What is a ASKard? 

ASKard (ASKard (noun): A "non-screen production credit" originating from the fusion of AS (Adelino Saldanha), ASK (the fundamental act of inquiry), and ARD (the phonetic anchor for "Hard").

An ASKard is not a suggestion; it is a non-negotiable truth—the clear, uncompiled "source code" of my personal philosophy. It is a surgical, verbal grenade designed to bypass the noise of low-value dialogue and terminate the distraction of superficial consensus.

• The Anatomy:

  • AS (Adelino Saldanha): The signature of the architect.

  • ASK: The demand for clarity in a world of ambiguity.

  • ARD (Hard): The core attribute. It is the "hard" reality of facts that the world avoids, the intellectual density that resists the "scrolldown" culture.

• The Function: It acts as a cognitive kill-switch when a conversation yields zero "non-profit participatory" value. It is the boundary where I stop pretending that the current civilizational script makes sense.

• The Definition of "Minhas Calinadas": They are the raw, unfiltered echoes of a mind that refuses to be "moldado" (molded) by market-driven convenience.

An ASKard is final. It is the truth behind the curtain. It is my .!. .!.

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. 

• WIP • Mal por mal que ganhe Espanha. Assim o meu querido Portugal perdeu com equipa que ganhou o mundial e eliminou tudo o resto. Não gostam das minhas respostas, nao me perguntem.

Lembrem-se, quando fazem perguntas têm que estar preparados/as para as ouvir.

• WIP • After saw what i saw i just gonna say this: Grandpa or not, I know I still get excited when I hear her say 'when I bend over.' and really has nothing to do with geometry, but it is a truth that I see things no one else sees—or ever will. Fucking Grandpa, living the life like a king. 🤣 I UNDERSTAND.

Maturity differences Yes, hmmm.

• WIP • Cozinhar dados exige uma inteligência que eles claramente não têm ou não querem; as vossas alterações são patéticas e eu tenho o registo de cada mentira vossa. É desonroso não só para ciência.

Se eu parar não é desistir é só não querer engrenar em algo que já se tornou mais que óbvio.

 'Misiones' : Mais uma pra coleção: DOY (158-159 (8.06-8.06)) e (196 (16.07)).

#25393 Yeah! I'm a many's BO.

#25394 Condor, podes não estar presente mas as memórias, essas o tempo nunca irá apagar.

#25395 Continua assim, porque está a ficar cada vez melhor.

#25396 There is no competition, because nobody can be me.

#25397 Tenho o hábito de encontrar lugares fantásticos mesmo ao virar da esquina, simplesmente porque exploro com curiosidade. Acho que a exploração genuína deveria ser um pilar humano essencial, em vez de seguir cegamente os roteiros, onde a única coisa que descobrimos é a multidão.

#25398 Estou a rever a The Nanny, uma sitcom leve de 1993, e notei a ironia: já lá falavam de alterações climáticas e logo na season 1. Em 1993, era um aviso; hoje, em 2026, olho pela janela em pleno verão no norte de Portugal e vejo a realidade desfeita pelo desleixo. Não evoluímos, apenas acelerámos os erros. E nem sequer menciono a AMOC. O que era um aviso há décadas tornou-se a nossa rotina de caos, e o ridículo é que ainda tentamos ignorar o óbvio enquanto o sistema colapsa.

#25399 Enquanto o mundo para hoje para ver o apito final da Copa do Mundo, pergunto-me que sentido faz a competição quando o nosso campo de jogo está a colapsar. Estamos perante uma encruzilhada onde a nossa sobrevivência pode depender não da nossa capacidade de 'vencer' a natureza, mas da nossa capacidade de 'evoluir' para um modelo onde a gestão do planeta não seja vista como um ativo a explorar, mas como uma condição de existência.

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

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