Andy Berner
@andybrnr.bsky.social
Meteorology PhD, data scientist, ski mountaineer, GSP dad
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and now it is his turn to study statistical mechanics
November 13, 2025 at 4:55 AM
and now it is his turn to study statistical mechanics
Lizard brain and the Dunbar number apparently still rule everything around us :-/
November 12, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Lizard brain and the Dunbar number apparently still rule everything around us :-/
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Something the US needs to accept too is that without a large-scale correction imposing consequences on a large number of people, the crisis of governance here will continue indefinitely
November 12, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Something the US needs to accept too is that without a large-scale correction imposing consequences on a large number of people, the crisis of governance here will continue indefinitely
In 2016, a kid fell into the gorilla enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo…
November 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
In 2016, a kid fell into the gorilla enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo…
Fwiw, I tried to find the actual sound bite or a transcript and couldn’t, pretty sure this wasn‘t a real quote. Tho the fact that it seems plausible says an awful lot, and none of it good.
November 9, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Fwiw, I tried to find the actual sound bite or a transcript and couldn’t, pretty sure this wasn‘t a real quote. Tho the fact that it seems plausible says an awful lot, and none of it good.
The Steak n Shake thing is wild. I remember going there periodically during the late 90s/early 00s when I lived in STL, and “local burger chain will ape neo-Nazi aesthetic 20yrs from now in their online marketing to score points with conservatives” was absolutely not on my bingo card.
November 9, 2025 at 6:02 AM
The Steak n Shake thing is wild. I remember going there periodically during the late 90s/early 00s when I lived in STL, and “local burger chain will ape neo-Nazi aesthetic 20yrs from now in their online marketing to score points with conservatives” was absolutely not on my bingo card.
Also, the weather is better most places in the US around Memorial Day, so in traditional American consumerist fashion, you can sell more stuff (three day weekend trips, backyard bbq, etc) for that holiday vs November, so better economics to make it the bigger deal.
November 9, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Also, the weather is better most places in the US around Memorial Day, so in traditional American consumerist fashion, you can sell more stuff (three day weekend trips, backyard bbq, etc) for that holiday vs November, so better economics to make it the bigger deal.
…a set at the local Veteran’s home, and seeing those folks living with life altering injuries from Vietnam or GW1 was pretty sobering and didn’t give me an overtly nationalist vibe. But that‘s personal anecdata, not necessarily representative of the broader cultural valence.
November 9, 2025 at 3:03 AM
…a set at the local Veteran’s home, and seeing those folks living with life altering injuries from Vietnam or GW1 was pretty sobering and didn’t give me an overtly nationalist vibe. But that‘s personal anecdata, not necessarily representative of the broader cultural valence.
Honestly, now that I think about it, I dunno which of Veteran’s Day or Memorial Day has more of an anti-war valence. You’d think it’d be Memorial Day, but my mental association with Memorial Day is WW2 movie marathons on cable TV, whereas for Veterans’ Day, our school jazz band went and played…
November 9, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Honestly, now that I think about it, I dunno which of Veteran’s Day or Memorial Day has more of an anti-war valence. You’d think it’d be Memorial Day, but my mental association with Memorial Day is WW2 movie marathons on cable TV, whereas for Veterans’ Day, our school jazz band went and played…
Veteran’s Day just doesn’t have enough of an anti-war valence to count, from your perspective?
November 9, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Veteran’s Day just doesn’t have enough of an anti-war valence to count, from your perspective?
And then there’s whatever the fuck this would be: bsky.app/profile/metr...
November 8, 2025 at 12:26 AM
And then there’s whatever the fuck this would be: bsky.app/profile/metr...
Yup. Like, the only theme I‘ve really been able to detect here is “I want to do DEALS.”
November 8, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Yup. Like, the only theme I‘ve really been able to detect here is “I want to do DEALS.”
ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/golden-... For the US steel deal, I think it basically was “we’ll let you do the deal with Nippon in exchange for being able to veto other biz decisions in the future?” No gov money or company equity involved in this one, unlike the INTC deal.
What is a 'golden share' — the American government's ownership stake in U.S. Steel?
Deal gives U.S. government sweeping rights over U.S. Steel’s governance and business decisions
ca.finance.yahoo.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:19 AM
ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/golden-... For the US steel deal, I think it basically was “we’ll let you do the deal with Nippon in exchange for being able to veto other biz decisions in the future?” No gov money or company equity involved in this one, unlike the INTC deal.
www.intc.com/news-events/... Intel deal looks like just a simple equity stake bought at a discount to FMV?
Intel and Trump Administration Reach Historic Agreement to Accelerate American Technology and Manufacturing Leadership
www.intc.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:14 AM
www.intc.com/news-events/... Intel deal looks like just a simple equity stake bought at a discount to FMV?
E.g. for US Steel: www.npr.org/2025/06/18/n...
A look at the 'golden share' agreement in the U.S. Steel-Nippon Steel partnership
NPR speaks with Todd Tucker, director of industrial policy and trade at the Roosevelt Institute, about the Trump administration's role in the U.S. Steel-Nippon Steel partnership.
www.npr.org
November 8, 2025 at 12:12 AM
E.g. for US Steel: www.npr.org/2025/06/18/n...
I naively assumed he meant something like ”satisfying 85% of the desired capabilities, as the original spec was probably unrealistic, and maybe useful to deploy that and iterate,” but, uh, sounds like it‘s not that?
November 7, 2025 at 11:54 PM
I naively assumed he meant something like ”satisfying 85% of the desired capabilities, as the original spec was probably unrealistic, and maybe useful to deploy that and iterate,” but, uh, sounds like it‘s not that?
From a national security standpoint, think it'd be better to nationalize SpaceX and just let Shotwell keep running it? Blue Origin isn't at the point where you could just hand the contracts to them, and tbh a Bezos corp is only marginally better than a Musk corp...
November 7, 2025 at 11:01 PM
From a national security standpoint, think it'd be better to nationalize SpaceX and just let Shotwell keep running it? Blue Origin isn't at the point where you could just hand the contracts to them, and tbh a Bezos corp is only marginally better than a Musk corp...
Such an amazingly stupid timeline.
November 6, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Such an amazingly stupid timeline.
Must be the ANTIFA super soldiers we were all warned about /sarc
November 3, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Must be the ANTIFA super soldiers we were all warned about /sarc