Did you read about Bernard Stone, Instagram, and manspreading?

Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us.

• That long-serving former alderman Bernard Stone—fond of characterizing political reform efforts as “bullshit”—has died? —Mick Dumke

• That Instagram purged millions of spam accounts, and that it might cost some people money? —Tal Rosenberg

• That Cristina de Borbon, sister to the King of Spain, will stand trial for tax fraud? —Ben Sachs

• About the tailor-made cancer treatment that’s currently a hit on Wall Street? —Tal Rosenberg

• About Colorado’s Abbey of Saint Walburga, where Benedictine nuns raise grass-fed beef, llamas, and water buffalo? —Aimee Levitt

• That house singer Kevin Irving has died? —Leor Galil

• That Samuel Beckett’s favorite actress, Billie Whitelaw, has died? —Tony Adler

• About how to raise girls to be better at negotiating? —Sue Kwong