Shantha Mohan, Ph.D., DTM
@shlead.bsky.social
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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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
Have a good weekend!
#dailyflowers
“A single rose can be my garden; a single friend, my world."
– attributed to Leo Buscaglia.
Last but one red rose in my garden, from yesterday.
#macro
#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
#FlowersOnFriday
#FloralFriday
– attributed to Leo Buscaglia.
Last but one red rose in my garden, from yesterday.
#macro
#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
#FlowersOnFriday
#FloralFriday
December 19, 2025 at 7:50 PM
“A single rose can be my garden; a single friend, my world."
– attributed to Leo Buscaglia.
Last but one red rose in my garden, from yesterday.
#macro
#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
#FlowersOnFriday
#FloralFriday
– attributed to Leo Buscaglia.
Last but one red rose in my garden, from yesterday.
#macro
#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
#FlowersOnFriday
#FloralFriday
🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
Celebrating the 150th anniversary of Serbian polymath Mileva Marić's birth. Her promising academic start was brought up short when she became romantically involved with Albert Einstein, whose callousness to her and neglect of their children left her destitute.
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#WomenInSTEM 🧪
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#WomenInSTEM 🧪
Casualty of Genius: The Sacrifice of Mileva Marić-Einstein.
Content Note: By the end of this article, you are not going to like Albert Einstein much. If this is a problem for you, if part of your sense of the grandeur of humanity is wrapped up in the sympathe...
tinyurl.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:41 PM
🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
A snowy mountain road leading to the Deer Valley Ski Resort in Utah near Park City.
Usually, you won't find me anywhere near such cold places, but this was a President's Club gathering for the company I cofounded, and this view is from my cofounder's house.
#ColorADay #BWFri
#scape
#EastCoastKin
Usually, you won't find me anywhere near such cold places, but this was a President's Club gathering for the company I cofounded, and this view is from my cofounder's house.
#ColorADay #BWFri
#scape
#EastCoastKin
December 19, 2025 at 3:21 PM
A snowy mountain road leading to the Deer Valley Ski Resort in Utah near Park City.
Usually, you won't find me anywhere near such cold places, but this was a President's Club gathering for the company I cofounded, and this view is from my cofounder's house.
#ColorADay #BWFri
#scape
#EastCoastKin
Usually, you won't find me anywhere near such cold places, but this was a President's Club gathering for the company I cofounded, and this view is from my cofounder's house.
#ColorADay #BWFri
#scape
#EastCoastKin
A yule log from a Christmas past - 2011, Christmas day, to be exact. I love those red mushrooms!
#FoodOnFriday
#EastCoastKin
#nostalgic
#FoodOnFriday
#EastCoastKin
#nostalgic
December 19, 2025 at 2:47 PM
A yule log from a Christmas past - 2011, Christmas day, to be exact. I love those red mushrooms!
#FoodOnFriday
#EastCoastKin
#nostalgic
#FoodOnFriday
#EastCoastKin
#nostalgic
🎵The bell was ringin', oh, oh
Our souls were singin'
Do you remember never a cloudy day? Yow
youtu.be/Gs069dndIYk
Remembering Maurice White of Earth, Wind, and Fire on his birthday. 💐💐💐
Our souls were singin'
Do you remember never a cloudy day? Yow
youtu.be/Gs069dndIYk
Remembering Maurice White of Earth, Wind, and Fire on his birthday. 💐💐💐
Earth, Wind & Fire - September (Official HD Video)
YouTube video by EarthWindandFireVEVO
youtu.be
December 19, 2025 at 2:19 PM
🎵The bell was ringin', oh, oh
Our souls were singin'
Do you remember never a cloudy day? Yow
youtu.be/Gs069dndIYk
Remembering Maurice White of Earth, Wind, and Fire on his birthday. 💐💐💐
Our souls were singin'
Do you remember never a cloudy day? Yow
youtu.be/Gs069dndIYk
Remembering Maurice White of Earth, Wind, and Fire on his birthday. 💐💐💐
🎶And bad mistakes
I've made a few
I've had my share of sand
Kicked in my face
But I've come through
youtu.be/04854XqcfCY
#djshantha
#musicsky
#music
#'70s
I've made a few
I've had my share of sand
Kicked in my face
But I've come through
youtu.be/04854XqcfCY
#djshantha
#musicsky
#music
#'70s
Queen - We Are The Champions (Official Video)
YouTube video by Queen Official
youtu.be
December 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
🎶And bad mistakes
I've made a few
I've had my share of sand
Kicked in my face
But I've come through
youtu.be/04854XqcfCY
#djshantha
#musicsky
#music
#'70s
I've made a few
I've had my share of sand
Kicked in my face
But I've come through
youtu.be/04854XqcfCY
#djshantha
#musicsky
#music
#'70s
🌅Good morning!
Wish you a wonderful day with these hydrangeas from this past summer to brightenup your day. 💜💜💜
#purplefriday
#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
Wish you a wonderful day with these hydrangeas from this past summer to brightenup your day. 💜💜💜
#purplefriday
#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
December 19, 2025 at 2:16 PM
🌅Good morning!
Wish you a wonderful day with these hydrangeas from this past summer to brightenup your day. 💜💜💜
#purplefriday
#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
Wish you a wonderful day with these hydrangeas from this past summer to brightenup your day. 💜💜💜
#purplefriday
#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
Leadership Lessons with The Beatles - Chapter Summaries by chatGPT shanthamohan.com/2025/07/27/l...
Leadership Lessons with The Beatles – Chapter Summaries by chatGPT
I asked chatGPT to give a summary of each chapter of “Leadership Lessons with The Beatles.” It did an excellent job. “Here is a verified chapter-by-chapter outline from the offici…
shanthamohan.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Leadership Lessons with The Beatles - Chapter Summaries by chatGPT shanthamohan.com/2025/07/27/l...
"From caring comes courage."
- widely attributed to Lao Tzu.
Wishing you a lovely evening and a great start to tomorrow with this gorgeous rose I saw today on my walk in the neighborhood! Probably the last of the season, so all the more precious! 🌹
#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
- widely attributed to Lao Tzu.
Wishing you a lovely evening and a great start to tomorrow with this gorgeous rose I saw today on my walk in the neighborhood! Probably the last of the season, so all the more precious! 🌹
#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
December 19, 2025 at 1:36 AM
"From caring comes courage."
- widely attributed to Lao Tzu.
Wishing you a lovely evening and a great start to tomorrow with this gorgeous rose I saw today on my walk in the neighborhood! Probably the last of the season, so all the more precious! 🌹
#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
- widely attributed to Lao Tzu.
Wishing you a lovely evening and a great start to tomorrow with this gorgeous rose I saw today on my walk in the neighborhood! Probably the last of the season, so all the more precious! 🌹
#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
The winter sky in the SF Bay Area is anything but bleak on a sunny day—case in point: a scene from my neighborhood with three colors—a rich red of an acer's autumn leaves, a vibrant green of a conifer, and the beautiful blue sky with white clouds.
#skyscape
#skyscape
December 19, 2025 at 1:02 AM
The winter sky in the SF Bay Area is anything but bleak on a sunny day—case in point: a scene from my neighborhood with three colors—a rich red of an acer's autumn leaves, a vibrant green of a conifer, and the beautiful blue sky with white clouds.
#skyscape
#skyscape
"...stepwells are uniquely demanding. Restoring these ancient structures calls for specialized traditional knowledge and craftsmanship — and even after they are revived, vandalism makes their upkeep an ongoing struggle."
www.cnn.com/climate/indi...
www.cnn.com/climate/indi...
He brought over 600 water bodies back to life. His next mission: saving India’s vanishing stepwells | CNN
Amid India’s growing water crisis, ancient subterranean stepwells are re-emerging as a way to help alleviate the situation. Environmentalist Arun Krishnamurthy, known for reviving the country’s freshw...
www.cnn.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:32 AM
"...stepwells are uniquely demanding. Restoring these ancient structures calls for specialized traditional knowledge and craftsmanship — and even after they are revived, vandalism makes their upkeep an ongoing struggle."
www.cnn.com/climate/indi...
www.cnn.com/climate/indi...
@diva-nursery.bsky.social 🎼You want a friend you can rely on
One who will never fade away
And if you're searching for an answer
Stick around, I say
youtu.be/g5nzLQ63c9E
What is playing?
#djshantha
#musicsky
#music
#'80s
One who will never fade away
And if you're searching for an answer
Stick around, I say
youtu.be/g5nzLQ63c9E
What is playing?
#djshantha
#musicsky
#music
#'80s
Paul McCartney - Coming Up (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by PaulMcCartneyVEVO
youtu.be
December 18, 2025 at 11:32 PM
@diva-nursery.bsky.social 🎼You want a friend you can rely on
One who will never fade away
And if you're searching for an answer
Stick around, I say
youtu.be/g5nzLQ63c9E
What is playing?
#djshantha
#musicsky
#music
#'80s
One who will never fade away
And if you're searching for an answer
Stick around, I say
youtu.be/g5nzLQ63c9E
What is playing?
#djshantha
#musicsky
#music
#'80s
Reposted by Shantha Mohan, Ph.D., DTM
excited to have my short story "A Minor Disturbance" from the collection How We Know Our Time Travelers featured on Symphony Space's Selected Shorts, performed by Jill Eikenberry. www.symphonyspace.org/selected-sho...
Performing Arts Center, Theater, Film
Symphony Space is a performing arts center on the Upper West Side of Manhattan offering theater, film, literature, music, dance and family entertainment. Our mission is to connect art, ideas, and comm...
www.symphonyspace.org
December 5, 2025 at 8:39 PM
excited to have my short story "A Minor Disturbance" from the collection How We Know Our Time Travelers featured on Symphony Space's Selected Shorts, performed by Jill Eikenberry. www.symphonyspace.org/selected-sho...
Reposted by Shantha Mohan, Ph.D., DTM
We got a match! Every donation made to ZYZZYVA will be matched dollar for dollar, up to $5,000. Now through December 31st. If you’ve been thinking about supporting our work, now is a fantastic time.
zyzzyva.org/donate
zyzzyva.org/donate
December 15, 2025 at 7:22 PM
We got a match! Every donation made to ZYZZYVA will be matched dollar for dollar, up to $5,000. Now through December 31st. If you’ve been thinking about supporting our work, now is a fantastic time.
zyzzyva.org/donate
zyzzyva.org/donate
Reposted by Shantha Mohan, Ph.D., DTM
Did you know that we have all kinds of physical media? CDs, records, software discs, DVDs, Blue-ray, even VHS tapes (and more)? FOPAL.org
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Why do Gen Z have a growing appetite for retro tech?
Gen Z are going retro, with studies showing a resurgence in people buying tech in the modern age that can be dated back decades.
www.bbc.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Did you know that we have all kinds of physical media? CDs, records, software discs, DVDs, Blue-ray, even VHS tapes (and more)? FOPAL.org
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
A public art installation at the San Francisco International Airport (SFO), a mural titled "Mondrian Meets The Beatles" by local artist Kota Ezawa. I took this photo while waiting for my flight to India in Dec 2022.
#ThrowBackThursday
#art
#ThrowBackThursday
#art
December 18, 2025 at 7:11 PM
A public art installation at the San Francisco International Airport (SFO), a mural titled "Mondrian Meets The Beatles" by local artist Kota Ezawa. I took this photo while waiting for my flight to India in Dec 2022.
#ThrowBackThursday
#art
#ThrowBackThursday
#art
A purple clematis from this past summer at Gamble Garden.
#prettypurplethursday
#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
#prettypurplethursday
#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
December 18, 2025 at 7:01 PM
A purple clematis from this past summer at Gamble Garden.
#prettypurplethursday
#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
#prettypurplethursday
#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
My favorite? Sonia Manzano.
Go Tartans!
Go Tartans!
This holiday season, look no further than CMU's fantastically talented alumni to help you get in the spirit of holiday cheer! We've put together a list of our favorite holiday movies featuring @cmu.edu alumni.
🎁 See them here and let us know any we may have missed: library.cmu.edu/about/news/a...
🎁 See them here and let us know any we may have missed: library.cmu.edu/about/news/a...
December 18, 2025 at 3:12 PM
My favorite? Sonia Manzano.
Go Tartans!
Go Tartans!
Let me tell ya 'bout the birds and the bees
And the flowers and the trees
And the moon up above
And a thing called love - Herbert Newman.
#prettypurplethursday
#insectThursday
#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
And the flowers and the trees
And the moon up above
And a thing called love - Herbert Newman.
#prettypurplethursday
#insectThursday
#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
December 18, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Let me tell ya 'bout the birds and the bees
And the flowers and the trees
And the moon up above
And a thing called love - Herbert Newman.
#prettypurplethursday
#insectThursday
#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
And the flowers and the trees
And the moon up above
And a thing called love - Herbert Newman.
#prettypurplethursday
#insectThursday
#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
🤩A tremendously inspiring view.
"A beautiful winter morning at Elterwater" by
YorkshireLass MaureenPlatts on X.
(posted with permission).
#landscape #scape #winter
"A beautiful winter morning at Elterwater" by
YorkshireLass MaureenPlatts on X.
(posted with permission).
#landscape #scape #winter
December 18, 2025 at 2:15 PM
🤩A tremendously inspiring view.
"A beautiful winter morning at Elterwater" by
YorkshireLass MaureenPlatts on X.
(posted with permission).
#landscape #scape #winter
"A beautiful winter morning at Elterwater" by
YorkshireLass MaureenPlatts on X.
(posted with permission).
#landscape #scape #winter
“Promise Yourself...
To make all your friends feel
that there is something in them
To look at the sunny side of everything
and make your optimism come true."
- Christian D. Larson.
🌄Good morning!
Wishing you a pleasant day! 💛🤗
#ColorADay #YellowThu
To make all your friends feel
that there is something in them
To look at the sunny side of everything
and make your optimism come true."
- Christian D. Larson.
🌄Good morning!
Wishing you a pleasant day! 💛🤗
#ColorADay #YellowThu
December 18, 2025 at 2:14 PM
“Promise Yourself...
To make all your friends feel
that there is something in them
To look at the sunny side of everything
and make your optimism come true."
- Christian D. Larson.
🌄Good morning!
Wishing you a pleasant day! 💛🤗
#ColorADay #YellowThu
To make all your friends feel
that there is something in them
To look at the sunny side of everything
and make your optimism come true."
- Christian D. Larson.
🌄Good morning!
Wishing you a pleasant day! 💛🤗
#ColorADay #YellowThu
"I, for one, am sitting out the Optimus hype and holding onto my Roomba, which, one day, I’ll pull out of a dusty box to show my grandkids how awesome technology seemed for one brief, shining moment," writes Allison Morrow.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/17/b...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/17/b...
Welcome to home robotics limbo | CNN Business
Tech historians may look back on 2025 as a kind of trough in consumer robotics.
www.cnn.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:59 AM
"I, for one, am sitting out the Optimus hype and holding onto my Roomba, which, one day, I’ll pull out of a dusty box to show my grandkids how awesome technology seemed for one brief, shining moment," writes Allison Morrow.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/17/b...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/17/b...
"We ask ourselves, ‘Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?’
Actually, who are you not to be?"
- Marianne Williamson.
Wishing you a lovely evening and an excellent start to Thursday. ❤️
#dahlia
#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
#RedWed
Actually, who are you not to be?"
- Marianne Williamson.
Wishing you a lovely evening and an excellent start to Thursday. ❤️
#dahlia
#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
#RedWed
December 18, 2025 at 1:44 AM
"We ask ourselves, ‘Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?’
Actually, who are you not to be?"
- Marianne Williamson.
Wishing you a lovely evening and an excellent start to Thursday. ❤️
#dahlia
#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
#RedWed
Actually, who are you not to be?"
- Marianne Williamson.
Wishing you a lovely evening and an excellent start to Thursday. ❤️
#dahlia
#dailyflowers 🌱
#flowerreport
#bloomscrolling
#RedWed
🎼Color me your color, baby
Color me your car
Color me your color, darling
I know who you are
youtu.be/o3hHsVtqNFQ
What is playing?
#djshantha
#musicsky
#music
#'80s
Color me your car
Color me your color, darling
I know who you are
youtu.be/o3hHsVtqNFQ
What is playing?
#djshantha
#musicsky
#music
#'80s
Call Me (Theme From "American Gigolo")
YouTube video by Blondie - Topic
youtu.be
December 17, 2025 at 11:42 PM
🎼Color me your color, baby
Color me your car
Color me your color, darling
I know who you are
youtu.be/o3hHsVtqNFQ
What is playing?
#djshantha
#musicsky
#music
#'80s
Color me your car
Color me your color, darling
I know who you are
youtu.be/o3hHsVtqNFQ
What is playing?
#djshantha
#musicsky
#music
#'80s
Sources Say: China's working prototype of an EUV machine, built by former ASML engineers in early 2025, fills a factory floor. It is undergoing testing and will likely produce working chips in 2030.
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
#semiconductors #lithography
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
#semiconductors #lithography
Exclusive: How China built its ‘Manhattan Project’ to rival the West in AI chips
In a high-security Shenzhen laboratory, Chinese scientists have built a prototype of a machine capable of producing cutting-edge semiconductor chips that power artificial intelligence, smartphones and...
www.reuters.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Sources Say: China's working prototype of an EUV machine, built by former ASML engineers in early 2025, fills a factory floor. It is undergoing testing and will likely produce working chips in 2030.
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
#semiconductors #lithography
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
#semiconductors #lithography