2+ hour, 20+ min ago  (327+ words) In October 2015, a Swedish tech blogger named Johny Krahbichler opened a package mailed from Warsaw: a DVD with a long alphanumeric code written on it, no return address, no explanation. When he played it, he found a two-minute black-and-white video…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (259+ words) Burback practically drowned in beef tallow for 30 days and was borderline hallucinating by the end. Going to the grocery store just to stare at other food and fantasizing about peanut butter and jelly sandwiches is probably not a sign of…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago  (122+ words) Boing Boing Anyone who used a Windows PC in the late 1990s remembers 3 D Pinball for Windows " Space Cadet, the spaceship-themed table that shipped with the operating system. Australian maker CNCDan is building a real, physical version of it from scratch:…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago  (325+ words) Worry not, for the 2020s Political Compass Test is here. Rather than the traditional axes, this set of 64 extremely topical questions will score you on a variety of metrics including "Chud vs. Woke" and "Tech Bro vs. Neo-Luddite." As absurd as…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago  (499+ words) The U. S. Supreme Court today declined to hear President Trump's appeal against a $5 million judgment after he was found liable for sexually abusing the writer E. Jean Carroll. None of the justices dissented from the decision. Trump denied sexually assaulting Carroll in…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago  (517+ words) Australia's ban on social media accounts for children has failed to produce an immediate drop in use among adolescents, according to an analysis published this week in The BMJ. The study casts doubt on the world's first national age-based restriction,…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago  (269+ words) When troops from Ohio's National Guard were deployed to Washington D. C. to menace locals as part of President Trump's crime "emergency" there, Sam O'Hara followed them around playing The Imperial March from John Williams' score to The Empire Strikes Back. He…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago  (316+ words) Disclosure: Boing Boing earns a commission on purchases made through links in this post. TL; DR: The'All-in-One Comp TIA Certification Prep Courses Bundle'includes training for certifications covering IT support, networking, cybersecurity, cloud computing, Linux, and more " all for $19. 97 (reg. $299) during…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago  (390+ words) Nicholas Rossi fled the United States after faking his own death, hoping to avoid prosecution on rape charges. Recognized by staff at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow, Scotland, and extradited, he was eventually convicted in two separate trials in…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago  (323+ words) I've been enjoying the hell out of Ethan Hawke's work over the past few years. His turns in The Good Lord Bird, The Lowdown, and First Reformed have been powerful, entertaining stuff that makes me glad I put down the…...