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Andres Tretiakov

@andrestrujado.bsky.social

Chemist & science enthusiast in a journey of discovery, understanding & learning. I enjoy tinkering & making stuff (sometimes 🐝 keeping) 👨‍🔬

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Andres Tretiakov @andrestrujado.bsky.social · 6mo ago

A brand-new lecture demo by Andrew Szydlo coming soon at The Royal Institution. Magical Mercury: the wonders of the liquid metal that has fascinated humans since ancient times. Sat. 21 March 2026 2.30 pm. www.rigb.org/whats-on/mag... Just to whet your appetites: www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Magical Mercury (family)

Andrew Szydlo explores the magic of mercury, looking at ground-breaking discoveries with a whole host of experiments to amaze

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derek guy@dieworkwear.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Bill Watterson is my favorite cartoonist. I adored the relationship btw Calvin and Hobbes as a child. But as I've gotten older, these strips feel even more tender and insightful. My respect for him grew when I learned of his stance against merchandising. Such principles are almost unheard of today.

Excerpt from Wikipedia reads: "Fight against merchandising his characters For years, Watterson battled against pressure from publishers to merchandise his work, something that he felt would cheapen his comic through compromising the act of creation or reading.[21][22] He refused to merchandise his creations on the grounds that displaying Calvin and Hobbes images on commercially sold mugs, stickers, and T-shirts would devalue the characters and their personalities. Watterson said that Universal kept putting pressure on him and that he had signed his contract without fully perusing it because, as a new artist, he was happy just to find a syndicate willing to give him a chance (two other syndicates had previously turned him down). He added that the contract was so one-sided that, if Universal really wanted to, they could license his characters against his will, and could even fire him and continue Calvin and Hobbes with a new artist. Watterson's position eventually won out, and he was able to renegotiate his contract so that he would receive all rights to his work. Later he said that the licensing fight exhausted him and contributed to the need for a nine-month sabbatical in 1991.[23]"
Chris Baraniuk@chrisbaraniuk.com · 8mo ago

NEW: Organ tuners have been leaving temperature and humidity records in little-known books for decades. 🎹 They reveal how temperatures inside churches have changed over time due to climate change and increased heating. A new scoop for The Reengineer! www.thereengineer.pro/p/church-org...

Church organ tuning records mirror our warming climate

The records appear to reflect climate change, as well as the increased heating of churches in winter

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