Dan Weiss

Things might seem pretty bad right now, but at least wild horses are back. Bad sex in the animal kingdom. A brief history of allergies. Let’s all go eat invasive species at the Explorers Club. Behold the bony-eared assfish (yep).

In my next life I’d like to come back as one of the Flying Cholitas. The Defense Dept. was SO PISSED about email (being created). Photographing life in the Russian Arctic. You know what else are cool? The churches of…

And you may find yourself (listening to recordings made) at the bottom of the ocean. We’ve entered a new golden age of side saddle. Seems like a good time to talk about the strange history of Meldonium. Today in things…

Everything you know is wrong: the idea of taste zones comes from a mistranslation. Some birds are as smart as apes (all birds are terrible though). Today in ruin porn: never finished hotels of the Egyptian desert. Welcome to the…

We’re back, let’s all enjoy some horrible 1980s art. On the physics of Hell. I sure hope the world we live in is one with chimpanzee spiritual rituals. When schizophrenics hear voices it’s their own though own subvocal speech. Important…

After today we’ll be taking a long weekend, see you all on Tuesday, try to keep a clear head about things. Not to be all alarmist, but it’s feeling like a good time to look at the first mention of…

So, what did the year in space do to Scott Kelly’s body? The Prohibition Party is still out there fighting the good fight. Never forget all the crazy ways we tried to kill Castro. Exploring the ghosts of Contadora Island.…

Give a moment of your day to remember the life of Claude Parent, the supermodernist. Oh hey look, it’s a mummy. My actual favorite things: relics of the space age. And sure why not, take a look inside a sex doll…

So what happens if a third-party candidate keeps anyone from a majority in the electoral college (we’re living in weird times folks)? Give a moment of your day to appreciating the humble recorder. Same. On the architecture of afrofuturism. Let’s…

I bet you’d like to know more about that secret society of hunters. Let’s all take a tour of an unbuilt Frank Lloyd Wright house. Beautiful toilets of old Paris. Actually literally the opposite of opposites attract. Leaving you with…

The question we’ve all been wondering: what books did Shackleton bring to Antarctica? California Topiaries is your photoseries for the day. Lake Michigan is, like, SO clear right now buddies. What is up with the Forest Grove mystery noise? And…

Victorian era cosmetic arsenic eating (is a thing that happened). Glad to know I’m not the only person who’s wondered if you can suntan through a window. Very important vintage (mostly) Australian travel posters. Maybe dogs can see magnetic fields?…