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Pineapples are muscling in on the banana's single-serving appeal. The Takeout reports that Del Monte has developed the Precious Honeyglow Pineapple, an adorable little globe, sized for one. Weighing between 1.5 and 2 pounds, they're about half the weight of a traditional succulent pincushion. — Read the rest

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There may come a day when I don't find husky tantrums hilarious, but it is not this day. https://boingboing.net/2024/03/28/there-may-come-a-day-when-i-dont-find-husky-tantrums-hilarious-but-it-is-not-this-day.html Thu, 28 Mar 2024 12:46:07 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1010291 siberian husky leaning on table

I love all dogs, but I admit to having some favorites, especially the ones on the internet that I don't actually know but love anyway. I love internet huskies. Huskies are dramatic – so dramatic, in fact, that there is an entire subreddit devoted to husky tantrums (previously at Boing Boing), and I will never tire of them. — Read the rest

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The great New York bus tour battle https://boingboing.net/2024/03/28/the-great-new-york-bus-tour-battle.html Thu, 28 Mar 2024 12:42:33 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1010295 traffic at the city street

New York has plenty of intracity rivalries — Yankees versus Mets, Ray's Pizza versus all the other Ray's Pizzas, and now tour buses are getting in on the action. According to Curbed, the hop-on-hop-off bus lines that shuttle tourists around the Big Apple are all trying to take a bite out of each other.Read the rest

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Seven-minute Beyond the Spider-Verse short film released https://boingboing.net/2024/03/28/seven-minute-beyond-the-spider-verse-short-film-released.html Thu, 28 Mar 2024 12:35:30 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1010317 Spider-Verse

Beyond the Spider-Verse, the movie that will supposedly conclude the excellent Spider-Verse trilogy (at least until Sony finds an excuse to unearth it), isn't releasing in the foreseeable future.

Until then, at least, you can tide yourself over with The Spider Within, an official short film that takes a more intimate look at Miles and his struggle with living up to the Spider-Man name. — Read the rest

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Ambient music played by the weather https://boingboing.net/2024/03/28/ambient-music-played-by-the-weather.html Thu, 28 Mar 2024 07:56:03 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1009625 If you're turning around restlessly in your bedchamber at some ungodly hour, hoping for some small miracle to put you to sleep, you can thank the gods of experimental electronic pop rock for bringing the world Quintron and you his "weather warlock". — Read the rest

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Shopper and much of shop falls into floor below after worker removes load-bearing wall https://boingboing.net/2024/03/27/shopper-and-much-of-shop-falls-into-basement-after-worker-removes-load-bearing-wall.html https://boingboing.net/2024/03/27/shopper-and-much-of-shop-falls-into-basement-after-worker-removes-load-bearing-wall.html#comments Thu, 28 Mar 2024 00:04:23 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1010304

In this alarming footage, an unsuspecting shopper in Zhenjian, China, falls—along with a significant portion of the shop around her—into the floor below. The cause was reportedly a worker removing a load-bearing wall: both were reportedly unharmed in the incident. (machine translated)

On March 23, in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, a woman was shopping on the second floor of a shopping mall when the floor suddenly collapsed.

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Save $289 on this Japanese master chef's 8-piece knife set that puts all other knives to shame https://boingboing.net/2024/03/27/save-289-on-this-japanese-master-chefs-8-piece-knife-set-that-puts-all-other-knives-to-shame.html Thu, 28 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1009653 seido japanese knives

TL;DR: Level up your food prep and cooking game with the exceptional Seido Japanese Master Chef's 8-Piece Knife Set with Gift Box for only $139.99 (Reg. $429), saving $289.

Tired of slicing your budget along with your tomatoes using those so-called "top-notch" chef's knives? — Read the rest

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Lego prices per part over the years https://boingboing.net/2024/03/27/lego-prices-per-part-over-the-years.html https://boingboing.net/2024/03/27/lego-prices-per-part-over-the-years.html#comments Wed, 27 Mar 2024 23:01:37 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1010293

The magical Brick Insights has a page/project charting the price of Lego parts.

A couple of weeks ago I received this question by Jared Hinton:"Just a quick question on the PPP data. Most years have a average PPP of 20c+ per part.

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Runaway ostrich excitedly runs down busy streets as police chase him for an hour (video) https://boingboing.net/2024/03/27/runaway-ostrich-excitedly-runs-down-busy-streets-as-police-chase-him-for-an-hour-video.html Wed, 27 Mar 2024 22:26:25 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1010268

Police went on a wild goose, er, ostrich chase after the bird escaped from a local zoo in South Korea.

The feathered runaway looked pretty excited as he dodged authorities for about an hour, running down the middle of busy streets as he stopped traffic and turned heads. — Read the rest

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Twitter's ░P░U░S░S░Y░I░N░B░I░O░ spambots are out of control https://boingboing.net/2024/03/27/twitters-%e2%96%91p%e2%96%91u%e2%96%91s%e2%96%91s%e2%96%91y%e2%96%91i%e2%96%91n%e2%96%91b%e2%96%91i%e2%96%91o%e2%96%91-spambots-are-out-of-control.html https://boingboing.net/2024/03/27/twitters-%e2%96%91p%e2%96%91u%e2%96%91s%e2%96%91s%e2%96%91y%e2%96%91i%e2%96%91n%e2%96%91b%e2%96%91i%e2%96%91o%e2%96%91-spambots-are-out-of-control.html#comments Wed, 27 Mar 2024 22:21:59 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1010279 Elon Musk

At NYMag, John Hermann takes a deep dive into the moist world of ░P░U░S░S░Y░I░N░B░I░O░ spambots on Twitter, which the company has not and for comical reasons will not deal with. It starts with an amusing tour through Elon Musk's superficial promises to do something about the bots and then gets into the nitty-gritty of why it isn't happening. — Read the rest

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Lost in time: the fading fame of Andy Kaufman https://boingboing.net/2024/03/27/lost-in-time-the-fading-fame-of-andy-kaufman.html https://boingboing.net/2024/03/27/lost-in-time-the-fading-fame-of-andy-kaufman.html#comments Wed, 27 Mar 2024 21:11:04 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1010256 Andy Kaufman

Fame is a weird thing. I was talking to some (highly educated) writers in their early 30s when I discovered none of them had ever HEARD of Crosby, Stills & Nash. I was stunned. How is that possible? 

Well, fame is fleeting, obviously. — Read the rest

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Don't miss this suite of must-have Microsoft office apps for just $30 https://boingboing.net/2024/03/27/dont-miss-this-suite-of-must-have-microsoft-office-apps-for-just-30.html Wed, 27 Mar 2024 21:00:00 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1009650 Microsoft Office 2019

TL;DR: Take your digital tasks to the next level with the apps offered in either Microsoft Office 2019 for Windows or Mac! Snag the entire suite for just $29.97 through April 2.

It's 2024, well into the "making things easy on ourselves" era. — Read the rest

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Take your poop with you: Nepal cracks down on human waste woes https://boingboing.net/2024/03/27/take-your-poop-with-you-nepal-cracks-down-on-human-waste-woes.html https://boingboing.net/2024/03/27/take-your-poop-with-you-nepal-cracks-down-on-human-waste-woes.html#comments Wed, 27 Mar 2024 20:29:23 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1010229

The number of adventurers with their sites on Mt Everest is increasing. In 2023, Nepal authorized 473 climbing permits, not including Sherpa guides and support staff. Unfortunately, the popularity of the peak has caused a shitty problem.

"The problem of human waste on Everest was very bad," says Diwas Pokhrel, first vice president of Everest Summiteers Association. — Read the rest

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Doggo steals some cheese, then tries to cover up the crime with comical plan (video) https://boingboing.net/2024/03/27/doggo-steals-some-cheese-then-tries-to-cover-up-the-crime-with-comical-plan-video.html Wed, 27 Mar 2024 19:53:40 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1010239

A crafty Labrador retriever thought the coast was clear when she swiped a piece of cheese from the kitchen counter. And then she realized her human wasn't heading off into another room after all.

So the quick-thinking doggo stashed the dairy snack into her jowl and froze like a statue, staring off into space without making a peep. — Read the rest

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Trump's top AG pick hates democracy, loves cages for kids https://boingboing.net/2024/03/27/trumps-top-ag-pick-hates-democracy-loves-cages-for-kids.html https://boingboing.net/2024/03/27/trumps-top-ag-pick-hates-democracy-loves-cages-for-kids.html#comments Wed, 27 Mar 2024 19:28:30 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1010238 mike davis attorney general

It looks like Trump has found his dream Attorney General in Mike Davis, a man who hates democracy almost as much as he loves putting kids in cages. If you thought Bill Barr was bad, just wait until you see what this guy has up his sleeve. — Read the rest

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"Trust me, I'm the daughter-in-law of Donald Trump," says woman put in place to ransack RNC https://boingboing.net/2024/03/27/trust-me-im-the-daughter-in-law-of-donald-trump-says-woman-put-in-place-to-ransack-rnc.html https://boingboing.net/2024/03/27/trust-me-im-the-daughter-in-law-of-donald-trump-says-woman-put-in-place-to-ransack-rnc.html#comments Wed, 27 Mar 2024 19:20:13 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1010241 RNC

Trying to ease fears about financial trustworthiness, the daughter-in-law of a loser struggling to post a bond in an appeal to his fraud conviction says "Trust me."

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Karine Jean-Pierre expertly handles an insincere question https://boingboing.net/2024/03/27/karine-jean-pierre-expertly-handles-an-insincere-question.html https://boingboing.net/2024/03/27/karine-jean-pierre-expertly-handles-an-insincere-question.html#comments Wed, 27 Mar 2024 18:39:46 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1010235

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre shut down a radio host looking to invent a story.

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If you want to work for Trump's RNC, you must first answer a chilling question: "Was the 2020 election stolen?" https://boingboing.net/2024/03/27/if-you-want-to-work-for-trumps-rnc-you-must-first-answer-a-chilling-question-was-the-2020-election-stolen.html Wed, 27 Mar 2024 17:54:11 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1010216 Is America ready for Trump's vision of total control?

After the new, Trump-controlled Republican National Committee fired more than 60 people, they are now asking prospective employees to prove their MAGA loyalty with one chilling interview question: "Was the 2020 election stolen?"

Yes or no? The answer is simple: show your fealty to Donald Trump by going along with his Big Lie. — Read the rest

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Those antique photos of real dragons aren't real, sadly https://boingboing.net/2024/03/27/those-antique-photos-of-real-dragons-arent-real-sadly.html https://boingboing.net/2024/03/27/those-antique-photos-of-real-dragons-arent-real-sadly.html#comments Wed, 27 Mar 2024 17:33:25 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1010217

Last month, X user @CMDRVALTHOR posted a collection of antique photos (above and below) depicting "extinct dragons of North America" accompanied by dapper men in old-timey clothing. That post has received 728,000 views and the images on their own have been widely shared as real. — Read the rest

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"DEI did this" Florida MAGA rep blames DEI for bridge collapse. Check out The Wire creator's response https://boingboing.net/2024/03/27/dei-did-this-florida-maga-rep-blames-dei-for-bridge-collapse-check-out-the-wire-creators-response.html https://boingboing.net/2024/03/27/dei-did-this-florida-maga-rep-blames-dei-for-bridge-collapse-check-out-the-wire-creators-response.html#comments Wed, 27 Mar 2024 17:13:58 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1010194 anthony sabatini dei claim

Anthony Sabatini is a strange fellow. The former member of the Florida House of Representatives seems to think DEI caused the Singapore container ship to lose its power before hitting the Key Bridge in Baltimore. He posted a video of the collapse with the comment, "DEI did this." — Read the rest

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Man seeks police authorization to shoot Bigfoot https://boingboing.net/2024/03/27/man-seeks-police-authorization-to-shoot-bigfoot.html https://boingboing.net/2024/03/27/man-seeks-police-authorization-to-shoot-bigfoot.html#comments Wed, 27 Mar 2024 17:02:59 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1010210

Last week, a man called the sheriff's office in Stevens County, Washington to inquire whether he would go to jail if he shot a Bigfoot. Apparently the fellow had planned to hunt Sasquatch in the Big Meadow Lake are of Colville National Forest and didn't want to risk jail time. — Read the rest

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Man arrested for eating leg of pedestrian killed by train https://boingboing.net/2024/03/27/man-arrested-for-eating-leg-of-pedestrian-killed-by-train.html https://boingboing.net/2024/03/27/man-arrested-for-eating-leg-of-pedestrian-killed-by-train.html#comments Wed, 27 Mar 2024 16:45:53 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1010201

On Friday, a man was hit and killed by a train at an Amtrak station in Wasco, California. Shortly after, construction workers spotted another fellow walking down the street nearby waving around a dismembered leg and chewing on it. (Blurred video below.) — Read the rest

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Why does the GOP keep losing? Because polls are broken and Trump is "electoral poison" (video) https://boingboing.net/2024/03/27/why-does-the-gop-keep-losing-because-polls-are-broken-and-trump-is-electoral-poison-video.html Wed, 27 Mar 2024 16:25:45 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1010184

Over the last six years, polls have favored Republicans, but in election after election — 2018, 2020, 2022 — the "red waves" crashed as Democrats came out on top. And Lincoln Project co-founder Reed Galen explains why: "Trump is electoral poison." — Read the rest

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Ronna Romney McDaniel wants NBC to pay up https://boingboing.net/2024/03/27/ronna-romney-mcdaniel-wants-to-be-paid.html https://boingboing.net/2024/03/27/ronna-romney-mcdaniel-wants-to-be-paid.html#comments Wed, 27 Mar 2024 16:23:55 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1010193

Rather than slink away and let her lawyers try to turn her brief tenure at NBC into a huge payday, Ronna Romney McDaniel is leaning into the attention economy.

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Despite gag order, Trump throws tantrum against judge and daughter https://boingboing.net/2024/03/27/despite-gag-order-trump-throws-tantrum-against-judge-and-daughter.html https://boingboing.net/2024/03/27/despite-gag-order-trump-throws-tantrum-against-judge-and-daughter.html#comments Wed, 27 Mar 2024 16:08:23 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1010155 trump violates gag order

Donald Trump, a professional Bible-salesman and amateur pussy grabber, is set to go to trial next month on 34 counts of Falsifying Business Records related to alleged hush money payments made to porn actress Stormy Daniels before the 2016 presidential election. — Read the rest

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Mike Lindell's MyPillow evicted from warehouse over unpaid rent https://boingboing.net/2024/03/27/mike-lindells-mypillow-evicted-from-warehouse-over-unpaid-rent.html https://boingboing.net/2024/03/27/mike-lindells-mypillow-evicted-from-warehouse-over-unpaid-rent.html#comments Wed, 27 Mar 2024 15:55:38 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1010186 MyPillow warehouse

MyPillow, the enterprise that once made conspiracy theorist and mustachio Mike Lindell wealthy, is unable to pay its rent and has been evicted from one of its two Minnesota warehouses. His support for Trumpism and frequently-televised self-debasement has not been good for business. — Read the rest

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External memory has never been this convenient…or affordable! https://boingboing.net/2024/03/27/external-memory-has-never-been-this-convenient-or-affordable.html Wed, 27 Mar 2024 15:00:00 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1009645 Smart Flash Drive

TL;DR: Store and transfer data from your phone with the 4-in-1 Smart Flash Drive, now just $30.99 down from nearly $40. 

From pics of your last birthday celebration to incredibly important documents, to say a lot of your life is in your phone is probably an accurate statement. — Read the rest

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Dog show judge charged over child sexual abuse material https://boingboing.net/2024/03/27/dog-show-judge-charged-over-child-sexual-abuse-material.html https://boingboing.net/2024/03/27/dog-show-judge-charged-over-child-sexual-abuse-material.html#comments Wed, 27 Mar 2024 12:58:47 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1010140

A veterinary ophthalmologist scheduled to judge this year's Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show was charged with "knowingly distributing child pornography", prosecutors announced Monday. Adam Stafford King was "accused of chatting about planning to sexually assault his newborn son" and other crimes related to child sexual abuse material found in his possession. — Read the rest

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Wisconsin Supreme Court affirms that Amazon drivers are employees, not independent contractors https://boingboing.net/2024/03/27/wisconsin-supreme-court-affirms-that-amazon-drivers-are-employees-not-independent-contractors.html https://boingboing.net/2024/03/27/wisconsin-supreme-court-affirms-that-amazon-drivers-are-employees-not-independent-contractors.html#comments Wed, 27 Mar 2024 12:36:41 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1010138

The Wisconsin Supreme Court let a ruling stand which declared Amazon drivers are employed by the company, not independent contractors. This entitles them to statutory employment protections and requires Amazon to follow related rules and regulations—and pay taxes.

The court, in a unanimous decision, said the appeal was "improvidently granted," meaning the Supreme Court should not have reviewed the case.

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What's it's like to moderate obituary comments https://boingboing.net/2024/03/27/whats-its-like-to-moderate-obituary-comments.html https://boingboing.net/2024/03/27/whats-its-like-to-moderate-obituary-comments.html#comments Wed, 27 Mar 2024 12:26:35 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1010135 a bouquet of white flowers

David Safran wasn't allowed to read the actual obituaries, because that would be a waste of his employer's time. All he did was moderate the comments queued for publication, most of it evidently spam and other forms of garbage.

An apt typo would break up the dark, sloppy tediousness of death work.

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