By David Topping

Torontoist is one of thirteen cities in the worldwide Gothamist network. Each Sunday, the editors of every site—from LAist to Londonist—choose their most interesting article, a list which is compiled into the network-wide feature Elsewhere In The Ist-A-Verse.

• Gothamist was shocked when video showed a police officer deliberately knocking a Critical Mass bicyclist off his bike. The cop, a rookie, was put on modified duty as the NYPD investigated.
• Phillyist commenters debated the good and bad behind a new internet search engine.
• LAist spent three days exploring the 52-mile Los Angeles River with kayakers… and, oh yeah, they had a good-sized earthquake.
• Seattlest called for an end to Critical Mass after a weekend confrontation between CM cyclists and one of Seattle’s countless Subaru drivers.
• Shanghaiist showed us a sneak preview of the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony.
• DCist reported on the more than thirty-two pounds of weed found in Berwyn Heights Mayor Cheye Calvo’s home.
• Bostonist, gripped by the drama of the MLB trading deadline, compared Ivan Rodriguez to Scarlett Johansson and watched Manny Ramirez escape from Fenway aboard a pterodactyl.
• Chicagoist recapped Lollapalooza 2008.
• Londonist delved into the city’s ancient history to uncover some of its many defunct place names, before mildly appreciating the new Gehry-designed 2008 Serpentine Pavilion.
• SFist blushed, cringed, and gasped at the many photos taken at the San Francisco’s annual Dore Alley/Up Your Alley sex and fetish street fair.