Philip Nelson 💻🧙
blu3r4d0n.shutdown.network
Philip Nelson 💻🧙
@blu3r4d0n.shutdown.network
public servant data scientist
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this account does not represent the views of my employer

big Tolkien and Le Guin fan, hockey lover, and coffee addict

South Carolina is my home

transparency is non-negotiable!
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politician slowly realizing lobbying works *after* damage has already been done
November 24, 2025 at 1:40 PM
I had another strange experience. Matched with someone. I've redacted identifying details. this was with a separate person.

I don't have context for what what's going on with her life, but this happens consistently to me on dating apps when I do get a rare match

And it is really disheartening.
November 19, 2025 at 6:03 AM
So uh @queencelebrian.bsky.social told me not to watch Stranger Things season 3 because I've been having weird dreams due to consuming scary content, but I did it anyway and when I confirmed that this was a bad idea, she sent me this as a reaction GIF

I laughed for a solid minute.
November 19, 2025 at 1:18 AM
This picture was just taken on my phone and it doesn't do it near justice. It was so much more vibrant when I saw it.

This is in Greenville
November 12, 2025 at 3:22 AM
High is 45°F today so it coincided perfectly with breaking out the Edmund Fitzgerald sweatshirt
November 10, 2025 at 9:50 PM
And then I also got this picture of a private jet landing right in front of them.
November 9, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Four of them landed, one of them broke off!
November 9, 2025 at 8:09 PM
So part of my routine is just to go and sit and watch the planes at Greenville Municipal Airport and today I got a real treat.
November 9, 2025 at 8:09 PM
love the Elisabeth / Gollum listing in doubles lol
November 6, 2025 at 6:33 AM
hooray scvotes locks their machine readable election results data behind a captcha if you try to get it from a datacenter so I gave up on my live results for greenville's city council races lol
had everything ready to go except for the automatically running the code

pic with mocked data
November 4, 2025 at 7:16 PM
🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹
November 4, 2025 at 1:42 PM
except for the one building with an obviously incorrect height value lol
November 3, 2025 at 9:40 PM
October 31, 2025 at 10:04 PM
just early voted!!
October 20, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Made the last minute decision to come to a bits game. If you're here, come say hi! I'm in section 101 row bb :) #gobitsgo
October 19, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Kind of obsessed with Guantlet
October 18, 2025 at 10:28 PM
this is weird AP lol
October 15, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Y'all
October 3, 2025 at 11:30 PM
If they need a backup for Adrian in the future I'm right here

#peacemaker #vigilante #adrianchase
October 1, 2025 at 3:22 AM
the inspo (also lands end stopped selling the exact rugby shirt a while ago! but the one I found is a fairly close match)
September 30, 2025 at 1:49 AM
so I guess I'm cosplaying someone this weekend at the greenville comicon?

(glasses should arrive v soon)
September 30, 2025 at 1:31 AM
This was my little moment of happiness today
September 28, 2025 at 7:44 PM
It didn't rain and I found a v easy route to where I had to go.

I can cross doing a campaign event with a candidate I support off my list of things I've done (will do more events with Tina soon lol)
September 27, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Just pre-ordered @teawithtolkien.com's book! Excited for it.

here's a link where you can get it, too

www.teawithtolkien.com/book
September 26, 2025 at 5:57 PM
for some reason I think the @signalawards.bsky.social isn't working properly lol
September 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM