show as unhinged RFK Jr on SNL

New urinal designs aim to please, with less splashing

The mysterious "small house" in an old IBM character set

The hidden truth about Medicaid: 64% of recipients are employed workers

Dating sim lets you date your own existential dread and fridge

Real Italians roast your pathetic attempts at Italian food

One-man skits about the restaurant industry are painfully accurate

Mr. Inbetween is my new binge-watch obsession

Watch: Woman with world's largest mouth devours 10-patty burger

Cholera-infested holy water expels more than demons

How to turn off Apple Passwords on your Mac

Boing Boing, April 12, 2025

Black Mirror is depressing again, and I love it

These playlists will help you cook perfect pasta

Sugar plums, the Victorian candy that takes days to make

Predatory journals even worse since "Get Me Off Your F*ck*ng Mailing List" was accepted for publication

Watch two bros completely lose it over a malfunctioning gas station sign

Puppy tries to jump from deck to grass — but comically disappears instead (video)

Boing Boing, April 11, 2025

Today's plane crash kills three in Florida (video)

Under His Eye: State Department workers ordered to report colleagues with "anti-Christian bias"

Marjorie Taylor Greene somehow knew exactly when to buy the dip

Garfield Minus Garfield is the perfect parody comic for today

Helicopter crashes when wrong control lever is pushed — by a penguin

Greenland base commander fired for insufficient bootlicking

A strange trick to silence an earworm

Anti-Musk protestors armed with sledgehammers turn Tesla into trash — and then into treasure (video)

Allow Webcam is a real-time collage of webcam photos

Tech bro's "AI" was just Filipino workers

OpenAI sues Elon Musk hoping it might get him to shut up for a few minutes

Plumber re-clogs drain after client refuses to pay bill

Professor Lars Schmitz explains the evolution of eyes in the animal kingdom

Apple airlifted "as many as 1.5 million" iPhones to U.S. to beat tariffs

Early reviews of the minimalist Sigma BF camera

Restaurant owner floods building with clean water to block dirty floodwater — here's why it works

Britain trials solar-powered parcel postboxes

Up-close mosquito feeding video is gross, fascinating, and totally unforgettable

Weezer bassist's wife shot by LAPD and booked for attempted murder

New York City gets first decent subway map since the 1970s

ICE posts image saying its job is to stop "ideas" crossing U.S. border "illegally"

Check out this medieval brain surgery grifter

How can you recycle poop in space? NASA will pay $3 million for an answer (video)

Boing Boing, April 10, 2025

Stocks dive again as Wall Street realizes Trump has no idea what he's doing

Incompetence reigns supreme: Trump calls wrong person

Trump official confirms what we knew: Elon Musk is painfully unfunny

Democrats demand insider trading probe

Xiaojing Yan's stunning mushroom sculptures

One killed and five injured in shooting at anti-violence meeting

See the giant plywood cowboys of "Cowboy Ruckus" in New Mexico

Video explains why Victorian toilets were stinky deathtraps

Former Meta exec exposes Zuckerberg's transformation from Chinese censorship enthusiast to fake free speech warrior

Watch bears at the Alaska Zoo test "bear-resistant" trash cans (video)

Review: Chapel Perilous: The Life and Thought Crimes of Robert Anton Wilson

Restaurant offers "skinny" discounts to customers who fit through narrow gate (video)

Thanks, Donald! Tourist travel to the US falls off a cliff

Repel desk-approaching colleagues with the pixelated LED Busy Bar

Minecraft soundtrack inducted into Library of Congress

Framework taking pre-orders for its $549 12-inch laptop today

Scientists cry foul on Colossal's "de-extincted Dire Wolf" claim

"Last of Us" renewed for third season beyond in-game material

I removed the DRM from my Amazon Kindle ebooks

Flight attendants snitch on ICE flights

Trump's new loyalty test: "golden Trump bust lapel pins"

Marjorie Taylor Greene: Grand Moff of 'The Gulf of Ignorance'

Ground collapses under pallbearers carrying coffin, dumping them into grave (video)

Los Angeles: Andy Paley memorial show on April 19th

The best way to cut bell peppers

Meet the Hollywood special effects dentist behind Austin Powers' and Mrs. Doubtfire's iconic chompers

Boing Boing, April 09, 2025

This tree uses lightning to destroy its enemies

Coincidence? Unusual options activity before Trump's tariff reversal

Video store owner's kind gesture to his best customer (video)

Live and dead animals, a DNA test, and 175 hamburgers among odd items left in Ubers

Trump frantically backpedals with "pause" on idiotic tariffs

Kristi Noem discovers antisemitism exists, but only in immigrant Twitter feeds

Kristi Noem discovers antisemitism exists, but only in immigrant Twitter feeds

Watch: Bobcat snatches turkey mid-air in incredible, award-winning video

Japan's rice crisis: Greedy tourists won't stop eating it

Murderbot "would rather be watching TV" in own trailer

Recession is "likely" admits JP Morgan CEO to Fox News (video)

Fox's Ainsley Earhardt tells retirees to stop being so poor

Nancy Mace declares constituent complaints "completely evil"

I jailbroke my Kindle so you don't have to

"Why tariffs?" Even Trump's own secretary of treasury draws a blank (video)

Tesla's solar division discovers one weird trick to stop bad numbers: just don't report them

Belgian police arrest "drunk and disorderly" Marco Rubio bodyguard

Microsoft cancels $1bn data center planned in Ohio, suggests they use land for farms

Judge: White House can't bar Associated Press from attending events

Box beds were the secret of medieval warmth and privacy

FreeDOS 1.4 brings new life to old computers

How to make pine needle soda, a fizzy, nutritious drink

Watch: mushroom with bionic arms paints a picture of a head

Tom the Dancing Bug: A Calvinesque and Hobbesian look at tariffs

Get your Enemies of Democracy trading cards! Collect 'em all!

Animated Predator anthology looks like what fans want

Trump mocked for calling tariffs "legendary" (video)

Cat climbs tree to take advantage of wild bird — and vice versa, in unlikely "win-win" friendship (video)

The RFK Jr. brainworm is giving medical advice again

Inside America's last dog racetrack

Study: even mild Covid infections cause immune system damage

Comedian Walter Masterson beats anti-abortion protesters at their own game

How to spout gibberish with a phoneme generator

Boing Boing, April 08, 2025

RFK Jr and MAGA Mike hate teeth

Fyre festival scam artist is having a rough week after second Mexican location says he's delusional

Musk can't fight Trump on tariffs, so he hits Navarro with Xitter spray: "Truly a moron"

Eco-warrior chefs flee Sweden, leave 158 barrels of sh*t as parting gift

Vance doubles down on false 40% Social Security fraud claim — he's only off by a factor of 16,0000

South Korea using abandoned coal mines to prepare for life on the Moon

Obama would clobber Trump in 3rd-term presidential run, says new poll

Unsettling photo from The Shining tracked down in Getty's archives

Flying predator finally captured after violently attacking villagers for weeks (video)

Casual dining in decline in America—or maybe just the decrepit chains your parents loved

Mission Impossible series finally coming to a close

It turns out Jack Black makes an excellent Indiana Jones

Wes Anderson unveils possibly his most Wes Anderson movie yet

First time mom at 100: endangered tortoises hatch at Philly zoo

Gotta catch all grandpas: Japanese town turns seniors into trading card stars

Creepy chupacabra caught on camera in Colorado (video)

Man set fire to house while blaring "We Didn't Start the Fire"

Elon again upset after gamers mock his lack of skill

Framework stops selling some laptops in U.S. due to new tariffs

Fujifilm's Instax Mini 41 is a 90s-style instant camera that captures better selfies

Delirious Trump forgets what he stands for: "We need open borders" (video)

Space miso tastes weird—not bad, but… different

Boing Boing, April 07, 2025

Professional golfer plays with mouth taped shut (video)

Fifty years after the cult suicide, Guyana invites dark tourists to Jonestown

Trump is butt of joke on Russian TV, where hosts laugh at him: "Pure buffoonery!" (video)

Trump finally gets his big boy parade

Elden Ring to release horse armor DLC, because no one ever learns anything

US tourist arrested after offering coconut and Diet Coke to Sentinelese islanders

Amadou Bagayoko of Mali's Amadou & Mariam passes away

Why tariffs? Because Trump thinks America's trading partners are pickpockets who must be punished

Tesla stocks plummet again after Lutnick urges Fox viewers to buy it (video)

Blondie drummer Clem Burke, pioneering punk-pop percussionist, RIP

Researcher creates convincing fake passport using ChatGPT

"Outlawing advertising is the best thing we can do for our world now," says philosopher

Trump stops golfing to ridicule reporter asking about tariffs: "Your question is so stupid" (video)

Genetics startup re-creates "dire wolf" using ancient DNA

Tron: Ares trailer finally out after sequel's decade in development hell

1890s pencil sharpener looks better and works faster than modern models

A drawing of a sea serpent "witnessed" near Norway in 1753

Surgeon fined for taking photo of nazi terror suspect's swastika-tattooed penis

Boing Boing, April 05, 2025

Watch someone climb 22 crates during a carnival challenge

The 2025 All Hockey Hair Team features mullets and other spectacular hairdos

Deadly mosquito threat from LA pools abandoned during fires

Stunning image of planet-destroying star at the heart of a nebula

Subreddit dedicated to running DOOM on anything and everything

Amidst intense backlash, Nintendo could drop Switch 2 price

Mind-expanding, pants-dropping: New research reveals psychedelics' sexy side effects

Coincidence? 5 nurses working on same MA maternity floor have brain tumors

Boing Boing, April 04, 2025

Bezos, Zuck & Musk learn expensive lesson in Trump economics

Musk's Social Security plan is "profoundly stupid and will definitely fail" says expert

Trump ditches four dead American soldiers for a game of golf (video)

Trump's trade war tantrum just made your Nintendo Switch 2 even more expensive

Pardoned J6 rioters shocked to learn pardons don't cover child porn and murder plots against the FBI

Trump pleased with stock market plunge: tariffs are "going very well"

Former comedian Russell Brand charged with rapes

Vaguely surreal 1896 illustrations of ventilation systems

Watch: dog plays Jenga with amazing skill

The sun candle: a rare optical phenomenon in snowy environments

Ferris Bueller's teacher schools Trump on tariffs

Musical comedian creates perfect satire of nu-metal

Cat from "Flow" helping other black kitties get adopted

Trump's Day One morphs into "2 years" before tariffs bring economic relief (video)

Millionaire JD Vance courageously volunteers your wallet for Trump's trade war

Hilarious doggo breaks rules, chases ducks — then fakes injury to garner sympathy (video)

Boing Boing, April 03, 2025

Dystopia for kids: this $249 stuffed dinosaur reports everything your child says back to you

Stocks plunge further as tariff news sinks in

All aboard for the puke party on luxury cruise liner Queen Mary 2

Buying sunglasses in Brazil requires a degree in psychological bargaining tactics

Howard Lutnick: Don't expect economic relief for a good long time (video)

"Thank you and now goodbye" Europe's break-up letter to America

Explaining how a touchscreen works with a sausage (video)

Fox humor? As Trumper praises tariff move, live screen shows stocks tanking (video)

Supporting ongoing Los Angeles wildfire recovery efforts

Switch 2 release date finally revealed

Mario Kart World: new Nintendo racer is open-world for some reason

Super Mario Odyssey followup stars Donkey Kong

Bichon Frise Lufy has likely found his furever home

New research: Shingles vaccine reduces risk of developing dementia by 20%

Hooters is bankrupt

Here's the scientific truth about squirting. Yes, that kind of squirting.

Watch: Doggy daycare separates chill doggos from hyper pups in comical video

U.S. Government demands new internal passport for citizens and it's giving off major dystopian vibes

Timex's latest retro watch gets the font right

Original E.T. puppet looks like Dollar Tree bootleg, Sotheby's wants $900,000

75% of US scientists considering leaving the country, says new Nature poll

Tesla sales "unexpectedly" plunge

Boing Boing, April 02, 2025

Silica gel's secret history and path to worldwide ubiquity

Scammers with fake treasure maps con victims out of $1.32 million

Illinois teacher arrested for sexual assault on 15-year-old boy breaks down in cop car (video)

Scientists are close to simulating a worm brain

Your brain isn't broken: That murderous rage over chewing sounds has a name

Lauren Boebert makes fool of herself again — confuses Oliver Stone with Roger Stone (video)

Democrat wins Wisconsin Supreme Court seat despite Elon's vote-buying campaign

NaNoWriMo shutting down

Watch clever monkeys use charming tactics to get food

Listen to this cacophonous musical contraption

Exploring the early clay animations of Joseph Sunn

Learn how to eat peas the 'proper' way

SeverVance – Trump's Innies

Republican coalition in Congress falls apart

Boing Boing, April 01, 2025

Left-handed Burger King Whopper, gravity-defying planetary alignment, and other great April Fools' Day moments

Cybersecurity professor erased from Indiana University while FBI raids his home: "None of this is in any way normal"

Marjorie Taylor Greene's ex-husband harassing women (video)

Musk's own Grok calls him a "top misinformation spreader on X," dares him to shut it down

Review: The reMarkable Paper Pro is my favorite tablet

Original 1965 Acid Test poster on auction block with current high bid of $6,750

Billionaire space tourist tapped to lead NASA flaunts his wealth

Death penalty sought for CEO assassination — Justice Department labels killing "political violence"

Republican rep learns the hard way Congress isn't built for mothers

Former AmeriHealth director sues HBO's John Oliver over Medicaid segment (video)

GOP senator slips — asks how MAGA is going to "cut Medicare" (video)

Gilead is here: Karoline Leavitt thinks every day is a holy war

CDC buries report on effectiveness of measles vaccine

Watch this wild jazz raccoon play a mini piano

Chanel Tapper holds world record for the longest tongue

The Mercola Tapes: wellness entrepreneur meets spirit, gets CO2 enema and condemns veterinarians

That's not all, folks! Cancelled Wile E. Coyote movie coming to theaters

Michael Moore calls for portraits of Trump "as he truly appears, without distortion"

If your brain short circuits when you see something cute, that's gigil

Sotheby's auctions artifacts from Lynch's Dune and other SF oddities

3-month kitty — just a baby herself — takes care of younger kittens who lost mom (video)

Not quite jumping to hyperspace, but Star Wars-esque spacecraft propulsion isn't all sci-fi

A fart is a "poofoofus" and other "next level" slang from the Heaven's Gate UFO cult

The Best and Brightest Run North While the Dumbest Run the Pentagon

Peter Hegseth's approval with Republicans is underwater. Seniors loathe him

Why this major security company is ditching April Fools' Day for good

Two kayakers die in same Texas lake just 10 days apart

Health insurance company used private investigators to find dirt on customers, journalists and lawmakers

Fyre Fest felon, fresh from federal facility, fumbles followup foray

"Paid protestors!" cries a man who buys votes

Reporter rents Cybertruck, finds out people in DC really, really hate them

"I am a clown, stupid!" Police arrest Ronald McDonald for trespassing (video)

James Hoffman's guide to becoming a latte artist

This cartwheeling and breakdancing robot looks fake but it's all-too-real (video)

3 of the 4 missing U.S. soldiers found dead in Lithuania — search continues

I pick Star Tours over Smuggler's Run every time

In the 1980s, we (tried) to download software from the radio

How to install Windows 98 ASAP

Drunk-driving NJ mayor stumbles out of car with toddler in tow, seen in bodycam video

Despite history of delays, Rockstar is holding fast to 2025 GTA 6 release window

"Sharktopus" sighting baffles scientists in New Zealand

Microplastics gumming up chewing gum

Worried academics run for the Canadian border

Handmade Trinitron-style retro monitors

Elon Musk effigy perfected at the global Tesla Takedown (video)

"I'm not joking": Trump threatens a third term despite Constitution

Timelapse video: watch a monarch caterpillar transform

Betty White stamp has hidden nod to her love of animals

Delta plane and in another near miss in Washington, DC

Snoring goats, yawning anteaters, and whining billionaires

DOGE plans to rewrite Social Security codebase in months. Who cares if they fail?

Forest resort chain Center Parcs learns why you don't just delete your account

Road Trip: The Icelandic Phallological Museum

Patient dies of rabies acquired from transplanted kidney

Cuteness overload: watch this tamandua yawning

Have you ever heard a goat snore?

Trump: we "have to have" Greenland

A.I. company CoreWeave not having a great IPO

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Trump Orders Nazi-Style 'Ideology Purge' At Smithsonian, and Other Totally Normal Democracy Things

Leopards Eating People's Faces Party voter SHOCKED when face eaten

Woman doesn't like co-worker — so she routinely poisons her drinks (until she's arrested)

A fake WiFi repeater's only working part? Its blue light (video)

Hoping to avoid trouble when buying an election, Elon Musk deletes a tweet

Watch as Donald Trump defines "a woman" (video)

Elon Musk threatens to use government power to "go after" people who "lie" about Tesla

"Signs of liver damage" RFK Jr's anti-vaccine propaganda hurts kids

Trump orders "improper ideology" purge at Smithsonian museums

Half of American parents are sacrificing retirement so their adult kids can have groceries

Fascist Trump fights fake D.C. crime with new armed task force: "No choice but to do it myself"

Dua Lipa wins copyright lawsuit

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Deadly 7.7 earthquake hits Myanmar and Thailand (video)

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Antique 'Specimens of Fancy Turning': Geometric designs from Edward J. Woolsey's 1869 albumen silver prints

Metroid Prime 4 revealed (again)

Lego YouTuber vows wild, possibly impossible viewer-driven creation

Nintendo's Tomodachi Life challenges The Sims

Greenland isn't green, and other fun facts

Anti-vax activist to lead autism "study"

Dollar Tree sells Family Dollar for a big loss (but more than a dollar)

Feisty 106-year Texan speaks out against ageism at airports: "I know what's going on!" (video)

Miraculous communion wafer just infested with bacteria

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Watch this collection of all David Lynch's surreal TV commercials (video)

Oh look, just two regular folks taking a leisurely stroll away from their car on train tracks

Musk Simps Write Country Songs Praising Tesla while Masked Feds Black-Bag College Student

Sleeping squirrels are helping NASA get humans ready for space migration

In 1974 a man ordered a pizza using a computer voice synthesizer

Atlantic editor not the only mistake: Waltz added 2nd person to Signal chat who did not belong

This bizarre prehistoric animal had a Venus Flytrap-like structure on its abdomen

U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth: "Pete Hegseth is a f✱cking liar"

Stories being peddled to low information voters (video)

Kansas babysitter checks for monsters, finds actual creep hiding under kid's bed

DC Cops now treating snarky notes on Tesla windshields as hate crimes

"Fertilization President" Trump spreads bizarre anti-vax fear in chaotic clips

Musk simps spread fake story about their hero saving sick kid with brain chip, get busted by Snopes

Submarine carrying 44 tourists sinks in Egypt, killing 6 and injuring 9

Country song dedicated to Elon Musk is completely ridiculous

Suspected shoplifter's jacket stuffed with Creme Eggs

Elon Musk made fool of by Assassin's Creed social media team

The lowland streaked tenrec uses its spines to communicate via ultrasonic noises

Marjorie Taylor Greene slams UK reporter for being British: "Go back to your country!" (video)

Baby hummingbird cosplays as caterpillar

Masked "federal agents" abduct Tufts student in Somerville, Massachusetts

Lumon Terminal from Severance lands at the Apple Store

Campus investigates mysterious death of beloved swan

These are the world's most breathtaking libraries

How Serbian activists used humor to topple a dictator

White House officials' Signal group chat leak now includes passwords, phone data

Your diet soda is gaslighting your brain

Australian collector faces 10 years in prison for ordering plutonium sample from U.S. website

Without Musk, know-nothing Trump falls flat on his face in news conference (video)

White House Press Secretary: War Plans Aren't Techically War Plans If You Text Them: Boing Boing Daily

University of Maryland commencement speaker is calm, pragmatic, and green

Severance's consulting neurosurgeon weighs in on the innie/outie science

Tesla's European market disappears

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As if security breach wasn't enough — 4 U.S. missing soldiers found dead in Lithuania [UPDATE]

Tulsi Gabbard's memory disorder worsens: "I don't recall which country I was in" (video)

Atari parts store still operating after 41 years

Today in lies from the White House: "War Plans" are not "War Plans"

The Atlantic posts details of attack plans shared on Signal

Social media erupts after Trump doxes New York AG Letitia James

MAGApocalypse: Judge Boasberg assigned "Signal Gate" lawsuit

Lost Nintendo Entertainment System port of Populous found

Marjorie Taylor Greene's subcommittee seeks to defund public media

Wild oddities at Marsh's Free Museum in Long Beach, Washington

Bunny ASMR: I want to be this chill rabbit next time I have a day off

Apple's most expensive headphones get an update

Lauren Boebert gleefully displays her stupidity (video)

Tom the Dancing Bug: The N-word is back!

My Octopus Teacher director returns, this time with a pangolin

Trump Has Portrait Removed Because It Shows His Actual Face: Boing Boing Daily

MAGA Mike escalates the GOPs war on the Judiciary

Trump proves in 4 words that Mike Waltz is unfit to be National Security Advisor (video)

Huge claw belongs to newly-discovered species of sloth-like dinosaur

United flight from L.A. to China had to turn back because of the pilot's absent-mindedness

Watch a bold woman stop a man from disrupting a peaceful protest (video)

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West Ada School District washes away welcome messages

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New portrait of Trump removed after he complains

1963 Twilight Zone episode warned how fascism spreads

Watch as Tulsi Gabbard paints herself into a corner (video)

Pilot yanks constipated United passenger out of bathroom, exposing him with pants down, says lawsuit

New Bosch dishwasher requires internet connection just to rinse dishes

Segregated facilities no longer explicitly banned in federal contracts

Elon Musk's latest venture: breaking Social Security to own it

Taiwan marathon official regrets prizes depicting gold Chinese guns

Beige beast: high-powered Ayaneo Retro Mini PC looks like a tiny Macintosh

A week of pour overs with Dunkin's whole bean "Original Blend"

TSLA up as Tesla sales slip abroad

Traffic noise creates angry birds in the Galapagos

Water tower collapse caught on video, narrowly misses house

Microsoft's 'Xbox-exclusive' Indiana Jones game is coming to PS5

River otters break out their zoo to play in the snow

Woman thinks new pup is emotional support dog — until the little guy gets in her car (video)

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Commander-in-Chief? Trump admits he is clueless about war plan leaks (video)

Apple-1 sells for $375,000

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Latest nightmare fungus spreads to hospitals in 38 states

Border Agents Now Checking Phones For Trump Loyalty, Just Like The Founding Fathers Intended: Boing Boing

Nessie, Grendel, water demon, and other "myths and legends" on fantastic new Royal Mail stamps

Inept: Pete Hegseth accidentally texts U.S. war plans to Atlantic editor, says new report

Bigfoot spotted in National Weather Service storm damage photo

Trump bashes Dem Gov. Polis over "bad" portrait of himself — even though Republicans commissioned it

That's all folks! Warner Bros CEO murders Bugs Bunny for fun and profit

The Lorax is out of a job: Trump chops nationwide tree-planting program as "DEI"

Crypto developer faces 40 years in prison for creating privacy software

AMC introduces foreign language films dubbed using A.I.

Trump appoints lawyer behind massive legal losses as interim U.S. Attorney for New Jersey

Gen X: from Grunge to Gated Communities—is this how we go out?

Learn to sneeze more quietly with these science-backed techniques

Fox News' Brian Kilmeade just shrugged at the Constitution and said due process is optional now (video)

White House turns Easter Egg Roll into ad space for corporations

23andMe files for bankruptcy

Crossing U.S. border with your devices may be unsafe

The amazing art techniques of 1999's Homeworld

European gaming history often ignored in US-centric retrospectives

"Control" follow-up sees you taking on sentient sticky notes with friends

Maine lobster fisherman goes viral for his "claw spa"

Does the adorable American woodcock "peent" or "meep"?

Bernie Sanders and AOC rally tens of thousands in Denver for progressive agenda (video)

Reading between the lines: Trump restricts access to border-straddling library (video)

Rep. Crockett drags AG Bondi, questions her intellect

Debunking AI-generated culinary myths on social media (video)

Elon Musk to open Tesla-themed restaurant

"The Game of Jaws" celebrates Jaws' 50th anniversary

Pet a giant cat butt in this arcade game

A real-life Mario Kart course made with Lego cars

Watch: zooming through the microscopic world of a drop of water

Watch a giant water lily open its "vicious" flower

Meet Karumbi, the world's shortest goat

Behind the scenes: how pre-packaged sandwiches and fish replicas are made

Early 20th-century photos show fishermen from the fishes' perspective

Boing Boing, March 22, 2025

Experience the charm of Sylvanian Families at their theme park in Osaka, Japan

The Fish Inn: A quirky roadside attraction in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, with a fish-shaped design and unique traditions

Watch a small beetle use incredible strength to escape a venus flytrap – a thrilling struggle for survival!

Watch a chameleon's tongue catch a bug in slow motion – fascinating and alien-like feeding mechanism!

Boxing and grilling legend George Foreman dead at 76

"Stop!" Southwest pilots somehow confuse Florida taxiway for runway

Artist Drew Friedman documentary LA premiere, March 29, 2025

AOC trolls MAGA Congressman for refusing his own town hall — she shows up instead to 11,000 people (video)

US Patent Office to small businesses: "LOL have fun getting extorted by patent trolls"

Best of the internet: "To My Neighbor Whose Tesla Is Covered in Kraft Singles"

Boing Boing, March 21, 2025

Tech bro's "anti-fraud" AI actually just regular old fraud

As DOGE closes a Social Security office in his district, this NY Congressman blames the ghost of Christmas past

Trump compares Tesla protests to U.S. Capitol attacks — burning cars are far worse (video)

Trump forces a lawfirm to bend the knee

Hidden for 175 years: Photographer's mysterious "witch mirror" 3D self-portrait emerges

California utility monopoly with $2.47B profits has one simple trick to make more money (it's charging you more)

Trump's attacks on the free press intensify as Musk visits the Pentagon

Robot dog learns to skateboard (video)

Officials cracking down on egg smugglers as retailers exploit falling wholesale prices

"One sign comes down, tens of thousands go up!" West Ada school district's war on inclusion goes viral

Fox host calls for arrest of John Cusack and Jasmine Crockett (video)

Lockheed Martin is desperate to Take Off to The Great White North

Watch as scam call centers crumble under an AI siege launched by a clever YouTuber (video)

Denmark latest country to issue travel warning for the U.S.

Chaos as Heathrow Airport closed for whole day by fire

This dumb plastic thing made my day

The Catford Cat is the kitty of the day

4K restoration of Princess Mononoke heading to IMAX theaters next week

Oklahoma City's blue whale car wash was lost to time

New documentary about the history of comic shops and why their survival matters now more than ever (video)

Wildlife experts baffled by this mystery creature photographed in Florida

Dire warning from Canada MP: "I urge people not to travel to the United States" (video)

NY Times adorably still pretending Trump administration might not do the fascist thing

Guess what your tax dollars don't pay for? Astronaut overtime

Watch a baby chameleons' terrifying first moments of life (video)

Real-life "Blades of Chaos" are both breathtaking and terrifying (video)

Charming 'Food On My Dog' blog delivers exactly what it promises

Boing Boing: A Day of American Ironies

Measles is "good for the body" says father of 6-month-old child dead of the measles

Mariah Carey wins copyright fight over All I Want for Christmas is You

Enjoy the 1981 Atari VCS Catalog

Los Angeles' historic Pacific Dining Car burns again (video)

Fox host floats "death penalty" for Tesla protestors — Karoline Leavitt nods in agreement (video)

Police arrest "highway phantom" for secretly causing crashes just to offer help to victims

ChatGPT faces privacy violation for inventing a horrific murder case about an innocent man

E.T. the extraterrestrial could land in your living room for $1 million

Watch "A Moment for Love" on Amazon

This feed reveals what pilots are really saying while you're in the air

Musk's allies in the Trump administration can't stop Tesla's stock slide (video)

Trump's Department of Defense disappears Jackie Robinson

French scientist denied entry to US after a search of his phone revealed messages critical of Trump

New York Times thought Mario wears suspenders

Fujifilm's GFX100RF is a medium format camera for a large pocket

46,096 Cybertrucks recalled over detaching panels

Frontier Airlines mocks Southwest by offering "free checked bags"

Forever 21 bankrupt again

European Union orders Apple to open ecosystem

Pentagon scrubs Black Civil War hero because DEI

An apple a day keeps tinnitus at bay (and so might coffee)

European Union orders Apple to open ecosystem

Prepare for "arrest, detention, and deportation" — Germany warns citizens about stricter US entry requirements

Elon just found another billion dollars in his couch cushions for Xitter

From Lunar Secrets to Ice Cream Politics — Boing Boing 3/19/25

Are we torturing our sleeping selves? The moral rights of of dreaming innies

New lunar sunset photos may hold secret to 50-year-old mystery

Ben & Jerry's was always political — but now its CEO is fired for it, says lawsuit

"Trump will win again in 2028" — Steve Bannon says the quiet part out loud (video)

Canadian detained by ICE for two weeks tells her story: "Everything felt like it was meant to break you"

Even deep red MAGA voters are sick of Elon Musk: "Booo!!!" (video)

Commuter turns British rail's legendary awfulness into free travel hack

Atari watches offer the time (and timeless classics)

News of the Times: Local Crackpot Takes Trump Seriously

Dachshund parade claims world record

No smoking gun found in JFK assassination docs

Nvidia wants to sell you a personal AI "supercomputer"

New England Aquarium opens penguin retirement home

The meta 1984 trailer for "This Is Spinal Tap"

Fed-up Tesla investor asks Musk to choose: step down as CEO or dump Trump

Minnesota GOP senator caught being super gross with fake teen, just hours after trying to classify Trump critics as mentally ill

Kayaker saved baby otter, then released her — but 1-1/2 years later, she hasn't forgotten (video)

SNL's 50th celebration sees COVID-19 spread among cast and guests

Boing Boing, March 18, 2025

Artificial intelligence learns that in art, humanity isn't optional

Astronaut's astonishing photo captures a real 2001"Star Gate" moment in space

MAGA bully's attempt to provoke LGBTQ bar backfires (video)

Coast guard launches helicopter and boat rescue of two drowning people—who turned out to be neither

City council: Please keep your hands off these monumental breasts

Texas Gov. Abbott: Judges are often wrong and King Trump must "test the limits" (video)

560lb Twitter logo removed from company HQ is up for auction

How does "Darren Aronofsky's Stephen King's Cujo" sound to you?

Lanhsa flight crashes near Honduras, killing at least 12 people

An exclusive peek at The Folio Society's new edition of "Perdido Street Station"

Self preservation: Chief Justice of the United States rebukes Trump

Sad! Tesla stock continues death spiral as Chinese rival unveils 5-minute EV charger

Kim Jong-un can't find enough sketchy money launderers to handle his $5 billion crypto crime spree

Florida minister allegedly kills mom while DUI — hours after being released from first DUI

Peer to peer: Joe Exotic asks Trump for a favor

Study shows your sweet baby pit bull might be the least problematic thing about you

Roku's tests autoplaying home screen ads, and users feel tested

The famed crooked house of Windsor is now a cafe bar and bottle shop

Once upon a time, there was a cave-themed restaurant in Florida

First original Silent Hill game in 13 years revealed

Disco Elysium mobile port is being "reimagined" to "captivate the TikTok user"

Is a Hearse or Cybertruck the perfect family car?

Bobcat sees empty box and morphs into purring house cat (video)

Huh? Trump's press secretary — whose job is to answer Qs: "You're a reporter. You should find out" (video)

Lafayette, we are sorry about these a**h***s!

Boing Boing, March 17, 2025

From Slack channels to bathroom escapes: Rippling's wild espionage claims against Deel

Team stuck at remote Antarctica base emailed that one of them is violent and threatened murder

Trump lawyer behind hundreds of millions in losses still talking

Alex Jones calls Donald Trump a "poop addict" who "guzzles the feces of bacteria" (video)

Poor widdle Proud Boy can't get his benefits after attacking Capitol, sad face emoji

"I don't care what judges think" — Trump's border czar openly brags about ignoring federal courts

Last week, Trump helped Tesla recover stock value. This week, it's falling again

MAGA supporter shocked when ICE locks up his wife

This driver is the par-KING! (video)

The "Coup-o-meter" tracks the death of democracy

After Trump says Biden pardons are "VOID," Republican hits back: "Bring it on, you weak, whiny, tiny man" (video)

Young men love Andrew Tate because far-right destroyed every support system they had

For NFL player Jordan Poyer, tripping on ayahuasca is a family affair

Chuck Schumer cancels appearances after cratering Democratic party

Companies named Lumon embrace unexpected fame

"Give us back the Statue of Liberty" French MEP demands unmerited symbol of freedom's return

ICE tortures and hospitalizes legal United States resident

Japan losing interest in electronic pocket dictionaries

No more opting out of Alexa getting your voice recordings for AI

Why Super Nintendo consoles are getting faster as they get older

Universal Orlando's VelociCoaster ride is an innovative roller coaster that reaches 70mph

The 1979 trailer for Steve Martin's "The Jerk"

Boing Boing, March 15, 2025

LIDAR dramatically defeats Tesla, and maps Disney rides (video)

What would happen if 8 billion people simultaneously urinated into the Grand Canyon?

Beware of the tiny weevil that turns your rice into its new home

Video: greyhounds can breathe through bent snouts (and transform into roaches)

Moby wants you to give him a call

Oddly catchy remix of Hootie & the Blowfish singing to The Smiths' music (video)

Dictator Trump declares it's "illegal" to criticize him the way CNN does (video)

Blue Ghost lunar lander delivers spectacular photo of solar eclipse from the moon

Why is the Federal government working for Tesla?

Defamation lawsuit against Congressperson Nancy Mace to test Speech or Debate clause

Boing Boing, March 14, 2025

Cult leader? This bizarre bunker-like home is move-in ready!

Restaurant offers to compensate 4,000 diners after teenagers caught peeing in the hotpot broth

If your coconut cream smells like soap, here's why (toss it!). Plus, check out my recipe

It's not fair to blame Hitler for the Holocaust, when his minions could have said no, says President Musk

Tesla begs Trump not to destroy company after Musk got him elected

Former IRS crypto investigator shares his harrowing 8-month imprisonment in Nigeria

Elon Musk's own AI chatbot — Grok — says U.S. better off with Democrats

Russia uses Bitcoin to dodge sanctions in oil trades with China and India

Elfquest creators donate $500k to Columbia University Comics Archive

Sigma BF is a minimalist full-frame compact camera

Eerie: Passengers stand on wing of burning American Airlines flight in Denver (video)

Bring your device to its knees with this horde of 3D honey bunnies

It's 25 years since the dot com bubble burst

Man found with live turtle hidden in "groin area" at Newark airport

AI tasked solely with playing Pokemon sucks at it

Critically endangered mountain tapir celebrates his 26th birthday

Convert normal text to Unicode homoglyphs to look silly, cool or clever

Satirical Wayne Gretzky-brand wine labels bring joy

JD Vance offers a toast as he is booed at the Kennedy Center (video)

New evidence that The Doors' Jim Morrison may be alive (video)

Trump crows about champagne tariffs while stocks plunge yet again

California is home to five micronations

Boing Boing, March 13, 2025

Idaho school district rejects "Everyone is Welcome Here" signs

Billionaire baby can't handle people saying mean things about his cars

Likelihood of Alaska's Mount Spurr volcano erupting increases

Strange shoplifting contest rewards the quietest thief

Watch: Hilarious difference between country dog and city pooch (video)

Dog shoots sleeping man

Don't say "hmm" during a job interview — it's a sign you are cheating with AI

Musk calls pilot the R-word over astronaut delay — then delays SpaceX flight to ISS

RIP Mark Klein. He exposed NSA's secret surveillance program in notorious Room 641A

Trump targets Maine's funding over clash with governor on transgender athletes

Ashes to affection: two months after the Palisades fire a cat is reunited with her owner (video)

NYC's massive steam network vaporizes two Olympic pools of water per hour

Gavin Newsom's new podcast is political suicide (video)

Sen. Tuberville calls to outlaw protests: "Treat them all the same — send them to jail" (video)

Bank robber's handwriting so bad cashiers couldn't decipher demand note

Pirate Bay co-founder dies in plane crash

"Vulgar" Texas Rangers ball cap pulled from sale

Study finds erectile dysfunction for 1 in 5 men even years after Covid infection

Competing Disco Elysium successors announced

People are increasingly mistaking glue for eye drops. Try not to do that.

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink sounds alarm: "The economy is weakening as we speak"

Dozens of dinosaur footprints discovered in high school's main office

Boing Boing, March 12, 2025

Curious collection of movie clips that misrepresent looking through binoculars

Spooked: Trump disowns his "take over the Gaza Strip" remarks after his golf resort was vandalized (video)

A round of applause for scientists who solved the mystery of clapping

Comparison of top animated shows Bluey and Cocomelon

RFK Jr.'s scary fiction: Measles vaccine "causes blindness…and death"

Bezos breaks his favorite toy: Ruth Marcus bails after 40 years at The Washington Post

Owner learns the hard way: Cybertrucks don't make great boats

The San Antonio zoo just unlocked a 300-year-old Alamo mystery

Secretary Rubio's exciting new game show: "Who wants to be deported?"

9-year-old saves choking friend at school using Heimlich learned from YouTube

Record labels attempt to bankrupt Internet Archive over grandpa's dusty old 78s

Stardate: take notes with a single tap of your iPhone or Apple Watch

Investment firm discovers shocking new strategy: Spelling its name correctly

Musk Watch tracker reveals DOGE savings overstated by 92%

Asus's new monitors have built-in "air purifiers." But what's the CADR?

Man sees demon and freaks out on American Airlines flight — screams, throws punches, and eats rosary beads

Blue tongue, blank stare: slushies are basically kiddie knockout drops

Trump Media stock also back in the toilet

Watch David Daniels' psychedelic strata-cut animations

Can you hide from bees in a lake? Jumping in won't save you.

Tom the Dancing Bug: Elon Musk and His Doge Pals, in "Auto Graft"

Education Department crippled as Trump slashes half its staff

Donald Trump warns Tesla protestors: "You're going to go through hell" (video)

Trump is playing chicken with the economy

Official "This is Fine" socks

Golden retriever finds mud at the park — comes home as a chocolate lab (video)

Boing Boing, March 11, 2025

Elon uses Donald as his new "dog spot"

US border patrol seizing more eggs than fentanyl

Lara Trump as U.S. crashes: You should be "kissing the feet of Elon Musk and Donald Trump!" (video)

High school runner just happened to hit opponent's head with baton, totally by accident you guys (video)

Listen to bizarre 1978 version of "Stairway to Heaven" with "Gilligan's Island" theme lyrics

Looks like killing 6000 people might have consequences after all: Philippines dictator Duterte arrested

Katamari Damacy returning in April

Yikes! Plummeting stocks all part of Trump's "strategy," says Mike Johnson (video)

MAGA billionaire not content with being rich, must also ruin last airline that didn't charge for bags

New 3D-printed penis enables impotent rabbits and pigs to have sex and reproduce

This tiny North Carolina island is last place in America where people talk like actual pirates (video)

Need a break from the hellscape? Watch this 1963 film about a glass marble

Look at this adorable AF mouse-sized record store

We found the most delightfully unhinged restaurant in the southwest

Infowars reporter was "brutally murdered" near home in Austin, says Alex Jones

Spite turns normal people into horse-paste-eating conspiracy addicts, says study

Surreal animator Cyriak Harris releases essential music compilation: Bits & Bobs

Watch this comedian brutally mock every UK rap video ever made

Amazing remake of Bomb Jack for 40-year-old 8-bit computer

British cartoonist R.E. Burke, detained by ICE, "simply wants to return home to her family"

Artist tells Flat Earth Society to pound sand with these amazing spherical paintings

Death Stranding 2 looks ridiculous—and Game of the Year material

Ski lift cabin with passengers falls to ground in Canada — resort closes until further notice (video)

Tommy Tuberville shrugs off stock-market tumble as no biggie: "It's about having fair tariffs" (video)

Boing Boing, March 10, 2025

New HP printer firmware so locked down you can't even use HP ink

Elon says DOGE needs twice as many people to tell others they have too many people

JD Vance's illogical rant at an audience member

Supersized Lego Mario Kart rolls into town

British tourist discovers exciting new way to get jailed in hellworld America: walking a dog

Putin-puppet Musk calls Sen. Mark Kelly "traitor" for standing with allies — gets schooled in return

RFK Jr establishes Soviet-style pre-approval system for 23 "controversial" research topics at National Cancer Institute

Cyberscam trafficking victims trapped in dangerous Myanmar detention centers

Karoline Leavitt takes joy in disrespecting the press

Trump takes a political prisoner; ADL cheers him on

Coffee is so expensive, criminals are stealing beans by the truckload

Tesla stock tumbling for, oh, you know the reasons

U.S. fuel tanker bursts into "massive fireball" after collision with container ship

Girl painlessly pops her kneecaps in and out of place like a a body horror movie scene (video)

Incredibly strange "before and after" vintage photos

Chuwi's Minibook X N150 is a great (and inexpensive) little laptop

Being high on MDMA during Hamas attack on music festival may have protected victims from trauma

"Bald and creepy man" teaches people not to trust strangers online

Canada's Liberals pick Mark Carney as new leader and Prime Minister

Make your own virtual punchcard

The goofy sequel to The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion I didn't know I needed

Mountrax foot massager comes with free gold paint pen

Ever seen a tree shoot water? Here's why it happens

Timelapse shows dragon fruit cactus growing over 18 months

Want to hunt for Nessie? Loch Ness is hiring

Boing Boing, March 08, 2025

Privacy concerns rise as states demand ID for everyday purchases

CIA Kryptos sculptor disgusted by flood of wrong AI solutions

Silly lovebird snubs food bowl — only wants what's in bunny's mouth (video)

Watch a chameleon change color multiple times in 3 minutes

Turn any logo or silhouette into a liquid metal animation

365 chickens is a fun and frustrating game of matching birds

1880s automaton smokes cigarettes and moves a monocle

Boing Boing, March 07, 2025

Marjorie Taylor Greene fondly remembers measles parties

LA: Indie comedy screening to benefit fire relief

Weird gadgets at Mobile World Congress

Xyla Foxlin on the FAA's mental health crisis

Pastor and anti-vaxxers celebrate low school vaccination rate amid measles outbreak

Watch a drunk news anchor drawl his way through segment

Late and hungover, influencer Johnny Somali pleads guilty in Korean court

Scientists warn of urgent need for H5N1 bird flu pandemic preparations

Beautiful site charts how Flash games shaped the industry

Anonymous anime fan solves complex superpermutation puzzle on 4chan

Scientists find natural (and 10 times better?) alternative to Ozempic

Grand Theft Auto V enjoys fifth rerelease

Anti-fascist Canadian hardcore band shows how to handle Nazis

Pushing games to their limits in the wildest, weirdest ways

Cornell University collects news and guidance on avian influenza

OpenAI and DeepSeek will cheat at chess to avoid losing

Man allegedly swiped Tiffany earrings, police found them in his stomach

Roy Ayers, soul-jazz pioneer who sang "Everybody Loves the Sunshine," RIP

Why did someone pay $87k for a single Flamin' Hot Cheeto?

Megatron roasting themepark guests (video)

Creepy clown caught after criminal capers

Pardoned J6ers are a special breed of MAGA

Job losses highest since 2009

Trump moves towards deporting Ukrainian refugees

The Intercept published Elon Musk's government email address

Executive overreach: Judge orders Trump to release federal funds

NASA to livestream Intuitive Machines moon landing

OpenAI to offer AI agents more expensive than humans

Border blimp runs amok in Texas — wreaks havoc for 600 miles before crashing in Dallas

Ireland's life expectancy now higher than England's

Trying enhanced interrogation techniques on your friends for fun

Runner makes cool animated art on the Strava app

How to Sous Vide wieners with a condom

MAGA Dentist jailed for sending 100 rape and murder threats to people for not loving Trump enough

PostNord, Denmark's postal service, to end letter delivery

How LLMs work, put simply

Largest iceberg in the world runs aground

Mardi Gras revelers boo Cybertrucks invading parade routes

"Weird Ireland" offers a wonderfully whimsical tour of the Emerald Isle

Yes, that's a real giraffe in the back this Detroit pickup truck

Watch these brand new baby eaglets and their proud parents on a 24/7 livestream direct from the forest

Krugman: "America is now trapped in a burning Tesla"

Avalanche buries 3 skiers near Anchorage, Alaska — up to 100 feet of snow

Hilarious pampered pup can't sleep without her eye mask (video)

Boing Boing, March 05, 2025

Remembering "Mickey Mouse Acid" LSD stickers of the 1980s

Massive "megalodon" goldfish found swimming in state park

Watch stunning footage of private lunar lander beautifully stick its landing Sunday

Shopping for consumer electronics in Scotland

Failing to protest meaningfully, Democrats criticized for not clapping enough

M4 Mac Studio has up to 512GB of RAM shared with GPU

M4 MacBook Air comes in "Sky Blue"

Klikbeet lampoons Trump and Vance's attack on Zelensky (video)

Apple Polishing Cloth compatible with new M3 iPad Air

The secret history behind that infamous "Jesus Is My Friend" song

Super-Fun-Pak Comix, feat. Marital Mirth, Public Domain Mickey Mouse, and MORE!

Do all those viral recipes really work? One man's quest to find out

Goat statue covered with fake Trump money and adorned with a gold penis sells for $300,000 at Mar-A-Lago fundraiser

Another MAGA Congressperson wants Trump's face on our currency—this time the $100

Elon's MAGA love affair costs him 40% of stock value as Tesla sales crater 76% in Germany

EFF creates a $20 device to detect cellular spying: Rayhunter

Mice act as first responders to help unconscious companions

JD Vance bitches about Trump's speech length on hot mic — then Mike Johnson quickly covers it up (video)

Brother printers joins the Evil Empire, blocks third-party ink with stealth updates

E.T. is satanic. The Smurfs too, don't ya know (video)

Meet the woolly mouse, the first step toward bringing back the woolly mammoth from extinction

LA Times AI defends the Ku Klux Klan

Watch this woman pull horse's tail causing it to buck and throw off child riding it

Listen to a 30 year-old computer start up

Skeleton of woman found wrapped in chains for a surprising reason

Scorpion stings woman at Boston Logan International Airport — and the little critter gets away

Tony Hawk's Pro-Skater 3 & 4 get a remaster

Sales of combustion engine vehicles peaked before pandemic and have not recovered

Yes, I would like a repairable flatpack toaster

NRCC Chair orders Congresspeople to hide from their voters

Make your own View-Master reels

Salty Cybertruck

Nvidia's RTX 5070 continues to disappoint

Teslas vandalized nationally as angry protest grows

"Moth effect" may distract drivers in deadly dust storms

After RFK Jr.'s top health official abruptly quits, near-panic ensues: "If we're all screwed, you have to say something"

Dark Souls-inspired game casts you as the final boss

Entitled man-child JD Vance throws tantrum about UK's war record, forgets Google exists

Bank accidentally credits $81 trillion instead of $280

"City-killer" asteroid now more likely to strike the Moon

Trump forces workers to return to "office" — many without Wi-Fi, lights, electricity, and even desks

Free zombie game Urban Dead announces shutdown after 20 years due to UK Online Safety Act requirements

Computer with 800,000 human neurons launches for $35,000

How rivalry between two Japanese companies in the 1950s led to the world's best pencils

Toddler calls 911 call for "emergency doughnuts"

Boing Boing, March 03, 2025

Why our Iron Age ancestors drove massive spikes through the heads of the dead

Hi-ya! Watch this humanoid robot practice Kung fu (video)

Parents outraged after children get tattoos at Texas school — allegedly in front of teachers, using same needle

No Swastikars! Tesla owners abandon the brand

Trump's "Have fun!" may ring hollow to farmers

Star Trek: Khaaaaan! An official podcast is set to launch

Vengeful Florida woman vandalizes wrong car

Statistically speaking, this is when you should quit a TV Show

Man rowing from California to Australia rescued after cyclone leaves him stranded for 3 days (video)

DoorDash execs discover one weird trick to steal tips from drivers (it's just regular stealing)

Weight loss drugs will reshape the $100 trillion global economy

Late passengers hurl coffee at American Airlines worker to get on flight — their plan backfires (video)

Ex-Amazon VP explains why rich a-holes with helicopters and personal assistants don't get why you hate your commute

Trump trashes Europe as land of "rape gangs" and "murderers"

Geothermal energy potential could power US thousands of times over

Boing , March 01, 2025

AI killing some companies, others doing fine

Asus's powerful new gaming tablet PC reviewed

Honda made a Pokemon motorcycle

These caterpillars build log-cabin cocoons to wear on their backs

Boing Boing, February 28, 2025

Zelensky ordered out of White House after Trump tantrum

West Virginia lawmakers want declare Bible "inerrant" and "accurate historical record"

Woman breaks dogs out of pound, winds up in jail herself (video)

Watch this incredibly precise roller coaster implosion (video)

Gentleman tries to escape police by swimming away — in Rome's Trevi Fountain (he doesn't get very far)

Somehow, Cybertrucks just got even uglier

EA open-sources classic Red Alert games

What are Markov chains? Interactive guide with examples

Federal judge says Elon Musk's DOGE-led mass firings need to stop now: "Illegal"

Video of tuckered-out bus-riding dogs after a day of adventure

Shrek 5, starring Zendaya, is coming. Be very afraid.

Surgery implants tooth into eyeball to help blind patients see again

Unknown disease spreads to 1,000 people, killing 60 so far in DRC — death 48 hours after symptoms

Microsoft finally putting Skype out of our misery

RIP Boris Spassky: "one of the greatest chess players of the Soviet era and the world, but also a true gentleman"

Conservatives upset at DOGE officials being named

"Manipulative gardener" conned clients and must pay them back

Imposter ship captain steals an 80-foot, $8 million boat with the crew still aboard

Boing Boing, February 27, 2025

The hellish heat from Mount Vesuvius's eruption turned this victim's brain to glass

Bird dropped severed human hand into schoolyard

Poachers brag to off-duty wildlife officers

Brian Lagerstrom's recipe for the greatest brownie of all time

Shy corgi goes to her first puppy party — and reminds us what "socially awkward" feels like (video)

Marvel at this superpod of dolphins (video)

Elon's tweet suggests he broke Air Traffic Control

Instagram recommendations "flooded" with violent content

Wildfire expert, and anti-semitic misogynist Mel Gibson speaks out

Nazi in trouble after child abuse videos found in his possession

Elon Musk discovers exciting new way to crash planes by flying in straight lines

Disney employee loses everything after hacker steals passwords and work data

Trump attacks U.S. after Musk upstages him again: "This country has gotten bloated, fat and disgusting" (video)

The horrifying stop-motion film that proves Legos can be scary

Pilots desconstruct near-miss at Chicago Midway airport

The surprising intelligence of brainless organisms

Little Free Library celebrates its 200,000th book-sharing box

Game of Shrooms returns on June 14, 2025

How to easily take 3D photos on your phone

Gene Hackman found dead at home — along with wife, Betsy Arakawa, and their dog

Legendary Irish journalist and game show host Henry Kelly dead at 78

Here is eight hours of Severance music to refine to

The clouds above us teem with strange creatures

Boing Boing, February 26, 2025

Check out the Valley Heat podcast

Karoline Leavitt accuses her predecessor of lying while lying herself

Get ready for the bearded bellydancers of Trump's Gaza Lago! (video)

Trump has warning for workers who ignore Musk: "Maybe they're going to be gone" (video)

Texas measles outbreak claims first child as anti-vaxxers blame the vaccine

A love letter to the personal website

Jeff Bezos announces Washington Post to promote "personal liberties and free markets"

Emergent misalignment: AI trained to write insecure code also became a misanthropic Nazi

Tom the Dancing Bug: When FDR denounced Poland for starting a war with Germany

Framework's first desktop PC

The best, worst and weirdest of perfume reviews

Revenge of the Sith returning to theaters for its 20th anniversary

Shut the F☠ck up! Funny but helpful PSA explains what to say to cops who want to talk to you

Medical marvel: Rep. Wilson's nose successfully fused to Trump's rear via $250 bill proposal

Marjorie Taylor Greene — a federal worker — trashes federal jobs: They "do not deserve their paychecks" (video)

SS United States en route to be scuttled and turned into a reef

Signal to leave Sweden if forced to create message backdoors

Trump: $5-million 'gold card' for ultra-rich immigrants starts in 2 weeks — welcomes 'very nice' Russian oligarchs (video)

FBI violated DNA privacy rules to solve Idaho murder case

North Korea just yoinked $1.5 billion from crypto bros to fund more missiles

Tea brewing process filters 15% of water lead, new research shows

Boing Boing, February 25, 2025

Google on Jewish dietary rules: "depends on the religion of the cow"

Men on trial for stealing 18k golden toilet from English palace, Trump surprisingly not a suspect

Musk mocks the suffering of people he has fired

Inventor patents horse blinders for humans with ADHD

Hiding its "wall of receipts" DOGE retreats into the shadows

Fortnite goes to the dogs

21 DOGE staffers ditch Elon Musk in mass resignation

Fyre festival 2 tickets are now on sale!

Couple made to sit with corpse on plane for 4 hours

High school teacher accused of selling "test-enhancing pills" in class

Craft retailer Joann to close all stores after 80 years in business

Engineering firm CEO resigns after giving Nazi salute at event

Emperor Palpatine is the dark lord of gangsta rap (video)

Border guards find cocaine stash under man's toupee

Paralympian British surgeon cleared to go to ISS

Scotland honors historical victims of witch hunts with new tartan design

The Good Liars take CPAC, interview fake ICE officer

Ominous warning: HHS tells workers to assume their email to Elon Musk will fall into the wrong hands

Laser 'license plates' help satellites dodge orbital collisions

Visit a historic shell-shaped Shell gas station in Winston-Salem, NC

How to safely remove cholla cactus spines from your skin

Bracket City is an addictive new word puzzle game

Tesla sales plunge 45% in Europe while EV market soars

Passenger video: Mysterious haze fills Delta Air Lines flight, forcing emergency landing

Elizabeth Holmes does not escape consequences, will remain in prison until 2032

Office of the Special Counsel finds DOGE firings illegal

Boing Boing, February 24, 2025

Trump is now mocking federal workers with memes threatening their jobs

Woman keeps losing contact lenses, but doctors find 5 of them — behind her eyeball

Macron repeatedly calls out Trump's BS on Ukraine

What do we see when we're on drugs? To find out, this researcher used AI to read 40,000 trip reports

Trailer for Andor's second season

Watch what happens when a sweet horse runs into a wild rhino on a trail (video)

If you run into this terrifying animal, immediately "put your hands behind your back"

Every U.S. state now has introduced a Right to Repair law

Every bibliophile wants one of these (and no, it's not a fancy bookmark)

Federal workers tell Elon to take his DOGE and shove it

One of the last RadioShacks is inside a literal shack in remote Alaska

Jim Carrey fits into Star Wars pretty well (video)

Texas is hosting its largest measles outbreak in 30 years

TVs in the Dept of Housing and Urban Development played AI video of Trump sucking Elon's feet

Life-size Lenin painting up for auction

UK lawmaker jailed for punching constituent

Men violently zip-tie and remove woman from Idaho Republican town hall: "Speak up" and you will "suffer the consequences" (video)

Can you see what is in this image?

TikTokers are dropping heavy objects on their feet for views

Ketamine's neurotoxicity suddenly in the spotlight

Watch a real cat's hilarious reaction to its lego doppelgänger

Tiny EMTs: mice innately try to revive passed out pals

Man removes shoes, climbs onto airplane wing at Las Vegas airport (video)

New FBI deputy director Dan Bongino on liberals: "They're not ready for what comes next"

Spanish soccer league breaks Internet to stop people from watching their precious futbol matches for free

Norovirus outbreak on the cruise ship Iona sounds like real-life vomiting scene from "Triangle of Sadness"

The haunting 'Kiss of Death' sculpture in Barcelona, Spain

The Meyers brothers' family trip to a podcast festival

This mechanical sculpture captures the agony of trying to find where the sticky tape begins

Genius invention lets you snack without getting your hands dirty

"You'll Do Bad Things" might be the most gorgeous horror comic you read this year

HP imposes 15-minute mandatory hold time for phone support, quickly backtracks

Boing Boing, February 22, 2025

No one knows how many people are actually watching TV anymore

The Teapot Dome service station is a quirky reminder of scandal

The Wonder Bread store in Wyoming is a polka-dot landmark

Watch tadpoles dance and develop in this 4-minute timelapse video

Is Elon Musk the reason why Neil Young's hi-def music player never caught on?

You have less than a week to back up your Kindle books

The woollen creatures of Diamond Jubilee Wood in Northern Ireland

The Third Term Project is at CPAC pushing for "Trump 2028"

Avatar: The Last Airbender is finally getting a new animated series

Creepy faceless humanoid robot is pure nightmare fuel

Boing Boing, February 21, 2025

This is the oldest image of a bug's brain

The New Yorker now has a clothing line so you can dress like you read The New Yorker

Enjoy a 1984 junior high school chorus's moody cover of "Total Eclipse of the Heart (Turn Around)"

Xyla Foxlin explains why humans don't spontaneously combust

Trump lovin' Congressman belittles his own constituents at town hall — gets jeered in return (video)

Glued together Cybertrucks fall apart in the cold

Newscaster spots UFO while live on air

Stooge claims Trump has invited the J6 Prison Choir to play the Kennedy Center

UK government forces Apple to strip encryption from UK users

Connecticut, pizza capital of the U.S. Wait, what?

Birkenstocks are footware, not art, says German court

Rural Kansas banker steals $47M in crypto pig butchering scam

Elon Musk screams as he waves a chainsaw in the air in full-on cringe display (video)

What's at every .gov domain and what do they do?

MAHA wellness influencers hype raw milk and rotting meat

Generate maps of Europe showing translations of English words

Musk's latest bright idea: paralyze government with $1 credit card limit

"The closer to the railway station the less tasty the Kebab is" — data scientist investigates

Battle arena inspired by Warcraft mod looks like an undiluted good time

CDC axes its flu vaccination campaign

Can a Bitcoin-mining space heater offset crypto energy costs?

How AI-generated "sadcore" posts exploit Facebook users for profit

Steve Bannon mimics Elon Musk's "Roman salute" as he vies to stay relevant (video)

"Dark Regards," a comic so metal, it's printed in human blood!

Boing Boing , February 20, 2025

Ron Howard's surprising revelation about his relationship with Andy Griffith Show co-star Don Knotts

Doggo who growls at the groomers ends up with hilarious haircut (video)

With the United States safely in Russian hands, Moscow Mitch to retire

Elon's tell: Musk admits failure by resorting to offensive slurs

A sinkhole 5-stories long swallows UK street, followed by a second hole — 30 homes evacuate (video)

Fish surprise scientists with ability to recognize humans by our outfits

Democrats shocked to be let down by Trump's nominees

Trump Adminstration steps up its victimization of migrant children

Creepy video of wild turkeys trotting in circles around a gravestone over and over and over

Propaganda posters for our new fascist oligarchy

DEI more popular than Democrats

David Tennant opens BAFTA awards with stunning rendition of "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)"

The "Hairy Ball" theorem explained

Passengers trapped on plane for 6 hours in New York lose it: "Let us out! We're calling 911!" (video)

Former NFL punter arrested for civil disobedience after calling MAGA "Nazi movement" at council meeting (video)

Mike Pence lashes out — schools Trump on who started the Ukraine-Russia war

Mysterious QR codes added to 1,000 graves in Munich

Mapquest lets "Name Your Own Gulf"

Heroic dog who protected Obama White House from intruder dies at 16

Study reveals scented wax melts pump toxic nanoparticles into your home

"Subway Poker" — a commuter game that turns random passengers into playing cards

Texas ICE prosecutor: "America is a White nation", "I am a fascist"

Musk's DOGE squad has "God Mode" access to federal systems, reports The Atlantic

A modest proposal to dunk our Cybertrucks in the water

Boing Boing, February 19, 2025

Fermenting french fries results in powerfully pungent potatoes (video)

Today's plane crash: a midair collision in Arizona, killing two people on board

Bizarre black hole in Pacific Ocean spotted on Google Earth

Snow Village theme park apologizes that "snow" is actually cotton and soapy water (video)

Woman banned from assistive AI app after teaching it to say "arse"

Put in front of a slow-motion camera, Larry David does the most Larry David thing ever

Wood ice cream "surprisingly palatable"

Tom the Dancing Bug: Star Wars – Welcome to the Resistance, 2025

Meet the adorable mascots of the 2026 Winter Olympics

Social Security checks could get interrupted by DOGE "19-year-old nitwits," says former agency head (video)

Boing Boing, February 18, 2025

What happened to the ancient apex carnivore that suddenly disappeared from the fossil record?

Trump's Kennedy Center quietly, cowardly cancels Gay Men's Chorus

New online short class about one of Philip K. Dick's nuttiest novels

Judge trashes Trump DOJ's ridiculous assertion about trans people

This US president is the only one to hold a patent

Court finds a bakery's "faith-based convictions" are "intentionally discriminatory"

President of NYU College Republicans is fired for saying Barron Trump is an "oddity"

Two men busted using cannon to shoot drugs over fence into prison

Hidden symbols in Jackson Pollock's abstract drip paintings

DOJ crisis deepens as veteran prosecutor refuses climate fund freeze

Will Trump offer "asylum" to accused traffickers Andrew and Tristan Tate?

Emulate a PC on a Nintendo Entertainment System

Try using Youtube as a drum sequencer

New footage of Delta crash shows plane bursting into flames before flipping upside-down (video)

AI says America going full dystopia, suggests starting Hunger Games training now

AOC claps back at Trump's illiterate thug

Target scrapped DEI to please Trump. It's not helping business.

Simple life hacks and tips to make your day easier

Kissing rock is a romantic seaside spot in Pacific Grove, California

SwearSky: sweary posts from social media read in a British accent

Thanks to norovirus, there's a whole lotta poopin' goin' on

Sean Duffy admits firing up to 400 FAA workers before latest Delta Air Lines crash

Brief morning red light exposure improves aging adults' color vision by 20%

That city-killing space rock now has even better odds of ruining everyone's day by instantly vaporizing them

Boing Boing, February 17, 2025

Dog growls at Sims version of himself on computer screen (video)

Ink Console is a portable e-ink game console for interactive fiction

Cybertruck: a bad truck, a worse billboard

Trump fires "hundreds" of FAA workers — hours before yet another deadly plane crash

Baby dinosaurs caught on video in Guatemala jungle aren't what they appear

Mysterious disk spotted on Google Earth is crashed UFO, or maybe not

Man from uncontacted tribe briefly emerges from the Amazon rainforest and smartly makes hasty return to the jungle

Musk takes break from ruining America to mock a blind person

Jasmine Crockett zings Elon Musk with heartfelt 'apology' to MAGA: 'You were 1000 percent correct' on immigrants

New Kindle jailbreak opens all models

Why is Twitter censoring links to Signal?

SpookRate finds spooky films based on your preferences

At Duck Radio, real ducks control the station with every peck

"Into the Unbeing" offers 80s-style sci-fi horror for the climate change era

This horse sure "nose" how to play a mean guitar

Trump quotes Napoleon to excuse his and his supporters' crimes

Argentina's president shows true free market spirit by helping scammers steal $87 million from his followers

Andy Samberg and Lady Gaga unite for a Lonely Island musical medley

We're all gonna die: Adults scramble to rehire nuke experts after Musk's efficiency bros' mass firing

Michigan judge orders Walmart shoplifters to wash cars in store parking lot

The Flea-Scope is a $25 USB oscilloscope

A Dark Enlightenment paradise in Honduras has devolved into a massive legal battle

Boing Boing, February 15, 2025

Claimed DOGE agents tried to gain access San Francisco City Hall

New Kennedy Center leadership censors award-winning musical about a sparkle-loving shark

The best pirate game in years is from the Yakuza series

AI used to colorize 1920s beach vacation footage

New Disney+ TOS can force ads on "ad-free" subscribers, but that's not the worst part

Luigi Mangione shares first public statement since incarceration

Naughty dog pulls silliest guilty grin

The Goonies is getting a sequel, because nothing is sacred

Fun compilation featuring covers of movie love songs

"Immune amnesia" makes measles especially dangerous

Boing Boing, February 14, 2025

Family investigates after an egg keeps showing up at their door — until they catch the cute culprit in action (video)

Watch: LA firefighter in SUV was swept into ocean by mudslide (he escapes!)

JD Vance tells Germany to ignore Elon Musk

How to reverse sear a perfect ribeye steak (video)

Watch baby sea turtles do a happy dance (video)

This drummer-juggler-comedian-clown is astounding

Recreational ejaculators face $1000 fine if new bill comes to pass

Wipe your iPad when you die

White House amps up its attacks on the Judicial branch

Utah Rep says Nazi flags are fine for schoolkids, rainbow flags too scary

His Majesty's Secret Service wants password to your nudes, threatens Apple for telling you

Chernobyl shield damaged in Russian drone strike

Pardoned electrician who assaulted cops on J6 wants unkind reviewers to just "move on" already

Did a whale really "swallow" a kayaker, as AP and other news outlets claim? (video)

Boing Boing, February 13, 2025

Watch: Huge St Bernard trolls owner by taking nap — right against front door (she can't get in!)

US aircraft carrier collides with merchant vessel

Incredible video of the fighter jet crashing nose first into the Pacific Ocean yesterday

Senate confirms RFK Jr, also a completely preventable measles outbreak spreads in Texas

Tourists ignore "trail closed" sign in Hawaii — airlifted to hospital 15 minutes later

Apple resumes advertising on Twitter

Leopard gets a baboon beatdown (video)

RIP Donald Shoup: parking reform visionary who changed cities

"Who the hell voted for 'Big Balls?!'" Or... Why does a DOGE teenager get to gut federal agencies, asks strategist

Fitbit to pay $12.25m penalty over smartwatch burn hazard

Game Font Library is a library of game fonts

Christmas 2032 asteroid upgraded to 1-in-48 chance of Earth impact

Sneaking Kendrick Lamar's lyrics into the weather

Rich people paying $136K per pound for sex mushrooms grown from dead moths

Primus' new drummer submitted an awesome audition—Hear it for yourself!

Associated Press and Encyclopedia Britannica still calling it Gulf of Mexico despite White House tantrum

Watch: Rear-ended SUV is shoved onto Utah tracks as train is coming — driver jumps out just in time (video)

Breaking: Theranos CEO who ruined lives with fake blood tests doesn't enjoy prison

What poem is this?

Seafood company offering $45-per-fish bounty for return of 27,000 escaped salmon

The Soy Right may be in charge, but who will clean up its mess?

Boing Boing, February 12, 2025

Mystery man smashes his ride-on lawnmower into multiple mailboxes for what looks like no good reason (video)

New biopic about paranormal radio pioneer Art Bell

Creepy AF: Karoline Leavitt attacks AP over its "lie" that Gulf of America has another name (video)

DOGE 101: If it's not fraud, it's DEI

The Congressional record will soon be full of dick pics

Pete Hegseth flubs words of U.S. motto — asks soldiers to "help me out" (video)

Pomera's latest writer deck folds into a (deep) pocket

What poem is this?

Gamers complain Nvidia's powerful new video card is melting connectors

EFF sues Musk: Keep your grubby mitts off our government worker data

How to hide secret messages in emoji

Fancy science journal caught publishing nonsense term "vegetative electron microscopy," doubles down

Scientists develop slime that generates electricity when squeezed

Elon Musk looms over Donald Trump in "most powerless image ever" of U.S. president (video)

Watch dogs enjoying being at baseball games

Tom the Dancing Bug: A Calvinesque and Hobbesian look at a criminal presidency

An amazing walking and dancing animatronic dragon at Universal's upcoming Epic Universe theme park (video)

Your next vacation destination: Mystery Flesh Pit National Park

Tim Robinson and Paul Rudd link up for a bizarre-looking dark comedy

Here's a plan to detonate the world's largest H-bomb to end global warming — what could go wrong?

Marco Rubio miserably sighs while Trump insists on "owning" Gaza (video)

Death Cab for Cutie to celebrate 20 years of Plans with four anniversary shows

Person arrested for squashing a sweet bun in convenience store

UnitedHealth hires defamation lawyers

Man busted for hunting deer while hiding in a port-a-potty

Trump's Super Bowl appearance cost almost $1M

Trump's FAA: Fixing aviation one sexist term at a time

Black demon of the sea caught on video

Classic Fighting Fantasy gamebooks returning to U.S.

What results when you mix the colors of national flags?

Demons emerge from a colorful Kawanabe Kyōsai's colorful woodblock print

Frogs and tarantulas have a symbiotic relationship

X-rays reveal painful household objects in an unlikely place

Meditation changes key areas of the brain

Shibuya Meltdown captures the human experience at its most vulnerable

What poem is this?

New documentary about John C. Lilly, the scientist who used LSD to communicate with dolphins and invented the sensory deprivation tank (video)

What poem is this?

World's oldest UFO photo may depict something else entirely

DOGE upending child safety and human trafficking programs

MIT built a swarm of tiny robotic flies to pollinate flowers like bees

Boing Boing, February 10, 2025

Spectacular celestial image of a newborn star's dust looks like a 1990s psychedelic rave flier

Cybertruck deadlier than a Ford Pinto

Courts getting angry that Trump isn't listening

A shark attacks two American women swimming in the Bahamas

Face of Catholic Saint Thomas Aquinas recreated from skull analysis

New York gallery celebrates Will Eisner with landmark retrospective

Kanye bought airtime to sell swastika tee-shirts

Javascript Kaleidoscope

Massive lunar canyons formed within minutes, most likely due to asteroid strike

Bacteria found that feeds on toxic "forever chemicals"

Teenager charged after police chase his e-bike for an hour with helicopter

New browser aims to help you browse mindfully

Secret of the mantis shrimp's powerful punch

Behold the fake supermarket clock towers of Britain

Courts think they can stop Musk from ending democracy, how adorable is that?

RIP Tom Robbins, author of "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues"

Kristi Noem finally gets real: "You can't trust the government anymore" (video)

Company gearing up to sell sunlight at night using orbiting mirrors

ChatGPT isn't hallucinating — it's bullshitting

Ed Sheeran busks on sidewalk in India — until angry cop shuts him down (video)

Silicon Valley's DOGE project: The plan to replace democracy

Boing Boing, February 09, 2025

Crunchiest cat on YouTube provides natural ASMR

Hotline Miami spiritual successor looks beautifully brutal

Mr Beast rents out Giza's pyramids in possibly the most conspicuous consumption of all time

The playful and spooky puppets of Paul Klee

Boing Boing, February 08, 2025

Nazi demonstrators waving swastikas flee after fierce confrontation by Cincinnati locals

British junior health minister fired over racist and sexist messages

Interactive map of obscure islands

Is this dancer a human or a robot?

New book explores the secret occult history of…Elvis Presley?

Hobbyist engineer builds pet mansion

Early illustration of 17th-century London's coffeehouse culture

People selling mirrors online try and fail to hide from view

The Public and Private Life of Animals satirized the late Victorian world

Book of Monsters (1914): Early macro photography of creepy crawlies by Marian and David Fairchild

Boing Boing, February 07, 2025

Kitty pretends to be a human while dog pretends to be a cat in awesome playtime (video)

The Lincoln Project says the Presidency is Elon Musk's

Trump and Musk call for reporters at The Washington Post and WSJ to "be fired immediately!!!"

A robot waltzes with a human in demonstration of increasingly lifelike machine mobility (video)

Archaeologists discover remains of ancient mystic with six fingers

Rob Liefeld denounces Marvel: "treatment of creators has never been their strength"

Mysterious six-foot ice spear falls from sky and pierces metal roof of Florida home

Google's AI-generated Super Bowl ad is no gouda, and gets a secret re-edit

40 years ago Austria wineries got caught sweetening wine with antifreeze, nearly killing the industry (and their customers)

The Public and Private Life of Animals satirized the late Victorian world

Tools for the resistance

Eoin Higgins'"Owned" is a harrowing history of the right-wing billionaire tech takeover

Watch adorable baby otters playing in the snow

Adorable baby tapir will melt your heart

E-ink phone is like a Kindle and a Blackberry had a baby

Musk's DOGE boy reportedly screams at senior staffers trying to protect personal data: "Idiots!"

reCAPTCHA: 819 million hours of wasted human time and billions of dollars in Google profits

Bering Air flight disappears in Alaska 10 minutes before scheduled landing

LAX Customs officers intercept 37 giant, live beetles disguised as snacks

First immigrants, now journalism: Trump calls to shut down CBS

Judge blocks Musk's data grab at the Treasury

Bibi loves Trump's worst idea ever: Gaza Lago

How to distort your voice with a wall wart

Green Day to Chili Peppers: Artists rally for fire-ravaged Los Angeles

RFK Jr. goes viral — this time for squirting mysterious blue drops into his drink (video)

FrEEKs! is a book of wonderfully weird mutants and creatures by cartoonist J.R. Williams

Vintage cameras of the 1930s

Cabel Sasser's annual roundup of snacks and cereals

Karoline Leavitt is ridiculed for egg-price flub, sparking "Grocery Pump" Bluesky account

House Dem introduces "Eliminate Looting of Our Nation by Mitigating Unethical State Kleptocracy" (ELON MUSK) Act

Eggs lower heart disease death risk by 27%, new research shows

Cybertruck meets the "Cybercock test"

The most unique shooter of the 2020s is getting a surprise sequel

Trump's magical grocery price-fixing powers somehow failed to materialize

Mystery brain disease affecting hundreds in Canada: memory loss, seizures, and behavioral changes

Musk's "top lieutenant" living in federal agency office with wife and kid, says worker (video)

Canada investigating a cluster of 42 cases of a mad cow-like brain disease

Anonymous investor pours millions into undersea community — "to live in the ocean, forever"

Fantastic 4 fingers: Marvel insists posters not AI slop

Trump Administration ignores Musk's glaring conflicts of interest

Zap! US Navy reveals startling photo of its new laser beam warship weapon firing at a cruise missile

Do we really need more Jurassic Park movies?

FCC robocall scam fails after scammers call the FCC

Watch AOC laugh at "unintelligent" Elon Musk

Tesla sales fall 60% YoY in Germany

Demanding attention, Nancy Mace behaves like a child

A Mac Mini M4 USB dock that matches the machine

Lithuania's Hill of Crosses has more than 100,000 of them

Wannabes and criminals are impersonating ICE officers

Murder suspect's hearing descends into courtroom brawl

Did you know you can ski in sand?

Unique contraption spotted on the side of the road

Listen to a Golden Retriever snoring like a cartoon character

Watch an extreme skydiver's wing-sitting jump

Bun-stomping cat has perfect comedic timing

Man riding ski lift plunges to the ground — along with his chair: "Nightmare fuel"

LOL RIP CIA: Trump's about to turn America's spooks into his personal goon squad

Multiple workers required to observe single puddle in San Francisco

Where does fentanyl come from? BBC report

Arsonist starts new fire in LA — then gets tackled to the ground by neighbors until cops arrive (video)

While government officials spent 5 years planning, beavers built their dam for free in 48 hours

USPS resumes accepting packages from China and Hong Kong, until further notice [updated]

Jon Stewart on the madness of Trump's trade war

Boing Boing, February 04, 2025

Hulu is bringing back Buffy

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Who stole 100,000 eggs in Pennsylvania?

Watch live as Kilauea erupts

ICE displays overwhelming force in arrest of sick 61-year-old man

Waffle House now hitting you with a surcharge for every single egg you order

Atlas Obscura found 13 places that have cannonballs stuck in them

Proud Boys have lost control of their name and logos

Shristi Dharmendra Sharma sets limbo skating world record

Stoned Utah man tests friend who says he can "dodge bullets" — and shoots him dead in the process

Gaston Tissandier's 1883 "Swimming Apparatus" gave humans propeller power

Tom the Dancing Bug: Don't Call Them N@zis!

How LA movie fans created a cult following around RRR screenings

"Be kind" desk sign deemed contraband by Musk's DOGE enforcers

Rich guy's unregulated science project goes wrong in "The Fantastic Four"

Man buys container full of cheap Chinese electric excavators

Wine-swigging swimming teacher banned

Pharmacist convicted of killing husband with insulin

You may now read Severance's self-help book, "The You You Are"

Sidetalk, NYC's unhinged street show

Exploring international self-perception with Hatsune Miku

NYC discovers amazing new rat-fighting technology called "garbage cans with lids"

Trump flubs his bestie's first name again: "Leon" Musk (video)

Your brain tissue is 50% more plastic than in 2016

Homeless man medicated, jailed for insisting he was himself

MAGA boasts of tariff 'deal' with Canada and Mexico while rest of world laughs: 'Trump got played!'

Meet the Depression-era vaudeville family that set a world record for school-hopping

Enjoy the cold, haunting beauty of David Lynch's snowmen

New pick for high-level State Department job: "Competent white men must be in charge if you want things to work."

Humans can't prick up our ears like dogs but a vestigial muscle tries anyway

Boing Boing, February 03, 2025

How the Black psychedelic revolution can heal and liberate

Puppy looks "cute and innocent" with his plushie — until his frisky side kicks in (video)

Massive alien face spotted in Antarctica snow

Mexico has Trump's number

United Airlines plane catches fire, forcing passengers to evacuate in Houston (video)

Cobra Kai is coming to an end

Bad Lip Reading of Trump's second inauguration

Civilization VII gets good reviews, mostly

Crowd gets whiff of Brooklyn Botanic Garden's corpse flower

German hunters at the national deer-calling championship

Trump "agrees" with Musk on shutting down USAID and has "signed off" on it

Judge rules herbal tea purchase doesn't count as damages, personally attacks our entire lifestyle

"Terrified" hikers rescued from Scotland's 2nd highest mountain — hours after turning rescuers away

How an 1800s French doctor's experiments with electrocuted faces revealed science of real smiles

Ronald Reagan warns against trade wars — as if speaking directly to Donald Trump (video)

Nintendo just lost a trademark fight with a tiny Costa Rican grocery store

Boing Boing, February 02, 2025

Is this America's last Leaning Tower of Pizza?

HillmanTok University is "a virtual community celebrating Black culture and creativity"

New York City's hottest takes found interviewing strangers on the subway

Boing Boing, February 01, 2025

Goat served at coffee shop drive-thru

Meet Petunia, a baby beaver who will brighten your day

Microscopic images from Arthur E. Smith's 1909 "Nature Through Microscope and Camera

Goya drew a nun frightened by a guitar-playing ghost

The original Sims games are back after years of unavailability

Cardboard sled chaos at Grand Haven Winterfest 2025

Owner claims painting found in garage is a Van Gogh

At least 6 feared dead in Philadelphia plane crash

Watch these thrilling, brutal, nail-biting moments from the year in, um, table tennis

Rationalist death cult implicated in deadly shoot-out with border guards and other killings

Auction: Einstein's famous tongue photo with his own handwritten funny caption

Boing Boing, January 31, 2025

Landslide closes popular California beach (video)

Man pleads guilty to drone strike on firefighting airplane

Riki Lindhome sings "Don't Google Mommy" (video)

The Onion shares dark humor in these dark times

RFK Jr. seems to sneak addictive Zyn pouch in mouth during hearing to Make America Healthy Again (video)

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Internet response makes a Beverly Hills racist cry

"An Evil Tree" lithograph: a 19th-century moral warning

Watch the Nirvana reunion from last night's Fire Aid LA concert

Better air quality "the easiest way not to die"

Hubris and incompetence continue to stymie Trump's plans

The Commodore Amiga was perfect

Man fixes broken Atari 2600 Jr with glue, random stuff

Trump's new email system blasts 13,000 workers with vulgar message: "Tired of working for a complete c*nt?"

Explore beautiful snowflake illustrations from 1863

PC port of one of PS5's top titles is another buggy mess

Therapy from a man in a gecko suit

Robert Martinez shines a light on the best of America's local cuisine

RFK Jr. wants to ship Adderall users to labor camps

Scientists discover sniffing menthol protects mice from Alzheimer's disease

Understaffed airport — rather than absurd DEI excuse — to blame for crash, says early findings

Watch teenage Marianne Faithfull sing "As Tears Go By" a cappella in long-lost film scene

California cops got caught being naughty with their database privileges 7,000+ times in one year

A sarcastic Trump refuses to visit Potomac River crash site: "You want me to go swimming?" (video)

Scientists track massive asteroid with rare 1.3% chance of hitting Earth in 2032

Boing Boing, January 30, 2025

1996 Pokemon prototype cards have 2024 printer dots

Do not hand your cell phone to strangers warns the NYPD

Japan's next celebrity is a hat-wearing tortoise

Sailors "essentially imprisoned" on abandoned ships

Another FA'ing MAGA finds out

3 Americans (including a toddler) thrown into Milwaukee detention center — for speaking Spanish

Fortnite OG: Tilted's back, tell a friend

RFK Jr's confirmation hearing is packed with disqualifying things

Prompting AI doesn't get copyright in the output

Donald Trump's expensive, chaotic, no good, very bad deportation debacle

Time spent on the "Real World" failed to prepare Transportation Sec. Duffy for the real world

Anglican Catholic church fires bishop who saluted like Musk

Tesla fails to meet profit targets

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Climate activists who attacked Van Gogh painting fight back against prison time

Good: Ticketmaster has to pay up for being sneaky AF about their bullshit fees

Donald Trump owns the safe skies — until disaster strikes

Earthcam captures moment American Airlines flight collided with Black Hawk helicopter (video)

Watch 1907's "The Doll's Revenge" — the first cannibal killer doll film in cinema history

U.S. Figure Skater athletes on board the deadly American Airlines flight

President Trump's approval rating already underwater

Corrupt U.S. Senator Bob Menendez off to prison for 11 years

Finger stuck in a bottle, escaped pet alligator, and other inappropriate calls for an ambulance

This old dictation gadget was terrible at recording voices. Living ones, that is.

Condoms blow up in Trump's face, Elon's space rescue, and other stupid things

Boing Boing, January 29, 2025

Terrifying video of mermaid attacked by fish in public aquarium

Video of massive sinkhole that devoured huge truck, trapping driver inside

Martha Stewart gets "in the nude" in titillating new MAC ad, and her fans eat it up (video)

Only 6% of Greenlanders want to join the U.S.

E-bike balances on circus balls

Roseanne Barr dons cornrows, becomes pro-Trump rapper

Everybody's doing the "chicken paw gnaw"

MAGA Rep introduces bill to carve Trump's face into Mount Rushmore

Doomsday clock is now closer to midnight than it's ever been

Major fire on passenger plane in South Korea forces 176 people to evacuate flight (video)

These Medieval church ladies really let it all hang out

Video Game History Foundation to release scans of 1,500 vintage gaming magazines

New brain implant lets Parkinson's patient forget symptoms

Billionaire Nicole Shanahan threatens GOP senators by name: vote for RFK Jr. or "I won't play nice" (video)

Watch: U.S. fighter jet nosedives in Alaska, exploding into flames (pilot survives!)

Boom Supersonic XB-1 breaks the sound barrier

Boing Boing, January 28, 2025

Scientists create mice with two fathers

Fantastic trailer for 50 years of SNL music

Man with perfect vision surprised when doctors discover a chopstick lodged behind his eye

Watch as a surfer rides a massive wave (video)

Psylocibin retreat featuring a tour of Downtown Eugene sued

Watch: Jim Acosta won't 'bow down' to 'tyrant' Trump — so he quits CNN instead (video)

Asteroid flying close to Earth turns out to be douchebag's car

Bill Gates on neurodiversity and Elon Musk's "insane shit"

9% of people use this dangerous PIN — are you one of them?

Groceries not cheaper yet, except these nuts

Man claims to be Oregon's public art googly eye upgrader

A beautiful new book compiling Sergio Aragonés comic book "Space Circus"

China fusion breakthrough: Artificial sun burns for record 17 minutes

Planting the seeds: Donald Trump asks Mike Johnson if he's "allowed" to run a 3rd term (video)

First-class flights and Disneyland: Inside the 1970s federal energy scandal

Capitol "tourist" pardoned by Trump shot and killed by Indiana police

CNN's Scott Jennings defends Elon Musk's Nazi salute — until he's asked to "do it right now on TV" (video)

NSA can track powered-down phones: how to actually protect your privacy

Boing Boing, January 27, 2025

The joy of psychedelic sex

Dizzying video of snowboarder and skier both landing world's first 2340 spins (video)

Facebook marking Linux discussions as security threats

Pebble e-ink watch to return

Tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas is "largest" in U.S. history, says report

DeepSeek puts U.S. AI companies in deep trouble

MAGA official who copies Elon Musk's salute forced to resign (video)

These cats didn't want to be shaved

Hegseth's pledge to remain sober is adorably consequence-free

Kristi Noem disses JD Vance — not once but twice

35 years of the Hubble Space Telescope

Scientists watch in real time as microplastics block blood vessels in mouse brains

How to protect your phone and privacy while attending protests in 2025

How to take family photos your grandchildren will care about

WTF? Woman checks into an Illinois hospital room, ends up dead on roof

Why a horse fly bite hurts so much more than a mosquito sting

Boing Boing , January 26, 2025

US Patent and Trademark Office thinks people will confuse a hockey team with a cooler

Man eats only YouTuber-branded food for a week

"Humble Caveman" excoriates "Yabba Dabba Douchebag" Tempe City Council members for their hypocrisy

Even record-breaking snow can't stop the music in New Orleans

Elon Musk tells Germans not to feel "guilt" over country's past at far-right rally

Boing Boing, January 25, 2025

Zuckerberg's bow hunting skills: more BS than bullseye

Boebert and Mace perform as "The Genital Inspector General"

Protestors project Elon's Nazi salute onto Tesla plant

Vintage toy catalog drawings more fun than the toys

Shaved cats look misshapen but adorable

See Wim Wenders' PINA in 3D in Los Angeles

Republican representatives are trying to get Trump a third term already

Boing Boing, January 24, 2025

Denmark Prime Minister surprised to learn Trump really does want Greenland in "horrendous" phone call

Robots could preserve erections in prostate cancer patients

FDA approves J&J's patented psychedelic esketamine for depression without requiring you take other antidepressants with it

Man lost eyeball to cancer so he made a replacement that's a flashlight (video)

Subpixel Snake calls for a microscope just to play

Homeowner shocked when doorbell camera records real devil on the doorstep

Watch the mental gymnastics of a MAGA in denial

Has a secret passage in the Great Pyramid been hiding in plain sight?

A "Game of Thrones style" wall of ice is on the move

Trump ruins summer vacation, and it's only January

Trimming faceplates to fit in odd spaces is easy

Lauren Boebert offers insurrectionists a guided tour of the Capitol

Coyote found hiding behind the fine cheeses at Chicago Aldis

The next DOOM game will be medieval-themed

The significance and distribution of color in Super Mario logotypes

Take a crack at Severance's macrodata refinement

Trump attacks science, research, and public health systems

Boing Boing, January 23, 2025

X CEO laughs as Elon cracks Nazi jokes

These US states are most likely to legalize marijuana in 2025

Judge aghast, blocks Trump's order on birthright citizenship

The Venezuelan lake with killer lightning

Villagers learn truth of horrific mystery monster corpse found in forest

New UFO documentary features dozens of US government, military, and intelligence voices claiming "they're here"

Ultra-detailed map of U.S. rivers

Arvada, Colorado police department gives out free Airtags

Hundreds of Reddit communities ban Twitter links

What are these weird Pringle-shaped plastic things that washed up on the beach?

Watch master illustrator Sergio Toppi draw

Add "random jumpscares" to sites you can't stop visiting

Netflix subscription price rising, again

Wombats love squishmallows, too

MAGA cultists insist Elon wasn't making a Nazi salute

Bad childhoods don't create comic book villians

Paper towel dispensers sound like screaming goats

Judge rules elephants can't pursue release from zoo because "an elephant is not a person"

Boing Boing, January 22, 2025

Airline passenger captures astonishing video of humanoid figures standing on the clouds

Talented artist turns thrifted and gifted textiles into creative outfits

Trump's beclowning of DOGE shows how little waste they'll cut

Hazardous mystery balls shut down Sydney beaches

Huntington Beach once again representing the Volksdeutsche

Do you want red or blue Loctite?

Colombia's National Anthem as sung by its wildlife

Animals in an adorable munching montage

Drug-addicted rats infest Houston PD's evidence room

Police seize tons of illegal "love honey," a natural aphrodisiac that's far from natural

Ridiculous executive order declares everyone "female"

Clearing up some myths about cast iron cookery

Mercator Extreme explores map projection's wildest distortions

Cat left in plane's cargo hold

Pizza Hut pop-up restaurant seats one

Guide to Icelandic turf houses

How to filter sediment from muddy water with a paper towel and some cups

Gözde Doğan breaks world record by crushing 5 watermelons with her thighs in 1 minute

Harrowing footage shows climbers escaping eruption on Mount Dukono

Boing Boing, January 21, 2025

Republican Senators find their spines hiding behind a brave woman

Mysterious floating orb and ghostly activity caught on security cam inside bar after closing time (video)

The Fujifilm camera that's more fun than an X100VI

Surgeon gives himself a vasectomy and posts video of procedure to Instagram as "gift" to his wife

Can this robotic exoskeleton help pianists break their training ceiling?

Microwaving grapes not just a party trick

Colorado extinguishes 100-year-old coal fire

Follow these simple steps to control your dreams

Our early ancestors weren't big meat eaters after all

Obi-Wan's message to the survivors of Order 66

CEO of AI company describes an industry dangerously out of control

Finally, a low-profile 40% wireless mechanical keyboard

A shockingly terrible crowdfunded e-bike

Wikipedia's most-read article of 2024 was about the year's deaths

Making food from countries that no longer exist

GTA 6 could cost up to $100, according to leading analyst

Flies may hold the key to smart glasses that correct macular degeneration

Dad's clever trick clears snow from driveway in seconds

Hiring a landscaper to mow your living room

Mushrooms better at playing keyboard than famed cat

Strange statues and folklore haunt Japan's Yokai town

Boing Boing, January 20, 2025

Gruppen­führer Musk offers the traditional salute

Code for ELIZA, the OG chatbot, found

Video shows just how fire prone Malibu is

Fortnite's Godzilla battle is chaotic fun

Where to find some good news today

The story of a missing icon: the butterfly knife

More students using AI for homework; also AI not very good at homework

Disneyland relaunches the Haunted Mansion

Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have A Dream," the deep house mix

Vivek Ramaswamy fired from "DOGE" co-role with Elon Musk

Musk did little for LA disaster relief while pretending he was a hero

Imported Cybertruck seized, not legal on UK streets

Made by MSCHF book charts collective's history

Make computing personal again

Adorable mascots struggle to fit through narrow spaces in Japan

1950s lipstick tester covered in kiss marks

Lady's hair creates hilarious Muppet illusion

Donald Trump's new crypto token launches

TikTok allows U.S. users on again after Trump promises to block ban with executive order

Atlanta man killed during homeless encampment clearing

Chart helps you convert between BASIC dialects in 1984

"Bowling with Corpses" in Mike Mignola's new land of dark fantasy folklore

The Grimbsy Beach Cottages are works of art

Until Dawn, a game that already plays like a movie, gets a movie

MAGA men stung by Trump's inauguration snub: "It sucks!" (video)

Wikenigma is a fascinating encyclopedia of the holes in human knowledge

Cockatoo puts on silly clown act to make dog laugh, but nope — the pup ain't impressed (video)

David Lynch forever changed my life: A filmmaker's tribute to cinema's greatest dreamer

Trump moves inauguration indoors because of the cold

New documents released about the US government's secret LSD mind-control program

Boing Boing, January 17, 2025

Seinfeld set to the music of David Lynch's Twin Peaks (video)

Supreme Court upholds Tik Tok ban

5 charged in "Catch a Predator" hoax that lured innocent man to filmed assault

Dangit, Git! blog about ferociously confusing version control system

Japan's Extinct Media Museum makes me feel ancient

This bird "oinks" just like a pig

Meet Reese's Rat, our new viral Rat Hero

SpaceX Starship explodes over Turks and Caicos

Dyson Trees could make a home for humans

Boing Boing, January 16, 2025

RIP David Lynch, visionary director who brought surrealism to the mainstream

Mutant fruit flies created by radiation, would take over Earth within months, says 1950 magazine

Unlicensed practitioner of circumcisions "cut corners"

This 2,500-year-old Chinese sword looks like "something from the J.R.R. Tolkien universe that has entered the actual historical record"

Jean-Pierre bids farewell to the White House podium, and Doocy

Keygen CEO eliminated sales calls and saw sales increase

Arrested: 5th-grade teacher has child with her 13-year-old student, say reports

Acts of kindness and heroism shine amid the LA Fires

Sweden begins construction of massive underground nuclear vault that will last 100,000 years

'Oh shit!' blurts off-camera voice at Fox when Charlie Kirk appears (video)

Senator from North Carolina a newly minted expert on fighting California wildfires

Southwest pilot removed from cockpit and charged with DUI

Australian beaches closed due to mysterious balls

We've officially passed the 1.5° global warming limit we've been warned about for years

Nintendo shows off Switch 2

"Projection bombs" spread political awareness through street art

NASA leaves Mars samples in limbo

Stack Exchange accused of violating Creative Commons to hide Luigi Mangione's posts

Robot dog entered in dog competition

Netflix's Daredevil is back and MCU-ified in new trailer

Finally, an erotic thriller about sexy were-cheese

The crypto scam behind those weird text messages

Cougar turns a relaxing hot tub into "holy sh*t!" moment for man and daughter (video)

The Psychedelic Guide to Preparation of the Eucharist

Homeowner's security cam captures first video with audio of meteor smashing into Earth

Jurassic Park velociraptors updated with feathers

Top comics distributor Diamond files for bankruptcy

Trump-pick Pam Bondi is the dimmest bulb in the room — just how MAGA likes it (video)

Boing Boing, January 15, 2025

China's space solar station could generate more energy in one year than all Earth's remaining oil

New research shows plants absorb 31% more carbon dioxide than previously thought

Rigorously analytical Brian Cox versus confidently uninformed Philomena Cunk (video)

Harrowing coverage of Neil Gaiman sexual assault allegations

Another United passenger pees all over plane — this one gets arrested and fined $10,000

Yum! Black soldier fly larvae never looked so good!

Tom the Dancing Bug – The fourth branch of the United States government: Dumbass Billionaires

After that drone strike on a firefighting airplane DJI decides to remove geo-fencing for no fly-zones

GOP Senators enjoying their Dunning-Kruger party

How Tesla's vision system "sees" a railcar

AOL voice artist Elwood Edwards created personalized greetings

Nancy Mace melts down on House floor and tries to fight Jasmine Crockett: "Want to take it outside!" (video)

SEC sues Musk over Twitter chicanery

Google image search filling up with AI slop

Coding challenge goes wrong: creator refuses to pay $5000 prize money

This massive superbug, newly named after Darth Vader, is a delicacy in Vietnam

Rescue crews seek to free miners trapped by other miners

Corgi wows a huge crowd in NYC playing the piano for treats (video)

Tripping on ketamine lifts depression in fish

Boing Boing, January 14, 2025

Boar's Head insects, grime, and "unidentified slime" found in more than one plant, say inspectors

Blind person with gun accidentally shoots friend instead of the roommate he meant to hit

Play Tetris inside a PDF

Pete Hegseth suggests he "will shoot protestors in the legs" if asked by Trump (video)

Jon Stewart examines the GOP response to LA's wildfires

Walmart refreshes logo with thicker sphinctal folds and a tighter pucker

Elon's most pathetic lie so far

1 in 5 job listings either fake or never filled

A new hardware hacking wiki

Expecting ban, Tik Tok users flee—to a different Chinese video app

Sky pool links Dubai penthouses, looks down on marina

Starbucks to customers: buy something or get out

The water tables of Shibuya's RURU Café

Three magical places around the world to experience fairy lore and whimsy

Watch an octopus squeeze into a tiny hole in the sand

Design for Disaster: 63-year-old LAFD film perfectly describes — and warns of — today's Los Angeles fires (video)

LA couple terrified after "watermelon-size" ice chunk crashes through roof — JetBlue plays innocent, but FAA disagrees

Survival fear from prehistoric times drives today's moral outrage

2018 essay: "The Case for Letting Malibu Burn"

Substitute teacher watches porn in class — until kids report him (and police take him away)

San Franciscans pay hundreds more for hotel rooms due to location-based price discrimination

71% of Brits think Elon Musk is a bell end

Artist creates digital fluid simulation jewelry that flows like water

Firefighters refuse to back up Elon Musk's misinformation

Marjorie Taylor Greene scoffs at LA firefighters — why can't they just make it rain?

Man reunited with his dog thought lost in the Palisades fire (video)

Mac Mini G4 great for Mac retrogaming

Lead found in protein powders

Canadian man arrested with crocodile skull in Delhi airport

Dunkin' runs out of donuts

The story of ARR1, the Fairlight synth chorus sound

Florida woman pooped on dollar store floor while accomplice stole cleaning products

Synchronized ice skaters dressed as giant ice skates

Woman climbs into Christmas tree netting machine and gets wrapped up

The giant kitsch leg of Sanderson Hosiery was an LA landmark in 1948

Sassy groundhog munches on Jeff's vegetables

The surreal joy of Arent van Bolten's Grotesques

This hodgepodge of animal bones became a legendary cryptid

Synchronized ice skaters dressed as giant ice skates

If you want a good time, rotate polygons on a circle of musical notes

Rudy Giuliani held in contempt for second time in week

Deputy crashes patrol car while watching porn

Flight recorders on doomed Korean airliner stopped recording

Mercury's north pole photographed

Minimalist tool organizer doubles as art with elegant tool silhouettes

The rotating kitchen" by Zeger Reyers

Zoetrope animation brings Pez dispensers and toys to life

Arizona man talks 9-year-old out of Trump tattoo — only to give her a flag tattoo instead (video)

Ancient painted penis bone found in quarry

Elon Musk dispatches DOGE agents across country before he's even inaugurated

Boing Boing, January 10, 2025

Here are the dumbest 911 calls of last year

Doggo insists on getting a back scratch — so he recruits an infant (video)

The trick that makes spot-the-difference puzzles ridiculously easy

Archer + Bob's Burgers and the other weirdest crossovers in TV history

Student says University of Washington has threatened to expel him for a course-trading app he built for class project

The strange beauty of curved icicles

RTX 5090 graphics card will cost $2k

Supreme Court rules Trump can be sentenced in hush money case

Self-driving supercar jumps over obstacles with ease

Boing Boing, January 9, 2025

Videos of bassheads cranking their car stereos to shake off the snow

Dramatic new photos from Mercury look like 2001: A Space Odyssey

Republicans blame Los Angeles wildfires on their favorite issues

Stanford's massive tobacco ad archive reveals a century of psychological manipulation

Trump cooties: The simple reason Michelle Obama ditched Jimmy Carter's funeral

Police encounter with wayward monkey in a pink tutu was just bananas

FBI busts $44M publishing scam that preyed on aspiring authors

Learn how synthesizers work at this simple fun website

Amusing: Karen Pence snubs Trump today, even while Obama and Mike Pence pretend to make nice (video)

Babylonian tablets reveal kings installed royal doubles during eclipses, then executed them

What if California, Oregon and Washington state joined Canada instead?

Musk abandons DOGE's $2 trillion pledge to cut costs

Word processors on the VIC-20

"Toxic male technique" uses poison semen to control insects

This chinchilla provides all the fitspo you need

You can hire the L.L. Bean Bootmobile

Los Angeles fire rips through every acre of the Pacific Palisades — and then some

Man with machete arrested at U.S. Capitol hours before Donald Trump set to arrive

Breathtaking video of Aurora Borealis from the International Space Station

Rare coins and other valuables found in Salvation Army donation buckets across the US

Boing Boing, January 8, 2025

MoviePass CEO faces prison after defrauding investors

Stunning: 2 men and their dog stuck at home surrounded by Los Angeles fire (video)

Accused murderer credits "diabolical goblin" in his possession with helping him evade police for so long

Watch Duty: the free wildfire alert app saving lives in California

Your sleeping brain pulses like a pump to flush out toxins

Prediction markets bet against bird flu becoming the next COVID-19

Woman eaten by pigs, say police

The Nintendo Switch 2 has leaked… again

Trump to Supreme Court: block my sentencing in hush money case

Your favorite internet dad is here with home, car, and life advice

Tom the Dancing Bug: All the President's Billionaires

Mathematicians discover the ideal body shape for hula hooping

Lenovo's Legion Go S is the first third-party SteamOS gaming handheld

Mecha Comet is a handheld everything machine

Punk programmers and queer hackers expose Reagan-era tech corruption in Cory Doctorow's new novel, on Kickstarter now

Out-of-control fire burns 1,300 acres in hills of Los Angeles so far — fueled by "life-threatening" winds

Turtle sex: Dog spooked by strange grunts coming from the doggie door (video)

Drug fueled plunge into a Bass Pro shop aquarium results in plea deal

Boing Boing, January 7, 2024

House Majority Leader blames NOLA terror attack on DEI

Scientists reveal why your life feels boring — and how to fix it

Man banned from Thailand for accidental single-day visa overstay

Zuckerberg: facts get in the way of free speech

Always check YouTube for home maintenance help

Man finds 46-year-old Christmas gift while remodeling parents' bathroom

Website tracks avian flu throughout the Americas

Fed up with noisy upstairs neighbors? These tenants took revenge with devilish sound pranks!

America's crime grandpa gets slapped with contempt charge for being a sneaky little sh*t

GOP's Adam Kinzinger doesn't want Biden pardon — says he'll fight Trump "from my jail cell" (video)

How Uruguay's answer to The Beatles shaped Latin American rock in the 1960s

Llawgnychu! It's ok to Cymru to Welsh fairy porn

Meet the most cringe-worthy status symbol of 2025: an $880,000 champagne holder for SDE billionaires

Two people found dead in JetBlue wheel well in Florida: "This keeps happening"

L'il pup sasses big dog — until even bigger doggo steps in to set things straight (video)

"Maneater" screwworm that lays eggs in nostrils and open wounds headed towards Texas

Louisiana resident is first American to die from H5N1 after contact with infected birds, CDC confirms

Boy rescued after five days alone in lion-infested African National Park

Mysterious plate of bananas appears monthly on street corner

Stimulate yourself with Stimulation Clicker

Boing Boing, January 6, 2024

Accountant hated computer work so much he chopped off his own fingers to avoid work

Already $17.9 billion in, Sam Altman is confident good things are coming from OpenAI

How a bartender turned dick-shaped candy into a $100K business

Tourist gored to death at elephant "sanctuary" in Thailand

America's first felon president-elect throws legal tantrum over January sentencing

Will Yellowstone blow up this year? Scientists say no.

Here's the beef! Suspects busted in $1000 meat heist

Texas man accidentally fires gun during in-person studio podcast (video)

Popular math YouTuber 3Blue1Brown victimized by malicious and stupid AI bots

Waymo refuses to let a man catch a flight

Disney further fractures its streaming marketplace

Carmen Sandiego switched sides

Klankenbos sound forest is a sculpture art experience in Belgium

The survival strategy behind "Reindeer Cyclone" herd behavior

Grandparents create life-size Totoro sculpture for grandkids, now a beloved attraction

Tiny cousin of the roly-poly bites feet on the beach

Bovine colostrum is the latest health grift to avoid

This YouTube video is a playable video game

AI-generated Super Smash Bros. player is an unhinged trash talker

2025 calls for this unflappable Woodcock swagger

This mouth-shaped bulding burps when you enter it

MouseGoggles are tiny VR headset for mice

Kid jumps on dangerous manhole and falls right through

Editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes resigns from The Washington Post when her cartoon criticizing Bezos is killed

Doggo hilariously backs out of room like a car in reverse (video)

AI-generated UFO video shows how fast visual truth is slipping away

Boing Boing, January 3, 2024

Big Potato under fire: how the top 4 suppliers raised prices in suspicious lockstep

Coastguard rescues real dummy from UK sea

Jim Jordan schools Brian Kilmeade on Fox after the host breaks "bad news" about a Congressman who doesn't exist (video)

Another GTA 6 leak, another tantalizing disappointment

As avian flu spreads, backyard chicken groups share conspiracy theories

The world's best pizza place is selling cans of water for $30

Rescued baby wombat gets a gentle massage

Everyone loves photos of natural color gradients—and should stop using them without credit!

The Muppets' version of Bohemian Rhapsody is the best cover of all time

Boing Boing, January 2, 2025

Software developer builds annoying device to force himself to move every 20 minutes

Teen flips out over 10-year-old coughing fit — forces emergency landing on not-so-easy easyJet flight

Incredible paths of huge dinosaur footprints discovered in UK

Huge metallic ring fell from sky and crashed into Kenyan village

Three ways to transform your daily grind into something more engaging

New Orleans and Cybertruck drivers from same U.S. military base (and no, Trump, they did not eat pets)

United passenger furious after losing seat to dog without a ticket

High school cheerleader allegedly killed classmate's goat because she "doesn't like cheaters"

Nazi Nick will be using sly new slurs in 2025

Dark sci-fi genius wrote at superhuman speed — Barry Malzberg

The Wombles may soon return to screens

Judge won't let Giuliani keep his witness list sealed

Tetrisweeper is two classic games that play great together

If you love ducks, gift yourself a quacking keyboard!

Jocelyn Wildenstein, famed for catlike cosmetic surgery, dead at 79 or maybe 84

Did you remember to turn your computer off before midnight?