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Some photo-essays to get you through the midweek: Communist May Days of the 50s and 60s, and the South Central States. The Clash Project is pretty neat. The highest electrical current IN THE UNIVERSE. Aw heck, how about another one?…

Today is the first day of summer and frankly I’m just thinking about this and this. You know who is good at detecting the difference between identical twins? Czech police dogs! Maybe Errol Morris’ brother invented email. I am a…

If I am reading this right, all IT people are autistic. I would like to live my life inside a converted French Art Deco swimming pool. Behold the Russian Wizard of Oz. (via BibliOdyssey.) Holy cow, memory implants! Most importantly:…

The best kinds of animals are transparent animals. Admittedly we should have linked to this yesterday: Nabokov maps out Bloomsday. Here is a website that is in french but that includes video of the library of the future!!! Letters of…

Y’all ready to leave the solar system? No thanks, I think I’ll stay here and explore World’s Fairs of the 1930s. Fact: babies love Picasso. (via Gerry Canavan.) I don’t care what you say, I think this Tokyo nightclub is…

Things you can do with abandoned nuclear plants: turn them into amusement parks! Today is a good day to check out pictures of Soviet Moscow int he 30s and 40s because that is true everyday. A lovely look at the…

If anyone wonder where I am this weekend, I’ll probably be identifying mid-century modern typefaces. Spanish architecture porn. You best stay away from me bad-ass spider. You best stay away from me, soldier dolphins. Beautiful trash.

Facebook is giving you the sads. This week in new iconic space pictures. Behold the first living wall painting. 60s and 70s French magazine covers will always make me happy. GE wants to show you some of Edison’s forgotten inventions.

All roads lead to the philosophy wikipedia article. The NY Times wants us to think about Jellyfish. Ok! Men in high heeled shoes in art. Can we all agree that the entirely azure Moroccan city is pretty cool? Also some…

How did I miss NASA’s new deep-space vehicle? On the dark art of Heavy Metal umlauts. (via @SandiV.) The Venice Biennale has the best ATMs in the world. Hollywood’s gunslinging craze, 1956.

Soviet science illustrations? Yes please! Similarly: Old pictures of Teloscopes. Also: Welcome to the real world, heaviest elements. Oh, and: Hurray for cuttlefish! They can’t all be scientific: 70s Cuban film posters!

Maybe you’ve already seen this, but dang if this amphibious ice cream truck isn’t the best thing of the week. Also, in England, the benches sound like Alan de Botton. Don’t mess with Truman’s daughter. For that matter, don’t mess…