This Casey Weldon painting, entitled "AT-AT the Playground," made me laugh aloud. I love the idea of a kid coaxing his pet AT-AT into walking with a dangling Luke Skywalker action-figure.
(Thanks, Fipi Lele!)
Update: Stephen sez, "Reminds me of a t-shirt design I worked up a few months ago before I thought about it and realized I didn't have the cash to produce them properly." — Read the rest
An architecture firm (whose crappy Flash/popup site will resize your window, be warned) has commissioned this cool project to transform derelict Soviet modern buildings into sculptures — like this Star Wars AT-AT battle-mech!
(Thanks, Geoff!)
Update: Greg sez, "The site with the building carved into an ATAT is a photoshop hoax. — Read the rest
This cardboard Star Wars AT-AT costume is magnificent, and well-documented on a Flickr build-log set. The best Hallowe'en costume I ever had was the cardboard C3PO outfit my kindergarten-teacher mom made out of rolled up tubes of cardboard spray-painted gold — this, however, is miles ahead of what my mom was capable of hacking up. — Read the rest
I lived in NYC for a few years at the end of the 8'0s and so so so much has changed since then. (There wasn't even a Starbucks in Manhattan yet!) But one thing that hasn't changed — garbage. Towering piles of garbage bags, put out at the curb for collection. — Read the rest
A former head of the Kansas Republican Party is calling for the resignation of two current leaders after video of the outrageous event surfaced.
The people who enjoy the criminally indicted, adjudicated rapist and fraud Republican candidate for President making fun of Joe Biden's stutter also love this garbage. — Read the rest
I'm totally in love with these newborn baby (and this mama!) bobtail skinks. I can't stop watching this 30-second clip of the adorable baby lizards—who were born yesterday!—rhythmically lapping up their tasty vittles next to mama lizard. The video was shared by Wild Animals Australia, who provides context:
— Read the restIf newborn bobtail skinks having their very first meal doesn't give you happy vibes, then I'm not sure what will. This
A gunman shot four people last night at a Walmart in Beavercreek, Ohio, one day after two people were shot and killed at a Walmart in Alaska. And at least 120 other people have been shot to death at Walmart across the country in recent years, but the "heartbroken" gun-and-grocery store continues to sell weapons and back GOP, NRA-owned politicians who oppose gun control. — Read the rest
Camp counselors leading a group of youth campers on a wilderness excursion had to fight off a bobcat attack on Selden Neck Island in Connecticut on Friday. The New York Times writes that three adults were hospitalized and the animal was killed. — Read the rest
TikToker @brooke.so.hip posted a video of a kangaroo that kicked and clawed at a man at a zoo for over two minutes. "My dad was just trying to make sure that kangaroo stopped getting frisky with that lady," she wrote.
According to The Daily Mail, the man is an American tourist at the zoo in Perth, Australia. — Read the rest
Remember in the 2000s when "biohackers" surgically implanted magnets into their fingers to develop a "sixth sense" for electromagnetic fields? Here's a more practical reason for doing such a thing: Dr. Wat Lun, a physician in Chon Buri, Thailand, recently posted on Facebook about a man who had tiny magnets surgically implanted in his fingertips forty (!) — Read the rest
Three men were arrested in Singapore after they were caught using sticky glue on their hands to steal other gamblers' casino chips. Huang Chunsheng (50), Jiang Renjing (55) and Zheng Jiansheng (64) all Chinese nationals will serve between 7 and 8 months in prison. — Read the rest
A Florida high school football coach was arrested on Sunday for allegedly molesting a 15-year-old student after striking up an "ongoing sexual relationship" with the minor in early January.
The 42-year-old coach and gym teacher, Arin Hankerd, was charged with two counts of molestation on a minor between the ages of 12 and 16, according to Yahoo! — Read the rest
A cloud leopard escaped from its enclosure at the Dallas Zoo early this morning and still hasn't been found. The 25-pound leopard, named Nova, was missing when zoo workers arrived this morning, according to NBC News, prompting the zoo to shut down for the day. — Read the rest
"A dog was accidentally sent through the X-ray," reports Transportation Security Administration officials. Apparently the canine was inside a carry-on backpack that went through the machine at Dane County Regional Airport in Madison, Wisconsin. This follows the story of a cat that reportedly smuggled itself in someone's suitcase last month but was also spotted on the X-ray. — Read the rest
Cartoons have a way of unintentionally instilling several preconceived notions about the animal kingdom. In the world of cartoons, cats and dogs are mortal enemies, locked in a perpetual battle that will last until the heat death of the universe. Moreover, dogs are always the physical aggressors across all animated altercations. — Read the rest
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Communication is the key to, well, almost everything. Understanding and being understood is so core to the experience of life that species will do almost anything to make sure they're heard and addressed. — Read the rest
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Communication is the key to, well, almost everything. Understanding and being understood is so core to the experience of life that species will do almost anything to make sure they're heard and addressed. — Read the rest
Arizona state Sen. Wendy Rogers, who was censured after threatening to "personally destroy" her Republican opponents at a white nationalist convention earlier this year, is an advocate for mass shooters. The far-right MAGA politician, who recently blamed the Buffalo and Uvalde shootings on "false flag" operations run by the Feds instead of 18-year-old guys with access to assault weapons, checks all the boxes in her latest campaign ad below:
"Opposes all red flag confiscation laws." — Read the rest
I hate mayonnaise. Like, really hate it. But not this much. In Atlanta, a Subway sandwich maker was shot and killed and another injured by a customer reportedly infuriated by the overabundance of mayo on his sandwich. Police have arrested the suspect in the shooting. — Read the rest
This is a toddler seat at Terrace Mall Matsudo in the Chiba prefecture. As you can see, there's no danger of the kid tipping over in a high chair, and the kid's parents can face the kid, making it easy to provide the youngster with food-court victuals. — Read the rest
