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Beluga whales are nature’s goodwill ambassadors. They always seem to be smiling and eager to interact with humans. Known as “canary of the sea,” their vocalizations include squeals, chirps, whistles, mews, clicks, and moos. They have sharp hearing and rely on echolocation for hunting and navigation. This sharp hearing ability is probably why the whales respond to the sound of singing bowls played on a floating raft. Demetra is a Sound Healer and Vocal Alchemist with Soulstar Sound Sanctuary. She uses a collection of singing bowls to create sounds that intrigue the beluga whales. The whales swim gently around her floating platform, enjoying the sound and adding their own music. In the clip below, they are using pre-recorded background music, but the singing bowls and the sound of whales splashing are live. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Demetra ~ Sound Healer and Vocal Alchemist (@soul.star.sanctuary) Beluga whales are a protected species under the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972. They are currently classified as “least concern” on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. The adult population numbers around 136,000 whales. In many areas, it is illegal to interact with beluga whales. Be sure to check local regulations before trying to make friends with these sociable animals. Singing bowls work by causing a vibration around the rim. The bowls can be made using a variety of different metals or from crystal. The singing bowls in use during this exchange with beluga whales are crystal bowls. Different sounds come from using bowls of varying sizes, shapes, and weights. The type of mallet also affects the sound. Adding water to a bowl changes the note because water is more difficult to vibrate than air. The beluga whales obviously respond favorably to the singing bowls as they gather closely around the floating raft. Please share. You can find the source of this story’s featured image here. The post Woman Plays Singing Bowls For Beluga Whales & It’s Pure Magic appeared first on InspireMore.

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Jack Harlow is an American rapper and songwriter from Louisville, Kentucky. He began rapping at age 12 and started releasing music in 2015 while he was still in high school. Harlow released several EPs and mixtapes independently, including The Handsome Harlow (2015), 18 (2016), Gazebo (2017), Loose (2018), and Confetti (2019). In 2018, he signed to Don Cannon and DJ Drama’s Generation Now label, an imprint under Atlantic Records. His breakthrough came with the 2020 single “Whats Poppin,” which peaked at number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 following a remix featuring DaBaby, Tory Lanez, and Lil Wayne. The The post Complete List Of Jack Harlow Songs From A to Z appeared first on ClassicRockHistory.com.

On Thursday's Deadline: White House on MSNBC, fill-in host Alicia Menendez wrongly claimed that an illegal alien was arrested outside a California school while dropping off his child. She also seemed to cheer on the harassment of ICE agents, reporter Jacob Soboroff claimed that illegal aliens are "citizens even if they're undocumented," and contributor Cornell Belcher blamed racism for the deportation push. The 5:00 p.m. Eastern hour began with clips of D.C. protesters chanting, "ICE go home," while walking near ICE agents. Menendez reacted: An incredible scene in the nation's capital this week when a crowd of residents drove away about a dozen ICE agents who were stationed at Columbia Heights Metro Station. It is just one of the many scenes that show that Americans are not on board with Donald Trump's immigration crackdowns, which often times are turning violent.  After showing a clip of two men being arrested by ICE in D.C., she got to the story about a man allegedly being arrested at a school in California: That violence on display this morning in that same D.C. neighborhood when ICE agents surrounded a car and shattered the windows to arrest the two men inside. (clip of ICE agents breaking car windshield and arresting occupants as protesters shout) These arrests -- they are part of a show of force, and they are happening everywhere. Even outside of schools -- schools. Yesterday, in Encinitas, California, a father was detained after dropping his kid off in the morning at Park Dale Elementary School. The superintendent alerting the school community that, quote, "This incident was witnessed by family, community members, staff and students, causing fear and trauma across our district." The fear instilled across the country, it shows no signs of slowing down. But, according to ICE, the arrest took place two blocks from the school, and the man was alone in his car when he was pulled over. “Claims that ICE conducted enforcement on school grounds are patently false,” field office director Patrick Divver said. “ICE San Diego has not conducted enforcement at schools, and suggestions to the contrary mislead the public and create unnecessary fear.” After Soboroff invoked the family separations at the border in 2018 to complain that immigrant families are being separated by recent arrests, Menendez turned to immigration activist Andrea Flores and fretted: ... you and I both recall during Trump separation -- family separation 1.0, it was suburban moms -- some of them avowedly apolitical -- who said, "I cannot believe this is happening in my country. In that child, I see my own child." Moms don't want to see ICE agents showing up at schools, at churches -- there used to be sensitive areas where they were not allowed. The fact that they now feel emboldened -- feel as though they can show up in places where they are not just traumatizing the person they are taking into custody and their loved ones -- they are traumatizing entire communities. A bit later, as Soboroff warned that there will be more cities targeted by ICE, he bizarrely referred to illegals as "citizens" during his rant: And just like there's no Democratic or Republican way to take out the trash -- just as LaGuardia famously said about what goes on in New York -- there is not a particular Democratic or Republican way to deal with your own citizens even if they're undocumented being ripped out of your communities and destroying the way of life all across the United States of America. Everyone is going to be faced with this on all levels of government. After Flores and Menendez made dire predictions about entities like schools and hospitals having to close down due to a lack of immigrant workers, Belcher blamed racism for the drive to deport illegals: ... it's a pivotal moment because what you're really asking is, "At what price racism?" Is there a price too high where Americans will say, "This is too high a price for racism -- this is too high a price for fear of replacement theory"? Because this is what this is about, right? These mass deportations aren't about criminals and gang members because they're not. They're deporting, you know, working people who happen to be brown. And we know the architects of this are steeped in white nationalism, and it's the fear of replacement theory. Transcript follows: MSNBC's Deadline: White House August 21, 2025 5:00 p.m. Eastern (clip of protesters chanting, "ICE go home," at ICE agents in D.C.) ALICIA MENENDEZ: Hi, again, everyone. It is 5:00 here in New York. I'm Alicia Menendez, in for Nicolle Wallace. An incredible scene in the nation's capital this week when a crowd of residents drove away about a dozen ICE agents who were stationed at Columbia Heights Metro Station. It is just one of the many scenes that show that Americans are not on board with Donald Trump's immigration crackdowns, which often times are turning violent.  That violence on display this morning in that same D.C. neighborhood when ICE agents surrounded a car and shattered the windows to arrest the two men inside. (clip of ICE agents breaking car windshield and arresting occupants as protesters shout) These arrests -- they are part of a show of force, and they are happening everywhere. Even outside of schools -- schools. Yesterday, in Encinitas, California, a father was detained after dropping his kid off in the morning at Park Dale Elementary School. The superintendent alerting the school community that, quote, "This incident was witnessed by family, community members, staff and students, causing fear and trauma across our district." The fear instilled across the country, it shows no signs of slowing down. The brand new reporting in The New York Times showing that deportation numbers are reaching new highs because of this surge in arrests. ... Faced with backlash over these aggressive arrests we just saw in D.C., the Trump administration continues to double down, claiming that they are going after the "worst of the worst." But, according to The New York Times, quote, "almost all of the increase in arrests has been people without any prior criminal convictions." (...) JACOB SOBOROFF: ... But The New York Times published that data today that the vast majority of the increase in the deportations modeled after the 1954 Dwight D. Eisenhower program with that racist name that deported a million Mexicans and some Mexican Americans. So Americans as well were deported. That's the model for the program. They're ripping families apart. It's not family separation at the border -- it's family separation in the interior, and it's playing out every single day across the country. This is what they promised -- this is what they're doing. But what I don't think they anticipated is that it's not, you know, these are not just activists that are standing out there with phones. Everyday Americans are seeing this happen every single day, and they're outraged by it, and I think that will only continue to grow. MENENDEZ: Okay, how did they not anticipate that, Andrea Flores? Because you and I both recall during Trump separation -- family separation 1.0, it was suburban moms -- some of them avowedly apolitical -- who said, "I cannot believe this is happening in my country. In that child, I see my own child." Moms don't want to see ICE agents showing up at schools, at churches -- there used to be sensitive areas where they were not allowed. The fact that they now feel emboldened -- feel as though they can show up in places where they are not just traumatizing the person they are taking into custody and their loved ones -- they are traumatizing entire communities. (...) SOBOROFF: Karen Bass said something -- the mayor of Los Angeles -- as those raids started in L.A. at the beginning of the summer. This is a petri dish -- I'm paraphrasing -- this is basically coming to a city near you. And Eric Adams has made the choice now to speak out against the Trump administration and what they're doing here in the courthouses in Lower Manhattan. I promise you it's not just going to be in Miami and in Los Angeles and in Washington, D.C. -- with $175 billion or whatever the number is that they got at ICE -- this is coming to communities all across America with Democratic and Republican mayors. And just like there's no Democratic or Republican way to take out the trash -- just as LaGuardia famously said about what goes on in New York -- there is not a particular Democratic or Republican way to deal with your own citizens even if they're undocumented being ripped out of your communities and destroying the way of life all across the United States of America. Everyone is going to be faced with this on all levels of government. (...) MENENDEZ: If members of Congress in red districts start understanding that their economy cannot operate, major industries -- AG, construction -- cannot operate. They start getting those calls. They're already getting those calls -- you know that. Does it actually embolden any of them to stand up to Donald Trump, to Speaker Mike Johnson, and say, "Enough is enough here -- we've got to do something"? ANDREA FLORES, FWD.US: I mean, we will start to see hospitals closing. We'll see schools closing. We will see communities starting in some ways to shut down because that is what happens when immigrants leave populations because the United States does not have enough people right now. (...) MENENDEZ: Cornell, I hear you on the fact that members of Trump's base are pumped -- they feel like this is what they voted for -- that they are happy to watch him deliver. For everybody else, if, all of a sudden, they can't go to their local hospital -- they can't go to even their local restaurant -- they can't get their Uber Eats because there's no one who wants to deliver the food because they're worried about being pulled off a moped in the middle of the street -- I mean, then do folks start feeling like this is not what they voted for, right? Those voters who might be low-propensity voters, swing voters, Dems who voted for Democrats in the past but voted for Trump this time around. Do they come back home? CORNELL BELCHER, MSNBC CONTRIBUTOR: Look, this is a -- this is a -- this is a crossroad. It's a -- it's a -- it's a -- it's a pivotal moment because what you're really asking is, "At what price racism?" Is there a price too high where Americans will say, "This is too high a price for racism -- this is too high a price for fear of replacement theory"? Because this is what this is about, right? These mass deportations aren't about criminals and gang members because they're not. They're deporting, you know, working people who happen to be brown. And we know the architects of this are steeped in white nationalism, and it's the fear of replacement theory. So let's call a thing what it is.  And I -- and I -- and I hope -- I hope that in middle America they'll go, "This is too high a price," and, "This doesn't make any sense." But there's an awful lot of American history that tells me not to be so doggone optimistic about that. (...) MENENDEZ: It is amazing to me that Republicans have sold this fake idea that immigrants are changing the fabric of this country when, in fact, it is Republicans who are trying to do exactly that."

Cracker Barrel thought it could buy loyalty with $700 million and a new look. Instead, it bought itself a revolt.The Tennessee-based chain wasn’t supposed to change. Not like this. The rocking chairs, the country kitsch, Uncle Herschel leaning on a barrel — all of it reassured customers that some part of America still felt the same.Cracker Barrel had better pay attention. Like Bud Light, it now suffers from a grave, self-inflicted wound that could fester for years.You always knew what you were getting at the place: coffee in a thick, white mug, biscuits on the table, a place that felt familiar no matter how far from home.Now, the company is spending a fortune to chase “relevance” and “inclusivity,” and customers know it’s more than biscuits and gravy at stake.Oh, come on. People are losing their minds over a chain restaurant, for Pete’s sake. Why?Maybe because people don’t see Cracker Barrel that way. The brand was a promise, and that promise was continuity.With its new minimalist logo and glossy interiors, the company has traded that sense of belonging for homogenized corporate drivel. In doing so, it may have destroyed what made it matter in the first place.Innovating into oblivionJulie Masino, who took over as CEO in 2023, has said bluntly: “We’re just not as relevant as we once were.”She had reason to worry. Before the pandemic, Cracker Barrel had more than 660 locations and steady traffic. COVID closures, rampant inflation, an obvious decline in food quality, and a sluggish recovery left revenues flat by 2023. Margins tightened, expansion stalled, and a chain once synonymous with dependable growth suddenly looked like it was falling behind.Masino’s $700 million bet was supposed to stop the slide. It may accelerate it. And the reason should be as obvious as the chunky, black hipster frames perched on Masino’s nose: Customers didn’t come to Cracker Barrel for “relevance” or “innovation” or any other trendy marketing buzzword.They came for what didn’t change: a road-trip landmark where the food was predictable, the service unpretentious and unhurried, and the atmosphere soaked in nostalgia — as close to “authentic” as a multibillion-dollar corporation can get.For millions of Americans, Cracker Barrel represented a world that seemed to endure while everything else raced ahead. It was so successful on that score that some people believe the chain is much older than it really is. (It was founded in 1969 by a Shell Oil executive looking to boost service station sales. It doesn’t even rank in the top 15 oldest restaurant chains in the country.)Not another culture-war fightSome on the left dismiss the reaction to Cracker Barrel as just more MAGA foot-stomping on social media — the latest culture-war kerfuffle by stuck-in-the-past conservatives. They’re wrong as usual.Sure, “get woke, go broke,” and all that. It’s true your average Cracker Barrel diehard wasn’t a fan of the rainbow rocking chair post from a couple of Pride Months ago. And the 2022 introduction of Impossible™ breakfast sausage on the menu prompted instant online blowback. But the subsequent “boycott” — if you can call it that — flamed out, and Impossible meat remains on the menu today.This rebrand is different. A $700 million transformation isn’t a menu experiment. It’s a wholesale attempt to rewrite the chain’s identity — the one thing about Cracker Barrel that didn’t need fixing.No doubt Masino saw the old Cracker Barrel logo as outdated and hokey. Does she think the flyover hicks she condescends were so clueless they thought it was cutting edge?Branding or ‘blanding’?What Masino missed is that sometimes hokey and outdated is good. The rocking chairs out front, the general store kitsch, Uncle Herschel leaning on the barrel — all of these were emblems of comfort and familiarity.More than that, they represented a promise: After all these years, we still know what’s important to you — and it isn’t the kind of overpriced, out-of-touch “market research” that has ruined so many other brands. — (@) On X last week, an AI parody of a “rebranded” Cracker Barrel made the rounds: a soulless glass-and-steel box with the logo hovering above like an afterthought. The joke worked because it could be real. We’ve seen Taco Bell and McDonald’s turn their restaurants into sleek mausoleums for fast food, all dark angles and no soul. Marketers call it “blanding.” Customers call it: I guess we’re eating in a bank lobby now.Corporate America tells itself that relevance requires reinvention. In practice, it often means severing ties with the traditions that gave a company its identity. Corporate America treats continuity as dead weight, when in fact it’s ballast.RELATED: Cracker Barrel’s long history of cozying up to left-leaning organizations exposed Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty ImagesInjury to insultCorporate America made the same mistake with Bud Light. When Anheuser-Busch partnered with Dylan Mulvaney in 2023, critics scoffed, predicting conservatives would soon move on. Instead, Bud Light went from the best-selling light beer in America to a distant second. It has yet to recover.The left will say this just goes to show how “transphobic” Bud Light drinkers are. And yes, Mulvaney’s bizarre charade of “girlhood” was deeply disturbing — and deeply irritating. But the more egregious sin of that campaign was its utter, insulting indifference to why consumers valued Bud Light. Cracker Barrel had better pay attention. This is not another passing squall. Like Bud Light, it now suffers from a grave, self-inflicted wound that could fester for years.Cracker Barrel has always been in the business of selling hospitality: an unpretentious, unfussy repast that is dependably consistent. It’s not that its customers didn’t know it wasn’t really a humble country store; it’s that those country store trappings promised an effort to make you feel truly welcome — a rarity in today’s data-driven, lowest-common-denominator world.Strip it all away, and you’re left with the same cynical corporate propaganda — a fake smile that barely conceals a sneer of contempt.Masino should have seen this coming. All she needed to avoid this disaster was to know her customers. For better or worse, she’s getting to know them now.

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Apple is poised to finally enter the foldable smartphone market in 2026, and there's reason to believe it stands a chance of overtaking its rivals.

Apple is poised to finally enter the foldable smartphone market in 2026, and there's reason to believe it stands a chance of overtaking its rivals.