Just two months after Luigi Mangione allegedly assassinated United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, HBO's MAX is already prepared to launch a new one-hour documentary. The film (apparently called Who is… Read the rest of the article: First trailer for new Luigi Mangione propaganda documentary
Strange balls have appeared on the shores of at least nine Australian beaches, prompting indefinite closures in Manly, Dee Why, Long Reef, Queenscliff, Freshwater, North Steyne, North Narrabeen, and North… Read the rest of the article: Australian beaches closed due to mysterious balls
A decade ago, I had the privilege of attending and reporting from COP21 in Paris—the year of the so-called "Paris Agreement" was put into place. As I wrote at the… Read the rest of the article: We've officially passed the 1.5° global warming limit we've been warned about for years
StackExchange is a popular question-and-answer message board. As a default, and as a central feature of the site, all content posted to StackExchange (and its respective sub-pages) is licensed under… Read the rest of the article: Stack Exchange accused of violating Creative Commons to hide Luigi Mangione's posts
The romantasy publishing industry has recently been embroiled in controversy. The issue at hand is a debate over intellectual property rights, with one author accusing another (and their agent, who… Read the rest of the article: Finally, an erotic thriller about sexy were-cheese
In August 2024, a little-known company called Tortoise Media released a podcast series alleging that acclaimed fantasy author Neil Gaiman had a history of sexual assault. The podcast was largely… Read the rest of the article: Harrowing coverage of Neil Gaiman sexual assault allegations
After 30 years, the Chicago franchise of the world-renowned Blue Man Group has darkened its stage for the very last time. GET BOING BOING AD-FREE But after the group's final… Read the rest of the article: Group of Blue Men protest corporate labor actions
Enron is back, baby! Well sort of. The trademark and branding associated with the company that famously pioneered the creative accounting industry was recently acquired by Connor Gaydos, a performance… Read the rest of the article: Enron is back and just announced plans for a home-size nuclear generator
On Monday, December 30, 2024, a man named was pulled over by California Highway Patrol for reckless driving on I-99 near Madera, California while driving a Rolls Royce. At the… Read the rest of the article: Baby spider monkey in a onesie discovered in a Rolls Royce during a DUI stop
It is a truth universally acknowledged that the best pizza in the world comes from New Haven, Connecticut. Yet even among that upper echelon of melty goodness, there is one… Read the rest of the article: The world's best pizza place is selling cans of water for $30
LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! Christmas in Middle-Earth is the infectious musical brainchild of actor/musicians Brendan Dalton. A one-time Blue Man, Dalton used his… Read the rest of the article: "Christmas in Middle-Earth" is the lord of ringing in the holiday spirit
Sure, iPods were cool, and totally changed the course of music history. But even before we were all shelling out hundreds of dollars to store our entire compressed music collections… Read the rest of the article: A look back at the underappreciated wonder of MP3 CDs
When the Pilgrims first landed at Plymouth Rock, they were met by Ousamequin, the Massasoit or Great Sachem of the Wampanoag Confederacy. Ousamequin and the Pokanoket people aided the refugees… Read the rest of the article: Brown University returns land stolen early from Native Americans
In a fascinating new essay for The Paris Review that expands upon a speech he gave this summer, MacArthur-winning author Jonathan Lethem explores the age-old question: Did Philip K Dick… Read the rest of the article: Jonathan Lethem ponders: "Did Philip K Dick dream of Palestinian sheep?"
Bitcoin is hardly known for its environmental qualities, nor its affiliation with, uhh, conservation efforts. But a strange situation has arisen in the Congo. While other mining initiatives continue to… Read the rest of the article: A Bitcoin mine in Congo is fueling a surprising conservation effort
When I first joined the BlueSky social network last year, I remember being struck by the notion that I could select a custom hosting provider. I didn't fully understand what… Read the rest of the article: How to host an entire website on Bluesky
A robotics company in Shanghai wanted to see how effective its persuasive AI programming could be. So they staged a test. Late one night, they allowed a small robot from… Read the rest of the article: Factory robot convinces 12 other robots to go on strike
LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! I still vividly remember reading Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in my American Studies English class junior… Read the rest of the article: "Big Jim and the White Boy" is a fascinating re-telling of Huck Finn
There are plenty of pundits and thinkpieces making the rounds right now, desperately reaching for any angle they can offer to explain why the recent electoral failures of the Democratic… Read the rest of the article: How the "Death of Superman" comics explain the modern Democratic Party
LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! Back in July 2024, essayist and electronic musician Drew Daniel had a dream about a song—a super crunched out… Read the rest of the article: 27 musicians try to interpret "Hit 'Em," a baffling song from a stranger's dream
