Last week, Whole Foods customers at the Columbus Circle location in New York City were treated to more than just cuts of meat in the deli's display case. There was also an entertaining little mouse enjoying a generous portion of veal shank that cost $22.99/lb. TikTok user @DefineBritt (Brittany Ellis), who shot the video, can be heard laughing as she says, "Why is there a mouse?"

From ABC7NY:

Ellis said she tried to get the attention of employees at Whole Foods.

"Eventually, I first tried to hit up two associates that were like in the produce section because the butchers been busy when they didn't respond," she said. "We eventually waited for the butcher to let him know. He thought we were going (to) purchase meat at first, I was like no, I don't think you want to put your hand back in there because there's a mouse that could bite you or you know, health reasons I don't know what it could do. It's busy eating, it might think your food."

After Ellis's video went viral, Whole Foods made a statement. "We take this situation very seriously. We immediately removed and disposed of all products in the case, performed a deep cleaning, and brought in a third party service for a thorough inspection. The store diligently followed our detailed protocol in response and continues to work closely with our food safety team."

Ellis understandably says she left her groceries at Whole Foods that day, and won't be returning to the store.

Two misinformed gentleman tried to make a Yankees vs Toronto Blue Jays game political last week by hanging a banner that read "Trump Won." But the crowd wasn't having it. In the video above you can hear shouts of "fuck you," "fucking racists!" and "you pussies!" over booing from what sounded like the entire stadium. One person from the deck below tried to pull the banner down. Meanwhile, "a Yankees Stadium security official could be seen struggling to take the flag from the two men as they resisted," according to The Hill, who reported that the banner was finally confiscated by security. The two Trumpers were kicked out of the stadium, one apparently handcuffed, "prompting a round of cheers."

Hundreds of people protesting vaccine passports pushed past police as they stormed a Westfield mall in West London on Saturday. Once inside, according to The Guardian, they chanted "no more lockdowns" and "take your freedom back," and one of the organizers holding a megaphone shouted, "We're here as free people, spending our time communicating, to prepare for the summer of discontent, where we're going to organize in every community to prevent any more lockdowns. No more lockdowns!" Meanwhile, thousands of other protestors marched 12 miles throughout the streets of London.

From The Guardian:

"The staff were told to close down the shops while customers and the remainder of protesters were escorted out," Finzetto told the Guardian in a WhatsApp message. "Westfield eventually messaged staff to say they were closing down, most shops (normally open until 9pm) [were] shut for the day." …

Saturday's was the latest in a series of protests against the government's coronavirus measures in recent weeks that have drawn vast numbers of people. Protesters who spoke to the Guardian said they had joined the protest because they believed that the actions the government had taken to combat the coronavirus pandemic were causing more harm than good.

One protester, who would give his name only as Paul, from Bedfordshire, said he was taking part because he was scared about where the unprecedented crackdown on civil liberties under the pretext of fighting the pandemic would lead.

"I'm frightened about our liberties, our choice about whether we want to be vaccinated or not," he said. "Lots of people legitimately don't have any faith in it at all."

These lumurs stuck in a Bankok zoo actually seem to enjoy Thai folk and pop songs played on a keyboard by Seenlada Supat, an 11-year-old zoo volunteer dressed in an alligator costume. They watch her weekly concerts while eating and lounging, some sitting right on her instrument as she plays. "I don't mind," she told Reuters, unafraid of how close the animals come up to her. "It's as if they're playing music with me too."

A fire truck in Philadelphia was sounding its siren as it sped to a house fire Wednesday afternoon when an oblivious driver got in front of it, causing the truck to swerve into a Toyota. It then "bounced off the median, hit a parked truck and careened into a building," according to 6ABC. The crash left two truck-size holes in the building.

Although all four firefighters in the truck were injured, they were all released from the hospital later that night. A woman driving the Toyota was also treated for non-life-threatening injuries.

The lip-smacking noises this 5-year-old porcupine makes says it all – Rico, who lives at the Cincinnati Zoo, is clearly enjoying that spoon dipped in peanut butter.

Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz, who's been part of a sex-trafficking investigation as of late, doesn't like Silicon Valley because he thinks they are "hall monitors" who "suppress" the GQP.

"The internet's hall monitors out in Silicon Valley, they think they can suppress us, discourage us," he told an audience at an "American First" rally in Georgia yesterday, which also included Marjorie Taylor Greene. "Maybe if you're just a little less patriotic. Maybe if you just conform to their way of thinking a little more, then you'll be allowed to participate in the digital world."

And then he tried his hand at Trump-style coded language. "Well, you know what? Silicon Valley can't cancel this movement, or this rally, or this congressman. We have a Second Amendment in this country, and I think we have an obligation to use it." But he failed – we all know exactly what he meant.

This elderly, perhaps drunken gentleman didn't seem to hear the crowd around him telling him he was in no shape to drive. Instead, he gassed the golf cart and proceeded to flatten a bed of flowers before driving up on a curb, flying out of the cart, and face-planting on the cement ground. It wasn't until after he crashed that his friends decided to take away the keys.

Who better but the scandal-ridden Rep. Matt Gaetz (Q-FL) and toxic Marjorie Taylor Greene (Q-GA) to "team up" and "take charge" of the Republican party? That's the plan she bragged about when talking to Steve Bannon this week.

"Matt Gaetz and I have teamed up because we refuse to allow Liz Cheney or Adam Kinzinger or any Trump-hating Republican … we won't allow the GOP to turn into their party. We're taking charge," the QAnon fanatic said.

"We're bringing it to the people. We know what the people want. … Matt and I both support Trump as the leader of the Republican party and Matt and I are just going to drive it home all over the country to make sure America-first policies are the only way forward for the Republican party."

Sounds like another conspiracy theory to me.

Limp fans sitting in moist weather at Nationals Park in Washington D.C. during a "Rain Delay" on Wednesday perked up when a naked man came on the field to entertain them. He rode the baseball field's slick tarmac like a wet Slip 'N' Slide before spotting security guards rushing toward him. That's when he entered a long roller. The entertainment climaxed when the streaker, realizing he was beat, popped out and was quickly handcuffed. Throughout this amusing fling, the crowd exploded with screams and excitement.

Unfortunately, the rest of the evening had no action. The Washington Nationals and Cincinnati Reds went home with 5 1/2 innings delayed until tonight.

Via The Washington Post

The upscale "farm to door" Belcampo Meat Co., based in San Francisco's Bay Area, claims they offer organic, grass-fed, local "meat you can trust — transparency from start to finish." But on Sunday, Evan, a former employee of their Santa Monica shop, posted a video on Instagram (below) showing us that at least some of their meat and chicken are not always organic, grass-fed, from their own farms, or, for that matter, even local. "They're fucking lying to you," he says.

In the video, Evan displays $47.99/pound plastic-wrapped tenderloin from Tasmania, Mary's Chicken (sold at Whole Foods), factory-farmed National Beef (from Kansas City, Missouri), and boxes of frozen Pasturebird poultry. "I apologize to all the customers that I lied to for the past 2 and a half years in order to keep my job," he said.

Evan, who started noticing Belcampo's outside products last fall, was let go last week after working for the company for 2 1/2 years, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.

From The Guardian:

In a statement to the Guardian, the company co-founder Anya Fernald described the issue as an "isolated incident at the Santa Monica Butcher Shop".

Fernald said that individual Belcampo butcher shops have "a small degree of autonomy when it comes to sourcing products for their local customer base or when there are supply shortages on certain items.

"The preliminary results of our investigation show that unfortunately protocols both for sourcing and communicating product origin to customers were not being followed in our Santa Monica location. These errors made up a small percentage of total product," she added.

Here's a Karen spotted at an airport demanding to speak to the manager, shared by TikTok user @Kevindurio. "I want the manager of the fucking airport here!" she shouts to security. She then turns to the passengers who are waiting in seats for their flight. "Who saw him choke me to the ground?"

One helpful passenger pipes up. "I saw you run through the door when you weren't supposed to."

This sends Karen into shrill damsel-in-distress mode. "He choke holded me to the ground! I am a woman in a dress!!"

But when a passenger says "Boo hoo" and another shouts "You deserved it," her voice drops a few octaves with, "Boo hoo! You fuck off."

If you ever plan on visiting Mackinaw City, a small town in Michigan, make sure to do your hotel research first. A woman staying at the town's Crown Choice Inn and Suites was called "idiot," "dumbass," "piece of shit," and "dumb Democrat" because she asked for help when her bathroom started to leak. An angry man behind the counter, who says his family owns the hotel, told her she "rented" the room so it's her bathroom now, and she will have to pay for the parts and damages. According to her more detailed Facebook post, he also called the police and kicked her out (along with her friend and their five kids in total) around midnight. She had to drive over two hours before they found a place, around 2:30am, that had available rooms.

A wild grouse befriended a New Hampshire man whose wife and kids were on vacation, and quickly developed an "unusual attachment." The family came home to find an obsessed bird, which they named "Walter," who lunges at them if they get too close to his new best buddy.

"He's is like a dog…" Mary Beth posted on Facebook. "Runs up to greet Todd in the morning and when he comes home. He will come up to the girls and I occasionally, but often jumps at us as if to chase us away. He runs like a feathered velociraptor while he chases us down the driveway in our cars."

Apparently, this happens sometimes with male grouse in the spring. From Centre Daily Times:

Westward says she shared the details in hope someone could explain what was going on. Turns out this is not the first time such behavior has been documented, according to wildlife expert Lisa Williams in a video produced by the Pennsylvania Game Commission.

It happens in the spring, she said, and typically involves male grouse.

"One theory behind the tame grouse behavior is that they are being hyper territorial. And if I come into the territory and do anything that sounds like I might be a drumming grouse, I can elicit this hyper territorial response," Williams said.

"If you're fortunate enough to come across one of these tame grouse, enjoy it while it lasts. They usually only last a few weeks during the peak breeding season. And often these birds do not live very long, because they're a little too brave for their own good."

Image by Ben Amstutz / Flickr

This cute video of a baby giraffe discovering its shadow at the Monarto Safari Park in South Australia falls into the same category as the puppy who notices its tail for the first time, or the human baby that notices their reflection in the mirror for the first time. In other words, video-worthy moments that never get old.

A high school graduate from Illinois nailed an amazing trick shot from the roof of his house on his graduation day. While originally on the roof to clean off leaves per his mom's request (according to Yahoo!Sport), his brother tossed him the ball and he made short work of it.