Milicent Bystander

Senior Correspondent

Milicent Bystander became Senior Correspondent the day she walked into the wrong press conference and refused to leave. She is against everything, eloquently, until she remembers that she rather likes it.

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This Devoted Enthusiast Discovered One Weird Trick for Mass Manufacturing Grand Pianos

A retired piano tuner exploited a 127-year-old loophole to cast 3,000 grand pianos in concrete — and the industry's only response was to backdate a new definition, unmaking them all overnight.

Milicent Bystander 25 Sept 2026 5 min read