- newHelldivers crosses over with Warhammer for satire squared
They're calling it the most misunderstood collab of all time. Both horde shooter Helldivers 2 and tabletop game Warhammer 40,000 have fallen into the same trap: being satirical critiques of fascism that are somehow too subtle to keep actual fascists from unironically adopting them. — Read the rest The post Helldivers crosses over with Warhammer for satire squared appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 1 hour ago 21 May 26, 10:45pm -
- newBush releases extremely cursed summer-flavored baked beans
Ahh, the tastes of summer. Nothing beats apple pie a la mode or a classic cheap, sugary rocket pop on a hot, sticky July day. Well… nothing except infusing the taste of those summertime treats into a can of baked beans, that is. — Read the rest The post Bush releases extremely cursed summer-flavored baked beans appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 2 hours ago 21 May 26, 10:31pm -
- newLouvre creates containment zone for people who only came to selfie with Mona Lisa
The Louvre is giving the Mona Lisa her own dedicated exhibition space, a move that should dramatically improve conditions both for art lovers and for the daily migrating herds of tourists whose primary relationship with the painting consists of holding a phone over their heads for six blurry seconds. — Read the rest The post Louvre creates containment zone for people who only came to selfie with Mona Lisa appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 2 hours ago 21 May 26, 9:44pm -
- newThis Mac PDF editor is actually worth paying $70 for
TL;DR: Quickly convert, merge, split, rotate, crop, delete, and reorganize pages with this lifetime subscription to PDF Expert's Premium Plan—now at 50% off. PDFs are a lifesaver when you need to print or submit work, but terrible when it comes to using or editing them. — Read the rest The post This Mac PDF editor is actually worth paying $70 for appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 3 hours ago 21 May 26, 9:00pm -
- newExperts warn men not to turn scrotums into septic DIY water balloons
Doctors are pleading with men to stop injecting assorted fluids into their testicles for social-media masculinity cred, which feels like the sort of sentence that should never have needed writing.Online masculinity culture continues its determined march well beyond its current body-horror parody with "ballmaxxing," a trend involving DIY scrotal inflation and extremely foreseeable medical consequences. — Read the rest The post Experts warn men not to turn scrotums into septic DIY water balloons appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 4 hours ago 21 May 26, 8:19pm -
- newWaymo's autonomous taxis remain strangely drawn to floodwater
Somewhere inside the neural net is apparently a very determined salmon.Waymo has reportedly suspended robotaxi operations in yet another city after one of its autonomous vehicles drove directly into floodwater and got stuck, continuing the fleet's ongoing scientific inquiry into whether roads and rivers are, spiritually, the same thing. — Read the rest The post Waymo's autonomous taxis remain strangely drawn to floodwater appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 5 hours ago 21 May 26, 7:23pm -
- newDemocrats finally release 2024 autopsy, somehow forget to examine the body
After months of treating its 2024 election autopsy like the Ark of the Covenant, the Democratic National Committee has finally released the document, only for it to emerge as a 192-page error-strewn bundle that reportedly omits interviews with Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, and senior campaign officials, which is one approach to forensic analysis. — Read the rest The post Democrats finally release 2024 autopsy, somehow forget to examine the body appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 6 hours ago 21 May 26, 6:17pm -
- newPolice sue to stop Trump's apparent Jan. 6 loyalty rewards scheme
Nothing says law-and-order presidency like a possible rebate program for political violence.Having offered up a scheme that seats Donald Trump more as a comic book criminal and less like the sitting President of the United States, Police are suing to stop his apparent $1.8B loyalty rewards program as the people who beat up cops speculate about their payouts. — Read the rest The post Police sue to stop Trump's apparent Jan. 6 loyalty rewards scheme appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 6 hours ago 21 May 26, 5:58pm -
- newTrump's ghoul boasts of massive imaginary fan club during Fox News masculinity pageant
The truly confident man, as we all know, must periodically explain his confidence to Jesse Watters.Stephen Miller dropped by Jesse Watters' ongoing televised symposium on fragile masculinity to explain that, unlike lesser men, he possesses a "very, very secure, intact ego," has apparently never enjoyed a larger fan following thanks to Fox appearances, and that working for Donald Trump is basically an emotional CrossFit regimen for alpha males. — Read the rest The post Trump's ghoul boasts of massive imaginary fan club during Fox News masculinity pageant appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 7 hours ago 21 May 26, 4:48pm -
- newLA's Tesla road rager gets 7 years after taking his act to Hawaii
The baffling part isn't that he did it again; it's that he was in a position to.Nathaniel Radimak, the notorious Los Angeles Tesla road-rage attacker whose violent confrontations became viral shorthand for "how is this guy still on the road?", — Read the rest The post LA's Tesla road rager gets 7 years after taking his act to Hawaii appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 8 hours ago 21 May 26, 4:37pm -