Dan Weiss

It is imperative that we shoot lawn darts at mars. The world is so full of awful things these days, so let’s just take a moment to appreciate this baby…

I take it back, Soviet Postcards is your real tumblr of the week. The time has come to learn what happens when a jellyfish stings you. Ok so black holes…

The world’s been real bleak lately so isn’t it nice to remember that there are still Mayan cities and giant flying dinosaurs to be discovered? No, college doesn’t make you…

Las Vegas’s atomic tourism. Subterranean London is pretty fantastic. The glamorous ladies of 1920s Australian mugshots. Maybe you want to look at some Swedish sheet music illustrations.

A 1920s feminist imagines the future. Life, uh, finds a way. On the lost letters of the English language. Reading about 19th century mythical beasts of lumberjack lore just hits…

I don’t normally link to this sort of thing, but all week The Dissolve is discussing one of my very favorite bizarre movies. As long as we’re here: French sci-fi…

All of the glowing animals (I LOVE glowing animals). Today in things actually happening: civilians in abandoned McDonald’s seize control of wandering space satellite. As long as we’re on the…

Celebrating 50 years of the most adorably named deep sea submersible of them all. “Women listening to men in western art history.” The swingin’ days of inflatable furniture. Ash Dykes…

Happy Friday, here is a story about tortoises using touchscreens. North Korea imagines the future (of architecture). Similarly: the world of Japanese retro-futurism. Today in the world is just awful:…

Obviously you need some French illustrations of helmet divers today. Why not throw in a few 19th Century Swiss pears while you’re at it. The dead seas of Titan. Monowi…

Once upon a time the world was filled with giant penguins. Continuing a theme from yesterday: what if the Mexican-American War hadn’t happened? Super volcanoes of Io. NASA’s impossible space…

I’ve thought about this a lot: what would Pangaea look like with modern borders? Look, I’m not above posting video of a Hungarian bear saving a crow sometimes. It is…