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NYC: Come To The Distraction LIVE On October 4

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Live Event

Brandi Brown

A child and llama competing in the Llama-Alpaca Costume Contest at the Minnesota State Fair.

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Life's Rich Pageant

What I Saw At The Minnesota State Fair’s Llama-Alpaca Experience


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Dan McQuade in front of a march madness basketball court

Dan McQuade

Devin the Dugong superimposed over the SMU mascot laying in a pool of confetti

This Is So Stupid

Devin The Defector Dugong Is A Roaring Success In Earned Media

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Brigid Christison

Animals

The Dead And The Beautiful

Tom Ley

A super cute dog from the pet sematary:bloodlines trailer

Apologies To The Makers Of The ‘Pet Sematary’ Prequel, But I Would Call This Dog “My Little Sweetie Baby” And Rub Its Belly

A drawn still from Diana's Piano. It looks hand drawn, maybe even even pencil marks. A red-headed girl with a white cat next to her plays a grand piano in a pink-ish void.

“Diana’s Piano” And All The Cats I’ve Loved And Lost

Samer Kalaf

A t-shirt with a three-by-three grid. Each box has two cows standing in front of the state of New Hampshire. The bottom of the shirt says "... enough said!"

What Does This Cow Shirt Mean?


<p>charismatic megafauna (they/them)</p>


Sabrina Imbler

Dominant male orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) with large cheek flaps pointing his finger at his face, Borneo, Indonesia.

Creaturefector

These Orangutans May Not Be Beatboxing But They’re Definitely Doing Something

Yankee fans react SHOCKED to a squirrel on the outfield wall. Four guys, three really shocked the other kind of just looking at his phone.

Squirrel Terrifies Yankees Fans

<p>Columnist. Author of many <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Drew-Magary/e/B001JS8R52/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1">fine works of literature</a>, including <em>Point B</em>. Handsomest man in the world.</p>


Drew Magary

My Dog Has Messy Dingleberries. Is Wokeism To Blame?

Patrick Redford

Laura Wagner

SIENA, ITALY - MARCH 04: Demi Vollering of The Netherlands and Team SD Worx attacks while a horse gallops beside her during the Eroica - 9th Strade Bianche 2023, Women's a 136km one day race from Siena to Siena 318m / #StradeBianche / on March 04, 2023 in Siena, Italy. (Photo by Luc Claessen/Getty Images)

Cycling

Wannabe Cyclist Horse Steals The Show At A Spicy Strade Bianche