water Forget about gas prices and start worrying about water Séamus Bellamy

weapons Pentagon pouring $1 billion/year into science fiction-style beam weapons mounted on military vehicles David Pescovitz

star wars STAR WARS supercut of every time someone says "Star" or "Wars" Thom Dunn

Ukraine Ukraine tour company invites visitors to "see our destroyed cities and brave people fighting" David Pescovitz

military That text informing you that you've been drafted into the US Army? It's fake. For now. David Pescovitz

books Old weird war technology like parachuting pigeons and and flying sharks David Pescovitz

Boing Boing Gadgets PocketMage is a crowdfunded PDA with a keyboard and e-paper screen Séamus Bellamy

media InfoWars is finally back, but not quite as you remember it Grant St. Clair

Teens discover their robot taxi is a narc Jason Weisberger

science fiction Starlog returns in November after 17 years out of print Rob Beschizza

internet culture A mystery DVD mailed from Poland hid coded threats in a plague doctor video Ellsworth Toohey

politics Mississippi District Attorney's "depraved" AI slop posts a reminder that "everyone is 12 now" Rob Beschizza

politics TED-stage futurist/longevity salesman says mass surveillance will make us behave Séamus Bellamy

bbc The BBC ends longwave radio service today Rob Beschizza

gaming Steam Summer Sale is back with Witcher 3 at $4, Cyberpunk under $20 Grant St. Clair

Games What is the Jedi problem, and why does every game designer fear it? Grant St. Clair

science fiction The man who built the spaceships for 2001, Alien, and Empire has died Séamus Bellamy

Boing Boing Gadgets The math is wild: ChatGPT Plus is $240/year—5 years of ChatGPT, Claude & Gemini is just $99.99 Boing Boing's Shop

History Violet Jessop survived the Titanic, the Britannic, and a collision on the Olympic Ellsworth Toohey