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We have entered a new golden age of space travel (propaganda). Look at this new weird prehistoric fish! Look at this new weird not prehistoric fish! I guess it’s time to go inside the Titanic replica. Don’t pretend like you…

There can be no long term large scale conspiracies because of math (or is that just what they want you to think?) Wait, so there’s people who DON’T feel like imposters all the time? English is basically a total emotional…

We’re taking the next week off here at Morning Coffee to get away while the Super Bowl destroys our city; we’ll be back on the scene next Tuesday! In the meantime: I don’t normally link to this kind of thing,…

The important question: sup with chins tho? If anyone lives in or near Texas, I hope you’re going to the Hyperloop competition for me this weekend. Strange times: Chinese researchers are breeding autistic monkeys. Yes but how do octopuses resolve…

By the way if you like this junk you might like my tumblr too. Welcome back, quagga! Pretty into this old Soviet kindergarten, not going to lie to you. I guess it’s time to talk about bro hugs? Lot of…

Everything is awful: we are down to the last three Yangtze giant soft-shell turtles. New York’s very first subway was pretty cool though. I imagine you’d like to look through these old Modern Electrics covers. “Transmittable Alzheimer’s” is seeming increasingly…

Give a moment of your Tuesday to think about Jumbo the elephant. Atlas Obscura tackles the rise of the dollar store. Signs without signs. Unpopular opinion alert: plastic bags are kinda nice? Now let’s all enjoy five alternative Londons that…

I wish I was an 85 year old jewel thief TBQH. A short history of early nonbinary pronouns. Maybe there’s a mirror time-reversed universe? Maybe a lot of things. Maybe beards are good for your health? Maybe a lot of…

Sometimes you just need to start a Friday with a flamboyant cuttlefish. We have a new largest prime number, and we can’t possibly replicate it here. Maybe the key to saving the whales is face recognition software. Maybe a lot…

Today is a good day to remember Eileen Myles write-in candidacy for president. Obviously we should discuss Planet Nine. While we’re at it, let’s talk about space law! Elsewhere in the cosmos: the maybe but probably not but definitely alien…

Ghosts of the space age (please thanks). But where is my Hoppi-coptor? So the question is: should everyone be standing still on the escalator? (probably!) Fairy tales are, like, SO old. Take a moment to appreciate the magnificent bearded vulture,…

Welcome to the future, home of NASA’s department of planetary defense. Sup with dogs tho? The New Yorker on (against) Making A Murderer and the rise of social justice true crime. Soviet the Hobbit, don’t mind if I do. Here’s…