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.
Incredible Electric Fan Instrument That Can Be Played Either Like a Guitar or an Upright Bass
Electronicos Fantasticos is a highly inventive band fronted by electronic artist Ei Wada. Each of the band’s instruments is made by the Open Reel Ensemble…
How the Construction of NYC’s Central Park Led to the Demise of a Thriving 19th Century Black Neighborhood
In an eye-opening episode of the Vox series Missing Chapter, host Ranjani Chakraborty met with New York City historian Cynthia Copeland in Central Park to…
Classic Dungeons & Dragons Modules Hilariously Renamed to Match What the Art Shows on the Cover
Gamer Meghan Nicolle Lawson of Dungeons and Dragons Memes has presented a series of classic D&D modules that have been humorously renamed to match the…
16 Year Old Guitar Virtuoso Plays a Beautiful Cover of Tears for Fears’ ‘Everybody Wants to Rule the World’
Kent Nishimura, a 16 year old guitar virtuoso performed a beautiful, acoustic, fingerstyle cover of the incredibly prescient 1985 Tears for Fears song “Everybody Wants…
Amusing Compilations of Marvel, Star Wars and Disney References Made During 30 Seasons of ‘The Simpsons’
There was an idea… to bring together the best Marvel references across 30 seasons of The Simpsons, streaming on Disney+. Three amusing animated compilations featuring…
Australian Animals Welcome the Relief of Falling Rain
With the horrific brushfires of the 2019 season still burning all over Australia, the kangaroos, koalas, wombats, meerkats, lemurs, and wallabies of the Symbio Wildlife…
Inspiring Young Woman Opens Up About Living With Williams Syndrome and Her Need to Hug Everyone
The incredible Chris Ulmer of Special Books by Special Kids sat down with Alexandra Birch, a 22 year old Dallas woman with Williams Syndrome. The…
A Realistic Knitted Death’s Head Hawkmoth
As part of her ongoing knitted moth project, yarn artist Max Alexander (previously) created a beautiful replication of the illusory Death’s-head hawkmoth. This particular moth…
Mountain Dew Cheesecake
Homemade cheesecake and Mountain Dew rarely have anything in common, but that little fact didn’t deter Tastemade from creating a very simple, rectangular yellow cheesecake…
The Surprisingly Small Fierce-Looking Fangtooth Fish
The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (previously) captured incredibly rare footage of a drifting fangtooth fish in the deepest seas. While these elusive creatures may…