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Wednesday December 18, 2024. 11:00 PM
TL;DR: Get Windows 11 Pro for $17.97 until December 22 and give your PC the upgrade it deserves. Remember when your PC was fast, snappy, and, well…functional? It's time to relive those glory days with Microsoft Windows 11 Pro. For just $17.97, this upgrade doesn't just give...
LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! A resident of Stockton, New York spotted two giant teeth sticking out of the base of a plant in their backyard. Pushing the dirt aside, they found even more loose chompers. — Read the rest The post New...
LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! 'The advancement of insect-computer hybrid robots holds significant promise for navigating complex terrains and enhancing robotics applications,' writes Hirotako Sato and colleagues at the Nanyang...
Florida monkeys are almost as prevalent as Florida men these days, with new Volusia County sightings that include monkeys in backyards and even at a school drop-off area. 'I looked up into a tree and kind of went, 'What's that!?'' Colin Innes, a Central Florida riverboat...
Last weekend, Scotts Valley, California, was subject to a rare tornado. The chaos is impressive. This video shared by NBC News is nuts. A shopping center parking lot turned to mayhem. The random screaming at around 6 seconds should become the new 'Wilhelm Scream.' — Read...
Sandisk isn't the most exciting company, unless your kink is price-effective consumer data storage options. It has a new logo, though, and the new logo is good! The corporate trend of paying an agency $500,000 to blandly render the name in a characterless Helveticlone is...
The mysterious drones of New Jersey are now circling near San Diego, California. LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! People want there to be a mystery and a conspiracy. There are many things in the sky, and people who rarely look up are...
When Mr. Jarvis, a British solicitor, booked his dream Christmas ski holiday in 1969, Swan Tours' brochure promised him heaven in the Swiss Alps. For just £63.45 (including a Christmas supplement), he was sold a festive fantasy: a charming hotel on a 'sunny plateau' run by...
A hunter in Virginia illegally shot at a bear that had run up a tree. The bear then fell out of the tree and crushed the hunter's good friend to death. A group of hunters had pursued the bear in Lunenberg County on December 9, until the creature took refuge up in a tree. —...
A Texas federal judge has ruled that conservative activist John Sabal can proceed with most of his defamation lawsuit against the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). The December 13, 2024 decision from Judge Reed O'Connor in Fort Worth allows key parts of the case to move forward. ...
Taking the fight to the vampires wherever they are, perhaps seeking better air, Herschel Walker is headed to The Bahamas. LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! Herschel Walker is known for his climate policy, lying about serving in law enforcement,...
After weeks of bullying Canada with tariff threats and mocking 'Governor' Justin Trudeau, Donald Trump again pushed his ridiculous fantasy of turning Canada into a '51st state' this morning. 'No one can answer why we subsidize Canada to the tune of over $100,000,000 a year?...
Regardless of the number of times the former Congressperson accused of paying a minor for sex, Matt Gaetz has tried to stop the release of the congressional ethics investigation report on his behavior; it appears he has failed. Matt Gaetz ousted Speaker McCarthy, trying to...
Earnest yet dumb Philomena Cunk is back, misunderstanding the basics in a way that allows her deeply flawed insights and observations to baffle experts and keep us laughing. LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! When I discovered Diane Morgan's...
Interpol, a sprawling international bureaucracy where 196 countries pool their resources to issue strongly worded notices and organize conferences in scenic locations, recently expanded its role to become a schoolmarmish Internet scold. 'INTERPOL is calling for a shift in...
TL;DR: Headway helps you learn the best ideas from nonfiction books in just 15 minutes. It's like SparkNotes for self-improvement, and lifetime access is only $59.99 (reg. $299). Want to become the most interesting person at the next social gathering? — Read the rest The...
'Soldiers of the Sea' is the spine-tingling shanty that plays in Return of the Obra Dinn when you first encounter a memory showing the worst of what the ship's vanished crew were up against. The contrast of an uplifting work song with 'What. — Read the rest The post Kazoo...
Last year I shared one of the cutest videos on the internet—this double-decking strawberry snacking situation involving a mama potoroo and her baby. It's definitely prime potoroo content, but it left me wanting more—specifically, something more up-close where I could...
A 2020 paper that caused a shortage of an anti-malarial drug also used to treat autoimmune disorders like lupus was just retracted by the journal that published it. In March of 2020, during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Journal of Antimicrobial...
Britain's online safety act, forced through parliament despite all the usual warnings about hasty 'think of the children' legislation, is now in force. The overwhelming compliance requirements are already causing local sites to shut down, such as a popular forum for...
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