politics Modi's majority in doubt in "shock" Indian election result Rob Beschizza

dmca BBC took down own Modi documentary from Internet Archive Rob Beschizza

web theory Authoritarians used to be scared of social media, now they rule it Cory Doctorow

politics The peculiar struggle to make parts of India "Open Defecation Free" Cory Doctorow

politics Global trumpism: how India's brutal leader manufactures reality with trumped-up "polls" Cory Doctorow

powders No whey? Protein shortage looms Jason Weisberger

Blingphone brand Vertu folded years ago, but now has a folding phone Rob Beschizza

crime Google employee charged with fraud after winning $1.2m on Polymarket Rob Beschizza

gadgets The Ploopy Bean Pointing Stick is a portable trackpoint nipple mouse Rob Beschizza

mistakes AI poop analysis app selling human-verified poop photos Rob Beschizza

Boing Boing Gadgets Create professional-grade voiceovers with FineVoice AI for under $65 Boing Boing's Shop

Games SkyParkour mod turns Skyrim into a better Assassin's Creed Grant St. Clair

politics U.S. Senators bans themselves from trading on prediction markets Rob Beschizza

video Bat cleans its wing membrane in close-up video Popkin

Science Mice that ate artificial sweeteners passed metabolic changes to their grandchildren Ellsworth Toohey

books Orwell predicted the AI slop novel in 1949 Ellsworth Toohey

Games Mac OS X ported to the Nintendo Wii Rob Beschizza

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