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Let's just call Donald Trump's Kentucky Derby tweet performance art

Donald Trump's Twitter feed stopped mattering long ago.

Sure, it's his always-online bully pulpit. He uses it daily to attack enemies and hand down various decrees. But when you strip away all the bluster, Trump is a feckless leader who constantly undermines his own agenda with lies and hatred. 

The majority of America sees it at this point (did we ever not?). It's our national embarrassment.

Every once in a while, though, Trump tweets something so outlandish, so wrong-headed, and so downright nonsensical that it's impossible to ignore. Sunday, May 5 brought us one such tweet.

(He deleted it, as is the custom when there's a Trump tweet typo, but this is what screenshots are for. The replacement tweet is otherwise the same.)

Image: screenshot by mashable

Yes, he misspelled the "Kentucky" in Kentucky Derby. And yes, he weirdly called the winning horse Country House's surprise upset victory — the product of a post-race disqualification — an example of "political correctness." (NPR's Linda Holmes had a thoughtful explanation for that.)

There's also a magical self-own here in Trump stridently declaring that "The best horse did NOT win." His legions of critics have been shouting words to that effect since Nov. 2016.

This is like the perfect storm of Donald Trump tweets, a blast of text that so perfectly nails the relentless idiocy of this president and his ideas, it may as well have come from a parody account. (I double-checked. It did not.)

It doesn't even really matter how people reacted. We're more than two years into this thing and all the good jokes have been made. But watching the people of Twitter grapple with this unhinged rant's intrusion into their Sunday morning is the only real reward we get for tuning into Trump Twitter.

So let's have at it.

Trumpism in a nutshell: Kentucky voted overwhelmingly for Trump and he can’t even spell the state right.

— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) May 5, 2019

This is gold. The Kentucky Derby is an analogy of Trump’s 2016 win but that thought totally blows over his tiny brain. And he still can’t proofread or spellcheck. If only he had spelled it Kenf@cky. 🤪🤪 https://t.co/a1Qx0FL8lA

— Midnight (@McBanio) May 5, 2019

If you are just waking up and wondering why Kentuky is trending, here is why... Donald Trump is an uneducated imbecile.

— Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) May 5, 2019

I know nothing about the Kentucky Derby disqualification but based on Trump's tweet I now assume the horse was concealing razors in his ankle tapes

— Maria Schneider (@marlaschnelder) May 5, 2019

Kentucky Derby Winner Country House has been invited to the White House by President Trump. Country House replied, “If I wanted to see a horse’s ass I would have came in second!”

— Travis Allen 🇺🇸 (@TravisAllen02) May 4, 2019

The best shade is the subtle shade. Dictionary.com wins this time, with a tweet posted one hour after the "Kentuky" incident.

The name Kentucky is thought to be of Iroquois or Shawnee origin, perhaps a Wyandot (Iroquoian) word meaning "meadow."https://t.co/d30jzumoOz

— Dictionary.com (@Dictionarycom) May 5, 2019

UPDATE: May 5, 2019, 12:21 p.m. EDT Added a screenshot of Trump's original, now-deleted tweet and linked out to the corrective tweet, in which "Kentucky" is no longer misspelled.

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An actual real-life hero ran the London Marathon dressed as Big Ben

To the total stranger who seemingly ran all 26.2 miles of the London Marathon while wearing a full-body Big Ben costume: I salute you.

Who does this? What kind of a brain dreams it up? There's actually a good, heartwarming reason. But first, you need to see it. Behold the excellence of this absolute real life superhero....

Meet Lukas Bates, who is aiming to break the Guinness World Record for the fastest marathon dressed as a landmark building. Live👉https://t.co/Iu4lj6ixO3 📺 @BBCOne 📻 @5livesport extra#GetInspired #LondonMarathon pic.twitter.com/e7RUIG0dSL

— BBC Get Inspired (@bbcgetinspired) April 28, 2019

While yes, that tweet is correct about the Guinness attempt, Bates had a selfless reason for dressing up like Big Ben for 26 miles. He did the run to benefit Alzheimer's research in the UK, and at the time of this writing he has so far managed to secure £3,645.48.

As Bates himself wrote on the above-linked website:

I've seen the ravages of Alzheimer's disease firsthand in my own family, so I think this is a lovely effort.

Getting back to that world record attempt, to be clear, Bates was specifically running to break the record for fastest marathon dressed as a landmark. I bet you didn't know that was a thing (I sure didn't), but now you do.

Big Ben is of course London's famed clock tower situated at the north end of the Palace of Westminster. For my money, pop culture references to Big Ben don't get much better than that one moment from National Lampoon's European Vacation.

As delightful as Bates costumed run was for us, the viewers at home, it didn't unfold without frustrations. Notably, Bates ran into some technical issues when he reached the finish line but couldn't cross it, because his costume was too tall.

Legendary.

Kudos to Bates for sticking out the whole race, and for using the sure-to-go-viral moment (hi!) as an opportunity to raise money for a worthwhile cause.

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LeSean McCoy spoiled 'Avengers: Endgame' on Twitter, that's why he's trending

This is like the Infinity Gauntlet of dick moves.

There are no spoilers for Avengers: Endgame in anything you'll read below. That's more than can be said for the Twitter feed belonging to the NFL's LeSean McCoy, former star running back for the Philadelphia Eagles and current Buffalo Bills player.

McCoy, in three separate tweets that are still up even now, completely gave up the goods on a major Endgame plot point. It's a big movie and there are lots of things to spoil, but it's safe to say that this plot point in particular is among the most significant.

A brutal move, and a strong argument to unfollow McCoy. Spoilers are always a risk when you look at social media in the run-up to a big movie or TV episode, and most people get that in this day and age. McCoy's tweets about [SPOILER] are a cautionary tale.

That said, as a public figure and a celebrity with a Twitter following of more than 730,000, McCoy could've demonstrated better judgment here. His tweets, which were delivered on the movie's official April 26 opening day, flagrantly disregards the possibility that some of his fans might not have seen the movie yet.

What a guy! Even worse: he misspelled a key character's name in two of his tweets. So even if you were on top of blocking certain words, names, and phrases to protect yourself against Endgame spoilers, some of his tweets could have conceivably slipped through.

Predictably, Twitter let McCoy have it for his egregious breach of social media etiquette. 

Man, LeSean McCoy must feel terrible. He’s out here disappointing Captain America. https://t.co/1HWS8T8oNY

— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) April 26, 2019

LeSean McCoy losing half of his followers like pic.twitter.com/viIUh9L3CJ

— Jon Berry (@JonBerryM) April 26, 2019

I hope Lesean McCoy gets Theismann’d for spoiling Endgame. Jackass. If you frequent sports twitter, you might want to mute his name.

— Arya’s Needle Sharpener (@onedankmom) April 26, 2019

MARVEL: “Please don’t spoil the #Endgame.” LeSean McCoy: pic.twitter.com/IvkAHeKMTF

— Lord Vic of Durham (@slickvick_24) April 26, 2019

Lesean McCoy spoiling his 735,000 Twitter followers about Endgame is bad, doing it to the people who blocked a bunch of phrases/character names to avoid spoilers because he spelled a characters name wrong is fucking hilarious.

— Drew Madsen (@drewboo62) April 26, 2019

This cat Lesean McCoy just reminded me that some people are just turrible to be turrible. Is it ignorance or malice? 🤷🏾‍♂️ But it also reminded me why I muted Avengers, Endgame, and all the main characters names before I got a chance to see Endgame. Gotta do ya due diligence. pic.twitter.com/rbzGPIXPV0

— Marshall Harris (@mharrisonair) April 26, 2019

Of course, as some have pointed out: this is small potatoes. McCoy hasn't always behaved like an upstanding citizen during his NFL tenure (in some cases, allegedly).

LeSean McCoy: is accused of domestic violence, child abuse, and animal abuse Everyone: "Meh" McCoy: tweets an #Endgame spoiler Everyone: pic.twitter.com/cFkGrfmyJ4

— Lisa Anne fav bot (@attorney_troy) April 26, 2019

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CNN's Dickensian Trump / Mueller tweet brought out the Twitter peanut gallery in force

If you write something silly or foolish on Twitter, you're gonna get dragged.

CNN is getting a firsthand lesson in that universal truth after a Saturday tweet went decidedly off the rails. It was supposed to set the scene, pulling a particularly descriptive line from a story about Donald Trump's first evening in a post-Mueller Report world.

SEE ALSO: Two CNN reporters wore matching green jackets, and of course they got green screened

Instead, it set off a minor uproar as Twitter's forever-savage peanut gallery responded with a swarm of one-liners. To its credit, CNN chose to let the wave of snark break over the tweet rather than just deleting it (which would have surely made things worse, let's be real). Good sports over there at CNN.

Here's the offending tweet:

On the evening Robert Mueller submitted his report to the Justice Department, President Trump was on the tiled patio of Mar-a-Lago, bathed in golden light, with his wife and son Barron, who had reached teenagerhood two days earlier https://t.co/hJ6Mtvkqru pic.twitter.com/STbnNwEQYi

— CNN (@CNN) March 23, 2019

"On the evening Robert Mueller submitted his report to the Justice Department, President Trump was on the tiled patio of Mar-a-Lago, bathed in golden light, with his wife and son Barron, who had reached teenagerhood two days earlier."

It paints quite a picture, right? You can almost see the fading Friday sun's rays rippling across Trump's unusual skin shade of radioactive orange. It's like a scene out of some really messed up Charles Dickens story.

Troll Twitter trotted out its best material for this one. A bunch of people pondered about the literary inspiration behind the tweet. (It's actually a line from the linked story, FWIW.)

Is Danielle Steel writing for CNN now? https://t.co/rzg5vZovjE

— Judi Garcia (@JudiSGarcia) March 24, 2019

Somebody fed the CNN AI a copy of Gilgamesh. https://t.co/XbfQ3Mylqg

— Bill Kartalopoulos (@bkny) March 24, 2019

Ah, a bold choice to try and channel Fitzgerald? 'Gatsby' isn't a bad choice, but poorly executed. Re-read the text or just the quotes. https://t.co/PPWSXdTRQD

— Julie Wilcox WX (@JulieWilcoxWX) March 24, 2019

CNN just completed a creative nonfiction writing seminar and desperately wants someone to ask how it went. https://t.co/Ya2Ajsg3ch

— Dwayne David Paul (@DwayneDavidPaul) March 24, 2019

Wasn't aware Nicholas Sparks was writing for CNN... https://t.co/PH8ApbMfLZ

— Andrew Donaldson (@four4thefire) March 23, 2019

reads like the opening of a Vonnegut short story where some booj suburban parents eat their kids https://t.co/VZ1gaNIKYu

— please @ me for access to my powerful brain (@ChrisCaesar) March 23, 2019

Others couldn't help noting the tweet's use of the word "golden," and that word's connection to a certain alleged incident referenced in Christopher Steele's infamous dossier.

Bathed in golden what now? https://t.co/HpUrrCv8Os

— David Stassen (@davidstassen) March 23, 2019

being showered with golden light you might say https://t.co/TpQ8exmu1j

— Adam (@sooner930) March 23, 2019

*whipping head around like Benedict Cumberbatch Sherlock* bathed.... golden.... golden shower.... pee tape https://t.co/CcM4iYtHxK

— Bud Tendy (@alexqarbuckle) March 23, 2019

A bunch more got creative and flexed their chops as writers.

And as the president glistened with luxuriant amber gris, he looked directly into the solar eclipse and saw God. https://t.co/E4wyvJPDVC

— lvl 45 thetans potus (@thetomzone) March 23, 2019

, and whose hand shook as he gripped the ceremonial knife and watched the sacrificial bull be led toward the dias, its horns festooned with fresh flowers. But this was the rite that all boys of the Order must perform. https://t.co/goT8S9jXMl

— Emma (@Merman_Melville) March 23, 2019

STATELY, PLUMP TRUMP DONALDO CAME FROM THE OMELETTE STATION, bearing a television remote control on which lay an emolument and an Adderall pill. A thread-of-gold dressing gown, ungirdled, was sustained gently behind him by the mild morning air. He held his hair aloft and tweeted: https://t.co/2laSemw6tm

— Kurt Busiek Resists (@KurtBusiek) March 24, 2019

A few people asked the most obvious question of all.

pass the blunt, CNN social media editor https://t.co/oPc3Yc3Nmh

— Tony Webster (@webster) March 23, 2019

how high are you guys right now https://t.co/DpTToFuxEC

— Christian Vanderbrouk (@UrbanAchievr) March 23, 2019

But my very favorite of all the tweets immediately tickled my grammar nerd sensibilities.

pretty amazing that the poor syntax implying he is married to his son is only like the third weirdest thing about this sentence https://t.co/1Kpnc1JfEi

— Anthony Oliveira (@meakoopa) March 24, 2019

GGWP, Twitter.

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Why is Fox News so quiet about Jeanine Pirro's anti-Muslim remarks?

Jeanine Pirro is making trouble for her employer, that much is clear.

The host of Justice with Judge Jeanine on Fox News is off the air and allegedly suspended. After her weekly talk show didn't air on Saturday night, CNN reported Sunday, via "a source familiar with the matter," that the network has shut her down for some indeterminate amount of time.

SEE ALSO: 'Fox & Friends' apologizes for making it seem like Ruth Bader Ginsburg died

The move comes a week after Pirro opened her March 9 episode with some words for Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. At one point during the nearly 10-minute rant, Pirro fixated on Omar's hijab, a head covering worn by some Muslim women.

Pirro suggested that Omar's religious beliefs — the sum total of which are communicated by her decision to wear a hijab, in the Fox host's view — put her at odds with the U.S. Constitution. The blowback came swiftly.

As of March 12, at least four advertisers had fled, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Fox even made the rare move of issuing a statement: "We strongly condemn Jeanine Pirro’s comments about Rep. Ilhan Omar. They do not reflect those of the network and we have addressed the matter with her directly."

That was all the network had to say on the matter, but eyebrows raised when Pirro's show didn't air on Saturday. Even Donald Trump himself noticed, spending some of his Sunday morning Executive Time on Twitter defending her.

Fox News would neither confirm nor deny any suspension or firing in CNN's report, nor did it say if she'd be back on March 23. (CNN's source did note that Pirro hasn't been fired, so take that for what it's worth.)

It's worth nothing: this whole song-and-dance with Fox News publicly disengaging while unconfirmed reports spring up around its internal decisions feels familiar. It reminds me of the news wildfire that took off in Nov. 2018 when the network suddenly stopped updating multiple Twitter accounts, including its main Fox News channel (which still has more than 18 million followers).

Much like what's happening now, everything we know comes from anonymous sources. Reporting at the time suggested that the sudden Twitter stoppage was a kind of silent protest. It was prompted after protesters who showed up at Fox News host Tucker Carlson's house posted his address on Twitter (an address that is publicly available, it's worth noting). The network reportedly felt that Twitter didn't move quickly enough to remove the offending tweets.

That's why the Fox News Twitter account has been silent since Nov. 8, or so unconfirmed reporting on the matter has stated. The network hasn't said a word on it publicly, but — if you believe the reports, most of which come from reputable news outlets — someone (or multiple someones) is/are obviously talking.

Now, we see a similar situation taking shape with Pirro. The news of actual repercussions is out there, but the network hasn't taken any public steps to explain its response outside of a vague condemnation.

Why should it? Think about it from the Fox News perspective. The majority of the network's viewers are aligned with Trump's view of the mainstream media as "fake news" and an "enemy of the people." They don't trust the media, but they do trust Fox.

That makes it risky for the network to act publicly in these situations, whether it's admitting to an act of protest or accepting responsibility for an embarrassing moment. The news is allowed to "leak" out to conventional media sources — the "fake news," to most Fox viewers — while the network itself says nothing, subtly reinforcing its viewers' doubts.

It's a real have-your-cake-and-eat-it-too move. The "leaks" handle the more traditional PR messaging to mainstream media while the silence sits fine with Fox News viewers who just want to see the network keep on owning the libs.

Here's what we know for sure, the actual, provable facts: Pirro's offensive comments about Omar and, more generally, Islamic beliefs cost her advertisers. Fox News came out against the rant with a vague "we have addressed the matter with her directly" promise, and then her show didn't air on Saturday. 

That may be the extent of Pirro's punishment for this transgression. Instead of getting mad about her seemingly light slap on the wrist, I'd urge you to consider the bigger picture here. 

Look at what Fox News is doing and how it operates in a post-Trump world. Take note when controversy springs up around the network and really think about who stands to benefit when inside sources give scoops to CNN, New York Magazine, or literally any mainstream media outlet not called Fox News.

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The Museum of English Rural Life found an adorable bat and named him Merlin

The Museum of English Rural Life is already internet-famous because of its animal tweets. The thicc ram has nothing on a live bat, however.

This story actually started back in Nov. 2018 when a bat was discovered just chilling out near the ceiling of the museum's book store. The museum called in an expert: retired librarian and licensed batworker Rose-Ann Movsovic — also a museum volunteer.

Seriously, she saves bats and nurses them back to health in a spare room and then releases them back into the wild. Our team is full of secret X Men.

— The Museum of English Rural Life (@TheMERL) February 24, 2019

What a rad hobby. Movsovic actually tweeted out a photo of the adorable little critter back in November, but that was all we were told at the time.

The bat found in @TheMERL and @UniRdg_SpecColl rare book store has turned out to be a fairly rare Nathusius’ pipistrelle! We were thinking of calling him Merlin? He’s a bit underweight for the time of year so we’ll feed him up before releasing him pic.twitter.com/ZWJtAovXrz

— Rose-Ann Movsovic (@athena_42) November 12, 2018

Now, the museum — or MERL, as it's often called — is ready to tell the whole story. First, the bat was inspected. Closely. NSFW?

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That examination is actually what led to the exact species of bat being identified. It turns out these little rascals are relative newcomers to the UK. As MERL notes, they hail from the Baltic states and have migrated to Germany, France, Belgium, and the Netherlands.

First things first is to check the gonads, which confirmed the bat is a boy. Male bat genitalia look like, and we quote, ‘an albino hedgehog’.#NSFW pic.twitter.com/XnvzcUUzok

— The Museum of English Rural Life (@TheMERL) February 24, 2019

We thought the bat was a type of pipistrelle, and after examining the ratio of forearm to 5th finger, and wing venation, it turns out to be a Nathusius' pipistrelle. pic.twitter.com/AhPtPVIGec

— The Museum of English Rural Life (@TheMERL) February 24, 2019

As of Feb. 2019, little Merlin is still in the care of Movsovic. He's apparently participating in a project aimed at helping researchers better understand the species' migratory habits.

But! Under Movsovic's care he's also been learning how to live as a normal-sized adult bat that can fly. He was an underweight baby bat when the museum found him, you see. 

The latest update on Merlin is that: ‘it took him ages to get the hang of self feeding but there’s no stopping him now so he’s put on rather a lot of weight and needs a bit more flying practice before we can release him.

— The Museum of English Rural Life (@TheMERL) February 24, 2019

Hopefully Merlin will be free soon. Until then, we get to marvel at this adorable little wingmouse with his tiny button nose and his very relatable money stress.

pic.twitter.com/y2HirKaZgX

— The Museum of English Rural Life (@TheMERL) February 24, 2019

Since you're here, follow MERL's advice and take a few minutes to learn more about bats, why they're important, and how you can help ensure their healthy continued existence.

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The star of the 2019 Independent Spirit Awards was Glenn Close's dog, Pip

Glenn Close had a big night at the 34th annual Independent Spirit Awards, but her dog Pip was the evening's real winner in the internet's eyes.

Close, who scored a Best Female Lead win for her star performance in The Wife, brought along her dog, a Havanese, as her arm candy for the evening. And given that Pip is a tiny, fluffy pooch who clearly loves his mama, he became an instant star.

Safe to say that Glenn Close’s dog Pippin is star of this blue carpet so far. She told me that she’s going to bring him inside to her table and on stage if she wins. #SpiritAwards pic.twitter.com/KB1wOKhzXl

— Chris Gardner (@chrissgardner) February 23, 2019

(NOTE: She did win, and Pip did join her on stage. It was adorable.)

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Pip scored all of this acclaim without ever having to field asinine red carpet questions like "Who are you wearing?" Hero.

Please enjoy these looks at Pip, who seemed unimaginably chill — even playful! — amidst all the noise and popping flashbulbs of a Hollywood red carpet and subsequent awards show.

Pip giving Glenn Close a pre-awards show PIP talk. (sorrynotsorry)

Image: Chelsea Lauren/Variety/Shutterstock

"Maaaaaaaaahm I want to go back to the table with the food!"

Image: Chelsea Lauren/Variety/Shutterstock

Look at this ridiculous pup hamming it up for the crowd with a full on play bow.

Image: Chelsea Lauren/Variety/Shutterstock

"Clap louder, people. I can't hear you."

Image: Chelsea Lauren/Variety/Shutterstock

*flop*

Image: Chelsea Lauren/Variety/Shutterstock

Congratulations to Close, who swept up yet another big award ahead of Feb. 24's Oscars night, and to Pip, the true star of 2019 awards season in our hearts.

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Tony Hawk teaching his daughter to skateboard is the sweetest all-star dad moment

Plenty of kids give their parents a few extra gray hairs when they take up skateboarding. That's even true for the Tony Hawk household, apparently.

The legendary skateboarder delighted his Twitter fans on Saturday with a heartwarming father-daughter moment. Kadence Hawk, 10, is just starting to pick up her dad's hobby, and this video shows her conquering her fear of falling while the senior Hawk cheers her on.

The video only shows half the story. As Papa Hawk himself notes in the accompanying tweet, "I might have been more nervous than she was."

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In this moment, Hawk ceases to be the greatest skateboarder in the sport's history; he's just a nervous dad, quietly cheering on his daughter and hoping she comes out of the moment a stronger and more confident young person.

It's a very sweet family moment, and Hawk's decision to share it is one of the reasons he's become such a beloved figure on social media.

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Taylor Swift surprised one *very* lucky couple's engagement party

Alexander Goldschmidt's engagement party was better than everyone else's engagement party.

After popping the question and getting an emphatic "yes!" from fiancé Ross Girard, the happy couple headed off to party with friends and family. Also, a big surprise: Taylor Swift and her acoustic guitar.

During his big toast thanking everyone for coming and keeping the engagement plans quiet, Goldschmidt admitted that he had one more big secret that he hadn't shared with anyone. Then he invited "my friend Taylor" to join him.

Swift glided into the room at that point, guitar in hand, as the small crowd gasped and squealed with excitement. The pop star explained that Goldschmidt had emailed her to ask for the surprise performance of a special song for the couple, "King of My Heart."

I have no words. Thank you, @taylorswift13. ❤️ https://t.co/NBYfyVGxqp

— Alex Goldschmidt (@alexandergold) February 24, 2019

What a sweet way to celebrate such a joyous moment. Not everyone can get in touch with Taylor freaking Swift, but this just goes to show: it never hurts to ask!

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Based on Goldschmidt's Twitter feed, Swift stuck around for at least a little while after her performance to chat with the happy couple and pose for a few pics.

She came, she sang, I’m dead. 😱https://t.co/Kw6YGdTjQN pic.twitter.com/9IFNGOAfm3

— Alex Goldschmidt (@alexandergold) February 24, 2019

Dads out here living their best lives. 👏 pic.twitter.com/HXy4E2f9Xe

— Alex Goldschmidt (@alexandergold) February 24, 2019

Big congrats to the happy couple. And to anyone who's preparing to pop the question themselves, I'm sorry. The bar has just been raised.

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Peppy doge chasing its own tail is all of us in 2017

I know you're feeling it too. The current year feels like a marathon where you're expected to sprint with every step. Different, often competing forces pull you in any number of directions each day. And yet, nothing changes. We're spinning around in one place without ever going somewhere.

Kind of like this sweet, confused, little doge.

SEE ALSO: These photos of a very tiny puppy called Tim will make your heart hurt

Enjoy the sight of a Shiba Inu pup fruitlessly lunging at its own tail again and again. It's cute. It's cuddly. It's totally a metaphor for the reality we currently know.

pic.twitter.com/w4hWkLzuGq

— Shibes (@shibacentraI) July 9, 2017

Chase on, little doge. Chase on. You might not ever get your prize, but at least you're woke enough to keep trying.

(You can keep up with this adorable little Shiba right here on Instagram)

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Disney's 'Incredibles 2' Oscars pitch hilariously brings out the 'Spider-Verse' stans

When Oscar voters cast their ballots ahead of the 91st Academy Awards on Feb. 24, Disney wants them to remember Incredibles 2.

"For your consideration" ads and social media posts are a common sight in the run-up to the big show every year. But the typically dominant showing from Disney-Pixar productions is facing major competition in the universally well-received Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse.

And that movie's fans are internet-savvy, to say the least.

SEE ALSO: What exactly is the Spider-Verse?

So when Disney dropped into Twitter on Friday with a "for your consideration" shout-out to Incredibles 2, every Spider-verse fan's Spidey sense started to tingle. 

“Incredibles 2 is Both Super and Subversive” ROLLING STONE, Peter Travers. For Your Consideration - Best Animated Feature pic.twitter.com/NtSA3yQFdA

— Disney•Pixar (@DisneyPixar) February 15, 2019

Check the replies to that tweet and you'll see a flood of GIFs from a moment in Spider-verse when Peter Parker's Spidey sense goes off. No one got mad, really. It feels more like a "You really think that, huh? That's cute." kind of response.

Honestly, clicking through is the best way to take in the hilarious reaction to Disney's tweet. It's quite something to scroll down through the replies and see the same GIF again and again. Spider-verse fandom is united in their collective "wtf lolno Disney" response.

Here's one.

pic.twitter.com/K8ta1scFYp

— Joelrat (@JoelratResort) February 15, 2019

The wry response — which feels more like a playful goof than some kind of knock on Pixar or Incredibles 2 (which is wonderful) — went big. Even brands started to get in on the fun. 

pic.twitter.com/ICnbdKUlNi

— The Walking Dead (@TheWalkingDead) February 16, 2019

But really, the best thing about the reaction is just getting to scroll through pages and pages of... this. Wiseass internet is forever the best internet.

Image: screenshot by mashable

Or if you prefer, here's a video that sums up the experience quite well:

Look, this is the internet. It's rare to see people agree on anything. So when you open up a tweet and find a crush of social media users joining hands in an act of solidarity, that feels like an occasion worth marking.

Good luck to the talented teams behind Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse AND Incredibles 2 at the Academy Awards.

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Diver's trippy descent into a bait ball is like looking through nature's fishy kaleidoscope

A "bait ball" is a swarm of fish that has formed roughly into the shape of a sphere. It's a defensive maneuver that pipsqueak sea creatures employ to dance away from the jaws of hungry predators.

If you're a human, bait balls amount to a stunning natural wonder. This video, captured at Australia's Ningaloo Reef on July 11, delivers a diver's-eye-view of what it's like to swim through one. And hey, check it out: it's pretty trippy stuff.

There's no sound, but you don't really need it. Just pop on some Pink Floyd and lean back as you marvel at the magic that nature provides.

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Crafty orangutan escapes his zoo enclosure because the apes have had it with our crap

Given the current state of the world, let me be the first to say it: I, for one, welcome our new ape overlords.

The Planet of the Apes movies aren't a reality... yet, but proof that primates are getting antsy surfaced on Sunday in South Carolina. A male orangutan at the Greenville Zoo escaped his enclosure, prompting a brief lockdown while zoo staff attended to the matter.

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All of this played out rather quickly, so — thankfully — there are no videos of an orangutan running amok and terrorizing zoo attendees. The escape itself, however, was captured on video by a witness — identified by Fox Carolina as "Emilie S."

For those having a hard time sussing out what's going on here: our orangutan friend, named Kumar, managed to snap a wire holding together the net at the top of the enclosure. He then unraveled the net enough to make a hole big enough for his orangutan self to fit through.

Everything about this video is perfect, from the Kumar's escape to the human commentary playing behind it. And, of course, the fact that this story has a happy ending — no one was harmed, not even the ape.

The breakout was reported quickly, and the ape never made his way into the park area where guests would be. Zoo staff corralled human attendees into the gift shop and then used water hoses to clear all the orangutans out of the enclosure for long enough to fix the netting.

The lockdown lasted just 30 minutes, and the only casualty was the exhibit itself: the zoo shut it down temporarily, presumably to make sure this whole incident wouldn't be repeated.

An orangutan escaped from the Greenville Zoo today after zoo officials say he managed to unhook a cable and climb out of the exhibit! pic.twitter.com/Uoep1u7C6u

— Katy Solt (@katysolt) July 9, 2017

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Theme park nightmare takes a happy turn after one attendee falls 25 feet

Is there any theme park horror story scarier than the one where someone falls out of a high-flying ride?

That's exactly what happened at Six Flags Great Escape in Lake George, NY on Saturday — though the incident thankfully had a happy ending. As an unidentified teenage parkgoer dangled 25 feet above the ground, a crowd gathered below to catch her — which they did — once she fell.

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A tense video captured and shared on Facebook by Loren Lent, who witnessed the fall, shows us what happened.

In his Facebook post, Mr. Lent thanks the Good Samaritan attendees who acted quickly to save the day. He also expresses his surprise that Six Flags seemingly has no rapid response plan for dealing with situations like this.

"Girl falling from ride at 6 Flags Great Escape and they have NO means to rescue them," Lent wrote. "Thanks to the guys who banded together to catch her and the guy who climbed the tree to move the branches out of the way."

While parkgoers did manage to bring the situation to a safe conclusion before anything truly terrible could happen, Six Flags contends that it does have an action plan for responding to ride malfunctions.

"As part of our annual practice an evacuation drill is conducted in partnership with local emergency personnel on this particular ride each spring," a spokesperson told The Washington Post. "Every situation is unique and requires the appropriate time and tools for the evacuation. We are reviewing our internal procedures to ensure the safety and security of our guests and team members."

The incident occurred on "Sky Ride," a "mellow-paced" cruise over the park in two-person gondolas. It's not clear how the victim, a 14-year-old visitor from Delaware, slipped free, but local police confirmed that she's now at the nearby Albany Medical Center, in stable condition and with no serious injuries.

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Snapchat CEO's wedding was so secret we can't even find photos on the internet

If there were Snaps of Evan Spiegel's super-secret weekend wedding, they've already self-destructed.

The Snapchat co-founder and CEO tied the knot with Australian entrepreneur and model Miranda Kerr over the weekend in the backyard of their Brentwood, Calif. home. It was a hushed affair that lacked the public-facing lens you might expect from one of the present-day leaders in social media.

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Guests were picked up at security-heavy checkpoints and ferried to the Spiegel/Kerr abode in black vans and limos with darkened windows, according to TMZ. A video taken from outside the event shows... precious little.

Spiegel and Kerr moved into their Brentwood home in May 2016. The $12 million estate — which was Harrison Ford's address for 30 years, until he sold it in 2012 — features a pool, a gym, a guest house, and more than enough space across its three-quarter acre lot to accommodate a top secret wedding.

Kerr's normally active Instagram feed has been quiet since May 19. Shocker. Kudos to the happy newlyweds on locking down their private affair and keeping the day's most tender moments to themselves, their families, and their friends.

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Unicorn Frappucino a 'nexus of awfulness' to Anthony Bourdain

Starbucks' Unicorn Frappucino might give good photo opp, but Anthony Bourdain thinks it's trash.

The inbred show-dog of Starbucks drinks was the target of Bourdain's disdain in a recent interview with Town & Country. He can't seem to comprehend how this wretched, unnaturally colorful thing exists... but he's clearly not a fan.

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Tell us how you really feel, Mr. Bourdain.

The Unicorn Frappucino consists of "a sweet dusting of pink powder blended into a crème Frappuccino with mango syrup, and layered with a pleasantly sour blue powder topping," according to Starbucks. It's apparently like a reverse Sour Patch Kid: sweet when you first drink it, but increasingly tangy as everything stirs together.

Don't let the unnatural coloring or "sour" sugar powder throw you: this is still supposed to be coffee.

Bourdain is hardly alone in his dissent. The UniFrapp also found another high-profile hater in Katy Perry, who spit out the fruity coffee after one sip. A self-proclaimed "unicorn" herself, Perry's accompanying Instagram video includes the comment "I couldn't handle drinking my own blood."

There's some good news, at least our nightmare is almost over. 

The UniFrapp is a limited-time offering, available on menus in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico from April 19-23. Starbucks posters promised that it's "only available if you believe" so let's all mutually agree to forget this dark period of our lives as soon as the clock ticks over to April 24.

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