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2 days ago | 
boingboing.net | Jason Weisberger
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2 days ago | 
businessandamerica.com | Jason Weisberger
As US ports sit empty, convicted felon #47 Donald “Two Dolls, Five Pencils” Trump announced he has victoriously dropped his disruptive tariffs on China. “Winning!” ala Charlie Sheen, Donald Trump’s big success with China seems to have massively disrupted the economy for very little change. — Read the restThe post Trump walks back problem he created; declares victory appeared first on Boing Boing.
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2 days ago | 
boingboing.net | Jason Weisberger
As US ports sit empty, convicted felon #47 Donald "Two Dolls, Five Pencils" Trump announced he has victoriously dropped his disruptive tariffs on China. "Winning!" ala Charlie Sheen, Donald Trump's big success with China seems to have massively disrupted the economy for very little change. These stops and starts to the economy are supremely damaging, have already cost jobs and serve a purpose no one beyond Trump and his inner circle of dimbulbs seems to understand.
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6 days ago | 
boingboing.net | Jason Weisberger
Hoping the Judiciary finds a way to maintain a "degree of independence," Chief Justice Roberts asked the face-eating leopard to perhaps not eat judges' faces. "In our Constitution, judges and the judiciary is a co-equal branch of government, separate from the others, with the authority to interpret the Constitution as law — and strike down, obviously, acts of Congress or acts of the President. And that innovation doesn't work if the judiciary is not independent," said Roberts.
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6 days ago | 
boingboing.net | Jason Weisberger
City leaders in Utah and Idahol have adopted a policy of malicious compliance. Republican lawmakers banned "unofficial" flags, to keep city halls from flying Pride flags. The cities of Boise and Salt Lake City simply made the flags their official city symbols. Salt Lake City has adopted three new official flags!Earlier this year, Utah and Idaho's Republican-controlled legislatures passed bans on flying the rainbow pride flags and other "unofficial flags" on government property.
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1 week ago | 
boingboing.net | Jason Weisberger
Fortnite's Star Wars season has been stellar. The Force has overtaken Fortnite's island. The new map includes Rebel and First Order/Sith hideouts, and all the weapons have been replaced with blasters or lightsabers. X-wings and TIE-Fights take to the skies. Time to kill is lightning quick, and the sound effects are thrilling, letting players experience Star Wars like never before. A far better fighting game than Battlefront ever was, Fortnite's Battle Royale format is an excellent proving ground.
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1 week ago | 
boingboing.net | Jason Weisberger
Pennsylvania newscasters debate whether the big bird caught on a Pennsylvania highway is an ostrich or an emu. ChattyG offers the following criteria for judging:Main differences between ostrich and emu:1. Size:• Ostrich: Taller (up to 9 ft), heavier (up to 320 lbs). • Emu: Shorter (up to 6.2 ft), lighter (up to 130 lbs). 2. Neck and legs:• Ostrich: Long, bare neck and legs; two toes. • Emu: Shorter, feathered neck; three toes. 3.
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1 week ago | 
boingboing.net | Jason Weisberger
Police have apprehended the driver who attacked a motorcyclist. That this motorcyclist escaped with only a concussion is amazing. The video describes a situation where the auto driver had endangered the motorcyclist several times, eliciting the biker's response seen at the top of the clip. The driver of the minivan then outright tries to kill him. Yet another advertisement for wearing the gear if you are going to ride. That helmet saved his life.
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1 week ago | 
boingboing.net | Jason Weisberger
In preparation for the 2025 FIFA World Cup, couch enthusiast and one of the last people to see the Pope alive, Trump's tiny right-hand JD Vance is threatening international tourists. "We will have visitors probably from close to a hundred countries," he said at a White House event.
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1 week ago | 
boingboing.net | Jason Weisberger
With ten thousand trucks, around eight hundred million dollars in inventory, sitting around collecting dust as the glue weakens, why is Tesla still making Cybertrucks? Having produced over six thousand new trucks in Q1 of 2025 at its Austin Gigglefactory, Tesla seems unable to sell them. Inventory has been sitting around since 2024 and has grown to a massive fleet. Just washing the stainless steel cars has to cost the overvalued carmaker a bundle.
