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@bradenslen In India, we gift wrap it with the logic that the government is generating new jobs for everybody. :) He needs to up his PR.

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@rom Why though?

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I think that, starting next year, I’m going to start announcing publicly what book(s) I’m going to read in the coming week so that I feel obligated to report back about the book in public.

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@joshspector I would say that both of them are consistent. One more than the other. Why disregard the more consistent one because it doesn’t fit the motivational narrative?

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What are some of the nicer radio stations that you have discovered on Radio Garden?

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Temporarily moved back to Delhi (NCR), India early this year. Since the beginning of autumn, life has taken a backseat-thanks to the pollution and now the increasing cold-something that I am no longer used to because I have spent the last 7 years down south in much more warm and cleaner conditions.\n: micro.mohitmadan.co.in

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Help me find some interesting people to follow on micro.blog? Share the list of your favorite people on here for some good karma. :)\n: micro.mohitmadan.co.in

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Couldn’t really wrap my head around using micro.blog (or even omg.lol for that part). I guess, I’m gonna take a break from micro.blog and eventually omg.lol when the subscription expires.

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Hopefully, I will be able to figure out a better way to use both these services. Until then.

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Genuine and curious question: Did the people who were accustomed to typewriters diss computers as another fad and would often comment about how computers would make people dumb? Is it the same pattern when people diss AI as the tool that’s making kids dumb?

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Is it just history repeating itself?

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mohit-madan.com/for-the-p…

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We are, kinda, losing it. My two ~cents~ rants.

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mohit-madan.com/civilizat…

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Book Note: The Stranger by Albert Camus

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mohit-madan.com/book-note…

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@mo-dan.bsky.social This could just be a weird coincidence and I do not want to be irresponsible with this but it’s concerning, for sure. I hope this is a one-off random rise in cases and nothing evil.

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@funkelly.bsky.social Is she based somewhere? Or is she not? She’s a direct descendant of Schrodinger’s cat, so, you know better. Could be India, could be Norway. Speaking of Norway, have you ever been to Norway? What do you think of it?

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@funkelly.bsky.social Do I?

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@funkelly.bsky.social Man, I wish somebody took my cat out for walks.

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pixelfed.social/p/madan/8… #caturday

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Test post.

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If you see this, say hi!

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@sarahjeong.bsky.social Agreed. For quite a while, I felt that this place is just all the liberals clubbed together who moved out of X because Elon took over. Hence, excessive outrage.

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But I guess there is more to Bsky than just that. Been noticing a steady shift and in-stream of the other side of X as well.

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@cultureisfirst.bsky.social If anything, Punjabis are non-conformists. Do you even read what gurus really had to say?

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Just because I disagreed with you, I’m all that you called me just now? How fragile is your value system?

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@onestpress.onestnetwork.com India and Pakistan did reach a ceasefire agreement, however, Pakistan already broke it within three hours of announcing it.

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bsky.app/profile/mo-d…

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@davidrowewtl.bsky.social It is already broken as well. Even before you posted this. :)

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Such is Pakistan! :(

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@lavenderjuless.bsky.social Hope this helps a little with the current situation:

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bsky.app/profile/mo-d…

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@cultureisfirst.bsky.social As an Indian Punjabi myself - no, sir. Indian Punjabis see Pakistani Punjabis as Pakistanis.

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The Canadian Sikhs that you probably refer to think of themselves as khalistanis but that’s a different issue and is unrelated to what you’re saying.

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@phillewis.bsky.social India and Pakistan have announced that it was bilateral and the US has no role in it. Can’t really say what it was, but anyway, Pakistan has already broken the ceasefire.

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bsky.app/profile/mo-d…

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@nktpnd.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/mo-d…

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@thorbenson.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/mo-d…

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@mo-dan.bsky.social Pakistan is a joke.

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Trivia - DGISPR (senior army officer) of Pakistan’s father was a very close associate of Osama Bin Laden (publicly available information).

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What do you expect from this country?

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@tokyotrendnews.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/mo-d…

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@harshawalia.bsky.social Load of BS.

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@reuters.com My concern was with the headline but I understand what you are saying. I could have been a little more mindful about how I put it across.

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@reuters.com I may have a little extra frustration with this headline because I feel that it’s unfair but it’s definitely not misdirected.
\nFor a responsible news outlet, I think it shouldn’t be that difficult to write-“After the recent Pahalgam attacks, India retaliated against terrorists in/attacked Pakistan..”

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@reuters.com I understand the uneasiness. It’s less of an optimism and more of a hope, and assumption that we stick to patterns from past instances and not go for unprecedented.

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Fingers crossed, indeed.

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@reuters.com Would you like to take a few moments to recall Osama Bin Laden’s last day?

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Nobody really wants to kill innocent civilians but if you know a murderer in your family, and you decide to let them stay with you while they are running away from the law, are they not accomplices?

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What’s your point?

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@reuters.com Although instability in India plays out in China’s favor, they still wouldn’t want to see damage to their investments especially while Trump is fighting his economic war against them.
\nIndia already didn’t want this, so, we may graciously accept if China mediates.

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@reuters.com I doubt that this will go beyond a few skirmishes. Pakistan knows that they cannot afford a full blown war because they don’t have the funds.

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China may be a surprise mediator because they do have a lot of investments in BRI and Pakistan.

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I’m a little confused with segregating the usage between micro blog and Mastodon. How do you guys utilise these services, especially when you run your own separate blogs as well?

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Did a 15 minutes meditation middle of the day to align myself again. How do you guys stay mindful on working days when it can get overwhelming?

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Political games kinda night. #shasn

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Last year, I picked up an old habit goal-to learn a new language and practice it every day. I have been successful in doing so until now. This year, I intend to go back to reading books. Suggest some non-fiction books (preferably not the mainstream ones). I don’t wish to start with my pending list.

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If you keep choosing pleasure over pain all the time - soon, you will run out of pleasures.

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Spent the entire weekend trying to set up GoToSocial, and could not figure out the config/env variables. My brain just shut down completely after a while and I had to restore my server completely because I fudged up the system config.

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Another attempt shall be made over the next weekend now.

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Spent the entire weekend trying to set up GoToSocial, and could not figure out the config/env variables. My brain just shut down completely after a while and I had to restore my server completely because I fudged up the system config.

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Another attempt shall be made over the next weekend now.

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Suggestions request: Anybody has some suggestions for games that can be played on an old laptop with an average config (8GB RAM, Celeron processor, No graphics card).

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Also open to game suggestions for Android phone and Tab.

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#suggestion #games

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Suggestions request: Anybody has some suggestions for games that can be played on an old laptop with an average config (8GB RAM, Celeron processor, No graphics card).

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Also open to game suggestions for Android phone and Tab.

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#suggestion #games

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The only way out is through.

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The only way out is through.

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“Only if you’re joyful by your own nature, i.e., only when you have no fear of suffering, will you dare to walk full stride. Everything that you can do, you will do. \"

~ Sadhguru

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“Only if you’re joyful by your own nature, i.e., only when you have no fear of suffering, will you dare to walk full stride. Everything that you can do, you will do. \"

~ Sadhguru

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May you remember to be yourself while you manage all your appearances.

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