music Watch the hyperkinetic frenzy of No Wave band The Stick Men on the TV show that helped inspire Pee-wee's Playhouse David Pescovitz

no wave A No Wave Gem: "Contort Yourself" by James Chance and The Contortions Popkin

salivary stories Restaurant chain in Japan suffers $125 million stock market loss after video of customer spitting on conveyor-belt sushi goes viral Mark Frauenfelder

victim shaming House Republicans are now blaming voters for George Santos (video) Carla Sinclair

Dizzy The earth's core may have reversed direction. Elías Villoro

Games Forspoken releases to middling reviews Grant St. Clair

Science Radio signal detected from 9 billion light years away Devin Nealy

Boing Boing Gadgets Get these unique waterproof headphones for $80 for your next jog in the rain Boing Boing's Shop

tech Google to lay off 12,000 workers Rob Beschizza

las vegas Famous folks share kind words about The B-52s as the band bids adieu to touring—and heads to Las Vegas Rusty Blazenhoff

lies Contact lens applicators and misappropriated memories Andrew Yi

weather Surfing the "atmospheric river's" ocean waves Elías Villoro

AI CNET "quietly publishing" AI-generated news articles Thom Dunn

Space Watch NASA's fiery and magnificent time-lapse video of 133 days on the Sun's surface David Pescovitz

oceans The weird wake phenomenon behind many Loch Ness Monster sightings David Pescovitz

films Somethings never change: Francis Ford Coppola's new movie is over budget Devin Nealy

Internet Sunken Roman city ruins finally get an internet connection Thom Dunn

Boing Boing Gadgets Celebrate the new year with a new-to-you MacBook Air for only $371 Boing Boing's Shop

video games Walter White might start cooking on MultiVersus Devin Nealy