alcohol Alcoholic Taco Bell Baja Blast Mountain Dew now exists Thom Dunn

olympics The 1904 Olympics Marathon gold medalist won while hallucinating on rat poison and brandy Ellsworth Toohey

Science There's a room-sized time capsule in Georgia that will be opened 6,098 years from now Ellsworth Toohey

music Boring office workers perform epic orchestral tune on typewriters Thom Dunn

twitter Major advertisers are fleeing Twitter, says Washington Post Mark Frauenfelder

music Check out this new dancepunk song about climate change and decarbonization Thom Dunn

drugs "Good At Drugs" is a delightfully scathing love letter to music festivals and drugs Thom Dunn

Sam Adams brewing the first beer made with space hops Thom Dunn

beer This beer voted best in America…again Kevin Reome

Republicans Thom Dunn talks about Irish-American culture and identity on the Motherfoclóir podcast Thom Dunn

Boston Marathon A healthcare worker ran her own Boston Marathon to spell out "Boston Strong" but she spelled it wrong Thom Dunn

crime Gentleman arrested after calling police 3 times to confess Xeni Jardin

happy mutants Kelly Link and Gavin Grant have bought a bookstore! Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Baking bread from dormant, 4,500-year-old yeast extracted from Egyptian bread-making ceramics Cory Doctorow

all in good fun Watch beer can smash into World Series trophy during Red Sox parade Carla Sinclair

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Delightful Creatures America's Snake: The Rise and Fall of the Timber Rattlesnake Ted Levin

Business Amanda Palmer: why fans choose to pay artists they love Amanda Fucking Palmer