Lori Dorn
Lori is a Laughing Squid Contributing Editor based in New York City who has been writing blog posts for over a decade. She also enjoys making jewelry, playing guitar, taking photos and mixing craft cocktails.
Frank and Claire Underwood Battle It Out in the New Trailer for House of Cards Season Four
In the new trailer for the fourth season of the excellent political drama House of Cards, President Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey) fights doggedly to keep…
A Quick Animation That Explains How the Lyrebird Is Able to Mimic Any Sound
In a recent episode of Science Channel, biologists Adam Ruben and Carin Bondar use animation to offer a quick explanation as to how the lyrebird…
Burning Moments II, Digitally Animated Photos of the Amazing Sights Found at Burning Man 2015
After documenting his first Burning Man experience in 2014, filmmaker and photographer Ari Fararooy returned to the playa in 2015 and collected more of the…
Beat Bugs, An Animated Netflix Series With Different Artists Performing Songs by The Beatles
Netflix has just released a teaser trailer for Beat Bugs, an upcoming, original animated series that takes place in the grass and features over 50…
Why Goats and Other Prey Animals Have Eyes on the Sides of Their Heads With Rotating Horizontal Pupils
In advance of their new Explorer special Eyes Wide Open, science journalist Michael Stevens of Vsauce and National Geographic spoke with Dr. Marty Banks and…
Bassist Skillfully Uses a Spoken Google Translate Answer as a Backing Track for a Slap Bass Solo
Davie504, the incredible bassist who performed a montage of 200 of the most iconic bass lines, used a spoken answer from different versions of Google…
Tom Hiddleston Learns How to Be Neighborly in New Trailer for the Chilling Dark Comedy ‘High-Rise’
Prone to fits of mania, narcissism and power failure. In the new “main trailer” for the chillingly dark comedy High Rise directed by Ben Wheatley…
Run Baby Run, A Stop-Motion Animation of a Little 3D Printed Baby Running All Over the World
“RUN BABY RUN” is a short video by online filmmaker Eran Amir that uses various forms of a 3D printed baby to make it appear…
An Interactive Online Tour Through the Hieronymus Bosch Masterpiece ‘The Garden of Earthly Delights’
Documentarian Pieter van Huijstee has created a wonderful media triptych tribute to Hieronymus Bosch, the brilliant Flemish Primitive, whose stunning masterpiece “The Garden of Earthly…
Van Gogh’s Iconic Painting ‘Bedroom in Arles’ Physically Recreated as a Room to Rent on Airbnb
For their exhibition “Van Gogh’s bedrooms” taking place February 14 – May 10, 2016, the Art Institute of Chicago physically recreated the sparsely beautiful painting…