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  • Jennifer Sandlin
    8:30 am Tue, May 13, 2025
    Javelinas return for revenge on Arizona golf course Javelina

    Remember back in October of 2023 when Em Casey, Assistant Superintendent at Seven Canyons Golf Club in Sedona, Arizona, posted her frustration that "one of the most beautiful golf courses in the country"… Read the rest of the article: Javelinas return for revenge on Arizona golf course

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  • Jennifer Sandlin
    7:54 am Sun, May 11, 2025
    Can you believe the gorgeous floral arrangements on this NYC stoop are actually made from LEGO? anystock / Shutterstock.com

    I absolutely love this beautiful floral-laden stoop on Manhattan's Upper East Side. It's overflowing with bright, colorful flowers and is breathtakingly gorgeous! If you look closely, though, you'll realize that… Read the rest of the article: Can you believe the gorgeous floral arrangements on this NYC stoop are actually made from LEGO?

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  • Jennifer Sandlin
    12:36 pm Fri, May 9, 2025
    I've stopped eating pre-bagged lettuce in the midst of an "undermined" FDA and an "almost guaranteed" looming leafy greens E. coli outbreak Ivan Chistyakov/shutterstock.com

    With all of the Food and Drug Administration's recent "haphazard" firings of employees—including food scientists who test samples for harmful bacteria and more, as well as the FDA's lack of open… Read the rest of the article: I've stopped eating pre-bagged lettuce in the midst of an "undermined" FDA and an "almost guaranteed" looming leafy greens E. coli outbreak

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  • Jennifer Sandlin
    1:00 pm Thu, May 8, 2025
    Moby relaunches free music library for creatives, with 500 new tracks Moby relaunches Mobygratis. Screengrab from Moby's YouTube

    Electronic musician, producer, DJ, and "cultural polymath" Moby recently relaunched Mobygratis, the free sound library that he originally created in 2005 to provide indie musicians, filmmakers, and artists of all kinds… Read the rest of the article: Moby relaunches free music library for creatives, with 500 new tracks

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  • Jennifer Sandlin
    9:28 am Thu, May 8, 2025
    Kind human helps hermit crabs move out of their trash homes and into fresh clean shells!

    In trying times like the ones we're currently living through, I like to remind myself that there are awesome humans out there doing great things. One such outstanding person is photographer and… Read the rest of the article: Kind human helps hermit crabs move out of their trash homes and into fresh clean shells!

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  • Jennifer Sandlin
    7:20 am Tue, May 6, 2025
    Watch mesmerizing routines from the Indoor Skydiving Championships Screenshot

    Indoor skydiving is so cool! The 5th FAI (Fédération Aéronautique Internationale) World Indoor Skydiving Championships for Artistic Events recently concluded in Charleroi, Belgium, and wow, I've been absolutely mesmerized watching the… Read the rest of the article: Watch mesmerizing routines from the Indoor Skydiving Championships

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  • Jennifer Sandlin
    7:18 am Tue, May 6, 2025
    Parrot sings classic rock hits in awesome and hilarious style Double Yellow Headed Amazon Parrot.

    I've found another member of the animal supergroup I'm assembling, which currently includes an adorable Lab mix named Lulu who's terrific on guitar, a talented Dachshund percussionist who plays a mean tail-on-trash-can, and a… Read the rest of the article: Parrot sings classic rock hits in awesome and hilarious style

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  • Jennifer Sandlin
    4:22 am Sun, May 4, 2025
    German insults are superior to all others! Ohrfeigengesicht

    If, like me, you've run out of clever ways to express your true feelings about the current regime—I mean, there's just so many iterations of "f*cking a*sholes" one can utter… Read the rest of the article: German insults are superior to all others!

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  • Jennifer Sandlin
    10:04 am Sat, May 3, 2025
    Amazing rescue dog can balance on an exercise ball, ride a skateboard, and more! Image: Chatty G

    Meet Lollipop, a deaf rescue dog who absolutely loves to stand and walk around on a big rubber exercise ball. I am amazed at how well she can balance and at the grace… Read the rest of the article: Amazing rescue dog can balance on an exercise ball, ride a skateboard, and more!

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  • Jennifer Sandlin
    9:52 am Sat, May 3, 2025
    Watch fuzzy horses transform into sleek beauties AfriramPOE / Shutterstock

    I've recently stumbled upon a new way to relax that I wanted to share with you: watching videos of folks shedding their horses! A quick search for "horse shedding ASMR"… Read the rest of the article: Watch fuzzy horses transform into sleek beauties

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  • Jennifer Sandlin
    4:30 am Thu, May 1, 2025
    This site maps Wind Phones across the world Wind Phone

    A couple of years ago, Popkin here at Boing Boing wrote about the "Phone of the Wind," a beautiful phone booth created by Itaru Sasaki as a way to help him grieve… Read the rest of the article: This site maps Wind Phones across the world

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  • Jennifer Sandlin
    4:00 am Thu, May 1, 2025
    Congratulations to the European Gull Screeching champions Photo: Pixabay

    This past weekend was the fifth annual European Gull Screeching Championship, where 60 seagull enthusiasts from 14 different countries competed with their finest seagull screeching talents to see who would be… Read the rest of the article: Congratulations to the European Gull Screeching champions

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  • Jennifer Sandlin
    3:30 am Thu, May 1, 2025
    Armadillo chows down on a "termite mound" birthday cake Armadillo

    Join me in sending an enthusiastic "happy birthday!" wish to Julio, Maryland Zoo's cute-as-can-be southern three-banded armadillo ambassador, who recently turned 17! The cute little armored fellow celebrated with a birthday "cake" that… Read the rest of the article: Armadillo chows down on a "termite mound" birthday cake

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  • Jennifer Sandlin
    3:06 am Thu, May 1, 2025
    Ain't no party like an echidna party! Echidna

    A Tasmanian short-beaked echidna named Adelaide recently turned 56, and the video footage from her birthday party is bringing me joy! She was presented with a beautiful cake that *looked*… Read the rest of the article: Ain't no party like an echidna party!

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  • Jennifer Sandlin
    7:36 am Sun, Apr 27, 2025
    Public historians slam Trump's statue garden plan Christopher Columbus statue face down at Minnesota State Capitol, June 10, 2020. Photo: Tony Webster (CC BY-SA 2.0)

    The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) just announced a grant competition soliciting proposals for statues of "Iconic Americans" for the "National Garden of American Heroes." The press release states that the… Read the rest of the article: Public historians slam Trump's statue garden plan

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  • Jennifer Sandlin
    4:34 am Fri, Apr 25, 2025
    Panda Express reverses mask ban for employees after public outcry Screengrab of the cover of

    Last week, news began circulating that fast casual restaurant Panda Express was implementing a new company-wide mask policy that would ban masks for its workers, unless they were "required for… Read the rest of the article: Panda Express reverses mask ban for employees after public outcry

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  • Jennifer Sandlin
    4:15 am Fri, Apr 25, 2025
    After delays, Novavax Covid vaccine is on track for full FDA approval vaccine

    Rejoice, fellow vaccine enthusiasts—it looks like there's good news on the horizon for Novavax, everyone's favorite scrappy, highly effective, Matrix-M adjuvanted, protein-based, non-mRNA COVID-19 vaccine, which also has the fewest… Read the rest of the article: After delays, Novavax Covid vaccine is on track for full FDA approval

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  • Jennifer Sandlin
    6:10 am Thu, Apr 24, 2025
    Don't forget to eat your delicious and nutritious phloem Phloem

    I'm here to remind you that when you eat a banana, you should also eat those stringy white parts—which are technically called "phloem bundles"—that people usually remove and throw away.… Read the rest of the article: Don't forget to eat your delicious and nutritious phloem

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  • Jennifer Sandlin
    3:59 am Thu, Apr 24, 2025
    Kraftwerk-themed wedding was spectacular Did someone say BOING?? Kraftwerk shouting out everyone’s favorite zine-blog-website! From the April 14, 2025 Phoenix, AZ Kraftwerk show. Photo: Jennifer Sandlin

    I was lucky enough to see Kraftwerk last week on their "Multimedia Tour 2025" and the show absolutely blew my mind.  After posting some photos on my social media, I… Read the rest of the article: Kraftwerk-themed wedding was spectacular

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  • Jennifer Sandlin
    3:56 am Thu, Apr 24, 2025
    Lego xylophone made entirely with bricks–and works beautifully Image: Zung Hoang

    Check out this working xylophone made totally from Lego pieces! Every part of Zung Hoang's design is crafted from bricks—each of the xylophone keys is made out of a Lego… Read the rest of the article: Lego xylophone made entirely with bricks–and works beautifully

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