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  • Jennifer Sandlin
    2:20 pm Fri, Jul 11, 2025
    Watch a capybara conquer an agility course with grace and style A capybara named Tater Tot. Photo by Jennifer Sandlin

    Did you know capybaras could be taught to master agility courses? I had no idea, until I stumbled across this video from Ozzy Man Reviews, which features a gorgeous and talented capybara… Read the rest of the article: Watch a capybara conquer an agility course with grace and style

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  • Jennifer Sandlin
    2:20 pm Fri, Jul 11, 2025
    The bat-eared fox can chew five times a second, which makes for some awesome ASMR! By Dave Pullig from West Sussex, United Kingdom - Bat eared fox, CC BY 2.0, Link

    I love discovering wacky and wonderful animals that I never knew existed, and I love sharing them with you even more! My latest find is the bat-eared fox. This creature… Read the rest of the article: The bat-eared fox can chew five times a second, which makes for some awesome ASMR!

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  • Jennifer Sandlin
    2:05 pm Fri, Jul 11, 2025
    These Faulkner-style comedic shorts are utterly brilliant my own meager attempt at evoking Faulkner with this image of a Spanish moss-covered live oak tree. photo: Jennifer Sandlin

    This video of comedian Jerry Wayne Longmire reading his electric bill as if it's a William Faulkner novel is one of the best things I've ever seen on the internet.  Houston Life… Read the rest of the article: These Faulkner-style comedic shorts are utterly brilliant

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  • Jennifer Sandlin
    2:03 pm Fri, Jul 11, 2025
    Capybaras sound just like laser beams, and here's proof! A capybara named Tater Tot. Photo by Jennifer Sandlin

    Today is Capybara Appreciation Day, so I sure hope you're spending sufficient time appreciating the world's largest and most wonderful rodent. For me, pretty much every day is capybara appreciation… Read the rest of the article: Capybaras sound just like laser beams, and here's proof!

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  • Jennifer Sandlin
    1:31 pm Wed, Jul 9, 2025
    "I AM BLEEDING INTERNALLY" is the feel-bad song of the summer The Dream Eaters

    I've declared my undying love for The Dream Eaters before, and I'm back to share one of their songs that is absolutely getting me through this long, hot, depressing summer.… Read the rest of the article: "I AM BLEEDING INTERNALLY" is the feel-bad song of the summer

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  • Jennifer Sandlin
    12:43 pm Wed, Jul 9, 2025
    Maybe the doves from "Stupid Dove Nests" have simply perfected the art of slacking Parisian pigeons. photo: Jennifer Sandlin Used with permission

    I've found a new animal (anti-)hero, the unpretentious and ubiquitous dove. Or pigeon. Call these members of the Columbidae family whichever name you want, since there is "no scientific distinction"… Read the rest of the article: Maybe the doves from "Stupid Dove Nests" have simply perfected the art of slacking

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  • Jennifer Sandlin
    9:45 am Sat, Jul 5, 2025
    Watch this adorable armadillo splashing in a baby pool! Armadillo

    Here at Boing Boing we've already proven that armadillos are adorable, but for those of you still doubting, I'm back with more solid, definitive evidence. Behold Chip, an armadillo who lives… Read the rest of the article: Watch this adorable armadillo splashing in a baby pool!

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  • Jennifer Sandlin
    12:32 pm Fri, Jul 4, 2025
    John Prine's "Flag Decal" is apt for this year's Fourth of July This American flag won't get you into heaven, either. Photo: Jessica Pugh, used with permission. Used with permission

    It's the Fourth of July, and in the wake of the House passing the ugly stupid bill yesterday, I'm inclined to 'celebrate' America in the only way that makes sense… Read the rest of the article: John Prine's "Flag Decal" is apt for this year's Fourth of July

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  • Jennifer Sandlin
    9:06 am Thu, Jul 3, 2025
    You'll never believe how precious baby condors are! California Condor (Barbara Ash/shutterstock)

    This adorable chick is one of ten baby condors who has successfully hatched this year as part of Los Angeles Zoo's California condor breeding program, whose goal is to help grow the… Read the rest of the article: You'll never believe how precious baby condors are!

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  • Jennifer Sandlin
    9:05 am Thu, Jul 3, 2025
    Happy World Porcupine Day! Fox and the Hedgehog (Porcupine), by Samuel Howitt, (1805) Public Domain

    Happy World Porcupine Day! July 2nd is a day to appreciate and celebrate our quill-covered friends! International Days explains that there is great diversity among the roughly two dozen species of porcupines… Read the rest of the article: Happy World Porcupine Day!

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  • Jennifer Sandlin
    9:45 am Tue, Jul 1, 2025
    Video celebrates Mamdani's historic win and claps back at racial microaggressions Zohran Mamdani (lev radin/Shutterstock)

    I'm obsessed with this kick-ass video, "The Name is MAMDANI," which is a brilliant mashup featuring the winner of the New York City Democratic primary, Zohran Mamdani, who, as The… Read the rest of the article: Video celebrates Mamdani's historic win and claps back at racial microaggressions

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  • Jennifer Sandlin
    9:27 am Tue, Jul 1, 2025
    Free tool helps dodge grant rejections as federal censorship expands Karikatuur van Franse censoren, by Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard Grandville, (1835) Public domain.

    I recently discovered a terrific tool called "ScanAssist," that helps grant writers avoid all of the so-called "woke," or censored, words that the Trump administration is erasing from government websites… Read the rest of the article: Free tool helps dodge grant rejections as federal censorship expands

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  • Jennifer Sandlin
    9:00 am Mon, Jun 30, 2025
    Embrace your inner trash cat at PossumFest! Opossum (Phillip W. Kirkland / shutterstock.com)

    For anyone who has always wanted to meet an opossum, I have some terrific news for you! I just learned about "PossumFest," a celebration of all things opossum, which will… Read the rest of the article: Embrace your inner trash cat at PossumFest!

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  • Jennifer Sandlin
    7:30 am Mon, Jun 30, 2025
    Watch adorable desert animals quench their thirst at a watering hole Image: James Opiyo / shutterstock.com

    This video of all kinds of adorable desert animals quenching their thirst at the Tucson Bird Alliance's watering hole is one of the best things I've seen lately! The Tucson Bird… Read the rest of the article: Watch adorable desert animals quench their thirst at a watering hole

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  • Jennifer Sandlin
    10:20 am Sun, Jun 29, 2025
    Checking in on Project 2025 Image: Kashif - Khan/shutterstock.com

    Four months ago I shared a terrific resource called "Project 2025 Tracker," which tracks the progress of The Heritage Foundation's Project 2025 — what the Center for Progressive Reform calls "the conservative movement's blueprint… Read the rest of the article: Checking in on Project 2025

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  • Jennifer Sandlin
    12:00 pm Fri, Jun 27, 2025
    Golden Retrievers can't contain excitement for pool opening day Image: Golden retriever; Nikaletto / shutterstock.com

    This is the story of two poor, sad, pathetic Golden Retrievers, Tucker and his son Todd, who have been forced to endure a long, cold, winter, deprived of their precious,… Read the rest of the article: Golden Retrievers can't contain excitement for pool opening day

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  • Jennifer Sandlin
    10:30 am Fri, Jun 27, 2025
    RFK Jr's MAHA project funnels millions from public health to private wellness industry Pills (Light Stock/shutterstock.com)

    I've recently found two essential resources that have helped me understand what, exactly, is going on with HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy's takeover of public health: (1) episode 259 of… Read the rest of the article: RFK Jr's MAHA project funnels millions from public health to private wellness industry

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  • Jennifer Sandlin
    9:00 am Fri, Jun 27, 2025
    Where cute meets creepy in the animal kingdom Red-lipped batfish: Joe Dordo Brnobic/Shutterstock.com

    I recently discovered a new subreddit that I find myself returning to frequently, when I get a break in my day and want to scroll through content featuring animals (and… Read the rest of the article: Where cute meets creepy in the animal kingdom

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  • Jennifer Sandlin
    8:06 am Fri, Jun 27, 2025
    The only male marsupial with a pouch uses it to "tuck his junk" By Enrique González  - Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Uruguay, CC BY 4.0, Link

    I found an adorable new creature to obsess over! Meet the yapok, also known as a "water opossum" — the only marsupial adapted to an aquatic lifestyle. They are cousins… Read the rest of the article: The only male marsupial with a pouch uses it to "tuck his junk"

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  • Jennifer Sandlin
    9:02 am Thu, Jun 19, 2025
    New study suggests Long COVID is now most common childhood chronic health problem joel bubble ben /shutterstock.com

    An article recently published in JAMA Pediatrics (or, the Journal of the American Medical Association Pediatrics) presents findings from a study suggesting that Long COVID, a condition where symptoms last at least 3… Read the rest of the article: New study suggests Long COVID is now most common childhood chronic health problem

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