Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told ABC he's a soybean farmer who feels farmers' pain. He's actually a $500M landlord who owns $25M in farmland and collects up to $1M yearly in rent from actual farmers while negotiating China crop deals. boingboing.net/2025/10/27/t...

People lost their livelihoods were harassed online, and received death threats for less offensive statements about Charlie Kirk. @boingboing.net

A leading candidate for headline of the day, @boingboing.net Giraffe-suited singer arrested at ICE protest sparks free speech fight. Defense fund nears $100,000 premium.boingboing.net/p/giraffe-su...

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Freedom! It’s everybody’s job! Vote YES on 50

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Fascists killed 2/3rds of my family and chased the rest out of Europe 80 some odd years ago. Chase the fascists out of the United States! Vote YES on Prop 50!

Clive James reviews "the most boring book in the world" @boingboing.net (Plus- Samuel Johnson) Tackling tedium: roughlydaily.com/2025/09/18/h...

While I’m marching in the @wgaeast.bsky.social protest of ABC/Disney, @boingboing.net published my post about videos making fun of Disney boingboing.net/2025/09/19/s...

Maine police department admits to using AI to alter drug bust photos after initially lying that they did. boingboing.net/2025/07/02/m...

🔴 Brand new comic now up on @boingboing.net - KNOW YOUR ICE AGENT - boingboing.net/2025/07/01/t...

Wishful thinking

All on her own with no help!

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boingboing.net/2025/05/27/1... via @boingboing.net - a good read about an obvious charlatan

PBS told the filmmakers that they could either buy back their licensing deal or allow PBS to run the censored version.

A company in Japan has created a fake high school so foreigners of all ages can pretend to be Japanese high school students for a day.

I wrote on @boingboing.net about Super Nintendo World in the brand new theme park Epic Universe. boingboing.net/2025/05/21/f...

An art fabricator who helped Jeff Koons create Balloon Dog and other large sculptures lost his life savings in a sophisticated con job.

"Entrants may not have been convicted of a felony or a crime of moral turpitude" — which means President Trump won't be joining the Superman premiere festivities, at least not until Kavanaugh, Alito, and Thomas change the rules for the orange Lex Luthor.

Kushner said he "paid a very heavy price" for his crimes — and what could be more devastating than having to settle for being a billionaire ambassador forced to suffer through life in a taxpayer-funded palatial residence in Paris?

Out of 184 countries studied, the US stands alone in its tourism decline – a special kind of American exceptionalism.

Tip: Whiten found animal bones and skulls using concentrated hydrogen peroxide (not bleach, which damages them). Get strong H2O2 from beauty supply stores (labeled Clairoxide) — it works fast and preserves bone integrity

Saudi officials said Doush's tweet, which was about Sudan broke its terrorism and cybercrime laws. But his family suspects the real reason he was arrested is because he is a friend of a Saudi critic's son.

Oklahoma's education department just announced they're teaching kids how to put on tinfoil hats as part of their new curriculum.

The world's coolest nature museum: Oxford's Pitt Rivers Museum. See shrunken heads, voodoo dolls, tomb relics, weird insects & ancient tools in Victorian-style glass cases. A cabinet of curiosities packed with natural wonders, from minerals to taxidermy. Day trip from London. www.prm.ox.ac.uk

Welcome to Trump's America, where government agencies detain US citizens to question them about constitutionally protected speech.

Another exemplary Amazon book review.

Our friends at CRASH Space launch Summer of Zines: 3 months of zine events leading to Wende Zine Fest in Culver City. Free printing, supplies & workshops (May 24/31). Open to all makers: blog.crashspace.org/2025/05/summ...

Apparently, MAGA hats come with built-in amnesia features.

The world's richest try-hard wants you to know Trump "actually calls, like late at night" to make sure he gets his special ice cream.

Vice President JD Vance took a break from making unwelcome appearances around the world to cast a tie-breaking vote ensuring that Trump's "make everything cost more" policy remains intact.

Walmart CEO Doug McMillon helpfully noted that "There will be a Christmas." What he didn't say is that it'll be like Christmas in Soviet Kyrgyzstan.

Attorney General Pam "Empty Binder" Bondi showed up with publicly available documents, while FBI Deputy Director Dan "Please Stop Yelling At Me" Bongino keeps promising they're totally on it.

President Crybaby is having another meltdown about 60 Minutes, proving that even the former reality TV show actor can't tell the difference between editing and the media conspiracy living in his head.

Somewhere in an underground panic room, a sad billionaire edgelord and his team of Diablo players are learning that Europeans have a low tolerance for websites that make Truth Social look like a Harvard symposium.

Rich person explains why taxing rich people hurts poor people somehow

Kristi Noem proved once again she's better at writing lie-filled autobiographies than she is running the Department of Homeland Security.

Surprise! Rich jerks got richer while the rest of us got screwed again

Sorry, freedom's not really our thing anymore! We're more into the whole extraterritorial detention without due process vibe these days.

A Japanese bus driver just learned that the price of a $7 theft is exactly $84,000 in pension benefits.

The New York Times suggested this “girl of nineteen” should be spanked

Want to know what happens when you put a Fox News bro in charge of actual military stuff? Spoiler alert: Nothing good!

According to the complaint, board members relied primarily on BookLooks.org, a website connected to the Hitler-quoting group Moms for Liberty, instead of reading the books themselves or considering their literary merit.

Instead of receiving leis, they were given complimentary strip searches, handcuffs, and prison uniforms by brave CBP officers.

You know that dream where your hand detaches and raids your fridge for you? Just me? Well anyway, 19-year-old Tilly Lockey just made that a reality.

Welcome to Cyprus, where officials discovered a new threat to national security: journalists reporting facts.

Meet Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez, a 20-year-old Georgian who made the rookie mistake of being born in America while brown.