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In a new animated short by Dorkly, Luke Skywalker tells Rey exactly what he has been doing on his empty island for the past 20 years. Luke’s story is giant ball of sad, disturbing, and hilarious. Help Laughing Squid grow with a monthly pledge of support.

“RPG” is a short film about a group of Dungeons & Dragons players that has to deal with the death of one of their characters and the romantic lives of the rest of the players. The film was written and directed by Sadie Rogers who also plays the character of Wulfgar. via Short of the Week […]

Doug Keener of Pittsburgh recently honored the Seinfeld sitcom by recreating Jerry Seinfeld’s iconic apartment in Doom II in a little over 100 hours. Keener attached audio clips and death animations to digital copies of Jerry, George, Kramer, and Elaine to make the bloody game one huge “serenity now!” moment. Doug’s custom Seinfeld map is […]

A fully automated robot created by students and teachers at the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China is now taking on human challengers in the game of badminton. The robot will soon be commercially available, but is already on tour where it has played students, a former badminton champion, and even Chinese Premier Li […]

Brazilian Formula 1 driver Felipe Massa and the Williams F1 pit crew received the DHL Fastest Pit Stop Award during the 2016 Formula 1 Grand Prix of Europe in Azerbaijan, Williams for pulling off a record time of 1.92 seconds. Help Laughing Squid grow with a monthly pledge of support.

In a short documentary, filmmaker Kristian Williams took at look at the virtual band Gorillaz and how it managed to deconstruct and blend musical genres to create something unique. Help Laughing Squid grow with a monthly pledge of support.

Mark Rober recently teamed up with tinkerers Ryan and David of Eclectical Engineering to build a giant functional Nerf gun. Mark, Ryan, and David break down how they created the custom-made cannon, which will help Mark defend himself at work, that can fire aerodynamic projectiles up to 130 yards. Help Laughing Squid grow with a […]

A photo posted by Chris Messina (@chris) on Jun 20, 2016 at 9:13pm PDT Yesterday our friend Chris Messina shot a stunning photo of the sun setting over San Francisco on the Summer Solstice. San Francisco City Hall, lit up for San Francisco Pride, can bee seen in the foreground. Well done San Francisco. You've […]

In a very touching post that came out just a few days before Father’s Day 2016, educational consultant Bill Frankel opened up about his relationship with his own father. Frankel eloquently spoke about his father’s death, the emotional discovery of finding a picture of his father on Google Street View when he and his siblings […]

Vox reporter Joss Fong recently took a close look at how airplane flight recorders aka black boxes function to provide details that would otherwise be unavailable, how they came about, their indestructible nature and their use of location technology. These flight recorders — one stores cockpit audio recordings, the other stores airplane instrument data — […]

In the latest of their “Literature” series, the School of Life offers insight into the incredibly prolific Charles Dickens, who used his writing to comment upon social issues and systemic failures of the day. Dickens drew upon his own childhood experience of growing up poor and told his stories with the utmost compassion for his […]

While driving along the highway leading to Mount Fuji in Japan, YouTuber sgtlyxix took note of special rumble strips that had been strategically placed along the roadway for moving tires to play a popular Japanese song. This section of the subaru highway leading up to Mount Fuji have rumble strips in the middle of the […]

Stephen Colbert interviewed Columbia Law School professor Tim Wu on the subject of net neutrality (a term coined by him in 2003) while riding the Nitro roller coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure. A federal court recently ruled that high-speed internet access should be treated as a utility, and Wu explains why that matters at 80 mph […]

CatConLA, the two-day event in Los Angeles, California dedicated to all things feline, is returning for its second year. Taking place on June 24 and 25th at The Reef on Broadway, the event will feature such speakers as author Angie Bailey of CatLadyLand, Keith Bowers of Catster, Will Braden of Henri, le Chat Noir, Mike […]

Tom Scott visited the Eden Project in Cornwall, England to get a whiff of a blooming corpse flower and to explain its unique smell and reproductive strategy. Unlike other species that try to reproduce as often as possible, the corpse flower stores its energy for a single two-day reproductive period every seven to ten years. […]

Upon discovering a wayward bear digging around in his Steamboat Springs, Colorado dumpster, YouTuber boatskier1 very calmly called out “Hey Bear” several times to get the trash digging scavenger’s attention. Eventually, the unwelcome ursine visitor away was shooed without a single voice being raised. via Tastefully Offensive Help Laughing Squid grow with a monthly pledge […]

As a part of their admirable Save the Arctic project to save the marine life of the northeast Atlantic, the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise met up renowned Italian pianist Ludovico Einaudi in Svalbard, Norway where he gave a gorgeous performance of an original piece while floating upon the icy Arctic Ocean. Both Greenpeace and Einaudi […]

A fallen power line electrified a metal swing set and the surrounding fence in the backyard of a home in Arlington Heights, Illinois. The swing set smoked, sparked, and spurted flames as emergency crews assessed the situation. via reddit Help Laughing Squid grow with a monthly pledge of support.

A photo posted by ??? Dain Yoon (@designdain) on Jun 3, 2016 at 4:34pm PDT Seoul, South Korea artist Dain Yoon has created a fascinating collection of illusionary makeup art that is realistic and sometimes quite creepy. Dain’s entire series of illusionary artwork is available to view on Facebook and Instagram. A video posted by […]

Gothamist has created a supercut of New Yorker’s hearts breaking as they just barely miss the subway train and are resigned to a fate of waiting several long minutes for the next one. For added effect and gravitas, the video is set to “The Blue Danube” by Johann Strauss II. There is no quintessential NYC […]

Italian sculptor Valeriano Fatica recently carved a watermelon into a terrifying, yet incredible sculpture of the Night King from Game of Thrones. The creepy leader of the White Walkers is now delicious and full of seeds. More photos of Valeriano’s work is available to view on Facebook and Instagram. Help Laughing Squid grow with a […]

Folding a slice of pizza keeps the food rigid and easier to eat, and astronomer Clifford Stoll explains why in a recent episode of Numberphile. The reason has to do with Gaussian curvature and Carl Friedrich Gauss‘s Theorema Egregium (“Remarkable Theorem”). Help Laughing Squid grow with a monthly pledge of support.

Bradford, UK film critic Ross Thompson of The Unusual Suspect has created a fun-filled Suicide Squad style movie trailer for the original Star Wars trilogy. Fans of Ross can help support his future work on Patreon. Help Laughing Squid grow with a monthly pledge of support.

A photo posted by Saida Mickeviciute (@saidaa1997) on Jun 19, 2016 at 5:29am PDT 19-year-old makeup artist Saida Mickeviciute from London has used her creative skill set to transforms herself into all sorts of horrific looking characters. Saida’s entire collection of images are available to view on Instagram. A photo posted by Saida Mickeviciute (@saidaa1997) […]

Dan and Lincoln from the What’s Inside? channel recently took their YouTube Gold Play Button on a tour around the world before cutting it in half with Casey Neistat. The Gold Play Button is the award YouTube gives to channels for hitting one million subscribers, and the What’s Inside? button visited Paris, London, Dubai, Shanghai, and more […]

Late-night TV host Jimmy Kimmel is back once again with a hilarious new Father’s Day YouTube Challenge where he asked viewers to surprise their Dads with an unexpected game of catch. In “Hey Jimmy Kimmel, I Played Catch with My Dad,” everything from delicious cakes to cups full of flour were thrown at unsuspecting fathers […]

Improv Everywhere visited Bryant Park to offer random New Yorkers the chance to give a commencement speech to a class of college graduates. For our latest mission, we gave random New Yorkers the opportunity to give an inspiring commencement address. We set up a commencement ceremony in Bryant Park with graduates, faculty, and a lectern. […]

With the passing of Tolly, his beloved Russian blue, artist Richard Saunders created a wonderfully surreal memorial that memorializes Tolly as a giant virtual topiary who adorns lavish English gardens in a variety of poses. I am a Surrealist Artist and have worked in oils for years. With the advent of computers and Photoshop I […]

Brazilian film critic and editor Diego Carrera has created “A History of Horror,” a fantastic visualization of how horror films have evolved in the past 122 years. Diego did this by presenting a short clip from one movie in each year, starting with The Execution of Mary Stuart from 1895 and ending with The VVitch: […]

Four designers collaborated on an elaborate LEGO Great Ball Contraption that was put on display at Japan Brickfest 2016. The build featured 20 distinct modules including Planets by Akiyuki. Thanks Scott Devaney! Help Laughing Squid grow with a monthly pledge of support.

In a very timely video for the Atlantic, politics writer Nora Kelly explains why third party candidates in the United States don’t do very well against their major party counterparts citing institutional requirements, less funding, media exposure and Duverger’s law Why can’t third-parties take off? So first of all, why are there only two major […]

Comedian Mike Phirman has created a wonderful mashup of Star Wars and Ghostbusters that features Venkman, Ray, and Spengler accidentally blasting Luke Skywalker with their hand-held proton guns. Help Laughing Squid grow with a monthly pledge of support.

A photo posted by Astronomy Picture Of The Day (@astronomypicturesdaily) on Jun 20, 2016 at 6:37am PDT Astronomy Picture of the Day recently featured a beautiful photo of a sunrise solstice taken over Stonehenge in 2008 by photographer Max Alexander. The featured image was taken during the week of the 2008 summer solstice at Stonehenge […]

Barney and friends performed the song “Big Poppa” by The Notorious B.I.G. in recent mashup by Mylo the Cat. Here is the original music video for “Big Poppa.” Help Laughing Squid grow with a monthly pledge of support.

Selena Gomez and James Corden performed some carpool karaoke on their way to the set of The Late Late Show. While driving they took a few detours to ride a roller coaster and get lunch at McDonald’s to see Gomez’s lyrics printed on the cups. Help Laughing Squid grow with a monthly pledge of support.

The Day the Clown Cried, the notorious 1972 Jerry Lewis film about a German entertainer who was sent to a concentration camp after drunkenly mocking Hitler, has never been released. Production problems and Lewis’ dissatisfaction with the film prevented the film from being ever being viewed in any form, however footage has started to become […]

We recently picked up some Pepsi 1893, a dark brown malt flavored “craft soda” reformulation of Pepsi that is made from Kola nut extract, real sugar, sparking water and a touch of aromatic bitters. It’s pretty good. After trying some, I realized that it might go well with the Kraken black spiced rum we have […]

In the latest of their informative videos, the Smithsonian Channel explains what happens when luggage is checked, the technology that enables luggage to be scanned and tracked and the remarkable 6-mile journey that each piece of luggage makes before it makes its way onto the plane. Your bags usually make the same journey you do. […]

“Vivian the Dog Moves to Brooklyn” is a wonderful children’s photo book about a giant dachshund who finds out she’s moving from Albuquerque, New Mexico to Brooklyn, New York. While Vivian has lived a lot of places in her life, she’s got big hopes about living in New York City. Author Mitch Boyer is currently […]

Dutch puzzle maker Oskar van Deventer, the inventor of the 17 x 17 x 17 Over the Top cube and other wonderful 3D printed creations, demonstrated his new “Magic Gears Grid” which houses fixed gears that simultaneously turn in both clockwise and counter-clockwise directions when a handle . Magic Gears Grid is a triangular grid […]

Disney Pixar has released a clip from Finding Dory introducing Dory as a baby, who is quite a-Dory-ble. Help Laughing Squid grow with a monthly pledge of support.

While working security near the high school in Camdenton, Missouri, police officer Chris Williams spotted two raccoons, one mother and the other a baby, who worked together to form a procyonidae chain with their bodies so they could pull the third raccoon, also a baby, over a highway wall to safety. I saw the mother […]

Bad Things for Bad People is a YouTube channel dedicated to doing exactly what its name implies, making bad things for bad people. In “Junk Juice 1,” a daring man puts burgers, fries, and soda from McDonald’s through an electric juicer until they turn into a brown sludge. He then attempts to gulp down the […]

A photo posted by RAN (@konel_bread) on Jun 9, 2016 at 7:00am PDT Using the same methods employed in creating sushi rolls, Japanese baker Ran of Konel Bread makes beautiful loaves of bread that have amazing illustrated designs that come from her imagination, cartoon characters and even children’s crayon drawings baked right in. Each design […]

On the past two great Game of Thrones episodes of Scott Ian’s Bloodworks on the Nerdist Channel, host Scott Ian (rhythm guitarist for the thrash metal band Anthrax) went behind the scenes to find out how prosthetic makeup designer, Barrie Gower, and many other artists bring the characters and props of Westeros to life. Scott […]

Former Black Flag frontman Henry Rollins donned his spectacles and took on Dr. Seuss in a very opinionated reading of the children’s classic book Oh, the Places You’ll Go. Throughout the reading, Rollins noted the passages that he felt to be most anachronistic. Henry Rollins reads and deconstructs the children’s book “Oh, the Places You’ll […]

Sephko imagines what it must be like when Daenerys Targaryen, the Mother of Dragons from Game of Thrones, tries to order at a Starbucks. Also check out her stylish scaled purse. via Tastefully Offensive Help Laughing Squid grow with a monthly pledge of support.

“The Secret World of Foley“, a short film by Third Man Films that explores the fascinating world of ambient sound creation and the artists who specialize developing these perfectly-timed sound effects films. Spotlighted are two such foley artists, Sue Harding and Peter Burgis, both of whom are highly respected in the field. The Secret World […]

A photo posted by Apollo Peak (@apollopeak) on Apr 4, 2016 at 11:36am PDT Apollo Creek in Denver, Colorado has unveiled their two premiere labels – the MosCATo and the Pinot Meow, specifically created for the sophisticated feline palate. Both of the beautifully packaged wines are non-alcoholic, catnip-based, locally sourced and completely safe for cats. […]

20th Century Fox has released the second trailer for Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, director Tim Burton‘s new fantasy film based on a novel of the same name by author Ransom Riggs. The appropriately strange trailer reveals more about the team of misfit children, Miss Peregrine, and the odd location that they live in. […]