Having previously spotted a red balloon squid, this is a video from the ROV Hercules chancing upon a rarely seen Bathykorus jellyfish, that resembles a facehugger from the Alien franchise. This is only the second time the jellyfish has been caught on film, the first being in 2015. That’s cool, but if we’re going with pop culture references, I would have definitely opted to call this a Half-Life headcrab jellyfish instead. Granted a lot of people might not get the reference because they haven’t played Half-Life, but, just like my neighbors taking offense to me still turning my Christmas lights on in June, that’s not my problem. Santa missed me this year and I’m giving him a chance to make things right.

This is some bodycam footage from Valdosta, Georgia where police were making an arrest on the highway when a distracted driver launches off the ramp of a parked tow truck, traveling some 120 feet in the air before crashing back down. Holy smokes! The driver is currently being treated for their injuries at the hospital, where, at least in my mind, every new nurse asks which one of the Duke brothers they are.

This a clip of 14-year old Dev Shah clenching victory in the 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee by correctly spelling ‘psammophile’ (pronounced sam-a-file, a plant or animal that prefers or thrives in sandy areas). He knew from the very start that he had it. Way to go, Dev. For reference, I would have spelled it with an S, then bent the microphone stand over my knee and stage-dived into the audience when I got it wrong. It’s probably better Dev won.

Because you don’t know until you try (and even after you’re usually left unsure), this is a video of Youtuber The Q building a pair of rollerblades that each have a large bike wheel attached. It looks like a wheelchair with no seat. That’s…something. Something you’ll see me riding at the skate park this weekend with no pads or helmet! Bring a first-aid kit.

This is a video of Youtube Brick Technology constructing a clock almost entirely out of ingenuity and LEGO that counts seconds, minutes, and hours like a traditional clock, but also fortnights, months, years, decades, centuries, millennium, 100,000 years, megaannum (1,000,000 years), and a galactic year (230-million years). Its bob (weight) is returned to the top for more gravitational energy to keep it running via a solar powered motor, so it can run indefinitely (or at least until earth gets smacked by another meteor and covers the planet in darkness). Obviously, if you’re immortal, this is the clock for you. I will find a way to end you though if you really want me to. Me and black magic are like this *crosses fingers, fingers turn into snakes*

In an example of what I’m sure happens countless times a day, this is some doorbell cam footage of a woman racing to the front door to get inside and pee, but tripping and wiping out on the front porch. I’m impressed with just how far past the front door she traveled. Based on her trajectory you’d never even have guessed she was even aiming for the front door, but had committed to peeing on the side of the porch, which I’ve done before when I couldn’t get my key in the keyhole. And not because I was too drunk to see straight, but because it was my neighbor’s house. He made me pressure wash the whole porch the next day, but I was too hungover to do a good job.