army U.S. Military bans GPS-enabled fitness trackers Séamus Bellamy

canada Canada increases biometric monitoring of foreign nationals Séamus Bellamy

australia Australia says cash about to become illegal for purchases over $7,500 Carla Sinclair

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

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

Boing Boing Gadgets Catch peeping toms with this all-purpose hidden camera detector Boing Boing's Shop

batman A radical unlicensed queer comic book movie returns to theaters Thom Dunn

science fiction "Big Germs" — short fiction by Rudy Rucker Boing Boing

tabloids World War III starts (yet again) and RFJ Jr is not RFK, in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

cinema Review: I wish "Oppenheimer" had ignited the atmosphere Natalie Dressed

television Come get a heaping helping of 90s nostalgia as wrestling legends Undertaker and Mankind reunite to watch their brutal and iconic Hell in a Cell match Devin Nealy

movies Christopher Nolan "tricked" studio into casting Cillian Murphy in Batman Begins Devin Nealy

tabloids Putin kills cows in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Comic Books Love and Rockets gets a documentary after 40 years of being the best comic book ever made Mark Frauenfelder

trumpism Ever feel that reality itself is trolling us? Gareth Branwyn

Virtual reality People are already being sexually assaulted in Facebook's Metaverse Thom Dunn

Boing Boing Gadgets These refurbished iPad models are on sale at up to 65% off their regular price Boing Boing's Shop

documentary Robin Gibb's pyromania and other trivia left out of the new Bee Gees documentary Janelle Hessig

music Dark Side of Light's "bummer summer" breeze Daniel Siwek

Boing Boing Gadgets Ditch the binoculars and travel light with this high definition monocular telescope Boing Boing's Shop