Alexander L Hunt

Politics, Supply Chain, Finance, Tech, Big Brothers Big Sisters, UofA, MBA

[Alexander L Hunt @AlexanderLHunt]

@TylerJWorden Redbird or The Parrish

[Fandom Pulse @fandompulse]

Project Hail Mary writer Andy Weir on social commentary in books:

"I dislike social commentary. Like… I really hate it. When I’m reading a book, I just want to be entertained, not preached at by the author. Plus, it ruins the wonder of the story if I know the author has a political or social axe to grind. I no longer speculate about all possible outcomes of the story because I know for a fact that the universe of that book will conspire to ensure that the author’s political agenda is validated. I hate that."

"I put no politics or social commentary into my stories at all. Anyone who thinks they see something like that is reading it in on their own. I have no point to make, and I’m not trying to affect the reader’s opinion on anything. My sole job is to entertain, and I stick to that."

"To that end, I also don’t talk about my personal political opinions publicly. I don’t want readers to even know, honestly. I don’t want that in the back of their minds as they read my stuff."

Is this why he has the #1 sci-fi movie in decades?

[Ramit Sethi @ramit]

Free buses is a bad liberal idea

Follow me for more no-BS money and politics

[Arizona Basketball @ArizonaMBB]

Highest rated recruiting class in program history 🐻⬇️

[Chris Williamson @ChrisWillx]

Richard Feynman's Love Letter to His Wife.

[Arizona Basketball @ArizonaMBB]

11 straight years of having a Wildcat in the NBA Finals 🐻⬇️

[Dr. God Abeg ooo @josh_uglyasf]

This Adam Sandler’s speech shows that Having a supportive brother/sibling (or family) is all the motivation you need. He’s actually my favorite out of Hollywood next to Keanu

[Joe Cohen @CohenSite]

The City of Los Angeles and UCLA launched something really cool and innovative today.

It’s an architectural design competition for housing on small, vacant, city-owned lots, but it has a twist...

[Chris Williamson @ChrisWillx]

Do the thing.

[AZ Band Cat Sports @AZBandCatSports]

Bryce James took a visit to Arizona this past weekend.

The son of LeBron James is a three-star SG and Top 300 prospect in the class of 2025.

(📸 via @bryce_james23 // Instagram)

[lesfifita @lesfifita]

Rough one last night. It starts and ends with Noah. Offense played like he did. Up and down. Didn’t convert third downs and didn’t finish drives. He needs to put us in better spots to convert and finish those drives. Make better decisions with the ball and better ball placement.

I love watching my boy Jacob Manu play football as well as our defense and their relentlessness. They balled their asses off and did enough for us to win. Special teams is always special and showed up again last night.

I love being a Father during the tough moments of their lives because success always comes from struggle….. Back to our second home in Utah this week… Football is a game of inches and we didn’t get those inches this week. But O is inches away from clicking….. D has found their identity… Akina is a hog…. And we here for it all
🥤➡️🐻⬇️

[Alexander L Hunt @AlexanderLHunt]

@jakejoelmtg

[Overtime @overtime]

Luka said if went to college in the US he would’ve went to ARIZONA 👀

[Alexander L Hunt @AlexanderLHunt]

@AJA_Cortes boost

[Arizona Basketball @ArizonaMBB]

Since his days at Arizona, all this guy has done is win 🐻⬇️

3x Pac-10 Champion
1986 World Champion
1988 Final 4
5x NBA Champion (player)
4x NBA Champion (head coach)
2020 Olympic Gold Medalist (assistant)
2024 Olympic Gold Medalist (head coach)

[Michael Shermer @michaelshermer]

Great thinkers are often prescient in their pronouncements, and Hannah Arendt is one of the greats...

[Alexander L Hunt @AlexanderLHunt]

@meelonmuskusa A

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Bud Ground Coolers are fridges that work without electricity using geothermal energy.

This innovation can cool 300 drinks below 42.8°F (6°C) without using electricity.

[📹 Gigadgets]

[Learn Latin @latinedisce]

The Most POWERFUL Latin Proverbs — A Thread 🧵

(1/10) Nōn dūcor, dūcō — “I am not led, I lead.”

[Spike Cohen @RealSpikeCohen]

All across Alaska, people are seeing signs like this in stores.

Why? Because a single ship, the North Star, is temporarily down for repairs.

Why would a single ship being down cause a shortage crisis for an entire state?

Because thanks to a ridiculous law that passed 104 years ago today, only a handful of ships are allowed to deliver goods within the US.

The Jones Act has crippled the US maritime industry, driven up the cost of living (especially in the US Islands and Alaska), killed American jobs, and made our lives worse. It is long past time to repeal it.

In order to understand the problem, let's look at how we got here:

Early on in our history, the US had the most vibrant and successful shipbuilding industry on earth. Over the years, other countries' shipbuilders became more competitive. Rather than rising to the challenge, US shipbuilding companies pushed for government to "protect" them.

This culminated in the Jones Act, introduced by Sen. Wesley Jones, who represented Washington state (and all of the shipbuilders there). This law requires that anything shipped from one part of the US to another has to be carried by a US-built, US-flagged ship.

The results of this are dramatic, and obvious for anyone who understands economics.

Because US shipbuilders have had a captive market, they stagnated. In fact, US companies found other ways to transport their goods internally, so US shipbuilders rarely even make ships anymore.

Because US companies have resorted to using less efficient means of transporting products within the US such as freight trains and trucks, the price of American goods has been made less competitive than foreign goods, which costs us jobs and money.

Alaska, Puerto Rico, Hawaii and other US islands buy most of their goods from other countries, because the Jones Act has made shipping things from mainland US too expensive. This makes it cost more to live in Alaska and the islands, and robs American companies of American customers.

Worst of all, after disasters and other crises, the Jones Act severely limits what ships can deliver relief to Americans who desperately need it, costing lives. This is why after a disaster government temporarily lifts the Jones Act for that area, proving that it's harmful and unnecessary.

And as Alaskans are experiencing right now, because there are so few Jones Act-compliant ships, if even one goes down, it can be catastrophic.

The Jones Act is a century-old act of corporate welfare for an industry it has destroyed, and an albatross around all of our necks. It is long past time to put it out on an old, Jones Act-compliant rust bucket and let it drift away.