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As we near the end of this shitty shitty year we could all use some 1920s Bauhaus ballet. Weighing a planet’s worth of human made stuff. Let’s talk about Napoleon Hill, motivational conman. The world according to Stanislaw Lem. And you…

As we approach the weekend, we’d just like to take one more moment to encourage you to donate to those suffering from the Ghost Ship fire and to take a moment to read some of the memorials for those tragically…

Don’t worry, eventually we’ll get that extra hour. 2016 as trolley problem. We all need more biosphere in our lives. Here’s a story about thousands of geese accidentally landing in a vat of acid (basically). The many lives of the…

Here are still more (and some of the same repeated) resources to help victims of the Ghost Ship fire, and a sampling of the music by many of those lost. 2016 has been many things, here it is in truck…

Here are some more resources and places to help in the aftermath of the Ghost Ship fire. Increasingly we are finding the neurological evidence of gender dysmorphia. Today in cultural tourism: the old shops of Hong Kong. Also: the sponge…

Our heart goes out to all who are hurting today in the wake of the Oakland fire. If you have the resources please give here. Some perspective from the East Bay Express and Kimya Dawson. This story about the fake…

Just like everything else in the world, architecture is having an identity crisis right now. Let’s all explore the world of North Korea’s wealthy elite. Important news: empty streets look cool at night. Hi I don’t want to freak everyone…

Lucy was small but very mighty (and tree dwelling). Hey look, it’s a new ancient Egyptian city. The art of gentrification (spoiler alert: these are just aesthetically pleasing graphs). Artificial darkness changed everything. Mapping American metropolises.

The time has come for a thorough atlas of the literal underworld. I know what you’re wondering, what is the internet’s favorite color? More hard hitting questions: are semester abroad accents bogus or what? San Francisco, your expensive tower is…

Well the good news is now we have a better idea of how to survive on Mars. Quiet down! You’re hurting natural bridges! Here are all the vintage batteries you could hope for today. On the lost islands of Paris.…

On the myth of the nerd and how it got us here. If Russia is going to intervene in our elections we could at least get some great kid books out of it. Let’s all take a trip to Dreamland…

Times like this sometimes you just have to watch paint flow. Pyramids inside pyramids inside pyramids. I know what you’re wondering, and the answer is yes, Mars DOES have it’s own tartan. We all love unbuilt New York, we all…