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!
Love this - thanks. And they include these two ladies of a certain age who had enough:
October 19, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Love this - thanks. And they include these two ladies of a certain age who had enough:
Reading that next. Reading this now…. And while only halfway through, I can highly recommend it.
May 18, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Reading that next. Reading this now…. And while only halfway through, I can highly recommend it.
One of my go-tos at times like this…
April 29, 2025 at 3:06 AM
One of my go-tos at times like this…
This is a good read for today: highly recommended. And… considering the miracle of vaccines, makes you furious at come of your countrymen and, say, RFK Jr. (the HHS commissioner, for my overseas friends.)
April 26, 2025 at 2:04 PM
This is a good read for today: highly recommended. And… considering the miracle of vaccines, makes you furious at come of your countrymen and, say, RFK Jr. (the HHS commissioner, for my overseas friends.)
Nine plus hours later, and the slump begins anew.
April 10, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Nine plus hours later, and the slump begins anew.
Can’t we just import her from NK? She’d be less insufferable than the one with the job today.
April 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Can’t we just import her from NK? She’d be less insufferable than the one with the job today.
Jeff Goodell’s book is riveting and… scary AF. Climate change is not a belief like, say, MAGA or flying saucers.
April 5, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Jeff Goodell’s book is riveting and… scary AF. Climate change is not a belief like, say, MAGA or flying saucers.
They used a FORMULA! Greek Letters! Trump’s trade people must be MATHEMAGICIANS!
April 3, 2025 at 4:55 AM
They used a FORMULA! Greek Letters! Trump’s trade people must be MATHEMAGICIANS!
Longer commentary on what the executive branch is “required” to do.
February 6, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Longer commentary on what the executive branch is “required” to do.
Musk: “We spent the weekend feeding the United States Agency for International Development into the wood chipper.”
What did you do this weekend?
What did you do this weekend?
February 3, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Musk: “We spent the weekend feeding the United States Agency for International Development into the wood chipper.”
What did you do this weekend?
What did you do this weekend?
I just wrote my congressman:
January 31, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I just wrote my congressman:
On this topic, I can recommend a terrific book by Ogilvy’s Rory Sutherland which discusses the folly of applying logic and data to areas of life which logic and data may not apply. He discusses 2016, and how the overreliance on data helped bring about HRC’s defeat at the hands of Trump.
January 15, 2025 at 11:07 PM
On this topic, I can recommend a terrific book by Ogilvy’s Rory Sutherland which discusses the folly of applying logic and data to areas of life which logic and data may not apply. He discusses 2016, and how the overreliance on data helped bring about HRC’s defeat at the hands of Trump.
^^^THIS is a horrible yet possible outcome! I just finished "Life and Death of the American Worker" by Alice Driver, which is a 21st century look at meatpacking in Arkansas (think "The Jungle" but for Tyson). High labor businesses NEED immigrants, so a future of convict-leasing may be a thing.
January 14, 2025 at 4:50 PM
^^^THIS is a horrible yet possible outcome! I just finished "Life and Death of the American Worker" by Alice Driver, which is a 21st century look at meatpacking in Arkansas (think "The Jungle" but for Tyson). High labor businesses NEED immigrants, so a future of convict-leasing may be a thing.
Specifically to this statement, I recommend everyone read “Life and Death of the American Worker” by Alice Driver. Her 21st century take on the meatpacking workers is well worth the read. (No affiliation - just loved it.)
January 13, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Specifically to this statement, I recommend everyone read “Life and Death of the American Worker” by Alice Driver. Her 21st century take on the meatpacking workers is well worth the read. (No affiliation - just loved it.)
Just finished Dr. Paul Bierman’s “When the Ice Is Gone”… very important/accessible account of the findings of ice cores from Greenland, and what they suggest for our future. Also - reading this at peak Trump Greenland nonsense made it extra special. #Greenland #Cryosphere #ClimateScience
January 9, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Just finished Dr. Paul Bierman’s “When the Ice Is Gone”… very important/accessible account of the findings of ice cores from Greenland, and what they suggest for our future. Also - reading this at peak Trump Greenland nonsense made it extra special. #Greenland #Cryosphere #ClimateScience
Just finished Dr. Paul Bierman’s “When the Ice Is Gone”… very important/accessible account of the findings of ice cores from Greenland, and what they suggest for our future. Also - reading this at peak Trump Greenland nonsense made it extra special. Highly recommended!
January 9, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Just finished Dr. Paul Bierman’s “When the Ice Is Gone”… very important/accessible account of the findings of ice cores from Greenland, and what they suggest for our future. Also - reading this at peak Trump Greenland nonsense made it extra special. Highly recommended!
I think I cut one out for the Pinewood Derby when I was 9 (USA Cub Scouts for my overseas friends)
December 22, 2024 at 4:03 AM
I think I cut one out for the Pinewood Derby when I was 9 (USA Cub Scouts for my overseas friends)