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SteelPhoenix78
@steelphoenix78.bsky.social
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Cishet male (he/him). I enjoy gaming (PC mostly, but I also really want to get into tabletop gaming), reading, and science, and I'm a big fan of Star Trek!

"The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few...Or the one."
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Footage of #ChuckSchumer giving in to Republicans *again*...

Seriously, with the way he constantly bends over to take it up the tailpipe from the GOP, I have to wonder what dirt the Republicans have on @schumer.senate.gov.

Are we sure *his* name isn't in the Epstein Files?
Kevin Bacon in "National Lampoon's Animal House" getting whacked on the ass with a fraternity pledge paddle & saying, "Thank you sir! May I have another?"
November 10, 2025 at 3:58 AM
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The cruelty is the point.

I can't say it any plainer than this.

Trump & his lackeys get off on being cruel.
November 3, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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October 3, 2025 at 5:10 AM
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Absolutely.
"Years ago, anthropologist Margaret Mead was asked by a student what she considered to be the first sign of civilization in a culture. The student expected Mead to talk about fishhooks or clay pots or grinding stones. But no. Mead said that the first sign of civilization in an ancient culture was a femur (thighbone) that had been broken and then healed. Mead explained that in the animal kingdom, if you break your leg, you die. You cannot run from danger, get to the river for a drink or hunt for food. You are meat for prowling beasts. No animal survives a broken leg long enough for the bone to heal. A broken femur that has healed is evidence that someone has taken time to stay with the one who fell, has bound up the wound, has carried the person to safety and has tended the person through recovery. Helping someone else through difficulty is where civilization starts, Mead said. We are at our best when we serve others. Be civilized. Ira Byock"
September 30, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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“The figure of the tyrant-monster is known to the mythologies, folk traditions, legends, and even nightmares of the world; and his characteristics are everywhere essentially the same. He is the hoarder of the general benefit. He is the monster avid for the greedy rights of ‘my and mine.’ The havoc wrought by him is described in mythology and fairy tale as being universal throughout his domain. This may be no more than his household, his own tortured psyche, or the lives that he blights with the touch of his friendship and assistance; or it may amount to the extent of his civilization. “The inflated ego of the tyrant is a curse to himself and his world—no matter how his affairs may seem to prosper. Self-terrorized, fear-haunted, alert at every hand to meet and battle back the anticipated aggressions of his environment, which are primarily the reflections of the uncontrollable impulses to acquisition within himself, the giant of self-achieved independence is the world’s messenger of disaster, even though, in his mind, he may entertain himself with humane intentions. “Wherever he sets his hand there is a cry (if not from the housetops, then—more miserably—within every heart): a cry for the redeeming hero, the carrier of the shining blade, whose blow, whose touch, whose existence, will liberate the land.” --Joseph Campbell, "The Hero With a Thousand Faces" (1949)
September 19, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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#JimmyKimmel #ABC #Disney
September 18, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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September 12, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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I do not and will not celebrate Charlie Kirk's death - my solution to hearing the kind of rhetoric he spread is to counter it in the public square with my own stated views - and I genuinely feel bad for his family, but I'm also not going to mourn someone who said all this:
September 11, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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Looks amazing!

I've never done anything with Gundams, but I have painted my first full lance of BattleMech miniatures for BattleTech tabletop - The Locust, the Phoenix Hawk, the Catapult, and the BattleMaster!
A set of four BattleTech tabletop miniatures, representing the Locust, Phoenix Hawk, Catapult, and BattleMaster Mechs from the BattleTech setting. The miniatures are painted with a primary color of brown, a secondary color of silver/gray, and a tertiary color of red, with a pale light blue for the cockpit glass.
August 4, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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If this is true, then John Kerry should be in prison.

Bring them *ALL* down.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJnQ...
July 24, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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My first complete lance of painted #BattleTech Mech miniatures - The Locust, Phoenix Hawk, Catapult, and Battlemaster!
Four BattleTech tabletop Mech miniatures painted in brown, silverish-gray, red, and light blue paint; the miniatures are of the Locust, Phoenix Hawk, Catapult, and Battlemaster Mechs
July 22, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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Remembering one of history's greatest comedic & creative minds on what would have been his 74th birthday...

Thank you for everything, #RobinWilliams.
An image of Robin Williams, along with his quote, "I think the saddest people always try their hardest to make people happy because they know what it's like to feel absolutely worthless and they don't want anyone else to feel like that."
July 21, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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#Apollo11 #July20th1969 #ForAllMankind
An image of the dedication plaque attached to one of the landing struts on the lower portion of the Apollo 11 Lunar Excursion Module, when it was left behind on the Moon after the July 20th, 1969 lunar landing. The plaque shows images of the Western & Eastern Hemispheres of Earth, and bears the following message: Here Men from the Planet Earth First Set Foot Upon the Moon July 1969, A.D. We Came In Peace For All Mankind The plaque also bears the names & signatures of Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, as well as the signature of President Richard Nixon.
July 20, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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The flag of one of my favorite factions in the #Fallout universe, for no particular reason... #California #NewCaliforniaRepublic
The flag of the New California Republic from Fallout, depicting a two-headed bear
June 10, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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The flag of one of my favorite factions in the #Fallout universe, for no particular reason... #California #NewCaliforniaRepublic
The flag of the New California Republic from Fallout, depicting a two-headed bear
June 10, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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An image of Nemik from Star Wars: Andor, along with part of his manifesto against the Empire: "And then remember this: The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that. And know this, the day will come when all these skirmishes and battles, these moments of defiance, will have flooded the banks of the Empire's authority and then there will be one too many. One single thing will break the siege. Remember this. Try."
June 9, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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So Say We All!
June 9, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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An informational post from the ACLU that reads as follows: If ICE Agents Show Up At Your Door: 1. Don't open the door, but be calm. You have rights. 2. Ask what they are there for, (and ask for an interpreter if you need one). 3. If they ask to enter, ask if they have a warrant *signed by a judge* and if so, ask to see it (through a window or slipped under the door). 4. If they do NOT have a warrant *signed by a judge*, you may refuse to let them in. Ask them to leave any information at your door. 5. If they force their way in, don't resist. Tell everyone in the residence to remain silent. 6. If you are arrested, remain silent and do not sign anything until you speak to a lawyer. *An ICE administrative warrant (form I-200, I-205) does not allow them to enter your home without your consent.
June 9, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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My reply Tweet to Elon saying that Trump wouldn't have won without him:
Elon Musk's tweet from June 5th, 2025 in which he said, "Without me, Trump would have lost the election, Dems would control the House and the Republicans would be 51-49 in the Senate," followed by a reply by SteelPhoenix78 in which he says "You know...If you, by any chance, had proof that Trump wouldn't have won the election without some effort or influence that you exerted - say, involving voting machines, for example - then I can't think of a better way to get back at him than by going public with that proof...", along with a GIF of Ian McDiarmid as Palpatine from Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, saying "Do it."
June 5, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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I'd love to have my buddy Max in game as a companion or hunter pet, but I've yet to see any that resemble a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel!
May 26, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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Fictional character test to get to know me openpsychometrics.org/tests/charac...
Daniel Jackson from "Stargate," played by James Spader Ray Stantz from "Ghostbusters," played by Dan Aykroyd Dr. Sean McGuire from "Good Will Hunting," played by Robin Williams Bruce Banner from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, played by Mark Ruffalo
May 19, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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Oh, God...

Today in the "The Universe Keeps Getting It Wrong" department: www.cnn.com/2025/05/18/p...
May 18, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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!!!!! @marioprime.bsky.social kotaku.com/overwatch-2-...
An image of picketers at the main gates of Blizzard Entertainment's Irvine, California headquarters, with the caption "The Overwatch 2 Team Has Unionized"
May 13, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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Thank you...I'm grateful that I still have this sweet girl, Piper (I adopted her 9 years ago when she was a kitten, while I was living in Virginia)
A black & white cat with large whiskers and a fluffy tail standing on a bed, looking directly into the camera
May 11, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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I'm so sorry, Fryda...We had to say goodbye to our buddy Scooter a few months ago.

It's amazing how much these sweet little creatures become a part of you.
A black & white cat laying on a bed
May 11, 2025 at 3:44 AM