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Sunday, July 05, 2026
If Jurassic Park Had a $10 Budget
This homemade Sweded version of Jurassic Park is pretty good considering. They got the scenery right, the weather right, the costumes right, and some of the vehicles right (although others are cardboard). Even the acting is passable. The main shortcut is making pets into dinosaurs, which is funny enough on its own.
Crazy Russian Dog Wash
Taras Kulakov, known as The Crazy Russian Hacker has three dogs: Luke, Gus, and Hugo. With that many dogs, he decided to purchase a machine to clean them. In this video, he tries it out and gives us a review. Listening to Kulakov is always a treat, but the real draw in this video is watching Luke enjoying his bath. Hugo wasn't quite as enthusiastic. (via Laughing Squid)
Brothers
A comic about BIG FEELINGS!
— Litterbox Comics (@litterboxcomics.com) June 27, 2026 at 12:00 PM
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Saturday, July 04, 2026
Stars and Stripes Forever
Stars and Stripes Forever is a 1952 biopic of John Philip Sousa. It begins after Sousa's long stint as the director of the United States Marine Band, and is somewhat fictionalized. It's an entertaining film about the entertainment industry, although with a marching band slant and a romantic subplot. If you just want to hear the song, skip ahead to the last scene, at about 1:16.
The Number One Songs of 1976
Of course I remember all of these songs; 1976 was the year I graduated from high school. They made such a big deal out of us being "bicentennial seniors." It's hard to believe it's been that long. Anyway, none of these songs were particular favorites of mine, since I was quite into album rock, even if it came on an 8-track. But you couldn't escape hearing them, because the radio was always on.
"Play That Funky Music" hold particular memories. I went to college that fall in a state where the drinking age was 18. I was only 17, but no one checked IDs. No matter what bar you were in, the band played that same song, because everyone danced to it.
The Parts of the American Revolution They Don't Teach You in School
The United States traces its official birthday to the issuing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. That's been 250 years now. We celebrate the founding ideals that the US stands for: liberty, democracy, and equality, as the Founding Fathers broke with the British monarchy. But while those ideals are still worth celebrating, they weren't always adhered to. Our elementary history classes used to teach about the more undemocratic episodes of our nation's story as justified. Then they were taught as "just the ways things were back then," and now they are often skipped completely because there's a lot of history and the unsavory parts are just too difficult- and it's sometimes seen as frankly unpatriotic. PBS fills in some of the pieces you didn't learn about in school.
Patriot
Malicious compliance is my jam.
— Gleafer (@gleafer.bsky.social) June 29, 2026 at 12:50 PM
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Friday, July 03, 2026
The Psychedelic Bicentennial
In 1976, when the US celebrated 200 years, this video aired everywhere. It was made with a grant from the federal government. Groovy!
Ridiculous School Rules Sparked by One Incident
If a school suddenly imposes a ridiculous rule that no one understands, you can assume that someone caused a problem, and they can't figure out a better way to deal with it. When I was in high school, they cut our lunch break from a half hour to 20 minutes. Then the next year it was cut to 15 minutes. That was serious for a school that didn't have a cafeteria. Both cuts came after someone was busted for drugs, and all of us suffered.
I'm sure that's happened throughout the history of public schools, but in the age of the internet, such incidences can make the local news and then go viral globally. You probably didn't hear about each of these instances, but Chill Dude Explains did the research. Here are ten times that one prankster, or one group of pranksters, left their legacy for the classes that followed them. Sometimes these new rules spread to schools statewide or even nationwide.
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