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Los Angeles-based writer, comedian, and “man of a kajillion voices” Brock Baker recently released a fantastic video where he does hilarious impressions of classic Nickelodeon characters from the 1990s. Fans of Brock can help support his future work on Patreon. Help Laughing Squid grow with a monthly pledge of support.

Play Noggin is a new web series, created by Pat Graziosi of Life Noggin and science enthusiast Julian Huguet, that explores the science behind popular video games. Julian has looked into if it is possible to bend space and time like Tracer from Overwatch, what if time stood still like in Superhot, and more. Help […]

In his wonderfully authentic culinary video series, Jas. Townsend, an 18th Century reenactor and proprietor of Jas. Townsend & Son, Inc. reenactment supplies, demonstrates how to prepare food as it was prepared in the Colonial period of the United States between the years of 1750 to 1840. Recipes include such items as 1794 Roast Beef, […]

On a recent episode of How To Cake It, host Yolanda Gampp provides a step-by-step guide on how to make a chocolate shark cake with “Italian meringue buttercream and fishy fondant features.” There’s a ripple in the water. A fin pokes out of the surf. And then there’s that ominous music! But this is one […]

The Awamoko 3D Foam Pen is a 3D-printing pen that uses soap bubbles to create fluffy art. The kit comes with a set of decorations, different heads for creating shapes with the foam, as well as tools for shaping the bubbles. The pen is available now for preorder through Japan Trend Shop and is expected […]

Beat Down Boogie has created a new cosplay music video from Colossalcon 2016 at the Kalahari Waterpark in Sandusky, Ohio. The video features lots of people wearing their creative costumes based on comic books, anime, video games, and more. Fans of the Beat Down Boogie crew can help support their future videos on Patreon. Help […]

In the latest episode of the wonderfully animated lost interview series “Blank on Blank“, a fresh faced 20-year old Bob Dylan talks about his past, his harmonica, smoking and his songwriting process in a 1962 interview on WBAI FM. Oh, yeah, but then sometimes I write a lot of stuff. In fact, I wrote five […]

Vox video contributor Joss Fong explains how the technology behind SnapChat filters is able to recognize and manipulate faces. If you’ve been seeing selfies enhanced with dog noses and flower crowns lately, and you wondered where they all came from, the answer is Snapchat, the social network preferred by people born during or after the […]

Sochi, Russia video editor Zurik Marziev (a.k.a. “Zurik 23M“) has created an powerful video montage that is filled to the brim with epic scenes from seasons 1-6 of Game of Thrones and set to the heavy metal song “War Pigs” by Black Sabbath. via reddit Help Laughing Squid grow with a monthly pledge of support.

A lively little black dog named Rosie bounced her little heart out amongst the tall green crops of a beautiful field in the east English countryside. Rosie’s human, Adam Buxton of The Brothers McLeod stated that he first made the field safe for his beloved dog. Rosie is half whippet, half poodle. She likes to […]

A Song of Ice and Fire author George R.R. Martin interviewed Stephen King for his End of Watch book tour at the Kiva Auditorium in Albuquerque, New Mexico on June 16th, 2016. George asked Stephen “How the fuck do you write so fast?,” they talked about when they used to play poker together back in […]

Auctioneer Beats is a Vine account that drops rap beats behind videos of fast-talking auctioneers. Bringing the heat to the auction All content here is produced and owned by me unless said otherwise in captions via Waxy Links Help Laughing Squid grow with a monthly pledge of support.

Every morning at the Houston Zoo, a very playful llama named Fiesta seeks out the accommodating human with the leaf blower, rolls over and gleefully positions herself to enjoy the warm breeze blowing all over her body. Each morning, we clean out the stalls in the Children’s Zoo with a leaf blower. Our llama Fiesta […]

Los Angeles YouTuber and Marvel fan Allen Pan of Sufficiently Advanced recently built a functioning flamethrower welding helmet that allows him to shoot real flames out of my face. Allen modeled the dangerous contraption after Cyclops‘ visored mask from the X-Men. music by Kevin MacLeod – “Furious Freak“ Help Laughing Squid grow with a monthly […]

Pro skater Tony Hawk pulled off his first amazing 900-degree aerial spin 17 years ago at the 1999 X Games. To prove that he still has it, the RIDE Channel documented the 48-year-old skater digging deep and pulling off his iconic stunt once again. Here is footage of his first “900” from 1999. Help Laughing […]

The official trailer for the highly anticipated second season of the sleeper hit Mr. Robot features the members of FSociety stewing in the aftermath of the financial takedown featured in Season One and the tenacious FBI agent who is close on their heels. About: MR. ROBOT follows Elliot Alderson (Rami Malek), a young cyber-security engineer […]

Inspired by Theo Jansen’s remarkable Strandbeest, artists at the industrial design collective CARV have created a Strandbeest Walking Bike, which employs the same glorious principles of physics found in Jansen’s creatures. The Exploratorium in San Francisco has since invited the the bike to be a part of their upcoming Strandbeest show “After Dark: BYOBeest” on […]

British comedian vagabonds has made a parody video of the Boston Dynamics SpotMini demonstration video that shows incredibly foul-mouthed, four-legged, long-necked robot complaining about the smell in the room, challenging Stacey’s ex-boyfriend to a fight, cleaning the kitchen and slipping on a banana peel. In other words, he’s having a bad day. via Tastefully Offensive […]

In a new music video, Insane Cherry has taken the classic Joan Osborne song “One of Us” and recut it to dub in the vocalizations of various popular animal videos for a unique rendition of the song. Needless to say, the original version is far more melodious. Help Laughing Squid grow with a monthly pledge […]

A video shared by RecordSetter shows 100 balloons lined up and popped using a Wicked Lasers’ Spyder III Krypton laser by Scott A. Stevenson for the title of “Most Balloons Popped Domino-Style With a Laser.” Help Laughing Squid grow with a monthly pledge of support.

To celebrate The Championships, Wimbledon this year, The All England Lawn Tennis Club teamed up with Mr. B the Gentleman Rhymer for “Open String” a chap hop ditty about the history of the Wimbledon tournament. In the song and video Mr. B explains a number of key moments from the tournament’s history as school children dance […]

Drone hobbyist ajw61185 created a flying miniature SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and successfully landed the model on a tiny floating barge in a swimming pool just like its life-size counterpart did earlier this year. via The Verge Help Laughing Squid grow with a monthly pledge of support.

Unequal Scenes portrays scenes of inequality in South Africa from the air. South African photographer Johnny Miller has created Unequal Scenes, a drone-centered project that takes a look at inequality from above. In one such project, Miller flew his drone over the Cape Town neighborhood of Masiphumelele and the smaller, wealthier Lake Michelle. What the […]

“Alphabet Shuffle” by Bill Wurtz is a catchy but peculiar take on an alphabet song. Wurtz previously created a similarly interesting but strange animation that covered the history of Japan in 10 minutes. Help Laughing Squid grow with a monthly pledge of support.

Taras Kulakov the “Crazy Russian Hacker” recently shared five simple science experiments that you can try at home. He demonstrates how to make smoke by rubbing your fingers together, create slime, and more. Help Laughing Squid grow with a monthly pledge of support.

When his employer Fred & Farid in Paris received a pool table for the office, design creative Jean-Baptiste Le Divelec, creator of the incredible “2001: A Gif Odyssey” and a few of his friends transformed a complete set of standard pool balls into a wonderfully whimsical set of rolling of emojis. Just because. After we […]

Edward Snowden is currently living in exile in Russia, but through a robotic telepresence he is able to travel the world virtually. His robot recently visited the offices of New York Magazine to discuss the benefits and limitations of his unique travel situation. Snowden also gives some tips on how to stop a robot uprising. Help […]

On an upcoming episode of Jay Leno’s Garage, host Jay Leno will attack an activity on his bucket list by joining legendary stunt driver, Bob Riggle, to ride a 2,500 HP Hemi Under Glass drag racing car on two wheels. Things will take a turn for the worst when they accidentally overturn the car during […]

A photo posted by Jenn Aguilar (@lunchbagadventures) on Jun 13, 2016 at 8:56pm PDT Creative mother Jenn Aguilar of Calgary, Alberta has been drawing all sorts of colorful, pun-filled lunch bag designs for her sons, Kale (14) and Konnor (12), every day since September 2015. Jenn’s entire collection of adorable designs are available to view […]

Google Project Bloks is a new tangible programming platform that is intended to teach kids computing without having to learn traditional coding. Recently announced on the Google Research Blog, Project Bloks uses a collection of boards and so-called “pucks” that can be arranged to provide different commands and outcomes, and the Project Bloks “Brain Board” can […]

An adorably cautious baby gorilla emerged from the trees and attempted to pound his chest in the most dignified way, but kept falling down from the effort. The first two times, the little primate played it cool, almost like we was saying that he meant to do it that way. Unfortunately the third time proved […]

In honor of the Game of Thrones season finale airing last night, comedians and writers Greg Burke and Lou Perez of Greg and Lou released a great comedy sketch where the White Walker leaders are lectured by their worried accountant for pushing the limits of their budget during a battle in Hardhome against Jon Snow […]

A video posted by Andrey Lukovnikov (@lukovnikovtattoo) on Mar 19, 2016 at 12:54pm PDT Ukrainian artist Andrey Lukovnikov is known for his very distinct tattoos that encompass a great deal of information encased in crisp, finite borders. Using the influence of digital artistry and double exposure, each tattoo, while similar in nature, is unique to […]

Paramount Pictures has released an explosive third trailer for Star Trek Beyond, the third film in the rebooted Star Trek film franchise, directed by Justin Lin (Fast & Furious). The trailer features Captain James T. Kirk (Chris Pine) and his crew embarking on a new deep space adventure Rihanna‘s new single “Sledgehammer.” Star Trek Beyond […]

Just a week after his very passionate plea for British citizens to vote against leaving the European Union, a visibly vexed John Oliver took a few moments out of the June 26 episode of Last Week Tonight to verbally express his disappointment with the results of and his complete disdain for the government leaders responsible […]

A passenger video captured a pair of planes landing simultaneously on parallel runways at San Francisco International Airport. via reddit Help Laughing Squid grow with a monthly pledge of support.

In their new animated short, Super Deluxe embarks on a nostalgic journey throughout the past 58 years featuring a brief history of video game controllers and peripherals. Help Laughing Squid grow with a monthly pledge of support.

In “Floating Piers“, the latest large-scale installation from Christo and Jeanne-Claude, a row of 200,000 strategically placed floating cubes create a viable walkway that stretches out across Lake Iseao, near Brescia, Italy, to the islands of San Paolo and Monte Isola to the mainland city of Sulzano, allowing visitors to walk on water. The project […]

A behind-the-scenes look at the young actor Jordan Nagai who voiced Russell in Disney Pixar’s Up. The video also features the film’s director Pete Docter explaining how he worked with Nagai to get the right performance. via reddit Help Laughing Squid grow with a monthly pledge of support.

An episode of AsapSCIENCE about how the eyes perceive and process color tricks the viewer’s brain into seeing a black and white photo. The effect is known as an afterimage, and is a result of a person looking at a single image for a long time. submitted via Laughing Squid Tips Help Laughing Squid grow […]

Sweepee Rambo is blind a Chihuahua and Chinese Crested mix from Van Nuys, California who used her hairless body and hanging tongue to win the 2016 World’s Ugliest Dog Contest. Chief Judge Brian Sobel said “Scoring was tough with so many uniquely qualified dogs but we’re confident that Sweepee will be a magnificent champion!” Seventeen […]

Gavin Free and Dan Gruchy of The Slow Mo Guys made a series spray paint cans explode, documenting the process in beautiful slow motion as the the colorful blasts created abstract art. The resulting painting is now up for auction on eBay with 100% of the proceeds going to Extra Life, a 24 hour gaming […]

Fadi Saleh of Baracksdubs created a clever edited video that makes it look like President Barack Obama is singing “One Dance” by Drake using various video clips of Obama speaking. Help Laughing Squid grow with a monthly pledge of support.

A couple of absolutely adorably clumsy baby goats named Lentil and Wilma humorously attempt to jump atop a green velvet sofa in Maymo and Penny’s famous living room. The two leaping hircine youngsters are a newest addition to the lemon beagle family. Help Laughing Squid grow with a monthly pledge of support.

Today President Obama declared the legendary Stonewall Inn located in New York City as the first national landmark in the United States to honor the LGBT equality movement, eloquently citing the need to recognize the diversity that defines the nation’s true spirit. The site of community defining riots that occurred during 1969, Stonewall has come […]

A second-generation zombie child named Melanie (Sennia Nanua) could hold the secret to a cure in the official trailer for The Girl With All the Gifts. The film also stars Glenn Close, Paddy Considine, and Gemma Arterton, and the screenplay was written by Mike Carey based on his novel of the same name. The Girl With […]

“Fire-eating science clown” Thom Britton of FreakShow & Tell explains the physics behind eating fire live on stage at the International Science and Engineering Festival. Britton also demonstrates some more advanced techniques like “The Human Candelabra” that he advises people practice a bit first before showing their friends. Help Laughing Squid grow with a monthly pledge […]

“How to Train Your Dragon” is a mashup of Game of Thrones footage cut to the audio of the trailer for How to Train Your Dragon. The video was created by editor Christiani Buffoni for Darth Blender. via The AV Club Help Laughing Squid grow with a monthly pledge of support.

A new featurette for the upcoming film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them highlights the story’s hero Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne). The featurette includes an interview with author J.K. Rowling about the creation of the character and the Harry Potter spinoff. The film will be released on November 18, 2016. Help Laughing Squid grow with a […]

The Mill BLACKBIRD is a new fully adjustable car rig for creating CG cars for the advertising industry. The goal of the BLACKBIRD is to eliminate the need for specific physical cars on commercial sets, allowing creatives to shoot a real car and skin it later in the editing process. The BLACKBIRD can adjust its […]