
1dThe team found that conversations almost never end when both parties want them to—and that people are a very poor judge of when their partner wishes to call it quits.
↩︎ Scientific American
In case you also discovered classical music on Saturday mornings.
From "Barber of Seville" to "The Blue Danube," to a ton of Strauss, an extensive detailing of pieces featured in cartoons.
THREAD: Lots of us learned classical music from watching old cartoons, so I’m going to identify the pieces that frequently popped up.
— Vincent Alexander (@NonsenseIsland) March 1, 2021
One of the most recognizable is Franz Liszt’s “Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2,” performed by those great piano virtuosos Bugs Bunny and Tom & Jerry. pic.twitter.com/SmyKbMpw3e


A trippy visualization of the internet's evolution. A key to the colors: white is the web's backbone, blue is North America, red is Asia Pacific, yellow is Africa, green is Europe. Dominant network names are located in the lower-left corner.
To all the people Stanley Tucci has loved before.
It's a Stanley Tucci moment and we're not complaining. A second season of his new travel show, reasons to reminisce about his cocktail routines and lockdown cursing ("just fucking ate it"), so why not a review (admittedly, two years old) of his life's heartbreaks and fondnesses?
Via Laura Olin