- newGain access to over a thousand courses on IT, design, and coding for just $20 for life
TL;DR: Access 1,000+ developmental courses with EDU Unlimited by StackSkills for a one-time purchase of $19.97 (MSRP $600) until Sept. 27 at 11:59 p.m. PT.Gun for a promotion, make that career switch, or just spend your free time on education; with a lifetime subscription to EDU Unlimited by StackSkills, you can gain expertise in IT, design, marketing, coding, business, AI, and more. — Read the rest The post Gain access to over a thousand courses on IT, design, and coding for just $20 for life appeared first on Boing Boing.
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- newHundreds of buildings, nearly 60 aircraft: the Iran war damage Americans haven't seen
The Trump Administration has done an excellent job of hiding the damage Iranian drones and missiles have wrought on US bases across the Middle East. The Pentagon's inspector general now says Iranian attacks damaged or destroyed hundreds of structures across eight countries. — Read the rest The post Hundreds of buildings, nearly 60 aircraft: the Iran war damage Americans haven't seen appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 5 hours ago 17 Sep 26, 6:10pm -
- new9-year-old ran up a $118,000 bill on dad's company credit card
A dad named Dave said he got called into a meeting with his boss to explain the $118,000 bill on his company credit card.The culprit was his 9-year-old son, who bought ads on YouTube to promote his Minecraft and Roblox videos. — Read the rest The post 9-year-old ran up a $118,000 bill on dad's company credit card appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 5 hours ago 17 Sep 26, 6:07pm -
- newZuckoff app warns you when someone nearby is wearing Meta's perv glasses
A 30-year-old Polish programmer, Pawel Szydlowski, built an app that sends an alert if someone nearby is using Meta's perv glasses.Szydlowski bought several pairs of the stealth video glasses, which are a favorite tool for incels who like to record women they harass and then post to Meta's Instagram site. — Read the rest The post Zuckoff app warns you when someone nearby is wearing Meta's perv glasses appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 5 hours ago 17 Sep 26, 6:02pm -
- newCalifornia Pizza is no longer a joke
Long derided for putting just about anything on a pizza, California has two pizzerias in the world's top 5, according to the Italian culinary guide "Top 50 Pizza." BBQ chicken pizza ain't so funny now, is it?On Tuesday, Italy-based culinary guide 50 Top Pizza released its global rankings for 2026 — and three pizzerias with California ties scored spots in the top five. — Read the rest The post California Pizza is no longer a joke appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 5 hours ago 17 Sep 26, 5:57pm -
- newElon's "historically accurate" Grok-generated Odyssey has trouble counting Cyclops eyes
Elon "Pedo Guy" Musk ranted and raved that Grok would make a better, more "historically accurate" Odyssey than Christopher Nolan ever could, and held a contest to get others to do the work for him. His $100k grand prize winner has a three-eyed cyclops. — Read the rest The post Elon's "historically accurate" Grok-generated Odyssey has trouble counting Cyclops eyes appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 6 hours ago 17 Sep 26, 5:37pm -
- newHow a real mentalist secretly rigs his mind-reading act
I kind of like magic shows, but I really like finding out how magician's tricks are done. For me, it's almost all the fun. It's not in the magician's best interest to have their tricks revealed, and they have a code (among themselves) to keep their secrets secret. — Read the rest The post How a real mentalist secretly rigs his mind-reading act appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 6 hours ago 17 Sep 26, 5:32pm -
- newAncient DNA shows the extinct American cheetah was really a puma
Maybe you learned that thousands of years ago, a now-extinct species of cheetah sped across the plains of North America. New genetic evidence shows that these animals weren't cheetahs, but were more closely related to American pumas. Paleontologists had been fooled by the animal's morphological similarity to African cheetahs, but it turns out that similarity was just an instance of convergent evolution. — Read the rest The post Ancient DNA shows the extinct American cheetah was really a puma appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 6 hours ago 17 Sep 26, 5:32pm -
- newThe Good Liars find an RNC "Constitutionalist" who can't quote it
To this day, I can't think of the Republican National Convention without also thinking about Nick Lutsko's generational RNC song, which does more to capture the spirit of the median GOP voter than a million paid-off TikToks. It's an indictment of increasingly factional American politics, then, that Lutsko's intentional parody was wholly outdone by the RNC itself this year. — Read the rest The post The Good Liars find an RNC "Constitutionalist" who can't quote it appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 6 hours ago 17 Sep 26, 5:20pm -
- newNapa puts the dick joke directly in the bottle
After decades of convincing the world its wines deserve the reverence of French varietals, a new winemaker takes Napa Valley in an exciting direction: sparkling rosé in a fairly anatomically correct penis-shaped bottle.Some wine bottles are designed to evoke history, and then there is Just the Tipsy. — Read the rest The post Napa puts the dick joke directly in the bottle appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 6 hours ago 17 Sep 26, 5:20pm -