This is a video of Youtuber Scotty Cranmer and friends testing out the pogo bike (poke? bigo? pogke? bikgo?) they built. It works remarkably better than I expected, which, due to my innate pessimism, I expected to not work at all. I suppose some people’s homebrew projects turn out a
- May 12, 2021
This is a video from the Franklin Park Zoo in Boston where recent mother Kiki the gorilla reacts to recent human mother Emmelina and her newborn. Emmelina has her five-week old son Canyon with her, and Kiki her newborn son Pablo. Kiki repeatedly tries to caress the human baby’s head
- May 12, 2021
Because the justice system must go on, this is a short clip of Zoom court being held, and a man appearing before the judge with the name Buttf***er 3000 (funny, I think I knew a 2000 model on AOL Instant Messenger in the early 2000’s). The judge immediately calls him
- May 12, 2021
Because monsters are among us, this is a clip from the 2021 Wells Fargo Championship at Charlotte, North Carolina’s Quail Hollow Club of what appears to be a great-grandchild descendant of Nessie’s making a brief appearance, apparently to mock a golfer’s missed putt. “You suck!” I imagine it trying to
- May 11, 2021
This is a video of muscular and energetic Youtuber Ginger Billy discussing and demonstrating the ride-in lawnmower he modded from of an old Ford Festiva. In his own words while I herd my goats through the house from the the front yard to the back yard so they can continue
- May 11, 2021
This is a video of the guys from Youtube channel FliteTest attempting to trip an AT-AT model they built using a snowspeeder drone and tow-cable. In the end, they are able to successfully bring the AT-AT down and buy enough time for the Rebel Alliance to evacuate Echo Base and
- May 11, 2021
This is a visual comparison of known tsunami wave heights, culminating with the Lituya Bay, Alaska mega tsunami that measured over 520m (1,700+ feet) high. Holy smokes! That particular tsunami was caused by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake that triggered a rockslide, quickly depositing some 90-million tons of rock into Lituya
- May 11, 2021
There are some concept sketches created by Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle artist Michael Dooney around 1991, allegedly after Kenner/Hasbro let their licensing rights to Star Wars toys lapse and Playmates made a pitch to get it with these mashup TMNT x Star Wars action figures. Now I know what you’re
- May 11, 2021
This is a video of a seagull entering, stealing a sandwich from, then exiting a Co-Op Food grocery store in Aberdeen, Scotland, scaring away one customer and out-maneuvering a would-be crime-stopper with a red umbrella in the process. Per the person filming while I try to train a pigeon to
- May 11, 2021
Because having an emergency exit strategy in place is an important part of survival (and not pooping your pants at the restaurant table while on a date), this is a video of Tom Scott being treated to a tour of a giant wind turbine, as well as getting to experience
- May 11, 2021















