- newKen Paxton celebrated New Year's Eve in Dubai with two fugitives. One had donated $190,000 to him
The Wall Street Journal reports that Texas Attorney General and US Senate candidate Ken Paxton faces yet another major scandal. This time it's his partying with fugitives from the DOJ who also happen to be large donors to him.Looks like James Talarico can add another scandal to that hilarious anti-Ken Paxton ad. — Read the rest The post Ken Paxton celebrated New Year's Eve in Dubai with two fugitives. One had donated $190,000 to him appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 31 mins ago 13 Oct 26, 7:03pm -
- newTrump's new press secretary is unprepared for the public-speaking part of the job
Katie Zacharia appears to struggle as she tries to fill the brimstone-reeking shoes of her predecessor. Unable to even read a prepared statement clearly, Trump's new mouthpiece doesn't seem to have the spite, anger, or public-speaking ability the job requires. Her first briefing lasted about 14 minutes, during which she stumbled over her remarks and only took three questions, all from suck-up media outlets. — Read the rest The post Trump's new press secretary is unprepared for the public-speaking part of the job appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 2 hours ago 13 Oct 26, 5:33pm -
- newBMW won't give Germany's far right a company car, so they called Elon Musk
BMW declined to supply the newly elected leader of Germany's far-right Alternative fuer Deutchland with a car. So they asked Elon Musk, who is notoriously friendly to their sort of politics. Germany's sadly rising far right has lost its complimentary BMW; luckily for bigotry, they immediately knew who to call. — Read the rest The post BMW won't give Germany's far right a company car, so they called Elon Musk appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 2 hours ago 13 Oct 26, 5:21pm -
- newThis $69.97 tool rewrites AI text until it stops sounding like a customer service bot
TL;DR: Rewrite AI-generated text so it reads like a person wrote it with an Undetectable Humanizer Standard Plan lifetime subscription for $69.97 (MSRP $1,800) until October 15.AI chatbots write fast, but their drafts tend to share the same tics, from stiff transitions to a suspicious number of em dashes. — Read the rest The post This $69.97 tool rewrites AI text until it stops sounding like a customer service bot appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 5 hours ago 13 Oct 26, 3:00pm -
- newWatch Mark Zuckerberg enjoy a pint of Guinness
In the video below, Facebook founder and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg enjoys a nice pint of Guinness, the renowned Irish stout ale brewed since 1759 in Dublin and elsewhere. Prost!https://boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/m2-vp9-res_384p.mp4Watch Mark Zuckerberg enjoy plain toast.Watch Mark Zuckerberg enjoy smoked meats. — Read the rest The post Watch Mark Zuckerberg enjoy a pint of Guinness appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 6 hours ago 13 Oct 26, 1:51pm -
- new"I don't do this with men very often": Trump describes examining Jon Husted's ass, hands, and body
Diaper Donald heard Jon Husted had been a standout football player, so he examined the senator's body, looked at his ass and hands, and announced his approval.Convicted felon Donald Trump recently learned that Jon Husted was a pretty good football player, and decided to check out the Ohio Senator's physique. — Read the rest The post "I don't do this with men very often": Trump describes examining Jon Husted's ass, hands, and body appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 18 hours ago 13 Oct 26, 1:16am -
- newTurn Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, and Access into a one-time $50 purchase
TL;DR: Get lifetime access to Microsoft Office 2024 Pro Plus for Windows for $49.97 (MSRP $249.99) through October 15. The one-time license includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, and Access without recurring subscription fees.It seems like every useful digital service comes with another subscription these days. — Read the rest The post Turn Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, and Access into a one-time $50 purchase appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 23 hours ago 12 Oct 26, 9:00pm -
- newNew Zealand bank censors racy fan art of sexy new sheep mascot
Kiwibank unveiled its new mascot Buck this year, hoping the adorable cartoon sheep would convince people to move their accounts there. Now the New Zealand-based bank is struggling to contain Buck's success as consumers make deposits of a different kind. — Read the rest The post New Zealand bank censors racy fan art of sexy new sheep mascot appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 23 hours ago 12 Oct 26, 8:49pm -
- Burglar escapes with stack of empty Mac Mini boxes
A man who broke into a tech company in Tempe, Arizona, made off with what he "likely" thought were Apple computers. But the Mac Mini boxes were empty, and he left the computers on the desks there. "I come in, the window was smashed to pieces," employee Curran Rose told Fox 10 news in Phoenix. — Read the rest The post Burglar escapes with stack of empty Mac Mini boxes appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 1 day ago 12 Oct 26, 5:36pm -
- Classic real-time strategy game Total Annihilation is 30 years old—and everyone is remixing it
Nanolathe is the latest example of a fascinating subgenre of real-time strategy game: Chris Taylor's 1997 hit Total Annihation but with something more. Nanolathe offers an open source MIT-licensed 2.5D RTS engine reimplementing the original plus three decades of the quality-of-life tweaks: a perfect access point for anyone who played it way back when but might now be intimidated by Beyond All Reason's sprawling 150-player Götterdämmerungs. — Read the rest The post Classic real-time strategy game Total Annihilation is 30 years old—and everyone is remixing it appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 1 day ago 12 Oct 26, 4:45pm -