Dan Weiss

OBVIOUSLY the most important news of the week is that the Dutch King has secretly been a commercial airline pilot this whole time. We all wish we were in a 1980s subway world sometimes. Post-Soviet architecture (is pretty cool). Inside…

Meanwhile, in the northern most city. Dragons are for rich white kids. If we live another billion years, things are gonna get REAL weird. Maybe life evolved on land? But, like, who even knows where North Korea is am I…

The world is (still) falling apart so hey why not just enjoy some Stevie Nicks self-defense lessons? At least AI is inventing new instruments? the singularity is great! Here are your 16th Century Ottoman maps for the day. Today in…

If you think I’m not going to start this week by talking about that amazing dinosaur fossil find you clearly don’t know me. Here’s how SETI is going to get us in touch with aliens ASAP. Teeth as the ultimate…

Spend your weekend thinking about time mirrors. Literally all of the Polish book design you could hope for. Thinking about the possible futures of unsinkable Shanghai. Happy friday! There’s so much garbage on Everest! A little victorian spa ruins porn…

The best mysteries are dinosaur infant mysteries. Saving China’s tulou houses. 99 Percent Invisible takes a deep dive into the greatest city in America: Colma, California. Pantone color guide, 17th Century style. Hey guess what? The Alt Right is trolling…

So… The race to be the oldest Everest scaler has ended tragically. On the rise of 21st Century television’s female gaze. Sometimes you just want to talk about the music of Twin Peaks and that’s ok. Now let’s all take…

All I ask is that someone out there buy me Shel Silverstein’s houseboat. Time for a little killer whale vs great shark action I think. Let’s discuss sensory-substitution devices and the future of the senses. Here are those early 19th…

So, what’s in this horrifying thing anyway? When things seem awful, look to the stars (and try and understand gamma rays). Photographing America’s extreme wealth. Where do oil rigs go to die? And now Errol Morris interviews Errol Morris about…

Seems like the likelihood of horrible news today is even higher than normal, so let’s start the day reading about a 17th Century dream of moon travel. Things are terrible already though: The banal horror of the Arkansas executions. Let’s…

Can we still map the melting Arctic ice edge? SAME: female dragonflies fake sudden death to avoid sexual advances. Growing up in a concrete masterpiece (hurray for Brutalism). Hong Kong, Grounded. Landforms masquerading as architecture, architecture masquerading as landforms.

Sometimes you just want to look at transit system fabrics of the world. Sometimes you just want to look at abandoned malls in disrepair. Hey guess what? Smart cities are almost certainly a huge nightmare in the making! Let’s all…