Boing Boing https://boingboing.net/ A directory of mostly wonderful things Thu, 28 Mar 2024 21:53:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://i0.wp.com/boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/apple-touch-icon-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Boing Boing https://boingboing.net/ 32 32 87954168 Taliban announces it will start stoning women to death in public https://boingboing.net/2024/03/28/taliban-announces-it-will-start-stoning-women-to-death-in-public.html Thu, 28 Mar 2024 21:52:41 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1010518 Taliban stoning women

The Taliban announced that they are returning to the "good ol' days" when raped women were flogged and stoned to death in public. The Taliban's supreme leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada, justified this bronze-age policy as a continuation of their struggle against Western influences, declaring on Taliban-controlled Radio Television Afghanistan, "We will flog the women … we will stone them to death in public [for adultery]. — Read the rest

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Deadly AM radio tower experiment: hot dog speaks on contact https://boingboing.net/2024/03/28/deadly-am-radio-tower-experiment-hot-dog-speaks-on-contact.html https://boingboing.net/2024/03/28/deadly-am-radio-tower-experiment-hot-dog-speaks-on-contact.html#comments Thu, 28 Mar 2024 21:11:40 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1010508 hot dog radio experiment

What happens when you attach a hot dog to a long stick and touch it to an AM radio broadcasting tower? It talks!

From the YouTube description:

DO NOT TRY THIS. Seriously. That out of the way, we devised a test to see just how dangerous the RF energy can be on an AM tower, if someone were to touch it while it was transmitting.

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Trump spokesperson proudly wears T-shirt with loud, "blonde" neo-Nazi message https://boingboing.net/2024/03/28/trump-spokesperson-proudly-wears-t-shirt-with-loud-blonde-neo-nazi-message.html Thu, 28 Mar 2024 21:03:53 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1010499

Nipping at the heels of Marjorie Taylor Greene's racist Obama comments posted this morning comes Donald Trump's national spokesperson Karoline Leavitt, wearing a T-shirt with a white nationalist message: "Make America Blonde Again." (See image below, posted by Patriot Takes.)

Yes, blonde. — Read the rest

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Calling all students! You can snag this student-friendly HP Chromebook for less than $70 https://boingboing.net/2024/03/28/calling-all-students-you-can-snag-this-student-friendly-hp-chromebook-for-less-than-70.html Thu, 28 Mar 2024 21:00:00 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1009698 Refurbished HP Chromebook

TL;DR: If you're looking to outfit a student with a budget-friendly laptop, look no further than this refurbished HP Chromebook. Designed with Education Edition features and more, it's on sale for less than $70 for a limited time!

So, your kiddo's getting to the age where they could seriously use their own laptop (not that there's anything wrong with the family computer!). — Read the rest

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EV owners are shocked that tires wear out https://boingboing.net/2024/03/28/ev-owners-are-shocked-that-tires-wear-out.html https://boingboing.net/2024/03/28/ev-owners-are-shocked-that-tires-wear-out.html#comments Thu, 28 Mar 2024 18:53:40 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1010495 tires

Science is fun, kids!

EV owners should be aware that tires rated for higher speeds are more expensive and generally last much shorter distances than tires made for passenger cars. They will be happy to know that the regenerative braking technology will save them a little on brakes and rotors. — Read the rest

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NY Times continues forgiving Justice Thomas https://boingboing.net/2024/03/28/ny-times-continues-forgiving-justice-thomas.html https://boingboing.net/2024/03/28/ny-times-continues-forgiving-justice-thomas.html#comments Thu, 28 Mar 2024 18:12:36 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1010484 Thomas

Pausing their constant worry over Joe Biden's age and prospects amongst the Irish, the New York Times has taken a moment to question people's questioning of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' complete lack of ethics.

As if the New York Times pitchbot is running things, the old Grey Lady decided to offer up a piece on how the embattled Justice keeps helping out the Federalist Society's Little Lebowski Urban Achievers and the evil Democrats who plague him. — Read the rest

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Discover the explosive overlooked art of fireworks packaging https://boingboing.net/2024/03/28/discover-the-explosive-art-of-vintage-fireworks-packaging.html https://boingboing.net/2024/03/28/discover-the-explosive-art-of-vintage-fireworks-packaging.html#comments Thu, 28 Mar 2024 18:02:58 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1010481 vintage fireworks packaging

Incendiary: Volume 1 is a zine by Jonah Bergman that features 20 pages of scans showcasing Jonah's personal collection of fireworks packaging.

I spoke to Jonah about his zine, and he told me, "The firework collection is a mix of found materials from road trips across America, and some acquired through back alley Craigslist deals here in LA. — Read the rest

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Georgia GOP official who cried "stolen election" voted illegally 9 times, and is a felony check forgery convict https://boingboing.net/2024/03/28/georgia-gop-official-who-cried-stolen-election-voted-illegally-9-times-and-is-a-felony-check-forgery-convict.html https://boingboing.net/2024/03/28/georgia-gop-official-who-cried-stolen-election-voted-illegally-9-times-and-is-a-felony-check-forgery-convict.html#comments Thu, 28 Mar 2024 17:45:56 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1010472 Georgia GOP voter fraud

Nothing says MAGA like a Georgia Republican official who loudly trumpeted the Big Lie that the 2020 election was "stolen" from Donald Trump and was then caught illegally casting ballots not once, not twice, but nine times between 2008 and 2010. — Read the rest

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Elon's most recent "significant" changes to "X" are not significant https://boingboing.net/2024/03/28/elons-most-recent-significant-changes-to-xare-not-significant.html https://boingboing.net/2024/03/28/elons-most-recent-significant-changes-to-xare-not-significant.html#comments Thu, 28 Mar 2024 17:34:52 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1010473

In what Time Magazine called "significant changes" to Twitter, Elon Musk is offering eight users up to a $20 discount.

The best of dying Twitter account on Bluesky shares this analysis of Elon's latest big deal to make failing Twitter more popular again:

Time Magazine thinks this is a big deal:

Posting on the platform Thursday, the 52-year old tech billionaire, and TIME's 2021 Person of the Year, said: "Going forward, all X accounts with over 2500 verified subscriber followers will get Premium features for free and accounts with over 5000 will get Premium+ for free."

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"The short skirt that you chose to wear encourages fantasy" — 75-year-old professor's sick email to honors presentation student https://boingboing.net/2024/03/28/the-short-skirt-that-you-chose-to-wear-encourages-fantasy-75-year-old-professors-sick-email-to-honors-presentation-student.html https://boingboing.net/2024/03/28/the-short-skirt-that-you-chose-to-wear-encourages-fantasy-75-year-old-professors-sick-email-to-honors-presentation-student.html#comments Thu, 28 Mar 2024 17:18:34 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1010451 short skirt fantasy

"The short skirt that you chose to wear could be distracting to some folks in your audience. The issue with clothing that encourages fantasy is that it has the potential to distract from your presented content."

TikTok user @aaaabbbbyyyyyyyyy shared the email message from her 75-year-old psychology professor at a state univeristy, who made this wildly inappropriate comment about her attire during an honors presentation. — Read the rest

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Marjorie Taylor Greene confuses Biden with Obama, and it's more than just delusional — as in racist (video) https://boingboing.net/2024/03/28/marjorie-taylor-greene-confuses-biden-with-obama-and-its-more-than-just-delusional-as-in-racist-video.html Thu, 28 Mar 2024 16:39:38 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1010425

Uh-oh, looks like Donald Trump's deteriorating condition is contagious. Marjorie Taylor Greene, like the confused ex-president-turned-bible salesman, just mixed up President Joe Biden with former president Barack Obama.

"Obama is running the country," Georgia's delusional lawmaker told Steve Bannon. "Obama is having his third term … and everyone's always known that." — Read the rest

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Cosplaying cowpoke Lauren Boebert failing out of her new district https://boingboing.net/2024/03/28/cosplaying-cowpoke-lauren-boebert-failing-out-of-her-new-district.html https://boingboing.net/2024/03/28/cosplaying-cowpoke-lauren-boebert-failing-out-of-her-new-district.html#comments Thu, 28 Mar 2024 16:38:04 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1010458 Boebert cowpoke

Loud and ridiculous, Trump-endorsed candidate for Colorado's fourth district, Lauren Boebert, appeared to be trying out for a role in Oklahoma, as she continues not to win support in her new district.

Boebert came in fifth out of twelve candidates running to be the Republican candidate for Congress in Colorado's fourth district. — Read the rest

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Sam Bankman-Fried imprisoned for 25 years and ordered to pay $11.2bn https://boingboing.net/2024/03/28/sam-bankman-fried-jailed-for-25-years-and-ordered-to-pay-11-2bn.html https://boingboing.net/2024/03/28/sam-bankman-fried-jailed-for-25-years-and-ordered-to-pay-11-2bn.html#comments Thu, 28 Mar 2024 16:11:05 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1010446

Sam Bankman-Fried, briefly a billionaire when he operated his cryptocurrency exchange FTX, was today sentenced to 25 years imprisonment for defrauding his investors. He must also pay up $11.2bn, not that it exists.

Judge Lewis Kaplan, just before announcing Bankman-Fried's 25-year sentence, said there was a risk "that this man will be in a position to do something very bad in the future, and it's not a trivial risk."

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Trump bible's FAQ warns readers of its unsavory content (video) https://boingboing.net/2024/03/28/trump-bibles-faq-warns-readers-of-its-unsavory-content-video.html Thu, 28 Mar 2024 15:04:11 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1010414 trump maga emails

Bible salesman Donald Trump kindly included a warning about the stimulating book he's peddling: wear gloves before opening.

Okay, well, he didn't actually mention the gloves, but Trump's online bible FAQ did bizarrely ask, as pointed out by Stephen Colbert, "What if my bible has sticky pages?" — Read the rest

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Unlock a World of Knowledge in 15-Minute Book Summaries with Headway Premium https://boingboing.net/2024/03/28/unlock-a-world-of-knowledge-in-15-minute-book-summaries-with-headway-premium.html Thu, 28 Mar 2024 15:00:00 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1009656

TL;DR: If you need to catch up fast before book club starts their new season, this Headway Premium subscription offers the gift of learning in 15-minute book summaries, on sale for $59.99.

Spring is…not here. If you're in the northern parts, you know that groundhog lead us astray, so it looks like we've got a little bit more time in the house. — Read the rest

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Ancient humans were dino fans https://boingboing.net/2024/03/28/ancient-humans-were-dino-fans.html https://boingboing.net/2024/03/28/ancient-humans-were-dino-fans.html#comments Thu, 28 Mar 2024 14:03:25 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1010129 dinosaur fossil on rough stone formation

Thousands of years before the Jurassic Park movies inspired a legion of creative fans, early humans were paying homage to dinosaurs. According to Gizmodo, a team of researchers have identified petroglyphs next to fossilized dino tracks in Brazil, that seem to imitate or comment on the ancient footprints.Read the rest

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Plans to make cutting-edge cancer drugs in space https://boingboing.net/2024/03/28/plans-to-make-cutting-edge-cancer-drugs-in-space.html https://boingboing.net/2024/03/28/plans-to-make-cutting-edge-cancer-drugs-in-space.html#comments Thu, 28 Mar 2024 13:50:24 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1010297 earth planet

Space tourism has an audience limited by income, but there's a new proposal in the works that could help countless earthbound humans. Wired's Grace Browne reports that a company called BioOrbit has plans to manufacture cancer-fighting immunotherapy drugs in zero gravity.Read the rest

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Sperm whales unleash poop tornado to fend off orcas https://boingboing.net/2024/03/28/sperm-whales-unleash-poop-tornado-to-fend-off-orcas.html https://boingboing.net/2024/03/28/sperm-whales-unleash-poop-tornado-to-fend-off-orcas.html#comments Thu, 28 Mar 2024 13:39:32 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1010289

Sperm whales are the seventh largest animals in the world and are considered apex predators. The greatest dangers to these toothed whales are usually man-made, such as fishing nets, boat strikes, and oil spills.  Orcas, however, have been known to punch against their weight and will sometimes attack sperm whales.  — Read the rest

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An afterlife for beloved DC cherry tree Stumpy https://boingboing.net/2024/03/28/an-afterlife-for-beloved-dc-cherry-tree-stumpy.html https://boingboing.net/2024/03/28/an-afterlife-for-beloved-dc-cherry-tree-stumpy.html#comments Thu, 28 Mar 2024 13:31:12 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1010128 stumpy.

This spring, Washington, D.C. residents turned out in droves to say sayonara to Stumpy, a gnarled and dying Japanese cherry tree. Even though Stumpy looks more like driftwood than a healthy plant, it manages to produce a flowering branch every year. — Read the rest

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Japanese scientists investigate the mysteries of Stone Age tools https://boingboing.net/2024/03/28/japanese-scientists-investigate-the-mysteries-of-stone-age-tools.html https://boingboing.net/2024/03/28/japanese-scientists-investigate-the-mysteries-of-stone-age-tools.html#comments Thu, 28 Mar 2024 13:30:00 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1010267 Stone Age tools

Sure, science is math and equations and formulas. But it can also be pounding wood with Stone Age axes. Japanese scientists built their own ground stone tools in an effort to figure out how the damn things were used 30,000 years ago.  — Read the rest

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Rock climbers rebel against restrictions on trans athletes https://boingboing.net/2024/03/28/rock-climbers-rebel-against-restrictions-on-trans-athletes.html https://boingboing.net/2024/03/28/rock-climbers-rebel-against-restrictions-on-trans-athletes.html#comments Thu, 28 Mar 2024 13:18:51 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1010299 person rock climbing

Transgender people face a mountain of prejudice in many fields, but there's finally some good news in the world of competitive sports.  Cosmopolitan reports that when the governing body of competitive climbing, USA Climber, announced new intense, intrusive guidelines for trans participants, climbers decided that this was a hill to die on. — Read the rest

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There are no guardrails: Trump's second term will lead to a dictatorship https://boingboing.net/2024/03/28/there-are-no-guardrails-trumps-second-term-will-lead-to-a-dictatorship.html https://boingboing.net/2024/03/28/there-are-no-guardrails-trumps-second-term-will-lead-to-a-dictatorship.html#comments Thu, 28 Mar 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1010261 Trump dictatorship

This maddening "think piece" on Politico was published a couple of months ago but I wanted to revisit because the urgency to refute it is even more obvious. Here's the headline: "Trump Can't Be Dictator on 'Day One' — Or in a Second Term. — Read the rest

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Would you like a miniature pineapple? https://boingboing.net/2024/03/28/would-you-like-a-miniature-pineapple.html https://boingboing.net/2024/03/28/would-you-like-a-miniature-pineapple.html#comments Thu, 28 Mar 2024 12:50:41 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1010133

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 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#comments 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 https://boingboing.net/2024/03/28/the-great-new-york-bus-tour-battle.html#comments 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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