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The Uncensored Library is what you might call gamizdat : forbidden literature hidden inside a game. A Minecraft server (or downloadable map) housing a massive and beautifully-designed neoclassical library, it's packed with books, essays and other writings banned in authoritarian regimes. — Read the rest The post Uncens
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Minecraft, the world's most successful video game and now a blockbuster movie series, will soon bring its blocky voxelated world into reality. Minecraft World , first revealed in March , will open in 2027 at Chessington World of Adventures, just outside London, and will include a 70-room themed hotel. — Read the rest .
Facebook CEO and noted alien presence on Earth Mark Zuckerberg took one sip of Guinness and gave the world a face that Famous Campaigns immediately turned into a spec ad for the famous beer brand. The inevitable billboard: three frames of Zuck trying to process the stout followed by "It's not for everyone. — Read the r
Albertans overwhelmingly rejected moves toward independence yesterday, voting 3 to 1 in favor of staying part of Canada. With 79% of the ballots counted, 76% of voters in the western province chose to remain with 24% wanting a formal referendum. "We are a solid country that's united from coast to coast to coast," said
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Playdate ( previously ) is a delightful handheld console with a 1-bit display (for an original Mac-like aesthetic) and a peculiar hand-crank control in addition to the regular controls. Unlike other game machines, it comes with "seasons" of curated games, encouraging people to share their experiences, and season three
Whenever I go to Japan, I like to shop at Daiso. It's kind of like a dollar store in the U.S., except the stuff is good. It was started by Hirotake Yano , who was born in Beijing in 1943. He had an interesting background. — Read the rest The post Japan's Daiso is like a dollar store, except a thousand times better appe
It's been a little while since I've sat down and written about a hyperspecific corner of the Internet that brings me joy. Whether that's because I haven't been looking too hard or because the Internet is slowly being drained of joy is anyone's guess. — Read the rest Th...
Claude maker Anthropic burned $9B feeding Claude and took a $72B noncash accounting charge in the first half of 2026. Get ready for an IPO; they hope to value the business in the low trillions. Anthropic is getting ready to bring normal folks into the action thus far reserved for strategic partners, venture and private
When I was in Nagasaki earlier this month, I visited the Atomic Bomb Museum there. One of the displays, which showed the damage caused by the bomb that the U.S. dropped on the city, had long audio narration in Japanese only. — Read the rest The post <a href="https://boingboing.net/2026/10/20/fountain-pen-timek...
In 2013, Politizane explained America's untenable and growing wealth gap in what would become an all-time classic of data visualization. Thirteen years on, they're back with a four-part update . It makes for grim viewing: the wealth gap has become runaway income inequality, with the world's first trillionaire in the mi
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