bear Climb a tree like a bear with these ninja hand claws Rusty Blazenhoff

science fiction Exclusive excerpt of Rudy Rucker's new novel: Million Mile Road Trip Mark Frauenfelder

medicine Boy's head impaled by skewer after yellowjacket attack, and he's doing just fine David Pescovitz

law Court orders carriers to remotely brick phones that have been smuggled into prisons Cory Doctorow

summertime A bear got into a backyard hot tub and drank a guy's margarita Rusty Blazenhoff

wildlife Raccoon climbs up side of skyscraper as world watches with bated breath, then is captured and released to wild Rusty Blazenhoff

france Real-life "Spider-Man" scales Parisian building to save dangling child, gets rewarded with citizenship Rusty Blazenhoff

shitty news A list of poop-filled places beyond the bathroom Carla Sinclair

happy mutants Street style photographer Bill Cunningham left behind a secret memoir Rusty Blazenhoff

decorations Laser projected Christmas lights are easier than stringing strands of lights Mark Frauenfelder

Comic Books Near-mint copy of infamous Nazi torture bondage comic book cover (1944) estimated to fetch $200k at auction Mark Frauenfelder

Primitive Technology Primitive Technology: Planting Cassava and Yams Mark Frauenfelder

class war America's gargantuan new corporate landlords evict the shit out of Americans Cory Doctorow

decorations Laser projected Christmas lights Mark Frauenfelder

video Turns out sloths are pretty good swimmers Andrea James

video Slow TV: spend an hour on this Swiss mountain rail line Andrea James

happy mutants New York Public Library installs high-tech, wall-climbing book-train Cory Doctorow

tiny houses Why I am moving from a tiny house into a tinier house Dee Williams

books Read: Strategic Dog Patterning, a story from "Why I Hunt Flying Saucers" Hugh AD Spencer

Business Facebook's fourth-quarter earnings smash Wall Street expectations Xeni Jardin