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.
Beautiful Footage of a Quadricolored Pyjama Sea Slug Crawling Along the Floor of the Egyptian Red Sea
While snorkeling in the Red Sea near Hurghada, Egypt, an underwater photographer captured absolutely beautiful footage of a Chromodoris quadricolor, more colloquially known as a…
An Indoor Cat Is Stopped Cold by a Skylight When Leaping at Pigeon That Was Flying Overhead
An indoor tabby cat who was perched on the back of his human’s chair, suddenly went into alert mode when a pigeon flew overhead outdoors…
An Attorney Shows Up With a Kitten Zoom Filter Accidentally Enabled During Virtual Legal Proceeding
During a livestreamed virtual legal proceeding in the 394th District Court of Texas, presiding Judge Roy Ferguson along with attorneys Jerry L. Phillips and H.…
A Virtuosic Piano Medley of Queen’s Greatest Hits
Talented pianist Eshan Denipitiya performed an absolutely wonderful tribute to the band Queen with a virtuosic medley of some of the band’s greatest hits. Denipitiya,…
A Short Film That Offers a Rare Look at Daily Life in Pyongyang, North Korea on a Rainy Day
The Brazilian directing duo of José Menezes and Lucas Justiniano, collectively known as CINZA collaborated with Nowness (previously) to create an incredibly moody short film…
Handy Coat Hook That Flips Down to Pour You a Shot
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Unnecessary Inventions (@unnecessaryinventions) Matt Benedetto of the hilarious self-explanatory parody products site Unnecessary Inventions (previously) has…
Same Energy, A Minimalist Visual Search Engine That Uses Image Categories to Locate Related Images
Engineer Jacob Jackson has created Same Energy, a visual search engine that uses image categories to locate similar, related images. The engine is rather minimalist,…
Beatboxer Transcribes the Lyrics of His Beats
Beatboxer verbalase (Adym Evans) visually explains how he transcribes the lyrics of the beats he throws down, perhaps for future use. Much like a lyricist,…
Clever Chipmunk Strategically Stuffs Three Giant Unshelled Peanuts Into His Stretchy Cheeks
Jacques Nuzzo of the Illinois Raptor Center captured absolutely adorable footage of a clever little Eastern chipmunk named Hoover who very strategically loaded three giant…
A Colorful LEGO Reinterpretation of the Iconic Painting ‘The Starry Night’ by Vincent van Gogh
Lego Truman submitted a highly creative LEGO IDEAS design that reinterprets the iconic Vincent van Gogh painting “The Starry Night” in colorful bricks. The 1,552…