What is a ASKard? 

ASKard (noun): A non-screen production credit also knowed by "minhas calinadas" verbal's that is usual on the end accompanie by the finger sometimes in my conversations with my friends or at some point to provoque a silence or a awkward one or a mindblowing usualy no more than half a minute at the end of the same. Named because sometimes the conversations are pure bullshit and no non-profit participatory participant even in the increase of our own vocabulary. The constantly use may provoque lonelyness looks of contempt and disdain.

Here I am, in your past, so that you may be there, in your present, reading me in your future.

• WIP • With four decades of following the evolutionary progress of technology, I witness a subtle yet significant transformation that few notice or simply care to acknowledge: the disappearance of 'Portuguese' as our mother tongue. When I see 'Portuguese' and 'Portuguese (Portugal)' in new language options or during new installation setups, I feel that our origin has been diluted. In truth, the language we took around the world should be the default 'Portuguese' reference, with the Brazilian variant being 'Portuguese (Brazil)'. I'd be willing to bet you hadn't even noticed... But this is just my humble opinion, which I have written about in the past in the 🍬 braincandy column, along with countless other things.

• WIP • I view technology as a body that grew too fast for the human soul to keep up. Technology gave us the tools to communicate instantly, but it didn't teach us to be more empathetic. It gave us access to all information, but it didn't teach us to be wiser. We continue to operate with the same primitive instincts as always, just with more sophisticated toys. The disparity between technological evolution and our own social and emotional evolution is, perhaps, the greatest challenge of our era.

• WIP •  It's obvious to almost everyone that we've lost control, even over something as basic as our logins. Whether access is tied into Windows or the browser, the surveillance is pervasive. A VPN might offer a little privacy for 'surfing,' but the core control mechanisms remain, simply shifting from one form to another. I believe users have forfeited fundamental rights that are unlikely ever to be recovered. The only thing more disturbing than the loss of these rights is the public's eagerness to surrender them, a complacency I refuse to share. I have the right to my own privacy everywhere, and that right doesn't diminish just because others are willing to give theirs up. 

#25324 Sometimes, all we need is the right words|phrase at the right time, and maybe this is it.

#25325 Together we are unstoppable.

#25326 Why do I love AMFs? First, because I’m old school, which already makes my personality dangerous. Second, because they make me hate people—and then give me the liquid courage to tell them exactly why.

#25327 The difference between Tom Cruise and me? Everything... well, except the nose and the hair. But he does his own stunts, and I do my own AMFs. Both involve a high risk of total blackout.

Adios, Motherfers!"*

• WIP • Há certas coisas que precisam de ficar registadas antes de eu desligar o smartphone e dar férias não só ao meu site, mas à própria internet e "gente". E que fique claro: não é uma questão de idade.

É uma questão de saturação. Tornei-me incapaz de tolerar determinados comportamentos — visíveis e invisíveis — que há muito passaram o limite do admissível.

Sobre os Dados e a AMOC

Se não partilho os dados da AMOC diariamente, é por vontade própria, e não por cedência a pressões (venham elas de onde vierem). Eu forneci as ferramentas; quem quiser que faça algo de útil com elas. Pelos dados e acontecimentos, os padrões estão à vista de todos e eu já posso dizer o clássico:

"I told you so". Ontem foi o exemplo perfeito, e nem foi preciso rust.

Sobre a Minha Voz

Há quem tente usar-me para falar sem abrir a boca, achando que sou idiota como eles.

Estão enganados. O que tenho a dizer, digo na cara, doa a quem doer. Se há coisa que não admito é que falem por mim ou tentem pôr palavras na minha boca. Capiche?

Sobre o Meu Aniversário

O aniversário é meu e de mais ninguém. Deixem que eu me preocupe com ele (se e quando eu quiser). Nunca se preocupem mais do que eu, porque correm o risco de gastar energia com algo que para mim não tem importância ou que simplesmente não quero priorizar.

Sobre a Cybele e o Controlo

Tanta pressão com a Cybele e com as partilhas... Já pensaram no controlo que eu exerço (ou deixo de exercer) sobre aquilo que realmente domino? Um conselho: não me chateiem.

Coisas más acontecem quando me chateiam, especialmente perante a estupidez alheia.

Depois não digam que não avisei.

Ficarei incontactável até 08.05.2026.

# Against facts there are no arguments. Ohhh, I’ve got the full database. 

# Talk to each other's, pretend it's the 90s.