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I’m a startup founder who allows a dog in the office. It’s become our best productivity hack.
3+ hour, 59+ min ago (891+ words) This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Sophia Kianni, a 24-year-old startup founder based in New York City. It's been edited for length and clarity. When my startup was raising $35 million in Series A funding, it was naturally…...
Baby’s got back: Meet the groomer whose set off a BBL craze – for pooches
19+ hour, 24+ min ago (568+ words) A San Diego groomer is giving doggies more tail than they'll ever need. Logan Rago is shaping up doggie butts using a procedure mimicking a Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL) at his two salons. BBL surgery is a procedure that enhances…...
Happy Pangolin Day: the prize for the shy scaly creature as world’s most trafficked mammal
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (590+ words) They are hunted for their unique scales, and the demand makes them the most trafficked mammal in the world. Wildlife conservationists are again raising the plight of pangolins, the shy, scaly anteaters found in parts of Africa and Asia, on…...
A Fly-Tipping Dog Has Been Caught by Sicilian Police. Here’s How to Train Your Own
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (645+ words) A beautiful, viral-ready video that says something unique about the zeitgeist hits our feeds every couple of days. Something of a rarer phenomenon? A fly-tipping dog. This week, however, the two have coalesced. The dog has obviously been trained. Even…...
After lonely baby monkey goes viral, his IKEA comfort toy sells out
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (866+ words) What's it like to have millions of fans but struggle to make friends? For Punch, a 7-month-old macaque, fame and loneliness have collided, leaving the world watching as he clings to a stuffed orangutan toy from IKEA. Punch was abandoned…...
‘I am Punch’: How a baby monkey made us laugh, cry and see ourselves in his struggle to fit in
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (775+ words) This is what my daughter recently texted in our family group chat. Her older sister had just asked us if we were "on the baby Punch-kun side of TikTok" because she had become like a "Facebook Mom, watching videos of…...
Dog Poop Wars: In New York, the Snow Is Foul, and So Is the Discourse
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (640+ words) What does New York City look like now, three weeks after a winter storm blanketed the city in pristine white snow? On a one-block stretch of Riverside Drive on Wednesday, between West 89th and West 90th Streets, a pedestrian had to step…...
A Shark Was Filmed in Antarctic Waters for the First Time Ever
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (174+ words) Antarctica has long been considered a place too cold and too hostile for sharks. Well, maybe we just weren't looking hard enough because a shark, for the first time, has been filmed swimming in Antarctic waters. Estimated to be 10 to…...
Giant runaway pig with ‘maximum confidence’ storms North Carolina home looking for savory treat
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (249+ words) The hungry hog, named Penelope, wandered into a home in Ellenboro, about 58 miles west of Charlotte, on Monday, foraging for a savory snack before cops arrived to handle the snouty break-in, according to the Rutherford County Sheriff's Office. "Our communications…...
A Lonely Baby Monkey Wins Hearts, and Even a Few Friends
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (718+ words) Punch, a 7-month-old macaque monkey, had no friends. His mother abandoned him. He wasn't quite fitting in with the other monkeys at Ichikawa City Zoo, outside Tokyo. The closest thing he had to loved ones were the zookeepers who look…...