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I just learned that the reason we use black and white soccer balls is because of a gimmick created by Adidas in honor of the Telstar Satellite, a satellite launched in the 1960s that was shaped like a ball and dotted with little solar panels....like a soccer ball. Soccer balls used to be BROWN

HELP I'M SORRY WHAT

Something fun I just learned: The screenwriter for Miss Congeniality didn't like the original music they had for the pageant anthem, so he asked his 5 year old son to write a new one. The producers unknowingly chose it for the film.

You can hear it in this clip: youtu.be/Kf0tmg27pWA?...

Question for the hivemind: If I want warm water to come out of a tap like this, will it warm up faster if I turn it all the way to hot, or will it take the same amount of time if I turn it to the medium temperature I'm looking for?

Husband thinks it's the first one, but I'm questioning

I just hit the episode from which @eve6.bsky.social got their name. Utter 90s bliss over here

Annual reminder to parents with kids music in their Spotify Wrapped that you can put it all in a playlist and then hit the three dots and choose "Exclude from Taste Profile." I had zero Ms. Rachel songs in my Wrapped this year.

Let the maternity leave binge begin

terrible time to try and start a new social media habit and populate a new feed with witty posts when my entire brain is taken up by this thing

Had a baby! Everyone is healthy, everything went so smoothly. Already home from the hospital.

I don't know the backstory of this photo but it has Marina Abramović vibes

Confirmed, I live in Asheville NC and have seen this in action

Asheville seriously has some of the best music photographers I've ever seen. Pic by Nick Burrows from the Women to the Front festival this weekend.

ah, mouse/cat, the two genders

this dyed in the wool chicago-looking mfer has absolutely no business being canadian

Introductory post:
I'm Ashley! I do a podcast called Taboo Science that looks at stigma and taboos through a scientific lens. I'm also the managing editor at Descript, where I think about the ways creators can make their lives & workflows better. I'm also a new mom, a saxophonist & a cat person.