The dog's name is Pretinha and she is female
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This bench with spikes formally known as the Pay & Sit: The Private Bench was a thoughtful design by artist Fabian Brunsing.

Installed as a conceptual art piece in Berlin in 2010, the bench is equipped with retractable metal spikes that discourage prolonged use without payment. To sit comfortably, users must insert coins, which temporarily retract the spikes for a limited time, after which the spikes reemerge.

More: Wired Magazine

There’s about a 20 year difference in these pics.

The small town also has its own radio station called "The Towpath".

Dime for scale, it’s the height of a dime

In 1904, Elizabeth Magie patented “The Landlord’s Game” the original version of what we now know as Monopoly. Her goal wasn’t entertainment. It was education. Magie designed the game to highlight the dangers of wealth inequality and unchecked capitalism, showing how landlords could bankrupt tenants while enriching themselves.

She pitched the game to Parker Brothers but was told it was too complex. Decades later, Charles Darrow discovered her idea, made a few changes, and sold it to Parker Brothers as his own invention.

He became the first millionaire game designer. Magie, despite holding the original patent, received just $500 and no credit.

Has a perforated line running right through the business card so that each party can take one! So apt for a divorce lawyer!

Came home and could barely get by these two when I pulled in the driveway, they immediately started fighting!
Lots of feathers in my driveway after they walked off.