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DP World ousts Trump-connnected Sultan after Epstein files reveal "torture video" email
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DP World ousts Trump-connnected Sultan after Epstein files reveal "torture video" email
"I loved the torture video," read the subject line of an email sent to Jeffrey Epstein. The sender was identified by a U.S. lawmaker as Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, the…
https://boingboing.net/2026/02/13/dp-world-ousts-trump-connnected-sultan-after-epstein-files-reveal-torture-video-email.html
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Robert Tinney, who painted iconic Byte magazine covers, RIP
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Robert Tinney, who painted iconic Byte magazine covers, RIP
Gouache applied by airbrush — that was the secret behind the impossibly smooth, vivid covers Robert Tinney produced for Byte magazine across 80-plus issues from 1975 into the late 1980s.…
https://boingboing.net/2026/02/12/robert-tinney-who-painted-iconic-byte-magazine-covers-rip.html
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A Python library that gets 130 million downloads per month requires human review for all submissions after an AI wrote a smear piece on a developer.
https://boingboing.net/2026/02/12/an-ai-agent-published-a-hit-piece-on-the-developer-who-rejected-it.html
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An AI agent published a hit piece on the developer who rejected it
Scott Shambaugh maintains matplotlib, a Python plotting library downloaded about 130 million times a month. Like many open source projects, matplotlib now requires human review of all submissions after a…
https://boingboing.net/2026/02/12/an-ai-agent-published-a-hit-piece-on-the-developer-who-rejected-it.html
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Oni Press drops the graphic biography of Juneteenth's unlikely champion, proving that sometimes one person really can drag the rest of us toward doing the right thing
https://boingboing.net/2026/02/12/a-graphic-history-of-juneteenth-and-the-woman-who-refused-to-let-it-go.html
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A graphic history of Juneteenth and the woman who refused to let it go
Oni Press has just released a graphic biography on the origin story of Juneteenth, as told through the life of the woman most responsible for making it a national reality.…
https://boingboing.net/2026/02/12/a-graphic-history-of-juneteenth-and-the-woman-who-refused-to-let-it-go.html
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Disney World is bulldozing its dinosaur kingdom this month to build a Tropical Americas land instead. Progress marches on, leaving giant reptile footprints in its wake.
https://boingboing.net/2026/02/12/dinoland-u-s-a-r-i-p.html
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DinoLand U.S.A., R.I.P.
This month, DinoLand USA, the dinosaur-themed land in Disney World's (Orlando) Animal Kingdom ceased all operations, to be torn down to make way for the construction of a Tropical Americas…
https://boingboing.net/2026/02/12/dinoland-u-s-a-r-i-p.html
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Those "autonomous" Waymo cars cruising San Francisco? They're being driven by humans sitting in other countries.
https://boingboing.net/2026/02/12/those-waymo-robotaxis-humans-in-other-countries-drive-them.html
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Those Waymo robotaxis? Humans in other countries drive them
We don't have a cure for cancer, or personal jetpacks to use on our commute to work, and if they can actually get AI to work, millions will lose their…
https://boingboing.net/2026/02/12/those-waymo-robotaxis-humans-in-other-countries-drive-them.html
17 days ago
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WhatsApp and Telegram were the final holdouts for encrypted chat in Russia. Not anymore—both got the axe yesterday, with authorities helpfully suggesting alternatives.
https://boingboing.net/2026/02/12/russia-blocks-telegram-and-whatsapp.html
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Russia blocks Telegram and Whatsapp
Whatsapp and Telegram were among the last encrypted communications platforms permitted in Russia, but that ended yesterday: the two apps are now blocked there, authorities confirmed. They encouraged people to…
https://boingboing.net/2026/02/12/russia-blocks-telegram-and-whatsapp.html
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54-year-old Republican county chairman in Utah reportedly tortured his teenage daughter because her room wasn't clean 'to his standards.'
https://boingboing.net/2026/02/12/republican.html
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Republican county chairman accused of torturing own daughter for not cleaning room
David Nephi Johnson, 54, is the chairman of Wasatch County Republican Party in Utah. His teenage daughter, police say, failed to tidy her room "to his standards." Police are interested…
https://boingboing.net/2026/02/12/republican.html
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While other North Korean kids follow strict hair length rules, Kim Ju Ae gets to wear hers long. Perks of being the chosen heir.
https://boingboing.net/2026/02/12/kim-jong-un-picks-his-13-year-old-daughter-as-successor.html
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Kim Jong Un picks his 13-year-old daughter as successor
She's thirteen, wears her hair long (forbidden by her peers), and has been standing taller than her father in state photos lately. Kim Ju Ae, the only publicly acknowledged child…
https://boingboing.net/2026/02/12/kim-jong-un-picks-his-13-year-old-daughter-as-successor.html
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Nothing says true love like having to lie about how you met because your matchmaker was a convicted sex trafficker
https://boingboing.net/2026/02/11/fbi-file-claims-epstein-introduced-melania-to-trump-contradicting-the-fairy-tale.html
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FBI file claims Epstein introduced Melania to Trump, contradicting the fairy tale
In another glaring contradiction, the oft-repeated insistence by convicted felon Donald Trump and Amazon film star Melania that Jeffrey Epstein didn't introduce the two lovebirds has taken a shot across…
https://boingboing.net/2026/02/11/fbi-file-claims-epstein-introduced-melania-to-trump-contradicting-the-fairy-tale.html
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Ted Lieu had enough of Pam Bondi's evasive non-answers and decided to cut straight to the point: I think you're lying to Congress
https://boingboing.net/2026/02/11/congressperson-tells-pam-bondi-he-believes-she-is-lying-to-congress.html
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Congressperson tells Pam Bondi he believes she is lying to Congress
California Representative Ted Lieu (D-CA) was clearly exhausted by Attorney General Pam Bondi's evasive, non-answers to questions, but he wouldn't stand for her lies. The Attorney General evaded nearly every…
https://boingboing.net/2026/02/11/congressperson-tells-pam-bondi-he-believes-she-is-lying-to-congress.html
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Nothing says 'MAGA family values' quite like shooting your own daughter over politics.
https://boingboing.net/2026/02/10/i-have-two-other-daughters-texas-man-shoots-daughter-after-argument-about-trump.html
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"I have two other daughters": Texas man shoots daughter after argument about Trump
A family argument about Donald Trump ended with a British woman dead on a bathroom floor in Texas, after her father told her it "would not upset him that much"…
https://boingboing.net/2026/02/10/i-have-two-other-daughters-texas-man-shoots-daughter-after-argument-about-trump.html
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Gallup's parting gift to Trump: a final 36% approval rating before they stop tracking presidential popularity forever.
https://boingboing.net/2026/02/11/after-88-years-gallup-will-no-longer-poll-presidential-approval-ratings.html
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After 88 years, Gallup will no longer poll presidential approval ratings
In Gallup's final measure of Donald Trump's approval rating, Trump was stuck at 36%—his lowest since the end of his first term in office. The president won't have to worry…
https://boingboing.net/2026/02/11/after-88-years-gallup-will-no-longer-poll-presidential-approval-ratings.html
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Whiskey Pete deploys military-grade lasers against a stray quinceañera balloon
https://boingboing.net/2026/02/11/dartel-drone-threat-that-shut-el-pasos-airport-was-a-party-balloon.html
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"Cartel drone threat" that shut El Paso's airport was a party balloon
The Pentagon's new high-energy laser works great against party balloons. The airspace shutdown over El Paso grounded every flight at the international airport and forced medevac planes to reroute 45…
https://boingboing.net/2026/02/11/dartel-drone-threat-that-shut-el-pasos-airport-was-a-party-balloon.html
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The Pentagon's new laser defense system has claimed its first victory: one party balloon over El Paso. Meanwhile, every flight at the international airport was grounded.
https://boingboing.net/2026/02/11/dartel-drone-threat-that-shut-el-pasos-airport-was-a-party-balloon.html
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"Cartel drone threat" that shut El Paso's airport was a party balloon
The Pentagon's new high-energy laser works great against party balloons. The airspace shutdown over El Paso grounded every flight at the international airport and forced medevac planes to reroute 45…
https://boingboing.net/2026/02/11/dartel-drone-threat-that-shut-el-pasos-airport-was-a-party-balloon.html
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Nothing says 'I'm totally here to serve justice' quite like refusing to make eye contact with the people seeking it
https://boingboing.net/2026/02/11/bondi-refused-to-turn-around-and-face-the-epstein-victims-sitting-right-behind-her.html
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Bondi refused to turn around and face the Epstein victims sitting right behind her
Every trafficking victim seated behind Attorney General Pam Bondi at Wednesday's House Judiciary Committee hearing raised their hand when asked whether the Department of Justice had refused to meet with…
https://boingboing.net/2026/02/11/bondi-refused-to-turn-around-and-face-the-epstein-victims-sitting-right-behind-her.html
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"What the actual fuck": inside Anthropic's experiments on Claude's soul
https://boingboing.net/2026/02/10/what-the-actual-fuck-inside-anthropics-experiments-on-claudes-soul.html
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"What the actual fuck": inside Anthropic's experiments on Claude's soul
During a stress test at Anthropic, researchers told Claude that it would undergo retraining to be less focused on animal rights. The AI went one of two ways: it either…
https://boingboing.net/2026/02/10/what-the-actual-fuck-inside-anthropics-experiments-on-claudes-soul.html
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Brain scans of 25,000 people: cannabis use and aging have opposite effects on brain wiring. Cannabis users also scored higher on 6 of 9 cognitive tests.
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Cannabis users' brains look younger, big study finds
Brain imaging study of 25,000+ people finds cannabis use is associated with connectivity patterns typical of younger brains.
https://boingboing.net/2026/02/09/cannabis-users-brains-look-younger-big-study-finds.html
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Tom the Dancing Bug, by Ruben Bolling
21 days ago
I wrote on
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about a previously unseen 1978 SNL rehearsal for a sketch with the Rolling Stones -
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Video of a previously unseen 1978 SNL rehearsal with the Rolling Stones
This footage of a Friday, October 6, 1978 Saturday Night Live rehearsal with the entire cast and the Rolling Stones has apparently been unseen until it appeared on YouTube a…
https://boingboing.net/2026/02/07/video-of-a-previously-unseen-1978-snl-rehearsal-with-the-rolling-stones.html
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Nothing funny is going on here.
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Hurry! Four seats have been sold! Only 100 remain.
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Tom the Dancing Bug, by Ruben Bolling
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🔴 Brand new comic now up on
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- 🐱🐻🐷 A Busy, Busy Immigration Enforcement Operation, with apologies to Richard Scarry -
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Tom the Dancing Bug: A Busy, Busy Immigration Enforcement Operation
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https://boingboing.net/2026/01/14/tom-the-dancing-bug-a-busy-busy-immigration-enforcement-operation.html
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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.
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People lost their livelihoods were harassed online, and received death threats for less offensive statements about Charlie Kirk.
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JD Vance downplays Young Republican leaders' pro-Hitler, racist, antisemitic comments: "Pearl-clutching"
Newsweek published the names of Young Republican leaders caught using racist slurs and joking about sexual violence.
https://boingboing.net/2025/10/15/jd-vance-downplays-young-republican-leaders-pro-hitler-racist-antisemitic-comments-pearl-clutching.html
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A leading candidate for headline of the day,
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Giraffe-suited singer arrested at ICE protest sparks free speech fight. Defense fund nears $100,000
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Giraffe-suited singer arrested at ICE protest sparks free speech fight. Defense fund nears $100,000
I recently reported on the wonderful “jest resistance” of musical comedian, artist, and film producer Rob Potylo, aka Robby Roadsteamer, who has been bringing his funny and biting protest activism — f...
https://premium.boingboing.net/p/giraffe-suited-singer-arrested-at
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Jason Weisberger
4 months ago
They may burn books, but we are the fire in Lady Liberty’s torch. Vote Yes on 50
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5 months ago
Freedom! It’s everybody’s job! Vote YES on 50
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Jason Weisberger
5 months ago
Happy days CAN be here again! Vote YES on Prop 50!
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Jason Weisberger
5 months ago
Make an Ice agent cry, vote YES on Prop 50!
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5 months ago
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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!
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Clive James reviews "the most boring book in the world"
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(Plus- Samuel Johnson) Tackling tedium:
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Tom the Dancing Bug, by Ruben Bolling
5 months ago
While I’m marching in the
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protest of ABC/Disney,
@boingboing.net
published my post about videos making fun of Disney
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"Shut Your Trap": Colbert's show-stopping animated musical making fun of Disney's Kimmel suspension
Last night, Stephen Colbert's "Late Show" aired a funny animated musical short featuring Lumière from Disney's own "Beauty and the Beast," singing "Shut Your Trap" to the tune of "Be…
https://boingboing.net/2025/09/19/shut-your-trap-colberts-show-stopping-animated-musical-making-fun-of-disneys-kimmel-suspension.html
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Maine police department admits to using AI to alter drug bust photos after initially lying that they did.
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Maine police caught lying about using AI to alter drug bust photo
Maine police department admits to using AI to alter drug bust photos after initial denials. Citizens spotted missing details and altered colors in evidence documentation, raising concerns about police...
https://boingboing.net/2025/07/02/maine-police-caught-lying-about-using-ai-to-alter-drug-bust-photo.html
8 months ago
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Tom the Dancing Bug, by Ruben Bolling
8 months ago
🔴 Brand new comic now up on
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- KNOW YOUR ICE AGENT -
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Tom the Dancing Bug: Know Your ICE Agent
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Wishful thinking
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All on her own with no help!
9 months ago
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Trump CDC's plan for kids: vaccines and fluoride bad, lead good
Under the guidance of Trump henchman RFK Jr, the CDC spends time and money investigating things we already know, and moving away from protecting children.
https://boingboing.net/2025/05/27/trump-cdcs-plan-for-kids-vaccines-and-flouride-bad-lead-good.html
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"19 Years of Broken Promises": Wired examines Elon Musk's track record
Reading Wired's analysis of Elon "Pedo Guy" Musk's record of lies, you'd have thought the "tell" they are exposing was "his lips are moving," but they found something else.
https://boingboing.net/2025/05/27/19-years-of-broken-promises-wired-examines-elon-musks-track-record.html
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PBS told the filmmakers that they could either buy back their licensing deal or allow PBS to run the censored version.
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PBS censors free speech documentary
PBS has censored a documentary about Art Spiegelman, author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning graphic novel about the Holocaust, Maus. It removed a 90-second clip of Spiegelman at a public event.…
https://boingboing.net/2025/05/23/pbs-censors-free-speech-documentary.html
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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.
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Tourists can now spend a day as Japanese students at mock high school
If you watch anime and read manga, you know that many of the stories take place in Japanese high schools. A company in Japan has created a fake high school…
https://boingboing.net/2025/05/23/tourists-can-now-spend-a-day-as-japanese-students-at-mock-high-school.html
9 months ago
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9 months ago
I wrote on
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about Super Nintendo World in the brand new theme park Epic Universe.
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First look: Super Nintendo World brings video game magic to Universal Orlando
The Super Nintendo World portal in Universal Orlando's new theme park Epic Universe is the only portal of the four (five, if you count the central hub, Celestial Park) that…
https://boingboing.net/2025/05/21/first-look-super-nintendo-world-brings-video-game-magic-to-universal-orlando.html
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An art fabricator who helped Jeff Koons create Balloon Dog and other large sculptures lost his life savings in a sophisticated con job.
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Jeff Koons' Balloon Dog sculptor loses $2 million to crypto scammers
An art fabricator who helped Jeff Koons create Balloon Dog and other large sculptures lost his life savings in a sophisticated con job. Ed Suman, 67, had over $2 million…
https://boingboing.net/2025/05/21/jeff-koons-balloon-dog-sculptor-loses-2-million-to-crypto-scammers.html
9 months ago
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"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.
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DC Comics forbids Donald Trump from entering Superman sweeepstakes
DC Comics is hiding "Golden Biscuits" inside reprints of a 1955 comic book, offering two lucky fans a chance to trade their local comic shop for the Superman movie premiere's…
https://boingboing.net/2025/05/20/dc-comics-forbids-donald-trump-from-entering-superman-sweeepstakes.html
9 months ago
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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?
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Felon who mailed sex tape to his sister now represents America in France
Nothing captures the pure essence of Trump's magacrocy like watching a convicted felon who filmed his brother-in-law with a sex worker — and then mailed the tape to his own…
https://boingboing.net/2025/05/20/felon-who-mailed-sex-tape-to-his-sister-now-represents-america-in-france.html
9 months ago
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Out of 184 countries studied, the US stands alone in its tourism decline – a special kind of American exceptionalism.
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U.S. shocked that xenophobia isn't great for tourism
According to the World Travel and Tourism Council, The United States stands to lose $12.5 billion due to declining tourism. As reported in The Times, foreign visitors are choosing to…
https://boingboing.net/2025/05/14/u-s-shocked-that-xenophobia-isnt-great-for-tourism.html
10 months ago
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10 months ago
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
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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.
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British citizen sentenced to 10 years in Saudi prison over deleted tweet
A British father of four has been sentenced to 10 years in a Saudi Arabian prison over what appears to be a deleted tweet from seven years ago. Ahmed al-Doush,…
https://boingboing.net/2025/05/14/british-citizen-sentenced-to-10-years-in-saudi-prison-over-deleted-tweet.html
10 months ago
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Oklahoma's education department just announced they're teaching kids how to put on tinfoil hats as part of their new curriculum.
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New Oklahoma standards teach kids how to be conspiracy theorists
Oklahoma's education department just announced they're teaching kids how to put on tinfoil hats as part of their new curriculum. As reported by NPR, state superintendent Ryan Walters has decreed…
https://boingboing.net/2025/05/14/new-oklahoma-standards-teach-kids-how-to-be-conspiracy-theorists.html
10 months ago
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