maps Google Maps "directed man to drive off collapsed bridge" Rob Beschizza

Games "Anarch", a new, public-domain Doom-like game coded from scratch in <256K Clive Thompson

Boing Boing Gadgets This $79.99 refurbished Chromebook is tougher than the laptop on your desk Boing Boing's Shop

Republicans MAGA Mike is sneaking around your Social Security Jason Weisberger

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

Weird Seattle's mystery soda machine vanished in 2018 with a goodbye note Ellsworth Toohey

video Superman coaster stalls at Six Flags, riders forced to walk down emergency stairs Popkin

fire Did the fire "save" Notre-dam? Jason Weisberger

politics Iran war has cost $25bn so far, admits Pentagon. The real cost is closer to $50bn. Rob Beschizza

worse things happen at sea The world's most advanced aircraft carrier taken down by… a dryer vent fire Jason Weisberger

Entertainment Universal's iconic E.T. ride may get overhauled Ruben Bolling

SWATTED ME FOR SCIENCE Irvine teen's home science lab raided by the FBI Jason Weisberger

Boing Boing Gadgets Don't sleep on this offer for a six-piece Bamboo-blend sheet set for $39 Boing Boing's Shop

cars 2026 the first year in U.S. with no new car priced under $20,000 Rob Beschizza

Nature Birds in these photos are deliberately letting ants crawl all over them for health reasons Popkin

Content Studio Noem and Lewandowski turned Homeland Security into a reality show with poor trigger discipline Jason Weisberger

design A manhole cover may have been the first object launched into space Popkin