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Gothamist was enraptured by the Telectroscope, supposedly developed from a “forgotten tunnel connecting New York to London.” SFist, after providing a practical map of liquor stores near the historically naked/tipsy Bay to Breakers marathon route last week, saw itself this week get blamed by the …

Photo by SFist’s James Passey SFist reported on this week’s California State Supreme Court’s ruling that overturned the ban on same-sex marriage. Londonist noted that Boris Johnson – the city’s brand-new mayor – continues to polarize opinion, even when announcing obviously good news. Is he …

Photograph of the Reverend Al Sharpton by Armchair Messiah on Flickr Gothamist watched a series of civil disobedience events, protesting the Sean Bell shooting verdict, unfold across the city–over 200 people, including the Reverend Al Sharpton, were arrested. Somewhat related, on behalf of a black …

Bostonist went to ROFLCon, a semi-academic conference about the internet and its enthusiasms, and ended up with a Brawndo hangover. Seattlest opened the floor to a few local hip-hop artists who were stirring about Reverend Wright’s controversial comments. Gothamist was amazed to hear that an …

Photo by Cy Goldsbie Torontoist kept its readers in the know during a surprise transit strike—it was announced by the workers’ union just after 11:00 p.m. on Friday night, and went into effect by midnight—with a continually- updated status post. Gothamist readers commented extensively on …

Picture from forum thread on military.club.china.com. Shanghaiist was shocked by this highly provocative depiction of the state of Sino-US relations by a Chinese netizen. LAist fires up reactions when one reader describes getting a $200 ticket for smoking on a public sidewalk. Do you like …

Photo credit: Mat Honan Shanghaiist covered anti-China Olympic torch relay protests in London, Paris and San Francisco. Gothamist marveled as the NY State Assembly killed NYC’s controversial congestion pricing plan without even holding a vote. SFist reported live on the only U.S. leg of the …

Image credit: Presidentialmemorial.org SFist broke news about the Presidential Memorial Commission of San Francisco’s plan to rename the city’s wastewater treatment facility to the George W. Bush Sewage Plant. After the previous week’s chaos and confusion at Heathrow, Londonist was soothed somewhat by news of …

Photo credit: sushiesque/Flickr Bostonist attended the Anime Boston convention and took some glorious pictures of anime fans showing off their costumes at the mall, much to the delight of civilians. Seattlest took a trip on Virgin America Airlines and lived to tell the tale of …

LAist photo credit: Wilmar Estrada, Adam Rose, Zach Behrens, and LAist Featured Photos contributor, coffeextv LAist initially met the coolest police officer at the Anonymous protest, and then later, caught thousands of UCLA students celebrating spring break in their undies. Torontoist found a tampered “skin-brightening” …