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!
I hope you guys don’t have to wait on tech support for hours like the rest of us. Thinking further on this: are there even hours anymore?
(Reality: I am a kid who listened to WWV in Fort Collins on 5, 10, 15, or 20 MHz every week on my shortwave radio. I love you guys!)
(Reality: I am a kid who listened to WWV in Fort Collins on 5, 10, 15, or 20 MHz every week on my shortwave radio. I love you guys!)
December 21, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I hope you guys don’t have to wait on tech support for hours like the rest of us. Thinking further on this: are there even hours anymore?
(Reality: I am a kid who listened to WWV in Fort Collins on 5, 10, 15, or 20 MHz every week on my shortwave radio. I love you guys!)
(Reality: I am a kid who listened to WWV in Fort Collins on 5, 10, 15, or 20 MHz every week on my shortwave radio. I love you guys!)
A few bits of wisdom which proved useful to me at times like this: I am a carpenter, not an artist. I need to have the end in mind when I begin, and I can always begin in the middle… then write the introduction last.
Also: it’s OK to write crap now, forgive yourself, and fix it later.
Also: it’s OK to write crap now, forgive yourself, and fix it later.
December 17, 2025 at 12:19 AM
A few bits of wisdom which proved useful to me at times like this: I am a carpenter, not an artist. I need to have the end in mind when I begin, and I can always begin in the middle… then write the introduction last.
Also: it’s OK to write crap now, forgive yourself, and fix it later.
Also: it’s OK to write crap now, forgive yourself, and fix it later.
I suspect voice typing hasn’t caught on because the areas of the brain involved with writing with your fingers vs. writing with your words… may be different areas. I have coached many people who speak well but write poorly (engineers, mostly) and it’s not easy: hence my theory about brain areas.
December 13, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I suspect voice typing hasn’t caught on because the areas of the brain involved with writing with your fingers vs. writing with your words… may be different areas. I have coached many people who speak well but write poorly (engineers, mostly) and it’s not easy: hence my theory about brain areas.
This is peak geek - love it!
December 13, 2025 at 12:17 AM
This is peak geek - love it!
Looks cold - hope you're heading someplace warmer, but not here since your five years of social media history risks inflaming the fee-fees of a particularly thin-skinned and weirdly-hued boss-baby.
December 12, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Looks cold - hope you're heading someplace warmer, but not here since your five years of social media history risks inflaming the fee-fees of a particularly thin-skinned and weirdly-hued boss-baby.
Always a cure for diseases which may not have been invented yet. Geniuses.
December 12, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Always a cure for diseases which may not have been invented yet. Geniuses.
“Maple MAGA” - definitely adding that to the lexicon, and I will give you credit of course… that’s art.
December 11, 2025 at 11:29 PM
“Maple MAGA” - definitely adding that to the lexicon, and I will give you credit of course… that’s art.
It’s the worst economy ever for recent college grads, particularly in the public-sector sciences: my girl was headed for NOAA or USGS… and those jobs are just gone gone gone. It’s nuts that we are giving up the next generation of talent, particularly when the stakes are so high for all of us.
December 4, 2025 at 5:22 PM
It’s the worst economy ever for recent college grads, particularly in the public-sector sciences: my girl was headed for NOAA or USGS… and those jobs are just gone gone gone. It’s nuts that we are giving up the next generation of talent, particularly when the stakes are so high for all of us.
There’s a lot of WTF’ing going on in my house… of that you can be sure.
December 2, 2025 at 5:03 AM
There’s a lot of WTF’ing going on in my house… of that you can be sure.
One of my superpowers is I am a really good at an antique skill: reading. I read faster than anyone I’ve ever met. And… when I try to fix something like an old clock, I now wade through videos… which takes me forever to learn if the problem they are fixing is one I have. I miss the written word…
November 26, 2025 at 2:35 AM
One of my superpowers is I am a really good at an antique skill: reading. I read faster than anyone I’ve ever met. And… when I try to fix something like an old clock, I now wade through videos… which takes me forever to learn if the problem they are fixing is one I have. I miss the written word…
Aquehonga! (For my non-US friends, that’s a Scout camp.). And the Smeg machine is very narrow on the counter - ideal for a small kitchen. It does one thing really well and that’s the thing I need.
November 24, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Aquehonga! (For my non-US friends, that’s a Scout camp.). And the Smeg machine is very narrow on the counter - ideal for a small kitchen. It does one thing really well and that’s the thing I need.
Definite WTF moment: we will be back to duck and cover like when we were kids. Wasn’t non proliferation the whole idea behind the comprehensive test ban treaty? Wholly f@ck we are in a weird timeline.
October 30, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Definite WTF moment: we will be back to duck and cover like when we were kids. Wasn’t non proliferation the whole idea behind the comprehensive test ban treaty? Wholly f@ck we are in a weird timeline.
We are well past the “extrajudicial murders” page in the dictatorship manual. They’re deliberately probing boundaries, so each atrocity is a rehearsal for the next and larger atrocity. Waiting for someone in the party to have the courage to act for justice, but I expect to be waiting a long time.
October 19, 2025 at 10:07 PM
We are well past the “extrajudicial murders” page in the dictatorship manual. They’re deliberately probing boundaries, so each atrocity is a rehearsal for the next and larger atrocity. Waiting for someone in the party to have the courage to act for justice, but I expect to be waiting a long time.
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:
Love this… and have followed Todd a long time… seems like a guy who found his time and is just killing it up there. An inspiration to us folks living under privatized monarchy.
October 19, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Love this… and have followed Todd a long time… seems like a guy who found his time and is just killing it up there. An inspiration to us folks living under privatized monarchy.
… there will be trials. That’s what I tell myself.
October 19, 2025 at 2:32 PM
… there will be trials. That’s what I tell myself.
It’s ugly because the game changed. While it’s undoubtedly working for someone (owners of platforms and/or sellers of HR bots), but it’s not working for either employees or hiring managers.
October 19, 2025 at 1:58 AM
It’s ugly because the game changed. While it’s undoubtedly working for someone (owners of platforms and/or sellers of HR bots), but it’s not working for either employees or hiring managers.
This whole system is broken: platforms like Indeed and LinkedIn drown corporate AI HR bots with drivel.So, we are told to use AI to write our resume to include buzzwords the AI likes, and the actual hiring managers are faced with the thousand fake people who made it through.
October 19, 2025 at 1:55 AM
This whole system is broken: platforms like Indeed and LinkedIn drown corporate AI HR bots with drivel.So, we are told to use AI to write our resume to include buzzwords the AI likes, and the actual hiring managers are faced with the thousand fake people who made it through.
My wife’s car sports a bumper sticker: “Got Polio? Neither do I. Thanks, Science!”
(Mine sports, in the manner of a MAGA sticker: “SCIENCE: Make America Smart Again”)
(Mine sports, in the manner of a MAGA sticker: “SCIENCE: Make America Smart Again”)
October 17, 2025 at 4:09 AM
My wife’s car sports a bumper sticker: “Got Polio? Neither do I. Thanks, Science!”
(Mine sports, in the manner of a MAGA sticker: “SCIENCE: Make America Smart Again”)
(Mine sports, in the manner of a MAGA sticker: “SCIENCE: Make America Smart Again”)
Make sure you and all your friends vote in the next elections - we need more scientific thinkers in the mix!
October 17, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Make sure you and all your friends vote in the next elections - we need more scientific thinkers in the mix!