BluePointer
@bluepointer.bsky.social
Science, physics, and finance dweeb who views tariffs the way an MD views bloodletting or phrenology. Low Brass player & general fact knower. I build things and I write things. Reclaim Woke, and Slava Ukraini!
More on this…. Kinda amazing that this is the moment we are in.
I'm hardly the first person to note this, but it's enormously instructive that our President and his followers saw the message "THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE" and understood it, correctly, as an attack on them
What a moment.
February 9, 2026 at 3:07 AM
More on this…. Kinda amazing that this is the moment we are in.
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What a sad state our country is in when we see a message like, “The only thing more powerful than hate is love,” and we all immediately know it’s about the President of the United States.
February 9, 2026 at 2:16 AM
What a sad state our country is in when we see a message like, “The only thing more powerful than hate is love,” and we all immediately know it’s about the President of the United States.
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Street art memorializing Alex Pretti in Seattle. Per r/Seattle, it was painted on a building facing Swedish Hospital in the First Hill neighborhood www.reddit.com/r/nursing/co...
January 27, 2026 at 4:01 AM
Street art memorializing Alex Pretti in Seattle. Per r/Seattle, it was painted on a building facing Swedish Hospital in the First Hill neighborhood www.reddit.com/r/nursing/co...
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Leaders of the so-called “pro-life, small government” party who relentlessly warn of tyranny are standing by as masked agents roam the country and brutalize its people. The hypocrisy isn’t surprising — but it’s staggering. Remember this.
January 25, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Leaders of the so-called “pro-life, small government” party who relentlessly warn of tyranny are standing by as masked agents roam the country and brutalize its people. The hypocrisy isn’t surprising — but it’s staggering. Remember this.
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i think this attitude — that all opposition is illegitimate and nothing we do can be questioned— is probably pervasive in the white house and helps explain why they keep making terrible political choices
Putin pioneered this. No opposition is legitimate. Regular, decent, “ordinary” people cannot possibly be against us because only we represent “the real people.”
Tell-tale sign of authoritarianism.
Tell-tale sign of authoritarianism.
January 25, 2026 at 3:02 PM
i think this attitude — that all opposition is illegitimate and nothing we do can be questioned— is probably pervasive in the white house and helps explain why they keep making terrible political choices
We live in a new age of monsters. A very small number of people could fix this. Today. And yet… slavish fealty, to something I cannot fathom, is the GOP norm.
23 Americans can end this. Can we persuade them?
Reminder: All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dems to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump — 3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this.
January 25, 2026 at 2:40 PM
We live in a new age of monsters. A very small number of people could fix this. Today. And yet… slavish fealty, to something I cannot fathom, is the GOP norm.
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It keeps getting worse. He is blaming Norway for forcing him to invade Greenland. How is this real life. The timing of his Davos trip could not be more unfortunate. He’s gonna go berserk in Switzerland.
![NEW: @potus letter to @jonasgahrstore links @NobelPrize to Greenland, reiterates threats, and is forwarded by the NSC staff to multiple European ambassadors in Washington. I obtained the text from multiple officials:
Dear Ambassador:
President Trump has asked that the following message, shared with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, be forwarded to your [named head of government/state]
“Dear Jonas: Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America. Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a “right of ownership” anyway? There are no written documents, it’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also. I have done more for NATO than any other person since its founding, and now, NATO should do something for the United States. The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland. Thank you! President DJT”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hbpefio3f5csc44msmbgioxz/bafkreie7itpptx3xbxhpsnlaqmwk752h7pcrion5ija2apksljtax2adx4@jpeg)
January 19, 2026 at 6:09 AM
It keeps getting worse. He is blaming Norway for forcing him to invade Greenland. How is this real life. The timing of his Davos trip could not be more unfortunate. He’s gonna go berserk in Switzerland.
My god I had no idea that this history echos so loudly. Really shocked that this thing which sounds totally made up turns out to be true.
Cite: www.nobelpeaceprize.org/press/press-...
Cite: www.nobelpeaceprize.org/press/press-...
January 17, 2026 at 11:18 PM
My god I had no idea that this history echos so loudly. Really shocked that this thing which sounds totally made up turns out to be true.
Cite: www.nobelpeaceprize.org/press/press-...
Cite: www.nobelpeaceprize.org/press/press-...
The goal of doubling down on violence and gaslighting in Minnesota is exactly this: martial law, suspension of rights in civil society, and an avoidance of the accountability of free and fair elections. That’s the through-line: everything else is a distraction.
The goal here is martial law. It’s martial law. Let’s be clear about that.
January 10, 2026 at 7:48 PM
The goal of doubling down on violence and gaslighting in Minnesota is exactly this: martial law, suspension of rights in civil society, and an avoidance of the accountability of free and fair elections. That’s the through-line: everything else is a distraction.
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The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears.
It was their final, most essential command.
And if all others accepted the lie, if all records told the same tale,
then the lie passed into history and became truth.
George Orwell, 1984
It was their final, most essential command.
And if all others accepted the lie, if all records told the same tale,
then the lie passed into history and became truth.
George Orwell, 1984
January 10, 2026 at 3:45 AM
The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears.
It was their final, most essential command.
And if all others accepted the lie, if all records told the same tale,
then the lie passed into history and became truth.
George Orwell, 1984
It was their final, most essential command.
And if all others accepted the lie, if all records told the same tale,
then the lie passed into history and became truth.
George Orwell, 1984
I admit it: I was a weird kid.
December 26, 2025 at 5:22 AM
I admit it: I was a weird kid.
After the tragic murder of a beloved and long time Hollywood luminary and his wife… our sociopath-in-chief pens this most sociopathic thing possible. And his supporters cheer him on.
What monsters we have become!
What monsters we have become!
December 15, 2025 at 4:25 PM
After the tragic murder of a beloved and long time Hollywood luminary and his wife… our sociopath-in-chief pens this most sociopathic thing possible. And his supporters cheer him on.
What monsters we have become!
What monsters we have become!
Northern lights visible in the the middle latitudes tonight!
November 12, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Northern lights visible in the the middle latitudes tonight!
I was in Portland just last week. We had a nice stroll through Powell’s bookstore (largest independent bookstore in the world, and an overall amazing place with a funky vibe.). The city is beautiful: don’t let anyone gaslight otherwise. And now the Trumpists are making war (again.)
Trump says he’s authorized Hegseth to use “Full Force” against Antifa in “War ravaged” Portland
September 27, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I was in Portland just last week. We had a nice stroll through Powell’s bookstore (largest independent bookstore in the world, and an overall amazing place with a funky vibe.). The city is beautiful: don’t let anyone gaslight otherwise. And now the Trumpists are making war (again.)
I’ve been in the woods for a few weeks. Anything much happen while I was gone?
September 17, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I’ve been in the woods for a few weeks. Anything much happen while I was gone?
Despite the headline, he’s never going to any heaven that you ever read about, and Hell won’t have him because Lucifer won’t deal have such a rival. So, he’s like a struldbrug (you’re welcome) and will be here forever with a center of gravity and little else. And his shitshow circus will continue.
August 31, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Despite the headline, he’s never going to any heaven that you ever read about, and Hell won’t have him because Lucifer won’t deal have such a rival. So, he’s like a struldbrug (you’re welcome) and will be here forever with a center of gravity and little else. And his shitshow circus will continue.
Speculating on a Vance regime: I think more of the same, with less accountability, and using all the iconography of the current movement.
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August 30, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Speculating on a Vance regime: I think more of the same, with less accountability, and using all the iconography of the current movement.
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He won’t suddenly become his “own man” in office: he instead will keep the cult going, allied with the same wrecking crew of Miller and Noem and Zeldin and Hegseth and even the shittiest Kennedy.
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August 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
He won’t suddenly become his “own man” in office: he instead will keep the cult going, allied with the same wrecking crew of Miller and Noem and Zeldin and Hegseth and even the shittiest Kennedy.
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Because - he has no other path to keep power. He’s as charming as a ziplock bag with a broken zipper, and without Uncle Palantir’s zillions, he’d be a derpy private citizen.
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August 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Because - he has no other path to keep power. He’s as charming as a ziplock bag with a broken zipper, and without Uncle Palantir’s zillions, he’d be a derpy private citizen.
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Of course, I am ready to discount any rumors. Like Dick Cheney, Trump is never going to heaven, but he’s so bad that the Devil doesn’t want the competition in Hell. So - he persists.
/fin
/fin
August 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Of course, I am ready to discount any rumors. Like Dick Cheney, Trump is never going to heaven, but he’s so bad that the Devil doesn’t want the competition in Hell. So - he persists.
/fin
/fin
Trying to create a contract which has some out-year pricing actions tied to the Bureau of Labor Statistics-produced Producer’s Price Index, which… might get cooked by the new guy.
So / one more bedrock thing in American data turns out to be as solid as an armload of gravy.
Winning.
So / one more bedrock thing in American data turns out to be as solid as an armload of gravy.
Winning.
August 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Trying to create a contract which has some out-year pricing actions tied to the Bureau of Labor Statistics-produced Producer’s Price Index, which… might get cooked by the new guy.
So / one more bedrock thing in American data turns out to be as solid as an armload of gravy.
Winning.
So / one more bedrock thing in American data turns out to be as solid as an armload of gravy.
Winning.
The EU needs to place the US in the naughty chair for the next few years, & realize they are on their own since our Russian-aligned regime is no longer relevant.
Happy that EU leaders are accompanying Zelenskyy to DC tomorrow, & hope it isn’t the “sellout summit” I fear. We need a free Ukraine!
Happy that EU leaders are accompanying Zelenskyy to DC tomorrow, & hope it isn’t the “sellout summit” I fear. We need a free Ukraine!
August 17, 2025 at 7:29 PM
The EU needs to place the US in the naughty chair for the next few years, & realize they are on their own since our Russian-aligned regime is no longer relevant.
Happy that EU leaders are accompanying Zelenskyy to DC tomorrow, & hope it isn’t the “sellout summit” I fear. We need a free Ukraine!
Happy that EU leaders are accompanying Zelenskyy to DC tomorrow, & hope it isn’t the “sellout summit” I fear. We need a free Ukraine!
I truly don’t think Ukraine survives another meeting with Trump (now Monday?)
Zelenskyy has nothing to offer the mob boss, & he’s smart enough to know that he’s not at the table: he’s on the table. Stating the obvious might help: our regime is aligned with a war criminal & no talks change that.
Zelenskyy has nothing to offer the mob boss, & he’s smart enough to know that he’s not at the table: he’s on the table. Stating the obvious might help: our regime is aligned with a war criminal & no talks change that.
August 16, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I truly don’t think Ukraine survives another meeting with Trump (now Monday?)
Zelenskyy has nothing to offer the mob boss, & he’s smart enough to know that he’s not at the table: he’s on the table. Stating the obvious might help: our regime is aligned with a war criminal & no talks change that.
Zelenskyy has nothing to offer the mob boss, & he’s smart enough to know that he’s not at the table: he’s on the table. Stating the obvious might help: our regime is aligned with a war criminal & no talks change that.
There’s no bottom with this regime. None with respect to law, statecraft, norms, humanity, science, or… respect. I would love someone to convince me it’s not a $hitshow from top to bottom, or to help me understand where the bottom even is.
If it’s not leaks on the signal chain it’s papers left behind in the printer. It’s an incompetent kakistocracy.
www.npr.org/2025/08/16/n...
www.npr.org/2025/08/16/n...
Government papers found in an Alaskan hotel reveal new details of Trump-Putin summit
Documents with sensitive details about the meeting between President Trump and Russian President Putin were left behind on a public hotel printer.
www.npr.org
August 16, 2025 at 3:05 PM
There’s no bottom with this regime. None with respect to law, statecraft, norms, humanity, science, or… respect. I would love someone to convince me it’s not a $hitshow from top to bottom, or to help me understand where the bottom even is.