Good doggie. SMART doggie...

Packs of stray dogs in Moscow have evolved sophisticated social strategies to survive city life, and one behavior will blow your mind.  When it's time to approach humans for food, the pack collectively decides which member should do the begging - and they always choose the smallest, youngest, or most appealing dog.

Why? Because they've learned that humans respond much better to cute, non-threatening animals. Russian biologist Andrei Poyarkov has documented how these dogs not only read human behavior but also learn from each other's interactions. If one dog consistently gets food from people, the pack remembers and lets that individual take the lead, optimizing their food-gathering for the entire group.

This isn't just survival - it's strategic social intelligence that shows how adaptable and cooperative these streetwise canines have become. They've essentially mastered the art of emotional manipulation through cuteness, proving that even stray dogs understand human nature better than we think.

Sometimes the most impressive intelligence comes from 

those just trying to survive.

 

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At what point do the neighbors say 'Enough is enough already'...

Iran has launched fresh strikes targeting US bases across the Middle East after Washington blitzed a key island as the ceasefire sits on the brink of collapse. Kuwaiti air defences intercepted a wave of Tehran’s missiles and drones overnight as the US said its own attacks on Qeshm Island were “self-defence” strikes. Iran’s latest rocket salvo comes as the fragile ceasefire between Washington and Tehran continues to sit on a knife’s edge.

US Central Command (CENTCOM) said they “successfully defeated multiple Iranian ballistic missiles and drones”. Washington also confirmed they conducted “self-defense strikes on Qeshm Island in response to attempted attacks by Iran across the Middle East, June 2”. The island sits close to the Strait of Hormuz which remains one of the largest points of contention in the conflict.

So, at some point - hopefully sooner rather tnan later - Iran's Arab neighbors have to finally give up on their ostinant, radical neighbor in the region and join the fight. The question is, do they have the balls to do itZ? Sadly, probably not. There's too much oil money at stake...

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It's 60 minutes later than you think, Scott...

If he'da just shut the fuck up and went along with the new program, he'd still be garnering a rather substantial paycheck, but he had to prove that, no matter how many Emmys or Grammies you have, telling the new boss he's a jackass isn't such a great idea. 

CBS has fired Scott Pelley, a longtime correspondent for its 60 Minutes program, after he reportedly said Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss was “murdering the show” and accused its new producer of having “slender qualifications” for the job. The firing on Tuesday deepened the turmoil at the most influential TV news programme in the US, days after a leadership overhaul.

 Hopefully, the show will lean back a bit more to the center of things and lose some of it's tree-huuger, climate activist status under new management. Juss' sayin'...

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Florida used to have over 100 drive-in movie theaters. On any given Friday night in the 1950s and 60s, families across the state would pile into their cars and head to a patch of gravel under the open sky. The speaker on the window. The smell of popcorn drifting from the snack bar. The Florida night air coming in warm through the glass.

At its peak, Florida had drive-ins from Pensacola to Miami Beach. The Miracle Drive-In in Jacksonville. The Sunset in Tampa. The Trail in Miami. They were cheap, they were communal, and they were unmistakably Florida. By the 1980s, most were gone. Land values climbed, multiplexes arrived, and the gravel lots became strip malls and parking garages. A few survived into the 2000s. Almost none remain today.

This is the Florida that residents carry with them: not the theme parks, not the condos, but the Friday nights under a sky full of stars, watching a movie from the front seat of a Chevy.

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Spencer Pratt has confidently claimed he’s already looking ahead to a November runoff as election results Tuesday night showed him comfortably in second place behind incumbent Mayor Karen Bass.

 

“She knows it’s on. I hope she’s ready,” Pratt said on Tuesday. “I literally could not be more excited. I am ready for whatever God puts in front of me,” he said.

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It's a recriprical love fest we have going on between him and me. He posts pictures of beautiful women. I share them with you here every afternoon, and then you guys go to his Facebook poage to see more. I then let him know that I did share one, and he goes to my link, and shares that link with his readers on Facebook. I thank him for doing it, and he, in turn, sends readers to the blog. Following me so far? Film at Eleven. By the way, his name's Skip,  and he's from West Tennessee, in case you were wondering...

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Yeah, but how do we know they know what they know, huh? As the crow flies/dies...

When a Crow passes away, other Crows have a “funeral” and gather to see what may have caused it  Researchers, including those at the University of Washington, have observed that crows engage in what is often called a “Crow funeral.” When a Crow passes, other Crows gather around , not out of grief, but to assess potential dangers. This behavior, studied as Crow thanatology, allows them to study the scene, identify predators, and learn which areas to avoid. 

By observing and sharing this information, Crows strengthen their survival strategies and 'pass on' important knowledge to their social group.

 

Okay - think about this just for a moment, then go do whatever. There's more than one person working at the University of Washington getting paid - and probably handsomely I might add - to watch a bunch of crows and come come up with crazy shit like this. Now, think about what you do/did for a living. These guy's jobs are literally for the birds. Where does one apply for that type position? Asking for a friend...

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Droppin' trou and gettin' cuffed...

 
Bystander video show cops in Maryland struggling to subdue a large man whose pants and underwear fall down as he’s detained outside a church. Cell phone footage purportedly shows the human giant, wearing a dirty T-shirt with dark pants, sneakers, and matted dark hair and beard, fighting off multiple officers. Suddenly, the unidentified suspect’s pants and underwear fall, leaving him naked from the waist down.

 

As the person in the car filming the surreal scene drives past, the half-naked man is seen standing against a police car as a female officer tases him. The video was reportedly filmed in the Maryland suburb of Clarksburg, Montgomery County, northwest of DC. Many quickly compared the suspect to Hagrid, the giant from Harry Potter, played by the late Scottish actor Robbie Coltrane in the movies (that was my first thought...). “Did the real life Hagrid just spawn?! Damn bro says not today,” one X user wrote.

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Some people fall in, others climb out. WTF is going on down there?

New York police are investigating a bizarre mystery involving groups of people emerging from the city’s manholes in recent weeks. The investigation follows the circulation of multiple social media videos showing people climbing out of sewer systems across the city, all in the middle of the night

 

 

“The NYPD, to make sure there was not a threat to the public, sent their highly trained Emergency Services Unit officers into the sewer system to make sure nothing nefarious had been left behind by the individuals - nothing was found,” the New York City police department told NBC in a statement on Monday.

 

“And the city Environmental Protection Department, which manages the system, also went in and apparently found no damage to the sewer system equipment,” it added. It is not known if any of the people coming out of the sewer were related in any way to Ed Norton...

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Brit tabloids share the best stories. Oops, she did it again...

 
This article appeared on the front page of the US Sun today in the language of superlatives they love to use. Don't be fooled by the name - it's the US version of their UK tabloid.

THIS is the shocking moment a woman falls down a manhole on her way to work just hours after two men allegedly tried to steal the cover. Terrifying footage showed the unsuspecting 31-year-old plummeting down a drain after the heavy metal lid she stepped on suddenly gave way. In the harrowing CCTV footage, captured in Brazil, the female can be seen getting off a motorcycle on her way to work on Sunday morning. 

She is then seen strolling down a pavement as she uses her phone. Completely unaware of the loose manhole cover ahead of her, she paces ahead on her way to work. But just moments later, as she steps on the lid, the woman is swallowed into the ground.

 

The motorcyclist who dropped her off is understood to have raced to help her. She was rushed to Andaraí Federal Hospital in Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, and suffered moderate injuries, according to local media. Just hours before the horrific fall, two men were captured by the same CCTV camera tampering with the cover. Local authorities said they believed the pair were allegedly trying to steal the chunk of metal.

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