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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 24d

Time for the world to install a gigawatt of solar power capacity
2004: A year
2010: ~ a month
2015: ~ a week
Now: A day
ourworldindata.org/data-insight... 🧪

Line chart showing that there's been a rapid escalation in how quickly the world installs a gigawatt of solar power capacity.

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Katie Carmichael @drkatcarm.bsky.social · 28d

::slowly stands while clapping::

Image of labubu doll labeled labubu next to image of spiky labubu doll labeled lakiki

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Chaitanya Chintaluri @chaichinta.bsky.social · Sep 6

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooo! God no!Nooooooooooooooooo!

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John @johngoodman.bsky.social · Aug 26

realistic Star Trek

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Chaitanya Chintaluri @chaichinta.bsky.social · Aug 8

I learned about clocks today. Biological clocks. youtu.be/fx-_2ncEi1U?...

How do Bacteria Know the Time? ｜KaiC & Circadian Clock Proteins

YouTube video by Clockwork

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Chaitanya Chintaluri @chaichinta.bsky.social · Aug 1

Classical music: "Oh! I see it now!"
Jazz: "yes! I know right... ... !"

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Chaitanya Chintaluri @chaichinta.bsky.social · Aug 1

Thank you for the shout out and for the succinct summary. I was looking for a Kafka reference though! :)

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Chaitanya Chintaluri @chaichinta.bsky.social · Jul 10

Meme of an astronaut looking at Earth and exclaiming 'wait, is it metabolism?', behind them is another astronaut about to shoot them, saying 'it has always been'

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Richard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · Jul 8

"Our observations should prompt an essential re-evaluation of the literature concerning astrocyte-neuron mitochondrial transfer" www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

MitoTracker transfers from astrocytes to neurons independently of mitochondria

The neuroprotective transfer of mitochondria from astrocytes to neurons has been primarily investigated by labelling astrocytic mitochondria with the dye MitoTracker. Here we report that MitoTracker transfers to neurons from both astrocytes and astrocyte-conditioned media, independently of mitochondrial transfer. Our observations should prompt an essential re-evaluation of the literature concerning astrocyte-neuron mitochondrial transfer and in other systems in which contact-independent transfer has been observed using mitochondrial dyes. ### Competing Interest Statement The authors have declared no competing interest. MSD (United Kingdom), https://ror.org/004nn4n27, PRJ_20446 DEVINE MSD MRC The Francis Crick Institute, https://ror.org/04tnbqb63, CC2206

www.biorxiv.org

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Chaitanya Chintaluri @chaichinta.bsky.social · Jul 8

"Doubt thou the stars are fire,
Doubt that the sun doth move,
Doubt truth to be a liar,
But never doubt I love."

Love for dosa I'm sure.

Dosa (south Indian) pan cake with some chutney and fried onions

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Chaitanya Chintaluri @chaichinta.bsky.social · Jun 18

I found out what I was allergic to by using 'ALEX2 Allergy Explorer' - it tests for 300 odd antibodies in your blood. For some of these, there are modern solutions like immunotherapy that can help. Ask your GP/ENT doc.

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Chaitanya Chintaluri @chaichinta.bsky.social · Jun 15

I tried to capture the pendant! Hahahaha. Cheers!

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Chaitanya Chintaluri @chaichinta.bsky.social · Jun 12

#TCTeAC

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Chaitanya Chintaluri @chaichinta.bsky.social · Jun 10

Thank you for this wonderful resource! It is very gentle and welcoming in introducing topics. Kudos to the authors. :)

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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · Jun 4

NEW ANALYSIS: UK's solar power surges 42% to a new record, after the sunniest spring on record

* For the first time, solar was >10% of UK generation in consecutive months (April/May 2025)
* In 2025, solar has already avoided gas imports that would've cost £600m

www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uks...

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Jason K Pargin, author @jasonkpargin.bsky.social · May 31

I think if you grabbed any famous thinker from centuries ago and showed them Wikipedia and told them it was free for anyone to access, they would say it is humanity's crowning achievement and would be indifferent to the moon landings, modern medicine, flight, or anything else you showed them

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Chaitanya Chintaluri @chaichinta.bsky.social · May 31

If you still have time, and haven't already been, I highly recommend, Musée des Arts et Métiers. It's a temple of science. It's located at an equally enchanting metro station of the same name.

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