History In 1962, a laughing fit spread through Tanzania for 18 months Ellsworth Toohey

fake bacon Plant-based meat company vandalizes the bacon Wikipedia article Annie Rauwerda

antifa Trump designates an imaginary organization as "terrorists" to enable harassing his political enemies Jason Weisberger

politics Wikipedia loses challenge to UK's new internet "safety" rules Rob Beschizza

trees You may now hug the Sycamore Gap tree's trunk again Rob Beschizza

crime Guilty verdicts for men who cut down famous tree Rob Beschizza

trees Trial begins for men accused of chopping down famous tree in England Rob Beschizza

tv See the strange first appearances of Cookie Monster in a junk food commercial and IBM training video David Pescovitz

wikipedia Subtle humor in the"Pizza party" Wikipedia article Annie Rauwerda

crime London cop jailed over Nazi gang membership, terror literature and "hand-drawn" child smut Rob Beschizza

art What happened to the nerdy girl from Rock and Roll High School? Mark Frauenfelder

cult of the amateur Almost every article on the Scots version of Wikipedia is written by one American teenager who can't speak Scots Mark Frauenfelder

History Tourists deported for crapping in Macchu Picchu and damaging the stonework David Pescovitz

vandalism Things that have been mildly vandalized Rob Beschizza

race White supremacists record video at the new, bulletproof Emmett Till memorial sign Cory Doctorow

mistakes New York City renamed as "Jewtropolis" in Snapchat maps Rob Beschizza

happy mutants The automated, invisible revert-wars of Wikipedia's bot ecosystem Cory Doctorow

wikipedia Watching Wikipedia's extinction event from a distance Andrea James

Google Maps "vandalism" mocks Google Maps' editing policy Rob Beschizza