WELCOME TO DAYBREAK DIVERSIONS WEEK II, UPPER VALLEY!
Can you be super-human and funny? Yes. If you're a squirrel. Or Mark Rober. He's a former NASA engineer and a science and engineering star on YouTube. And he had a problem with squirrels marauding his bird-feeder. He tried the store-bought workarounds, but the squirrels figured them out. So he did what any homeowner would: built a squirrel obstacle course for the four highly personable rodents intent on his back yard—Rick, Marty, Frank, and Phat Gus. This is the original in his series. Warning: It's about 20 minutes, and once you start you won't be able to help yourself.Every day, 1 million people upload pictures of their coffee grinds to a Turkish app—and get a personalized fortune back. And each year in early December, consultant and former journalist Tom Whitwell publishes his thoroughly diverting list, "52 Things I Learned." Here's the 2021 version and—just sayin'—it's evergreen and you could get lost in there. There's a new programming language that looks like a Jerry Seinfeld routine. A community of 100 Zimbabweans has been clearing land mines in the Falklands for the last decade. Weightlifting for dogs is an actual thing. So sorry about your morning...The Tuesday Vordle. With a word from the news.Okay, cool, you got the Vordle in three. But how ace are you at Lordle of the Rings?Hmm. It's summer, the mind wanders, and we all need something to focus on... Here's the Villalobos Brothers doing "Somos," and I, for one, am going to spend some idle time worrying about their violins... and wondering when they'll come back to the Upper Valley.See you tomorrow.
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