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Wednesday January 15, 2025. 11:32 PM
'If I'd have seen it, I probably would've been standing right there, so it probably would've ripped me in half,' said Joe Velaidum of Canada's Prince Edward Island. He was referring to a tiny meteor that smashed into his walkway. LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? —...
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As Dr. Grant describes a velociraptor in the 1993 classic Jurassic Park, a snot-nosed kid says, 'That doesn't look very scary. More like a six-foot turkey.' Grant proceeds to describe in detail how scary they were, but honestly, isn't a six-foot turkey scary even before you...
Diamond, the comics distributor that came to dominate the direct-sales business between publishers and retailers, is entering Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Locus reports that it secured a $41m loan to keep it running while it sells itself off for parts. Company president Chuck...
Israel will end its invasion of Gaza. Hamas will return the remaining hostages, who number 33. CNN. Under the deal, which is yet to be formally announced, Hamas and its allied militant groups are expected to release 33 hostages seized from Israel during the attacks of...
Trump-pick for U.S. Attorney General, Pam Bondi, feigns complete ignorance on everything from who won the 2020 election to the contents of the Constitution during this morning's Senate confirmation hearings. For instance, she is vying for one of the most prestigious...
China's plan to build a massive solar power station in space could generate more energy in one year than all of Earth's remaining oil reserves. The proposed 0.6-mile-wide solar array, which will orbit 22,370 miles above Earth, would overcome traditional solar power...
Nature's carbon-capturing machines are working overtime. Plants worldwide are absorbing about 31% more carbon dioxide than scientists previously estimated, according to research published in Nature. This discovery changes our understanding of Earth's carbon cycle and could...
This video covers many interactions between our favorite blissfully clueless yet incisively witty provocateur and an articulate, endlessly patient cosmic explainer. LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! Previously:• Philomena Cunk ponders the...
In August 2024, a little-known company called Tortoise Media released a podcast series alleging that acclaimed fantasy author Neil Gaiman had a history of sexual assault. The podcast was largely reported by Rachel Johnson, sister of former British Prime Minister Boris...
Meet Mallow, a beautiful raccoon who lives at For Fox Sake Rescue in Chattanooga, Tennessee—a wildlife rehab facility that rescues and rehabilitates orphaned and injured animals such as skunks, foxes, raccoons, and bobcats. This video of Mallow absolutely obliterating a...
Reckless tinkling-while-flying has become a thing, with countless stories over the last few years of passengers urinating where they shouldn't on a plane. And, in keeping with the trend, an American gentleman flying from Amsterdam to New Jersey on Monday was arrested and...
Purchase an annual membership (base rate) to Tom the Dancing Bug's Inner Hive, and that amount will be donated to the California Community Foundation's Wildfire Recovery fund to help victims and communities recover froM the devastating Los Angeles fires. Members of the Inner ...
Mere days after a DJI drone struck a fightfighting aircraft in the skies over Los Angeles, removing the aircraft from service, DJI announced it is removing the feature intended to prevent such incidents. In a blog post, DJI explains the update means pilots will see DJI...
This sign behind a bunch of white dude senators complaining about DEI raises the question: did they hire the best person to make their sign or just another dumbass who looks like them? LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! — Read the rest The post...
Tesla's sensor-only approach fails in edge cases and is highly unreliable. Here, it sees something distinctly different from a train. LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! lol, a clip of a Tesla's vision system trying to understand a train ...
TL;DR: Streamline note-taking with the Focais Meet One — a voice-activated recorder on sale for $99.99 (reg. $149). Let's face it — nobody wants to replay hours of meeting recordings or sift through pages of lecture notes. Enter the Focais Meet One, a voice-activated...
Elwood Edwards achieved fame as the voice that welcomed you to your AOL account, warmly informing you that 'You've got mail!' after all the old-timey modem screeching was done with. Elwood died in November. John Graham-Cumming writes about his encounter with Elwood's...
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Representative Nancy Mace threw a tantrum today on the House Floor after colleague Jasmine Crockett called her a 'child.' And then, acting like a child, the triggered lawmaker challenged Crockett to a fight. Mace's juvenile outburst came while Crockett was addressing Mace's...
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