Funny Exaggeration postcards: sight-gags-by-mail Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Beautiful, illustrated vintage Wisconsin postcard Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Winchester Mystery House gets permit for overnight stays and on-site booze Cory Doctorow

corruption Russian Olympic official to reporters: stop complaining about hotels or we'll release CCTV footage of you in the bathroom Cory Doctorow

corruption Reporters document Sochi's Potemkin hotels Cory Doctorow

Science What Mount Everest and the Grand Canyon have in common Maggie Koerth

Business Europeans petition Bob Iger to save Disneyland Paris from its long decline Cory Doctorow

Science Cool-looking science book I am ordering immediately Maggie Koerth

Disney Rich New Yorkers hire disabled "guides" to Disney World in order to skip lines (according to NY Post, anyway) Cory Doctorow

china Chinese tourists say crooked NZ tour-operator took them to a "buffet" that was really a church soup-kitchen Cory Doctorow

Science The medical implications of space tourism Maggie Koerth

Weird Photos of a simpler time … in North Korea Maggie Koerth

Science The risks of visiting volcanoes Maggie Koerth

Business Norwegian hotel calls cops on man because they got his name wrong and thought he used an assumed name; police arrest him in the nude; hotel charges him for the room Cory Doctorow

Business Dutch government scraps "weed cards" – foreigners will still be able to smoke weed in Amsterdam's "coffee shops" Cory Doctorow

Science The Eighth Continent: Searching for the Great Pacific Garbage Patch Andrew Blackwell

Science How to: Lower tourists into a volcano Maggie Koerth

happy mutants World's scariest zip-line Cory Doctorow

Business Secret history of the near-construction of a lifesized Starship Enterprise in downtown Las Vegas Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Everyday Swedes take over management of nation's Twitter account Cory Doctorow