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Boing Boing, October 29, 2026
A cracked Kindle, bankrupted scammers, and a Linux desktop dressed as an old Mac
Happy Thursday! Today's stories: After another Kindle cracked, we tried a tiny Xteink e-reader as a replacement. We look at how bankrupting scammers turns out...
Patrick Stewart dead at 86
The Shakespearean actor who played Picard across seven TV seasons and Professor X in eight films died at his Los Angeles home.
Patrick Stewart, the Olivier award-winning Shakespearean actor who achieved international stardom as Star Trek's...
Why a Fukuoka subway sign calls your backpack a "rucksack"
The Japanese word for backpack, ryukku, is a loanword from the German "rucksack," spotted on a sign in a Fukuoka subway car.
Last month I went to Japan with my family. It was my 10th time in Japan. But until this visit, I had never gone to...
My Kindle cracked again, so I switched to a tiny Xteink e-reader
After a second cracked Kindle Paperwhite, I bought a $100 Xteink Pro and installed CrossPoint so it can read Libby library books.
A few years ago, I was on a plane with my Kindle Paperwhite in my lap, and when I grabbed the seatbelt to str...
Tom the Dancing Bug: Elon Musk and His Doge Pals hunt down the threat to Western Civilization
Ruben Bolling's latest comic arrives alongside the newly completed Complete Tom the Dancing Bug Library, featuring new Volumes 1 and 2.
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