3 Good Things: Clever raccoons, a scary Airbnb and AI art (via latimesopinion)
Two clever, adaptable species like raccoons and humans ought to be able to find a way to coexist. Maybe the raccoons have already done it. A recent study that tagged and monitored wild raccoons in Laramie, Wyo., found thatand accessing food. We humans are apparently accidentally fueling the rise of super-smart raccoons by targeting the boldest and most aggressive critters.
The spooky cottage from the movie “Hocus Pocus” has been re-created in the woods of Salem, Mass. — and, if you’re lucky. Or unlucky? One star of the film says of the house: “They’ll have the things that people need to have a good time, sheets and towels and beds and broomsticks and dead man’s toes and frightening things like that too.” The sequel “Hocus Pocus 2” is coming to Disney+ this week, so there’s some consolation in watching it from home if you can’t book the place.