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Wednesday December 17, 2025. 06:03 PM
The measles outbreak that tore through West Texas earlier this year killed two children, hospitalized 99 people, and infected at least 762 Texans — more than half in tiny Seminole, population 7,000. It was the nation's largest outbreak in over 35 years. — Read the rest ...
Frederick Fleischmann, a 58-year-old United Airlines flight attendant, was arrested at Tampa International Airport in March after tapping a Cayman Airways employee on the shoulder during an employee shuttle bus ride. The charge: battery. According to People, which has a...
I'm not a big fan of Christmas music, so I was happy to learn about and then listen to 'enigmatic frontman and eclectic curator' David Byrne's recently posted playlist, 'Christmas Music for People Who Hate Christmas Music.' While I don't *hate* Christmas music, it's...
For years, Tesla has marketed its so-called 'Autopilot' and 'Full Self-Driving' software like a sci-fi dream that somehow skipped beta testing and ducked federal regulation. But now, California's DMV is doing the unthinkable: treating Tesla like any other company that isn't...
Please join the team that makes it possible for your friendly neighborhood comic strip Tom the Dancing Bug to exist in this world! And be the first on your block to get each week's Tom the Dancing Bug comic! JOIN THE INNER HIVE! — Read the rest The post Tom the Dancing Bug:...
Paris Buttfield-Addison bought a $500 Apple gift card from a major retailer to pay for iCloud storage. The code failed. The store agreed to reissue it. Apparently, the card number had been compromised. Then Apple locked his entire account. Buttfield-Addison isn't some random ...
TL;DR: A lifetime subscription to FastestVPN Pro is just $29.97 (reg. $600), giving you long-term online privacy, quieter browsing, and a way to vanish from ad trackers like you've slipped into a trapdoor beneath your Wi-Fi router. Deal ends Jan. — Read the rest The post...
German leaders came to agreement Thursday on a lengthy, detailed plan to cut red tape in Europe's largest economy. Nothing happens there without hacking through a forest of paperwork, and Chancellor Frierich Merz wants to make dealing with it a priority. — Read the rest The...
Slop, referring to polished but uncanny, derivative or mediocre AI-generated content, is Merriam-Webster's word of the year. The top U.S. English dictionary chose the term to reflect what website users search the most. Here's its definition: 'digital content of low quality...
Diners in the fancy Ristorante Brissago at the Grand Geneva Resort in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, were joined Sunday by an unexpected guest: a raccoon that came crashing in through the ceiling. The animal bit a guest who tried to grab it, report local news outlets, after the...
Twenty-nine jars of marijuana added to a Christmas giveaway display outside a high school were confiscated this week by Auburn Police Department in California, which announced that they had 'disposed' of the offering 'responsibly.' Set up with a sign reading ''Merry...
Here's something we don't feature nearly enough of on Boing Boing: SLOTH ASMR. In fact, you may have never realized that sloths — who are so notoriously slow-moving — actually make some of the cutest sounds while eating, especially when they're snacking on crunchy...
Here is a fantastic motel sign shared by Rolandopujol on their retro roadside wonders page. The sign is for the 4 Winds Motel in Baraboo, Wisconsin. It features an adorable image of the beloved cartoon character Gumby, who's holding up an inner sign bearing the motel name. ...
Sometimes, it's important to take a break from all the bad news online and let your mind rest. A good way to do that is to watch a super-fluffy bunny eat a banana in bed. This cute video shows that exact situation. — Read the rest The post Watch a super-fluffy bunny eat a...
If you visit Newfoundland's Western Shore, you can watch icebergs drift by up close. Iceberg Alley is a narrow corridor where thousands of massive icebergs pass each year. The iceberg that sank the Titanic came directly from Iceberg Alley. This spectacle offers an...
Tuesday December 16, 2025. 11:00 PM
TL;DR: Curiosity Stream's Lifetime Standard Plan is $149.99 (reg. $399.99), unlocking award-winning science, history, tech, and nature documentaries forever—no monthly fees. If your algorithm keeps serving fluff but your brain wants actual signal, this pay-once,...
Go grab yourself a cup of coffee (or a shot of tequila) and fire up your computer, because you really must take a few minutes to soak in the new article written by Chris Whipple and recently published in Vanity Fair. — Read the rest The post "Cronyism in couture": Vanity...
A New York Times Magazine investigation traces Jeffrey Epstein's $600 million fortune to a simple con: convince rich men their finances were a disaster, then charge them to fix it. The great majority of his wealth — $490 million between 1999 and 2018 —came from fees, not ...
On October 20, 1986, a Soviet Tupolev Tu-134 was flying from Sverdlovsk to Grozny with a stopover in Kuibyshev. The flight was routine until the approach into Kuibyshev, when the pilot, Alexander Kliuyev, made a bet with his crew: he wagered he could land the aircraft using...
A federal judge has rejected Sarah Palin's request for a third trial in her libel lawsuit against the New York Times, effectively ending an eight-year legal battle that became a cause célèbre for media critics on the right. Judge Jed Rakoff also refused Palin's request...
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