Edgardo Block
@edgardoblock.bsky.social
Personal account for personal comments, which are solely my responsibility and no one else’s.
Argentina-born American, transport infrastructure professional. Started the very empty @evalpavement.bsky.social.
Argentina-born American, transport infrastructure professional. Started the very empty @evalpavement.bsky.social.
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I am not losing my emdashes—I created a keyboard shortcut to make them easy to type and I'm not giving it up. I can assure you all my —'s are homegrown.
are we still on about em dashes and ai. imo human writers should just use the em dashes even harder. we should be out here pummeling out those em dashes like we're emily dickinson
December 10, 2025 at 3:59 AM
I am not losing my emdashes—I created a keyboard shortcut to make them easy to type and I'm not giving it up. I can assure you all my —'s are homegrown.
exclusive photo from the Met
December 10, 2025 at 3:57 AM
exclusive photo from the Met
Can a baseball count be two balls and three strikes
December 10, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Can a baseball count be two balls and three strikes
tfw it’s quarter to 10 and you could have wound the music box to play the Brahms lullaby but you clicked on Dr Táíwò’s statement
I’ll leave it here for thinking.
I’ll leave it here for thinking.
not only am I reposting this but I am doubling Tony's emphasis on "hard *cannot*"
i mean, we have learned (Gödel, Church, Turing, et al) that we cannot—hard *cannot*—automate the process of proving *mathematical* truths.
general knowledge? forget it
general knowledge? forget it
December 10, 2025 at 2:40 AM
tfw it’s quarter to 10 and you could have wound the music box to play the Brahms lullaby but you clicked on Dr Táíwò’s statement
I’ll leave it here for thinking.
I’ll leave it here for thinking.
I guess we’re getting the slushy
December 10, 2025 at 12:40 AM
I guess we’re getting the slushy
“former die-hard” implies an excruciating death was involved
December 10, 2025 at 12:10 AM
“former die-hard” implies an excruciating death was involved
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happy National Pastry Day
December 9, 2025 at 11:12 PM
happy National Pastry Day
“don’t blame me” vibe
December 9, 2025 at 9:37 PM
“don’t blame me” vibe
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THREAD
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I’d like to share a small publishing milestone.
My book ‘Drystone - A Life Rebuilt’ has gone into a second print run.
And as there are so many wildly unrealistic ideas out there about how it all works, here are the numbers in plain terms
#Writing #WritingCommunity #Publishing #Books
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I’d like to share a small publishing milestone.
My book ‘Drystone - A Life Rebuilt’ has gone into a second print run.
And as there are so many wildly unrealistic ideas out there about how it all works, here are the numbers in plain terms
#Writing #WritingCommunity #Publishing #Books
December 9, 2025 at 9:31 AM
THREAD
1/
I’d like to share a small publishing milestone.
My book ‘Drystone - A Life Rebuilt’ has gone into a second print run.
And as there are so many wildly unrealistic ideas out there about how it all works, here are the numbers in plain terms
#Writing #WritingCommunity #Publishing #Books
1/
I’d like to share a small publishing milestone.
My book ‘Drystone - A Life Rebuilt’ has gone into a second print run.
And as there are so many wildly unrealistic ideas out there about how it all works, here are the numbers in plain terms
#Writing #WritingCommunity #Publishing #Books
i will not double text
December 9, 2025 at 4:25 AM
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Took this around this time of the year but in 2012 #gentrification #StreetPhotography #UrbanGaze #Cityscapes #Montreal
December 9, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Took this around this time of the year but in 2012 #gentrification #StreetPhotography #UrbanGaze #Cityscapes #Montreal
I will not double-space
i will not double text
December 9, 2025 at 2:33 AM
I will not double-space
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Patricia on the Internet: parents are the problem
December 8, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Patricia on the Internet: parents are the problem
Don’t wish to post about trust and safety but: you make your decisions, follow the rules and conscience, and close your beak. It’s no good to add information or an opinion - refer only to the rule used if an explanation is necessary, and then to the offender only.
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December 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Don’t wish to post about trust and safety but: you make your decisions, follow the rules and conscience, and close your beak. It’s no good to add information or an opinion - refer only to the rule used if an explanation is necessary, and then to the offender only.
fin
fin
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cannot begin to tell you how happy I am to have stumbled upon the Paris building shared by metal music fans and the union for metal workers, what a delight
December 8, 2025 at 11:31 AM
cannot begin to tell you how happy I am to have stumbled upon the Paris building shared by metal music fans and the union for metal workers, what a delight
Favorite 8 symphonies, today
Beethoven 9
Beethoven 5
Brahms 4
Dvorak 9
Strauss Alpensinfonie
Beethoven 7
Beethoven 3
Mahler 6
Schubert 9, 5, Mozart 40, Bruckner 8 “It was a tough decision”
Definitely having to practice “it’s the art not the artist” with at least one of these, but yup
Beethoven 9
Beethoven 5
Brahms 4
Dvorak 9
Strauss Alpensinfonie
Beethoven 7
Beethoven 3
Mahler 6
Schubert 9, 5, Mozart 40, Bruckner 8 “It was a tough decision”
Definitely having to practice “it’s the art not the artist” with at least one of these, but yup
#ClassicalDiscussion People of Bluesky, what are your favourite eight symphonies? My list today:
Beethoven 2
Bruckner 7
Rachmaninoff 1
Mahler 9
Shostakovich 8
G Williams 2
Sibelius 2
Tchaikovsky 4
Beethoven 2
Bruckner 7
Rachmaninoff 1
Mahler 9
Shostakovich 8
G Williams 2
Sibelius 2
Tchaikovsky 4
December 8, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Favorite 8 symphonies, today
Beethoven 9
Beethoven 5
Brahms 4
Dvorak 9
Strauss Alpensinfonie
Beethoven 7
Beethoven 3
Mahler 6
Schubert 9, 5, Mozart 40, Bruckner 8 “It was a tough decision”
Definitely having to practice “it’s the art not the artist” with at least one of these, but yup
Beethoven 9
Beethoven 5
Brahms 4
Dvorak 9
Strauss Alpensinfonie
Beethoven 7
Beethoven 3
Mahler 6
Schubert 9, 5, Mozart 40, Bruckner 8 “It was a tough decision”
Definitely having to practice “it’s the art not the artist” with at least one of these, but yup
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I know we don't have polls here, but I am interested in the fundamental Platonic conflict of which is the best circular dessert genre:
A) Cake
B) Pie
C) Cookie
A) Cake
B) Pie
C) Cookie
December 8, 2025 at 4:37 AM
I know we don't have polls here, but I am interested in the fundamental Platonic conflict of which is the best circular dessert genre:
A) Cake
B) Pie
C) Cookie
A) Cake
B) Pie
C) Cookie
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Good evening to everyone who rides with light and style!
December 8, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Good evening to everyone who rides with light and style!
I enjoyed my iPod more then than I enjoy my iPhone now.
My teen asked for an iPod for Christmas so he can listen to music without having to use a phone.
I fully support this concept bu how do you get music onto an iPod now that there is no iTunes?
I fully support this concept bu how do you get music onto an iPod now that there is no iTunes?
December 8, 2025 at 4:35 AM
I enjoyed my iPod more then than I enjoy my iPhone now.
Interested!
I haven't been very active here for several months, because I've been working on a new book. Soon I will be able to tell you about it. Is anyone out there interested?
December 8, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Interested!
I’m a Celtics fan but I would favor a 24-attempt maximum, after which all shots would just be worth 2 points.
December 8, 2025 at 4:02 AM
I’m a Celtics fan but I would favor a 24-attempt maximum, after which all shots would just be worth 2 points.
It’s not solely about the proportion of teams and it’s not solely about having to play at the elevation of Pike’s Peak when visiting Bolivia. It’s about the qualifying format. Since the S. Am. qualis have moved to round robin, over 18 matches, Arg, Bra do well.
worldsoccertalk.com/news/argenti...
worldsoccertalk.com/news/argenti...
Argentina star Emiliano Martinez fires back at Italy coach Gattuso over World Cup qualifiers controversy
Gennaro Gattuso, head coach of Italy, criticized the South American World Cup qualifiers format, prompting a sharp response from Argentina goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez.
worldsoccertalk.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:18 AM
It’s not solely about the proportion of teams and it’s not solely about having to play at the elevation of Pike’s Peak when visiting Bolivia. It’s about the qualifying format. Since the S. Am. qualis have moved to round robin, over 18 matches, Arg, Bra do well.
worldsoccertalk.com/news/argenti...
worldsoccertalk.com/news/argenti...
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I find the seemingly standard public education/reenactor phrase, "every Roman soldier was a [combat] engineer" more than a bit frustrating.
Every Roman soldier could be a *laborer.* The legions also had much higher status specialist engineers, the praefectus fabrum or architectus.
Different jobs!
Every Roman soldier could be a *laborer.* The legions also had much higher status specialist engineers, the praefectus fabrum or architectus.
Different jobs!
December 7, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I find the seemingly standard public education/reenactor phrase, "every Roman soldier was a [combat] engineer" more than a bit frustrating.
Every Roman soldier could be a *laborer.* The legions also had much higher status specialist engineers, the praefectus fabrum or architectus.
Different jobs!
Every Roman soldier could be a *laborer.* The legions also had much higher status specialist engineers, the praefectus fabrum or architectus.
Different jobs!
An eternal tension in infrastructure, and an indicator of economic ascendancy and decline, in my view.
“A paradox of laissez-faire America in which privately owned & operated RR were incompatible w/ a society that highly valued the unconstrained exploitation of land. Private RR operation required profits.
Unconstrained land exploitation demanded more transportation than RR could provide at a profit.”
Unconstrained land exploitation demanded more transportation than RR could provide at a profit.”
December 8, 2025 at 2:37 AM
An eternal tension in infrastructure, and an indicator of economic ascendancy and decline, in my view.
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This thread is full of video that is "awesome" in both the colloquial *and* the original sense of the word
Y'all the latest episode of the #Kilauea #eruption just went CRAZY. It looks like pressure built up enough to explode out the ground around the two existing vents (first few seconds), leading to a massive surge in lava fountaining.🌋🤯
USGS Live stream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiyt...
USGS Live stream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiyt...
December 7, 2025 at 4:42 AM
This thread is full of video that is "awesome" in both the colloquial *and* the original sense of the word