eugene Roller Derby's most awesome tournament: The Big O Jason Weisberger

travel TripAdvisor reviews for a hole in a wall Rob Beschizza

dinosaurs The largest insect that ever lived, the Dragonfly-like Meganeuropsis, had a wingspan of 28" Gareth Branwyn

tabletop games What's new in tabletop gaming (Indie edition) Gareth Branwyn

happy mutants Crowdfunding for Los Anarchists, a junior roller derby team in Sun Valley, CA Cory Doctorow

Weird UK couple grows their own furniture from living trees Xeni Jardin

Delightful Creatures Woman put octopus on her face — it bit her and she had to go to the hospital Mark Frauenfelder

toys Ponyhenge is a place where toy rocking horses go to die Rusty Blazenhoff

normalizing racism Ex-GOP staffer who racially assaulted black woman and wrote for white supremacist site VDare now writes for WSJ, Forbes Xeni Jardin

animals Another horse dies at Santa Anita, 2-year-old colt is 27th fatality this season Xeni Jardin

futility closet The Great Stork Derby rewarded the Toronto mother who had the most babies between 1926 and 1936 Futility Closet

oregon Oregon launches statewide refillable beer bottle effort to curb carbon emissions Jason Weisberger

Kids This is the summer of the firenado Andrea James

video Photographer documents replanting of old rural trees in Chinese cities Andrea James

firenados Rare fire tornado from a factory blaze is caught on video Carla Sinclair

machine learning Check out these machine-learned Burning Man camp names Rusty Blazenhoff

Funko Mr. Rogers as a FunkoPop Jason Weisberger

video games Red Dead Redemption II's latest trailer reminds me which gaming console I'm supposed to buy Seamus Bellamy

roller derby Roller Derby in Eugene: The Big O is on May 4-6 Jason Weisberger

Kids This 1936 film celebrates maker culture (boys only, please) Andrea James