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Shantha Mohan, Ph.D., DTM
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Educator | Entrepreneur | Mentor | Author: Leadership Lessons with The Beatles, Roots and Wings. | Shares: Leadership insights, Stories on AI, Women Engineers | Music 🎶| Flora🌻|📱photography | All photos by me unless attributed | shanthamohan.com
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Shantha Mohan, Ph.D., DTM @shlead.bsky.social · Nov 22
How can one not be cheered up by seeing this lovely, cheery yellow rose? It is still blooming in my garden in the third week of November, so I had to share it with everyone who appreciates flowers.

Have a good weekend!

#dailyflowers
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I had a custom 2026 calendar made using photos of flowers from our garden. For January, I chose a red rose, set against an out-of-focus background of pink jasmines.

You’ll have to wait for the rest of the pages—one each month.

#ColorADay #RedWed

#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
The image shows a close-up of a red rose in a monthly calendar, with the page for January 2026. Camera: iPhone 15 Pro. January 2026. My calendar.
January 7, 2026 at 7:15 PM
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"Naina Raisinghani, ... needed a name for the new tool to complete the upload. It was 2:30 a.m., though, and nobody was around. So she just made one up, a mashup of two nicknames friends had given her: Nano Banana."

Free to read:

www.wsj.com/tech/ai/goog...

#ai
How Google Got Its Groove Back and Edged Ahead of OpenAI
After ChatGPT dominated the early chatbot market, Google staged a comeback with a powerful AI model. It also launched the biggest search-engine overhaul in years.
www.wsj.com
January 7, 2026 at 5:54 PM
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Excited for the launch of this book! www.linkedin.com/posts/shanth...

#booksky 📚💙
#books
"Role models shaped every step of my way, from navigating a foreign culture to finding my own voice as a role model. In a world grappling with uncertainty, complexity, and disconnection, what if ...
"Role models shaped every step of my way, from navigating a foreign culture to finding my own voice as a role model. In a world grappling with uncertainty, complexity, and disconnection, what if the s...
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January 7, 2026 at 5:30 PM
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"Two technologies in particular are poised to revolutionize hearing aids, offering personalized, fatigue-free listening experiences: electroencephalography (EEG), which tracks brain activity, and pupillometry, which uses eye measurements to gauge cognitive effort."
January 7, 2026 at 2:44 PM
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🎵Out along the edges
Always where I burn to be
The further on the edge
The hotter the intensity

youtu.be/siwpn14IE7E

Happy Birthday, Kenny Loggins! 💐💐💐

#musicsky
#music
Kenny Loggins - Danger Zone (Official Video - Top Gun)
YouTube video by KennyLogginsVEVO
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January 7, 2026 at 2:21 PM
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"...I see your true colors
Shining through
I see your true colors
And that's why I love you
So don't be afraid to let them show
Your true colors
True colors are beautiful
Like a rainbow."

🌅Good morning!

Wish you a wonderful Wednesday!

#RoseWednesday
#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
A pink rose and green leaves. Camera: iPhone 15 Pro. September 2024. From a neighborhood walk.
January 7, 2026 at 2:15 PM
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Check out “The New Yorker at 100” on Netflix,
Fascinating and entertainin.

www.netflix.com/us/title/817...
Watch The New Yorker at 100 | Netflix Official Site
Hard-hitting journalism. Era-defining fiction. Witty cartoons. The New Yorker marks its 100th anniversary with this look at its past, present and future.
www.netflix.com
January 7, 2026 at 5:12 AM
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“I’ve got a magic charm
That I keep up my sleeve,
I can walk the ocean floor
And never have to breathe.
Life doesn’t frighten me at all.” - Maya Angelou.

Wishing you a peaceful evening and a lovely Wednesday. 💮

#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
#ImageAndVerse
#EastCoastKin
White Japanese anemones and green leaves. Camera: iPhone 15 Pro. January 2026. In a neighbor's front yard garden.
January 7, 2026 at 1:34 AM
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"Among health systems, 27% are paying for commercial AI licenses, triple the rate across the U.S. economy, according to a recent survey by Menlo Ventures and Morning Consult."

Free to read:

www.wsj.com/tech/ai/hosp...

#ai
Hospitals Are a Proving Ground for What AI Can Do, and What It Can’t
Healthcare is going all-in on artificial intelligence, from reading patient scans to fighting insurance denials.
www.wsj.com
January 7, 2026 at 12:29 AM
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"Ultimately, the issue is not that the person used AI but that they produced bad work."

Alison Green's advice.

www.thecut.com/article/ask-...
#ai
‘My Co-Worker Uses AI, and I’m Sick of Redoing Her Work’
When your own feedback isn’t sinking in, it’s time to go to your manager.
www.thecut.com
January 7, 2026 at 12:23 AM
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🎼When all else fails and you long to be
Something better than you are today
I know a place where you can get away
It's called a dance floor

youtu.be/GuJQSAiODqI

What is playing?
#djshantha

#musicsky
#music
#'90s
Madonna - Vogue (Official Video)
YouTube video by Madonna
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January 7, 2026 at 12:02 AM
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"I've got two tickets to paradise
Won't you pack your bags, we'll leave tonight"
- Eddie Money.

Two adorable pansies for your enjoyment.

#TwosDay
#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
#ImageAndVerse
#EastCoastKin
Two apricot colored pansies and green leaves. Camera: iPhone 15 Pro. November 2025. At a local nursery.
January 6, 2026 at 7:19 PM
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"There is nothing to be learned from the second kick of a mule," so said Mark Twain. While we need to provide psychological safety for people to fail and learn, repeated failures that cou...
"There is nothing to be learned from the second kick of a mule," so said Mark Twain. While we need to provide psychological safety for people to fail and learn, repeated failures that could have be...
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January 6, 2026 at 7:04 PM
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I am grateful for the colorful tulips I find at the florist, year-round, like this one from December, most likely grown in a greenhouse by a large grower.

#TulipTuesday

#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
Purple tulips and green leaves. Camera: iPhone 15 Pro. December 2025. At a florist.
January 6, 2026 at 2:50 PM
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🎶Oh life is bigger
It's bigger than you

youtu.be/xwtdhWltSIg

#djshantha

#musicsky
#music
#'90s
R.E.M. - Losing My Religion (Official HD Music Video)
YouTube video by remhq
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January 6, 2026 at 2:22 PM
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" In times of joy, in times of strife,
Our unity keeps us going in life." - Oscar Auliq-Ice.

🌅Good morning!
Wishing you a terrific Tuesday with this September hydrangea!💙

#ColorADay #BlueTue
#BlueTue

#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
Blue hydrangea and green leaves. Camera: iPhone 15 Pro. September 2025. Neighborhood walk.
January 6, 2026 at 2:20 PM
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"The moon is my sister, the dawn is my brother.
The moon on my left and the dawn on my right-
My brother, good morning; my sister, good night."
- Hilaire Belloc.

Wishing you a restful evening and a terrific Tuesday!💗

#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling

#ImageAndVerse

Image: My brother.
A pink lily and several green and brown lily pads. Camera: Samsung SM-M215F September 2025. Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
January 6, 2026 at 1:42 AM
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A gratitude post.
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#gratitude | Shantha Mohan Ph.D.
Facebook Memories reminded me today of this post from five years ago: 2021 was a year when I received so many beautiful gifts. One of the most important ones: Anand Deshpande agreed to read drafts of...
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January 6, 2026 at 1:05 AM
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It is incredible what you see when you get close to a flower, like this almost-black hollyhock. Holds for people, too.

You might like this post about the hollyhocks:
naturesdepths.com/the-intimate...

#MacroMonday

#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
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A macro shot of a deep purple hollyhock flower with a central white tuft consisting of stamens and stigmas. Camera: iPhone 15 Pro. June 2025. A neighbor's garden.
January 6, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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🎼Here's a little agit for the never-believer
Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah
Here's a little ghost for the offering
Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah

youtu.be/dLxpNiF0YKs

What is playing?
#djshantha

#musicsky
#music
#'90s
R.E.M. - Man On The Moon (Official HD Music Video)
YouTube video by remhq
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January 5, 2026 at 11:36 PM
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I went by my favorite front-yard garden in my neighborhood today to see if there was any color, and I was not disappointed. In addition to a few roses and white daisies, I found these gorgeous magenta African daisies! Sharing my joy.

#MagentaMonday

#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
Two magenta African daisies and greenery. Camera: iPhone 15 Pro. January, 2026. A neighborhood garden.
January 5, 2026 at 9:57 PM
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There is always a blue sky amidst all the dark clouds!

#BlueSkyMonday
#scape
#skyscape
A blue sky with grey and white clouds. Camera: iPhone 15 Pro. 2025.
January 5, 2026 at 9:35 PM
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"For old people, beauty doesn’t come free with the hormones, the way it does for the young. It has to do with bones. It has to do with who the person is. ... it has to do with what shines through those gnarly faces and bodies." -U. K. Le Guin.
www.themarginalian.org/2014/10/21/u...
Ursula K. Le Guin on Growing Older and What Beauty Really Means
“There are a whole lot of ways to be perfect, and not one of them is attained through punishment.”
www.themarginalian.org
January 5, 2026 at 5:26 PM
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Kudos to a pathbreaker!

(a proud aunt)

timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainmen...
Charu Suri: When I started out, a lot of doors were slammed in my face | Hindi Movie News - The Times of India
Grammy-nominated pianist and composer Charu Suri sees her recent nomination not just as a personal milestone, but as a larger victory for Indian music.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com
January 5, 2026 at 2:35 PM
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"I just want to celebrate, yeah, yeah
Another day of living, yeah
I just want to celebrate another day of life"

🌅Good morning!

Wishing you a marvelous Monday and new week with this luxurious dahlia from September.💗

#ColorADay #PinkMon

#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
A deep pink dahlia and green leaves. Camera: iPhone 15 Pro. November 2025. Gamble Garden.
January 5, 2026 at 2:18 PM