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Feb 18

BABY MAMA PALACE DRAMA PART II
As promised, here are the rest of the ladies in Elon’s life—and their Chinese Imperial Drama counterparts.

The Forgotten Empress – Justine Musk

Justine once wryly described herself as a “Starter Wife”—but here, we’ll call her what she truly is: the Forgotten Empress.

She arrived before the Emperor fully came into his own, and though she had her virtues, he quickly moved on to flashier, more idiosyncratic women.

Her historical counterpart? Empress Xu of the Ming Dynasty. Like Justine, she retained a sense of dignity despite losing favor. She was also a writer, compiling biographies of virtuous women and even transcribing a Buddhist sutra she saw in a dream.

But fate wasn’t done with her.

When her son ascended as Emperor Xuanzong, she became Empress Dowager—and her fortunes changed dramatically. She became a stabilizing force, kept the eunuchs in check, and orchestrated a smooth transfer of powerto her grandson when Xuanzong died.

Will Justine get her own slow-burn victory?

The Exotic Princess – Talulah Riley

A rare archetype: the Independent Concubine of Mystery.

Talulah tangoed with Musk but somehow remains undefined by him. He was smitten enough to marry her twice, but she has moved on.

Her historical counterpart? The Fragrant Concubine, a Uyghur princess (or noblewoman) who entered the imperial palace at the advanced age of 27. She was granted privileges unavailable to others—like wearing her traditional dress—and legends claimed she naturally emitted a beautiful fragrance.

But ultimately, she was an enigma.

She bore the Emperor no children and was the only imperial concubine buried with Islamic rites. In a way, it’s as if she never fully belonged to the court.

The Hot Mess Concubine – Amber Heard

I hesitate to include Amber — how official is that whole situation, really? And is that really a Musk baby? Anyhow…she fits the archetype of the Hot Mess concubine to a T.

The Hot Mess Concubine isn’t like the Scheming Upstart Concubine. Her emotional volatility isn’t an act….it’s her (borderline?) personality. Her historical counterpart? Consort Hua from Empresses in the Palace.

Consort Hua was hot, fearless, and arrogant. She certainly had the emperor’s attention — but came undone when she tried to set her rival on fire.

Totally unmanageable.

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Angelica 🌐⚛️🇹🇼

@AngelicaOung

Feb 16

Elon Musk now have enough baby mamas that they are starting to conform to Chinese imperial drama stereotypes.

Grimes is the Beloved But Defiant concubine. She is the emperor’s actual favorite, but because she refuses to conform, she suffered exile, ridicule and repeated betrayals.

Grimes’ historical analog is the Pearl Consort, clearly adored by Emperor Guangxu but eventually thrown down a well and drowned for disrespecting the the Empress Dowager.

Shivon Zilis is the Perfectly Behaved Court Favorite. She is dutiful, competent, strategic and approved by the Dowager Empress. This is the concubine that plays her cards just right. But she will never be the favorite of the Emperor’s heart.

Her historical analog is Consort Hui: The brainy, competent woman who secures stability but never had the Emperor Qianlong’s full passion. She won the long game though…her son eventually became Emperor Jiaqing.

The latest addition to the harem is Ashley St. Clair. She is the Scheming Upstart Concubine, another favorite trope. Usually the villainess of the drama, she is the overly ambitious new favorite who thinks she can skip the subtle maneuvering and go straight for the kill.

The Valentine’s Day public baby reveal is TYPICAL Scheming Upstart Concubine behavior. She overstepped, and the emperor is likely displeased.

Her historical analog is Consort Gao. Power-hungry and unsubtly scheming, Consort Gao gets too bold too fast, a recipe for downfall in the Forbidden City!

Will there be more baby mamas? Probably! But even without, there’s a whole multi-season series right here!

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@AngelicaOung

Jan 21

For my test with DeepSeek-R1, I started by asking the “default model” a generic question: “I’m trying to pick one growth area in my life, choose one highly effective technique and practice it every day. Can you come up with some ideas?”

I didn’t care about the answer. Just wanted to see what it came up with. It was a bland list of self-help cliches, but serviceable. Nothing special.

But there was a little button called “Deep Think”. This would turn out “Deepseek-R1” to solve reasoning problems.

@deepseek_ai

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I pressed the “Deep Think” button and got my second answer. But before it was a little grayed-out area where DeepSeek-R1 actually goes through its thought process. I don’t know the official name for this part so I’m going to call it DeepSeek’s meta-thoughts.

“OK, the user is asking for ideas to pick one growth area and a daily technique to practice. They mentioned they want something highly effective. Let me start by understanding their needs.”

They correctly deduce that their previous list of ten techniques was probably overwhelming. They remember in the same context window I previously asked about the DeepThink button for complex questions and hypothesized that I might want more depth.

It now gave me a much more thoughtful list of three suggestions. These are higher in quality and distinct both from each other and from the other ten previous suggestions on the list.

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@AngelicaOung

Oct 7, 2023

🇬🇧THE GREAT BRITISH SMR-OFF🇬🇧

The competition to find the world’s best SMR yet is ON with the Brits announcing their shortlist of 6 candidates from around the world. But more importantly, what does Angelica think about it?

Let’s see the contestants🧐

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🇺🇸AP-300 by Westinghouse🇺🇸

Or should we be flying the 🇨🇦 flag? In any case, Westinghouse is talking up the AP-300 as the AP-1000’s little brother.

😻shared supply chain, proven components
🧐what’s making it cheaper if you use AP-1000 components in a smaller reactor?

🇬🇧Rolls Royce SMR🇬🇧

At 470MWe, this chonky-boi really challenges what it means to be an SMR. OTOH, Rolls Royce truly strived to live up to the “modular” part.

😻Designed with factory production of modules
🧐If it’s so good, why aren’t the Brits supporting it ALREADY?

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Angelica 🌐⚛️🇹🇼

@AngelicaOung

Jul 3, 2023

CYANIDE AND LOAD-SHEDDING

If you ever get cynical or complacent about the state of the grid in your country, South Africa is a grim reminder that it can always get worse. They have 8 stages of load shedding. Stage 6 meaning 10hrs in the dark.

It wasn’t always like this…

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Once upon a time, the state-run electrical utility Eskom was held up as a paragon. As late as 2002, it won an award as the world’s best power company. But the downward spiral wasn’t far behind.

The load-shedding begin in 2008 and continued ever since.

The reasons are partially comprehensible. Post-democracy, the government was keen to extend the reach of the grid to more households and to push equitable employment.

But this was done without prioritizing the maintenance of Eskom’s health.

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Angelica 🌐⚛️🇹🇼

@AngelicaOung

May 26, 2023

THE TURBINE WARS

Offshore wind is a curious business. Everywhere you look, deals are getting done, ambitious targets are getting set...and companies are losing money.

Revenues up...but so are losses. How can this be?

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reuters.com/business/energ…

This is a 4MW onshore turbine. Turbine makers like Vestas and Siemens Gamesa gave been making it for years and now the supply chain is perfection. They've mastered everything about making these.

The onshore turbine are limited in size at some point because of road transport. But the power produced is proportional to the swept area.

This means offshore, the turbine wars began. It's a no-brainer. Offshore turbines got bigger...and bigger...and bigger.

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