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.
A Campy Parody of ‘Influencer’ Apartment Tours
Comedian Claire McFadden wrote and performed a really campy parody of “Influencer” apartment tours that are posted on social media for the world to see.…
Irish Television Host Interviews a Punk, Two Goths, and a Mod on ‘The Late Late Show With Gay Byrne’ in 1983
Irish television host Gay Byrne of The Late Late Show conducted a collective interview in 1983 with four young people who identified with a certain…
How Kids Learned Classical Music From Old Cartoons
Cartoonist Vincent Alexander put together a Twitter thread that shows how kids were introduced to classical music through old cartoons.
Black Cat Sounds Like an Engine That Won’t Start
A black cat sat inside her beloved cardboard box and made adorable revving noises that made her sound like a stalling engine trying to start.
A Three and a Half Minute Compilation of 60 Songs That’s Here to Remind You of the Year 1995
As part of their newly relaunched Thursday music series for the month of March 2021, Aaron Brink and Steve Reidell of The Hood Internet have…
Rescued Capybara Really Enjoys a Good Scratch
Former Disney actor and biologist Natália Cará of Biologando Pelo Mundo came across a rather affectionate rescued capybara who wanted nothing more than to interact…
The Minnesota Department of Transportation Selects the Winners of Their 2021 Name a Snowplow Contest
View this post on Instagram A post shared by MnDOT (@mndot) The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MDOT) put a call to citizens in their state…
Military Portraits Featuring Pop Culture Characters
View this post on Instagram A post shared by scadarts (@scadarts) Photoshop editor scadarts has created a wonderful series that features different pop culture characters…
Expressive Piano Covers of Hard Rock Songs
Russian musician Gamazda performs wonderfully expressive covers of hard rock and heavy metal songs on piano. Each song she plays is played with the same…
An Amusing Mashup of the Lyrics to ‘We Will Rock You’ by Queen Set to a Swinging Dixieland Band
The always amusing Dustin Ballard of