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Friday July 25, 2025. 10:23 PM
Last year, we told you about a pizza joint that accidentally contaminated THC with pizzas, giving recreational drug users unwanted carbs. Having had some time to chew it over, the Centers for Disease Control has released a report on how the accidental dosing went down. —...
Is it a tourist trap? Yes. Is it a trap that you should be happy to walk into? Also yes. If you're in Reykjavik, Iceland, for a layover or the start of an adventure on the island, you're doing yourself a disservice if you don't stop in at Lebowski Bar. — Read the rest The po...
It'd be a lot easier to tell if what you smear on your armpits was a risk to the rest of your body if the potentially dangerous deodorant had been sold through a single store. But nope: all sorts of joints have been selling it. — Read the rest The post FDA recalls 67,000...
By Graham Wise - https://www.flickr.com/photos/108308648@N03/14988647707, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=36713656 The post Tailless whip scorpion under microscope: a look at the gentle giant of the arachnid world appeared first on Boing Boing.
After spending hours building this beautiful wooden pet gate for their home, this person's cat took one look at it and slipped right through. Cats have a special ability to fit through impossibly small spaces, and this gate was no exception. — Read the rest The post Cat...
As artist Amy Sherald was preparing her forthcoming show at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, one of the institution's officials suggested she not include a painting of a transgender woman posed as the Statue of Liberty, as it would 'provoke' President Trump. — Read...
You're Elon Musk. A nation hates you more than a urinary tract infection. Your rockets keep exploding, and the bulk of your god-knows-how-many kids don't want to talk with you. The most powerful orange dictator in the world, once your work-wife, is thinking about deporting...
The near-perfect design of LEGO Nintendo Game Boy is rightfully getting a lot of attention today, but two other sets have been announced that I think are worth a look. Most of the LEGO sets based on Wicked are in the LEGO Friends line, a line that I wish did not exist. —...
When my much-repaired Ship of Theseus ThinkPad finally gave up the ghost, I took the plunge and got an M4 MacBook Pro. Nice rig! Super fast USB-C ports! I didn't own a docking hub that could keep up with it. — Read the rest The post Review: Anker Prime TB5 Docking Station...
President Donald Trump today asserted his right to pardon Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted sex trafficker and procurer for billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein: 'I'm allowed to do it,' he told reporters outside the White House. Trump on pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell: "I'm...
TL;DR: Scan anything—documents, receipts, IDs, even math problems—right from your iPhone or iPad with iScanner. Lifetime subscription = $24.99 with code SCAN. You know that moment when someone says, 'Can you just scan and sign that real quick?' and you freeze because you...
Kids dining at Chuck E. Cheese's in Tallahassee got to see the beloved mouse apprehended by police, cuffed and escorted off the premises. According to police reports, an officer referred to the character by name while making the arrest: 'Chuck E, come with me, Chuck E.' —...
A flight attendant who secretly filmed young girls in airliner bathrooms is off to jail for 18.5 years. Estes Carter Thompson III was caught by one of his targets, who spotted a cellphone taped to the lid of the toilet he had directed her to use. — Read the rest The post...
Lawyers keep getting into trouble for using AI to write their filings, but Julien Xavier Neals appears to be the first judge to find themselves on the same hook. An opinion issued by the New Jersey U.S. District Court judge contained bizarre errors, including citations of...
Thursday July 24, 2025. 11:10 PM
French president Emmanuel Macron announced today that it would recognize Palestinian statehood. It would be the 148th of the United Nation's 193 member states to do so and the eleventh in the European Union. Sweden, Spain and Ireland recognized the Palestinian state last...
Magic mushrooms might be the next breakthrough in anti-aging medicine, according to new research that shows the psychedelic compound psilocybin not only extended mice's lives but made them look younger too. The Emory University study, published in Nature Partner Journals'...
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Research shows that when Google adds an AI-generated answer at the top of search results, people stop clicking through to actual websites. Next up: Studies confirm that the rich tip waiters ten percent. According to Pew Research Center, roughly 20% of searches now come with...
Joseph 'Yellow Kid' Weil (1875-1976) was a notorious conman with an 'uncanny knowledge of human nature.' One of his classic cons was tricking greedy Chicago barkeeps into buying worthless dogs. He'd waltz into the bar, dressed in finery, and hand the barkeep ten dollars and ...
Electing not to wind up sued by the Trump Department of Justice, Kaiser Permanente has caved to pressure and will 'pause' gender-affirming surgeries for minors scheduled beginning on August 29th. 'After significant deliberation and consultation with internal and external...
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