linguistics This tiny North Carolina island is last place in America where people talk like actual pirates (video) Ellsworth Toohey

Disney Mickey Mouse is a mutant — "always a reflection of the culture around him" Mark Frauenfelder

vanlife This Scottish traveler turned a van named Ernie into a storytelling machine Jason Weisberger

Obviously non-existent Fyre Festival 2 "postponed" Rob Beschizza

art Moomins not so cute Rob Beschizza

Weird New indie battle royale is a typing test with lethal stakes Grant St. Clair

Tom the Dancing Bug Super-Fun-Pak Comix, feat. Marital Mirth, Public Domain Mickey Mouse, and MORE! Ruben Bolling

indigenous peoples Man from uncontacted tribe briefly emerges from the Amazon rainforest and smartly makes hasty return to the jungle Allan Rose Hill

ireland Newly discovered fungal zombie spiders named for Sir David Attenborough Thom Dunn

Weird Mr Beast rents out Giza's pyramids in possibly the most conspicuous consumption of all time Grant St. Clair

cats Avian-flu contaminated raw pet food recalled after indoor cat dies Jennifer Sandlin

graphic novels An anti-boring book guide: six great gift picks Mark Frauenfelder

censorship Egyptian cartoonist jailed over critical cartoons Ruben Bolling

monkeys Runaway monkeys lured back with Froot Loops and PBJs Thom Dunn

electronic music The Faint: 25 years of Blank Wave Arcade (Todd Fink Interview) Lee Keeler

Games Sony blew $400m on a flop game it reportedly thought was the next Star Wars Rob Beschizza

TV shows New book looks back on things we lost since LOST premiered 20 years ago Thom Dunn

Rare photos of uncontacted tribe now threatened by logging companies Allan Rose Hill

Internet It is the 10th anniversary of DashCon Rob Beschizza

Mysterious building discovered at planned site of new airport in Greece Allan Rose Hill