Scott Beale
Scott Beale founded Laughing Squid in 1995 in San Francisco and is currently based in New York City. When not running the blog, Scott can be found posting on Bluesky and sharing photos on Instagram.
Cat Curling at the Winter Olympics
USA squares off with Denmark for some intense cat curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics. No cats were harmed during the making of this. Although…
Star Wars AT-AT Walkers Attack Olympic Skiers
Anders Breinholt captured the brutal attack on Olympic skiers by Star Wars AT-AT Walkers at this year’s Winter Olympics in Sochi. The Rebel Alliance was…
Gamer Shows How He Scored 246 Points on ‘Flappy Bird’
Matthew Felix of Merced, CA shows us how he scored an incredible 246 points on (the now defunct) game Flappy Bird without cheats or hacks,…
“Tainted Love” by Soft Cell Played on Floppy Disk Drives
In 2012 Gigawipf configured an array of 13 floppy disk drives to play the 1981 Soft Cell cover of “Tainted Love”, using Moppy by Sammy1Am,…
Why Do We Get Nervous? by AsapSCIENCE
“What causes those butterflies in your stomach?” Mitchell Moffit and Gregory Brown of AsapSCIENCE take a look at why we get nervous and what athletes…
Where Did Earth’s Water Come From? by MinuteEarth
“Earth didn’t have water when it formed, but it does now! How did it get wet?” Henry Reich takes a look at where Earth’s water…
Can Music Improve Athletic Performance? by AsapSCIENCE
Mitchell Moffit and Gregory Brown of AsapSCIENCE explore the idea of using music as a performance enhancing drug on the latest episode of their ongoing…
A Painfully Accurate Shot-For-Shot Remake of the 1983 Music Video for “Separate Ways” by Journey
Los Angeles producer/writer Katie King and her friends made a painfully accurate shot-for-shot remake of the 1983 music video for “Separate Ways” by Journey. It’s…
The Flappy Bird Song by Jonathan Mann
“Flappy Bird, Flappy, Flappy Bird, Flappy Bird, Goddamnit!” Jonathan Mann sings about his love/hate love/hate relationship with the infuriating game Flappy Bird for his Song…
Competitive Farting at the Olympic Games
Ghost+Cow Films has been documenting the long history of competitive farting at the Olympic Games.