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Thursday February 13, 2025. 12:38 PM
A mushroom dubbed 'Himalayan Viagra' sells for $136,000 per pound in Beijing. By comparison, a pound of gold costs $41,824. The fungus, cordyceps sinensis, grows from dead moth larvae in the Himalayas and has been part of traditional medicine for centuries. — Read the rest ...
With Google and Apple renaming The Gulf of Mexico 'The Gulf of America' in their mapping services to honor Donald Trump's whimsical executive order, anticipatory compliance seems to be corporate America's favored coping strategy for his second administration. But not all are ...
John Hoffman, a professional drummer born in Honolulu but residing in Shreveport, Louisiana, is the new drummer for Primus! The band announced its decision last week after months of searching and narrowing down the list of contenders from 6200 initial applicants, to nine...
A pickup truck rear-ended an SUV in Layton, Utah, sending the large car onto a set of railroad tracks with a train headed its way. And fascinating footage released by the Utah Transit Authority shows what happened next. In a nutshell: 1) Driver for some reason backs up,...
Elizabeth Holmes can't stop innovating, even in prison — just ask her about the lactation rooms she created at the Federal Prison Camp she's in. The convicted Theranos fraudster, speaking to People magazine, wants everyone to know she's a prison reform hero while...
A few years ago we featured incredibly talented meteorologist Adam Krueger and his series, 'sneaking words into the weather.' But on the heels of rapper Kendrick Lamar's brilliant—and record-breaking (133 million people tuned in!)—Super Bowl halftime performance, I...
Kyle Gordon has done it again, I fear. The NYC-based musical comedian has executed a masterful leap from the comedy club circuit to a potential shot at Weird Al Yankovic's throne, propelled in large part by his mega-viral hit Planet of the Bass. — Read the rest The post...
It's only fair, after all. In case you somehow missed it, Trump has been fixated on the prospect of the United States acquiring Greenland, loudly thinking out loud at best and threatening elected officials at worst. If you're Danish and worried about Trump claiming a chunk...
TL;DR: Want your paycheck to stretch farther while grocery shopping? Find better value by joining Sam's Club with this 1-year membership that comes with Auto-Renew, now just $20 (reg. $50). You've seen all the stories and headlines—people are panicking over grocery and gas...
Mowi is apparently the world's largest producer of farmed salmon. At least they were, until 27,000 of their fish escaped off the coast of Norway. Now they're offering a $45-per-fish bounty for their safe return. LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? — Read the rest The po...
In 'Soy Right ascendent' Max Read describes the shift in Trumpdom away from the old MAGA tribe of angry dads and obsessed moms toward the 'Soy Right' of sexist techbros, whiny contrarians and meme Nazis. This group, he points out, is what evolved out of Gamergate, and its...
Wednesday February 12, 2025. 11:07 PM
Police in San Carlos Park, Florida are searching for a fellow drove his lawnmower into multiple mailboxes on a residential street. His antics were caught on video, below. LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! 'It was egregious, absolutely...
TL;DR: Save 50% on the NanoPhone through February 23, the ultra-tiny smartphone that'll make you think twice about your current phone. Has reducing your nightly doomscroll binges been on your 2025 resolution list? It's tough—we really love our TikTok binges,...
A new feature film about paranormal radio pioneer Art Bell may be on the horizon. Apparently Paul Giamitti (John Adams, The Holdovers, Sideways) is attached to play Bell who died in 2018. LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! — Read the rest...
Karoline Leavitt attacked AP News today for ignoring the new regime's demand that the Gulf of Mexico now be called the 'Gulf of America.' The snippy Press Secretary then took it a step further, referring to the original name itself as a 'lie.' — Read the rest The post Creepy...
Trump Administration cronies have got the formula down. If they want to cancel a legitimate government program or anything else, just label it fraud or DEI. Fraud is a thing, however, proving it is not necessary in Trumpistan. DEI is a policy that means 'we want to hire...
Congressperson Robert Garcia (D-CA) followed in the tradition of his committee Chairperson Marjorie Taylor Greene and entered a dick pic into the congressional record. This time, it's a photo of 'President' Musk. Recalling the time of Marge's weird battle with Hunter 'Now...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth might have a Harvard degree (that he doesn't want you to know about), but that didn't stop him from mangling e pluribus unum — the original national motto that appears on the Great Seal of the United States. — Read the rest The post Pete...
I love the idea of specialized writer decks, fail at using them productively, and am always a sucker for the next one. The latest Pomera—a range of monochrome word processors no larger than a usable clamshell keyboard—is coming and it looks very sleep and handsome. —...
Making a graphics processing unit with 1.8 terabits of memory bandwidth, 24,576 CUDA cores, 768 tensor cores and 192 ray-tracing cores, capable of produding 1636.76 gigatexels per second? Easy! Pushing 500 watts down 18 gauge braided wire without burning the house down? —...
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