Karthik @Karthikdeva@qoto.org

As Qoto is mostly for STEM professionals, you might be interested in some STEM-related articles I have written in 2019.

1. The inaccurate accurate test for foetal abnormalities.
https://ionainstitute.ie/the-inaccurate-accurate-tests-for-foetal-abnormalities/

2. Ireland must have a debate about gene-editing
https://ionainstitute.ie/ireland-must-have-a-debate-about-gene-editing/

3. The grim reality of surrogacy in Ukraine.
https://ionainstitute.ie/the-grim-reality-of-surrogacy-in-ukraine/

4. Time for a bigger spotlight on rogue fertility clinics.
https://ionainstitute.ie/time-for-a-bigger-spotlight-on-rogue-fertility-clinics/

5. No strong evidence that free contraception will reduce abortion rate.
https://ionainstitute.ie/no-strong-evidence-that-free-contraception-will-reduce-abortion-rate/

Its really warming and gives me hope to see all the wonderful kindness and thanks being shared this Men's day.

Thank you to everyone who made this something positive, compassionate, and non-judgemental. Its beautiful to see, from men and women a like.

#men #mensday

My favorite quote from Harry Potter (books) was when they reveal Severus still loves Lilly after all these years. Some back story, when a wizard falls in love his patronus changes to match that of the person they love. Lilly's patronus was a silver doe.

"So the boy… the boy must die?" asked Snape quite calmly.

"And Voldemort himself must do it, Severus. That is essential."

Another long silence. Then Snape said, "I thought… all these years… that we were protecting him for her. For Lily."

"We have protected him because it has been essential to teach him, to raise him, to let him try his strength," said Dumbledore, his eyes still tight shut. "Meanwhile, the connection between them grows ever stronger, a parasitic growth: Sometimes I have thought he suspects it himself. If I know him, he will have arranged matters so that when he sets out to meet his death, it will truly mean the end of Voldemort."

Dumbledore opened his eyes. Snape looked horrified.

"You have kept him alive so that he can die at the right moment?... You have used me… I have spied for you and lied for you, put myself in mortal danger for you. Everything was supposed to keep Lily Potter's son safe. Now you tell me you have been raising him like a pig for slaughter…"

"But this is touching, Severus," said Dumbledore seriously. "Have you grown to care for the boy, after all?"

"For him?" shouted Snape. "Expecto Patronum!"

From the tip of his wand burst the silver doe: She landed on the office floor, bounded once across the office, and soared out of the window. Dumbledore watched her fly away, and as her silvery glow faded he turned back to Snape, and his eyes were full of tears.

"After all this time?"

"Always," said Snape.

A Black Hole Threw a Star Out of the Milky Way Galaxy

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/14/science/stars-black-hole-milky-way.html

First they came for Kashmiris, you didn’t dissent because you are not Kashmiri
Then they came for JNU, you didn’t dissent because you are not JNU-ite

Tomorrow they are coming for you, and am not dissenting for you selfish fucks

Just a little reminder:

Just because someone is anti-liberal doesn't make them pro-conservative, or vice versa.