Contemplating why the evil piano trope works, I think itās a combo of piano and organ music being able to get pretty bombastic for a solo instrument and the fact that nonchalantly showing your back to your opponent is a power move.
love when an evil guy in an action movie plays the piano. itās such an evil coded instrument. good guys play the saxophone or guitar
The only way to prevent gigantic SUVs & pickups from killing pedestrians is to reduce car bloat. Technology alone wonāt do it ā even if automakers claim otherwise. Me, in Slate š§µ slate.com/business/202...
I see the same nasty talking points come up every time thereās an effort to decolonize names, whether itās those of birds or natural landmarks. The local paperās letters to the editor were even worse than usual after they reported on the prospect of renaming a nearby mountain.
A feathered past, and present: calling out bad birding behaviour - in which we detail some of the appalling messages we received after suggesting a new common name for Ardenna carneipes (with receipts) adriftlab.org/news/a-feath... #seabirds #ornithology #BirdNamesForBirds
Adrift Lab responds to gaslighting and bullying associated with our recent paper proposing a new name (Sable Shearwater) for Ardenna carneipes.
Just hit 1000 Frog Facts! Just... Um... 4000 to go to fund @skypeascientist.bsky.social for 2025 lol this will be fine! lol!
I reflected on this for several minutes and finally said āCan I carry pepper spray?ā āNot if you tell me about it!ā the head of security said, with the slightly manic air of a man house-training a beagle puppy.
If we sound familiar, you may recognize us from some of our greatest hits like [recalled baby product] or [recalled exercise equipment]. Others may know us from our safety memes which have been called "unconventional" or "have they been hacked?"
Tonight I was thinking of watching the debate, but then I realized it was the same night as @sarahmackattack.bsky.socialās Deep Sea class, so obviously I did that instead. š¦, šŖ¼, šā¦ hmm, strangely no crinoid or sea angel emoji. A real oversight there.