Chandan Singh Chib 🇮🇳

life is a series of successive approximations in which I'm always learning and trying to do better next time.

[Chandan Singh Chib 🇮🇳 @astraflux]

The world is full of nice people,if you cant find one be one .

[Keyfi Paylaşımlar @keyfipyIasimIar]

Kamera kaydı olmasaydı muhtemelen kimse inanmazdı 😂

[The Figen @TheFigen_]

Which one is the wife? 😂😂

[Chandan Singh Chib 🇮🇳 @astraflux]

@grok @kartikthakurkt @LoyleRohitFan In ethanol-blended petrol (E10, E20) if the fuel absorbs enough atmospheric moisture especially in humid climates, or if a tank sits for long periods, or gets topped up with contaminated fuel, the ethanol-water mixture can separate out from the petrol and sink to the bottom.

[Chandan Singh Chib 🇮🇳 @astraflux]

@nainkat28 What you survived was brutal and the fact that you’re here, healed enough to dance, study, and hear “healthy” from a doctor, says everything about your strength. You didn’t just survive, you rebuilt. Germany in 2 months, that’s a whole new chapter. So proud of you. 🤍

[Chandan Singh Chib 🇮🇳 @astraflux]

@imChikku_ रोक नहीं सकते तुम उन्हें,
दोनों पक्षों पर उनका राज।
उनकी शक्ति? असीमित, बे-लगाम।

नियमों के बिना खेलते हैं वे
झूठ है उनका सबसे बड़ा हथियार।

हरा नहीं सकते तुम उन्हें,
केवल देख सकते हो…
और कोशिश करो, चोट न खाओ।

उसके आगे…
हम और क्या कर सकते हैं?

[Ravi @ravimane53]

What's your excuse?🫡

[YourFavoriteGuy @guychristensen_]

The average Roman didn’t know their empire collapsed they just noticed their roads stopped being repaired one day.

[Nav Toor @heynavtoor]

You have been told to drink 8 glasses of water a day.

A Dartmouth physiologist traced the rule to a single sentence in a 1945 federal report.

The very next sentence said "most of this is already in your food."

Marketers cut that line. You have been hydrating against an invented number for 80 years.

Here is the full story.

The expert is Heinz Valtin. He spent his career as a professor of physiology at Dartmouth Medical School. He wrote two of the standard textbooks on the kidney and water balance. He is one of the most cited water scientists in the country.

In 2002, the American Journal of Physiology asked him to write an invited review. He took the assignment seriously. He read every study on water intake he could find. He went back through the citation chain on the "8 glasses a day" rule, paper by paper.

He could not find the source. There was no study. There was no clinical trial. There was no medical body that had ever set the rule.

So he kept digging.

He traced it back to one document. A 1945 report by the Food and Nutrition Board of the National Research Council, published during the Second World War. The board was writing dietary advice for a rationed country.

Tucked into the report was this line:

"A suitable allowance of water for adults is 2.5 liters daily in most instances."

2.5 liters is about 8 cups. The math was clean. The phrasing was authoritative.

Then came the next sentence.

"An ordinary standard for diverse persons is 1 milliliter for each calorie of food. Most of this quantity is contained in prepared foods."

That second sentence does all the work. It says the 2.5 liter number is a total intake target. Not a drinking target. Every glass of milk, every bowl of soup, every apple, every cup of coffee counts. The water inside your food counts. Once you subtract the food, the actual glass-of-water number is closer to 1 liter. Sometimes less.

The second sentence disappeared. The first one became the rule.

Valtin published his findings in August 2002. The paper is titled "Drink at least eight glasses of water a day. Really? Is there scientific evidence for 8 by 8?"

His conclusion, in his own words: "I have found no scientific proof that absolutely every person must drink at least eight glasses of water a day."

Two years later, the Institute of Medicine, the top US body on nutrition, published its own review. The 2004 report said adult men need about 3.7 liters of total water a day. Adult women need about 2.7 liters.

But here is the key line in the same report, which most people never see.

About 20 percent of that water comes from food. The rest comes from any fluid. Coffee counts. Tea counts. Milk counts. Soup counts. Juice counts.

The Institute also said this: "the vast majority of healthy people adequately meet their daily hydration needs by letting thirst be their guide."

That is the official guidance. From the same body that sets every nutrition rule in America. Trust your thirst.

So why does the 8 glasses rule keep coming back.

Look at who profits when you follow it.

The global bottled water market was worth $364 billion in 2024. It is projected to hit $677 billion by 2035. Every wellness brand, every gym, every influencer with a tracker app has a reason to keep you reaching for one more glass.

Drinking extra water when you are not thirsty is not just unnecessary. In rare cases it is dangerous. Forcing fluids beyond thirst can cause a condition called hyponatremia, where blood sodium drops too low. It has killed marathon runners who drank too much during races. Valtin flagged this risk in his 2002 paper.

So how do you actually hydrate. 3 rules.

Rule 1. Drink when you are thirsty. Your body has a 200,000 year old hydration sensor. It works.

Rule 2. Check your urine color. If it is pale yellow, you are fine. If it is dark, drink more. If it is clear all day, you might be drinking too much.

Rule 3. Count every fluid. Coffee, tea, milk, juice, soup, fruit, and yes, plain water. They all count. The "caffeine dehydrates you" myth has also been debunked by the same Institute of Medicine.

The bigger lesson.

A rule everyone repeats is not the same as a rule that is true. The 8 glasses rule has been printed in school textbooks, on bottled water labels, on doctor's office posters, and in your phone's wellness app. None of those sources went back to check the original.

One physiologist did. He found one sentence. The sentence the marketers dropped.

If you have been forcing down water you did not want, you can stop.

Your thirst is the science. It always was.

[RAHUL @RahulSeeker]

Anand Patwardhan’s award-winning film "Father, Son and Holy War" has been removed from YouTube. The doc once faced censorship battles before India’s Supreme Court ordered Doordarshan to air it uncut.

Even a 15 min small clip from it explains why, even after 30 yrs. 🙂
Watch 🎧

[Max Amini @MaxComedian]

A round of applause for this woman who stood up in front of thousands of people and confidently listed her ideal man like she was reading requirements for a luxury apartment.

[Sushant Singh @SushantSin]

Ethanol plus this, and Indians will be struggling for two drops of water a day in the near future.

[Chandan Singh Chib 🇮🇳 @astraflux]

@JethmalaniM @Chopsyturvey •Defence exports context: India supplies military equipment mostly to low and middle-income nations , and SIPRI data doesn’t fully corroborate India’s self-reported figures, as India’s exports include spare parts, bulletproof jackets, and boots and not just weapon systems.

[Chandan Singh Chib 🇮🇳 @astraflux]

@JethmalaniM @Chopsyturvey The broad narrative of transformation is real and significant. But several figures overstate outcomes by conflating connections with functionality, planned with operational, or installed capacity with actual usage. The Jal Jeevan Mission water data and the expressway figures are

[Chandan Singh Chib 🇮🇳 @astraflux]

@JethmalaniM @Chopsyturvey •Base year manipulation: Some 2014 baselines use narrowly defined metrics (e.g. major ports only) to make growth look more dramatic.

•Installed capacity ≠ utilisation: Solar and renewable figures measure installed capacity, not actual generation or reliability.

[Chandan Singh Chib 🇮🇳 @astraflux]

@JethmalaniM @Chopsyturvey are the most problematic.

•Connections ≠ service delivery: The Jal Jeevan Mission is the starkest example like a tap installed but dry is counted as coverage.

•“Operational” vs “announced/under construction”: The expressway figure appears to blend these categories.

[Chandan Singh Chib 🇮🇳 @astraflux]

@keshavbedi https://t.co/rNK20oRh3J

[Katrina @verummultum]

Absolutely a thing.

Data centers can impact fertility and reproductive health primarily through environmental stressors, notably air pollution from backup diesel generators and chemical exposures. While exact epidemiological studies connecting these facilities directly to lowered human fertility are still evolving, several upstream environmental and biological pathways are documented. [1, 2, 3]
The primary mechanisms linking data center infrastructure to reproductive and fertility concerns include:

• Air Pollution (Diesel Exhaust & Power Plant Emissions): To maintain operations, massive facilities rely on backup diesel generators and nearby power plants. Exhaust contains fine particulate matter and nitrogen oxides, which scientific literature links to reduced fertility, lower live birth rates, and elevated risks of miscarriage.
• Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals (PFAS): Hardware, cooling systems, and fire suppressants utilized in data centers often contain PFAS (“forever chemicals”) and heavy metals. Prolonged exposure to these chemicals is heavily associated with hormone disruption, thyroid dysfunction, and reproductive harm in both men and women.
• Water Scarcity and Strain: Cooling servers requires heavy water consumption. In drought-prone areas, this can strain local potable water supplies, leading to household water insecurity, which can introduce physical and mental stressors linked to poorer maternal health outcomes.
• Electromagnetic Fields (EMF): New electrical infrastructure—such as substations and transmission lines built to support high energy demands—increases local electromagnetic field exposure. Though nonionizing, high cumulative exposure to EMFs has sparked ongoing community and scientific debate regarding miscarriage and other health impacts. [2, 6]

If you are researching this for a specific area, I can help you find:

• Current data center locations in your region or across North Carolina.
• Public emissions permits and local zoning guidelines.
• Community-specific environmental health studies near data center corridors. [6, 10, 11, 12]

Let me know what you'd like to explore further.

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[1] https://t.co/XDNwlbnYib
[2] https://t.co/205zfWZHnJ
[3] https://t.co/brOmAF5Ve1
[4] https://t.co/agbqkQKT1y
[5] https://t.co/v9Pfb4I4dZ
[6] https://t.co/205zfWZHnJ
[7] https://t.co/KGSNmsCdWb
[8] https://t.co/YFVJop81Xj
[9] https://t.co/YFVJop81Xj
[10] https://t.co/v9Pfb4I4dZ
[11] https://t.co/E0DfIz6VGG
[12] https://t.co/cFhcvu3PYE

[Chandan Singh Chib 🇮🇳 @astraflux]

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