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The horrific wildfires that are burning up and down the coast of California have the caused skies over San Francisco to turn into eerily shades of red and orange. With this in mind, resident Terry Tsai added the Hans Zimmer soundtrack from Blade Runner: 2049 to drone footage of the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Drone Footage of Orange San Francisco Skies Caused by Wildfires Set to the ‘Blade Runner: 2049’ Soundtrack first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In the incredibly powerful 3D animated short “Selfish” by Chen, PoChien, a sushi chef notices a unique group of customers at the counter and sets about preparing a special meal of plastic rubbish that they’ve all become accustomed to. When the meal is served, it’s revealed that this group is...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Sushi Chef Prepares a Special Meal in a 3D Animated Short With a Powerful Message About Plastic Waste first appeared on Laughing Squid.

House of Peach Blossoms sells and publicizes the work of rural Chinese embroiderers who create stunning, double-sided hand-embroidered silk wares using a traditional technique that goes back many centuries. Among the items beings sold through the House of Peach Blossoms Etsy shop are round fans with intricate nature-inspired designs that...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Stunning Traditional Double Sided Hand Embroidered Chinese Silk Fans With Nature Inspired Designs first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Blue Square Dinosaur has created a wonderfully unique pattern for yarn artists to crochet their own version of “Nail the Hammerhead Shark”. According to Nail’s creators, this hammerhead is a bit cranky but can be cheered up by a playful squid who likes to tickle him. Meet Nail, the mega...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Unique ‘Nail the Hammerhead Shark’ Crochet Pattern first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Swiss artist Simon Berger creates absolutely gorgeous portraits with just a hammer and a pane of laminated safety glass. He strikes strategic blows upon the delicate surface to capture the subject’s face, profile, or shape with incredible precision. This specific art has taken Berger a great deal of time to...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Artist Uses a Hammer to Meticulously Create Gorgeous Shattered Glass Portraits first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by ??????????????? (@satosatoyoumouclub) on Jun 29, 2020 at 7:05am PDT Japanese materials artist Satomi Fujita of Satosato creates remarkably realistic recreations of cat heads and tails that are crafted from a painstakingly needle-felted wool process. Each of these miniatures is then placed...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Realistic Felted Wool Cat Heads and Tails in Frames first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Azerbaijani artist Faig Ahmed, who previously created a series of handmade traditional Azerbaijani rugs that look digitally distorted, has continued to use this specific textile medium in order to comment on events of the day. One such piece, called “Doubts?”, is a rug that looks like it’s melting off the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Textile Artist Creates a Highly Symbolic Traditional Azerbaijani Rug That Looks Like It’s Melting first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The fabulous online novelty retailer Archie McPhee has added three new flavors to their wonderful line of unusually flavored candy canes. The first is a very trendy shiitake mushroom flavored candy cane. Shiitake Mushroom Candy Canes may seem odd at first, but they’re sprouting up all over the place. How...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Archie McPhee Introduces New Candy Canes That Are Flavored Like Shiitake Mushroom, Pho and Ketchup first appeared on Laughing Squid.

While at Parc National d’Andasibe Mantadia in Madagascar, wildlife photographer David Weiller (previously) captured detailed macro footage of individual insect larvae that had a coat of debris that acts as effective camouflage against predators of any kind. This debris-carrying bug larva has evolved the perfect camouflage defense to deter attacks...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Detailed Macro Footage of a Perfectly Camouflaged Debris-Carrying Insect Larva first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Propmakers Jaimie and Jay of Wicked Makers, both of whom are big fans of Halloween, shared how to make a wonderfully spooky candy slide that keeps you and the trick-or-treaters who come to your door a safe six feet apart. It’s a simple DIY build of PVC pipes that you...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How to Make a Spooky DIY Halloween Candy Slide That Keeps Six Feet Between You and Trick-or-Treaters first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Alison McNeice of the Featherheads Bird Rescue in Hobart, Tasmania, created an amusing chicken enrichment exercise wheel. This merry-go-round of sorts featured hanging cucumbers and ears of corn that rotated in an endless circle, which kept the birds motivated to keep moving in pursuit. Here is a chicken exercise wheel...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Amusing Chicken Enrichment Exercise Wheel Made of Hanging Cucumbers and Corn That Rotate in a Circle first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a brilliant report for Vox, filmmaker Sindha Agha takes a look at the incredibly nebulous concept of time as it existed in the past and how the pandemic has distorted time to such an extent that it’s become unrecognizable in a way that we aren’t able to process. Agha...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How the Nebulous Concept of Time Became Impossibly Distorted During the Worldwide Pandemic first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Florida resident Crafty captured amusing footage of a turtle she named Harold giving an alligator named Tabitha an underwater “high-five” as they passed each other in the lake outside of Crafty’s house. Harold gets high fives from all his friends. As it turns out, these two vastly different reptiles appear...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Turtle Gives Alligator an Underwater High Five As They Pass Each Other in a Florida Lake first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A rather peckish pet raccoon named BuriBuri sat upright like a human in the corner of the couch and rubbed his little paws happily when his human approached with a yummy treat of green grapes in a jar. The adorable domesticated Procyon lotor quickly polished off the contents and then...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Raccoon Sits Like a Human and Eat Grapes From a Jar first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Burl, the creative luthier of Burls Art who’s known for his incredibly unusual musical creations, used a giant 50 pound block of pink Himalayan salt in order to turn it into a guitar. He cut the block down to size, sanded it, and set it in epoxy to hold the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Uniquely Delicate Electric Guitar Built Out of a 50 Pound Block of Pink Himalayan Salt first appeared on Laughing Squid.

New York City street artist Adam Kiyoshi Fujita, aka Adam Fu, talked to Art Insider about his beautifully illuminating urban murals that look like they are glowing with neon, but instead are made with a clever technique using spray paint. Fujita has embraced this style as a metaphor for “keeping...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Artist Creates Illuminating ‘Neon’ Signs With Spray Paint first appeared on Laughing Squid.

San Francisco Bay Area artist Andres Amador shared with the Wired series Obsessed the way he creates gorgeous fractal sand paintings on beaches along the coast of Northern California. Amador talked about how he designs the patterns, how he waits for the right conditions to work on such a large...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How Artist Andres Amador Creates Stunning Fractal Sand Paintings Along the Northern California Coast first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a leavening episode of the Yan Liang series Beauty of Science (previously) shows the remarkable process in which four common strains of mold bloom. This super macro footage captures the unexpected and quite mesmerizing beauty of this otherwise distasteful subject. The film records the growth of four types of...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Unlikely Beauty of Blooming Strains of Mold Captured in Super Macro Timelapse Footage first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Squirrel asking for water…. pic.twitter.com/JNldkB0aWU — Susanta Nanda IFS (@susantananda3) July 16, 2020 A heartbreaking video captured by Indian Forest Service officer Susanta Nanda shows a tiny squirrel scampering around the legs of an unsuspecting couple in an attempt to get their attention. The squirrel then got up on hind...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Squirrel Begs to Drink From a Man’s Bottle of Water first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Several adorable Nigerian dwarf goats at Andy’s Acres in Carlton, Minnesota had a wonderful time going for a ride on a homemade merry-go-round that proprietor Andy Lee built for them in the yard of their farm. I think the kids like their merry go round! Related PostsRings of Saturn, A...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Nigerian Dwarf Goats Ride on a Merry-Go-Round first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Ukrainian woodworker Max Bogdan of Radon Lab carved an absolutely remarkable likeness of Arnold Schwarzenegger as the The Terminator into a briar pipe that he wanted to give to the legendary actor for his 73rd birthday. Unfortunately, Bogdan was unable to get in touch with the former Governor of California...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Woodworker Carves a Remarkable ‘Terminator’ Briar Pipe to Give to Arnold Schwarzenegger for His Birthday first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A persistent monkey in a chair leaned forward and began tapping the shoulder of the man sitting next to him. The man, who was busy looking at his phone, looked up and put his hand over his ear. The primate then leaned in and appeared to tell the man a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Persistent Monkey Taps the Shoulder of the Man Sitting Next to Him In Order to Share a Secret first appeared on Laughing Squid.

French experimental musician Maël Isaac, the talented harpist and vocalist who plays beautiful covers of classic rock and popular songs, performed an incredibly powerful cover of the classic David Bowie song “The Man Who Sold the World”. David Bowie, The man who sold the world – by Maël Isaac recorded...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Powerful Cover of the Classic David Bowie Song ‘The Man Who Sold the World’ Performed on Harp first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Filmmaker Lance Krall of Picture It Productions, who previously turned the tense relationship between Arya and The Hound into a spinoff sitcom and reinterpreted The Mandalorian as a spaghetti western, has very cleverly reimagined scenes the iconic 1976 Martin Scorcese film Taxi Driver as the opening sequence for the popular...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post ‘Taxi Driver’ Reimagined as the TV Sitcom ‘Taxi’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A man named Coby from 545 Lawn Care in Southeast Michigan turned a 1985 GMC van into a hilariously customized version of itself where the vehicle appears to be driven both upside down and backwards. This incredible vehicle is completely road legal and is used for parades, car shows, and...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Hilariously Customized 1985 GMC Van That Is Driven Both Upside Down and Backwards first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Japanese artist Hayaman creatively crafts animals and other pop culture creatures out of food. The most common ingredient used in these dioramic scenes is daikon radish, although the artist also uses other vegetables such as zucchini, seaweed, peppers, and Japanese radishes to make his pieces appear to come alive. via...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Animals Creatively Made Out of Food first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Inventor Rongzhong Li of Petoi, who previously created an absolutely adorable open source robotic kitten kit “Nybble”, has followed up with a canine version named “Bittle”. Like its feline counterpart, Bittle comes as a puzzle kit to assemble. Bittle was also built on an open source platform, runs on an...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Bittle, An Affordable Dynamic Miniature Robotic Dog Kit first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Jurassic chameleon. r/lizardsholdingthings from r/aww A rather fierce-looking chameleon who was wielding a LEGO sword sat atop a toy Tyrannosaurus Rex as if to proclaim victory over the plastic dinosaur. This well-armed lizard appears to have an entire arsenal from which to choose in order to gain victory over his...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Fierce Chameleon Holding an Array of LEGO Weapons first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A beautiful orange and white cat named Kuni who was sleeping atop his human’s piano stretched heartily before lightly jumping upon the keyboard. As Kuni walked across the keys and his footsteps inadvertently musically corresponded with what his human had been playing. The big finale came when Kuni plopped down...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Musical Cat Provides an Inadvertent Finale to His Human’s Piano Practice by Walking Across the Keys first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Nandi Bushell, an amazing musical prodigy, performed a truly badass drum cover of the classic Foo Fighters song “Everlong”. The 10-year-old performed the song with rapid-fire skill and the expert ease that’s usually found in someone who’s many times her age. Nonetheless, Nandi is a big fan of the band...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post 10 Year Old Drum Prodigy Challenges Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl to Drum Battle With a Cover of ‘Everlong’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Designer Jez Burrows has put together a supercut that he calls “It’s Rain in Games, Part I” (to be sung like “It’s Raining Men”). This wonderful compilation features thirty beautiful minutes of calming rain scenes from 30 different video games across the spectrum. Burrows suggests that headphones are worn to...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Calming Compilation of Rain Scenes in Video Games first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The 3D Vortex Rug is a cleverly designed black and white checkered floor covering that creates the optical illusion of a gaping hole in the middle of the floor. While this rug looks like it will suck in any and everything put on top, it is safe to use and...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Clever 3D Checkered Rug That Creates the Optical Illusion of a Gaping Vortex in the Middle of the Floor first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Montana musician Dan Dubuque (previously) performed an incredibly vivid cover of The Pixies‘ classic anthem “Where Is My Mind” on his gorgeous Weissenborn slide guitar while perched on a chair in his favorite spot outdoors. Dubuque addressed each part perfectly, including the short lyrical yells at the top and bottom...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Vivid Cover the Late 1980s Anthem ‘Where Is My Mind?’ by The Pixies Played Outdoors on Slide Guitar first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Filmmaker Sareesh Sudhakaran of the online film school Wolfcrow explains in great detail how the “three color rule” is utilized within films. It’s a simple yet incredibly powerful technique that both allows the viewers to focus on the story without distraction, while also allowing the viewers to understand the main...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How the Three Color Rule Is Used Within Films to Focus the Audience on the Story Without Distraction first appeared on Laughing Squid.

West Chester, Pennsylvania street artist Cassius King did a wonderful modification of a Walgreen’s sign to pay tribute to legendary soul singer Al Green. The improved sign got the attention of both Al Green and Walgreen’s. who did this? ? pic.twitter.com/TzJZdbq0Xc — Al Green (@algreen) September 2, 2020 We were...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Walgreen’s Sign Modified to Say ‘Al Green’s’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute series Deep RelaxOcean has put together an incredibly relaxing, ocean-themed guided meditation video narrated by Susan von Thun. Von Thun’s lyrical voice helps viewers focus on their inhalations using tranquil footage of a beautiful vampire squid floating back and forth in the deep,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Relaxing Guided Meditation That Focuses on a Beautiful Vampire Squid Floating in the Deep Dark Sea first appeared on Laughing Squid.

French musician MEZERG performed his aptly named original song “Watermelon” on a unique keyboard that was made out of watermelon slices. The fruit slices were connected to a Playtron MIDI controller by Playtronica. The sound mixing was done by Sam Hz. I’m playing with the PLAYTRON from PLAYTRONICA Perhaps he...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Musician Builds Unique Keyboard Out of a Watermelon first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Alex Kersten of the British automotive series Car Throttle visited with Kevin Nicks, creator of the “World’s Fastest Garden Shed”. This motorized garden shed is made from a converted 455HP GMC Syclone Pickup Truck. Nicks built the steel framing around the truck, replaced the engine for a lighter, faster version,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post 455HP GMC Syclone Truck Is Transformed Into the World’s Fastest Motorized Garden Shed first appeared on Laughing Squid.

International video production company Visual Suspect (previously), in partnership with Worldgrapher, has created “Circulatory Systems”, a beautifully dizzying, surreal experimental film that employs virtual roadways with busy traffic to make the cities of the world appear to be as alive as the sentient beings populating these cities. The racing soundtrack...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Dizzying Experimental Film That Imagines Virtual Highways With Busy Traffic as ‘Circulatory Systems’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Electronicos Fantasticos, the creative band fronted by electronic artist Ei Wada and known for their highly inventive musical instruments, performed a catchy, original song utilizing the electric fan harp, CRTelecaster, the bar code scanner, a retro monitor bass, CRT-TV Drums and other incredible instruments made from recycled electronics. Ei Wada...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Entertaining Musical Performance Featuring Inventive Instruments Made From Recycled Electronics first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Filmmaker Michael Tucker of Lessons from the Screenplay takes a look at how director Christopher Nolan uses crosscut sequences to build suspense within various storylines while also preparing the audience for a cathartic twist. Tucker compares three of Nolan’s movies – The Dark Night, Inception and Interstellar – in order...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How Christopher Nolan’s Use of Crosscut Sequences Between Storylines Helps Build Thrilling Suspense first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Online sticker retailer Jukebox Print created a rather thoroughly relaxing ASMR video that features a working letterpress printing press rolling through a rainbow of colors. The video is quite aptly accompanied by the equally calming soundtrack of Gymnopédie N°1 by French composer Erik Satie. A rainbow of satisfying colors blending...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Hypnotic Slow Motion Footage of a Working Letterpress Printing Press Rolling Through a Rainbow of Colors first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Award-winning French FPV drone pilot Benoit Finck (previously) captured absolutely astounding footage of Mont Saint-Michel, a tidal island featuring a medieval castle off the coast of Normandy, France. Finck’s GoPro HERO8 mounted on a drone toured through the castle so smoothly and so swiftly that it almost looked like the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Astounding GoPro Drone Footage That Tours Through Mont Saint-Michel in France Like a Video Game first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The San Diego Zoo captured amusing yet fascinating underwater footage of the resident flamingos as they fed along the sandy bottom of their habitat. The scene features some very long legs and a beautiful pink head occasionally appearing to nibble at the ground, although they are actually filtering out the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Fascinating Underwater Footage of Flamingos Feeding first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Jessica Silvey posted a really amusing clip of someone playing fetch with her sister’s neighbor’s dog through a hole at the bottom of the wooden fence. The human would toss the spiky orange ball over the fence and the playful pooch would bring it back and set it down right...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Playing a Game of Fetch With the Neighbor’s Dog Through a Hole in Fence first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Aly Sherb captured footage of her grandmother opening a shoebox that contained a hamburger and fries combo from McDonald’s that was originally purchased in 1996 . While it seems odd that her grandmother would save such a thing, it’s even more remarkable that the hamburger remained completely intact for the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Grandmother Unboxes McDonald’s Hamburger From 1996 That’s Remained Completely Intact for 24 Years first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A wonderfully vocal cockatoo named Merlin, who lives in Keene, New Hampshire unexpectedly sat upon his open cage and loudly imitated a barking dog. From the sound of it, it was most likely a small dog. Merlin’s human captured this hilarious moment as it happened. Our bird Merlin barks just...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Vocal Cockatoo Hilariously Barks Like a Small Dog first appeared on Laughing Squid.

James Cook, a British artist creates what he calls “typictions”, wonderful artwork made using manual typewriters. His subjects include still life, architecture, pets, and people. Cook had studied to be an architect, so his work is very precise and amazingly accurate. It is also rather time-consuming, as he shares in...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Amazing Portrait Art Created on Old Manual Typewriters first appeared on Laughing Squid.

On a brimming epsisode of the show Make It Real, engineer James Hobson, aka “The Hacksmith”, decided to beat the summer heat by replicating Aquaman‘s Trident from Fortnite Nexus War. As with his previous creations, Hobson shared every part of the building process, including the drenching reveal. Fortnite “Nexus War”...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Hacksmith Beats the Summer Heat by Building Aquaman’s Trident From Fortnight ‘Nexus War’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Comedian Glen Tickle (previously), who is also a former Laughing Squid blogger, has created Jerk! The Magazine, a humorous magazine that allows people to anonymously inform someone they don’t like that they’re a jerk. Just send money to Tickle and he will send a magazine to said jerk. Jerk! The...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Jerk! The Magazine, A Magazine About Jerks Whose Publisher Will Send To Someone You Think Is A Jerk first appeared on Laughing Squid.