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@cronencrown.bsky.social

Chemist, avid reader, into SciFi, foodie, love 80s movies and good coffee. 1000 lbs club. Carl Sagan fan and optimist. Also into Rock, Heavy Metal, Metalcore 🇺🇦🇪🇺

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Snakes. Why’d it have to be snakes?@cronencrown.bsky.social · 42m ago

Indeed, not a good omen for a high tech-nation with an economic backbone built on cutting edge science and developing blockbuster technologies and products, driving technological progress. Not surprising though - government policies are hostile to foreign researchers & science, that's the outcome

Blue the Science Dude@science-dude.bsky.social · 6h ago

Brain drain rocks US science community; Impact on our ability to innovate will be felt for decades. More US-trained PhDs are fleeing after graduation than any time in past 30 years. This does not bode well. We not just passing the torch; We’re yeeting it. 🧪🔭 doi.org/10.1063/sr.2...

Snakes. Why’d it have to be snakes?@cronencrown.bsky.social · yesterday

Addictive reading, this article. I knew the basics of the story well, but wasn't aware of the historical background, particularly not how paranoid the Soviets were. 🥸

John Bull@garius.bsky.social · yesterday

Given we are approaching that time of the year, my big piece from years back on the 1983 Cold War Crisis (and the role of Stanislav Petrov in it) over onto authory as a free-to-read. Over the years, the myth of what happened has been simplified. The reality was scarier. Because: Ronald Reagan.

Snakes. Why’d it have to be snakes?@cronencrown.bsky.social · 2d ago

Might be a Gen X thing, but that describes that time really well. I either went outside and did stuff with the other neighbourhood kids or read tons of books, when it was raining. Not a bad way to grow up, really

MK Forever Blue@mkforeverblue.bsky.social · 3d ago

I feel sorry for people who didn't grow up with true boredom. The kind of rainy day in the 70s or 80s with only black & white films on TV, nothing to do on a hot Saturday, or empty time after a school day boredom. There was self discovery, reading, experimentation, play - and joy - in that boredom.

John Bull@garius.bsky.social · 6d ago

the funny thing is that it has already been proven football fans have no attachment to the 'FIFA' brand. When FIFA tried to charge EA even more money to use it for their iconic game series, EA dropped the license entirely and renamed the games. And 'FIFA' fans still happily bought it.

Mash@itismashagain.bsky.social · 6d ago

My entire life I’ve never called it the FIFA World Cup. I’ve always called it the World Cup. Fans don’t give a shit about FIFA. If national teams showed up for a World Cup tournament not held by FIFA we would all watch it. World Cup is the brand. FIFA is nothing.

Snakes. Why’d it have to be snakes?@cronencrown.bsky.social · last wk.

A gem of an article about Michael Mann's Manhunter (1986), my favourite film. I'd love to see it in 4k, but I hope not too many scenes were changed🫣 "You’ll find almost no fans of Michael Mann who will say it’s their favorite Mann film." Well, it IS my favourite 1/2 variety.com/2026/film/co...

‘Manhunter: The Final Cut’ Shows Why Director’s Cuts Are Almost Never an Improvement. But It’s Still the Greatest Thriller of Our Time

'Manhunter: The Final Cut' shows why director’s cuts are almost never an improvement. But it’s still the greatest thriller of our time.

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg@theradr.bsky.social · last wk.

Reminder that the Golden Age of Comics began in 1938 when a couple of Jews started making stories about fighting evil. So many of the people in power now seen so much like cartoon villains bc those archetypes were literally created after some of the most horrific human beings of our known history.

Snakes. Why’d it have to be snakes?@cronencrown.bsky.social · last wk.

Interesting. The number of possible explanations, however, is not including a China that is growing much more slowly than in the past, producing fewer oil-intense property and infrastructure projects, increasingly relying on electricity rather than oil, trying to reduce geopolitical 1/2

The Atlantic@theatlantic.com · last wk.

America’s greatest rival is single-handedly averting a global energy crisis, and no one knows how the country is doing it—or why, Rogé Karma argues.