HBO’s Chernobyl Warns Us About the Disasters of Propaganda & State-Sponsored Truths
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HBO’s Chernobyl Warns Us About the Disasters of Propaganda & State-Sponsored Truths

It is impossible to watch HBO’s Chernobyl without one unsettling question gnawing away at your intellect: Could the worst nuclear accident in the history of humankind have been averted if documents containing vital information about structural damages and flaws in the design of the reactor hadn’t been redacted? The answer is almost too awful to contemplate.
The World Needs More Newtons
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The World Needs More Newtons

At a time when most of us have been conditioned to complain about the dismal state of the country, Rajkummar Rao’s Newton succeeds in doing the impossible: Making idealism aspirational again.
From Snyder Cut to Cricket, Will Fandom Survive this Pandemic?
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From Snyder Cut to Cricket, Will Fandom Survive this Pandemic?

United by passion, fandoms are so often the real reason we become fans of anything. Besides the mutual appreciation of a book, film, band, or team, there is the satisfaction of coming together to grieve and celebrate, argue and laugh, form connections and hold post-mortems. But like many things, the pandemic has taken the joy out of fandom.