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Everything is very bad, but at least we’re finding new spiders? New ancient Canadian villages too! Amidst the big news of Enceladus maybe having life, let’s take a moment to appreciate Saturn’s other little moon. If you live in the…

The fertile mind of Sophie Calle (is being appreciated). Is there anywhere we can walk for inspiration that hasn’t already inspired? Welcome to the age of food delivery robots (2017 is bad). Capturing a century of shrinking Montana glaciers. Here…

Literally the only thing that unites us all is a love of dinosaurs. Today is a good day to appreciate the Pop Art rugs of Dorothy Grebenak. While we’re here, let’s take a moment to talk about the forgotten women…

Ethical questions from our current dystopia: what happens when your internet provider knows your porn habits? Long story short, the most natural state is punching someone. Here comes Norway’s doomsday library. Very important Chinese intergalactic property law news. Since they…

News you (I) can use: staying sane in a nonstop garbage fire news cycle. Picturing the night life of buses. Related: sometimes you just want to look at London tube wall patterns. Today in brain-invading parasite news. I don’t mean…

The world is falling apart again (is still falling apart)(is probably never not falling apart). Read everything you can, take time to breathe, we’ll see you on Monday.

Important questions: how do dolphins eat an octopus? Hey look at this newly discovered ancient mosaic! Where did all the antimatter go? (we might be starting to have an idea!) Francisco Salamone is your lost futurist for the day. Here…

Everything is still very terrible, so hey why not appreciate the seductive nostalgia of the picnic? Very fierce walking on escalators debate happening. The self-driving car is well on it’s way, and it’s coming from Detroit. On the rise and…

Twilight of Ringling Bros, Barnum and Bailey. What the world needs now are coffin torpedoes. Important Balinese graffiti news. On the most important hot dog stand of the Cold War. Here are those Chicago gang business cards you were asking about.

Everything is very bad, but at least we can still have nice moments with frogs. Brutalism in disrepair. The new thing is abandoned Toys ‘R’ Uses now I guess. Are tollbooths worth preserving? It should go without saying that the…

Some political thoughts for your weekend: can California save us? Here’s your vintage German pulp science fiction illustrations for the week. Tl;dr: creatures in the ocean are GROSS AND BAD. A bit of cultural tourism while we’re at it: picturing…

What is life but a rarely seen giant deep sea octopus? The time has come for the world’s first ship tunnel. Give a moment of your day to Comic Sans. Let’s all enjoy the symmetry of Helsinki architecture. And now…