Shibaprasad Bhattacharya @shibaprasad@qoto.org

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Some Acetobacteria under the microscope. The sample was taken from some homemade kambucha we have brewing in the house.

Took the picture with my phone through the eye-lens so rather shitty, sorry.

#science #biology #microbiology #macro #bacteria #microscope #acetobacteria

The Northern latitudes is where the impact of climate change, temperatures raising is showing most clearly.

The permafrost, frozen soil under very large areas of Siberia, Alaska, Northern Canada is starting to melt, releasing a lot of water in the Spring (with floods being worse), buildings badly affected by softer soil underneath their foundations.

Gas and Oil pipelines with hundreds of kilometers lengths are built on those regions, and can be damaged by shifting soils. Major leaks can result.

The melting permafrost also leads to ancient vegetation in it starting to rot, and releasing vast quantities of CO2 and other gases, as well as noxious rotting smells.

Saw a really good report on the Washington post on this subject :

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/national/climate-environment/climate-change-siberia/

Hi Friends,
The Mercury transit has begun.Remember the next time mercury travels across the face of the sun (from the earths perspective ) will be on 2032.so dont miss this journey.it goes on for about 5.5 hours, so you can tune in when your free.

If you own a telescope with appropriate sunfilter, you can watch the transit.its visible from Europe,parts of west Asia, Americas,Africa, Atlantic & pacific ocean.
If you can't see it,dont worry NASA has you covered with SDO lives.The solar dynamics observatory would be doing live broadcasts,link down here
https://mercurytransit.gsfc.nasa.gov/2019/
Happy watching :)

There is a very special place in hell for any monster who would tie up a dog and abandon them.

A pet is for life!

Man this one made me cry...

https://cheezburger.com/9581829/artist-creates-heartfelt-story-titled-good-boy

Hi all, subjects of the STEM community; My name is Abhijith. I've a degree in Mechanical Engineering, my interests are in Mechanical Design, System Dynamics & control. I also study language, words, speech and its applications and effects. I'll be writing about my experiments and understandings of these and above all looking forward to learn, engage in discussions and contribute to the community for a better world. #introduction #stem

The policy comes at the time when Twitter is facing flak for turning a blind eye to casteist and communal discourse on their platform.

https://www.thequint.com/news/india/mastodon-introduces-policy-against-casteism-open-source-micro-blogging-platform

Janna Levin's heartbreaking, heartwarming story about the finite and the infinite possibilities of the universe and, like always, of love.

https://www.brainpickings.org/2016/08/16/life-on-a-mobius-janna-levin-moth/

All my new Indian friends who found their way here this week (and others).

Dont forget to do two things to help you get some followers:

1) write a post about yourself, include as many hashtags as you ca think of along with the #introductions tag and a paragraph or two. I will reboost these

2) Go into your profile settings and opt-in to the proile directory. This ensures people can find you. It also helps if you add the same tags from your introduction post to your description in your profile. These tags help index you in the profile directory

3) Stay active and post interesting stuff (and some stuff relevant to STEM). If you do then on friday I will share your account in Follow Friday and help get you more followers as well.