• Memo to Dan Doctoroff: No matter how great your desire for (literally) flag-waving support, it is not a good idea to give wooden sticks to runners who will soon be pumping their arms furiously in close quarters. [BuzzMachine]
• God we love this perfect subway map for fucking with tourists. [Work Magazine Blog via Panopticist]
• No fireworks in the Hamptons this July 4. You wouldn't want to disturb a piping plover, would you? [Amy's Robot]
• Verlyn Klinkenborg saves the Times from itself. [Eurotrash]