religion Residents of Sydney's gayborhood are getting hate-mail signed by "Jesus" Cory Doctorow

art Projection-mapped light-show on the Sydney Opera House Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Hey, Sydney! I'm coming to see you tonight (then Adelaide and Wellington!) Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Hey, Melbourne! I'm coming to see you this week (Sydney, Adelaide and Wellington: you're next!) Cory Doctorow

video Cool sculpture made of repurposed wooden escalator stairs Andrea James

australia There is now a Ferry McFerryface ferry, and the crew is pissed Rusty Blazenhoff

china China's capital controls are working, and that's bursting the global real-estate bubble Cory Doctorow

art Mirrored Ziggurat melds earth with stairway to the skies Andrea James

Gadgets Microsoft to permanently close its retail stores Rob Beschizza

Killers hunt Prince Andrew, Brad Pitt’s secret daughter, and George Clooney’s plastic surgery shocker, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

film "Larry: The Burning Man Story" premieres in three time zones over solstice weekend Rusty Blazenhoff

gardening Queen's Brian May literally rocked his own ass off in his garden Thom Dunn

happy mutant Win-win: Frontline Foods allows restaurants to feed healthcare workers Rusty Blazenhoff

futility closet In 1932, 9-year-old Lennie Gwyther rode 600 miles to see the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge Futility Closet

futility closet A bizarre case of inexplicable death on a riverbank in Sydney in 1963 Futility Closet

coronavirus Coronavirus: These airlines are suspending flights Xeni Jardin

crime Gentleman uses fishing rod to steal Versace necklace from mannequin Mark Frauenfelder

mistakes Beach towel pulled from hungry snake Rob Beschizza

music K. D. Lang stuns the crowd at Fire Fight Australia with "Hallelujah" Gareth Branwyn

australia Australia's location corrected Rob Beschizza