A piano-playing octopus + A runaway pig

Welcome back. Today’s lineup features a piano playing octopus, a well-groomed runaway pig, and the quiet reminder that reality still enjoys messing with us. None of this will change your life, but it may improve your morning. — Doug Marlowe

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Today's Stories

A Man, an Octopus, and a Piano (Yes, Really)

A Swedish musician spent six months teaching his pet octopus how to play the piano, which is both impressive and a sentence no one expected to read today. The octopus, named Takoyaki, now taps keys with a confidence many humans lack. Why does it matter? It doesn’t... except as proof that free time is humanity’s most unpredictable resource. Somewhere, a piano teacher is wondering why they even bother.

Michigan police are searching for the owner of a small pig found wandering a snowy neighborhood, smelling faintly of vanilla. Officers confirmed it’s clearly a pet friendly, clean, and far too relaxed for a life of crime. Why it matters: even lost animals are now better groomed than most of us before coffee. The pig, for its part, seems in no rush to explain itself.

If one of these made you laugh, sigh, or briefly question reality, then my work here is done. Same time tomorrow, assuming nothing stranger happens before then. — Doug