Vasile Decu @TheScienceborg

Science journalist, book blogger, amateur astronomer, professional bookworm! explorerslibrary.substack.com Europe Joined April 2020

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Mark Galeotti @MarkGaleotti

a year ago

Five years ago, when this book came out, I got flak from certain quarters because the cover was supposedly Russophobic. (Which I’d question, for a start.) Strangely enough, since February 2022, I haven’t heard any such critiques…

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3 years ago

Business genius... I don't follow any of these two toxic clowns. I worked for years to build a list here of the best authors, scientists and interesting people I could learn from. And now Twitter is promoting a human trafficker...

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3 years ago

@McBrideLawNYC I just talked to Jesus. He was in tears: “That mf paid for Twitter!”

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3 years ago

A very good candidate for 'intro of the week', by @RonCharles, author of 'you must subscribe if you love good reads' Book Club newsletter (bit.ly/3Y7isso).

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4 years ago

The more I age, the more I’m fascinated by the world around me. These birds were so chatty in their flight! Knowing how cool birds are (they don’t need Waze), I think they were just gossiping.

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4 years ago

My midlife crisis plan (turning 40 soon) is a bookshop/cafe in my beloved Transylvania, called ‘The Lazy Vampire’

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4 years ago

Midnight in Chernobyl is an essential book. It’s so well written and researched, that it takes you there, in Pripyat’s apartments and streets, in Chernobyl’s control rooms, in the firefighters’ cars and hospital corridors, better than any documentary. scienceborglibrarian.substack.com/p/adam-higginb…

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4 years ago

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4 years ago

On this Cyber Monday, I want to ask for your help to 'boost' the fact that all my booktalk interviews are free to read and published under a Creative Commons (CC BY) license. And, yes, you can support me, but only if you find real value in my work and my mission.

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Vasile Decu @TheScienceborg

4 years ago

Good happy Monday morning, everybody! (yeah, I'll see myself out and I'll do that to myself) :)) Here's a healthy perspective: Earth, in natural colour, posing as a watery beauty on Saturday, Nov 26th, from 1,551,665 km. away (that's 964,049 miles, you non-metric savages).

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4 years ago

@HC_Richardson @JoyceWhiteVance . @scienceborglibrarian English language nonfiction books and Eastern European humour 😼

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4 years ago

@indyfromspace Oh please don’t block me, but your look screams “my god, there’s only one pyramid there!” in a Sean Connery voice. Happy birthday from a fellow glasses-Borg, with -2 in one eye and +5 in the other. You’re one of the few reasons I use twitter.

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4 years ago

This weekend, we're playing GoT in my Eastern European family: Games of Thermostat. My mother channeled her inner Targaryen and moved the cactus in front of the controls. We're like chilly White Walkers right now, scheming to breach the great wall of thorns.

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4 years ago

Yes, I’m the ‘product’ on Post.news, but I’m a happier, more chill one. Great job so far, @noam and team!

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4 years ago

“Come in, mister Decu, let me show you my lab” “I’m ok, just speak louder…”

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4 years ago

Scrat @elonmusk chasing the nut of approval on social media - but way more disastrous to the ecosystem. And less fun. “Sad”, as his role model used to say…

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4 years ago

@Cheaptarts Thank you so much! Now that’s the power of social media and what’s it’s supposed to do 🤓🤗😼

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4 years ago

Thanksgiving reading list: I nominate @mrianleslie's great recent work as book of the week, as suggested by my wife, who I see already has some pointers for me...

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4 years ago

I hereby declare you Space Caligula, CEO of Tesl-a-Lago

Elon Musk @elonmusk

4 years ago

More and more over time, as we hew closer to the truth, Twitter will earn the trust of the people

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4 years ago

@Thievesbook @NeilKBrand I remember Elena Ceausescu, wife of our 'beloved' dictator until 1989, gave herself a doctorate in chemistry, even if she was almost illiterate :)))) People would make fun of her, even with the very real danger of prison and violence.