DP World ousts Trump-connnected Sultan after Epstein files reveal "torture video" email

Robert Tinney, who painted iconic Byte magazine covers, RIP

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"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

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. boingboing.net/2026/02/09/c...

I wrote on @boingboing.net about a previously unseen 1978 SNL rehearsal for a sketch with the Rolling Stones - boingboing.net/2026/02/07/v...

Nothing funny is going on here.

Hurry! Four seats have been sold! Only 100 remain.

🔴 Brand new comic now up on @boingboing.net - 🐱🐻🐷 A Busy, Busy Immigration Enforcement Operation, with apologies to Richard Scarry - boingboing.net/2026/01/14/t...

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...

They may burn books, but we are the fire in Lady Liberty’s torch. Vote Yes on 50

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

Happy days CAN be here again! Vote YES on Prop 50!

Make an Ice agent cry, vote YES on Prop 50!

Looking for some good news? Something wonderful? Maybe some sweet, sweet freudenschade at the expense of the folks driving America right into the ditch? Give @boingboing.net a follow!

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!

@boingboing.net headline for the win: boingboing.net/2025/05/27/t...

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.