Rebecca Giggs' book Fathoms, subtitled "The World in the Whale," is a deep exploration of those largest of Earthlings, from the abject despair of a whalefall to the yawning poetry… Read the rest of the article: The whale-wide web of undersea song
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Mark Frauenfelder Looks like ammo-packing beachgoers might want to avoid the idyllic isles of the Turks and Caicos unless they're down for an extended, amenity-free island jailstay. American vacationers are learning the… Read the rest of the article: Turks and Caicos imprisons American tourists over ammunition in luggage
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Rob Beschizza The superficially Earthlike appearance of Titan, as imaged by the James Webb Space Telescope, is belied by its cold and inhospitable weirdness. Titan is a strange world — a little… Read the rest of the article: Saturn's moon Titan imaged by the James Webb Space Telescope
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Boing Boing's Shop TL;DR:Are you tired of looking at a cluttered desk or bedside table? Level up the way you charge your devices with the 15W Nightlight Wireless Charging Pad, and it's on… Read the rest of the article: Give your charging routine a literal glow-up with this nightlight power combo for $40
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Rob Beschizza Employers use non-compete agreements to prevent workers leaving: it's hard to quit when you can't get a new job in the same field. Cleaning up a patchwork of state-level regulations… Read the rest of the article: Federal Trade Commission bans non-compete agreements
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Carolyn Townsend An attempt to prove the existence of alien astronauts has revealed an ancient, all-too human practice — grave robbing. According to Reuters, journalist Jaime Maussan presented two mummified "alien" bodies… Read the rest of the article: Alien corpse was human, stolen by grave robbers
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Gail Sherman In 2022, Sour Patch Kids joked about a collab with Oreos: But what was a joke has become a reality. As my friend who shared this with me said, "These… Read the rest of the article: Sour Patch Kids Oreos are apparently real now
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Carla Sinclair Sen. Thom Tillis is a Republican who says the biggest threat to his party is not the Democrats, but something far, far worse: Marjorie Taylor Greene. "I think she's uninformed,… Read the rest of the article: GOP Sen. Tillis warns of "biggest risk" to Republicans: Marjorie Taylor Greene (video)
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Rob Beschizza Summer Lee, the first black woman elected in Pennsylvania to the U.S House of Representatives and a strong progressive voice in Congress, handily defeated a centrist challenger in Tuesday's Democratic… Read the rest of the article: Progressive Democrat fends off Republican-backed centrist in Pennsylvania primary
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Gail Sherman John Lennon played a 12-string Framus "Hootenanny" acoustic guitar in the movie "Help!" George Harrison used it on Norweigan Wood. It later disappeared for almost sixty years but was recently… Read the rest of the article: Long-missing John Lennon guitar from "Help!" found in attic
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Carolyn Townsend It's been an unnerving time to be an airline passenger, especially on a Boeing in a window seat. We don't have the golden parachutes that the Boeing execs are getting!… Read the rest of the article: Irish national carrier's annual Blessing of the Planes
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Ruben Bolling Please do JOIN THE INNER HIVE and get each week's Tom the Dancing Bug comic at least a day before publication! Plus other exclusive content like process pics, more comics, contests, insider… Read the rest of the article: Tom the Dancing Bug: Super-Fun-Pak Comix, feat. Bigfoot vs. Napoleon, Lester the Jester and MORE!
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Grant St. Clair YouTuber Max Fosh has made the rounds here at Boing Boing a couple of times, and not for nothing. Whether it's hiring the SAS for a game of paintball or… Read the rest of the article: Serving insects to unwitting food critics
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Rusty Blazenhoff Parents of littles, rejoice! Your multitasking dreams have been answered with the laughable convenience of the KIDSCLEANCAR (yes, they insist on the all-caps), on Amazon for a couple of C-notes.… Read the rest of the article: This kiddie race car doubles as a floor cleaner
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Gail Sherman Michael Sheen's performance of Dylan Thomas' villanelle "Do not go gentle into that good night" for London's National Theatre is a minute and a half masterpiece. At the risk of… Read the rest of the article: Watch Michael Sheen rage against the dying of the light
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Rusty Blazenhoff You know those somewhat-sappy videos where couples answer questions about each other? This isn't one of those. It looks like one of those but, as you'll see, it's 1000% a… Read the rest of the article: Funny spoof on those "couples answering questions" videos
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Thom Dunn Over at Substack, writer Cole Haddon (Psalms for the End of the World) digs into the strange relationship between hypermasculine 'Merican men and dressing up in drag. He touches briefly… Read the rest of the article: A brief history of drag in the military
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Gail Sherman Lego Ideas is a platform where people can submit their Lego set designs. The designs are then put up for a vote and the ones that get enough votes are… Read the rest of the article: Check out this playable Lego Tetris game
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Thom Dunn Anthony Dover, 48, was recently convicted in Britain as a sex offender. His crime: creating more than 1,000 AI-generated images of child pornography, using the software known as Stable Diffusion.… Read the rest of the article: UK court bans convicted sex offender from using generative AI
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Boing Boing's Shop TL;DR: Brighten up your date nights or stargazing nights with this flashlight that doubles as a flame simulator. Typically retailing for $62, it's now available for only $39.99! A fire is a warm and… Read the rest of the article: This unique tool is a flashlight and fireplace simulator in one — and now it's under $40!