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I came across a simpler version of this that not only attributes this to Gandhi himself, but misspelled his name. So I created a version using Gemini.

The original list via Wikipedia:

Seven Social Sins is a list by Frederic Donaldson that Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi published in his weekly newspaper Young India on 22 October 1925. Later he gave this same list written on a piece of paper to his grandson, Arun Gandhi, on their final day together shortly before his assassination.

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Sometimes, two images you save go so well together it would be crime not post them one above the other:

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Source: Are.na block · Vibes channel

I've always been interested in the idea of an 'untakedownable' blog. In 2017 I attempted to create one giving some of the reasons why in this post.

My old blog used to be available via Tor and this project, OnionPress, aims to take that a step further.

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They can withstand 1,000°C heat? Mad.

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Source: Original article · Are.na block · Finds channel

I like this from Russell Davies, telling the story of visiting Microsoft's campus in the 1990s when Bill Gates was still around.

Gates was notoriously socially awkward, so he just asked everything the same question, "What are you working on?". People ensured they had an answer that made it sound like they were working on something:

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I came across discode.ai this morning, which describes itself like this:

You choose the rhythm, not the algorithm. Ecological, private, true and smart AI — built in Austria.

While I initially thought that it was a bit odd that a EU-based startup positioning themselves like this only allowed you to sign in via Google, thankfully you can provide a user name and password and just use that.

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I'm listening to the audiobook of Our Man in Havana by Graham Greene at the moment, read by Jeremy Northam. I think I've read it before, but thankfully I can't remember the ending.

Greene has some great turns of phrase:

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