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Tuesday December 17, 2024. 01:24 PM
The White Lotus, named for the color of its target audience, has been a masterclass in holding up a mirror to the upper crust and unraveling the web of hypocrisy that follows each of its often ill-fated travelers. If you like intrigue, danger, and middle-aged white people...
President-elect Donald Trump is toying with the idea of nationalizing the USPS, pivoting its mission from getting packages where they need to go to getting money into the pockets of its potential shareholders. Per the Washington Post: President-elect Donald Trump has...
Many of us can remember having Barbie dolls as children, but did you have the ultimate fashion icon—Mod Ken? With changeable facial hair, you could give him a 'stache, sideburns, or go for the clean-shaven look. LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? — Read the rest ...
Watch someone blow three bubble-gum bubbles inside of another bubble. I'd say this is the bubble gum equivalent of Russian nesting dolls. You can see the amazing video here. This seems like such a fun talent to have, and a difficult one to learn. — Read the rest The post W...
TL;DR: You don't need code to build a website, app, or API when you have Twidget, now $39 (reg. $600) for life. Have you ever had a 'light bulb' moment where you wanted to build an app, website, or API? — Read the rest The post Here's how your idea for an app, API, or...
TL;DR: See nature up close and personal in the new year with this microscope that has a 4-inch LCD screen. It's on sale for $69.97 (reg. $100) until December 22. Microscopes quite literally gave us a whole new way of looking at the world, and now you can bring that power anyw...
The visionary artist behind Blade Runner and Tron had a surprising holiday hobby: crafting intricate gingerbread castles. In a recently unearthed home video from 1990, Syd Mead (1933-2019) reveals his process for building these edible architectural marvels, combining his...
Monday December 16, 2024. 11:00 PM
TL;DR: Upgrade your productivity suite to Microsoft Office 2019 for only $32.97 through December 22! While the modern age is full of awesome tech innovations (we love Face ID), one thing that's come out of it is annoying subscription fees (yuck!), and that's not just...
LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! 'Saudade is a Portuguese word that can be roughly defined as a feeling of melancholy, nostalgia or yearning for something that is beloved but not present,' writes NPR's Anamaria Artemisa Sayre. — Read...
Steve Bannon riled up a crowd last night when he suggested Donald Trump run again in 2028. 'Donald John Trump is going to raise his hand on the King James Bible and take the oath of office, his third victory and his second term,' said the MAGA strategist, suggesting that...
LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! Biopharma firm Mind Medicine announced that they have dosed the first-ever patient in a Phase 3 clinical trial of LSD. The individual tripped on lysergide D-tartrate, an LSD formulation for which the US...
In the 1960s, Wham-O toys nearly gave kids something far more spectacular than the hideously disappointed Sea-Monkeys — an instant aquarium that would spawn colorful, rainbow-hued fish from a cube of dried African mud. Arthur 'Spud' Melin, co-founder of Wham-O (the company ...
LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! Esteemed vernacular photography collector Robert Jackson wishes us happy holidays with a collection of weird holiday card photos from Christmases past. See the rest at Flashbak. ...
LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! Visitors to the Rockhampton Zoo in Queensland, Australia recently enjoyed a rather memorable moment as staff chased a human dressed as an ostrich around the complex. Turns out, it was a surprise...
Since 2012, five Wikipedia editors have been imprisoned – and one executed – for the crime of contributing to the world's largest online encyclopedia. In Saudi Arabia, editor Osama Khalid received a 32-year prison sentence in 2022 for making edits 'critical about the...
A gentleman in a truck confronted a bull elk standing in the middle of a road and asked the creature if he wanted to fight. Hence, the bull took him up on his kind offer, using one of his sharp antler's to pop the man's tire. — Read the rest The post Man threatens bull...
Nothing exposes human folly quite like our willingness to pay more for something simply because it costs more. These 'Veblen goods,' named after economist Thorstein Veblen who first mapped this peculiar behavior, reveal how deeply status-seeking is wired into our psyche. —...
When a software developer's test program ran wild overnight, he arrived at work to find security guards waiting – and a test account mysteriously filled with a fortune. The incident was reported in The Register's 'Who, Me?' Monday morning feature, 'in which we share tales ...
A scammer posing as MSNBC host Ari Melber has reportedly swindled a former Boeing and University of Washington employee out of $20,000. And her family fears the con ain't over yet. 73-year-old Patricia Taylor, a 'huge fan of Ari Melber's,' allegedly fell into a relationship ...
Michael Conahan, formerly a judge in Pennsylvania, was jailed for 17 years for selling young offenders to private prisons to be used as forced labour. His sentence was commuted by outgoing President Joe Biden last week, to widespread dismay. Politico gave an administration...
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