Rian Nejar 🦋
@riannejar.bsky.social
Entrepreneur, educator, 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫 of nonfiction H&H at https://goo.gl/FKUnCM
Blogs at https://riannejar.wordpress.com/ and at Substack
Gilbert, AZ, Southwest US
Narcissists and porn bots - instantly 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝.
All my posts: https://tinyurl.com/2evxfd9r
Blogs at https://riannejar.wordpress.com/ and at Substack
Gilbert, AZ, Southwest US
Narcissists and porn bots - instantly 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝.
All my posts: https://tinyurl.com/2evxfd9r
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@riannejar.bsky.social
· Aug 29
We Found the Hidden Cost of Data Centers. It's in Your Electric Bill
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
youtu.be
Data Centers are responsible for 2/3rds (~63%) of the average customer's electricity price increases. [via More Perfect Union] 🧪🖥️🔟🏭🔋🐷🐖
And these energy-hog monsters are growing in number and energy/resource consumption at an #exponential rate.
youtu.be/YN6BEUA4jNU
#data #center #energy #water
And these energy-hog monsters are growing in number and energy/resource consumption at an #exponential rate.
youtu.be/YN6BEUA4jNU
#data #center #energy #water
Keratinocytes, not Fibroblasts, make collagen for healthy skin [via Okayama U] 🧪🥼⚕️🩺
"findings were consistent across all species, suggesting that keratinocyte-driven collagen production is an evolutionarily conserved mechanism."
www.okayama-u.ac.jp/eng/research...
#collagen #skin #health
"findings were consistent across all species, suggesting that keratinocyte-driven collagen production is an evolutionarily conserved mechanism."
www.okayama-u.ac.jp/eng/research...
#collagen #skin #health
Wrong on Skin Cares: Keratinocytes, Not Fibroblasts, Make Collagen for Healthy Skin - Okayama University
Okayama University
www.okayama-u.ac.jp
November 29, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Keratinocytes, not Fibroblasts, make collagen for healthy skin [via Okayama U] 🧪🥼⚕️🩺
"findings were consistent across all species, suggesting that keratinocyte-driven collagen production is an evolutionarily conserved mechanism."
www.okayama-u.ac.jp/eng/research...
#collagen #skin #health
"findings were consistent across all species, suggesting that keratinocyte-driven collagen production is an evolutionarily conserved mechanism."
www.okayama-u.ac.jp/eng/research...
#collagen #skin #health
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It's a good thing that Goldman Sachs has never been wrong or held conflicting interests around such advice in the past.
finance.yahoo.com/news/don-t-f...
finance.yahoo.com/news/don-t-f...
November 29, 2025 at 4:23 PM
It's a good thing that Goldman Sachs has never been wrong or held conflicting interests around such advice in the past.
finance.yahoo.com/news/don-t-f...
finance.yahoo.com/news/don-t-f...
Breakfast at home, and a friend brought along steak and fixings for #thanksgiving on Thursday. Remnants were breakfast today.
#NoBuyWeek #Blackout
#NoBuyWeek #Blackout
Yesterday I celebrated Buy Nothing Day with breakfast at a locally-owned restaurant with some of my US relatives, followed by things to do at home. It's a great way to recover from Thanksgiving dinner.
November 29, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Breakfast at home, and a friend brought along steak and fixings for #thanksgiving on Thursday. Remnants were breakfast today.
#NoBuyWeek #Blackout
#NoBuyWeek #Blackout
Octopus mating: a hectocotylus delivers sperm into a female mantle [via Science.org] 🧪⚗️🐙💞🐙
"The male uses [an] arm called a hectocotylus to reach into the female’s mantle cavity, where he [feels] around in the dark to deliver sperm."
www.science.org/content/arti...
#cephalopod #mating #arm #sense
"The male uses [an] arm called a hectocotylus to reach into the female’s mantle cavity, where he [feels] around in the dark to deliver sperm."
www.science.org/content/arti...
#cephalopod #mating #arm #sense
‘Superarm’ helps male octopuses deliver sperm to females
Specialized appendage responds to female sex hormones, allowing males to find sex organs in the dark
www.science.org
November 28, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Octopus mating: a hectocotylus delivers sperm into a female mantle [via Science.org] 🧪⚗️🐙💞🐙
"The male uses [an] arm called a hectocotylus to reach into the female’s mantle cavity, where he [feels] around in the dark to deliver sperm."
www.science.org/content/arti...
#cephalopod #mating #arm #sense
"The male uses [an] arm called a hectocotylus to reach into the female’s mantle cavity, where he [feels] around in the dark to deliver sperm."
www.science.org/content/arti...
#cephalopod #mating #arm #sense
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Rahmanulla Lakanwal is the National Guard shooting suspect.
Interesting that there were 36 searches for his exact name.
4 hours before the shooting.
I bet Stephen Miller knows why.
Interesting that there were 36 searches for his exact name.
4 hours before the shooting.
I bet Stephen Miller knows why.
November 28, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Rahmanulla Lakanwal is the National Guard shooting suspect.
Interesting that there were 36 searches for his exact name.
4 hours before the shooting.
I bet Stephen Miller knows why.
Interesting that there were 36 searches for his exact name.
4 hours before the shooting.
I bet Stephen Miller knows why.
Reposted by Rian Nejar 🦋
ICYMI:
Congresswoman Terri Sewell humiliated Scott Bessent.
Congresswoman Terri Sewell humiliated Scott Bessent.
November 28, 2025 at 11:45 AM
ICYMI:
Congresswoman Terri Sewell humiliated Scott Bessent.
Congresswoman Terri Sewell humiliated Scott Bessent.
We *are NOT.* There's a nationwide blackout on shopping Nov. 25 through Dec. 2, @npr.org
#shopping #BlackFriday #blackout
#shopping #BlackFriday #blackout
Signs are pointing to deeper discounts this Black Friday, as stores try to coax anxious shoppers into splurging.
We're shopping our feelings this Black Friday. Here are 3 things to know
Signs are pointing to deeper discounts this Black Friday, as stores try to coax anxious shoppers into splurging.
n.pr
November 28, 2025 at 4:15 PM
We *are NOT.* There's a nationwide blackout on shopping Nov. 25 through Dec. 2, @npr.org
#shopping #BlackFriday #blackout
#shopping #BlackFriday #blackout
Physicists measure the spin of entangled pairs of Top Quarks at the LHC [via @quantamagazine.bsky.social] 🧪🥼⚛️💥🌀
"CMS analyzed a huge bank of collision data, tallying the #spins of top quark pairs that flew off in all different directions"
www.quantamagazine.org/particle-phy...
#quantum #TopQuark
"CMS analyzed a huge bank of collision data, tallying the #spins of top quark pairs that flew off in all different directions"
www.quantamagazine.org/particle-phy...
#quantum #TopQuark
Particle Physicists Detect ‘Magic’ at the Large Hadron Collider | Quanta Magazine
The supercollider is now being used to explore quantum phenomena, including a “magic” form of quantum entanglement.
www.quantamagazine.org
November 28, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Physicists measure the spin of entangled pairs of Top Quarks at the LHC [via @quantamagazine.bsky.social] 🧪🥼⚛️💥🌀
"CMS analyzed a huge bank of collision data, tallying the #spins of top quark pairs that flew off in all different directions"
www.quantamagazine.org/particle-phy...
#quantum #TopQuark
"CMS analyzed a huge bank of collision data, tallying the #spins of top quark pairs that flew off in all different directions"
www.quantamagazine.org/particle-phy...
#quantum #TopQuark
Rheumatoid Arthritis begins years before its symptoms [via Allen Inst.] 🧪🥼🦴🤕⚕️🩺
"people at risk for RA [have] dramatic immune system changes long before they feel symptoms. [In] this early phase, their bodies fight an autoimmune battle invisibly."
alleninstitute.org/news/new-stu...
#RA #prevention
"people at risk for RA [have] dramatic immune system changes long before they feel symptoms. [In] this early phase, their bodies fight an autoimmune battle invisibly."
alleninstitute.org/news/new-stu...
#RA #prevention
New study reveals rheumatoid arthritis begins long before symptoms, opening door to prevention
The seven-year study reveals early-warning signs that could help doctors catch the disease before it starts, potentially saving patients years of pain and disability.
alleninstitute.org
November 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Rheumatoid Arthritis begins years before its symptoms [via Allen Inst.] 🧪🥼🦴🤕⚕️🩺
"people at risk for RA [have] dramatic immune system changes long before they feel symptoms. [In] this early phase, their bodies fight an autoimmune battle invisibly."
alleninstitute.org/news/new-stu...
#RA #prevention
"people at risk for RA [have] dramatic immune system changes long before they feel symptoms. [In] this early phase, their bodies fight an autoimmune battle invisibly."
alleninstitute.org/news/new-stu...
#RA #prevention
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A real Thanksgiving story.
Wanda Dench accidentally texted Jamal Hinton to join her Thanksgiving dinner ten years ago but doubled down on the invitation, knowing it was a mistake. Hinton showed up to her house for a plate of turkey, and this year, they celebrate ten years of Thanksgivings together.
Wanda Dench accidentally texted Jamal Hinton to join her Thanksgiving dinner ten years ago but doubled down on the invitation, knowing it was a mistake. Hinton showed up to her house for a plate of turkey, and this year, they celebrate ten years of Thanksgivings together.
November 27, 2025 at 1:58 PM
A real Thanksgiving story.
Wanda Dench accidentally texted Jamal Hinton to join her Thanksgiving dinner ten years ago but doubled down on the invitation, knowing it was a mistake. Hinton showed up to her house for a plate of turkey, and this year, they celebrate ten years of Thanksgivings together.
Wanda Dench accidentally texted Jamal Hinton to join her Thanksgiving dinner ten years ago but doubled down on the invitation, knowing it was a mistake. Hinton showed up to her house for a plate of turkey, and this year, they celebrate ten years of Thanksgivings together.
No fate
But what we make
A paradise, or hell.
#Haiku thoughts for the year-end. Happy #Thanksgiving, whatever it may mean to you.
But what we make
A paradise, or hell.
#Haiku thoughts for the year-end. Happy #Thanksgiving, whatever it may mean to you.
November 27, 2025 at 5:14 PM
No fate
But what we make
A paradise, or hell.
#Haiku thoughts for the year-end. Happy #Thanksgiving, whatever it may mean to you.
But what we make
A paradise, or hell.
#Haiku thoughts for the year-end. Happy #Thanksgiving, whatever it may mean to you.
The connection between obesity, choline deficiency, and brain #inflammation [via ASU] 🧪🥼🥚📉🧠♨️🩺
"[Those] with obesity had [much] lower levels of [] choline, [] correlated with increased inflammation, insulin resistance, liver-enzyme elevations and NfL."
news.asu.edu/20251125-hea...
#choline #brain
"[Those] with obesity had [much] lower levels of [] choline, [] correlated with increased inflammation, insulin resistance, liver-enzyme elevations and NfL."
news.asu.edu/20251125-hea...
#choline #brain
The surprising connection between obesity, choline and brain inflammation | ASU News
For decades, scientists have known that what harms the body often harms the brain. Conditions such as obesity, high blood pressure and insulin resistance strain the body’s vascular and metabolic systems. Over time, that stress can speed up cognitive decline and increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease.
news.asu.edu
November 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
The connection between obesity, choline deficiency, and brain #inflammation [via ASU] 🧪🥼🥚📉🧠♨️🩺
"[Those] with obesity had [much] lower levels of [] choline, [] correlated with increased inflammation, insulin resistance, liver-enzyme elevations and NfL."
news.asu.edu/20251125-hea...
#choline #brain
"[Those] with obesity had [much] lower levels of [] choline, [] correlated with increased inflammation, insulin resistance, liver-enzyme elevations and NfL."
news.asu.edu/20251125-hea...
#choline #brain
Rare #photosynthesizing Elysia chlorotica, an animal-plant #hybrid, found off Nova Scotia [via CBC] 🧪🥼🌊🐌🍃❗
'crinkly-looking back unfurls a stunning, emerald green “leaf,” complete with pale “veins” branching outward from the centre.'
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#sea #slug #steals #chloroplasts
'crinkly-looking back unfurls a stunning, emerald green “leaf,” complete with pale “veins” branching outward from the centre.'
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#sea #slug #steals #chloroplasts
A rare photosynthesizing sea slug has been found off N.S. Here's why scientists are excited | CBC News
Researchers believe Elysia chlorotica holds promise for medical advances, but it's been too elusive to study.
www.cbc.ca
November 27, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Rare #photosynthesizing Elysia chlorotica, an animal-plant #hybrid, found off Nova Scotia [via CBC] 🧪🥼🌊🐌🍃❗
'crinkly-looking back unfurls a stunning, emerald green “leaf,” complete with pale “veins” branching outward from the centre.'
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#sea #slug #steals #chloroplasts
'crinkly-looking back unfurls a stunning, emerald green “leaf,” complete with pale “veins” branching outward from the centre.'
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#sea #slug #steals #chloroplasts
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This is how it's done.
November 26, 2025 at 8:15 PM
This is how it's done.
November 27, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Reposted by Rian Nejar 🦋
Like a kangaroo, the dinoflagellate 𝘊𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘶𝘴 has a pouch. The pouch is called a phaeosome chamber, which houses symbiotic cyanobacteria (the orange cells). These cells have a free-loading roommate: an archaeal parasite.
A Cell So Minimal That It Challenges Definitions of Life | Quanta Magazine
The newly described microbe represents a world of parasitic, intercellular biodiversity only beginning to be revealed by genome sequencing.
www.quantamagazine.org
November 27, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Like a kangaroo, the dinoflagellate 𝘊𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘶𝘴 has a pouch. The pouch is called a phaeosome chamber, which houses symbiotic cyanobacteria (the orange cells). These cells have a free-loading roommate: an archaeal parasite.
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The President doesn't want you standing up and speaking out against him, so he's coming after me to intimidate all of us.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
November 26, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The President doesn't want you standing up and speaking out against him, so he's coming after me to intimidate all of us.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
Reposted by Rian Nejar 🦋
Have you heard of the ancient human called Lucy?
For decades, her species was thought to have played a key role in our evolution - but a recent discovery raises the possibility that a different species was our ancestor.
Find out what new fossils have revealed 👇
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
For decades, her species was thought to have played a key role in our evolution - but a recent discovery raises the possibility that a different species was our ancestor.
Find out what new fossils have revealed 👇
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
Early hominin Australopithecus afarensis may not be our human ancestor after all | Natural History Museum
New Australopithecus fossils found in Ethiopia are changing the human family tree.
www.nhm.ac.uk
November 26, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Have you heard of the ancient human called Lucy?
For decades, her species was thought to have played a key role in our evolution - but a recent discovery raises the possibility that a different species was our ancestor.
Find out what new fossils have revealed 👇
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
For decades, her species was thought to have played a key role in our evolution - but a recent discovery raises the possibility that a different species was our ancestor.
Find out what new fossils have revealed 👇
www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
Reposted by Rian Nejar 🦋
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
Reposted by Rian Nejar 🦋
If you’re the president of the United States and you commit a blatant crime like asking us to rig the election for you, even if it’s on tape, it really becomes time consuming, expensive and lordy we just really can’t be bothered at some point… so, carry on. Lliberty.. whatever ~ The State of Georgia
November 26, 2025 at 5:48 PM
If you’re the president of the United States and you commit a blatant crime like asking us to rig the election for you, even if it’s on tape, it really becomes time consuming, expensive and lordy we just really can’t be bothered at some point… so, carry on. Lliberty.. whatever ~ The State of Georgia
New Manganese complex breaks lifetime record for excited states [via JGB] 🧪⚗️Ⓜ️⚛️💡
"[novel Manganese metal complex] offers a powerful and sustainable alternative to the noble metal complexes that [] dominated light-driven chemistry."
press.uni-mainz.de/common-metal...
#reaction #light #chemistry
"[novel Manganese metal complex] offers a powerful and sustainable alternative to the noble metal complexes that [] dominated light-driven chemistry."
press.uni-mainz.de/common-metal...
#reaction #light #chemistry
November 26, 2025 at 6:07 PM
New Manganese complex breaks lifetime record for excited states [via JGB] 🧪⚗️Ⓜ️⚛️💡
"[novel Manganese metal complex] offers a powerful and sustainable alternative to the noble metal complexes that [] dominated light-driven chemistry."
press.uni-mainz.de/common-metal...
#reaction #light #chemistry
"[novel Manganese metal complex] offers a powerful and sustainable alternative to the noble metal complexes that [] dominated light-driven chemistry."
press.uni-mainz.de/common-metal...
#reaction #light #chemistry
Why did ancient Mayan cities rise and fall? [via UCSB] 🧪🥼🏞️🌆📉
"the rise and expansion of Classic Maya cities resulted from [] climate downturns, intergroup conflict and [] strong economies of scale [from] investments in agricultural infrastructure,”
news.ucsb.edu/2025/022138/...
#agrarian #society
"the rise and expansion of Classic Maya cities resulted from [] climate downturns, intergroup conflict and [] strong economies of scale [from] investments in agricultural infrastructure,”
news.ucsb.edu/2025/022138/...
#agrarian #society
Why Classic Maya cities rose and fell
New study reveals the forces that built and collapsed ancient urban centers — and how they echo in today’s urban challenges
news.ucsb.edu
November 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Why did ancient Mayan cities rise and fall? [via UCSB] 🧪🥼🏞️🌆📉
"the rise and expansion of Classic Maya cities resulted from [] climate downturns, intergroup conflict and [] strong economies of scale [from] investments in agricultural infrastructure,”
news.ucsb.edu/2025/022138/...
#agrarian #society
"the rise and expansion of Classic Maya cities resulted from [] climate downturns, intergroup conflict and [] strong economies of scale [from] investments in agricultural infrastructure,”
news.ucsb.edu/2025/022138/...
#agrarian #society
He's a 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙚 BLUELIVESMATTER guy, #republicans, #conservatives, #maga, isn't he?
#turkey #pardon #forsale
#turkey #pardon #forsale
November 26, 2025 at 1:59 AM
He's a 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙚 BLUELIVESMATTER guy, #republicans, #conservatives, #maga, isn't he?
#turkey #pardon #forsale
#turkey #pardon #forsale
SMASHWORDS end-of-the-year sale, Dec. 8 to Jan. 1. Many ebooks discounted by 25% to 100%. 💙📚☁️
HnH, an immigrant father's saga of betrayal, infidelity, injustice, and survival, www.smashwords.com/books/477547, will be 50% off.
#ebook #sale #booksky #fiction #nonfiction #EndofYear
HnH, an immigrant father's saga of betrayal, infidelity, injustice, and survival, www.smashwords.com/books/477547, will be 50% off.
#ebook #sale #booksky #fiction #nonfiction #EndofYear
November 25, 2025 at 5:45 PM
SMASHWORDS end-of-the-year sale, Dec. 8 to Jan. 1. Many ebooks discounted by 25% to 100%. 💙📚☁️
HnH, an immigrant father's saga of betrayal, infidelity, injustice, and survival, www.smashwords.com/books/477547, will be 50% off.
#ebook #sale #booksky #fiction #nonfiction #EndofYear
HnH, an immigrant father's saga of betrayal, infidelity, injustice, and survival, www.smashwords.com/books/477547, will be 50% off.
#ebook #sale #booksky #fiction #nonfiction #EndofYear
Flavonoid-rich foods slow brain, skin, and biological aging [via Andy de Santis] 🧪🥼🥦🍒🧅🧠🩺
"Flavonoids are [] antioxidants that are, [per] the Dietary Inflammatory Index [DII], considered among the most potent anti-inflammatory compounds []."
andytherd.com/2022/10/13/e...
#flavonoids #brain #health
"Flavonoids are [] antioxidants that are, [per] the Dietary Inflammatory Index [DII], considered among the most potent anti-inflammatory compounds []."
andytherd.com/2022/10/13/e...
#flavonoids #brain #health
Flavonoid Foods Slow Biological & Skin Aging - Andy The RD
I originally titled today's piece Eat More Flavonoid Rich Foods To Live Longer, Better Allow me to explain why. Flavonoids are family of antioxidants that
andytherd.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Flavonoid-rich foods slow brain, skin, and biological aging [via Andy de Santis] 🧪🥼🥦🍒🧅🧠🩺
"Flavonoids are [] antioxidants that are, [per] the Dietary Inflammatory Index [DII], considered among the most potent anti-inflammatory compounds []."
andytherd.com/2022/10/13/e...
#flavonoids #brain #health
"Flavonoids are [] antioxidants that are, [per] the Dietary Inflammatory Index [DII], considered among the most potent anti-inflammatory compounds []."
andytherd.com/2022/10/13/e...
#flavonoids #brain #health