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Newsweek
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Newsweek
Owners Try and Film Husky Escaping in Backyard, but She Has Other Plans
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. A woman trying to capture a typical moment from her dog got a big—and hilarious—surprise. Her TikTok video of the moment has left the internet in stitches, showcasing her husky, who thwarted her attempt to document the dog's escape habit by stealing the camera mid-act. The footage has resonated with countless husky owners who are all too familiar with the breed's mischievous nature. "POV: You try to record how your dog has been escaping the backyard, but she had ideas of her own," the woman, @kimberlyjaidyn08, captioned the video, which shows the phone set up to film their husky's antics in the backyard. However, before the camera can capture her secret, the dog grabs the phone in her mouth and runs away. Stock photo: A Husky in an outdoor garden. Stock photo: A Husky in an outdoor garden. TRAVELARIUM/Getty Images "Oh," one commenter reacted. "I've never been carried by a dog before." TikTok users were quick to react, many acknowledging the breed's well-known intelligence and Houdini-like tendencies. "You're not supposed to show a husky where the camera is," one person wrote. "They too smart for that (I have three)," one commenter warned. Another user imagined the dog's thought process: "Mom forgot her rectangle, which is so weird, cause she takes it everywhere, I'll take it back to her." The escape artist reputation of huskies was also a recurring theme in the comments. "Once I saw that she's a husky, I knew it was over (I have a husky that also loves to escape, so I had to get a really long lead for her, so she can't miraculously hop the fence)," one user shared. Another TikToker wrote: "She's a husky. They're father-in-law's husky jumps their chicken wire and metal fence all the time, especially when it storms. He just goes to the front door though." "I was warned by my boyfriend (he has a husky and recently have a husky puppy to our little family) that they are Escape Pro," another added. "But this is so funny and cute." The American Kennel Club (AKC) describes the Siberian husky as "a thickly coated, compact sled dog of medium size and great endurance." They are known for their "keen but amiable and even mischievous expression." Beyond their appearance, huskies are renowned for their high energy levels and a strong desire to explore. The AKC noted that Huskies are energetic and love a chase—secure running room is "a must," so, it seems the creator definitely provided the right environment for her sly pup. The breed's sociable nature also plays a role in their behavior. The AKC stated that as pack dogs, they enjoy quality time with their owners and other dogs. This combination of intelligence, energy and a friendly disposition makes for a dog that is both endearing and capable of surprising its owners with its antics. Newsweek reached out to @kimberlyjaidyn08 for comment via TikTok.
New York Post
19-05-2025
- Sport
- New York Post
Pete Alonso's key error part of porous defense that let down Mets
Access the Mets beat like never before Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Mike Puma about the inside buzz on the Mets. Try it free On the first play of the bottom of the first in Sunday's Subway Series finale, Mark Vientos bungled a Paul Goldschmidt grounder, which allowed Goldschmidt to reach. Goldschmidt scored later in the inning on Cody Bellinger's two-run double. Advertisement The misplay set the tone for the Mets, as their defense let them down early and late in an 8-2 loss at Yankee Stadium. And it was Pete Alonso's wild throw home on Jorbit Vivas' grounder to first with Jasson Domínguez at third base in a tie game that all but gave the Yankees the go-ahead run in the bottom of the eighth. The play came with the infield in after an 11-pitch at-bat by Vivas, who hit an innocent-looking chopper that Alonso fielded cleanly. 3 Mets' Jeff McNeil, right, reacts after a run scored on a throwing error by Pete Alonso during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees Sunday, May 18, 2025 AP Advertisement 3 Mark Vientos (27) makes an error attempting to throw a runner out in the first inning against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium. Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images With the infield in, Alonso was seemingly in good position to get the speedy Domínguez at home for the second out. Instead, the first baseman completely airmailed the throw, giving Francisco Alvarez no chance to even make an attempt on the ball. It was part of a rough night overall for Alonso, who was part of a top of the lineup that failed to produce for the Mets. Advertisement CHECK OUT THE LATEST MLB STANDINGS AND METS STATS He went 0-for-4 with a pair of strikeouts, joining Francisco Lindor and Juan Soto in a top three of the lineup that didn't get a hit. The Mets managed to stay in the game with a strong start from David Peterson and some Houdini-like work from Huascar Brazobán, as the right-hander didn't allow a run in the seventh despite walking three batters. Advertisement But with the offense unable to get much going against Max Fried and the Yankee bullpen, they were unable to overcome the two errors, the second of which helped the Bombers break the game open in a six-run eighth. 3 Huascar Brazobán #43 of the New York Mets lands on Pete Alonso #20 of the New York Mets legs as Cody Bellinger #35 of the New York Yankees reaches on an infield single in the seventh inning at Yankee Stadium, Sunday, May 18, 2025. Corey Sipkin for the NY POST The errors led to a combined four unearned runs. For Alonso, it was a mistake in a season in which he has rediscovered his swing and drawn good reviews for his ability to dig throws out of the dirt, but his throwing remains an issue. And the one on Sunday night was noncompetitive and particularly costly.
The Guardian
20-04-2025
- Politics
- The Guardian
The Nobel is just the start: 16 imagined victories for Donald Trump
From the start of his first campaign for president 10 years ago, Donald Trump has incessantly presented himself as a winner, the only man in the world who had the temperament to make America great again. As he said in 2016: 'We're gonna win so much, you may even get tired of winning. And you'll say: 'Please, please. It's too much winning. We can't take it any more, Mr President, it's too much.' And I'll say: 'No it isn't. We have to keep winning. We have to win more!'' We have to win more! Those words keep haunting me all these years later. Trump, now enjoying his second conquest of the White House, cannot imagine the possibility that he could ever lose. What comes next, then, for a man who wants a Nobel peace prize and can delude himself into believing that he is winning the trade war he has recently launched? Here are 16 possible future wins for Trump as he relishes the prospect of Guinness World Records soon bringing out a special edition devoted exclusively to the American president's innumerable victories and laurels. Columbia University has announced that Donald J Trump will be its next commencement speaker, receiving a doctor of business administration degree, honoris causa. The board of trustees has affirmed that there is absolutely no relationship between these distinctions and its previous concessions to the US government after its threats to withdraw $400m in federal funding from the university. It will continue, a press release stated, to award honors as befits an institution that, like Harvard, is renowned for its independence from all political pressure. The Nobel peace prize for 2025 has been awarded to Donald J Trump for his efforts to abolish war in our time and his unflagging support for the rights of women and immigrants worldwide. The decision by the Norwegian Nobel committee was accompanied by a plea for an end to Oslo's coincidental occupation by peace-keeping contingents from the US fleet forces command. Columbia University's Pulitzer committee has awarded Donald J Trump a Pulitzer prize in public service for having unleashed the potential of American greatness. The Society of American Magicians has named Donald J Trump as its escape artist of the year, thanks to his Houdini-like ability to avoid any consequence whatsoever for his multiple encounters with the law. The Kennedy Center has announced that all five of its 2025 honors in the performing arts will go to Donald J Trump for his past and ongoing contributions to American culture and fine arts. In other news from the capital, the Smithsonian Institution has named the newest building being planned for the Mall as the Donald J Trump White European Heritage Museum. Columbia University has added another honorary degree to be bestowed on Donald J Trump before his commencement speech: a doctor of humane letters, citing his campaign against false ideologies in our educational establishments. In a speech by the president during the bestowal of the Nasa distinguished service medal, he thanked the independent agency for renaming the Sombrero galaxy as the Donald J Trump galaxy, a signal, he declared, to alien invaders that they are not welcome in our beautiful homeland. The Nobel prize in literature has been awarded to Donald J Trump for his ability to meld fiction and non-fiction in hitherto uncharted ways, exercising an immense influence on writers and readers across the planet for generations to come. The Swedish Nobel committee cited the president's books Save America and Kick Ass and Think Big as outstanding examples of his inimitable style. It also hoped that by the time the American laureate receives this honor from King Carl XVI Gustaf, the US Marines currently camped in Stockholm might be withdrawn from the city. To hasten such an evacuation, further measures may be taken by the committee. The Lee C Bollinger Forum at Columbia University has been selected as the auditorium where the Arnold J Palmer lifetime service award for sportsmanship while playing golf will be presented to Donald J Trump. The Forum also expects to be the site where Donald J Trump will collect the Nobel prize in economics, the first to be conferred since the Swedish Academy assigned the decision about that award to the board of trustees of the newly created Elon Musk Delete Institute at Columbia University. Donald J Trump was the 2025 recipient of an unprecedented four Emmy awards in the categories of acting, directing, editing and screen-writing, with a special emphasis on his enduring contributions to innovative forms of reality TV. The president was unable to attend the ceremony in New York as he had flown to San Diego, California, to receive a lifetime achievement award from the Bram Stoker Horror Writers Association for the way in which his entire body of work has substantially influenced terror and dread. During his investiture as the new chief rabbi of Jerusalem, Donald J Trump called on Iran to follow the example of Israel and elect him as supreme ayatollah, a way to guarantee, he declared, peace between these two nations. The rabbinical service took place at the site where the Trump Gaza Riviera hotel is being built. The NFL, NBA, NHL and MLB have collectively voted Donald J Trump as the comeback coach of the year for leading Team America to victory against overwhelming odds. The ceremony will take place at the Lerner Roone Arledge Auditorium at Columbia University. The General Augusto Pinochet Foundation will host Donald J Trump, Vladimir Putin, Marine Le Pen and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in a mass rally at the National Stadium in Santiago de Chile to celebrate them as defenders of democracy. The Oxford Union has announced that Donald J Trump will debate himself in an upcoming session devoted to the question: 'Is Donald J Trump the greatest American president of all time?' The unique decision to invite Mr Trump to argue twice in favor of the proposal as to his greatness was only reached after a judicious consideration of his outstanding rhetorical skills, which constantly keep his audience in suspense regarding what he will say or do next. Columbia University's Pulitzer committee has awarded Donald J Trump two retroactive Pulitzers in non-fiction and biography for The Art of the Deal, with apologies for having overlooked this seminal work when it was published. The conclave of cardinals has chosen Donald J Trump as the new pope, citing his deep respect for the unborn and his wise stewardship of the environment and compassion for the poor. In a press release, the Vatican expressed the hope that the F-117 stealth fighters that have been deploying tactical nuclear weapons while hovering over Rome during this week might be ordered by the Air Force Strike Command back to their base in Aviano once the new pontiff is installed. The president is expected to easily pass the testicle test that every Holy Father must undergo, given that lots of people say that he has balls the likes of which have never been seen before. Ariel Dorfman, a distinguished professor emeritus of literature at Duke University, is the Chilean American author of the play Death and the Maiden and the novel The Suicide Museum and, more recently, Allegro, narrated playfully by Mozart
