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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 5 years ago

2 guys I think about a lot: Dashrath Manjhi, who carved a path through a mountain. Jadav Payeng, who planted a forest. Each did it alone. Each took decades. I wonder, what will happen if I spend decades making friends + introducing them to each other? You may say I’m a dreamer... https://t.co/lUy8MA4iVQ

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šŸ __ šŸ™€@sharanvkaur• about 4 years ago
Replying to @visakanv

@visakanv https://t.co/uc43VygXW3

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9/8/2021
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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• almost 4 years ago
Replying to @visakanv

Dashrath: "When I started hammering the hill, people called me a lunatic but that steeled my resolve." Justo: "When I started building, word on the street was that I was crazy. They didn't believe I would be so dedicated... I'm proving them wrong." https://t.co/R1Mg9BN9um

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• almost 4 years ago

TIL about Justo Gallego MartĆ­nez, 96 years old, who has spent almost 60 years building a cathedral by himself on the outskirts of Madrid. He has no formal plans, works 10 hours a day, 6 days a week. And he has such a lovely spirit. I would dearly like to visit this cathedral https://t.co/XH7CnM1sGG

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• almost 4 years ago
Replying to @visakanv

there are heroes and kings all over the planet šŸ‘‘ https://t.co/W3K8xHs2hq

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Leigh Walton@leighwalton• almost 4 years ago

Decided I needed some good news this morning so I searched ā€œreforestationā€ and encountered this family who’ve been planting trees in the Gobi Desert for decades 😭 https://t.co/PIsJ771ZFY https://t.co/EZo93iCtIS

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10/1/2021
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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• almost 4 years ago
Replying to @visakanv

his name is Wang Yinji he's a farmer he made a promise to his dying 14-year-old son and he intends to keep it https://t.co/Wse8Oy4OyM

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10/1/2021
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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 2 months ago
Replying to @visakanv

https://t.co/Iddq3c1nL1

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ā€œpaulaā€@paularambles• about 2 months ago

this guy spent 21 years building a miniature version of nyc consisting of almost a million buildings, the full model is 50 feet long and 30 feet wide, and he first announced it on tiktok like this: https://t.co/JShpYt5AB5

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7/16/2025
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Gage | Laughing and Writing@MindsetMagicc• over 3 years ago
Replying to @visakanv

@visakanv Ok hold up why does that have better architecture than any building in my entire city.

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2/14/2022
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Bjƶrk Frisbeetooth@frisbeetooth• about 2 months ago
Replying to @visakanv

@visakanv [aggressively missing the point]: but suppose he had done more economically valuable labor at first in order to afford much better equipment…

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7/16/2025