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Vineeth Surendranath
@vineeth.bsky.social
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i think i do science. leukemia diagnostics at the DKMS Life Science Lab in dresden. fruitfly transcriptomics in a previous life. photography in a previous life. i used to run a cafe in dresden, germany, also in a previous life. 🌈🏳️‍⚧️
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In today’s @nytimes.com Flashback 🥹

This is one of my favorite things to do every Sunday - www.nytimes.com/spotlight/fl...
a vertical 2 panel image showing a drawing of Don Quixote with Sancho Panza - etching style and a still from Shrek with Shrek and Fiona - the text playfully implying how both are about an unconventional hero, a steadfast sidekick and an inspiring love
November 16, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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What a devastatingly brilliant book this is - more once I am done

It goes on the list of things I insufferably thrust on people I like
A book titled ‘I Didn’t Do It for You: How the World Betrayed a Small African Nation’ by Michela Wrong sits on a table with a weathered green metal surface. The book cover features a sepia-toned photograph of worn military boots in a desert landscape with vehicles in the background. The author is noted as ‘Author of In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz.’ The metal surface shows signs of rust and wear, and cobblestone pavement is visible in the blurred background.
June 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Or as the wizard Miyazaki puts it …
Screenshot of a __nitch post on Hayao Miyazaki, black and white photo of him in the background with the text "There are so many things we can't do anything about if we think about generalities. Things won't go well because there is a huge gap between the generalities and the particulars. If we see generalities from the top of a mountain or from a plane, we feel it's hopeless, but if we go down, there is a nice road running about fifty meters, we feel this is a nice road, and if the weather is fine and shining, we feel we can go on... Since the people in the community are cleaning up the river in my neighborhood, I join them when I have the time. A human can often be satisfied with the particulars. That's what I like best these days." Screenshot also shows 10k+ likes on the post, shares etc
June 1, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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Am absolute riot of a book - scary af; brilliantly written; affirms my choice of not being on facebook since a few years; and now i am thinking i should get off insta and whatsapp as well

And that acknowledgment of David Runciman from @ppfideas.bsky.social - very much in character
The image shows the book "Careless People: A story of where I used to work" by Sarah Wynn-Williams. The book has a bright coral/orange-red cover with bold black and white text. Below the main title is the tagline "Power. Greed. Madness." The cover features a blue rectangular shape with a pair of legs sticking out of it. The book is photographed against a dark background.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
April 21, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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The ARC-AGI-2 is quite fun

and I am at least cleverer than the machine “still” 🐒

arcprize.org/play
April 2, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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The blue (far right) wave in the east of germany has the least immigrants and the worst economic prospects

Fear drives populism is all, case in point
The image shows three maps of Germany side by side: 1. Left map: "Proportion of persons with a migrant background, 2022" - Shows German federal states color-coded by migration percentages, with darker blue regions indicating higher percentages (ranging from "under 15%" to "36 and more%"). 2. Middle map: "2025 German federal election (Bundestagswahl 2025)" - Displays electoral results with regions colored primarily in blue and red, with some areas in gray. Small insets show details for Hamburg, Berlin, and Munich. 3. Right map: "GDP per employee - Shows economic productivity across German regions using a color gradient from green (lower GDP) to red (higher GDP), with a legend showing values ranging from approximately €20,000 to €89,000.
February 27, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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how cool is this - inspired by the monarch butterfly, researchers at
TU Darmstadt & @www.helmholtz.de Rosendorf have created butterfly wings that enable flying robots without electronic components and just a magnetic field

src: www.tu-darmstadt.de/universitaet...
January 27, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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Life update - signed the contract today

I will be leading a newly formed team focusing on the clinical bioinformatics of Leukemia - Acute Lymphoblastic and Acute Myeloid for now, specifically gene rearrangements and MRD tracking
January 13, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Faulkner’s The Sound And The Fury has entered the public domain
January 3, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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For all their turning their nose up at the Italians, it must really sting for the Germans to see the Italian rail network ranked highest

www.transportenvironment.org/articles/rai...
December 26, 2024 at 9:55 AM
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(Vegan dinner finish)

Coconut Panna Cotta
Grapefruit Gelée
Walnut Crumble
Freeze dried strawberries & raspberries
Two ceramic light blue bowls with cream-colored surface each containing a round reddish orange shape with scattered brown granules and pink fragments around it, placed on a wooden surface.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
December 23, 2024 at 3:59 AM
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(Vegan dinner continued)

Polenta cakes with miso
Indianish steamed cauliflower and black beans
Beetroot demi-glace
Two cream-colored plates with concentric circular ridges, each containing a rectangular slice garnished with a black & brown mash and topped with dark red sauce splashes and dots, placed on a wooden surface.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
December 23, 2024 at 3:55 AM
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I was challenged to make an entire vegan dinner

Spinach & Garlic soup
Cream of parsnip & carrot
Sourdough croutons
Herbs
A dark bowl containing green soup with a bright yellow circle in the center and scattered green herbs and light-colored torn brown bread pieces, placed on a wooden surface.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
December 23, 2024 at 3:51 AM
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Let us call this love
December 19, 2024 at 5:12 AM
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In another life I used to photograph semiprofessionally (commissioned, and as art - a few pieces were even sold) - anyway the only time I do this now is Xmas for my friend Jördis and the patisserie she runs - and every year she comes up with the most awesome stuff - this year …
December 14, 2024 at 8:05 PM
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it's team xmas cookie day

usually i just get some cookies
this time tho i saw this @nytcooking.bsky.social bûche de noël (yule log) recipe

we have peeps with gluten and lactose allergies, and so, i adapted the recipe

BÛCHE DE NOËL COOKIES
gluten and lactose free
yule log cookies - swirls of chocolate ganache within baked chocolate layers, contrasting chocolate browns, bite sized pieces in a vertical line on a gray ceramic plate - rings visible, all bathed in a warm yellow light
December 10, 2024 at 5:36 AM
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Tagliatelle in a Tomato sauce with Sumach and smoked Paprika

Portuguese Chorizo and pepperoni gently stir fried in caramelized miso

Fresh Oregano

Parmesan
December 5, 2024 at 7:30 PM
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Tuna, marinated in miso & beet juice, pan flash seared

Toasted polenta cakes with fresh oregano & pink pepper

Borlotti bean ragu
Gray circular bowl like ceramic plate on a wooden surface, 2 cylindrical cream-yellow polenta cakes, topped with a layer of reddish brown ragu, red seared tuna rectangular filets in between, topped with strands of chives, green
December 2, 2024 at 4:52 AM
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and there is paddington with emergency sandwiches on the head under the hat
November 29, 2024 at 4:22 AM
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the first thing i thought of when i heard about orcas wearing salmons as hats again is totoro and totoro‘s leaf hat

same same
November 29, 2024 at 4:10 AM
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hot blue sky incoming
November 29, 2024 at 3:57 AM
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I hate it when this happens - it’s like premature ykw

this is not a flex
screenshot of wordle scoring showing solution in 2 tries with skill and luck of 99
November 24, 2024 at 4:54 AM
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Weekend fridge cleaning led to discovery of some confit tomatoes and pearl onions - smashed and on sourdough

Toasted sourdough sandwich
Gorgonzola
Fennel Salami
Red Chili Paste
Smashed confit Tomatoes & Pearl Onions

The smell of this as it was toasting on the pan - oh my!
A toasted sandwich cut in half and stacked on a pale blue ceramic plate with concentric rings. The bread is golden brown and crusty, with glimpses of filling visible between the slices. The plate sits on a light surface against a softly blurred gray pastel green background.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
November 23, 2024 at 4:15 PM
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And so it is winter
November 21, 2024 at 3:18 PM
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The beautiful Maggie Cheung ever so gracefully looking out and gently turning her head toward Tony Leung in In The Mood For Love - her face is in sharp focus at the left edge of the gif, while his on the right side is out of focus
November 17, 2024 at 8:24 PM