Fast and yet mighty fine:

Amidst the madness of the last couple of days, this took my mind off the pain of the insanity of some of my fellow Americans. If you love Calvin & Hobbes, this series of videos should have you laughing.

I must remember to get back to this when events settle down.

[h/t TF]

The talent at The Lincoln Project wins again:

We made this pre-election, thinking that we’d never have to release it.

After the events of today, we decided to post, #Bloodlines pic.twitter.com/LM2rLn5lql

— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) January 7, 2021

They’ve done some highly effective videos.

Boston Dynamics swngs:

Our younger cat, Peeper, was fascinated with this sloppily edited video on the habits of brush turkeys.

And now, because my Arts Editor liked this performance, here’s Leslie Odom, Jr.:

https://youtu.be/weImyhyu_vE

Take it away, Randy!

How an AI personality will feel in the future:

And we wonder why they’ll all go insane.

Metal rocker Andre Antunes does Kenneth Copeland covers. Here’s a good one:

And Paula White:

I like his cover of Copeland more, but I think White has more potential for a rock music lead singer than Copeland.

My thanks to Friendly Atheist.

Tired of the anti-vaxxers?

If you like your science fiction dark:

Lovely!

Because it’s December.

[H/T EN.]

I had not expected to see parrots in the snow.

My goodness, The Lincoln Project is getting downright mean:

Ten minutes of …

Rev. Warnock’s not afraid of flinging poo in his Georgia Senate runoff race:

I told you the smear ads were coming, but Georgians will see Sen. @Kloeffler’s ads for what they are. pic.twitter.com/0sgU8ndC63

— Reverend Raphael Warnock (@ReverendWarnock) November 24, 2020

The superb lyrebird:

Incidentally, I’m reading The Bird Way by Jennifer Ackerman at the moment.

From a friend – and Star Wars:

What does a 9 inch ice core sound like when dropped down a 450 foot hole? Like this! Credit to @peter_neff for the idea and @Scripps_Polar, @sciencejenna, @GeosciencesPU, @US_IceDrilling, and @paleosurface for the execution! pic.twitter.com/pW7LxKdbUB

— John Andrew Higgins (@blueicehiggins) February 7, 2020

[H/T GD]

Having fun for Rube:

In case you haven’t followed the Senate races in depth, both of the Georgia seats were up for grabs, one a special election, and Georgia election rules require a 50% threshold be met on Election Day, or a runoff occurs in early January.

The Lincoln Project isn’t finished cookie-monstering the President. Here’s their opening shot.

We’re staying in the fight: to defeat Trumpism we must also defeat David Perdue.

Let’s elect Jon Ossoff. pic.twitter.com/p7IAPaCaZY

— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) November 6, 2020

It’s a real shaming of Senator Perdue, because it’s all true and he can’t retort to it. All he can hope is that the GOP’s toxic team politics will carry him across the line, and, at the moment, it hasn’t. Will it in January? Or will the toll of the pandemic, The Lincoln Project, and Jon Ossoff’s attack ads finish him off?

He just wanted to lick them.

What started as a peaceful morning of kayaking turned into a close call for two friends at Avila Beach.
Video shows the pair appearing to almost be swallowed by a humpback whale.https://t.co/dJZulNZedN pic.twitter.com/JEyZibxjxi

— FOX26 News (@KMPHFOX26) November 3, 2020

Kevin the Chingford Peacock:

About this morale-boosting wild peacock here.

Jon Ossoff and Senator Perdue (R-GA). It seems that Ossoff is spearing Sauron himself here.

Sen. David Perdue is out for himself — not for our health. pic.twitter.com/zbtmw6rU4Q

— Jon Ossoff (@ossoff) October 29, 2020

The dangers of the epistemic bubble is that you may end up looking the idiot when you’re outside the bubble.