- newTucker Carlson takes his tanned balls and goes home
Tucker Carlson says he is done supporting the Republican Party, which is awkward because few living Americans have spent more time helping make it what it is.Longtime conservative commentator Tucker Carlson said on a podcast that "there's no chance I would support the Republican Party" ahead of the November midterm elections, dismissing the political affiliation he's defended as a pundit for decades, including as one of Fox News Channel's most popular hosts. — Read the rest The post Tucker Carlson takes his tanned balls and goes home appeared first on Boing Boing.
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- newIs Grandpa Pudding Brains the mystery patient getting the super-Ozempic?
A very connected 79-year-old chonker reportedly got access to Eli Lilly's experimental obesity drug retatrutide, and the White House will not directly say whether that man is McDonald's slurping Grandpa Pudding Brains.Raw Story summarizes STAT's report that Lilly and the FDA allowed one unidentified 79-year-old patient to receive retatrutide through compassionate use, also known as expanded access. — Read the rest The post Is Grandpa Pudding Brains the mystery patient getting the super-Ozempic? appeared first on Boing Boing.
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- newPeople line up to shop at Arizona's new gas-station cathedral
People waited in line outside Arizona's first Buc-ee's on Sunday, because America has reached the part of the simulation where a truck stop gets a rope line.The new Buc-ee's opened June 22 in Goodyear, just west of Phoenix, and it is not some humble roadside snack closet. — Read the rest The post People line up to shop at Arizona's new gas-station cathedral appeared first on Boing Boing.
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- newVenice residents add coyotes to the coexistence curriculum
I saw a coyote drinking matcha at Gjusta. His man bun was perfect.Los Angeles' offbeat Venice has already adapted to skaters, tourists, tech money, RV fights, influencers, and the occasional guy explaining crypto near the beach. Now the canals have coyotes. — Read the rest The post Venice residents add coyotes to the coexistence curriculum appeared first on Boing Boing.
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- newThis AI resume tool helps you get past ATS filters for $40
TL;DR: DashResume analyzes resumes against job descriptions, identifies keyword gaps, and helps create ATS-friendly applications — all for $39.99 (reg. $139).You could be the perfect candidate for a job and still get rejected by a robot before a human ever sees your resume. — Read the rest The post This AI resume tool helps you get past ATS filters for $40 appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 2 hours ago 23 Jun 26, 3:00pm -
- newFor centuries, a cracked Egyptian statue sang at dawn
The Colossi of Memnon are "two large stone statues of the Pharaoh Amenhotep III" that have stood on the west bank of the Nile at Luxor since about 1350 BC. According to Wikipedia, each rises about 18 meters and weighs "an estimated 720 tons." — Read the rest The post For centuries, a cracked Egyptian statue sang at dawn appeared first on Boing Boing.
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- newMysterious glowing balls rise from the Mekong every year
Every year around the end of the Buddhist Lent, crowds gather along the Mekong River to watch the Naga fireballs — glowing balls that, according to Wikipedia, "are alleged to naturally rise from the water high into the air." They are said to be "reddish" and to "range in size from smaller sparkles up to the size of basketballs," and "the number of fireballs reported varies between tens and thousands per night." — Read the rest The post Mysterious glowing balls rise from the Mekong every year appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 3 hours ago 23 Jun 26, 2:00pm -
- newThe masked prisoner of Louis XIV whose name was never spoken
The Man in the Iron Mask was "an unidentified prisoner of state during the reign of Louis XIV of France." According to Wikipedia, he was arrested in 1669 under the name "Eustache Dauger" and "held for 34 years in the custody of Bénigne Dauvergne de Saint-Mars in four successive French prisons, including the Bastille." — Read the rest The post The masked prisoner of Louis XIV whose name was never spoken appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 4 hours ago 23 Jun 26, 1:30pm -
- newThere is a real Swiss political party devoted to abolishing PowerPoint
The Anti-PowerPoint Party is a real Swiss political party "dedicated to decreasing professional use of Microsoft PowerPoint and other forms of presentation software." According to Wikipedia, the party claims presentation software "causes national-economic damage amounting to 2.1 billion CHF" a year and lowers the quality of a presentation in "95% of the cases." — Read the rest The post There is a real Swiss political party devoted to abolishing PowerPoint appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 4 hours ago 23 Jun 26, 1:00pm -
- newSend giant files and see who opened them with a lifetime subscription to this $100 tool
TL;DR Grab a lifetime subscription to Transfr Pro file transfer for a one-time payment of $99.99 (reg. $499). You know the routine. You're trying to send a 4GB video, a folder of RAW photos, or a Photoshop file that somehow ballooned past 2GB. — Read the rest The post Send giant files and see who opened them with a lifetime subscription to this $100 tool appeared first on Boing Boing.
- 20 hours ago 22 Jun 26, 9:00pm -