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Boing Boing, September 17, 2026

Iran war damage, a $118,000 credit card bill, and a mint tin film camera

Happy Thursday! Today's stories: New imagery reveals the extent of the Iran war damage Americans haven't seen, including hundreds of buildings and nearly 60 aircraft....

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Hundreds of buildings, nearly 60 aircraft: the Iran war damage Americans haven't seen

Previously unseen photos show extensive damage from Iranian attacks on U.S. bases as a Pentagon watchdog reports hundreds of structures hit and up to $3.7 billion in equipment losses.

The Trump Administration has done an excellent job of h...

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9-year-old ran up a $118,000 bill on dad's company credit card

The card was tied to the family YouTube account, and Dave doesn't know if he'll keep his job or repay the ad charges.

A dad named Dave said he got called into a meeting with his boss to explain the $118,000 bill on his company credit card.

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Zuckoff app warns you when someone nearby is wearing Meta's perv glasses

Programmer Pawel Szydlowski built Zuckoff, an app that reads the Bluetooth fingerprint of Meta's camera glasses and alerts you when a pair is recording nearby.

A 30-year-old Polish programmer, Pawel Szydlowski, built an app that sends an a...

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California Pizza is no longer a joke

Los Angeles' Pizzeria Sei and San Francisco's Tony's Pizza Napoletana tied for fifth in the Italy-based 50 Top Pizza world's best ranking.

Long derided for putting just about anything on a pizza, California has two pizzerias in the world's...

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