Adrian Speed
@adrianspeed.bsky.social
A novelist and amatuer history communicator.
I remember people discussing about whether Reginald Barclay creating a holographic version of Troy to kiss would be considered acceptable but cringe in the future or if he was crossing a social boundary.
Grok kind of proves its both.
Grok kind of proves its both.
January 9, 2026 at 11:14 AM
I remember people discussing about whether Reginald Barclay creating a holographic version of Troy to kiss would be considered acceptable but cringe in the future or if he was crossing a social boundary.
Grok kind of proves its both.
Grok kind of proves its both.
"the horrors persist but so do I" the millennials mutter to themselves, the forgetting that they have just defined hell
January 9, 2026 at 8:10 AM
"the horrors persist but so do I" the millennials mutter to themselves, the forgetting that they have just defined hell
Generative AI uses a lot of energy but you can generate 1000 images for the amount of energy it takes to drive your car 1 mile. I don't see people treating their cars with the same level of reflexive anger. And this is not a pro-AI post.
January 8, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Generative AI uses a lot of energy but you can generate 1000 images for the amount of energy it takes to drive your car 1 mile. I don't see people treating their cars with the same level of reflexive anger. And this is not a pro-AI post.
If AI is to be the next great step in technology (and the jury is out) like the Printing Press and the Personal Computer then it must either seek collective ownership of the data centres or discrete AI boxes that individuals can own.
All else is rent seeking and feudalism.
All else is rent seeking and feudalism.
January 5, 2026 at 1:24 PM
If AI is to be the next great step in technology (and the jury is out) like the Printing Press and the Personal Computer then it must either seek collective ownership of the data centres or discrete AI boxes that individuals can own.
All else is rent seeking and feudalism.
All else is rent seeking and feudalism.
Merry Christmas, here is a joke only I will like.
December 24, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Merry Christmas, here is a joke only I will like.
I write books and draw comics in the same way other people eat or breathe or walk around. They're part of my body existing. You may not see them, but they are there. They are either getting polished up and ready to be shown or they are the micro-screams of living in a society, and meant just for me.
December 21, 2025 at 10:55 AM
I write books and draw comics in the same way other people eat or breathe or walk around. They're part of my body existing. You may not see them, but they are there. They are either getting polished up and ready to be shown or they are the micro-screams of living in a society, and meant just for me.
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There will come a time when people of good faith are empowered to uphold the law.
When that time comes, Illinois will have the testimony and records needed to pursue justice to its fullest extent.
The truth of what Trump and his masked agents are doing in Chicago will be told.
When that time comes, Illinois will have the testimony and records needed to pursue justice to its fullest extent.
The truth of what Trump and his masked agents are doing in Chicago will be told.
"They had done nothing wrong. They were not protesting. They were not chasing ICE vehicles. They were simply shopping."
Matt DeMateo recounts how three U.S. citizens, including a toddler, were tear gassed in Cicero by federal agents.
Matt DeMateo recounts how three U.S. citizens, including a toddler, were tear gassed in Cicero by federal agents.
December 18, 2025 at 11:34 PM
There will come a time when people of good faith are empowered to uphold the law.
When that time comes, Illinois will have the testimony and records needed to pursue justice to its fullest extent.
The truth of what Trump and his masked agents are doing in Chicago will be told.
When that time comes, Illinois will have the testimony and records needed to pursue justice to its fullest extent.
The truth of what Trump and his masked agents are doing in Chicago will be told.
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"you're a man"
ad hominem
"you were born a boy"
sunk cost fallacy
"you're amab"
false dichotomy
"you have xy chromosomes"
false equivalence
"trans people are mentally ill"
non sequitur
"changing your sex isn't possible"
skill issue
ad hominem
"you were born a boy"
sunk cost fallacy
"you're amab"
false dichotomy
"you have xy chromosomes"
false equivalence
"trans people are mentally ill"
non sequitur
"changing your sex isn't possible"
skill issue
December 18, 2025 at 9:36 PM
"you're a man"
ad hominem
"you were born a boy"
sunk cost fallacy
"you're amab"
false dichotomy
"you have xy chromosomes"
false equivalence
"trans people are mentally ill"
non sequitur
"changing your sex isn't possible"
skill issue
ad hominem
"you were born a boy"
sunk cost fallacy
"you're amab"
false dichotomy
"you have xy chromosomes"
false equivalence
"trans people are mentally ill"
non sequitur
"changing your sex isn't possible"
skill issue
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Fuck every single one of these assholes. Once again, this is *literally* what the Nazis did.
The House passed legislation today that would charge doctors with a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison for providing transition-related care to minors.
Rep. Sarah McBride strongly condemned the legislation in rare personal remarks ahead of the vote.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Rep. Sarah McBride strongly condemned the legislation in rare personal remarks ahead of the vote.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
House passes bill to criminalize transition care for minors
The House passed legislation today that would charge doctors with a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison for providing transition-related medical care
www.nbcnews.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Fuck every single one of these assholes. Once again, this is *literally* what the Nazis did.
There are four civilisations in Europe: Latin, Greek, Slav and Muslim.
December 17, 2025 at 10:01 PM
There are four civilisations in Europe: Latin, Greek, Slav and Muslim.
Sometimes I feel that reading the entirety of Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire should be a prerequisite for having opinions on the Roman empire. Dispelled many of Gibbon's ideas are, but he forces you to confront your thoughts and misconceptions and truly reckon with them.
December 17, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Sometimes I feel that reading the entirety of Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire should be a prerequisite for having opinions on the Roman empire. Dispelled many of Gibbon's ideas are, but he forces you to confront your thoughts and misconceptions and truly reckon with them.
Fallout is a world without hope and only the agency of the player mitigates that. This is why the TV show is not good on a conceptual level.
Last of Us less so because the lack of hope is cemented by the player. You kick away your own execution stool.
Last of Us less so because the lack of hope is cemented by the player. You kick away your own execution stool.
December 17, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Fallout is a world without hope and only the agency of the player mitigates that. This is why the TV show is not good on a conceptual level.
Last of Us less so because the lack of hope is cemented by the player. You kick away your own execution stool.
Last of Us less so because the lack of hope is cemented by the player. You kick away your own execution stool.
We made a mistake when we let companies provide services instead of products.
December 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
We made a mistake when we let companies provide services instead of products.
I listened to Edward Gibbon talk for over one hundred hours on the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire and I think he is the best friend I made in my thirties despite being dead almost two hundred years when I was born.
December 16, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I listened to Edward Gibbon talk for over one hundred hours on the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire and I think he is the best friend I made in my thirties despite being dead almost two hundred years when I was born.
There used to be an axiomatic constant to political disagreement:
Human suffering is bad, and society exists to reduce it.
But I don't think that common ground exists anymore, if it ever truly did.
Human suffering is bad, and society exists to reduce it.
But I don't think that common ground exists anymore, if it ever truly did.
December 16, 2025 at 8:33 PM
There used to be an axiomatic constant to political disagreement:
Human suffering is bad, and society exists to reduce it.
But I don't think that common ground exists anymore, if it ever truly did.
Human suffering is bad, and society exists to reduce it.
But I don't think that common ground exists anymore, if it ever truly did.
I cant wait for the Christmas break so I can be sad relaxing at home instead of being sad while working at home
December 16, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I cant wait for the Christmas break so I can be sad relaxing at home instead of being sad while working at home
I think this is genuinely Starfield's actual story.
Game designer: After lots of hard work we’re proud to announce we’ve created the Wheel of Saṃsāra from the ancient Buddhist classic Don’t Get Trapped in the Wheel of Saṃsāra
December 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I think this is genuinely Starfield's actual story.
I suspect that Wes Streeting would be better suited to selling cars to the elderly or shouting angrily at someone cleaning a train.
December 13, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I suspect that Wes Streeting would be better suited to selling cars to the elderly or shouting angrily at someone cleaning a train.
@graham.loadingreadyrun.com I thought you might like to see this complete collection of Moscow 1980 olympic games badges each with Misha carrying out a different sport that popped into my local charity shop.
December 3, 2025 at 11:20 AM
@graham.loadingreadyrun.com I thought you might like to see this complete collection of Moscow 1980 olympic games badges each with Misha carrying out a different sport that popped into my local charity shop.
For another good example of this look at the estimates for how many giant squid and colossal squid are eaten each day by sperm whales and how hard it is to find even a single one
The Ocean is huge and we are stupid.
November 21, 2025 at 5:22 PM
For another good example of this look at the estimates for how many giant squid and colossal squid are eaten each day by sperm whales and how hard it is to find even a single one
Samus is a socially broken weirdo who cannot stand being around other people and this is why no-one at Nintendo knows what to do with her. They need to give her to ID software or someone.
November 19, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Samus is a socially broken weirdo who cannot stand being around other people and this is why no-one at Nintendo knows what to do with her. They need to give her to ID software or someone.
I feel like LLMs have under-utilised purpose in 90s-era adventure games.
No more:
"Open door"
"I do not know how to Open door."
"Use door"
"You open the door and find yourself in a room eight feet wide filled with bees."
No more:
"Open door"
"I do not know how to Open door."
"Use door"
"You open the door and find yourself in a room eight feet wide filled with bees."
November 16, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I feel like LLMs have under-utilised purpose in 90s-era adventure games.
No more:
"Open door"
"I do not know how to Open door."
"Use door"
"You open the door and find yourself in a room eight feet wide filled with bees."
No more:
"Open door"
"I do not know how to Open door."
"Use door"
"You open the door and find yourself in a room eight feet wide filled with bees."
Most people have "Sunday Scaries" about the pressure of work or the necessary actions of life.
Mine are "will the people of my generation and those who come after have the willpower to rebuild this broken world and build new projects to improve life, or will they cowardly slink into collapse?"
Mine are "will the people of my generation and those who come after have the willpower to rebuild this broken world and build new projects to improve life, or will they cowardly slink into collapse?"
November 16, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Most people have "Sunday Scaries" about the pressure of work or the necessary actions of life.
Mine are "will the people of my generation and those who come after have the willpower to rebuild this broken world and build new projects to improve life, or will they cowardly slink into collapse?"
Mine are "will the people of my generation and those who come after have the willpower to rebuild this broken world and build new projects to improve life, or will they cowardly slink into collapse?"
For the first time in ten years I have finally got into Witcher 3 and there's something about the game that I need the internet to understand: It is eurojank. It is the world's most amazing eurojank.
November 9, 2025 at 6:42 PM
For the first time in ten years I have finally got into Witcher 3 and there's something about the game that I need the internet to understand: It is eurojank. It is the world's most amazing eurojank.