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Welcome to the known world, deepest living thing! Let’s talk about profanity in the New Yorker. Fact: there are some very large numbers in the world. Coming soon: actual useful…

Am I the only person who thinks falconry is fascinating? I probably shouldn’t be linking to Polaroids from the set of Blade Runner, but I am going to. By the…

Happy Memorial Day! We won’t be updating the site as often as usual today, as it is a holiday, but make sure not to miss Steve Almond’s “Musical Lamentation Offered…

Here are your illusions for the year. Hey dudes, there is hella water on the moon yo. Good uses of tubes. Avant-garde books are pretty neat! This makes a lot…

On a similar vein as yesterday: touring the abandoned New Orleans Six Flags. Um, have you guys been following this Area 51 stuff? Here are some pictures. East and West…

Everyone loves owls right? Austrian “conceptual devices.” (via Aqua Velvet.) Airplanes-taking-off-photo porn. Michigan Central Station in ruin 360. (via Gerry Canavan.) Bears vs Lions! (Prehistoric shit is GOING DOWN.)

Sometimes it is hard to keep track of all the rad new animals. Speaking of: wild animal sex! Let’s all watch BART get built, yes? Beautiful parking lots (seem like…

As it turns out, the most important question (evolution-wise) may be “what’s that smell?” I really like these Winnipeg skating shelters. I’ve been worried about this sort of thing for…

It is safe to assume that today will be another day. Today in: things you can do with abandoned factories. Robot libraries of the future! Cool it chimps! Dutch detective…

The internet was invented so I could go through the NYPL’s gallery of scientific and medical pictures. Istanbul’s urban sprawl makes for a good picture of the day. Yesterday was…

The future of public transportation is shaped like jellyfish. Amazing (and sort of gross) pictures of food. I’m sure you’ve always wondered why tarantulas poop silk out of their feet.…