Scarlett Johansson denied OpenAI the right to use her voice. They used it anyway. (boingboing.net)
Teenager died from eating an absurdly spicy tortilla chip. (boingboing.net)
Library Socialism: a utopian vision of a sustaniable, luxuriant future of circulating abundance (boingboing.net)
New York Times editor says Trump's danger to democracy is not a top concern (boingboing.net)
*New York Times* editor says Trump's danger to democracy is not a top concern (boingboing.net)
Biden's top economic advisor rambles incoherently when asked a simple question (boingboing.net)
Utah official pulls down teen's skirt in restaurant, arrested for sexual battery (boingboing.net)
After a vegan blue cheese won the Good Food Award, panicked dairy cheese makers forced the foundation to disqualify it (boingboing.net)
After a vegan blue cheese won the Good Food Award, panicked dairy cheese makers forced the foundation to disqualify it (boingboing.net)
Driverless cars? No, the future belongs to the Riderless Bicycle (boingboing.net)
“I cast summon bicycle.”
Masque of the Red Death, the feature-length musical SF horror animatic (boingboing.net)
Come for Edgar Allan Poe's gothic classic, stay for 21st-century gay revenge horror by Wendy Pini of "Elfquest" fame.
2-5 years to sci-fi level AI? Former OpenAI employee sounds alarm. (boingboing.net)
Ted Cruz humiliated as Pecker spills beans on Trump's vicious insults (boingboing.net)
Alien corpse was human, stolen by grave robbers (boingboing.net)
Crypto influencer convicted in $110m scam (boingboing.net)
This sci-fi author had a secret life as psychological warfare mastermind (boingboing.net)
Rapture believer demands return of $1,000 tips at Florida taco restaurant (boingboing.net)
Death: a process, not a point, says cutting-edge research (boingboing.net)
Los Angeles spent $1.73-million on anti-homeless signs (boingboing.net)
Man seeks police authorization to shoot Bigfoot (boingboing.net)
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Man seeks police authorization to shoot Bigfoot (boingboing.net)
Last week, a man called the sheriff’s office in Stevens County, Washington to inquire whether he would go to jail if he shot a Bigfoot. Apparently the fellow had planned to hunt Sasquatch in the Big Meadow Lake are of Colville National Forest and didn’t want to risk jail time. Generously, the fellow told police that he was...
Despite gag order, Trump throws tantrum against judge and daughter (boingboing.net)
Oh, my — Trump might face a small fine he won’t pay.