5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (298+ words) A former Air Force engineer named John Draper used the whistle to make free phone calls and was the subject of a 1971 article in Esquire magazine. He was subsequently caught and arrested based on the publicity from the article and…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (380+ words) Texas health officials set a schedule, then realized when the election was. The state's maternal mortality committee documented that its next biennial report would be published by September 1, 2026. They've moved that date, without giving a reason, to December. The new…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago   (350+ words) Years of sunlight can do more than fade a sign. Ultraviolet radiation breaks down pigments and the materials that hold paint together, causing colors to fade, crack, and peel away. When that happens unevenly, parts of the lettering can survive…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (239+ words) When I was a kid, our car gave up the ghost on the A1 and we had to walk a ways to call for assistance. The village we first came to, as I recall, was devoid of anyone or anything helpful…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (837+ words) Boing Boing: Chapel Perilous took you nine years to research and write, followed by the struggle to find a publisher, and finally the decision to publish it yourself. Now that the book has been unleashed on the world, and been…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (158+ words) Sean Duffy Official Portrait 115th Congress Transportation Secretary and former "Real World" cast member Sean Duffy has uncovered a transportation problem demanding immediate federal attention: some truck drivers do not speak English. DHS claims it's targeting improperly issued commercial driver's licenses…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (446+ words) Defrag98 is a fully-featured Windows 98 Disk Defrag tool simulator "faithfully reborn in your browser," complete with teal backdrop, bitmap-fonted gray user interface, and even the hollow clicks of a Microsoft Intellimouse. Once you click start, you are treated to the soothing…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (223+ words) This study comes out of Germany: the dark neuroscientists at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences tested 122 head-banging metalheads to see if there was any difference in their ability to tolerate pain compared to folks from…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (311+ words) Tom the Dancing Bug, IN WHICH the intrepid MAGAs magically travel back to the time when America was Great! -> Please join the team that makes it possible for your friendly neighborhood comic strip Tom the Dancing Bug to exist in…...