John Alfred Tinniswood (previously at Boing Boing) died Monday at 112. He was the world's oldest man. His family said Mr Tinniswood's final day was "surrounded by music and love".… Read the rest of the article: World's oldest man dead at 112

The latest of some 5,780 exoplanets so far discovered outside our own solar system is described as a "young" planet that may develop into a super-Earth: a world compositionally similar… Read the rest of the article: "Young" exoplanet may end up a super-Earth

A batch of raw milk sold in California comes with a freebie drinkers might not want: bird flu. Whole raw milk from Raw Farm, LLC, tested positive for the virus… Read the rest of the article: Bird flu in raw milk

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   LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS?   CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte announced Saturday that she had contracted assassins to kill president Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and… Read the rest of the article: Philippine vice president publicly threatens to assassinate president

   LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS?   CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! Dutch police were presumably ecstatic to find a garden gnome made of MDMA. The comically incongruous four-pound object was… Read the rest of the article: Gnome made of MDMA seized in drug bust

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After the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, the White House denounced the court. But top U.S. allies including Britain and Ireland made… Read the rest of the article: Canada, Britain and Ireland among countries saying they may arrest Netanyahu

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Andrew Tate, a former kickboxer who became a far-right misogynist influencer after fleeing the UK to evade prosecution, founded an online "university" to teach boys the tricks of his trade.… Read the rest of the article: Chin-hiding pimp's "university" hacked, exposing 800k suckers

Blackthorne won: Shōgun was the most-watched TV show in the last year according to Google's stats, drawn from viewership of the company's own TV service. Fallout and House of the… Read the rest of the article: Shogun was most popular TV show of the year on Google TV

GET BOING BOING AD-FREE Mercadona, a supermarket in Spain, illegally fired a worker who ate a deep-fried snack that was headed to the trashcan after the store close for the… Read the rest of the article: Worker unlawfully fired for eating snack otherwise headed to trash

A 1954 version of René Magritte's The Empire of Light sold for $121 million at Christie's in New York, much more than expected. One of 27 renderings of the scene… Read the rest of the article: One of Magritte's "Empire of Light" paintings sells for $121m

   LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS?   CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! What is it with all the paintings of alarmingly rectangular livestock in early-19th century Britain? Mostly cows, but also… Read the rest of the article: The rectangular livestock paintings of Great Britain

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