archeology Take a virtual tour of Ramesses VI tomb Gareth Branwyn

History Website all about eating utensils David Pescovitz

france Explore the Catacombs of Paris with a virtual visit Rusty Blazenhoff

travel My life on the road: Marrakesh Seamus Bellamy

Gadgets A company that makes spy-tech for cops threatened to sue Vice for publishing its sales literature (because Iran!) Cory Doctorow

Weird Modern archaeology is entering a paywalled Lovecraftian forum to access a 1929 edition of an Egypt travel guide John Struan

halloween Bob Ross couple's costume and other Halloween night surprises in my neighborhood Rusty Blazenhoff

Alien invasion base on the moon, Michael Jackson’s body missing, and Prince Harry’s clash with Trump, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

rip Fare thee well, ThinkGeek Seamus Bellamy

drugs At a Chinese cemetery, scientists discover some of the oldest evidence of pot smoking David Pescovitz

music When William S. Burroughs met Bob Dylan David Pescovitz

science fiction Here's your chance to buy the Kindle edition of Dan Simmon's essential science fiction novel Hyperion Mark Frauenfelder

television It has been years since I've heard Porky Pig say "That's all folks!" Jason Weisberger

video games Game strategy guide publisher Prima is no more Seamus Bellamy

happy mutants The stories behind the names on the Haunted Mansion's tombstones Cory Doctorow

france Famous racist does everyone a favor and dies Seamus Bellamy

facebook Facebook's spam filter blocked the most popular articles about its 50m user breach Cory Doctorow

mount vesuvius Ancient Roman turned down tragic death by volcano for a slapstick alternative Seamus Bellamy

piketty How the "global super-rich" have honeycombed London's posh neighbourhoods with sub-basements, sub-sub-basements, and sub-sub-sub-sub-sub-basements Cory Doctorow