Dan Weiss

Greetings newly (twice) discovered hog nosed rat! Mary Anning is your historical bad ass for the week. Why is the placebo effect getting stronger? (Like, seriously, what is wrong with us?) “Occult infrastructure and the ‘funerary teleportation grid’ of greater…

It’s October 7th, is the world ending today? On the decline of play and the rise of children’s mental disorders. Here’s your Belgian installation art for the day. Laser razors I guess? It’s always a good day to read about…

So many space photos. Thank you for everything prehistoric beaver. A brief history of owls. News item: volcanoes control everything basically. Let us now discuss the drinking habits of Antarctic scientists.

Important news: Astrid Lindgren was so great! Somehow I missed this news story about sending robot squids to Europa. Backyard atomic gardens of the 1960s. Here are some 19th Century stereographs for you. And hey, as long as we’re here,…

And you may ask yourself, what DO crows understand about death? Protip: spend your weekend watching wildebeest migrations. The future is all bamboo pavilions as far as the eye can see. Paper airplanes of midcentury NYC. Now let’s end for…

Slow day out here, so let’s talk about pooping in space. Might as well have some space sounds too. Welcome to the ultimate map of punny businesses. Swinging Toronto. Hooray for the ghost shark! Hooray!

As long as it’s on everyone’s mind, let’s enjoy some old maps of mars. Is there an evolutionary purpose to masturbation? The Book of Delightful and Strange Design. Viruses are (very old) animals too buds. A short history of the…

Who wants to help me find New York’s hidden grid bolts? The beautiful specificity of insurance codes. Let’s all take a look inside an astronaut training simulator. Let’s all also take a look inside a pretty sick miniatures museum. And…

Still working on some hiccups over here so please pardon our digital dust. I bet you’d be into this Dali illustrated Alice in Wonderland. Now what we really need to be worried about is this one cold blob. Alternatively advanced…

Our humblest apologies, we’ve been having some ridiculous technical problems over here at MC, we promise to get it all straightened out and be back up and running ASAP. Thanks for reading.

But why is there a speed of light at all? new dinosaurs every dang day. The fact is, most white people are probably racist. Let’s all go mine for diamonds in an Arkansas state park! Today in meaningless stats: selfies have killed…

Maybe you’re interested in Ursula Le Guin’s writing advice? If you want to be a good liar just wait until your bladder is about to burst. Photographing the dead zones of hypercapitalism (weeeee) Speaking of: now face recognition software can…