The Rumpus.net » morning coffee http://therumpus.net Books, Music, Movies, Art, Politics, Sex, Other Sun, 27 May 2012 16:41:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee http://therumpus.net/2012/05/dan-weisss-morning-coffee-419/ http://therumpus.net/2012/05/dan-weisss-morning-coffee-419/#comments Fri, 25 May 2012 10:00:19 +0000 Lisa Dusenbery http://therumpus.net/?p=101456 Dan Weiss is off today, but we’re channeling him.

Smoke. Stone. Super Nintendo. Skin under a band-aid… 50 Shades of Grey.

Animals with fraudulent diplomas.

Yesterday, a giant solar-powered airplane departed from Switzerland in its first transcontinental flight.

Here are some vintage photographs that capture the special bond between ventriloquist and dummy.

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Deserted shopping malls are the ancient ruins of the future.

Delightful surrealist Japanese sci-fi art (you are the reason I wake up in the morning 50 Watts).

Tons and tons of NASA sketches and space art.

Atlas for the Blind, 1837.

Here are some weird-ass flying animals.

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This has been a weird week for things on auction. exhibit b: Reagan’s blood.

Holy wine Jesus popsicles (sacrilicious).

The obvious solution to weeds is a laser.

Robot fish will save the world.

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Dinosaur controversy!

Dinosaur dance!

Dinosaur controversy updated!

Mapping out Phineas Gage’s brain.

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Midcentury Modern luggage labels!

Flavorwire has your week’s worth of ruin porn with these abandoned rail stations from around the world.

Way to be bad-ass, 73 year old Tamae Watanabe.

Fact: some orangutans delay puberty (to be more attractive).

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It looks like the Soviets had us beat there back when that was still a thing.

Meanwhile, the Chinese are crushing us when it comes to teleportation.

Plutonium’s signature has been captured at last (which is good).

Here are some pictures of people being blown (by a wind machine). Have a good weekend.

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Let’s power the world with viruses!

Telepathic robot arms are no longer just for monkeys.

Globe houses of futures past.

I’m glad to know other people have spent inordinate amounts of time thinking about how to end letters and emails.

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Portfolio Magazine used to be a pretty cool thing.

Vesta!

Your kid’s crappy haircut may be giving them lazy eyes.

Approaching a platonic ideal subway system.

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Did you know the Easter Island heads have bodies too?

Here’s what you need to know about the current triceratops controversy.

Update: bioluminescense is still great.

It is high time we resurrect some of Darwin’s creepy ass experiments.

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Want to know about LBJ and RFK’s mutual hatred but don’t want to read an entire 700 page book? This thorough review will do the trick!

The 20th Century in Crayola crayons.

Meet the sarcastic fringehead.

The future is solar powered eye implants.

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