Just Another Day at Work

I liked this photo since I first saw it, so you should indulge a proud mama for a moment. Dr. Dolittle is on the left, performing surgery in Ecuador while instructing a veterinary student. Such excursions are set up to spay and neuter animals in underserved areas and give students real-world experience, while offering a foreign trip at discount prices. She was quite proud of climbing a volcano (while further injuring a sprained ankle). But I am more proud and frankly gobsmocked that my kid can cut into a living body without harm, plus teach that skill to others.

Bedding

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Singing Bulldog

Walter Geoffrey is a French Bulldog who does not like to be ignored. Instead of barking to get attention, he'll sing an aria like he's on stage at the Metropolitan Opera House. See more Walter Geoffrey at his Instagram page.  (via Tastefully Offensive)

Realism in Movies

Yeah, that might be your home, but it's not your own home. Especially if you're a member of the target audience for a science fiction movie. This comic is from Toon Hole. (via reddit)

So Is It Really a Theft?

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Why Aliens Would Never Invade Africa

Trevor Noah has an answer to everything, even District 9. 

Mistaken Identity

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Burn the Witch!

Julie Nolke is accused of conjuring magic because of unexplainable occurrences in her home. Burn her! 

The sketch is only three and a half minutes, followed by an ad. 

Happy Star Wars Day!

The departure screen at Heathrow Airport in London was a little different as May 4th dawned. You can enlarge the picture here. The flight to Hoth has been delayed because of snow on the runway at the destination. The flight going to Kashyyyk is numbered WOOK1E. And sadly, Flight LE1A to Alderaan has been cancelled.

Good morning from Heathrow. The force is strong with us today and we've got some special new routes. Will you be travelling to galaxies near... or far, far away? #Maythe4th #MayTheFourth #MayThe4thBeWithYou #StarWarsDay 🌌🌟 pic.twitter.com/B9IcnMOMxC

— Heathrow Airport (@HeathrowAirport) May 4, 2018

Every departure has a story, but you'll see it only if you're familiar with a galaxy far, far away. (via reddit)

Peekaboo!

The urge to make a baby laugh, and the joy we get from it, is no accident. It's a adaptation that makes us rear children in a way that helps them develop the skills they need. At only a few months old, babies laugh when you play peekaboo because they are learning about object permanence. Their laugh is reinforced when you keep doing this pleasurable activity, so they learn to laugh at what they enjoy. But their brains are also forming important concepts. They will continue to laugh at peekaboo for years, but the game later grows into more complicated forms of play that also expand their brains' understanding of the world. This TED-Ed lesson doesn't really go into that pleasurable feedback loop, but spending a weekend with my grandchildren drove it home for me.  

Miss Cellania's Links

How the Classic American Game of Twister Went From Risqué to Record-Breaking. 

The Ethiopian running secret. One school of training is highly personalised, technical and data-driven. The other is the one that wins marathons. (via Nag on the Lake) 

Report Details Trump Effort to Quietly Lay Groundwork to ‘Steal Future Elections.’ (via Metafilter) 

Bird’s Nest Fungi: Tiny Nests, Big Trick. 

A Trio of Adorable New York City Cats Travel the World in Their Finest Attire. 

A perfect little buffet for feathered guests. (via Everlasting Blort) 

12,000-Year-Old Discovery at Karahan Tepe, “the World’s First Village,” Reveals an Ancient Key to Human Survival. (via Strange Company) 

Engine noises. Turn the sound on. 

People Shared The Funniest Animal Photos From Their Countries, Much To Everyone’s Delight. 

Long Story

(Thanks, WTM!)

Princess Leia's Stolen Death Star Plans

I found some serious catnip that will be playing all evening long while I work. It's a mashup of the Beatles and Star Wars. To be specific, the album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is used to tell the saga of Luke, Leia, Han, and the droids as they battle Darth Vader and the Empire. Dan Amrich and Jude Kelley of Palette-Swap Ninja redid the entire Sgt. Pepper album in Star Wars lyrics. You can hear the whole thing in this playlist. If you don't listen to anything else from the album, you've got to hear the last track, "Reprise/A Day in the Life of Red Five." (via Metafilter)

Feelings

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Chicken

They saw the picture and went with it. (via Bad Newspaper)

Ducks

The award-winning animated short film Ducks starts out cute with a baby observing a normal day in the park, and gets cuter- for a little while. And then nightmare fuel starts creeping in. Don't let that stop you; there's no real horror here, just a throwback to the bizarre cartoons of the early internet. The first thing we learn is that not all ducks are the same. They can vary in surprising ways. They don't appear to be completely nefarious, but you get a sneaking suspicion that they could be. This film is by AJ Jeffries, who has an extensive catalog of cartoons you might want to check out.  

Drive Through

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Family of Cougars Caught on Camera

This trail cam footage shows a mother cougar with three half-grown cubs visiting a stash of deer meat. And purring and squeaking. They look healthy and well-fed. But the surprise is where this happened. It was near Voyageurs National Park in Minnesota! We think of cougars as residents of the American West, but they once roamed the entire country. Over the last couple of decades, there have been some sightings in Minnesota, mostly on trail cams, of solitary cougars, but this sighting is the first of cubs in Minnesota in more than a century. 

When an electronically-tagged deer died in March, it was found covered in leaves, raising suspicions that a cougar may have killed it. Researchers planted cameras near the carcass, hoping that the cats would return to feast again. They were surprised to see four cougars return to the site, meaning that cougars are once again reproducing in Minnesota instead of just passing through. Read more about this discovery at MPR. (via Metafilter)  

Watermelon

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Press Conference

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and FBI Director Kash Patel answer questions from the press in the opening skit from last night's Saturday Night Live. Alcohol may have been involved.