Andreas Kjeldsen
@andreaskjeldsen.bsky.social
Translator & subtitler (EN/DE to DA). Gamedev @VerySRSgames.com. Federalist. Citoyen-traducteur. Lapsed medievalist. #FailedIntellectual.
“It was stated at the outset, that this system would not be here, and at once, perfected.“
“It was stated at the outset, that this system would not be here, and at once, perfected.“
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Worth remembering that the Joe Rogans of the world don’t think they’re engaged in politics. That’s part of their success and something for political types to remember when engaging with them and their audiences.
November 19, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Worth remembering that the Joe Rogans of the world don’t think they’re engaged in politics. That’s part of their success and something for political types to remember when engaging with them and their audiences.
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Part of poaster’s bushido is being detached from the fruits of your poasting, both good and bad. “I was saying that I wanted to kill someone as a reference to Johnny Cash” no you poasted a little too close to the sun. We all do it (some more than others). Accept and move on, this is pathetic.
BlueSky is a bad site used by good people. That describes most social media sites. But BlueSky is egregiously unethical. Any of you can be disappeared for baseless reasons. I've been on social media for 17 years and never been suspended. BlueSky is the first place to do so – over Johnny Cash lyrics.
November 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Part of poaster’s bushido is being detached from the fruits of your poasting, both good and bad. “I was saying that I wanted to kill someone as a reference to Johnny Cash” no you poasted a little too close to the sun. We all do it (some more than others). Accept and move on, this is pathetic.
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![[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.]
JANET:
Ugh...
LIZ:
What's up?
JANET:
I am so bored of cooking peas!
LIZ:
Have you tried...
AI peas?
JANET:
AI peas?
LIZ:
They're peas with AI!
[Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI].
LIZ:
Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas
JANET:
What
LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines]
Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas?
[Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it]
LIZ:
Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine
[Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas]
LIZ:
With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas!
JANET:
What
LIZ:
Shut up
LIZ:
Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow
From opening the bag of peas
to boiling the peas
to eating the peas
To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means.
JANET:
Is it really necessary to-
LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]:
THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET
[Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan:
AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas.
[Ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreiayqa37f7kik7l7s7fbtfp2sir5ckb662ry2lylinyjrfa2rkvvka@jpeg)
I realise this is a minuscule thing to be annoyed about, but they didn’t just “decide to change the name” to be “politically correct”. War (ie Army), Navy and Air Force used to be separate cabinet-level departments. The Department of Defence was formed as a complete restructuring of the US military.
Trump: "We have officially renamed the Dept of Defense back to the original name, Dept of War. And remember we won World War 1, we won World War 2, we won everything in between. We won everything that came before. And then we brilliantly decided to change the name. We became politically correct"
November 12, 2025 at 10:53 AM
I realise this is a minuscule thing to be annoyed about, but they didn’t just “decide to change the name” to be “politically correct”. War (ie Army), Navy and Air Force used to be separate cabinet-level departments. The Department of Defence was formed as a complete restructuring of the US military.
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one serious problem i see that i am not clear how we solve is, probably 50% of the GOP voting base if not more is really not interested in being part of a democracy anymore. and the only alternative is guys who think democracy means finding common ground with those people
November 10, 2025 at 12:49 AM
one serious problem i see that i am not clear how we solve is, probably 50% of the GOP voting base if not more is really not interested in being part of a democracy anymore. and the only alternative is guys who think democracy means finding common ground with those people
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what star wars really need is a HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER style submarine thriller
November 8, 2025 at 6:48 PM
what star wars really need is a HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER style submarine thriller
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Folks, today is October 25th, the Feast Day of Saints Crispin and Crispinian, and of course the anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt.
It is *also* one month until November 25th, the Feast Day of Saint Catherine, when AN EXCITING THING *might* happen. 👀
Anyway, here's Kenneth Branagh.
#dkgame
It is *also* one month until November 25th, the Feast Day of Saint Catherine, when AN EXCITING THING *might* happen. 👀
Anyway, here's Kenneth Branagh.
#dkgame
Henry V - Speech - Eve of Saint Crispin's Day - HD
YouTube video by technicalmark
www.youtube.com
October 25, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Folks, today is October 25th, the Feast Day of Saints Crispin and Crispinian, and of course the anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt.
It is *also* one month until November 25th, the Feast Day of Saint Catherine, when AN EXCITING THING *might* happen. 👀
Anyway, here's Kenneth Branagh.
#dkgame
It is *also* one month until November 25th, the Feast Day of Saint Catherine, when AN EXCITING THING *might* happen. 👀
Anyway, here's Kenneth Branagh.
#dkgame
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Hello Bluesky! I am an #Indiedev making The Knight & the Maiden, a game set in a world almost, but not quite, like our own in the early 16th century. The story is about a lady who disguises herself as a knight to win a tourney, but then she falls in love with a princess and things get… complicated.
August 3, 2023 at 9:21 PM
Hello Bluesky! I am an #Indiedev making The Knight & the Maiden, a game set in a world almost, but not quite, like our own in the early 16th century. The story is about a lady who disguises herself as a knight to win a tourney, but then she falls in love with a princess and things get… complicated.
Call me a traditionalist, but letting private individuals send cheques to an authoritarian-curious president so he can fund the military outside of the legal appropriations procedure… seems less than optimal.
Also that’s like 0.8% of the monthly US military payroll.
Also that’s like 0.8% of the monthly US military payroll.
Trump: "By the way, a friend of mine called us the other day and he said 'I'd like to contribute any shortfall you have because of the Democrat shutdown. I'd like to contribute any shortfall you have with the military.' Today, he sent us a check for $130 million. It's gonna go the military."
October 23, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Call me a traditionalist, but letting private individuals send cheques to an authoritarian-curious president so he can fund the military outside of the legal appropriations procedure… seems less than optimal.
Also that’s like 0.8% of the monthly US military payroll.
Also that’s like 0.8% of the monthly US military payroll.
I don’t mean to lecture ACECO – an award-winning demolition company with 3500+ successfully completed projects since 2000 and 86 years of market experience – on how to conduct their business, but I’d maybe have removed the branding from the machines for this particular project. #ReputationalDamage
Wake up, babe, the least subtle visual metaphor in history just dropped
October 21, 2025 at 8:18 AM
I don’t mean to lecture ACECO – an award-winning demolition company with 3500+ successfully completed projects since 2000 and 86 years of market experience – on how to conduct their business, but I’d maybe have removed the branding from the machines for this particular project. #ReputationalDamage
Can’t believe they’re not using an AMERICAN-made excavator to demolish the People’s House 1600% TARIFFS on imported heavy machinery IMMEDIATELY please thankyou for your attention to this matter
Wake up, babe, the least subtle visual metaphor in history just dropped
October 21, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Can’t believe they’re not using an AMERICAN-made excavator to demolish the People’s House 1600% TARIFFS on imported heavy machinery IMMEDIATELY please thankyou for your attention to this matter
I do think it’s very funny that barely any of the newly-arrived US Government accounts, in line with the administration’s usual level of competence, seem to have figured out how to set a custom domain handle.
October 18, 2025 at 8:56 AM
I do think it’s very funny that barely any of the newly-arrived US Government accounts, in line with the administration’s usual level of competence, seem to have figured out how to set a custom domain handle.
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Today is Quintidi the 25th of Vendémiaire in the year 234.
Vendémiaire is the month of vintage.
Today we celebrate oxen.#JacobinDay
More information on oxen
Vendémiaire is the month of vintage.
Today we celebrate oxen.#JacobinDay
More information on oxen
October 15, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Today is Quintidi the 25th of Vendémiaire in the year 234.
Vendémiaire is the month of vintage.
Today we celebrate oxen.#JacobinDay
More information on oxen
Vendémiaire is the month of vintage.
Today we celebrate oxen.#JacobinDay
More information on oxen
That’s Columba.
Columbus is the 6th century Irish missionary who founded Luxeuil Abbey and a number of other monasteries in Francia and Lombardy.
Columbus is the 6th century Irish missionary who founded Luxeuil Abbey and a number of other monasteries in Francia and Lombardy.
That's Coulomb.
Columbus is the genus that includes doves and pigeons.
Columbus is the genus that includes doves and pigeons.
That’s Columbia.
Columbus is the unit of electrical charge in the international system of units.
Columbus is the unit of electrical charge in the international system of units.
October 13, 2025 at 4:56 PM
That’s Columba.
Columbus is the 6th century Irish missionary who founded Luxeuil Abbey and a number of other monasteries in Francia and Lombardy.
Columbus is the 6th century Irish missionary who founded Luxeuil Abbey and a number of other monasteries in Francia and Lombardy.
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I imagine Pete Hegseth's inability to understand this is probably a big reason why his career stalled out when it did: he was trying to be an O-4 thinking in terms of the 'O-3 test' (or the 'E-6 test') when that wasn't his job anymore.
A colonel is not just a really, really big lieutenant.
A colonel is not just a really, really big lieutenant.
October 5, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I imagine Pete Hegseth's inability to understand this is probably a big reason why his career stalled out when it did: he was trying to be an O-4 thinking in terms of the 'O-3 test' (or the 'E-6 test') when that wasn't his job anymore.
A colonel is not just a really, really big lieutenant.
A colonel is not just a really, really big lieutenant.
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One of the things that doesn't come out in the soundbites but does in the full speech is Hegseth's repeated, explicit emphasis on viewing problems from the perspective of an E-6 or O-3, wholly unaware (as a bad O-4) that the job of the 0-7s to O-10s in front of him is quite different.
One of the challenges in trying to write something about Hegseth's speech at The Quantico Disgrace is you have to listen to the whole speech but it is very difficult to listen so much and not have the style of speech bleed into your writing and you *really* don't want to write like Hegseth talks.
October 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
One of the things that doesn't come out in the soundbites but does in the full speech is Hegseth's repeated, explicit emphasis on viewing problems from the perspective of an E-6 or O-3, wholly unaware (as a bad O-4) that the job of the 0-7s to O-10s in front of him is quite different.
Incredible that we’re almost nine months into this mess and people still don’t understand the difference between “can” and “may”.
The President “may” not put his stupid face on a coin because of an 1866 law.
But of course he “can” put his stupid face on a coin because who’s going to stop him?
The President “may” not put his stupid face on a coin because of an 1866 law.
But of course he “can” put his stupid face on a coin because who’s going to stop him?
It is not clear that Mr. Trump’s image can be featured on a coin. An 1866 law enshrined a tradition that only deceased people could appear on U.S. currency to avoid the appearance that America was a monarchy. Trump admin is planning to do it anyway.
By Alan Rappeport
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/b...
By Alan Rappeport
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/b...
Treasury Plans to Mint $1 Commemorative Trump Coin
www.nytimes.com
October 4, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Incredible that we’re almost nine months into this mess and people still don’t understand the difference between “can” and “may”.
The President “may” not put his stupid face on a coin because of an 1866 law.
But of course he “can” put his stupid face on a coin because who’s going to stop him?
The President “may” not put his stupid face on a coin because of an 1866 law.
But of course he “can” put his stupid face on a coin because who’s going to stop him?
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i actually prefer it when the mods actively hate the user base and vice versa, that’s how every great message board worked for years and i think we should give it a whirl
October 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
i actually prefer it when the mods actively hate the user base and vice versa, that’s how every great message board worked for years and i think we should give it a whirl
The “Social Media CEO Avoiding Turning Into the Main Character of Their Own Platform” Challenge
Difficulty level: Apparently impossible? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Difficulty level: Apparently impossible? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
You could try a poster’s strike. I hear that works
October 3, 2025 at 11:56 PM
The “Social Media CEO Avoiding Turning Into the Main Character of Their Own Platform” Challenge
Difficulty level: Apparently impossible? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Difficulty level: Apparently impossible? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Interrogate your beliefs you fools
October 1, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Interrogate your beliefs you fools
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It’s funny to consider that Hegseth is precisely the sort of person for whom Sun-Tzu actually wrote The Art of War, and is thus the kind of person who fundamentally cannot understand it
September 30, 2025 at 1:13 PM
It’s funny to consider that Hegseth is precisely the sort of person for whom Sun-Tzu actually wrote The Art of War, and is thus the kind of person who fundamentally cannot understand it
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Today is La fête des récompenses the 5th of Sansculottides in the year 233.
Sansculottides is the month of complementary days.
Today we celebrate honor.#JacobinDay
More information on honor
Sansculottides is the month of complementary days.
Today we celebrate honor.#JacobinDay
More information on honor
September 20, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Today is La fête des récompenses the 5th of Sansculottides in the year 233.
Sansculottides is the month of complementary days.
Today we celebrate honor.#JacobinDay
More information on honor
Sansculottides is the month of complementary days.
Today we celebrate honor.#JacobinDay
More information on honor
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Today is La fête du génie the 2nd of Sansculottides in the year 233.
Sansculottides is the month of complementary days.
Today we celebrate talent.#JacobinDay
More information on talent
Sansculottides is the month of complementary days.
Today we celebrate talent.#JacobinDay
More information on talent
September 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Today is La fête du génie the 2nd of Sansculottides in the year 233.
Sansculottides is the month of complementary days.
Today we celebrate talent.#JacobinDay
More information on talent
Sansculottides is the month of complementary days.
Today we celebrate talent.#JacobinDay
More information on talent
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Today is La fête de la vertu the 1st of Sansculottides in the year 233.
Sansculottides is the month of complementary days.
Today we celebrate virtue.#JacobinDay
More information on virtue
Sansculottides is the month of complementary days.
Today we celebrate virtue.#JacobinDay
More information on virtue
September 16, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Today is La fête de la vertu the 1st of Sansculottides in the year 233.
Sansculottides is the month of complementary days.
Today we celebrate virtue.#JacobinDay
More information on virtue
Sansculottides is the month of complementary days.
Today we celebrate virtue.#JacobinDay
More information on virtue
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His brand of it is particularly garish but all authoritarianism is basically government by spoiled child. No capacity for or interest in any principles. People who are nice to me get treats, people who are mean to me get abuse. I get what I want or I cry and thrash. Embarrassing
President Trump warns an Australian reporter that he’s hurting Australia because he asked him about his business activity: You are hurting Australia very much right now. They want to get along with me. Your leader is coming to see me soon, I'm going to tell him about you.
September 16, 2025 at 3:50 PM
His brand of it is particularly garish but all authoritarianism is basically government by spoiled child. No capacity for or interest in any principles. People who are nice to me get treats, people who are mean to me get abuse. I get what I want or I cry and thrash. Embarrassing