Shaun Swayne

@Gallup @Gallup This is very interesting. Which countries showed the highest level of concern for the environment and for health? Thank you for your work!

The United Kingdom is more likely than any other country in the world to cite immigration as its top national problem. In 2025, just over one in five Britons (21%) named immigration as their No. 1 concern, statistically tied with mentions of the economy (23%).

@Gallup Is it possible to know which country has the highest rate of concern in each category?

Work-related issues rank second among the most common national concerns worldwide. A median of 10% of adults name work, including unemployment and job quality, as their top issue. on.gallup.com/3LIwxM7

@FINALLEVEL please tell Schoolly that Columbus loves him, we hope he is doing very well, and maybe we see him another time. Pumped for tonight!!!

@Brian_Cronin @csbg @CBR Hmm, like you point out, I'm not sure this really clears the bar of being a retcon, since it's still compatible with the original take. But I love this line of inquiry, and I'll let you know if I encounter any other candidates!

In a brand-new When We First Met for @csbg at @cbr, I look at when Marvel first did an active retcon to explain its sliding timescale. cbr.com/marvel-univers…

@Brian_Cronin Bendis Avengers volumes ended at 34, and Nicieza's Thunderbolts run started with a 34

Brave and the Bold #34 introduced the Silver Age Hawkman. Showcase #34 introduced the Silver Age Atom. Can you think of any other notable 34s?

@Brian_Cronin Hakeem Olajuwon

@Brian_Cronin I figured a good starting guess would be a red kryptonite story, which I remember had a different effect pretty much every time it was used, but I haven't been able to find a single one yet where it turns him evil. Maybe I'm just conflating that memory with Superman 3/Smallville

@Shaun2oo3 I don't believe I ever covered that, no. I'll see what I can see!

@Brian_Cronin do you know offhand what is the earliest story in which Superman goes evil? I thought I remembered a CBLR (or maybe another series) entry like that, but wasn't able to find one

@DimeDropperPod WW2 era, won 5 straight MVPs and 2 chips with Ft Wayne Pistons. Belongs in the conversion for greatest shooter of all time

@Shaun2oo3 Who’s McDermott

What is your all time underrated basketball starting 5 + a coach? Notice I said basketball not solely NBA! I’ll begin PG: Jimmy Jones SG: Sam Jones SF: Roger Brown PF: Dave DeBusschere C: Zelmo Beaty Head Coach: Alex Hannum Go!

@Brian_Cronin Imagine if early sportswriting or movie reviews in old newspapers had simply disappeared after a couple decades going unread. The loss to our ability today to reconstruct those eras would be incalculable. Internet archive will be an incredible boon to future historians

I see some people lamenting the loss of past online content. Well, let's just say that if you continue to read my old CBR content, it'll continue to be here. And if you're not, then, well, is it even a problem if it's gone if no one was reading it?

@DimeDropperPod R Jeff & Channing Frye, Quentin Richardson & Darius Miles, Shaq, Barkley

Ok seriously how many players have podcasts now??? I can’t even keep track!! List any if I’m missing - all the smoke - JJ - Pat Bev - Draymond - PG - pinson - MPJ - Iggy - Paul reed - Jeff Teague - Trae young now?? - Melo now?? - d Wade now?? Who else??

@Brian_Cronin @poprefs $91

A year of great TV episodes continues at @poprefs with Seinfeld's "The Deal," where the show really put it all together. popculturereferences.com/with-the-deal-…

@ash4nd1021 @nmzhoops I'll give it to the Warriors, but honorable mention for the Pistons, who go all the way back to the NBL in 1942, where they won multiple titles before the merger

Was doing a thought exercise with @nmzhoops, After the Lakers, Celtics, Bulls, and Knicks.. who is the 5th most impactful/iconic/historic nba team ever (try your hardest not to use recency bias, look at entirety of tenure)

@Brian_Cronin It's a no from me

Similarly speaking, let's say you drew a back-up feature in an issue of Superman, but Superman is not in the story, would you still be considered a "Superman artist"?

@Brian_Cronin I think anyone who draws Superman is a Superman artist. But if the broader question is whether Jimmy Olsen is a Superman feature, I say yes both because Superman always appears, and because his name is in the title. If Olsen left that shadow occasionally, maybe different story

Would you consider a Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen artist as a "Superman artist," since Superman was a regular part of the feature? Or do you think Superman has to be the lead (or co-lead, like World's Finest) for it to be termed a "Superman comic"?

@Brian_Cronin @poprefs Ambitious series! But if anyone can pull it off...

A year of great TV episodes begins at @poprefs with Gunsmoke's brilliant "The Cabin." popculturereferences.com/gunsmokes-the-…

@PeterVecsey1 One encouraging thing during the Nuggets run last year was that broadcasters often acknowledged the ABA years when referencing their drought. I hope the Pacer org is equally ready to claim success...

@Shaun2oo3 Let’s see if they stay in rafters for weekend….

Pacers are testament to ABA’s Run-n-Stun style. Wonder if NBA will so much as acknowledge Pacers’ regal (3 titles) ABA history at Indy All-Star game. At Salt Lake City last season, the Stars’ history (1 title) was thoroughly ignored, even by Utah media. I’m still seething

@abathrowbacks He's unique for many reasons. My favorite being that he's the only player to lead his team to a title even after losing their best player to injury. This fact is even more fun after you learn how legendarily combative he was. Hardly the normal type to inspire a togetherness rally

Do you know much about the history of Warren Jabali?