Dan Weiss is a professional bookseller, amateur dilettante. He writes and plays in the band The Yellow Dress. He firmly believes that everything is going to be okay.
As if this year wasn’t awful enough, it’s going to be an extra second long. Your facebook feed condensed: Pokemon go and race. Psychologists want children to be bored in…
A year later still painfully relevant and important: police training is dangerously lacking in actual science. Your guide to the various things we have up in space rn. The archaeology…
My new goal is to be the night mayor. Let’s all take a trip to the castle at the heart of Death Valley. The world’s most efficient languages. Important news:…
Someday I too hope to live in Sea City. If I’m reading this correctly pears just destroyed time travel. The golden age of drive-through trees. Yes I’m going to post…
You’ve probably already read this but if you haven’t take the time to read George Saunders adventures with Trump supporters. On Elena Ferrante’s covers and the double standard of “women’s…
Let’s all go flying straight into the rarest of galaxies. The surprising history of the infographic. It is imperative that we wage electric war against the pigs. Or something. On…
The future of archaeology is in the (garbage we’ve left in the) stars. The future of tourism is all garbage tourism all the time. Hey look at this dinosaur-era bird…
The future is all senior citizens in VR. Continuing a theme from yesterday: LA is the perfect bank robbing city. Electrocution, the 1920s favorite pastime. Looking back on 16 years…
Start your day with some weirdo inventions of the 40s. Important news: whale sharks are great! Let’s all enjoy the art of Zelda Fitzgerald. Very important Mars travel news. Welcome…
Start your week right, with a tale of watch thieving rings. I always knew seagulls would bring about the end of the world. But don’t worry, we can eat the…
The war that keeps on giving! Archaeologists are finding ancient ruins in Cold War spy photos. Also from up above: picturing the urban legacy of apartheid. Why “Bugsy” tho? Also…
Let’s all watch 20 satellites get launched at the same time. The Caribbean Sea is whistling into the cosmos. Here are those crumbling communist murals you were asking me about.…