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Dyslexic spies are the best spies. So you want to design a flag. Headline: French public housing architecture is weird! Headline: South Korean public housing architecture is also weird! Welcome…

It’s 2016 and the first ever set of emojis now belongs to MOMA. AI is getting stronger and stronger and probably just wants to rip us off. Frederik Vercruysse’s photographs…

Maybe the 2020 Tokyo Olympics can finally get us a flying car? Elsewhere: the Hyperloop is getting closer every day. Disgusting worm sex. Here’s your whimsical architecture tumblr for the…

Greil Marcus has weighed in on the Dylan Nobel so now we can stop talking about. We have always been afraid of tomatoes. Everyone loves a good harlequin shrimp. Crows…

If you haven’t already you should read this piece on former white nationalist wunderkind Derek Black. Every day I mourn the NYC pneumatic subway we never had. Photographing Russia’s border.…

It’s Friday so let’s spend some time with martial arts fighting suffragettes. Very important new dinosaur news (his name is Wade). Every day is a good day for Soviet bus…

Ok, but let’s say you DID want to rig an election. If anyone needs me I’ll hiding out in La Grande Motte. The delightful rise and horrible fall of Andy…

Let’s be real here, whales probably have more culture than you. What are you doing in Indiana, New York skyscraper ruins? Don’t worry, we figured out what the weird ancient…

We’ve always been afraid of dead people (voting). To get political for a second: hey but don’t forget there’s a real attempt to rig the election going on, and it’s…

In search of a true blue M&M. For far too long we have been denied twin London Bridges. And while we’re on it, why DOESN’T the Statue of Liberty have…

In the midst of such a dark year some actual good news: the Justice Dept. is going to start tracking police killings. Let’s all take a moment for the nightmare architecture of Hans…

Things seem real dark and scary but at least this terrifying prehistoric moth doesn’t exist anymore. Welcome to the age of future silk. It’s time to get ready for a…