aviation Last summer, Southwest tried to kill a rule that would have tightened up engine fan blade inspections Cory Doctorow

usausausa Southwest Airlines surrenders to racists, refuses boarding to Arab-American passengers Cory Doctorow

AI Ted Chiang argues an LLM chatbot is as conscious as Microsoft Word Ellsworth Toohey

politics Indiana declares June "Nuclear Family Month" Jennifer Sandlin

Boing Boing Gadgets ChatGPT Plus is $20/month—ChatOn packs in GPT, Claude & Gemini for 5 years for just $90.99 Boing Boing's Shop

History The Vietnamese monk who ate only coconuts and built a Coconut Kingdom Ellsworth Toohey

cute Enclose.horse is a daily puzzle game about keeping a tiny horse penned in Gail Sherman

History Medieval dragon drainpipe from 1393 makes modern gutters look boring Popkin

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

spacex The most alarming parts of Elon Musk's SpaceX filing, ranked Jason Weisberger

politics Scottish politician illegally used party funds to pay for camper van, fancy pencil sharpener, toilet seat, and curry sauce Rob Beschizza

Science There was a T. Rex of the sea and it was terrifying Gail Sherman

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

comedy The annual SNL joke swap returns Grant St. Clair

reading One year with the 12th-generation Kindle Paperwhite SE Jason Weisberger

books Why are school boards banning books on ancient Egypt and digestion? Ellsworth Toohey

Design awards charmed by Kodak's $35 Charmera Rob Beschizza

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