Max Reilich

"Can you play it a little more like Linda McCartney?" --a Brit record producer, to session pianist Max Reilich, late-1970s

[Rip Torn Outlives @RipTornOutlives]

He Is Risen. Happy Easter, Sweeties!

[James Lucas @JamesLucasIT]

Leonardo da Vinci invented the self supporting bridge in the 1400s. Here’s how it works:

[Max Reilich @SiriFaber]

Really just a fab book.
https://t.co/y6KwujWLIU

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

That’s actually a real person doing that.

Ray Castoldi has been the stadium organist at Madison Square Garden since 1989, best known for playing during all the Knicks and Rangers games. He has played more shows at MSG than Billy Joel.

[📹 newyorknico]

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

"Crown Shyness" is a natural phenomenon where the uppermost branches of certain tree species completely refuse to touch one another, creating a perfectly defined, puzzle-like canopy.

[Max Reilich @SiriFaber]

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[Max Reilich @SiriFaber]

Nobody seems to understand why an autistic child is able to play a music instrument without study. Is it natural born music talent? Yes, of course. It's simply music talent. In other words, whatever we don't get about it, comes from how we've forgotten what the ancients must have known: Life is filled with unexplainable miracles. The less ethical and other standards that have been established, the more everything talented appears simply as another, unexplainable Miracle of Nature. Which you expect to happen from time to time.. no thang

[Science Postcard @Sciencepostcard]

Japan’s leap into the deep blue has birthed a technological titan: the world’s first megawatt-scale underwater turbine designed to anchor within the relentless Kuroshio Current. Unlike solar or wind energy, which are beholden to the whims of the weather, this subaquatic marvel taps into ocean streams that flow with permanent, unshakable consistency. Because water is roughly 800 times denser than air, even a slow-moving current carries a kinetic punch far more powerful than a howling gale, allowing these massive "sea-planes" to generate a steady, "always-on" stream of green electricity that could theoretically power the nation 24/7.

​The sheer scale of this ambition is staggering, as researchers estimate that the energy pulsing through Japan’s coastal waters could reach a capacity of 205 gigawatts—nearly enough to match the country’s entire current power generation. These turbines operate like inverted satellites, hovering in the water column and using sophisticated sensors to maintain stability against the crushing pressure of the depths. By transforming the silent, eternal movement of the Pacific into a high-tech power plant, Japan isn't just building a gadget; it is effectively turning the ocean into the planet’s largest, most reliable natural battery.

[Rob Friedman @PitchingNinja]

Paul Skenes, Wicked 85mph Sweeper. 🤢

19 inches of Horizontal Break.

[The Figen @TheFigen_]

If you keep raising the height higher and higher, eventually... 😂

[Baseball America @BaseballAmerica]

Báez is one of 50 prospects who impressed scouts this spring ⬇️
https://t.co/XsUUjanuMt

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

This is Champ, the bat retriever: the best boy