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Hey guess what? Russia absolutely hacked 2016 election and it doesn’t matter who you voted for or whether you’re happy with what they found out, you should be concerned about it. Everything is awful but here is a story about…

Hey guess what? We need to talk about the radicalization of young, white men. What the world needs now is cyberfog. Today in not very surprising news: constant glowing screens are probably bad for you! Albania’s artist prime minister is…

This year has been terrible but at least it’s blessed us with a reveal of David Bowie’s 80’s Memphis design obsession. Octavia Butler would ACTUALLY make America great again. Someday soon we might all need a gigantic radiation shield. What I…

Trying to get back to the day to day normalcy. Trying to avoid complacency. Where do we go from here? I think we could all use a story about tickling rats right about now. Brand new accidental dinosaur discovery to…

Trying to get back to normal. Not wanting to normalize it.  If you haven’t already, it’s important you check out Day 1 in Trump’s America. I guess we can distract ourselves with future architecture? The butterflies are going too. Do with…

Not ready to go back to posting “cool links.” If you have the resources give to one of these organizations that we’ll need now more than ever. If you don’t have the resources for that, do everything you can to…

It’s election day and we’ll be taking today and tomorrow off over here at DWMC, because how could anyone possibly concentrate on anything at all? Good luck out there. Please vote, please don’t vote for the racist. Whatever happens we’ve got…

Don’t worry, the Canadian army will get to the bottom of that pinging sound. But, like, why have time zones at all? Claude Parent’s rebel architecture. How about some apocalyptic architecture too? Today in headlines from the future (the future…

Welcome to the weekend, let’s talk about the science of earworms. Here’s your Soviet architecture and murals for the day. What is life but a naked black hole screaming through the universe? Actually important units of measurement news.

Designing for the end of the world. Important news: the Queen has lots of tiny things. At least climate change is good for autumn leaves. Panic attacks in the animal kingdom. Amsterdam’s architecture of hospitality.

Wondering what the first female president will be like (knock on wood we find out in a week), ask an early 20th Century Futurist! How did Los Alamos become a town for millionaires? Today seems like a good day to…

If you haven’t already, and you have the ability, please take a moment to donate to the legal defense fund at Standing Rock and to sign the petition against The Dakota Access Pipeline. Happy Halloween! It’s time to start worrying…