(via Bad Newspaper)
Tuesday, June 02, 2020
How to Be a Pirate
The always-entertaining and enlightening CGP Grey explains how to be a pirate, with lore largely adapted from the book The Invisible Hook. The above video has the captain explaining things to you. Here's the same lesson, from the quartermaster's point of view.
Got it? (via Geeks Are Sexy)
Almost Endless Indoor Exercise
Here's the way to automate a puppy's playtime and/or exercise. All you need is a leash and the proper size furniture -and a camera, of course. The kicker here is that the puppy eventually catches his prey! That's a good dog. (via Digg)
Plastic
I think the idea is that the plastic will be easier to clean, but I wouldn't bet on it being cleaned often. (Thanks, WTM!)
What Happens When Cats Have Catnip?
Oh, we know what happens to cats when they get near catnip, but it's always fun to watch as they indulge -especially with psychedelic music and a few visual effects thrown in. It's totally harmless, because cats don't have to make it to work on time or impress their in-laws or or keep an eye on those burning candles. BBC Earth presents a montage of cats enjoying some nip from the series Pets: Wild At Heart. (via Digg)
Miss Cellania's Links
America’s Never-Ending Battle Against Flesh-Eating Worms. The very much shortened version is at Twitter. (via Metafilter)
A Timeline of Events That Led to the 2020 'Fed Up'-rising. It's not complete, but it's more than enough.
Mayflower’s Billington Brothers: America’s 1st Juvenile Delinquents? (via Strange Company)
Eris is a Dog with a 12.2-inch Snout.
The Con Artist Who Posed as a Nurse During the 1918 Flu Pandemic.
About That Time Whitey Bulger "Won" the Mass Millions Lottery. (via Damn Interesting)
Would Your Dog Rescue You? Scientists Made a Test to Find Out.
Police Are Killing Fewer People In Big Cities, But More In Suburban And Rural America. (via Digg)
A blast from the past (2010): Stars of the Wild West Show.
Monday, June 01, 2020
The Worst Typo I Ever Made
When working on anything having to do with a computer, it is best to 1. backup your work first, 2. make edits on a copy, and 3. get cozy with your "undo" button, and allow time to consider using it. There are times when all these steps are skipped, and the worst thing possible happens. Tom Scott explains his most egregious "onosecond." The story is a couple of minutes shorter than the video.
The Mat Hatterpillar
Mother Nature is sometimes a prankster. The caterpillar that will eventually turn into the moth Uraba lugens is called the mad haterpillar because it grows its own hat, out of its own shed exoskeletons! This video is really only a minute long, then host Steve Mould discusses future episodes. (via Geekologie)
Miss Cellania's Links
The Long, Painful History of Police Brutality in the U.S.
A cautionary tale about the risks of putting your life online for all to see.
When Rich Weirdos Hand-Picked The Next Jesus.
Why NASA Set Up Shop in Russia’s Forbidden Star City.
Cordless exterminator!
What Happens to Baseball Heroes After They're on Topps? Brad Balukjian took a road trip in 2015 to meet them and find out.
Violent protests are not the story. Police violence is.
What Hollywood Gets Wrong About the Ocean. (via Digg)
A blast from the past (2017): 10 Animal Retirement Homes.
Chook the Lyrebird
You might recall how Sir David Attenborough introduced us to the lyrebird, a master of mimcry (and later the wonderful remix). Chook the lyrebird lives at the Adelaide Zoo. After a period of construction at the zoo, Chook was able to recreate the sounds of hammers, saws, and power tools exactly. (via Arbroath)
Tweet of the Day
Have a nice day, everyone. Here is a video of my cat who sleeps with a cardboard cutout of Danny Devito and gets mad when you try to take it from him. pic.twitter.com/WR3s3WL3Ft— ghost mom | BLM (@radtoria) May 27, 2020
(via Everlasting Blort)
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