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@linksalads.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 2:17 PM

🔗 Gandhi's Wheels:

🕊️ Gandhi was born on 2 October 1869. 📺 Baird's TV breakthrough came exactly 56 years later.

What connects them? Three wheels, Indian independence and an Oscar-winning film!

www.linksalads.com/2026/10/02/g...

#LinkSalads #Linkology #Gandhi #otd

A wide, richly detailed historical illustration in warm sepia, saffron and green tones, celebrating Mahatma Gandhi and Indian independence.

On the left, a large vintage wooden television with a rounded screen, control knobs and speaker grille displays a black-and-white portrait of Gandhi. He is bald, wearing his distinctive round spectacles and simple white clothing.

Around the television, an enthusiastic crowd of Indian men, women and children celebrates independence. People smile, clap, raise their arms and wave Indian tricolour flags. Orange, white and green bunting hangs above the gathering.

In the background, historic Indian architecture resembling Delhi's Red Fort rises beneath a warm, hazy sky. The 24-spoked Ashoka Chakra is visible on the national flags.

The image symbolically connects Gandhi's birth on 2 October 1869 with John Logie Baird's television breakthrough on 2 October 1925.

The accompanying article, Gandhi's Wheels, explores three wheels: Gandhi's charkha, Baird's rotating television scanning disc and the Ashoka Chakra on India's national flag.

This is an imaginative historical illustration, not a representation of an actual television broadcast from 1947.
@linksalads.bsky.socialSep 28, 2026, 2:33 PM

✈️ 1924: first aerial circumnavigation.
🌌 1980: Carl Sagan’s Cosmos begins.
🖖 1987: Star Trek: The Next Generation launches.

One date. Three journeys. From travelling around Earth to imagining a voyage across the universe.

#LinkSalad #Linkology #Cosmos #StarTrek

www.linksalads.com/2026/09/28/a...

A wide, cinematic illustration representing three anniversaries connected with 28 September. On the left, a single vintage 1920s floatplane flies above a large view of Earth, representing the completion of the first aerial circumnavigation in 1924. Warm sunlight, clouds and the blue curve of the planet give way to deep space.

At the centre is Carl Sagan, shown in a thoughtful pose with his chin resting on his hand and looking upwards. He is surrounded by stars, colourful nebulae and spiral galaxies, representing the television premiere of Cosmos: A Personal Voyage in 1980 and humanity’s attempt to understand its place in the universe.

On the right, a futuristic starship inspired by the USS Enterprise-D flies forwards through a dense starfield, representing the premiere of Star Trek: The Next Generation in 1987. Blue engine trails extend behind the spacecraft as it travels deeper into space.

The image moves from warm earthly colours on the left to cooler blues and purples on the right, visually tracing the Link Salad’s progression: ✈️ around the world → 🌍 Earth → 🌌 the cosmos → 🖖 the final frontier