mastodon 4.8.0-nightly.2026-10-06Ex-CERN physicist & biz journalist turned indie novelist and SaaS architect.
I’ve navigated the my part of Large Hadron Collider, major media, and big banking. Now, I build and write from Ukraine, exploring the intersection of AI strategy, resilient tech, and liminal aesthetics.
My cat is statistically smarter than you - I actually wrote a book ( #HerOwnDream ) to prove it.
Don't be offended if I don't respond - the russians are trying to kill us every day.
Yesterday marked my 22nd blood donation since the start of the full-scale invasion. Considering I’m pushing 50 and the security guards at the blood center now greet me with a personal handshake, I’m starting to feel like a one-of-a-kind legend in this city of five million.
To further inflate this sense of "grandeur" I’m feeling today, I’ve declared a day of rest dedicated to pure intellectual indulgence. I’m learning Italian. It has zero practical use for me right now, but it’s a total blast.
RE: @knoppix95@mastodon.social
Your #digitalfreedom dies the second you click "I agree" without reading.
Building your own corner of the network isn't nerdy - it's survival. Real agency means throwing away corporate crutches, even the ones that autocomplete your thoughts.
#Agency is absolute. Or it's a leash.
Are you the master of your own dream - or just an unpaid beta-tester for someone else's #algorithm?
#privacy #digitalrights #surveillance #BigTech #decentralization
A #shark in your #bedroom isn’t a threat anymore - it’s #art
I don’t know much about contemporary art, but I follow it closely. When I saw these #handmade #ceramic shark lamps by Ukrainian artists, I immediately knew: this is genuinely powerful. Bold, beautiful, full of character, and unlike anything else I’ve seen. Modern #Ukraine creates pieces that give you goosebumps.
Would you dare to bring one of these predators home?
https://kustceramics.net/collections/handmade-ceramic-shark-lamps
RE: @ObsidianUrbex@mstdn.social
If a #movie is based on a character having a golden coccyx on the back of his head, it’s a sign the filmmakers have an ass instead of a head.
From The Dark Knight to Interstellar #Nolan made cinema breathe. The Odyssey trailer proved the opposite: when a director bows to Shakespeare and his long-dead buddies, he enters the realm of dead #art. No return from that shore.
Ideas are finished. Only pomp remains.
Do you still believe Elon Nolan will surprise us? This is not a rhetorical question.
I breathe wormwood to write letters to literary agents. It's completely #legal.
The subconscious is a strange co-author, but a productive one. #Meditation plus Taurian wormwood essential oil deliver what analytics can't: query letters that actually sound like me, not like a template. Plus story ideas as a bonus.
Turns out the answers are already there - you just have to learn to listen.
When did you last trust your subconscious more than Google?
RE: @BenjaminHCCarr@hachyderm.io
Entropy is only fatal if you lack the right metabolism.
The #Chernobyl fungus didn't just survive radiation - it started eating it. I’m doing the same. My book, #HerOwnDream, is my "melanin" - an intellectual engine converting systemic pressure into strategic #agency. I don't seek shelter from the fallout - I thrive on it.
Are you still building walls to hide, or have you designed the tools to feed on the crisis?
#Antifragility #AmWriting #Ukraine #SpecFic #BlackSwan #writing