David V. Phillips
@skydaver.bsky.social
Grandfather, Navy #Veteran, Atheist, Pro-gun liberal, married.
Working at the nexus of public safety and gun rights
#liberalgunowners
Prostate Cancer Thriver
Enthusiastic, but lousy, golfer.
Bourbon drinker
Never Trump!
Working at the nexus of public safety and gun rights
#liberalgunowners
Prostate Cancer Thriver
Enthusiastic, but lousy, golfer.
Bourbon drinker
Never Trump!
I’m not crying, there’s smoke in the air
What the KENNEDY Center used to be…
Remember that time Aretha Franklin performed at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors, paying tribute to Carole King, who co-wrote “You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman,” and it brought a tear to Obama’s eye and everyone to their feet? And Carole King’s reaction. Wow.
Remember that time Aretha Franklin performed at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors, paying tribute to Carole King, who co-wrote “You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman,” and it brought a tear to Obama’s eye and everyone to their feet? And Carole King’s reaction. Wow.
January 1, 2026 at 6:19 AM
I’m not crying, there’s smoke in the air
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Given the high suicide rates for veterans, cutting mental health and suicide prevention jobs at the Veterans Administration is UNCONSCIONABLE. The Trump administration is full of incompetent, hateful monsters.
December 9, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Given the high suicide rates for veterans, cutting mental health and suicide prevention jobs at the Veterans Administration is UNCONSCIONABLE. The Trump administration is full of incompetent, hateful monsters.
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The difference between having a big dick, and being a big dick.
December 25, 2025 at 6:36 PM
The difference between having a big dick, and being a big dick.
More from the Road & Track PS files...
December 13, 2025 at 7:59 PM
More from the Road & Track PS files...
From @davidyamane.bsky.social, Back to Work on My Gun Culture 2.0 Book open.substack.com/pub/lightove...
Check it out, watch the videos he references in the column.
Check it out, watch the videos he references in the column.
Back to Work on My Gun Culture 2.0 Book
The more scholarly companion to Gun Curious
open.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:54 PM
From @davidyamane.bsky.social, Back to Work on My Gun Culture 2.0 Book open.substack.com/pub/lightove...
Check it out, watch the videos he references in the column.
Check it out, watch the videos he references in the column.
Tamara’s car pics are awesome, and she gets to see bunches of them around her
Summer Yellow is a great color for a Porsche 911 Cabriolet out for a summertime drive!
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1987 Porsche 911 Carrera Cabriolet
Introduced as an entirely new model for 1964, it didn't take long for the 911 to become the Porsche. The Carrera 3.2 version, introduced tw...
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November 26, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Tamara’s car pics are awesome, and she gets to see bunches of them around her
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I'm going to try to remember to do these weekly. I have a bunch scanned, with more in my files.
November 24, 2025 at 4:06 AM
I'm going to try to remember to do these weekly. I have a bunch scanned, with more in my files.
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It's not British Racing Green, but Signal Red is still a fine color for a Triumph TR6.
carsgoneby.blogspot.com/2025/11/1971...
carsgoneby.blogspot.com/2025/11/1971...
1971 Triumph TR6
The lack of grotesque rubber bumper warts and Signal Red paint job mark this Triumph TR6 as an earlier car, unlike the later one we've prev...
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November 23, 2025 at 2:03 PM
It's not British Racing Green, but Signal Red is still a fine color for a Triumph TR6.
carsgoneby.blogspot.com/2025/11/1971...
carsgoneby.blogspot.com/2025/11/1971...
If y’all ain’t following Tamara, I can’t understand you
November 23, 2025 at 6:22 AM
If y’all ain’t following Tamara, I can’t understand you
I cannot recommend this highly enough.
Read and repost, follow Prof. Yamane, and boost his signal
Read and repost, follow Prof. Yamane, and boost his signal
My conventional take on what academia gets wrong about guns from a recent "Shared Targets" symposium sponsored by @asucsgs.bsky.social and @cuanschutz.bsky.social FIPI initiative.
lightoverheat.substack.com/p/what-acade...
lightoverheat.substack.com/p/what-acade...
What Academia Gets Wrong About Guns (Conventional Take)
Part 2 of 3 of series on "What Academia Gets Right and Wrong about Guns"
lightoverheat.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I cannot recommend this highly enough.
Read and repost, follow Prof. Yamane, and boost his signal
Read and repost, follow Prof. Yamane, and boost his signal
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I nearly just threw my iPad across the room.
Who wrote this shit? What goddam little communist shitbird just wrote that Olivia sweet zombie Christ Nuzzi was a “modern day Hunter S. Thompson”?
And who’s so ignorant that they don’t realize Dr. Gonzo was a political writer?
Who wrote this shit? What goddam little communist shitbird just wrote that Olivia sweet zombie Christ Nuzzi was a “modern day Hunter S. Thompson”?
And who’s so ignorant that they don’t realize Dr. Gonzo was a political writer?
November 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I nearly just threw my iPad across the room.
Who wrote this shit? What goddam little communist shitbird just wrote that Olivia sweet zombie Christ Nuzzi was a “modern day Hunter S. Thompson”?
And who’s so ignorant that they don’t realize Dr. Gonzo was a political writer?
Who wrote this shit? What goddam little communist shitbird just wrote that Olivia sweet zombie Christ Nuzzi was a “modern day Hunter S. Thompson”?
And who’s so ignorant that they don’t realize Dr. Gonzo was a political writer?
Professor Yamane’s works are ALWAYS worth reading.
He truly brings light over heat
He truly brings light over heat
The academic field of gun studies has coalesced into a dominant paradigm. This ia a major accomplishment.
First of a 3 part series on "What Academia Gets Right and Wrong" about guns for @asucsgs.bsky.social and @cuanschutz.bsky.social FIPI symposium.
lightoverheat.substack.com/p/what-acade...
First of a 3 part series on "What Academia Gets Right and Wrong" about guns for @asucsgs.bsky.social and @cuanschutz.bsky.social FIPI symposium.
lightoverheat.substack.com/p/what-acade...
What Academia Gets Right and Wrong About Guns
Part 1 of 3: The Dominant Paradigm
lightoverheat.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Professor Yamane’s works are ALWAYS worth reading.
He truly brings light over heat
He truly brings light over heat
This is pretty cool!
Thanks to the Bluesky algorithm for putting it in my feed so I could follow the photography
Thanks to the Bluesky algorithm for putting it in my feed so I could follow the photography
Let's have another bullet bird, this time the Sparrow!
#birds #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography
#birds #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography
November 18, 2025 at 2:39 PM
This is pretty cool!
Thanks to the Bluesky algorithm for putting it in my feed so I could follow the photography
Thanks to the Bluesky algorithm for putting it in my feed so I could follow the photography
OPERATION CLOSER ROD
OPERATION HOMOEROTIC METAPHOR
There is renewed criticism over the names of military and DHS operations, including the most recent, Operation Charlotte's Web. n.pr/4nZIpq4
November 17, 2025 at 2:55 PM
OPERATION CLOSER ROD
Whether you consider yourself to be a gun rights proponent, or a gun violence prevention proponent (those aren't exclusive), I recommend watching @davidyamane.bsky.social presentation "Guns in America: A Civil Conversation in Uncivil Times" www.youtube.com/watch?v=7a1Q...
GUNS IN AMERICA: A CIVIL CONVERSATION IN UNCIVIL TIMES (Light Over Heat #136)
YouTube video by Light Over Heat with Professor David Yamane
www.youtube.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Whether you consider yourself to be a gun rights proponent, or a gun violence prevention proponent (those aren't exclusive), I recommend watching @davidyamane.bsky.social presentation "Guns in America: A Civil Conversation in Uncivil Times" www.youtube.com/watch?v=7a1Q...
It's been a while since I put up a PS page from Road & Track...
November 16, 2025 at 10:58 PM
It's been a while since I put up a PS page from Road & Track...
Saw this beauty in the Publix parking lot, Short Pump , Virginia
November 16, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Saw this beauty in the Publix parking lot, Short Pump , Virginia
It’s not alarming at all that trump posted this on its platform, right?
November 16, 2025 at 7:38 AM
It’s not alarming at all that trump posted this on its platform, right?
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Social media needs more of this and less of… *waves hands at almost literally everything else*
A little while ago, my parents' cat Bridget went missing. As the weeks dragged on, they became extremely worried. My dad devised a way to distract himself: he began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up in some of art and music's most iconic scenes.
November 14, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Social media needs more of this and less of… *waves hands at almost literally everything else*
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November 14, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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