Mark Frauenfelder

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Research director at Institute for the Future. Editor at Boing Boing and Cool Tools. Founding editor-in-chief of MAKE
Show threadMark FrauenfelderMar 6
@docpop Yeah! It was a Mobile Coin promo. A defunct crypto currency
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@docpop yeah! Where was it!
Show threadMark FrauenfelderDec 3, 2024
@garyseven Let me know if you'd like a 3-month comp sub to the ad-free version!
Show threadMark FrauenfelderNov 18, 2024
@garyseven Thanks' for being part of our community since the early days. Introducing an ad-free model at premium.boingboing.net is our way of ensuring we can sustain the business. The web has changed significantly since we started, and we're adapting. We're grateful for all the years you've spent with us!
Mark FrauenfelderNov 18, 2024

Hate streamer Johnny Somali's toxic behavior has finally caught up with him. In this video, attorney Andrew Esquire, who's familiar with Asian legal systems, said Somali's legal bills alone will ruin him.

https://premium.boingboing.net/p/legal-expert-hate-streamer-johnny

Legal expert: Hate streamer Johnny Somali's harassment campaign in South Korea could lead to massive financial penalties

Johnny Somali (real name: Ramsey Khalid Ismael) is an American hate streamer who travels to other countries specifically to harass and degrade locals for online attention.

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Mark FrauenfelderNov 10, 2024
https://premium.boingboing.net/p/expert-trumps-second-term-will-create
Expert: Trump's second term will create "hellscape"

If you haven't freaked out yet about Trump resuming office, Al Franken's latest podcast episode, "The Coming Hellscape," might do the trick.

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Mark FrauenfelderNov 9, 2024

Standing for just one hour at the shore of Russia's Lake Karachay ("black water") in 1990 would have killed you. Before it was buried beneath concrete and stone, the lake held an apocalyptic secret: over 50 times more radioactive material than was released in the Chernobyl disaster.

https://premium.boingboing.net/p/worlds-deadliest-spot-the-horror

World's deadliest spot: the horror of Lake Karachay

Standing for just one hour at the shore of Russia's Lake Karachay ("black water") in 1990 would have killed you.

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Mark FrauenfelderNov 7, 2024
https://open.substack.com/pub/boingboing/p/this-victorian-ghost-book-exposed?r=ffop&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
This Victorian ghost book exposed spiritualist frauds with cool optical illusions

In 1864, a peculiar book called "Spectropia" offered Victorian readers a scientific way to summon ghosts.

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Mark FrauenfelderNov 7, 2024

In 1945, US spies hijacked Nazi Germany's mail system with Operation Cornflakes: bombing mail trains, then dropping fake propaganda letters in the wreckage for postal workers to "deliver." Even created special Hitler stamps with his face morphing into a skull.

https://premium.boingboing.net/p/hitler-death-head-stamp-how-spies

Hitler Death Head stamp: how spies infiltrated Nazi mail system

In the dying months of World War II, American spies waged a unique battle against Nazi Germany — not with bullets and bombs, but with letters and stamps.

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Mark FrauenfelderOct 28, 2024

We're bringing the old weird internet into the future, where it belongs!

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