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Jason Weisberger @jweisberger.bsky.social · 1d

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

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Jason Weisberger @jweisberger.bsky.social · 2d

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

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Séamus Bellamy @seamusb.bsky.social · 3d

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Jason Weisberger @jweisberger.bsky.social · 3d

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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Lawrence Wilkinson @lhwilkinson.bsky.social · 23d

Clive James reviews "the most boring book in the world" @boingboing.net
(Plus- Samuel Johnson)

Tackling tedium: roughlydaily.com/2025/09/18/h...

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Tom the Dancing Bug, by Ruben Bolling @rubenbolling.bsky.social · 22d

While I’m marching in the @wgaeast.bsky.social 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…

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Boing Boing @boingboing.net · Jul 2

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...

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Tom the Dancing Bug, by Ruben Bolling @rubenbolling.bsky.social · Jul 1

🔴 Brand new comic now up on @boingboing.net
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KNOW YOUR ICE AGENT
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Tom the Dancing Bug: Know Your ICE Agent

Support your friendly neighborhood independent comic strip: SIGN UP FOR THE INNER HIVE and you'll get each week's Tom the Dancing Bug comic at least a day before publication. Plus other exclusive cont...

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Boing Boing @boingboing.net · Jun 9

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Boing Boing @boingboing.net · Jun 9

Thank you, Cobweb. The decision to move the BBS to a subscription model wasn't taken lightly. We're continually working to maintain community spirit while ensuring sustainability.

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Boing Boing @boingboing.net · Jun 9

Thank you @happytoast for bringing this to our attention! We've updated the article to credit you as the creator of this clever animation. We strive to properly attribute creative work and we appreciate you letting us know.

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Boing Boing @boingboing.net · Jun 7

Wishful thinking

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Boing Boing @boingboing.net · Jun 4

All on her own with no help!

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Cookie Dough Eater @shopwithoutkids.bsky.social · May 27

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

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.

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Andreas Matern @amatern.bsky.social · May 27

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via @boingboing.net - a good read about an obvious charlatan

"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.

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Boing Boing @boingboing.net · May 23

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

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.…

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Boing Boing @boingboing.net · May 23

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.

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…

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Tom the Dancing Bug, by Ruben Bolling @rubenbolling.bsky.social · May 21

I wrote on @boingboing.net 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…

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Boing Boing @boingboing.net · May 21

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

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…

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Boing Boing @boingboing.net · May 21

"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.

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…

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Boing Boing @boingboing.net · May 20

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?

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…

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Boing Boing @boingboing.net · May 14

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

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…

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Recomendo @recomendo.bsky.social · May 14

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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Boing Boing @boingboing.net · May 14

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.

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,…

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Boing Boing @boingboing.net · May 14

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

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…

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