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!
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.
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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.
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This article was a supreme delight: grab a cup of tea, set aside 10 or 15 minutes, and enjoy this story about The Hardest Working Font in Manhattan.
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The hardest working font in Manhattan
A story of a 150-year-old font you have never heard of – and one you probably saw earlier today.
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August 12, 2025 at 2:31 PM
This article was a supreme delight: grab a cup of tea, set aside 10 or 15 minutes, and enjoy this story about The Hardest Working Font in Manhattan.
aresluna.org/the-hardest-...
(via @ferociousj.bsky.social)
aresluna.org/the-hardest-...
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“A destination is optional: a direction is mandatory.”
This seems not to be always obvious to the opposition… which happens to be our last hope of liberal democracy on the planet.
Josh Foster nailed it here: join TPM if you can and support work like this.
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This seems not to be always obvious to the opposition… which happens to be our last hope of liberal democracy on the planet.
Josh Foster nailed it here: join TPM if you can and support work like this.
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The Fires Next Time
I’ve told you a few times of my difficulty launching the DOJ-in-exile...
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August 10, 2025 at 6:44 PM
“A destination is optional: a direction is mandatory.”
This seems not to be always obvious to the opposition… which happens to be our last hope of liberal democracy on the planet.
Josh Foster nailed it here: join TPM if you can and support work like this.
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-f...
This seems not to be always obvious to the opposition… which happens to be our last hope of liberal democracy on the planet.
Josh Foster nailed it here: join TPM if you can and support work like this.
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-f...
What’s astounding to me is that Tim Cook is transparently bribing the President in return for preferential treatment. There’s not even a suggestion of the National Archives “owning” this artifact vs. it being the President’s personal property.
And yet - this One Special Boy gets away with it.
And yet - this One Special Boy gets away with it.
Tim Cook might need to find out that giving a bribe is illegal just like receiving one
August 9, 2025 at 5:55 PM
What’s astounding to me is that Tim Cook is transparently bribing the President in return for preferential treatment. There’s not even a suggestion of the National Archives “owning” this artifact vs. it being the President’s personal property.
And yet - this One Special Boy gets away with it.
And yet - this One Special Boy gets away with it.
For those folks at home keeping score, it’s been six months of this nonsense before someone got a regime official to admit that the Americans pay the import tax.
Let’s do better! Let’s ask this same question a hundred times until everyone in the regime has to say it’s so: make this barbarism end!
Let’s do better! Let’s ask this same question a hundred times until everyone in the regime has to say it’s so: make this barbarism end!
"So the tariff is paid in this country by the importer, is that right?" -- Eugene Robinson guides Scott Bessent into acknowledging that tariffs are in fact paid in the United States, not by foreign governments
August 8, 2025 at 2:04 AM
For those folks at home keeping score, it’s been six months of this nonsense before someone got a regime official to admit that the Americans pay the import tax.
Let’s do better! Let’s ask this same question a hundred times until everyone in the regime has to say it’s so: make this barbarism end!
Let’s do better! Let’s ask this same question a hundred times until everyone in the regime has to say it’s so: make this barbarism end!
I deal with tariffs for a living, and wish I didn’t have to. We are trying hard to keep jobs in the US but the economics just got way worse.
Who the fck cares about workers anyway? (Answer: lots of Americans. But - not that Trump guy: he don’t give a $hit as long as you’re not talking Epstein.)
Who the fck cares about workers anyway? (Answer: lots of Americans. But - not that Trump guy: he don’t give a $hit as long as you’re not talking Epstein.)
The tariff thing is so stupid. It’s so depressing watching Trump drive the country into a ditch …. Again and again and again
August 1, 2025 at 3:30 AM
I deal with tariffs for a living, and wish I didn’t have to. We are trying hard to keep jobs in the US but the economics just got way worse.
Who the fck cares about workers anyway? (Answer: lots of Americans. But - not that Trump guy: he don’t give a $hit as long as you’re not talking Epstein.)
Who the fck cares about workers anyway? (Answer: lots of Americans. But - not that Trump guy: he don’t give a $hit as long as you’re not talking Epstein.)
Today’s reminder: tariffs are stupid job killers, and yet Trump’s gaslighting goes unchallenged in the press: AMERICANS pay these tariffs.
We sighted the iceberg in November, but stupidly decided to aim at it. Now we’re pretending everything’s OK while the engine room and lower decks are awash.
We sighted the iceberg in November, but stupidly decided to aim at it. Now we’re pretending everything’s OK while the engine room and lower decks are awash.
July 25, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Today’s reminder: tariffs are stupid job killers, and yet Trump’s gaslighting goes unchallenged in the press: AMERICANS pay these tariffs.
We sighted the iceberg in November, but stupidly decided to aim at it. Now we’re pretending everything’s OK while the engine room and lower decks are awash.
We sighted the iceberg in November, but stupidly decided to aim at it. Now we’re pretending everything’s OK while the engine room and lower decks are awash.
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US and EU close in on deal to massively raise taxes on Americans, in total violation of both US domestic law & WTO treaty obligations
July 23, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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If you grew up in a household with an evangelical right-wing parent, as I did, you already know that the dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education, like the reversal of Roe v. Wade, is the culmination of a 50-year project.
July 14, 2025 at 9:46 PM
If you grew up in a household with an evangelical right-wing parent, as I did, you already know that the dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education, like the reversal of Roe v. Wade, is the culmination of a 50-year project.
These guys won’t stop at immigrants: once power is given it will not be given back. I only hope the states are as creative with legal contortions as the regime is. For the record: when the new department was named after 9/11, to me it was a fascist project, and I feared then what it could become.
"It’s looking more and more like Trump has botched an issue that, by all rights, should have been a great one for him. And ICE’s actions appear to be a big part of that," writes Aaron Blake | Analysis
Analysis: Trump’s mass deportation is backfiring | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump and his administration continue to bet big on the issue that, more than any other, appeared to help him win him a second term in 2024: immigration.
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July 13, 2025 at 3:23 PM
These guys won’t stop at immigrants: once power is given it will not be given back. I only hope the states are as creative with legal contortions as the regime is. For the record: when the new department was named after 9/11, to me it was a fascist project, and I feared then what it could become.
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"For my friends, everything, for my enemies, the law."
While Bondi is dismissing charges against an anti-vaccine fraudster, her US attorney in NJ is subpoenaing the state's governor, a Democrat, over political speech: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/n...
The rule of law dies a little more every day.
While Bondi is dismissing charges against an anti-vaccine fraudster, her US attorney in NJ is subpoenaing the state's governor, a Democrat, over political speech: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/n...
The rule of law dies a little more every day.
July 13, 2025 at 3:03 PM
"For my friends, everything, for my enemies, the law."
While Bondi is dismissing charges against an anti-vaccine fraudster, her US attorney in NJ is subpoenaing the state's governor, a Democrat, over political speech: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/n...
The rule of law dies a little more every day.
While Bondi is dismissing charges against an anti-vaccine fraudster, her US attorney in NJ is subpoenaing the state's governor, a Democrat, over political speech: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/n...
The rule of law dies a little more every day.
When I was a kid the GOP believed in science. What the HELL happened to us?
He sold vaccine cards and injected kids with saline so they thought they were vaccinated. There are no rules anymore
July 13, 2025 at 3:16 PM
When I was a kid the GOP believed in science. What the HELL happened to us?
For anyone who’s told us to stop worrying about the rise of an American christofascist/white supremacy state under Trump - you can fck all the waaay off. This, BTW, was released under an official US Department of Homeland Security account.
DHS posts explicitly Christian nationalist and violent video about how ICE/CBP is delivering the Lord's justice
July 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
For anyone who’s told us to stop worrying about the rise of an American christofascist/white supremacy state under Trump - you can fck all the waaay off. This, BTW, was released under an official US Department of Homeland Security account.
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Charlie, I would like to personally and specifically like to invite you to go fuck yourself. Until you've done my job, I don't want to hear a single word out of your idiotic mouth.
I've worked to support a community after 6 deaths in a single day, and that was hard enough.
So fuck all the way off.
I've worked to support a community after 6 deaths in a single day, and that was hard enough.
So fuck all the way off.
They are profoundly evil, profoundly racist, profoundly hateful.
July 10, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Charlie, I would like to personally and specifically like to invite you to go fuck yourself. Until you've done my job, I don't want to hear a single word out of your idiotic mouth.
I've worked to support a community after 6 deaths in a single day, and that was hard enough.
So fuck all the way off.
I've worked to support a community after 6 deaths in a single day, and that was hard enough.
So fuck all the way off.