BluePointer
@bluepointer
Science, physics, and finance dweeb. Recovering conservative. Low Brass player & general fact knower. I build things and I write things. Reclaim Woke, and Slava Ukraini!
We protested the regime, our nation’s slide into authoritarianism, & the fact that we had to get up early on a Saturday to do the first two things. Armed only with handmade cardboard signs, we saw we were not alone: many Americans were willing do something - anything- to have a voice. And this.
America is about 31” below the surface here (or 79cm for my Metric-loving science peeps and friends from overseas.) Kinda appropriate for the moment in America, too.
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.
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.)
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.
They used a FORMULA! Greek Letters! Trump’s trade people must be MATHEMAGICIANS!
Musk: “We spent the weekend feeding the United States Agency for International Development into the wood chipper.” What did you do this weekend?
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.
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
I think I cut one out for the Pinewood Derby when I was 9 (USA Cub Scouts for my overseas friends)