The Magnet 095: Mail Order Mysteries, Wham-O's Wonders, and Aurora's Torture Toysopen.substack.com Three books that reveal the weird and wonderful world of 1960s toys and novelties
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Tom the Dancing Bug: A Calvinesque and Hobbesian look at presidential immunityboingboing.net Announcing the brand new Tom the Dancing Bug book: Volume 8 of The Complete Tom the Dancing Bug book program is IT'S THE GREAT STORM, TOM THE DANCING BUG! Release date 7/24/24……
The bizarre Japanese beverage that solidifies in your gutboingboing.net apan's Tansan drink claims to form jelly in your stomach to suppress appetite. But does it work? We investigate this bizarre beverage trend.J
LA's beloved Pink's Hot Dogs roasted by savage food criticboingboing.net Pink's stinks, at least according to The Infatuation, a restaurant review site that's better than Yelp or Google Reviews. Reviewer Brant Cox went to the famous Los Angeles hot dog…
Book Freak 162: Yesterday and Todaybookfreak.substack.com A Moroccan's street vendor's unvarnished tale of survival in 1960s tangier
Speaker Johnson fuels Biden drug speculation ahead of presidential debateboingboing.net "Biden on drugs" campaign turns strengths into weaknesses. Analyze the propaganda strategy ahead of the presidential debate.
Kanye West settles lawsuit with Donna Summer's estate after using sample without permissionboingboing.net Kanye West was denied permission by Donna Summer's estate to use a sample of I Feel Love on his album Vultures 1. He used it anyway.
Biden is a drugger, says Fox News — and will go to debate "jacked up" on, er, "Mountain Dew" (video)boingboing.net Fox News and its investigative MAGA team have discovered that President Biden is "experimenting" with drugs this week, and warn viewers that he will most likely appear on the debate…
The Magnet 093: Fantastic Fiction, Tofu Transformations, and Frankenstein's Forebearopen.substack.com Hi and welcome to The Magnet! I'm Mark Frauenfelder, and in this issue, I bring you a treasure trove of delights. Dive into the eerie and fantastical world of Weird Tales, explore a surprising culinar...
John Sundman shares a life-changing experience from 50 years ago as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Senegalboingboing.net Author John Sundman (featured previously on Boing Boing here and here) has a new Substack newsletter, and I loved this essay he wrote about an incredible experience he had 50…
Book Freak 161: I Am a Strange Loopsubstack.com A thought-provoking exploration of the nature of consciousness that will leave you viewing your own mind in a new light
"The greatest restaurant in the world" has South Park ownership, cliff divers, and a 600,000-person long wait listboingboing.net Casa Bonita is a restaurant that first opened in 1974 in Lakewood, Colorado, just outside of Denver, as part of a chain.
The Magnet 092: Free Art, Free Music, Free-Range Thoughtsthemagnet.substack.com Random cool stuff I've been into lately
Disney's amazing new drone showboingboing.net As part of my invitation from Disney to preview its new Walt Disney World ride, Tiana's Bayou Adventure (see my post on that ride here), on Monday I was taken…
Walt Disney World's newest ride: Tiana's Bayou Adventureboingboing.net I was invited by Disney to preview it, and this week I was able to ride the attraction. Spoilers of the ride follow!
Book Freak 160: You Can't Winbookfreak.substack.com The Autobiography of 19th Century Burglar Jack Black
Book Freak 159: Tools for High-Stakes Conversationsbookfreak.substack.com Practical tips for constructive dialogue
Spirit Airlines passenger waits hours for suitcase — until Apple Watch tells her it's at airport worker's homeboingboing.net After a Spirit Airlines passenger came up empty-handed at the Fort Lauderdale baggage carousel, she received a message from her Apple Watch, which was packed in her missing suitcase: her…
Google AI just might kill you: it misidentified a Destroying Angel mushroom as an edible"button mushroom"boingboing.net Picture this: You're out foraging in the woods, you snap a pic of an innocent-looking mushroom, and your trusted Google Gemini AI app tells you it's a button mushroom. You…
Pee-wee Herman's real life playhouseboingboing.net The home of Paul Reubens, the man behind Pee-wee Herman who died last summer, is now on the market, and it looks absolutely stunning. Link to an article on zillowgonewild.com…
Ad for "Ice Bath with Friends" doesn't look friendly at allboingboing.net Nothing says relaxation like a cold plunge into the icy waters of male aggression. Chanté McCormick spotted this flier in Todos Santos, Mexico inviting guests to an "Icebath with Friends,"…
Hacker defies the odds, unlocks $3 million Bitcoin wallet locked since 2013boingboing.net A decades-old software flaw is leveraged by skilled hackers to bypass an apparently unbreakable password and recover $3 million in Bitcoin.