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Recent blog posts

Eurostar Snow and Travelski Night Express Eurostar released the schedule for its winter ski season, earlier this month, the "Eurostar Snow". Since I covered what the inaugural Travelski Night Express service would look like, it would be interesting to compare it against the now established Eurostar Snow. Eurostar Snow begins their seasonal service on 19 December 2026, offering a train to and from Amsterdam and Bourg-Saint-Maurice every S Read more.
The Iron Bridge of Gornal Barcelona has a good mix of public transport modes, however, as a trainspotter one grip I have is that most of the stations and tracks in the city itself are tucked away underground. This reduces the number of trainspotting locations to just the stops themselves (requiring a valid ticket), and also means I need to account for low light if I want to take any pictures or videos. Most underground sta Read more.
Amsterdam to the Rhein Ruhr area with the ICNG The Dutch Railway, NS, has submitted a notice to the Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) of its intention to run 6 daily services in both directions from Amsterdam Centraal to the Rhine-Ruhr region. This will be done in collaboration with Deutsche Bahn, DB, starting in the 2028 timetable. Since the notice on 10 June 2026, a few articles have come out, and while I wanted to share this Read more.
Thoughts on disclosing AI usage through commits In general, I'm in favour of disclosing AI-generated or assisted code in commits. In recent months, I've been seeing more and more of them across various open source repositories, and it's a good indicator _to me_ on how the project was developed and is being maintained. I want to actively avoid using, relying on, or contributing to repositories that are AI-generated or heavily AI-assisted. Discl Read more.

Recent toots

@jarko I did this a few years ago with temperature and humidity and got my landlord to finally address some heater issues that multiple tenants complained about. Read more.
@tdp_org TIL CMD/Ctrl+Click open a link in a new tab. I've always used the middle click on my mouse or trackpad (ThinkPad and HP seem to have them) to do the same. I haven't run into any highjacking there yet. Also eww to any modification of link behaviour on browsers. :blobfoxthumbsdown: Read more.
Published three code review requests today with a fourth one incoming. I think my co-workers love me. Maybe it's time for a late lunch break. Read more.
Inspired by @takeshis_yok blog and pictures, I decided a year ago to better document some of my train spotting shenanigans. Since then I've only written about two, one at a railway crossing in Keverdijk, and the other at a pedestrian bridge in Gornal, which I just posted today. This was fun, I should do it more. https://blog.pesky.moe/posts/2026-07-25-puente-gornal/ Read more.
It's that time of the year again when everything is under construction. I took these pictures only a few days apart. The first is a notice on the partial/incremental closures of the T4, T5 and T6 tram lines with a tram-replacement bus for T4 in the picture. The next is a metro-replacement bus for the partially closed L1 line. The last is a picture pointing to a metro-replacement bus for the parti Read more.
The SNCF Connect site refuses to load on Waterfox. So I had to install Chrome to view my timetable :blobfoxfacepalm: Read more.
Also saying, "I need a human" repeatedly has once again worked while speaking to an AI monstrosity designed to deflect responsibility instead of provide support. Now begins the long wait for a human. Read more.

Recent beer check-ins

Pesky P. is drinking a San Miguel Premium Especial by Grupo Mahou-San Miguel View check-in.
Pesky P. is drinking a Cosmic Blond by Uiltje Brewing Company View check-in.
Pesky P. is drinking an IPA by Honest Greens at Honest Greens View check-in.
Pesky P. is drinking a NIJPA by Brouwerij 't IJ View check-in.

Recent Anilist activity

Pesky watched episode 4 of MARRIAGETOXIN. View activity.
Pesky watched episode 1 - 3 of MARRIAGETOXIN. View activity.
Pesky completed Isekai Shokudou 2 View activity.
Pesky watched episode 11 of Isekai Shokudou 2. View activity.