Japan Woman buys claw machine and learns the secret about how they are rigged Mark Frauenfelder

Games Legendary emulator ZSNES rewritten from scratch Rob Beschizza

crowdfunding An artist painted a monster, an occult poet conjured it to life, and now it wants to kill your Mörk Borg character Gareth Branwyn

History Horse elevators, a relic of NYC's past, being phased out Gail Sherman

video games Classified military documents leaked in video game forum – again Gail Sherman

Weird How military jargon infected your workplace with endless stupid phrases Popkin

Boing Boing Gadgets Psst! Visual Studio Pro is your new secret weapon for coding faster than ever Boing Boing's Shop

corporations Hire the wrong people, misfile important documents, remove batteries from remotes, and other suggestions for corporate sabotage Allan Rose Hill

History Notre-Dame prepares to reopen five years after fire that nearly destroyed it Rob Beschizza

politics MAGA man Mark Robinson wrote that Mein Kampf was a "good read" and "a real eye opener" Rob Beschizza

Telegram CEO arrested in France Rob Beschizza

politics Project 2025 is also very racist Jason Weisberger

elon musk Another woman trapped in a Tesla after its battery dies Jennifer Sandlin

elon musk Cybertruck owner fakes a malfunction, gets hit with real karma Jennifer Sandlin

Boing Boing Shop Improve your memory and reading speed with this $29.99 course bundle Boing Boing's Shop

psyops The Sinophobic history of brainwashing Thom Dunn

Business This sci-fi author had a secret life as psychological warfare mastermind Roy Christopher

meetings This is the CIA's official guide to sabotaging business meetings David Pescovitz

united airlines United Airlines' Christmas movie "Love in Plane Sight" is as awful as you'd imagine Jennifer Sandlin

nazis It's hard to get neo-Nazi cops fired. Too hard. Rob Beschizza