Hardhead13
@hardhead13.bsky.social
Computer nerd, progressive rock nerd, gun nerd.
Australia launches the biggest gun ban since their last big gun ban.
If these changes are so necessary, why weren't they part of the last "reasonable compromise?"
#guns #bondibeach
If these changes are so necessary, why weren't they part of the last "reasonable compromise?"
#guns #bondibeach
December 19, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Australia launches the biggest gun ban since their last big gun ban.
If these changes are so necessary, why weren't they part of the last "reasonable compromise?"
#guns #bondibeach
If these changes are so necessary, why weren't they part of the last "reasonable compromise?"
#guns #bondibeach
November 8, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Nice essay by sociologist David Yamane.
Many non-gun-owners only ever think about the negative aspects of #guns.
He has likened it to the parable of the three blind men and the elephant. Many people's impressions of the gun elephant are informed entirely by a detailed examination of its anus.
Many non-gun-owners only ever think about the negative aspects of #guns.
He has likened it to the parable of the three blind men and the elephant. Many people's impressions of the gun elephant are informed entirely by a detailed examination of its anus.
To fully appreciate why people own guns, we need to understand the individual & communal pleasures associated with shooting. These are the pleasures that led me to fall for guns. New essay in @contexts.org by @sagepub.com and @asanews.bsky.social.
OPEN ACCESS: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
OPEN ACCESS: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
How I Fell for Guns - David Yamane, 2025
David Yamane on the 'serious leisure' of shooting.
journals.sagepub.com
October 20, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Nice essay by sociologist David Yamane.
Many non-gun-owners only ever think about the negative aspects of #guns.
He has likened it to the parable of the three blind men and the elephant. Many people's impressions of the gun elephant are informed entirely by a detailed examination of its anus.
Many non-gun-owners only ever think about the negative aspects of #guns.
He has likened it to the parable of the three blind men and the elephant. Many people's impressions of the gun elephant are informed entirely by a detailed examination of its anus.
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This talk pulls together all of the threads of my work. If you wonder how it all fits together or how I see the way forward on guns, this video is for you. Or if you know someone looking for a liberal, pro-civility gun owner, this is a great start.
youtu.be/7a1QMLTuBYk?...
youtu.be/7a1QMLTuBYk?...
GUNS IN AMERICA: A CIVIL CONVERSATION IN UNCIVIL TIMES (Light Over Heat #136)
YouTube video by Light Over Heat with Professor David Yamane
youtu.be
September 24, 2025 at 4:28 PM
This talk pulls together all of the threads of my work. If you wonder how it all fits together or how I see the way forward on guns, this video is for you. Or if you know someone looking for a liberal, pro-civility gun owner, this is a great start.
youtu.be/7a1QMLTuBYk?...
youtu.be/7a1QMLTuBYk?...
I haven't watched a lot of #RobertRedford 's movies. But I have to say, "All Is Lost" (2013) made an impression on me.
Just one guy, alone, on a sinking sailboat in the middle of the ocean. Barely a word of dialog in the entire film. But it was gripping.
Have to watch it again now.
Just one guy, alone, on a sinking sailboat in the middle of the ocean. Barely a word of dialog in the entire film. But it was gripping.
Have to watch it again now.
September 16, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I haven't watched a lot of #RobertRedford 's movies. But I have to say, "All Is Lost" (2013) made an impression on me.
Just one guy, alone, on a sinking sailboat in the middle of the ocean. Barely a word of dialog in the entire film. But it was gripping.
Have to watch it again now.
Just one guy, alone, on a sinking sailboat in the middle of the ocean. Barely a word of dialog in the entire film. But it was gripping.
Have to watch it again now.
Sometimes bullets have uses you might not expect. Like applying even clamping force in a shoe while gluing the sole back on.
September 6, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Sometimes bullets have uses you might not expect. Like applying even clamping force in a shoe while gluing the sole back on.
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Guns in America: A liberal gun-owning sociologist offers 5 observations to understand America’s culture of firearms
Guns in America: A liberal gun-owning sociologist offers 5 observations to understand America’s culture of firearms
A scholar who became a gun owner later in life found there is more to firearms than criminal violence, injury and death, and more to gun culture than democracy-destroying right-wing politics.
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May 6, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Guns in America: A liberal gun-owning sociologist offers 5 observations to understand America’s culture of firearms
This is the greatest overview I have seen of design techniques for #3Dprinting functional objects. Some of it I knew already, and employ regularly. But I also learned bunch of new things.
Highly recommended.
blog.rahix.de/design-for-3...
Highly recommended.
blog.rahix.de/design-for-3...
Design for 3D-Printing - Rahix' Blog
Deep dive into mechanical design that is optimized for 3d-printing.
blog.rahix.de
May 6, 2025 at 4:42 AM
This is the greatest overview I have seen of design techniques for #3Dprinting functional objects. Some of it I knew already, and employ regularly. But I also learned bunch of new things.
Highly recommended.
blog.rahix.de/design-for-3...
Highly recommended.
blog.rahix.de/design-for-3...
I was inspired to make a meme today. IYKYK.
April 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I was inspired to make a meme today. IYKYK.
Just saw a Tesla with a "This Tesla is not an endorsement of Elon Musk" bumper sticker.
I feel sorry for them. It wasn't so long ago that far-right jacasses with their modded diesel trucks would "roll coal" on them because they hated the very idea of electric cars.
I feel sorry for them. It wasn't so long ago that far-right jacasses with their modded diesel trucks would "roll coal" on them because they hated the very idea of electric cars.
March 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Just saw a Tesla with a "This Tesla is not an endorsement of Elon Musk" bumper sticker.
I feel sorry for them. It wasn't so long ago that far-right jacasses with their modded diesel trucks would "roll coal" on them because they hated the very idea of electric cars.
I feel sorry for them. It wasn't so long ago that far-right jacasses with their modded diesel trucks would "roll coal" on them because they hated the very idea of electric cars.
Oh, damn. I guess I'll just put my Uzi back in the safe then.
March 23, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Oh, damn. I guess I'll just put my Uzi back in the safe then.
After draining the rink this year, we had this bit of leftover ice. It's weird. Very fragile, and breaks up into long hexagonal crystals.
#Science!
#Science!
March 19, 2025 at 11:01 PM
After draining the rink this year, we had this bit of leftover ice. It's weird. Very fragile, and breaks up into long hexagonal crystals.
#Science!
#Science!
This popped up randomly on my YouTube feed. You don't see a massive modular synth setup like that, and just not click on it, like a caveman. You just don't.
Epic.
Epic.
Mercury - full album (Tangerine Dream meets Pink Floyd and Boards of Canada)
YouTube video by Caught In Joy
www.youtube.com
March 9, 2025 at 4:11 PM
This popped up randomly on my YouTube feed. You don't see a massive modular synth setup like that, and just not click on it, like a caveman. You just don't.
Epic.
Epic.
A new 4K restoration of Pink Floyd at Pompeii, based on recently-rediscovered film negatives? A new surround-sound mix by Steven Wilson? Coming soon to a movie theatre near me?
Well, count me in.
Well, count me in.
Pink Floyd at Pompeii – MCMLXXII - Echoes - Part 1 - Edit
YouTube video by Pink Floyd
www.youtube.com
February 27, 2025 at 2:40 AM
A new 4K restoration of Pink Floyd at Pompeii, based on recently-rediscovered film negatives? A new surround-sound mix by Steven Wilson? Coming soon to a movie theatre near me?
Well, count me in.
Well, count me in.
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Where I'm coming from: The spirit of critical curiosity, new from "Light Over Heat" on Substack.
open.substack.com/pub/lightove...
open.substack.com/pub/lightove...
February 23, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Where I'm coming from: The spirit of critical curiosity, new from "Light Over Heat" on Substack.
open.substack.com/pub/lightove...
open.substack.com/pub/lightove...
Now that my 3D-printed case and bullet feeders are working nicely on my #Hornady #reloading press, here's a video showing my complete reloading process for 9mm Luger cartridges, from start to finish. And a little bit of range fun at the end.
#3Dprinting #shootingsports
#3Dprinting #shootingsports
Reloading 9mm Luger Cartridges
YouTube video by Hardhead13
youtu.be
November 22, 2024 at 2:50 PM
Now that my 3D-printed case and bullet feeders are working nicely on my #Hornady #reloading press, here's a video showing my complete reloading process for 9mm Luger cartridges, from start to finish. And a little bit of range fun at the end.
#3Dprinting #shootingsports
#3Dprinting #shootingsports
Phase II of the automation of my Hornady Lock'n'Load reloading press is complete. Here's the new 3D-printed bullet collator and feeder die in action.
#3dprinting #shootingsports #hornady #reloading
#3dprinting #shootingsports #hornady #reloading
Hornady Lock'n'Load Bullet Feeder
YouTube video by Hardhead13
youtu.be
November 19, 2024 at 8:59 PM
Phase II of the automation of my Hornady Lock'n'Load reloading press is complete. Here's the new 3D-printed bullet collator and feeder die in action.
#3dprinting #shootingsports #hornady #reloading
#3dprinting #shootingsports #hornady #reloading
So, here I am, starting a new life on Bluesky. Looking for a place more pleasant than the increasingly toxic cesspool that is "X".
So, here's what I've been up to lately: a 3D-printed automatic case feeder for my Hornady Lock'n'Load reloading press.
#guns #reloading #hornady #3Dprinting
So, here's what I've been up to lately: a 3D-printed automatic case feeder for my Hornady Lock'n'Load reloading press.
#guns #reloading #hornady #3Dprinting
Hornady Lock'n'Load Case Feeder
YouTube video by Hardhead13
youtu.be
November 11, 2024 at 8:58 PM
So, here I am, starting a new life on Bluesky. Looking for a place more pleasant than the increasingly toxic cesspool that is "X".
So, here's what I've been up to lately: a 3D-printed automatic case feeder for my Hornady Lock'n'Load reloading press.
#guns #reloading #hornady #3Dprinting
So, here's what I've been up to lately: a 3D-printed automatic case feeder for my Hornady Lock'n'Load reloading press.
#guns #reloading #hornady #3Dprinting