Ascent of man

3AM on the 7 train. MTA subways come equipped with cuddly rats. #mta #goingyourway #nycsubway

A video posted by Antony Lin (@copaantl98) on Mar 27, 2016 at 2:21am PDT

Sleeping city subway shuttler seemingly shot snuggling with a roving and rather relatable rat (just before the man wakes up startled and screaming). [Mashable]

And these animeyed self-portraits are fairly cool and a little creepy.

"The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it." -- Henry David Thoreau

Whole foods

Strange and ASMR-ish spectacle of a tomato getting sliced in reverse to recreate the fruit, the whole fruit, and nothing but the fruit.

"When you've seen beyond yourself, then you may find, peace of mind is waiting there." -- George Harrison

Way to go?

Dummies Guide to the US election pic.twitter.com/kYNzc4e4WP

— david pilling (@davidpilling) March 27, 2016

Why dig into the issues when this handy flowchart can help you figure out who you should vote for in the upcoming presidential election?

And an xkcd infographic that shows the hypothetical pipelines needed for each fluid produced or consumed in the U.S. if they had to be carried by a single pipe.

"Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown." -- William Shakespeare

Forecast: Partly punny

UK weather reporter might have bested her earlier pun-tastic Star Wars-themed monologue from last December with this new clip where she jams 20 references to Batman and Superman into her Easter report in under a minute.

And when it's time to take a break from the super-serious, the news summarized in GIFs gives it to you in humor-coated form.

"Gray skies are just clouds passing over." -- Duke Ellington

Skip it

Unclear how the heck someone does this with a piece of cord, but they call it freestyle competitive jump rope and it looks something like the schoolyard version but with some gymnastics and breakdancing thrown in.

"I thought how unpleasant it is to be locked out; and I thought how it is worse, perhaps, to be locked in." -- Virginia Woolf

What the fudge?

Enjoy this all-star highlight reel of cussing without cuss-words scenes in which filmmakers have kept it "family friendly" with ersatz epithets for our favorite vulgarisms.

"Culture is the arts elevated to a set of beliefs." -- Thomas Wolfe

Crushing it

Get your fill of objects being pulverized from the Hydraulic Press channel -- for example this Barbie doll makes for an entertaining show.

Also a waste (in a good way), this number tile game called Twenty that's similar to the time-sucking "2048". (The link goes to a web version but they also have it as a mobile app so you can waste time on the go.) Suggestion: Don't click this link if you have work to do.

"The time to relax is when you don't have time for it." -- Sydney J. Harris

E unum pluribus

This too-colorful picture may look like a photomosaic made from four separate images, but it’s actually a single photograph. This "edgy" effect -- purely a result of object colors and placement -- was created for the album "Terrain" by VLP.

"Simplicity and repose are the qualities that measure the true value of any work of art." -- Frank Lloyd Wright

Politics as unusual

Quick mashup spoof of the old show "The Munsters" starring the GOP presidential candidates. Leadership every bit as capable.

"Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder." -- George Washington

Dinner time?

Forget smartwatches -- you need this Bento Watch for some real-world utility. (Unfortunately you won't be able to buy it, though. It's a one-of-a-kind made for some PR campaign.)

And a collection of aerial images, "China From Above", shows the diverse landscapes across its cities, mountains, desert, and beaches.

"The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits." -- Albert Einstein

Surprise ending

Think about this hypothesis... Dire Straits' "Walk of Life" is the perfect song to end every movie. Really good concept and execution, with some of them like The Matrix and The Dark Knight Rises seeming tailormade.

And how about Hollywood's 100 favorite movie quotes.

"Ask five economists and you'll get five different answers - six if one went to Harvard." -- Edgar Fiedler

Go for the juggler

With a little magic (and a little BS...?), this guy solves three Rubik's Cubes while juggling them.

And other visual trickery, face-swapping Scully and Mulder gets you a synthpop band. Real The X-Files stuff.

"The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have." -- Vince Lombardi

Flock together

Regardless of species, birds are jerks, and the internet has all the proof you need in this compilation video.

And welcome to Beirut, where the streets are paved with garbage.

"If you wish to be loved, show more of your faults than your virtues." -- Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

Two-wheel bobsled

Not likely to be a new Olympic event, but two bicyclists fast forward on an abandoned bobsled track, reaching what appear to be literally breakneck speeds.

"My wife said to me: 'If you won the lottery, would you still love me?' I said: 'Of course I would. I'd miss you, but I'd still love you.'" -- Frank Carson

Power chord

This staff pick condenses A History of Rock in 15 Minutes with a video that includes hundreds of artists, plus the kindling to debate who's included and who's missing. [bOING bOING]

"Having the critics praise you is like having the hangman say you've got a pretty neck." -- Eli Wallach

Fudge M.D.

The Food Surgeon, famous for the novel branch of medicine that gave us the Oreo/Reese's Peanut Butter Cup-ectomy, is performing another procedure. This time, a Three Musketeers bar undergoes much-needed Kit Kat spinal surgery. (The candy bar is in stable condition and expected to make a full recovery.)


And quiz time: How dark is your personality?

"When I told my doctor I couldn't afford an operation, he offered to touch-up my X-rays." -- Henny Youngman

Living canvas

Artist Nobumichi Asai uses projection mapping to create a work of art -- the effect is like an animated mask -- on someone's face. [BI]

And this guy made what must be the ultimate "nose ring" (pun very much intended).

"I liked myself better when I wasn't me." -- Carol Burnett

It takes one to paint one

Artist uses a different kind of brush to paint a lovely portrait of Donald Trump.

"People don't do what you expect but what you inspect." -- Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.

Count on it

Maybe this is no secret, but "The Beauty of Mathematics" shows the magic of math behind everything from snowflakes to airplanes.

"Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas." -- Albert Einstein

Looped in

Master of yo-yo yo-ery Ryo Yamashita shows off a repertoire of different loopy tricks and stunts on an all-day walkabout. Interesting that with all that string he doesn't tie his shoes...

"Never confuse motion with action." -- Benjamin Franklin

What's that smell?

Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" artfully played on the gayageum, an ancient, traditional Korean instrument.

"Life is like Sanskrit read to a pony." -- Lou Reed

The apocalypse will be yooooge

Trump: Apocalypse

This election year, the X-Men will face their greatest threat... Donald Trump.

Posted by Max Goodrich on Sunday, February 28, 2016

The X-Men face off against mutant Donald Trump in a fan-made trailer that offers a fitting if not predictable parody of the upcoming "X-Men: Apocalypse".

And 24 amusing photo face swaps that include babies with mustaches and pet heads on human bodies.

"He who angers you conquers you." -- Elizabeth Kenny

Oil slick

Seems they're making an animated movie about Vincent Van Gogh that will be composed entirely of oil paintings, the first fully painted feature film in the world. Check out the trailer. Some good stuff.

"Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one." -- Stella Adler

Ulterior motif

A cultured bit of re-editing, can you identify all the compositions in this classical music mashup of 57 famous pieces from 33 composers?

"Every noble work is at first impossible." -- Thomas Carlyle