Meet Ella, a gorgeous kangaroo who lives at the Kangaroo Pouch Animal Orphanage. But sshh, she's sleeping, so be very quiet! I just love watching this cutie sleep. If you watch the video, you can see how her ears and nose and mouth and eyes and paws are all twitching—she clearly looks like she's dreaming about something. — Read the rest

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TL:DR; Keep all your Microsoft apps and programs up to date and running smoothly with this all-in-one bundle featuring Microsoft Office Pro 2021 for Windows and a lifetime license to Windows 11 Pro that's a mere $79.97! But act fast, this price drop will only be around from 2/19 to 2/25, no coupon code required! — Read the rest

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On Sunday, Ashwath Kaushik of Singapore beat Polish chess grandmaster Jacek Stopa, 37, in the Burgdorfer Stadthaus Open competition in Switzerland. Kaushik is 8 years old. He's now the youngest person ever to beat a grandmaster in a classical tournament game. — Read the rest

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Six children from the same Florida elementary school have contracted measles in an outbreak that began last week.

The first child to come down with symptoms was a 3rd grader on Friday, who had not traveled recently, followed by three other students who had confirmed cases over the weekend. — Read the rest

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Watching isopods eat is a strangely mesmerizing experience, with the smooth jazz and the gentle movement of all those little legs. The venerable Isopod Eat channel, which does exactly what it says on the tin, has returned with a Valentine's Day episode that sees the resident isopods tuck into a conversation heart. — Read the rest

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I find these videos of special effects (SFX) makeup artist "Makeup by Ruthie" so satisfying to watch. While she posts videos showing how she creates various makeup and SFX looks, the ones I find most addicting are the ones where she removes everything. — Read the rest

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Dos Cabezas Wineworks in Sonoita, Arizona (that's down in southern Arizona, south of Tucson and very near the Mexico border) offers absolutely delicious, award-winning wines. It's one of my favorite places to stop and enjoy some awesome wine and delicious pizzas. — Read the rest

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If there's one thing in this life I regret, it's being lactose intolerant — I can never again sip a delicious milkshake guilt-free.

For those who are luckier than me, however, I present TheWhyteElephant, a YouTube channel that's become a bit of a guilty pleasure of mine — like staring through a shop window at a treasure you can never have yourself. — Read the rest

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If you're under 30 (or happen to live with someone under 30), TikTok seems inescapable, with the For You Page holding the American psyche in an iron grip despite efforts to outright ban the app. Somewhat interestingly, however, TikTok is actually an international offshoot of an otherwise identical Chinese app called Douyin (onomatopoeia for shaking), with the only functional difference being that they're walled off from each other. — Read the rest

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Oh frabjous day! Folks, it's The Boston Typewriter Orchestra!

Here's their freshly minted, fledgling NPR Tiny Desk submission, which, NPR, if you're listening, faceless wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation and Youtube presence though you are, take heed, consider this beautiful, nerdy submission. — Read the rest

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Sony Pictures and Apple Corps Ltd. will be teaming with filmmaker Sam Mendes on the production of four movies, each about the life of each of the Beatles. A link to the Deadline.com article by Mike Fleming Jr is here. — Read the rest

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I recently found "Happenstantial Art," a Facebook group where people post photographs of the unintentional artistic beauty they happen upon in their everyday lives—in nature, urban settings, at home, and more. Sometimes I can identity what's in the photos—like the recent image someone posted of a sweet potato sitting in a window sill—but more often the images are more macro or abstract, so that all you can really see are vibrant colors, shapes, materials, and textures. — Read the rest

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Dave McKean is one of my favorite artists. He's known for his illustrative collaborations with Neil Gaiman on Sandman, directing Mirrormask, making tons of album and book covers and for having an incredibly prolific career as a fine artist in his own right. — Read the rest

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This pet owner decided to collect their cat's shedded fur and felt her some cute cat-sized slippers. When presented with the heartfelt gift, the cat looks extremely unimpressed. I love the picture of the cat wearing the slippers with a bored expression on her face. — Read the rest

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Here's a British TV clip from 1974 featuring a man named Tony McKay who is attempting to prove that he has the ability to jump on eggs and human noses without breaking them. To demonstrate his point, he repeatedly jumps over two eggs, but explains to the audience that he is in fact jumping on them. — Read the rest

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Yohei Kisanuki created an animation that's a bit like those old-fashioned zoetropes, but added his own modern twist. Instead of using a standard setup, he took a pottery wheel, typically associated with making clay pots, and used it to draw tiny figures on a circular piece of paper. — Read the rest

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A horrible odor swept across Cape Town, South Africa yesterday. Suspecting a leak or other failure at local sewage facilities, city official sent in inspectors and called up an environmental health team. They followed their noses to the Port of Cape Town, ultimately identifying a ship in the harbor as the source of the stink. — Read the rest

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I love this Radio Shack cellular phone commercial from 1989. Regularly $1500, it was just $799 if you signed up for Radio Shack's "authorized cellular phone carrier" service. Just look at the large case you get to lug around as you make calls on the go. — Read the rest

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Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino must be thrilled by the advertising revenue being generated by this pro-slavery tweet that has 2.9 million views so far:

The tweet reads, "White people forget that black people make good slaves. When blacks know their place, their strong bodies are well-suited for manual labor in the field and household. — Read the rest

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TL;DR: A great laptop doesn't have to break the bank! Get the refurbished Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 13.5" for just $331.99 now, or upgrade to the 15" version for just $349.99.

Getting a new laptop can be a terrifying proposition — after all, it usually costs a lot of money to buy a great one. — Read the rest

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Gila monsters are large, venomous lizards whose bite is known to be extremely painful but never fatal. But this wasn't the case for a 34-year-old Colorado man, who was bitten by one of his two pet gila monsters on February 12th. — Read the rest

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Iain S. Forrest, 29, is an electric cellist and a doctor who was attacked last week while performing in a New York subway station. He stated, "At 5:50 pm on February 14th, while performing at 34th St Herald Square station, a woman wearing a mustard jacket, red scarf, and gloves assaulted me by smashing the back of my head with my metal water bottle. — Read the rest

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I watched this video a half dozen times or more and couldn't tell what I was looking at. Was it a jawed microbe treading through a droplet of water? Or a bald eagle filmed at a weird angle? Without clear context or a point of reference, my mind was left to wander through a myriad of possibilities. — Read the rest

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Another day, another flight diversion — and lately it's not just bad behavior that is grounding flights. From loose bolts to an entire door panel flying off mid-flight, planes are falling apart a little too often these days. Which is what happened yet again on a United Airlines flight carrying 165 passengers. — Read the rest

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MAGA enthusiast Lauren Boebert promised her constituents in Colorado's 3rd district that she would never abandon them. True to her nature if not her word, the moment the public penis fondler realized she might lose in the next election, she announced she was running in the 4th district instead, which is far more Republican than the 3rd district. — Read the rest

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Donald Trump has long praised Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, flattering the tyrant as far back as in 2007 when he told CNN's Larry King, "Look at Putin … he's doing a great job." But even more astounding, the thin-skinned Trump continues to make nice with the Russian leader even after Putin recently said he prefers "predictable" Joe Biden as U.S. — Read the rest

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In a move that seems destined to piss off over half the US electorate, Nikki Haley has pledged to pardon Trump if convicted.

Conditional supporter of women's rights Nikki Haley has said she'd pardon the Orange Menace if he is convicted of a Federal crime. — Read the rest

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TL;DR: Beat the basic stock imagery with JumpStory, a top-rated AI stock image solution that's $200 off now.

The internet is a competitive place, and inauthentic content on your website or blog is a quick turnoff for audiences. Leaning on stock photography for your site is expensive and often comes up short on meeting your specific needs. — Read the rest

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Trucker "Chicago Ray" has backed down and changed his tune a couple of times about an alleged "Trucker Boycott" of New York City in support of his hero, adjudicated rapist, real estate fraud, and revoker of women's rights Donald J. Trump. — Read the rest

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Driving around San Francisco, you may pass a house with its garage door open and be surprised by a toilet right in the middle of the garage. What gives?

One theory is that they are examples of "Pittsburgh toilet," which originated in the Pennsylvania city in the early 20th century. — Read the rest

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