Peldrigal
@peldrigal.bsky.social
Gentleman adventurer. Swordsman and scholar.
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In the Good Timeline we have a new Man from UNCLE every two years
November 26, 2025 at 9:13 AM
In the Good Timeline we have a new Man from UNCLE every two years
So, Google plan is just to dismantle the planet and build a Matrioska Brain?
At least it's a plan to profitability, i suppose...
At least it's a plan to profitability, i suppose...
Google tells employees it must double capacity every 6 months to meet AI demand
Google’s AI infrastructure chief tells staff it needs thousandfold capacity increase in 5 years.
arstechnica.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:59 PM
So, Google plan is just to dismantle the planet and build a Matrioska Brain?
At least it's a plan to profitability, i suppose...
At least it's a plan to profitability, i suppose...
I am reading Shipstar, and i had forgotten how frankly bizarre are Niven and Beford's approaches to sexuality.
November 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I am reading Shipstar, and i had forgotten how frankly bizarre are Niven and Beford's approaches to sexuality.
Today I discovered that brits have their own version of "Aux Champs Elysees", and it caused me psychic damage.
November 25, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Today I discovered that brits have their own version of "Aux Champs Elysees", and it caused me psychic damage.
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About that style of Golden Age sci-fi i once read that what we found outlandish, i.e. something going in a handful of years from pure academic theory to civilization-changing gizmo or weapon, was just a fact of everyday life, which is hard to parse for us living through the Great Stagnation.
November 21, 2025 at 11:22 AM
About that style of Golden Age sci-fi i once read that what we found outlandish, i.e. something going in a handful of years from pure academic theory to civilization-changing gizmo or weapon, was just a fact of everyday life, which is hard to parse for us living through the Great Stagnation.
Milano Centrale is always a treat.
#traingood
#traingood
November 21, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Milano Centrale is always a treat.
#traingood
#traingood
I am sure I have read sci fi short stories set in this kind of war-torn dystopia
Anti-drone nets are being installed across the streets of Kherson to protect against ongoing Russian UAV attacks.
November 16, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I am sure I have read sci fi short stories set in this kind of war-torn dystopia
I unfortunately did not save the name of the person that here on Bluesky recommended me the Train to the End of the World #anime to me, but kudos to you. I haven't watched anything as beautiful in quite a long time. It is a surrealist fantasy slice of life anime, with strong Infinity Train vibes.
November 14, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I unfortunately did not save the name of the person that here on Bluesky recommended me the Train to the End of the World #anime to me, but kudos to you. I haven't watched anything as beautiful in quite a long time. It is a surrealist fantasy slice of life anime, with strong Infinity Train vibes.
I asked to my colleague
-Your calendar is very packed. Can you schedule the cost optimization meeting, or if it's more practical, I can send you a shortlist of options and you can review them-
His answer: -Yes-
Lord: why are you testing me? I am your weakest soldier.
-Your calendar is very packed. Can you schedule the cost optimization meeting, or if it's more practical, I can send you a shortlist of options and you can review them-
His answer: -Yes-
Lord: why are you testing me? I am your weakest soldier.
November 13, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I asked to my colleague
-Your calendar is very packed. Can you schedule the cost optimization meeting, or if it's more practical, I can send you a shortlist of options and you can review them-
His answer: -Yes-
Lord: why are you testing me? I am your weakest soldier.
-Your calendar is very packed. Can you schedule the cost optimization meeting, or if it's more practical, I can send you a shortlist of options and you can review them-
His answer: -Yes-
Lord: why are you testing me? I am your weakest soldier.
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In Skyfall it is strongly hinted, but denied, that the baddie is Pierce Brosnan 007, after the North Korea debacle,and I think they were cowards for not running with that idea.
November 12, 2025 at 2:10 PM
In Skyfall it is strongly hinted, but denied, that the baddie is Pierce Brosnan 007, after the North Korea debacle,and I think they were cowards for not running with that idea.
I still want my James Bond spinoff where his daughter is trained by Ana De Armas character, Paloma. Heck, she can be the new 007 for all I care.
November 12, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I still want my James Bond spinoff where his daughter is trained by Ana De Armas character, Paloma. Heck, she can be the new 007 for all I care.
Copper sulfide bonfire
November 11, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Copper sulfide bonfire
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2008: I can't vote for Obama because he's a Muslim socialist who wasn't born here.
2025: The most popular politician in America is a Muslim socialist who wasn't born here
2025: The most popular politician in America is a Muslim socialist who wasn't born here
November 7, 2025 at 8:47 PM
2008: I can't vote for Obama because he's a Muslim socialist who wasn't born here.
2025: The most popular politician in America is a Muslim socialist who wasn't born here
2025: The most popular politician in America is a Muslim socialist who wasn't born here
At bonfire night, a bloke I don't know called Philip turns up. I look at his face and think, “He's Chilean”. Then I say to myself, 'Come on, don't be racist, and what are the chances of a friend of friends being Chilean?'
November 9, 2025 at 1:53 AM
At bonfire night, a bloke I don't know called Philip turns up. I look at his face and think, “He's Chilean”. Then I say to myself, 'Come on, don't be racist, and what are the chances of a friend of friends being Chilean?'
I had read around that Zoran Mamdani's mom was "an Indian film director". I didn't realise it was Golden Lion winner, Monsoon Wedding's Mira Nair.
November 5, 2025 at 9:39 PM
I had read around that Zoran Mamdani's mom was "an Indian film director". I didn't realise it was Golden Lion winner, Monsoon Wedding's Mira Nair.
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Always heed signage
November 3, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Always heed signage
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Dick Cheney’s legacy is that he turned 9/11 from a national tragedy into a global disaster. He did so through a mixture of arrogance, stupidity and greed and blighted the last quarter century.
November 4, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Dick Cheney’s legacy is that he turned 9/11 from a national tragedy into a global disaster. He did so through a mixture of arrogance, stupidity and greed and blighted the last quarter century.
I remember how my Spanish-speaking work colleagues in Tampa, in the year of our Lord 2014, knew who Righeira were, but not Jean Reno.
November 4, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I remember how my Spanish-speaking work colleagues in Tampa, in the year of our Lord 2014, knew who Righeira were, but not Jean Reno.
Oh, how I love reading deeply reasoned analysis of the electoral system for the Venetian Doge, which conveniently omit that IT FAILED AT ITS STATED PURPOSE. Not with time, not with degradation of customs, but on day one.
November 4, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Oh, how I love reading deeply reasoned analysis of the electoral system for the Venetian Doge, which conveniently omit that IT FAILED AT ITS STATED PURPOSE. Not with time, not with degradation of customs, but on day one.
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New awareness campaign
November 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
New awareness campaign
Dear North American friends: "best of seven" is not a serious way to decide a sports competition. Do better.
November 2, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Dear North American friends: "best of seven" is not a serious way to decide a sports competition. Do better.
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"It is more enjoyable if you know nothing about the genre" is unfortunately true of many popular pieces of media.
November 2, 2025 at 2:16 PM
"It is more enjoyable if you know nothing about the genre" is unfortunately true of many popular pieces of media.
I am planning a trip to Chile with my British partner, and she is always shocked at how in the Americas everything is far away from every other thing.
November 2, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I am planning a trip to Chile with my British partner, and she is always shocked at how in the Americas everything is far away from every other thing.
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in the history of the 21st century, the Biden presidency will be remembered as a footnote during the long Trump era. Stephen Miller, architect of this hell, will have shaped America more, in no small part because Biden, like Obama before him, left in place the infrastructure facilitating deportation
July 3, 2025 at 6:56 PM
in the history of the 21st century, the Biden presidency will be remembered as a footnote during the long Trump era. Stephen Miller, architect of this hell, will have shaped America more, in no small part because Biden, like Obama before him, left in place the infrastructure facilitating deportation