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BluePointer @bluepointer.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Had I been drinking coffee… there’d have been damage.

BluePointer @bluepointer.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Most of America (70+percent?) can’t wait to be rid of him, but while one side plays by the rules, the other doesn’t. This will be the most important election of our lifetimes, and he know this and will stop at nothing to make it painful.

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The Shallow State @ourshallowstate.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

The fact that Russia has helped Iran - AND helped them target US troops, and yet Trump- while Russia struggles - just de-sanctioned the purchase of Russian oil, should be a MUCH bigger story. Like - a REALLY BIG story. Like - an "our President really IS a useful idiot" story.

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BluePointer @bluepointer.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Hat to go to the Googles to dig for this reference - spot on, and well done, Professor!

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

He makes a good point.

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BluePointer @bluepointer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

We all believe we are fine until we aren’t.

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BluePointer @bluepointer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

In my case, as far as I can tell, I was vaxxed in 1970 but could’ve been 1969… but the titers didn’t lie. When we totally lose herd immunity (lookin’ at you, PA) a lot of people in my last-of-the-Boomers cohort will be in a world of $hit (or $hot, depending on your science belief levels :-)

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BluePointer @bluepointer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Also - not immunocompromised so for me it was just a routine thing… after I was shocked by the news I was no longer protected by my vaccination from 1970 or so.

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BluePointer @bluepointer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I was my own test case: I paid for the titer test: and I had zero measurable immunity. The test was a few hundred bucks; the MMR was under a buck (and came with a cute band-aid.) I’m spending more time around babies (happens when we are fortunate and get older) and don’t want to be the problem.

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BluePointer @bluepointer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

To my boomer friends: get your MMR booster, today if possible.

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BluePointer @bluepointer.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Appreciate your perspective and for laying out the actual stakes for normies. (Older recovering conservative here who’s now progressive AF. The vocabulary of gender was unfamiliar: cis and trans are organic chemistry terms to me. But - intent is all: l can grow and learn, and be less of a d!ck too.

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BluePointer @bluepointer.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Heard recently: “America has become a torture chamber for smart people.” No errors found.

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BluePointer @bluepointer.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

If I could follow you twice, I would.

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BluePointer @bluepointer.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I want AI to fold my laundry and put it away so I have *more* time to write: I don’t need it to write for me nor do other things I enjoy. At the moment, it’s all moving in the very wrongest direction.

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BluePointer @bluepointer.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I am built for a handmade era: I can build a radio out of scrap metal, a generator out of old hi-fi speakers and house wiring, and I know Morse code. Not sure this will feed my family though: haven’t thought that part through yet.

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BluePointer @bluepointer.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I generally agree but am switching can be costly (in B2B settings) or just inconvenient (in B2C.). If I can get a price match, I feel less like a hostage. Hostages almost always try to escape. The hostage metaphor for “lock in” is helpful in framing the discussion and getting people to think.

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BluePointer @bluepointer.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I do pricing for a career. A customer who asks for a better price at renewal time and brings receipts is a gift… which too many companies just squander. Marginal cost of keeping you is minimal; actual cost of replacing your business is massive. Everyone knows this, including them. Dopes.

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BluePointer @bluepointer.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Today’s WTAF moment, from…. But he’s already won, if winning means that this stupid Canada trade war will keep us from noticing the total humiliating disaster of Iran, now six months in, and *entirely* his fcking fault.

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BluePointer @bluepointer.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

You have no earthly idea how about absolutely sick, tired, and disgusted about 68% of us are in the US (or what’s left of it.). Actually, I think you do. SHAME is the right acronym.

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BluePointer @bluepointer.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

My son desperately wanted to play football - fast as a cat, great hands, great reflexes, but 50 pounds lighter than the kids who would be tackling him. He would’ve been hard to catch but if they hit him it would look like a yard sale. Nope. Bad Dad! Now he’s in his mid 20’s and has forgiven me.

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BluePointer @bluepointer.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

My grandfather used to watch boxing and loved it. Today’s kids watch IFC and love it. I stopped watching football since I can’t not see the physics in action and imagine the physiological damage.

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BluePointer @bluepointer.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Great job on CNN this morning, Professor… clear and concise and scientific and scary as hell. Well done.

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BluePointer @bluepointer.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I am dreading Monday. I work for a US manufacturer, whose US based supply chain will again be wrecked by this kakistocracy, again risking US jobs. It’s tariffs & retaliatory tariffs, boffo diesel prices because of the already-lost war, and now One Special Boy in a snit, and it’s Monday in America.

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BluePointer @bluepointer.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I am dreading Monday. I work for a large manufacturer, whose entirely US based supply chain will again be wrecked by kakistocracy. It’s tariffs and retaliatory tariffs, it’s boffo diesel prices because of the already-lost war, and now it’s because One Special Boy got in a snit and… it’s Monday.

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BluePointer @bluepointer.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

People learn; people grow. Happy you’re on the side of truth and sanity now!

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BluePointer @bluepointer.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Quoting Markos Moulitsas of “Daily Kos” fame: “I would get a vaccine against paper cuts if I could.”

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BluePointer @bluepointer.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

And… he can tear it down tomorrow ahead of the lawsuits. He can paint the granite of Bunker Hill Monument holy cow blue, and he can do whatever else he wants with no fear of spineless acolytes. I get weepy at same picture. And mad as hell, too.

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BluePointer @bluepointer.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

One of them is an apostrophe abusing racist. The other one likes pancakes, and it looks like his wife likes him too.

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BluePointer @bluepointer.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

And there was the time, fixing an RC model, where I inadvertently glued my thumbnails together. They could hear cursing as far as Hades as I tried to find a suitable solvent in a container which I could open with my teeth. I could've used a poet at that moment, or any being with opposable thumbs.

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BluePointer @bluepointer.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

…entirely missing from the 21st century US.

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BluePointer @bluepointer.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

You deal in important topics. I had a few dealings with the constabulary and courts in BC, and while there learned more about the First Nations and centuries of subjugation than was ever taught in my US history classes. Eye-opening. But there was also a spirit of “let’s make it right” which is…

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BluePointer @bluepointer.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

That “idiot(?)” thumb has brought you a long way. So, see this as a temporary setback. Your professional development continues despite your enrollment status: after all, we’re all in adult education in one form or another whether we choose to admit it.

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BluePointer @bluepointer.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Not a doctor but a history of science geek: measles is an incredibly dangerous virus and has caused a lot of misery. To hear it dismissed by grifters and influencers is just horrible… they grew up in a world where all their friends survived childhood without dying of preventable illnesses.

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BluePointer @bluepointer.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

If you got the Measles vax in the late 1960s, go get a booster: the vax from back then didn’t always provide lifetime immunity. (I tested out of curiosity: zero immunity.) There’s no need to test: you can protect yourself and your community for under a buck, and even get a cute band-aid.

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BluePointer @bluepointer.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I have known a few cats but from a distance: my immune system chooses “sneezy and itchy” for almost all of them. Then there was my brother’s Maine coon cat…. an armload of a boy who loved water (the cat, not my brother) who was an exception: Wiley was one cool giant.

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BluePointer @bluepointer.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

We are not worthy of, nor are we deserving of, dogs. Dogs are also proof that grace exists in our world. So - when I am down, I remember there are dogs and I feel grateful.

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BluePointer @bluepointer.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I have trouble eating things where I know what those things did for a living while they were, um… living. Just weird, I guess. Liver or raccoon wieners would not be on my menu.

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Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

FYI there is no "real" reason why Rome "fell." Its power waned for the usual, mundane reasons: widening gap between rich and poor, inability to maintain infrastructure, incompetent leadership, pointless wars, endless persecution of marginalized groups who performed vital labor, etc.

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BluePointer @bluepointer.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

It’s what happens when a sufficient & statistically interesting number of people from the reality-based world interact. Xitter is mostly bot-on-bot conflict, with the balance of morons mining the hot takes. In the end, there’s not much reality to be had over there.

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BluePointer @bluepointer.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Is there a medical treatment which restores dignity? If so, I think Mr. Scalise (and many other cultists) would see a benefit, along with the American people.

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BluePointer @bluepointer.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Tariffs are stupid, short-sighted, and the economic equivalent of drinking poison yourself and expecting another person to get sick. This latest action will cost American consumers and impact American jobs… guaranteed. How can it be that we are led by such morons?!?

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BluePointer @bluepointer.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Made my 7-year old self decide that being an astronaut was harder than it looked.

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BluePointer @bluepointer.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

And here we go!!! Tariffs are stupid, short-sighted, and the economic equivalent of drinking poison yourself and expecting another person to get sick. This will cost American consumers and impact American jobs… guaranteed. How can we be led by such morons?!? (It’s OK - I already know that answer.)

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BluePointer @bluepointer.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

… they sure do treat the help nice…

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BluePointer @bluepointer.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

When there’s a buck to be made, things look different.

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