Antarctica IT worker stationed at South Pole takes photos of the last egg they'll have for five months. Mark Frauenfelder

History A 20-mile maze under Budapest hid a secret WWII aircraft engine plant Ellsworth Toohey

crime The 'Phantom of Heilbronn' serial killer turned out to be a cotton swab factory worker Ellsworth Toohey

tech culture Meta lays off thousands, monitors workers, increases the snack budget Jason Weisberger

politics Trump Arch in D.C. to be tremendously large and golden Rob Beschizza

activism "Laxative" brownies turn Nantucket School Committee meeting into Schrodinger's shitshow Rob Beschizza

cold Before refrigeration, one obsessive Boston guy sold winter to the tropics Jason Weisberger

nothing to see Meta is not sorry it built the spyware, just sorry you noticed Jason Weisberger

mexico The promise of Mexico's Tren Maya has gone off the rails Séamus Bellamy

china China is using recruitment sites to buy top secret information Séamus Bellamy

ambush that failed Nancy Pelosi has no time for Mike Lindell's hallway goblins Jason Weisberger

tesla Tesla FSD is so good its trainers won't ride in it Jason Weisberger

AI Slopping Amazon uses AI to invent products you can't buy Jason Weisberger

privacy Meta backs off tracking workers' keystrokes after they revolt Ellsworth Toohey

law Cop fired and arrested after pulling gun on colleague who microwaved fish Rob Beschizza

Boing Boing Gadgets This HP EliteBook delivers business-class performance for $400 Boing Boing's Shop

landmarks Grand Canyon's burned lodge leaves a very large hole Jason Weisberger

Business Site tracks significant U.S. layoffs Rob Beschizza

bad idea Starbucks Korea chose "Tank Day" for the anniversary of a massacre Jason Weisberger

marine biology Workers opened a whale in 1937 and found something inside that still doesn't have a name Ellsworth Toohey