cycling An American pedicab driver in Oslo found that being nicer to drunk passengers fixed everything Ellsworth Toohey

History Spy-cam shots from 1890 Rob Beschizza

twitter Crashed computer at Oslo pizzeria reveals covert facial recognition scheme Cory Doctorow

ioc Read the bizarre Olympic Committee demands that led Oslo to pull out of the 2022 hosting race Rob Beschizza

Games Indie Nazi-hunting game looks a bit like a playable Inglorious Basterds Grant St. Clair

Are AI-written "slop grenades" filling your comms? Rob Beschizza

animation This 1980 Czech animation is circles all the way down Popkin

Technology Microsoft tried to ban the word "Microslop" and it backfired badly Ellsworth Toohey

dogs Very good dog finishes third in Olympic cross country sking Gail Sherman

film Wooly Story is a whimsical stop-motion short from 1964 that brings yarn to life Popkin

Betcha did Nazi that coming IOC adds Nazi-era Berlin Games to "Heritage Collection" Jason Weisberger

Man who exposed genitals on interstate highway "needed excitement" in his "blah life" Rob Beschizza

deaths Playwright Tom Stoppard dead at 88 Rob Beschizza

architecture Architecton: documentary about our lives amid stone and concrete Rob Beschizza

trains How far can a train get you in Europe in 8 hours? Rob Beschizza

UFOs Pentagon finally admits it's stumped by many UFO sightings Allan Rose Hill

Science Orcas are wearing salmon as hats – again Gail Sherman

music Get into the SKAlloween spirit Thom Dunn

law Vermont man charged with drunk driving in Canada thought he was in U.S. Rob Beschizza