Dave Nelson
@phrop.bsky.social
Serial hobbyist currently interested in sculpture, TTRPG, photography, ham radio, electronics, retro and current video games, RC (cars, trucks, planes, and quads), running in the woods, making music, and movies.
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The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
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No further words needed 👊🏻 ⚡
#punk #punks #punkrock #fucknazis #fightracism #history #punkrockhistory
#punk #punks #punkrock #fucknazis #fightracism #history #punkrockhistory
October 16, 2025 at 2:19 AM
No further words needed 👊🏻 ⚡
#punk #punks #punkrock #fucknazis #fightracism #history #punkrockhistory
#punk #punks #punkrock #fucknazis #fightracism #history #punkrockhistory
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chasing "balance" in news can sound like it's noble but it's not. treating all possible sources as comparably expert, rational, experienced, insightful, relevant, disadvantaged or empowered does not result in objective, accurate reporting. it results in false equivalency.
October 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
chasing "balance" in news can sound like it's noble but it's not. treating all possible sources as comparably expert, rational, experienced, insightful, relevant, disadvantaged or empowered does not result in objective, accurate reporting. it results in false equivalency.
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being trans is awesome and trans people are amazing and gender is a dumb box and anyone who makes their own crowbar to smash it from inside is a hero actually.
September 16, 2025 at 7:19 AM
being trans is awesome and trans people are amazing and gender is a dumb box and anyone who makes their own crowbar to smash it from inside is a hero actually.
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I will not be told how to feel about anything.
I will not be told how to express myself on any matter.
But I'm not going to tell anyone else how to do their thing either.
I am the boss of me (and me alone).
I'm unlikely to get along with anybody who doesn't respect this.
I will not be told how to express myself on any matter.
But I'm not going to tell anyone else how to do their thing either.
I am the boss of me (and me alone).
I'm unlikely to get along with anybody who doesn't respect this.
September 11, 2025 at 7:44 AM
I will not be told how to feel about anything.
I will not be told how to express myself on any matter.
But I'm not going to tell anyone else how to do their thing either.
I am the boss of me (and me alone).
I'm unlikely to get along with anybody who doesn't respect this.
I will not be told how to express myself on any matter.
But I'm not going to tell anyone else how to do their thing either.
I am the boss of me (and me alone).
I'm unlikely to get along with anybody who doesn't respect this.
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Neil deGrass Tyson: "How sad it must be believing that scientists, historians, scholars, economists, journalists devoted their entire lives to deceiving you, but a reality-TV star proven in court to be a lying felon is your beacon of truth & honesty"
August 29, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Neil deGrass Tyson: "How sad it must be believing that scientists, historians, scholars, economists, journalists devoted their entire lives to deceiving you, but a reality-TV star proven in court to be a lying felon is your beacon of truth & honesty"
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Released 48 years ago today
Lust for Life, the second album by Iggi Pop featuring the selftiteld titeltrack.
Iggy Pop - Lust for Life - Live at the Manchester Apollo, 1977
#punk #punks #punkrock #punklegend #iggypop #lustforlife #history #punkrockhistory #otd
Lust for Life, the second album by Iggi Pop featuring the selftiteld titeltrack.
Iggy Pop - Lust for Life - Live at the Manchester Apollo, 1977
#punk #punks #punkrock #punklegend #iggypop #lustforlife #history #punkrockhistory #otd
August 29, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Released 48 years ago today
Lust for Life, the second album by Iggi Pop featuring the selftiteld titeltrack.
Iggy Pop - Lust for Life - Live at the Manchester Apollo, 1977
#punk #punks #punkrock #punklegend #iggypop #lustforlife #history #punkrockhistory #otd
Lust for Life, the second album by Iggi Pop featuring the selftiteld titeltrack.
Iggy Pop - Lust for Life - Live at the Manchester Apollo, 1977
#punk #punks #punkrock #punklegend #iggypop #lustforlife #history #punkrockhistory #otd
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The messaging from this administration has the same vibe as a cross set ablaze in someone’s front yard. It’s about communicating menace and instilling terror, the opposite of what the government of a free and democratic society should be doing.
August 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
The messaging from this administration has the same vibe as a cross set ablaze in someone’s front yard. It’s about communicating menace and instilling terror, the opposite of what the government of a free and democratic society should be doing.
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"One of the reasons the epidemic of violence against women is so unacknowledged is because cases like these are talked about individually, and often treated as though they are shocking aberrations rather than part of a pervasive pattern that operates at all levels of society."
The problem is far bigger than Jeffrey Epstein | Rebecca Solnit
Treating the scandal as an aberration misunderstands the global epidemic of violence against women
www.theguardian.com
August 3, 2025 at 2:43 PM
"One of the reasons the epidemic of violence against women is so unacknowledged is because cases like these are talked about individually, and often treated as though they are shocking aberrations rather than part of a pervasive pattern that operates at all levels of society."
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I have a simple litmus test for human beings now. I simply ask them if they believe the Epstein files should be made public.
If they say anything but "yes," I know they're not someone I want relational proximity with.
If they say anything but "yes," I know they're not someone I want relational proximity with.
July 19, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I have a simple litmus test for human beings now. I simply ask them if they believe the Epstein files should be made public.
If they say anything but "yes," I know they're not someone I want relational proximity with.
If they say anything but "yes," I know they're not someone I want relational proximity with.
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People seem more reluctant to repost lately but I hope this gets out to as many people as possible.
2026's midterms is really our chance to stop fascism in the USA. Maybe our only chance before a full dictatorial takeover. The theocratic kleptocracy is coming unless we get REAL about elections.
2026's midterms is really our chance to stop fascism in the USA. Maybe our only chance before a full dictatorial takeover. The theocratic kleptocracy is coming unless we get REAL about elections.
July 17, 2025 at 8:47 PM
People seem more reluctant to repost lately but I hope this gets out to as many people as possible.
2026's midterms is really our chance to stop fascism in the USA. Maybe our only chance before a full dictatorial takeover. The theocratic kleptocracy is coming unless we get REAL about elections.
2026's midterms is really our chance to stop fascism in the USA. Maybe our only chance before a full dictatorial takeover. The theocratic kleptocracy is coming unless we get REAL about elections.
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There are many reasons why parents of children with communication disabilities may be hesitant about or even opposed to AAC (augmentative and alternative communication), but the research is wildly conclusive: Using AAC does NOT interfere with oral speech development:
efc.home.blog/2020/10/23/m...
efc.home.blog/2020/10/23/m...
my dream for when a child first gets AAC
As we approach the end of AAC Awareness Month, I think about what I’m sad I didn’t see this month, and what I’m sad about all year. There are opportunities I want kids to have, ideas that I w…
efc.home.blog
July 18, 2025 at 12:25 AM
There are many reasons why parents of children with communication disabilities may be hesitant about or even opposed to AAC (augmentative and alternative communication), but the research is wildly conclusive: Using AAC does NOT interfere with oral speech development:
efc.home.blog/2020/10/23/m...
efc.home.blog/2020/10/23/m...
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Make no mistake:
Alligator Alcatraz IS a concentration camp, and they absolutely ARE planning genocide and ‘ethnic cleansing.’
As a white person, i don’t know what I can do to help, but if all I have is my voice, I will make sure it’s heard.
Alligator Alcatraz IS a concentration camp, and they absolutely ARE planning genocide and ‘ethnic cleansing.’
As a white person, i don’t know what I can do to help, but if all I have is my voice, I will make sure it’s heard.
July 2, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Make no mistake:
Alligator Alcatraz IS a concentration camp, and they absolutely ARE planning genocide and ‘ethnic cleansing.’
As a white person, i don’t know what I can do to help, but if all I have is my voice, I will make sure it’s heard.
Alligator Alcatraz IS a concentration camp, and they absolutely ARE planning genocide and ‘ethnic cleansing.’
As a white person, i don’t know what I can do to help, but if all I have is my voice, I will make sure it’s heard.
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QOTD: If vaccines caused autism, America would have way, way more trains
May 30, 2025 at 3:19 AM
QOTD: If vaccines caused autism, America would have way, way more trains
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Nothing triggers MAGA like a Pope who follows the teachings of Christ.
May 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Nothing triggers MAGA like a Pope who follows the teachings of Christ.
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If you're going to lift someone's graphic/meme/Onion headline/whatever, at least copy the alt text that went with it. Not only are you a lazy meme spreader, you're disrespecting the work the OP did to make their image accessible
Do better.
Do better.
May 8, 2025 at 3:14 PM
If you're going to lift someone's graphic/meme/Onion headline/whatever, at least copy the alt text that went with it. Not only are you a lazy meme spreader, you're disrespecting the work the OP did to make their image accessible
Do better.
Do better.
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Allow me to address the elephant in the room: The decades-long outsourcing of domestic manufacturing to China was not an insidious Chinese conspiracy for dominance but the greedy strategy of the American ruling class to explode its profit margins by exploiting global inequality.
May 5, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Allow me to address the elephant in the room: The decades-long outsourcing of domestic manufacturing to China was not an insidious Chinese conspiracy for dominance but the greedy strategy of the American ruling class to explode its profit margins by exploiting global inequality.
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Happy May Day, don’t be a scab.
May 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Happy May Day, don’t be a scab.
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For someone who is autistic, losing passion for a interest can spark intense feelings of loss and actual grief. For many of us, our interests are so much more than what others would call hobbies; they are driving forces that give us a real sense of purpose, soothe us and get us through tough times.
April 27, 2025 at 7:44 PM
For someone who is autistic, losing passion for a interest can spark intense feelings of loss and actual grief. For many of us, our interests are so much more than what others would call hobbies; they are driving forces that give us a real sense of purpose, soothe us and get us through tough times.
Please somebody make a sports list I can block!
April 23, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Please somebody make a sports list I can block!
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Including alt text on screenshots of text is both a great kindness and a simple way to show your commitment to solidarity and inclusiveness. Movements of compassion and care should make every effort not to intentionally or unintentionally exclude those who wish to participate 💜
April 19, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Including alt text on screenshots of text is both a great kindness and a simple way to show your commitment to solidarity and inclusiveness. Movements of compassion and care should make every effort not to intentionally or unintentionally exclude those who wish to participate 💜
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"Age verification" laws are actually "upload your ID or get your face scanned to access every website, ending anonymity and associating your identity with everything you do online" laws and if more people understood that they would not be down for this authoritarian nonsense
April 2, 2025 at 12:57 PM
"Age verification" laws are actually "upload your ID or get your face scanned to access every website, ending anonymity and associating your identity with everything you do online" laws and if more people understood that they would not be down for this authoritarian nonsense
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It would be really nice if @bsky.app would make the video ALT text accessible without a screen reader (like it is for images) so we don't have to put in ALT and then add an additional, redundant "video description" post every time. Pretty pleeeeease 🙏
March 16, 2025 at 8:45 PM
It would be really nice if @bsky.app would make the video ALT text accessible without a screen reader (like it is for images) so we don't have to put in ALT and then add an additional, redundant "video description" post every time. Pretty pleeeeease 🙏