books The Internet Archive's massive repository of scanned books will help Wikipedia fight the disinformation wars Cory Doctorow

iran Cuba is bracing for a U.S. invasion Séamus Bellamy

Technology A hobbyist mounted a cesium atomic clock on his Raspberry Pi Ellsworth Toohey

Boing Boing Gadgets Get MS Office 2024 & Microsoft Surface SE (2022) for just $260 Boing Boing's Shop

law Judge fines lawyers $31k after they use AI to generate brief with made-up citations Rob Beschizza

Space NASA insists stranded Starliner crew is not "stuck" Gail Sherman

ai-generated content Watch the trailer for the first fully AI-generated RomCom, coming soon from TV manufacturer TCL Thom Dunn

traffic cameras AI screw-up results in man being fined $400 for scratching his head David Pescovitz

art An American tourist in Israel destroyed Roman statues, his lawyer blames "Jerusalem Syndrome" Jason Weisberger

Funny This is the best ever Wikipedia "[citation needed]" David Pescovitz

Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction Rigellian: the science-fictional inhabitants of a bright blue star Jesse Sheidlower

fruits This is a titty fruit. Please don't eat (or suckle) it Mark Frauenfelder

Blaire Erskine Hell House parody: Don't pet that dog 'too good'! Jennifer Sandlin

racism Battle of the victims: how Asian hate and the housing crisis collide in the city Maddie Lee

dupe Pregnant Texan argues with cop that she can drive in carpool lane, but gets a ticket anyway Mark Frauenfelder

tv See the strange first appearances of Cookie Monster in a junk food commercial and IBM training video David Pescovitz

music Woodpecker, perhaps tired of being ignored, shows plastic slide who's boss Rob Beschizza

happy mutants At the Golden-Calf Slaughterhouse: an interview with Johannes Grenzfurthner Thomas Kaestle

dancing 1979 Disco World Championship Rob Beschizza