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A dramatic video from Lopburi, Thailand, shows a dog running to the rescue of a puppy that’s having trouble keeping its head above water in a fish pond. According to NowThis News, a surveillance camera captured a white dog named Soh being rescued by a larger dog named Hand.

Soh definitely appears to be struggling and calling out when, out of nowhere, Hand rushes to the rescue and pulls the dog out of the fish pond. Hand clearly could hear that Soh was in danger because it ran to its aid with purpose.

Humans often say they “don’t deserve dogs” but after watching this video it’s pretty clear that sometimes, dogs may feel the same way. The video shows that dogs can have an innate sympathy for one another. Hand could have dismissed Soh’s cries and thought, “More food for me,” but instead, the larger dog stepped up and saved the pup.

u201cSurveillance footage captured the moment a heroic dog in Lopburi, Thailand, sprang into action to rescue a fellow puppy that was stuck inside a pond in their human’s yardu201d

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It’s unclear if all the footage was shot by a security camera because there are two different angles. Recently, there’s been a trend in staged “drowning” videos where people pretend to be in danger to show off their dog’s rescue instincts. This doesn’t appear to be one, but there’s no doubt it shows off Hand’s innate altruism.

A study from Messerli Research Institute at the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna found that dogs can behave altruistically toward one another by sharing food, but are more likely to do so if they are familiar with them.

“Dogs truly behave prosocially toward other dogs,” the study, published in Science Daily, said. “That had never been experimentally demonstrated before. What we also found was that the degree of familiarity among the dogs further influenced this behavior. Prosocial behavior was exhibited less frequently toward unfamiliar dogs than toward familiar ones.”

However, a recent study found that dogs show very little altruism toward humans in regard to food-sharing, whether they know them or not. So, if you’re waiting for your dog to give you a treat, don’t hold your breath.

Technology can often betray people. but how often can that be said about classic songs? Evidently, Janet Jackson’s “Rhythm Nation” is as destructive toward Windows XP-era laptops as it is amazing to many people’s ears, according to Microsoft staff.

The company’s principal software engineer Raymond Chen shared a story on his blog The Old New Thing about how Jackson’s record possesses soundwaves that would make laptop’s hard drives vibrate before computers ultimately crashed. Chen didn’t go into details about which specific versions of laptops, nor did he show footage of the phenomenon, but the company deemed his story still worth telling, sharing it to their DevDocs Twitter.

Destroying computers was probably not on Janet Jackson’s career bucket list, but it’s definitely a nice footnote to her career. Jackson has won five Grammys, 11 Billboard Music Awards, 11 American Music Awards, eight Guinness World Record entries, and earned a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame. She’s been on a long hiatus since 2015 LP Unbreakable, though she did link up with Daddy Yankee in 2018 for “Made for Now.”

Now, the Jackson family member has another unusual addition to add to her résumé.

Check out Windows’ explanation video for the laptop crashes above.

The Milwaukee Brewers ballpark features one very large and unique feature that no other team has, which is a giant slide that their mascot, Bernie the Brewer, goes down after home runs.

It looks incredibly fun, and so you can’t blame Dodgers field reporter David Vassegh being very excited when he learned he would be allowed to go down the slide prior to a Dodgers-Brewers game. Vassegh apparently talked about this for days leading up to it, which made what happened unbelievably funny to the Dodgers broadcast team, which could not contain their laughter as they showed the video of Vassegh absolutely flying down the slide and slamming into the padded wall at the bottom — breaking his arm in the process.

The video itself is very funny, as Vassegh’s excitement becomes panic almost immediately as he just yells “HOLY CRAP” over and over as he picks up speed. His concern for how fast he’s going was justified as he tumbles out of the slide and pins his right arm between himself and the wall, breaking it in the process.

This wouldn’t be funny if it weren’t for how delighted Vassegh seemed about it, as they cut the camera to him waving his arm in a cast and smiling, which only further leads the booth into hysterics. Hopefully it’s a quick recovery for our guy here, but if nothing else, he created one of the most memorable moments in baseball broadcasts this season.

The Chicago Sky played host to the New York Liberty on Wednesday night in the first game of the WNBA Playoffs, as the 2-seed in the league looked to get their title defense off to a strong start.

However, the Liberty had other ideas in a thrilling Game 1 that saw big runs on both sides, a number of lead changes, and a ton of offense as both teams piled up the points in what became a 98-91 New York win. It was clear from the outset that the Liberty had come to play, as Sabrina Ionescu, Natasha Howard, and company were able to take an early (small) lead, going right at the Chicago defense and taking the aggression to the Sky.

The champs would respond, with Kahleah Copper, Candace Parker, and company battling to take a four-point lead into the second quarter, but New York would not fade away, as they were able to go on a second quarter run to seize a three-point lead at the half after Marine Johannes started to get hot.

New York would extend their lead early in the second, but Copper’s relentless attacking helped the Sky flip the script and pull ahead by one going into the fourth.

A four-point play early in the fourth from Allie Quigley pushed the Sky ahead for what looked like it might be good, as they would hold a two-possession advantage for much of the quarter.

However, midway through the fourth Ionescu started to get hot, hitting from all over with a spinning, driving lay-in, a quick-trigger three, and then a midrange pull-up that put the Liberty in front by three and forced a Chicago timeout as their offense stalled.

Unfortunately for the Sky, they just could not find an answer offensively down the stretch as the Liberty closed the game out on a 13-0 run to win by seven, with Johannes delivering the highlight of the game with a wild over the head assist to Howard to put the icing on the cake.

The win means the Liberty now have homecourt advantage in the Best of 3 first round format, with Chicago needing to win back-to-back games in order to advance to the second round. Ionescu and Howard each finished with 22 points to lead the Liberty, along with 17 from Betnijah Laney and 13 from Stefanie Dolson. On Chicago’s side there were plenty of strong performances, as Copper led the way with 21 points and eight rebounds, Parker had 18 points and 10 boards, Quigley scored 18, and Azura Stevens had 16 off the bench, but the offense went cold at the wrong time and the usually stout defense of the Sky was not able to contain the Liberty on offense down the stretch.

The biggest difference from the two sides was from beyond the arc, where New York went 11-for-25 (44 percent) compared to a 7-for-25 (28 percent) night for Chicago. They’ll be back in action on Saturday afternoon (12:00 p.m. ET, ESPN), with New York finding itself as the team with a chance to close things out and knock out the defending champs on the road.

Last summer, prosecutors nabbed one of Donald Trump’s closest and most loyal confidants: Allen Weisselberg. The former CFO of the Trump Organization, he was indicted by a grand jury over a 15-year tax fraud scheme. He’s never ratted his former boss out, and he has no plans to do so, even as his legal problems balloon yet again. What he will do is cut a plea deal with the Manhattan district attorney’s office, in which he may testify against Trump’s businesses, which could be bad for the big guy, too.

In new reports by Rolling Stone and The New York Times, Weisselberg is looking to avoid what could be a lengthy prison sentence, which could be as long as 15 years. He could get that down to five months, with only 100 days in the slammer, if he acknowledges that he conspired with other Trump-owned companies. He’s also agreed to testify in an October trial against the Trump Organization and the Trump Payroll Corporation, but only if he’s asked to do so.

Weisselberg’s cooperation, alas, stops with the aforementioned testimony. He has refused to “flip” on either Trump or his children in broader investigations into their potential crimes.

Still, Rolling Stone argues, “his potential testimony could pose a severe threat to Trump’s companies”:

“This possible testimony, which allegedly implicates Trump’s businesses, could be key to prosecutors’ securing a guilty verdict against these companies. When a company is found to have engaged in criminal conduct, significant fines can pile up quickly — potentially leading to its demise.”

In other words, the fiercely Trump-loyal Weisselberg won’t help in the effort to potentially imprison his longtime compadre, but he could help leave him with nothing but his pensions.

(Via Rolling Stone and NYT)

After a nine-month absence, Kenny Omega has finally returned to AEW.

In the weeks leading up to Wednesday night’s ‘House of the Dragon’ event, the Young Bucks teased difficulties finding a partner in AEW’s trios tournament, with the build up of the tournament leading to the organization crowning its first trios champions. But Wednesday night, Omega made his triumphant return to join the Bucks in the main event against La Faccion Ingobernable in the first round of the tournament.

This was Omega’s first match since dropping the AEW heavyweight title to Hangman Page back in November at AEW Full Gear.

Omega reportedly dealt with a slew of injuries he’d been holding off on getting fixed including shoulder, knee, and abdomen injuries per the Wrestling Observer.

“Kenny Omega is currently recovering from arthroscopic knee surgery. The recovery from this will take about ten weeks. He will be getting surgery to repair his sports hernia at the end of March and that’s about a two-month recovery. There are other things he’s also taking care of,” Meltzer wrote.

Omega’s return sets up nicely for his squad to be favorites in the run up to the crowning of the trios champions at All Out, with a possible showdown against Page and his buddies, the Dark Order.

You don’t hear about Taylor Lautner as much as you do his Twilight co-stars. But he’s doing well. In fact, he’s getting married! Who’s the lucky person? It’s a woman named Taylor (last name Dome). If you think it must be confusing for them, both having the same first name, that’s only the tip of the iceberg. Because when they tie the knot, Lautner’s future wife will be taking his surname. And yes, that means they’ll both be “Taylor Lautner.”

The actor was casually discussing his engagement on The Kelly Clarkson Show when the news came out. When asked how they address each other, Lautner said he goes by “Taylor” while she is “Tay.” Simple enough. (Though some people, he said, refer to them as “Boy Tay” and “Girl Tay.”)

But then he revealed that they’re going to make it even more complicated when Taylor Dome also becomes Taylor Lautner. “We’re literally going to be the same person,” he joked. “How narcissitic?”

In the meantime, Twilight was back in the news for another reason: The director of the saga’s third installment, New Moon, reportedly turned down another Taylor, Taylor Swift, after she offered to make an appearance. Too many Taylors! In the meantime, here’s to the happy couple who will soon have the same name.

You can watch Lautner’s appearance on Kelly Clarkson in the video below.

(Via Pop Base)

In some couples, there’s one person who wishes they looked differently while the other loves their partner just the way they are. That may be the case with one of the most prominent couples in the world. After Canadian musician Grimes tweeted her interest in elf ear surgery on Monday (August 17), her babies’ father Elon Musk made his disapproval clear in a public response on Twitter.

The musician revealed she’d made an appointment with a plastic surgeon two years prior and wondered what the people would want to see. “Any face mods y’all think would look good on me?” Grimes tweeted. The post that drew the Tesla CEO to the timeline was her earnest inquiry about the riskiness of elf ear surgery.

“Also, has anyone done elf ear mods with a good outcome? Im scared about ear cartilage having a hard time healing. Especially as a musician this surgery seems risky but I’ve wanted it my whole life. Curious about peoples experiences !” Musk enthusiastically replied with “The downside of elf ear surgery probably outweighs the upside” on Tuesday, August 17.

It appears Grimes was able to take it in stride, following it up with a complaint about how she was born in the wrong generation.

Check out the Twitter exchange above.

It’s the question currently haunting the GOP: Who is the alleged informant who ratted Donald Trump out to the feds? Last week, the FBI searched Mar-a-Lago, the resort where the former president now lives. Since then, Trump and his Republican cronies have raged and howled at federal agents investigating his potential crimes — and at whoever the rat could be. Some have ideas. Mary Trump thinks it could be son-in-law (and poor memoirist) Jared Kushner, or someone in his orbit. But one GOP candidate think it’s another current Florida resident.

As per Insider, Mark Lombardo, his challenging Matt Gaetz for his House seat, released an ad in which he strongly suggests — albeit without much evidence — that his opponent is the Mar-a-Lago mole.

“When Donald Trump really endorses someone, he goes big,” the ad’s narrator booms. “You’ve seen none of that for lying Matt Gaetz.” It then offers an answer for why he’s not relentlessly throwing his name about. “What does Trump know? Is Gaetz the informant?”

The ad then goes onto air some claims, some of which are debunked. (No, the judge who approved the FBI search never represented Jeffrey Epstein, but Fox News aired it anyway.) It concludes that “Matt Gaetz puts himself first, ahead of Trump and ahead of you.”

Gaetz was not pleased with the ad. “President Trump’s son is campaigning for Congressman Gaetz in Pensacola on Monday. President Trump’s 2020 finance chair just released a video endorsing Gaetz,” a spokesperson for him told Insider. “Mark Lombardo is busy trying to please Resistance Liberals with plays from the Lincoln Project playbook. Congressman Gaetz is fighting for Florida and the Trump agenda.”

Meanwhile, Gaetz is still under investigation for ties to a sex trafficking ring. Florida’s primary day is Aug. 23.

(Via Insider)

Better Call Saul is over. Sad news! It can also restart immediately by pressing play on season 1, episode 1. Great news! As you’re waiting for it to load, check out this video from yo chill bruh which envisions what a Pixar version of the Jimmy McGill Lawyering Hour would look like. Spoiler alert: characters with Pixar heads and shiny-wet giant cartoon eyes get shot.

This is an exquisite collection of moments from every season, combined to create some sort of uncanny valley inside the uncanny valley, where everything feels wrong and right simultaneously. Is there a God? This video definitely raises the question.

It also looks loads better than the Metaverse. Not hard to do, really. Although this is what I imagine getting a Memoji text from Giancarlo Esposito looks like.

The other impressive thing this video achieves is highlighting how fantastic Pixar animation is. There are moments where the entirety of the scene looks like it was animated, but it’s just the heads that have been replaced, which means Pixar movie backgrounds are maybe more photorealistic than we assume while watching them. That is, for the movies where there’s no blood splattering on the salmon pink shirt of a disgraced lawyer with a terrifyingly adorable baby head cropped onto his body.