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Thursday April 24, 2025. 12:57 AM
In a devastating display of economic hardship, America's 19 wealthiest households somehow managed to survive 2024 with only $1 trillion in new wealth, reports The Wall Street Journal. That's barely more than Switzerland's entire economy – how will they cope? — Read the rest ...
International visitors are turning away from the United States, as billions in losses are predicted. Trump says, 'Not a big deal.' Trump on the steep drop in international tourism to the US: "It's not a big deal" — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) — Read the rest The post...
Who better than comedian Bill Hader to star as Jim Jones in a TV show about the cult leader and his doomed 'agricultural project' in Guyana? Variety has learned exclusively that Hader and Daniel Zelman are currently developing an HBO series centered on Jim Jones and the...
President Trump has cut a deal with Rwanda to take people he doesn't like. It's his second offshore detention program after El Salvador — Germany had concentration camps in 9 countries, so he has a lot of catching up to do! — Read the rest The post Trump expands offshore...
Wednesday April 23, 2025. 11:58 PM
I came to the U.S. in the early 2000s and was a technology journalist within the decade, so everything from before then I find packed with intrigue and mystery and, sometimes, bafflement. Today I learned about the raccoons who made computer magazine ads great, dredged from...
A Japanese bus driver just learned that the price of a $7 theft is exactly $84,000 in pension benefits. As reported in Mainichi, the case, which ended up in the Supreme Court this month, centers on a 58-year-old Kyoto City Bus driver who pocketed a 1,000-yen ($7) bill...
When Pete Hegseth isn't openly chatting on Signal about war plans in Yemen, the Defense Secretary is keeping busy at the DOD with another urgent matter: converting a Pentagon room into a glitzy makeup studio. 'The renovation that was initially planned was estimated to cost...
TL;DR: Host the best movie nights on the block this summer with the $119.97 CinéMini portable projector. You've never had a movie night as good as the one you'll get with the CinéMini, the CES-featured portable projector that creates up to a 200' display anywhere. — Read...
Our friend (and frequent Boing Boing contributor) Rusty Blazenhoff just released an invaluable guide for planning a trip to Japan. 'What I Wish I Knew Before Going to Japan' is a detailed brain dump of practical tips, cultural insights, and hidden gems discovered during her...
Before there were Instagram thirst traps or Twitter main characters, there was Mary MacLane — a 19-year-old from Montana who wrote the horniest, most scandalous memoir of 1902, about wanting to bang both Napoleon and Satan, lusting openly after her female teacher, and...
Designers! Subject yourself to '15 unimaginably torturous CSS puzzles' at CSS Hell. Today, Marcos Acosta is your tour guide to the underworld. 'What did I do to deserve this?', you ask. But you know perfectly well: you blashpemized Cascading Style Sheets. — Read the rest ...
Elon Musk says he plans to spend less time working on 'government efficiency' after his car company reported a 71% drop in profits. 'Starting next month, I'll be allocating far more of my time to Tesla, now that the major work of establishing the Department of Government...
The Cleaver is a mechanical keyboard machined from aluminum, brutal if not brutalist, and a companion piece to Serene Industries' Icebreaker. Cleaver is a hall effect mechanical keyboard machined from a single block of aluminum, utilizing our best engineering takeaways from ...
TL;DR: Charge your laptop, tablet, and phone on the go with a triple-port, 100W GaN charger; now just $59.99. You can stop arriving at the cafe early to score the seat next to the outlet when you grab this Ultra-Compact 100W Omega GaN Charger. — Read the rest The post Cure...
Yes, 'propmaster' is the real job title for people who oversee props on movie sets, and I regret not becoming one just because of that. This has only gotten worse since stumbling across Scott Reeder, known online as Scott Prop and Roll. — Read the rest The post Propmaster...
Kseniia Petrova is a scientist at Harvard Medical School. Born in Russia, Petrova's been busy developing computer scripts essential for decoding the findings of a new kind of microscope. It's a device so unique that it has the potential to lead to astounding breakthroughs in ...
Though Super VGA hardly qualifies as high-resolution these days, 1024×768 is enough real estate to show the entirety of a level in Atari's arcade classic Gauntlet—originally displayed at a fast-scrolling, zoomed-in 336×240. Replicating the original hardware with a FPGA,...
I hope everyone who celebrated Easter had a good holiday! The cutest thing I saw this Easter was this video of a baby chimpanzee named Ivy trying to turn herself into the most adorable Easter egg! The chimpanzees at the Maryland Zoo were treated to an Easter egg hunt,...
I've been so happy to see folks fight back against AI-generated art, like this top-notch trolling by Nashville-based comedian Ben Palmer, where he tricks people into thinking they're getting AI-generated art when he's actually on the other end of the chat drawing...
When I leave the house, I like to be prepared for anything. Even though I realize this isn't possible, I do what I can. You'll rarely find me without a few essentials: a reliable flashlight, whichever smartphone I'm currently using, an Individual First Aid Kit (IFAK) and a...
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