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TechGnosis: NASA Is Learning How to Cook Oxygen Out of Moon Dirt

Details: Published: July 8, 2026

There are certain scientific headlines that sound less like news and more like something recovered from a classified briefing folder.

NASA is working on ways to extract oxygen from Moon dirt.

Bingham's Notebook: Magic Eyes Only—Malcolm's Coin

Details: Published: July 7, 2026

MAGIC EYES ONLY

Filed Under: Artifacts, Evium Technology, Majestic Twelve, Psychological Warfare
Related Figures: Dr. Malcolm Kane, Mortimer Vanterpool, Project Sovereign Eagle
First Major Appearance:Call of the Minotaur: The Midas Files — Book Two
Spoiler Advisory: This entry contains lore details connected to Call of the Minotaur.

The Scratching Post: I Finished Call of the Minotaur. Now What?

Details: Published: July 2, 2026

After publishing Call of the Minotaur, I found myself in a strange place.

Cool Filmz: I am watching Star Wars in Machete Order and It Changes Everything

Details: Published: January 24, 2025

I still remember sitting in a dark movie theater in the summer of 1977, clutching my popcorn as the words “A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…” appeared on the screen.

Funny Newz: Did Stonehenge Suffer A Y0K Problem?

Details: Published: January 3, 2025

SALISBURY, ENGLAND — World-renowned scientist Dr. Frederick Diffendorfer of the Archaeological Institute for the Preservation of Pedantic Study plans to publish a groundbreaking paper this summer on Stonehenge, shortly after resolving what his legal team continues to call “an unfortunate plagiarism misunderstanding.”

Rarf Nangork: Alien Real Estate Developer

The Funny Newz: Space Aliens Buying Up U.S. Beachfront Property — Officials Say Everything Is Fine

Details: Published: December 20, 2024

CLEARWATER, FLORIDA — Interstellar aliens are rapidly buying up U.S. real estate and business holdings at what critics are calling an alarming rate, The Funny Newz has learned.

Alien shoddy particle board pyramid graphic.

The Funny Newz: Mojave Officials Crack Down on Cheap Alien Monuments

Details: Published: December 20, 2024

MOJAVE DESERT, CALIFORNIA — Adrian Covarrubias of the Mojave Desert Resource Conservation and Development Council was rattling across the desert Thursday in a government-leased Jeep Commander when he spotted yet another suspicious alien artifact on the distant horizon.

Chattering Chompers Robot. AI Generated Image.

The Funny Newz: Chattering Teeth Robot Wins $1 Billion Defense Contract

Details: Published: December 20, 2024

BLACKSBURG, VIRGINIA — Dr. Emilio Disaronno, a one-armed senior robotics researcher at the Virginia Polytechnic School of Robotics, says the 2024 International Robotics Competition was rigged after a novelty chattering-teeth robot beat his highly advanced killing machine for a major defense contract.

Bruce Willis In Die Hard Action Screen Grap

CoolFilmz: Is Die Hard A Christmas Movie? Yes—It's Home Alone for Grownups

Details: Published: November 29, 2024

“Ho. Ho. Ho. Now I have a machine gun.”

That is not exactly the kind of line you expect from a cozy holiday classic. It is not Bing Crosby by the fireplace. It is not Jimmy Stewart rediscovering the meaning of life in Bedford Falls. It is Hans Gruber reading a message scrawled on the body of one of his henchmen after John McClane has officially begun ruining the Nakatomi Plaza Christmas party.

Mortimer Vanterpool - In Front of Bingham's Mansion.

Bingham's Notebook: Mortimer Vanterpool’s Powers Explained

Details: Published: November 13, 2024

Welcome back to Bingham’s Notebook, where we explore the hidden corners of The Midas Files.

For this entry, I wanted to take a closer look at Mortimer Vanterpool, one of the strangest and most dangerous figures in The Midas Protocol. This may not be the flashiest topic for longtime readers, but clarifying Vanterpool’s abilities helps me understand how he works as a character — and how best to use him as the series continues.