Boing Boing https://boingboing.net/ A directory of mostly wonderful things Tue, 19 Mar 2024 13:51:22 +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 Trader Joe's delicious roasted salmonella recalled after testing positive for nuts https://boingboing.net/2024/03/19/trader-joes-delicious-roasted-salmonella-recalled-after-testing-positive-for-nuts.html Tue, 19 Mar 2024 13:50:17 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1008366

Trader Joe's whole cashews with 50% Less Sodium are being recalled over potential salmonella contamination, the FDA announced.

The bags were sold in late February and early March with the lot numbers T12139, T12140, T12141 and T12142. No-one has reported falling ill, but if you have these, return them to the store for a refund. — Read the rest

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Hertz ditches CEO who bet big on Tesla https://boingboing.net/2024/03/19/hertz-ditches-ceo-who-bet-big-on-tesla.html Tue, 19 Mar 2024 13:41:01 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1008361

Electric cars don't (yet) make good rental vehicles, a fact firmly established after Hertz bought 40,000 of them and ultimately had to ditch them at giveaway prices. The company is going back to gasoline and the CEO has been dealt with. — Read the rest

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3D printing of "wood-like" objects possible https://boingboing.net/2024/03/19/3d-printing-of-wood-like-objects-possible.html https://boingboing.net/2024/03/19/3d-printing-of-wood-like-objects-possible.html#comments Tue, 19 Mar 2024 12:30:36 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1008348

During the process of building with wood, many leftover bits are produced, which often end up going to waste. The construction of one single-family home produces over 5,000 pounds of wood waste. Materials scientists are working on a way to take wood that would normally end up in a landfill and turn it into 3D printer ink.  — Read the rest

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Let them eat snake: python farming an "efficient" food source https://boingboing.net/2024/03/19/let-them-eat-snake-python-farming-an-efficient-food-source.html https://boingboing.net/2024/03/19/let-them-eat-snake-python-farming-an-efficient-food-source.html#comments Tue, 19 Mar 2024 12:18:27 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1008192 brown reticulated python

Scientists are encouraging us to further assert our dominance in the food chain by eating pythons. Raising livestock is an ecologically taxing process, with conventional farming. Cows, pigs, all the classic meat sources that are farmed on an industrial scale come at a steep price for planet longevity. — Read the rest

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Proof elephants are smarter and funnier than most humans I know (sorry, humans!) https://boingboing.net/2024/03/19/proof-elephants-are-smarter-and-funnier-than-most-humans-i-know-sorry-humans.html https://boingboing.net/2024/03/19/proof-elephants-are-smarter-and-funnier-than-most-humans-i-know-sorry-humans.html#comments Tue, 19 Mar 2024 12:12:35 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1008322

Here's proof that elephants are smarter—and more clever—than most run-of-the-mill humans. Watch this funny elephant named Mak, who lives at the Imire Rhino and Wildlife Conservancy in Wedza, Zimbabwe, playing around with a tourist who was posing for a photo with him. — Read the rest

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Good Samaritans become emergency goat milkers https://boingboing.net/2024/03/19/good-samaritans-become-emergency-goat-milkers.html https://boingboing.net/2024/03/19/good-samaritans-become-emergency-goat-milkers.html#comments Tue, 19 Mar 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1008253 goat milking volunteers

A pair of goat farmers transporting fifty goats from Minnesota to California needed all hands on deck when they found themselves delayed by a fierce winter storm in Utah. A five-hour delay caused by heavy winds meant Jose and Bartolo Garcia missed a scheduled milking time. — Read the rest

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Artist explains Olmec head crushing a Tesla: "to troll Elon Musk and his new car plant in Mexico" https://boingboing.net/2024/03/19/artist-explains-olmec-head-crushing-a-tesla-to-troll-elon-musk-and-his-new-car-plant-in-mexico.html Tue, 19 Mar 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1008273

photo of a Tesla crushed by a giant Olmec head in the Roma Norte neighborhood of Mexico City has been making its rounds on social media over the past week, leaving some viewers bewildered. The original Olmec heads, associated with the Olmec civilization of ancient Mesoamerica, are giant sculptures—some measuring up to 12 feet tall—made from basalt. — Read the rest

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Doggo jumps into the ocean and tries to make friends with a dolphin (video) https://boingboing.net/2024/03/18/doggo-jumps-into-the-ocean-and-tries-to-make-friends-with-a-dolphin-video.html Tue, 19 Mar 2024 01:23:02 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1008302

A golden retriever who lives in the Bahamas has seen dolphins plenty of times before, but last week she decided it was time to make friends with one.

So, treating the ocean like a dog park, the pooch began to follow the dolphin all around a canal, barking and dog paddling as she tried to rope her sea buddy into a game of chase. — Read the rest

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Trump demands that Jewish Americans agree with him https://boingboing.net/2024/03/18/trump-demands-that-jewish-americans-agree-with-him.html https://boingboing.net/2024/03/18/trump-demands-that-jewish-americans-agree-with-him.html#comments Tue, 19 Mar 2024 01:07:56 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1008305 Trump confuses

If a Jewish person in America doesn't think the way Donald Trump wants them to, they are self-hating anti-semites, says the self-loving anti-semite.

I was raised Jewish. My parents are Jewish, but I do not identify as a Jew any longer. — Read the rest

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Mike Lindell's evidence fails to "shock the world" as promised: begs for donations https://boingboing.net/2024/03/18/mike-lindells-evidence-fails-to-shock-the-world-as-promised-begs-for-donations.html https://boingboing.net/2024/03/18/mike-lindells-evidence-fails-to-shock-the-world-as-promised-begs-for-donations.html#comments Tue, 19 Mar 2024 00:15:54 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1008288 Mike Lindell begs for donations

Mike Lindell, the MAGA movement's second-favorite crack addict, has a reputation for promises to reveal exclusive news that turns out to be as substantial as the filling in his pillows. Last week, the hoarse-voice fluff huckster promised to shock the world with something that was actually real for a change. — Read the rest

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Somebody stashed $50,000 in a community garden planter box https://boingboing.net/2024/03/18/somebody-stashed-50000-in-a-community-garden-planter-box.html https://boingboing.net/2024/03/18/somebody-stashed-50000-in-a-community-garden-planter-box.html#comments Tue, 19 Mar 2024 00:09:22 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1008290

Volunteers working in a San Francisco community garden spotted a duffel bag tucked into a planter box. Inside, they found piles of wet $100 bills wrapped in red napkins.

"They thought it was a lot of money, but I don't think they realized how much there was," " garden executive director Maggie Marks told the San Francisco Standard. — Read the rest

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Give your PC a major boost when you upgrade to Windows 11 Pro, now only $30! https://boingboing.net/2024/03/18/give-your-pc-a-major-boost-when-you-upgrade-to-windows-11-pro-now-only-30.html Tue, 19 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1007772

TL;DR: Tired of your lagging PC? You don't necessarily need a new device, especially if you upgrade your operating system to Microsoft's latest OS: Windows 11 Pro! It's on sale for only $29.97 (reg. $199) through March 24.

So, you've reached a point in your relationship with your laptop or computer where your device doesn't quite work the way it used to. — Read the rest

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Book banning is at a record high in the United States and here's where it's happening most https://boingboing.net/2024/03/18/book-banning-is-at-a-record-high-in-the-united-states-and-heres-where-its-happening-most.html https://boingboing.net/2024/03/18/book-banning-is-at-a-record-high-in-the-united-states-and-heres-where-its-happening-most.html#comments Mon, 18 Mar 2024 23:31:40 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1008285

According to a new report from the American Library Association, book banning is at an historical high in the Untied States.

In 2023, there were efforts to censor 4,240 different titles in schools and libraries nationwide, marking a 65 percent jump from the previous year. — Read the rest

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Boebert laments the chilling effect media attention has had on her hands-on theater-going https://boingboing.net/2024/03/18/boebert-laments-the-chilling-effect-media-attention-has-had-on-her-hands-on-theater-going.html https://boingboing.net/2024/03/18/boebert-laments-the-chilling-effect-media-attention-has-had-on-her-hands-on-theater-going.html#comments Mon, 18 Mar 2024 23:09:25 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1008284

Colorado's scurrying like a roach looking for haven GOP Congressperson Lauren Boebert is unhappy she can no longer visit a theater.

After famously being caught on film vaping and "causing a disturbance" at a performance of Beetlejuice, Lauren Boebert has suffered defeat after defeat. — Read the rest

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Michael Moore urges anti-Trumpers to try harder — because "Trump is smarter than us" https://boingboing.net/2024/03/18/michael-moore-urges-anti-trumpers-to-try-harder-because-trump-is-smarter-than-us.html Mon, 18 Mar 2024 22:01:04 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1008249

When filmmaker Michael Moore predicted more than once in 2016 that Donald Trump would be the next president, people were angry. Including the time when, a few months before the election, he told Bill Maher, "I'm sorry to have to be the buzzkill here so early on, but I think Trump is going to win" — to which the surprised audience gasped and booed. — Read the rest

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YouTube star arrested for allegedly supplying ravers with snake venom to get high https://boingboing.net/2024/03/18/youtube-star-arrested-for-allegedly-supplying-ravers-with-snake-venom-to-get-high.html https://boingboing.net/2024/03/18/youtube-star-arrested-for-allegedly-supplying-ravers-with-snake-venom-to-get-high.html#comments Mon, 18 Mar 2024 21:42:26 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1008262

Police in Noida, India arrested YouTube star Elvish Yadav, winner of the Bigg Boss OTT reality TV show, for allegedly providing snake venom as a drug for ravers attending a party he organized. Earlier forensic reports confirmed that samples collected from the party, which took place at a banquet hall last November, contained snake venom. — Read the rest

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My DIY Peloton bike: An ongoing journey https://boingboing.net/2024/03/18/my-diy-peloton-bike-an-ongoing-journey.html https://boingboing.net/2024/03/18/my-diy-peloton-bike-an-ongoing-journey.html#comments Mon, 18 Mar 2024 21:12:32 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1008254 DIY Peloton

Years later, my DIY Peloton remains one of the best purchases I have ever made.

I am an early 50s Gen X dotcommer, and like many of the few of us, pain management is kind of sorta what life has become. — Read the rest

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This button remote for Apple TV makes it easier to control for only $40! https://boingboing.net/2024/03/18/this-button-remote-for-apple-tv-makes-it-easier-to-control-for-only-40.html Mon, 18 Mar 2024 21:00:00 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1007768

TL;DR: Yes, Apple TVs are all the rage and are awesome. However, their remotes aren't so much. Control your Apple TV more easily with a traditional button remote, now only $39.99 for a limited time!

Okay, so you finally jumped the fence and joined #AppleNation when you bought your Apple TV. — Read the rest

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Dungeons, Dragons, and Dogs: DnDoggos' Adorable Debut https://boingboing.net/2024/03/18/dungeons-dragons-and-dogs-dndoggos-adorable-debut.html Mon, 18 Mar 2024 20:55:57 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1008257 DnDoggos graphic novel

I love dogs. I love Dungeons & Dragons. I've been reading the webcomic DnDoggos since year one. It is now in its seventh year.  The author, Scout Underhill, has created something special with their weekly(ish) comics, and now they have released a graphic novel, DnDoggos: Get the Party Started, sharing the dogs' very first adventure as a party. — Read the rest

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Ex-prosecutor reveals Biden's secret agenda to get Americans high on weed "so they can't recognize that the country's falling apart" https://boingboing.net/2024/03/18/ex-prosecutor-reveals-bidens-secret-agenda-to-get-americans-high-on-weed-so-they-cant-recognize-that-the-countrys-falling-apart.html https://boingboing.net/2024/03/18/ex-prosecutor-reveals-bidens-secret-agenda-to-get-americans-high-on-weed-so-they-cant-recognize-that-the-countrys-falling-apart.html#comments Mon, 18 Mar 2024 20:33:23 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1008230 Sean duffy weed conspiracy

Recently, the Biden administration requested that the Drug Enforcement Administration consider removing cannabis from the Schedule I category. This category is reserved for drugs that are believed to have no accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse. The request reflects changing attitudes towards cannabis in society and medical research. — Read the rest

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Man returns from vacation to learn that he has died, according to the government https://boingboing.net/2024/03/18/man-returns-from-vacation-to-learn-that-he-has-died-according-to-the-government.html https://boingboing.net/2024/03/18/man-returns-from-vacation-to-learn-that-he-has-died-according-to-the-government.html#comments Mon, 18 Mar 2024 20:32:22 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1008248

When Nick Fatouros of Montreal, Canada returned from a long vacation in Costa Rica, a rather upsetting letter was awaiting him. The official government letter informed Fatouros that he was deceased and that officials hoped his estate would pay his $1,092 speeding ticket. — Read the rest

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Donald Trump hits rock bottom with new sad slogan: "What the hell do you have to lose?" https://boingboing.net/2024/03/18/donald-trump-hits-rock-bottom-with-new-sad-slogan-what-the-hell-do-you-have-to-lose.html Mon, 18 Mar 2024 19:17:24 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1008193

Donald Trump has given up on even pretending he's got a plan on how to "make America great again."

Instead, the deflated, in-debt ex-president has resorted to a shrug of the shoulders with his latest Donny Downer campaign slogan: "What the hell do you have to lose?" — Read the rest

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How Norwegians welcome back spring with a tropical "fruit party" https://boingboing.net/2024/03/18/how-norwegians-welcome-back-spring-with-a-tropical-fruit-party.html Mon, 18 Mar 2024 18:40:41 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1008216 Solfestuka Fruktfest

The residents of Longyearbyen, Norway, the northernmost town in the world, suffer through four months of polar night. So when the sun finally rises in March, they celebrate by toasting the return of spring with…fruit.

Atlas Obscura details the glories of Solfestuka Fruktfest, the "Sun Week Fruit Fest," and the stiff competition and high prices for tropical goodies like mangosteens, guavas, and rambutans. — Read the rest

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Pack your bags: Russia-loving Canadian family's escape from "woke" Canada backfires https://boingboing.net/2024/03/18/pack-your-bags-russia-loving-canadian-familys-escape-from-woke-canada-backfires.html https://boingboing.net/2024/03/18/pack-your-bags-russia-loving-canadian-familys-escape-from-woke-canada-backfires.html#comments Mon, 18 Mar 2024 18:27:24 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1008212 moving to russia from canada

An LGBTQ-phobic Canadian family's attempt to flee the "woke" culture of Canada by moving to Russia on a tourist visa has ended in teeth gnashing and bureaucratic limbo, as reported by Marcie Jones in Wonkette. Arend and Anneesa Feenstra, along with eight of their children, "saw pride flags on the streets of Saskatchewan and decided it was a sign from God that an apocalyptic purge against straight, white, meat-eating Christians was at hand," writes Jones. — Read the rest

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Your Internet-connected car is spying on you, and your premium could go up https://boingboing.net/2024/03/18/your-internet-connected-car-is-spying-on-you-and-your-premium-could-go-up.html https://boingboing.net/2024/03/18/your-internet-connected-car-is-spying-on-you-and-your-premium-could-go-up.html#comments Mon, 18 Mar 2024 18:04:14 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1008194 car data sharing

Your car may be snitching on you. The New York Times recently reported that Internet-enabled autos from manufacturers like GM are transmitting info on how you drive to data analytics company LexisNexis. And they, in turn, are sharing those findings with insurance companies. — Read the rest

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Buckingham Palace forced to deny King Charles III has died after false report in Russian media https://boingboing.net/2024/03/18/buckingham-palace-forced-to-deny-king-charles-iii-has-died-after-false-report-in-russian-media.html https://boingboing.net/2024/03/18/buckingham-palace-forced-to-deny-king-charles-iii-has-died-after-false-report-in-russian-media.html#comments Mon, 18 Mar 2024 18:01:28 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1008197

A Russian state media story, evidently inspired by social media gossip, forced Buckingham Palace to deny that King Charles III is dead. Charles announced that he has cancer in January and is undergoing treatment. It's a warning to content-hungry media that the bottom has fallen out on Twitter, where all this came from today. — Read the rest

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Watch a confused hawk repeatedly try to grab a kitten through glass https://boingboing.net/2024/03/18/watch-a-confused-hawk-repeatedly-try-to-grab-a-kitten-through-glass.html https://boingboing.net/2024/03/18/watch-a-confused-hawk-repeatedly-try-to-grab-a-kitten-through-glass.html#comments Mon, 18 Mar 2024 17:21:42 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1008183 hawk tries to snatch kitten

In this funny animal video, a determined hawk repeatedly tries to snatch a kitten sitting calmly on a car dashboard, but is foiled by the windshield. The adorable kitten seems more annoyed than frightened as the confused hawk fails to grab it through the glass. — Read the rest

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This $80 car display works perfectly with Apple and Android devices https://boingboing.net/2024/03/18/this-80-car-display-works-perfectly-with-apple-and-android-devices.html Mon, 18 Mar 2024 17:00:00 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1007765

TL;DR: If your older model car needs a bit of a facelift, this plug-and-play car display can bring your vehicle into the modern age. Now, it's on sale for only $78.97 (reg. $139) through March 24!

It's not a bad thing that you love your older car, even if it's pushing an age in the double digits (no judgment here!), — Read the rest

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Fox News marches into Gilead with seriously creepy prayer segment (video) https://boingboing.net/2024/03/18/fox-news-marches-into-gilead-with-seriously-creepy-prayer-segment-video.html Mon, 18 Mar 2024 16:46:00 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1008167

As MAGA doggedly marches into a real-life theocratic Republic of Gilead, Fox & Friends took the next step with an incredibly creepy prayer segment yesterday. (See video below, posted by Aaron Rupar.)

"This is a transition for transitions if you've ever had one," said host Pete Hegseth, warming up the crowd to Fox's transition into televangelism. — Read the rest

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Real dog fooled by lookalike dog marionette puppet https://boingboing.net/2024/03/18/real-dog-fooled-by-lookalike-dog-marionette-puppet.html https://boingboing.net/2024/03/18/real-dog-fooled-by-lookalike-dog-marionette-puppet.html#comments Mon, 18 Mar 2024 16:06:21 +0000 https://boingboing.net/?p=1008169 dog confused by puppet

Is the dog in this video experiencing an uncanny valley moment — that unsettling feeling when something appears almost, but not quite, real? Watch the dog's reactions as a talented street performer operates a life-size marionette puppet of a dog. The real dog, which bears an uncanny resemblance to the puppet, becomes extremely excited and engaged with its fabric and wood counterpart. — Read the rest

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