Elsewhere in the Ist-A-Verse

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 that is compiled into the network-wide feature Elsewhere In The Ist-a-Verse.

Photo by Mike King/Londonist.

• Londonist got its hands dirty cleaning up the Thames.
• LAist has been keeping a close watch on local legend Nadya Suleman, a.k.a. OctoMom, and has this hilarious video of her giving birth.
• Bostonist got political with (or, rather, against) Ann Coulter and Fred Phelps.
• Gothamist was amazed that someone was in jail for twenty-eight hours for using a subway station's emergency exit. It was more satisfying to see Bernard Madoff go to jail, though.
• Phillyist examined the case of an Eagles employee who was canned over a Facebook status message.
• Chicagoist shared photos and a video of the University of Chicago community's outstanding counter-protest to a rally by the infamous Westboro Baptist Church.
• Seattlest took aim at its drawbridge-raising, commute-corking pleasure-boaters, who somehow don't inspire the outrage of, say, Critical Mass.
• SFist came across a local Trekkie upset about the scale of buildings in futuristic San Francisco in J.J. Abrams's Star Trek.
• Shanghaiist learned about the mythical grass mud horse (cao ni ma), a hilarious creature born to fight against Chinese censorship.