Laughing Squid
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Rescued Animals Zodiac the Mink and Baladi the Egyptian Dog Relax Together Within Minutes of First Meeting Each Other
Zodiac the mink, who has been spending time learning how to swim, and Baladi the Egyptian dog meet for the very first time and are…
Silly Dachshund Attempts to Pick Up a Slippery Silver Slinky Toy Off the Ground With Her Nose
A very cute and very silly dachshund named Edith makes several attempts to use her nose to pick up a silver Slinky from the grass,…
Fox Releases First Trailer for the Animated ‘Peanuts’ Movie Featuring Snoopy, Woodstock, and the Red Baron
Fox has released the first trailer for the animated Peanuts movie (previously) based on the popular comic strip created by Charles Shultz. The trailer features Woodstock…
‘Duktig’, IKEA Doll Beds Cleverly Repurposed as Luxurious Low-Cost Beds for Cats
A number of very clever humans have turned to the Swedish furniture IKEA to provide low-cost luxurious beds for their cats. The Duktig Doll Bed,…
Facebook Launches a New Dedicated App for Accessing and Managing Groups
Facebook has launched a new dedicated app for accessing groups, appropriately titled Facebook Groups, that will allow users to access and manage their groups without having to…
A Supercut of Great One-Liners Blurted Out by He-Man on the Animated Series ‘He-Man and the Masters of the Universe’
DreamWorksTV, who previously presented a collection of Skeletor’s evil insults, is back and has created a new supercut video of great one-liners blurted out by…
An Antique Elevator Indicator Sign Repurposed as a Next Train Display
San Francisco-based developer and self-described “tinkerer” Rolf Rando lives near a Muni light rail line and finds himself constantly checking online for train arrival times.…
It’s Okay To Be Smart Explains the Anthropocene and the Current Sixth Mass Extinction
In a recent episode of It’s Okay To Be Smart host Joe Hanson explains the Anthropocene and how humans are causing the current sixth mass…
‘Sequel’, An Art Show Featuring Posters for Movie Sequels That Were Never Made at Iam8bit Gallery in Los Angeles
Beetlejuice 2 by Muxxi Sequel is a group art show at the iam8bit gallery (previously) in Los Angeles featuring posters from over forty talented artists…
‘Tales of Auto Elasticity’, Surreal Photorealistic Illustrations of Contorted Pickup Trucks by Chris LaBrooy
Classic pickup trucks are distorted and interlocked in wonderfully surreal assemblages in the photorealistic digital illustration series Tales of Auto Elasticity by Chris LaBrooy. The…