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Thursday April 10, 2025. 08:50 PM
When Donald Trump 'paused' his plans to apply tariffs yesterday, Wall Street rallied and almost recovered the sharp losses incurred by the president's planned trade war with planet Earth. A day on, however, and reality is sinking in: he's doubling down on tariffs on China,...
CBS reports that convicted felon #47 flew into a rage when he realized he was on the phone with HR McMaster instead of South Carolina's Gov. Henry McMaster. On March 3, Trump attempted to call South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster (R) when he or an aide instead dialed the...
Our story begins when wildlife biologist and dedicated public servant Ben Vizzachero confronted Elon Musk about getting baselessly fired. Papa Emerald Mine McHairplugs hit him with what he clearly thought was the sickest burn of all time — a quote from Office Space. — Read...
'THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO BUY!!!' screamed the president on Truth Social yesterday. Hours later — what a totally random coincidence! — he slashed tariffs to 10% for everyone except China. The market rocketed immediately. The market equivalent of a smoke signal went up...
Xiaojing Yan is an artist who 'cultivates and collaborates with mushrooms' to make breathtaking sculptures. She starts with a base for the sculpture, and then sets it up to grow mushrooms all over the surface. She steps back and lets the mushrooms finish the artwork. — Read t...
Memphis Allies is a community group launched as a response to the Tennessee's escalating gun violence and to support high-risk youth. Yesterday, the group was holding a meeting in an office park when someone began shooting. Memphis Allies member Matthew Williams, 22, was...
Image used with permission The post See the giant plywood cowboys of "Cowboy Ruckus" in New Mexico appeared first on Boing Boing.
Victorian toilets sometimes became stinky deathtraps. This video explains why—and be warned, it's a bit graphic. If one decided to light a cigarette or candle while on or near one of these 19th-century thrones, the results could be catastrophic. Unlike modern toilets,...
Our favorite humanoid simulation Mark Zuckerberg discovered his deep passion for free speech around the same time he started lobbying Emperor Orange to drop that pesky antitrust case against Meta. He celebrated his transformation by releasing a video to announce his...
Bears love human trash, and humans wage a constant battle to keep them out of their trash cans. Human trash isn't good bear food, and bear/human actions are dangerous for both. While acknowledging that a 'bear-proof' trash can that is still usable by humans is likely...
Those who've followed Boing Boing from its early zine roots know Robert Anton Wilson was a huge inspiration to the founders of this happy mutant enterprise. We even devoted a week to RAW back in 2012 (here's my contribution). — Read the rest The post Review: Chapel...
At Thailand's Chiang Mai Breakfast World, customers can earn a discount by fitting through a series of narrow gates at the entrance. The discounts range from 5% to 20% depending on which bars you can squeeze between. 'It's just for fun but the discounts are real,' the...
Statistics are in from Customs and Border Protection, and international visitors to the United States of America have stopped coming. It has become too dangerous to visit the United States. Entering and exiting the nation has found tourists abused and incarcerated. — Read...
It's fantastic to see C418, AKA Daniel Rosenfeld, take a place of honor alongside Elton John, Chicago and the Steve Miller Band, all in this year's National Recording Registry honors. His soundtrack to Minecraft is among the classics being inducted into the Library of...
The Busy Bar is a customizable little LED pixel display designed to sit on your desk (or atop your monitor) and do all the things that you might want such a 'multi-tool' to do—most importantly, to tell people to get lost. — Read the rest The post Repel desk-approaching...
If political shenanigans still threaten the availability of Framework's modular, repairable laptops, the company is forging on with pre-orders for its (relatively) inexpensive 12-inch model. Pre-built starts at $799 and comes with Windows 11, or you can put it together...
MMOs can feel like a full-time job sometimes – despite the market mostly being dominated by a few titans, it's still hard to commit to any of them. Upcoming freshman effort Warborne: Above Ashes from Pumpkin Studio, however, promises a fresh take on the genre that was at...
Colossal Laboratories recently announced it had 'restored a once-eradicated species through the science of de-extinction' and 'returned the dire wolf to its rightful place in the ecosystem.' In the latest example of science headlines not aligning with reality, news...
I've observed how Naughty Dog seems flatly incapable of making any games that aren't The Last of Us, but apparently that now extends to the TV series as well. Season 2 hasn't even premiered yet, but Naughty Dog has already announced that Season 3 of the (admittedly quite...
Hey, you know those sketchy, largely illegal, life-shattering flights that are being used to disappear American citizens, legal asylum seekers and individuals who screwed up by entering the United States of America illegally? You will be shocked, shocked, I say to discover...
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