Nintendo Watch this kid lose it over his new Nintendo (1988) Rusty Blazenhoff

DIY Man supercharges a child's pink ride-on car, sends it flying Popkin

animals Honeybee curls up inside closing flower in timelapse video Popkin

books In 1932, John W. Campbell imagined machines outliving humanity Ellsworth Toohey

Technology Kevin Kelly rereads his big weird book from 1994 and mostly stands by it Ellsworth Toohey

Boing Boing Gadgets Replace doomscrolling with smartscrolling—Headway lifetime subscriptions now just $70 Boing Boing's Shop

wheels on the bus Sticky tires are dirtier than they look Jason Weisberger

gadgets Dell counters the MacBook Neo with a $599 XPS 13 Rob Beschizza

A coder fed 20 years of his messages to AI to audit his friendships Ellsworth Toohey

websites Make your own futuristic computer logo with the Sinclair-o-Matic Rob Beschizza

History Hengefinder finds streets that perfectly frame the setting sun Rob Beschizza

nyc NYC bounty hunters earn 25% of fines for catching idling trucks Gail Sherman

Games Would-be Pokémon Professor sues Nintendo for denying him the status Rob Beschizza

Idahohoho Small potatoes: Oregon county backs away from Greater Idaho fantasy Jason Weisberger

Science H.P. Lovecraft borrowed from this real Connecticut seismic phenomenon Ellsworth Toohey

politics The Norwegian Dawn cruise ship flunks health inspection Jennifer Sandlin

Technology Two-thirds of US doctors now ask an AI chatbot for treatment advice Ellsworth Toohey

africa WHO declares global health emergency over Congo Ebola outbreak Séamus Bellamy

AI After 3.5 trillion guesses, a forgotten $400k Bitcoin wallet finally opened Ellsworth Toohey

UFOs JD Vance believes demons responsible for UFOs Séamus Bellamy