December 15, 2016 - Boing Boing

News A parasite is giving 1,000+ Americans 'explosive' diarrhea Ellsworth Toohey

Science The EU just approved a food additive that curbs weight gain Ellsworth Toohey
Technology Meta patented a wearable that listens all day to guess your feelings Ellsworth Toohey
News Congo's Ebola outbreak has killed 600 and is reaching new provinces Ellsworth Toohey
books The novelist who co-founded the Paris Review was a CIA spy Ellsworth Toohey
law Mexican Government files charges against ICE for murder Séamus Bellamy
Photographic memory is not real, but this guy's brain came close enough to scare everyone Jason Weisberger
SAG Sean Astin tells Congress AI should not get to steal your face Jason Weisberger
Mike Johnson likes birthright citizenship when it scores goals Jason Weisberger
Science Astronomers keep finding giant radio rings in space they can't explain Ellsworth Toohey
books A 1631 Bible accidentally ordered readers to commit adultery Ellsworth Toohey
Science What is spontaneous human combustion, and is it real? Ellsworth Toohey
AI How to opt out of Meta using your Instagram posts to make AI images Séamus Bellamy
comedy ChatGPT failures make for truly hilarious content Jennifer Sandlin
animals Baby barn owls rescued from a dock loft before first flight Popkin
nostalgia In 1996, Orbitz turned a soda bottle into a lava lamp Popkin
design This concrete playground slide looks like brutalist architecture Popkin
health Psyllium husk is not nature's Ozempic, but it is a pretty good source of fiber Jason Weisberger
DHS ICE killed a Houston father, then called him the aggressor Jason Weisberger
youtube Max Fosh entered a nine-year-old into a roast battle Grant St. Clair

movies Dune: Part 3 drops trailer full of fun in the sun Grant St. Clair

Werwulf is coming just in time for Christmas! Séamus Bellamy

Games We might be getting that New Vegas followup, but not in the way anyone expected Grant St. Clair

Games Making Fallout 76 bearable by playing it inside Fallout 4 Grant St. Clair

Games Dwile flonking, the ancient pub sport invented in 1966 Ellsworth Toohey

History Castro's supercow got a state obituary and a marble statue Ellsworth Toohey

History Soldier who was shot in eight places said he "enjoyed the war" Ellsworth Toohey

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video games This $199 NES cartridge was "one of the worst video games of all time" Ellsworth Toohey

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