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Doug Wilson dove deep on an elaborate April Fool's bit in The Guardian that involved a series of islands with typographic inspiration. Even the ads were in on the joke.

The about page sums it up: "This website collects movie clips with inaccurate binocular shots (i.e., two overlapping circles instead of one, as you would see in real life). It currently features 36 fantastic films and also White Noise (2022)." / via trovster

Tom Fishburne's cartoon sums it up. / via Sidebar

Lego wins (and that Lego set is delightful) / via Mario Guzmán

I laughed as I thumbed through this carousel of images and had renewed appreciation when David Friedman said "I can't stop thinking about how "Please Stop Emailing Us Harriet" gives away the punchline at the beginning" and continues with how it's a great device for storytelling. Also? Pranks for eyeballs can be taxing, but this is elevated.

I've enjoyed every comedy special I've seen by Kyle Kinane. 10 bucks and I can see another and support him directly. Sold! / via Blast-o-rama

It’s a very solid idea and still keeps the port open for charging.

Short YouTube clip of Kylie doing a bit from Padam on a radio show as auto-generated text to speech. Whenever I think of AI voices, I pull up this video and laugh! Every. Single. Time.

The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation is clapping back in support of their emblem on social media. Some chuckles in the replies / via Brand New

I laughed, out loud... and then watched this video more times than I wanted to count. Their 'gram is chock full of more laughs. / thanks Ben

This joke about Marvel's universe of movies mixed with Sufjan Stevens made me laugh. I doubt it's funny to many.

MetroCard top off / existential crisis

...but they’re dancing to The Muppet Show theme tune. / thanks for the bright spot Doug

There is not only wisdom in this Tiktok, but also joy. Weewhoo! / via @realdougwilson

Exhausted

Overlay spaceships from Star Wars, Star Trek, Mass Effect and more on a map for scale. Then press the play button to fly around. Fun. / via @CincinnatiPhil

Scientists track fish’s movements with LIDAR, which let it “drive” towards a target that it could see outside of its tank. / via The Morning News

This immediately made me laugh and then also feel very anxious. Great for Zooms or phone calls when you need to part. / via waxy

I went down a rabbit hole looking at the work of Gemma Correll. Here's where I started.

A thought in four panels

Secret the Australian Shepherd and Mary the girl do some Yoga.

Service industry jobs need better pay and protections from horrible people. / via onfocus.com

I would like this backpack very much. At the very least to share it with Edie. / via my nephew Matt

Simone Giertz has made the chair I and millions of other folks need.

WARNING: This 50 second Youtube video is gross and hilarious. I blame my friend Tom for sharing it with me.

Well this just made my morning.

I burst out laughing over this bit last night. As did many.

(Short video) Squirrels are very curious / via MeFi

Two of my friends liked this on Twitter so now I have to share it.

/ via Metafilter

I will not watch this show, but I would watch this version. / via Yewknee

I also recommend following Jason's link for the Auralnauts Star Wars bit.

"I’m just exploring, experimenting, and trying stuff. New Stuff. I have just one last thing to say before I go: thank you, clogged pen."

I will cross the Brimley/Cocoon Line on Sep 13, 2022

I agree with my friend Thor. It is true.

3D buttons will come back in style

Tough decision? There's no need to choose — Split the universe and do both. (As heard on This American Life)

to become the most liked Instagram photo. ever... That's a good egg.

Day brightener. / hat tip to Thor for this one

I watched the whole thing

Good for a Friday chuckle / via DJ

Love these / via DJ

This is old, but is still very effective because I want to buy some of these things. / lulz, via Yewknee

This is Brenda's little tree now.

That's funny. What's not terribly funny? Outside food on airplanes and folks abusing the system with emotional support animals, but those are different stories.

Chuckling over this

Many of the feels / via Casey

Amazing

And I will likely watch it 100 more.

I have no strong feelings one way or the other 👍🏻👎🏻

Just a lil Instgram video of a cat chillin'

These are great. And if you go to Arna Miller's Instagram account (arnamiller) you can see the sweet tiny press that made the matchbooks

Dig the style of these New Yorker cartoons that provide comic context to Donald's tweets / via Thor

Some might say poor taste, but I digress. I laughed.

Posted there because I don't like linking to Facebook.

This is really well done.

Studiomate DJ said this book was worth a read. This mini-site provides some FAQs. Maybe tangentially related, but enough to let the voice show through.

Well done little video

Taylor Davis mugs for the camera just right

I'm exhausted of Millennial h8, but this is totes funny