finalblur
@finalblur.bsky.social
Writer and Senior Editor at Happiest Health magazine, covering the gut microbiome, health-tech and role of AI in medicine. I also photograph, videograph and draw. Avid gamer and defence geek.
Ex-words at THE WEEK, Madras Courier and The Hindu,
Ex-words at THE WEEK, Madras Courier and The Hindu,
Is there a lack of data on endangered/dwindling insects? Or are they really the least-affected victims of the anthropocene?
Hoping ScienceSky can weigh in, coz if I post this on X I'll get approximately zero replies and will have to ask Grok - a shuddering-tier event.
Hoping ScienceSky can weigh in, coz if I post this on X I'll get approximately zero replies and will have to ask Grok - a shuddering-tier event.
November 27, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Is there a lack of data on endangered/dwindling insects? Or are they really the least-affected victims of the anthropocene?
Hoping ScienceSky can weigh in, coz if I post this on X I'll get approximately zero replies and will have to ask Grok - a shuddering-tier event.
Hoping ScienceSky can weigh in, coz if I post this on X I'll get approximately zero replies and will have to ask Grok - a shuddering-tier event.
Working on a story about sleep aids: weighted blankets, white-noise machines, smart mattresses, sleep trackers.
If you’ve tried any of these and felt they actually changed your sleep, good or bad, drop a comment and I'll DM? Would love to hear your experience.
If you’ve tried any of these and felt they actually changed your sleep, good or bad, drop a comment and I'll DM? Would love to hear your experience.
October 22, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Working on a story about sleep aids: weighted blankets, white-noise machines, smart mattresses, sleep trackers.
If you’ve tried any of these and felt they actually changed your sleep, good or bad, drop a comment and I'll DM? Would love to hear your experience.
If you’ve tried any of these and felt they actually changed your sleep, good or bad, drop a comment and I'll DM? Would love to hear your experience.
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🌾🌱🌍🌺🌳🧪 After finals Botanical University Challenge, students relax ready for 3rd Botany Festival. Evening included making musical instruments from plants! Here @botanyjohninaber.bsky.social explains making whistle from fresh sycamore twig! #BUC2025
August 26, 2025 at 9:11 AM
🌾🌱🌍🌺🌳🧪 After finals Botanical University Challenge, students relax ready for 3rd Botany Festival. Evening included making musical instruments from plants! Here @botanyjohninaber.bsky.social explains making whistle from fresh sycamore twig! #BUC2025
Can the gut microbiome help you reverse lactose intolerance?
The gut microbiome is remarkably resilient to change—a fact that explains both why it is difficult to permanently alter and why quick-fix solutions often disappoint.
My article in Happiest Health:
www.happiesthealth.com/articles/gut...
The gut microbiome is remarkably resilient to change—a fact that explains both why it is difficult to permanently alter and why quick-fix solutions often disappoint.
My article in Happiest Health:
www.happiesthealth.com/articles/gut...
How gut bacteria influence lactose intolerance
Gut bacteria like Bifidobacteria help many lactose-intolerant people digest dairy, challenging assumptions about lactose intolerance.
www.happiesthealth.com
August 11, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Can the gut microbiome help you reverse lactose intolerance?
The gut microbiome is remarkably resilient to change—a fact that explains both why it is difficult to permanently alter and why quick-fix solutions often disappoint.
My article in Happiest Health:
www.happiesthealth.com/articles/gut...
The gut microbiome is remarkably resilient to change—a fact that explains both why it is difficult to permanently alter and why quick-fix solutions often disappoint.
My article in Happiest Health:
www.happiesthealth.com/articles/gut...
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Google DeepMind, launched an AI model that can create highly detailed maps of Earth to help scientists understand environmental changes.
Google’s newest AI model acts like a satellite to track climate change
Google DeepMind, launched an AI model that can create highly detailed maps of Earth to help scientists understand environmental changes.
l.euronews.com
August 11, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Google DeepMind, launched an AI model that can create highly detailed maps of Earth to help scientists understand environmental changes.
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#TobRegSky #PedSky #MedSky #EpiSky #addictionsci #policysky #polisky #neuroskyence 🛟💊🧪
How middlemen funnel illegal Chinese vapes into the United States
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
How middlemen funnel illegal Chinese vapes into the United States
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
How middlemen funnel illegal Chinese vapes into the United States
From an office a 15-minute drive from Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, one small firm helped import millions of unauthorized Chinese-made vapes last year alone, forming a key link in the supply chain feeding U.S. demand for illegal e-cigarettes.
www.reuters.com
June 23, 2025 at 8:08 AM
#TobRegSky #PedSky #MedSky #EpiSky #addictionsci #policysky #polisky #neuroskyence 🛟💊🧪
How middlemen funnel illegal Chinese vapes into the United States
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
How middlemen funnel illegal Chinese vapes into the United States
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
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Anime.js website is nominated for website of the month on awwwards! Your vote can greatly help the project to gain recognition, thanks for your support! www.awwwards.com/awards-of-th...
Awwwards Nominees
The eight highest-scoring sites each month are nominated for “Site of the Month” and reviewed by the jury a second time
www.awwwards.com
June 3, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Anime.js website is nominated for website of the month on awwwards! Your vote can greatly help the project to gain recognition, thanks for your support! www.awwwards.com/awards-of-th...
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The list ranks ease of travel & entry, freedom of expression, affordability.
Top = Bangkok, Thailand
Second = Indonesia
Followed by = Canada & Hungary
We need to do our part to make global #science thrive. Not just default to #US standards.
#conference #travel #research #FARvisions #pride 🧪📰 👩🔬👩🏻🔬♿🏳️🌈
Top = Bangkok, Thailand
Second = Indonesia
Followed by = Canada & Hungary
We need to do our part to make global #science thrive. Not just default to #US standards.
#conference #travel #research #FARvisions #pride 🧪📰 👩🔬👩🏻🔬♿🏳️🌈
An immigration crackdown makes the United States less attractive. Where should you hold your next conference?
https://go.nature.com/407qJ2w
https://go.nature.com/407qJ2w
Where is the best place to hold a scientific conference right now?
An immigration crackdown makes the United States less attractive. These locations could steal its crown and make conferences more globally inclusive.
go.nature.com
June 20, 2025 at 9:25 AM
The list ranks ease of travel & entry, freedom of expression, affordability.
Top = Bangkok, Thailand
Second = Indonesia
Followed by = Canada & Hungary
We need to do our part to make global #science thrive. Not just default to #US standards.
#conference #travel #research #FARvisions #pride 🧪📰 👩🔬👩🏻🔬♿🏳️🌈
Top = Bangkok, Thailand
Second = Indonesia
Followed by = Canada & Hungary
We need to do our part to make global #science thrive. Not just default to #US standards.
#conference #travel #research #FARvisions #pride 🧪📰 👩🔬👩🏻🔬♿🏳️🌈
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hi, rocket expert here! this is not funny, rockets only do this when they’re in extreme distress.
June 19, 2025 at 6:46 AM
hi, rocket expert here! this is not funny, rockets only do this when they’re in extreme distress.
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Like I've said before, if you have any doubts about climate change, just go to a super-boring insurance conference and listen to the super-boring panels where they dryly talk about the growing threat of disasters so catastrophic and unpredictable in scope they simply cannot be insured at any price.
Wild how the Fed chair saying that *entire regions of the United States* won’t be able to get a mortgage in the next decade barely registered as a news event
June 18, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Like I've said before, if you have any doubts about climate change, just go to a super-boring insurance conference and listen to the super-boring panels where they dryly talk about the growing threat of disasters so catastrophic and unpredictable in scope they simply cannot be insured at any price.
I think one could write an article like this on each ministry in India, highlighting just how opaque things have become. It's been a dark sign of things to come, growing darker every year since 2014
The information vacuum about the Air India crash has grown as Indian officials take a starkly contrasting communications approach to how other crashes in countries from South Korea to the US have been handled
Air India Crash Information Vacuum Stokes Frustration, Rumors
The information vacuum about the Air India crash has grown as Indian officials take a starkly contrasting communications approach to how other crashes in countries from South Korea to the US have been handled
bloom.bg
June 19, 2025 at 3:50 AM
I think one could write an article like this on each ministry in India, highlighting just how opaque things have become. It's been a dark sign of things to come, growing darker every year since 2014
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The information vacuum about the Air India crash has grown as Indian officials take a starkly contrasting communications approach to how other crashes in countries from South Korea to the US have been handled
Air India Crash Information Vacuum Stokes Frustration, Rumors
The information vacuum about the Air India crash has grown as Indian officials take a starkly contrasting communications approach to how other crashes in countries from South Korea to the US have been handled
bloom.bg
June 19, 2025 at 3:30 AM
The information vacuum about the Air India crash has grown as Indian officials take a starkly contrasting communications approach to how other crashes in countries from South Korea to the US have been handled
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me: do i have ADHD?
doctor: no you don’t
me: i don’t what
doctor: you have AD240p
doctor: no you don’t
me: i don’t what
doctor: you have AD240p
June 1, 2025 at 5:22 AM
me: do i have ADHD?
doctor: no you don’t
me: i don’t what
doctor: you have AD240p
doctor: no you don’t
me: i don’t what
doctor: you have AD240p
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“People in the village refer to Ajay Kumar as either a fauji (soldier) or a martyr. In the eyes of the government of India, he is neither."
ruralindiaonline.org/article/in-p...
ruralindiaonline.org/article/in-p...
In Punjab – death of an Agniveer
A state that accounts for 2.3 per cent of India’s population but 7.7 per cent of its soldiers, has seen the dreams of its rural youth turn to despair with the introduction of the Agnipath Scheme
ruralindiaonline.org
February 19, 2025 at 7:21 AM
“People in the village refer to Ajay Kumar as either a fauji (soldier) or a martyr. In the eyes of the government of India, he is neither."
ruralindiaonline.org/article/in-p...
ruralindiaonline.org/article/in-p...
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Open science researcher and journalist @fleerackers.bsky.social says journalists aren’t widely utilizing the vast troves of freely accessible data researchers make available online. Here, she shares key tips to changing that. 🧪
Using Open Data to Sharpen Science Stories - The Open Notebook
Open research data are becoming increasingly available online, providing exciting opportunities for telling compelling, data-driven science stories. These freely available data sources can help journa...
www.theopennotebook.com
February 3, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Open science researcher and journalist @fleerackers.bsky.social says journalists aren’t widely utilizing the vast troves of freely accessible data researchers make available online. Here, she shares key tips to changing that. 🧪
bad times friend ahead
January 21, 2025 at 2:45 AM
bad times friend ahead
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Happy Festivus everyone. Always amazed this crazy episode birthed a real celebration that seems to be enjoyed by so many around the world. So may your feats be strong and your grievances few. Enjoy.
December 23, 2024 at 4:42 PM
Happy Festivus everyone. Always amazed this crazy episode birthed a real celebration that seems to be enjoyed by so many around the world. So may your feats be strong and your grievances few. Enjoy.
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The Human Cell Atlas - what a remarkable project! 🧪
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
The Human Cell Atlas: towards a first draft atlas
In a collection of research articles and related content, the Human Cell Atlas consortium presents tools, data and ideas towards the generation of their first draft atlas of cells in the human body.
www.nature.com
December 3, 2024 at 7:45 AM
The Human Cell Atlas - what a remarkable project! 🧪
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
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Bluesky is winning because both twitter and threads have gone out of their way to make their platforms inhospitable to reputable journalists and news. @kattenbarge.bsky.social reports:
www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-...
www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-...
Journalists flock to Bluesky as X becomes increasingly 'toxic'
Journalists are finding more readers and less hate on Bluesky than on the platform they used to know as Twitter.
www.nbcnews.com
November 30, 2024 at 2:30 PM
Bluesky is winning because both twitter and threads have gone out of their way to make their platforms inhospitable to reputable journalists and news. @kattenbarge.bsky.social reports:
www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-...
www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-...
"The Cyberia brand spread across the world, eventually opening around 20 cafes, including branches in Bangkok, Paris, and Rotterdam"
www.vice.com/en/article/w...
www.vice.com/en/article/w...
Remembering Cyberia, the World's First Ever Cyber Cafe
Back in the 90s — before the internet was evil — Cyberia in London was a haven for pilled-up ravers, gamers, and Kylie Minogue alike.
www.vice.com
November 27, 2024 at 6:30 AM
"The Cyberia brand spread across the world, eventually opening around 20 cafes, including branches in Bangkok, Paris, and Rotterdam"
www.vice.com/en/article/w...
www.vice.com/en/article/w...
"We need people who are good at communicating and also have an allegiance to the truth"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8Pn...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8Pn...
Populism, Media Revolutions, and Our Terrible Moment
YouTube video by vlogbrothers
www.youtube.com
November 27, 2024 at 1:57 AM
"We need people who are good at communicating and also have an allegiance to the truth"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8Pn...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8Pn...