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Steven Nelson
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Advocate for democracy, reader, occasional runner, hobby woodworker, attorney, Philly.
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Terrible news for us: Mary took our cat Xedo into the emergency vet this am because he was breathing with difficulty. He had a cardiac arrest & passed away while they were trying to see what was wrong. He was a street rescue who we had for 3.5 years. He came so far in opening up to trust & love.
Our cat Xedo (short for Mr. Tuxedo) laying on a bed.
September 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Friday pets for some sweetness.
Princess Grace, a likely border collie mix, getting neck scritches Mr. Tuxedo (aka Xedo), in a cat tree looking at the camera. Tonks, a Calico cat, looking at the camera, clearly angry about not enough food.
August 22, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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Just in case you’d want it.
A pink t shirt for sale that says “I’m right on top of that Rose!” above a picture of Christina Applegate, from the movie Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead.
July 18, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Visited Ellis Island for the first time today. Didn’t find any family members with certainty (though had a couple that seemed possible), but learned some more of the information to look for on my own and come back later.
Me standing next to a sign directing to the passenger search center at Ellis Island’s museum. Me sitting at a computer in Ellis Island’s Passenger immigration database search.
April 27, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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I don’t know that I have seen @mlshelly.bsky.social as giddy as she is finally meeting @gritty.bsky.social
Mary and Steve at a Flyers game with Gritty behind them in a selfie
March 8, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Sorry.
A screenshot of Andrew Dessler’s original post, in dark mode.
January 16, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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We just went to Svalbard on vacation in December! We heard a lot from the locals about the upcoming closing and toured one of the previously closed mines.
Me laying on my side. Mostly in the dark in a coal mine
January 14, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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We just went to Svalbard for vacation!
Steve and his wife in Svalbard, standing outside the Global Seed Vault.
December 26, 2024 at 3:32 AM
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Uncle Bobbie’s in Philadelphia has a great one:
A picture of the poster eating a slice of pizza and wearing a shirt that says READ BANNED BOOKS in all caps.
November 26, 2024 at 2:43 PM
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Strongly considering these as names for my next pair of pets.
Norwegian language text from a museum exhibit that reads “Dårskap og dristighet,” which is translated to English as “The daft and the daring.”
November 26, 2024 at 1:17 PM
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We watched it last night. Had the same thought. Currently:
Frodo Baggins in The Two Towers
November 11, 2024 at 3:19 AM
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Meh. I don’t suspect this will jump to the top of the sightseeing list when friends visit.
The portal installation in Philadelphia. People are milling about around it, and the screen shows a view of Earth from space.
October 22, 2024 at 8:46 PM
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Hello there, from either Vidal or Sassoon at the Fringe Salon in Philly.
An old high school hallway in the Bok Building in Philadelphia, with a cat sitting calmly at the end of the hall in front of a hair salon, looking at the photographer. A closer view of the first picture. The picture is of an old high school hallway in the Bok Building in Philadelphia, with a cat sitting calmly at the end of the hall in front of a hair salon, looking at the photographer.
October 5, 2024 at 3:15 PM
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Saw my second Supreme Court Justice ever tonight, and thoroughly enjoyed it. Got an autographed book, too.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s book, Lovely One
September 29, 2024 at 12:18 AM
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Celebrating with the Savannah Bananas
The Phillis scoreboard with Party Animal pitcher Delano (Jersey #777). The Phillies scoreboard with a Savannah Bananas player on first base
September 21, 2024 at 11:28 PM
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I love living in Philly so much. Impromptu date night, and without going out of the way, we walk by Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell on our way back to the train. I’ll never not think that’s really cool.
Steve and wife Mary taking a selfie with the Liberty Bell lit up in the window behind them.
September 1, 2024 at 12:21 AM
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Well put to say “a geographically illiterate member of the United States Congress is a very dangerous thing.”

Damn near every thing I have learned about Tim Walz has impressed me.
Text that reads: “Walz also criticized his former congressional colleagues for their lack of knowledge about global geography. He spoke of “blank stares” in an Armed Services Committee hearing when he brought up the Durand Line, referring to the often disputed border between Afghanistan and Pakistan. ‘A geographically illiterate member of the United States Congress is a very scary proposition.’ he said.”
August 7, 2024 at 4:34 PM
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This movie basically writes itself.
A tweet with an image of a 16 year old Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, looking to be more like 30, of which Johnson has written: I attended multiple high schools in 4 years. Hawaii, Nashville; and Pennsylvania. Everyone thought I was an undercover narc. True story.
August 6, 2024 at 2:00 AM
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Show us the birth certificate
A screenshot of an AP Fact Check page of dubious authenticity with the headline “No, the JD in JD Vance does not stand for ‘Jorkin Depeanus’”
July 26, 2024 at 10:19 PM
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Really hope some people get the free beer and then rip their tear away pants right off.
NBC NEWS OUT NEWS Idaho bar celebrates ‘Heterosexual Awesomeness Month' in response to Pride Month On Hetero Male Mondays, the Old State Saloon will offer a free beer to any "heterosexual male dressed like a heterosexual male."
June 12, 2024 at 12:26 AM
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Can’t help but think that Nights in Rodanthe will be remade as a climate thriller at some point.

From Heatmap’s morning briefing email.
Text that reads: The Kicker A five-bedroom house in Rodanthe, North Carolina, has become the sixth house along its stretch of seashore to fall into the ocean in the past four years as coastal erosion increasingly threatens homes built near the water.
May 29, 2024 at 12:33 PM
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Didn’t think of it until now, but with the Nuggets wearing their statement 5280 jerseys against the Wolves, the score at one point in the game was 52-80.
A screenshot of the game log from Timberwolves-Nuggets game two, showing a made free throw by Nikola Jokić that made the score 52-80.
May 7, 2024 at 12:49 PM
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I am so excited to share that my friend Ravynn Stringfield’s 2nd novel Love in 280 Characters or Less from Feiwel and Friends is out 4/15/2025!

Do digital lives and loves translate IRL? Inquiring minds—especially college freshman Sydney Ciara—want to know.

Art: Kgabo Mametja
Design: Abby Granata
The cover of Love in 280 Characters or Less, which pictures a young Black woman laying on her bed and texting a crush. The text says, “College classes and online crushes. What could go wrong?”
April 22, 2024 at 10:16 PM
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Love that this is how your followers see these two posts.
A Josie Duffy Rice post from ten days prior, tagging Hannah Riley and announcing a partnership. That post is just reposted by Hannah Riley, underneath which is a post from Hannah Riley just now that says “shit keep forgetting this place exists.”
April 15, 2024 at 6:50 PM
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In case you missed it:
Text from the musical 1776: John Adams volunteers to visit New Brunswick after a report is given of Washington's soldiers being afflicted with venereal disease and alcoholism] John Adams: Wake up, Franklin, you're going to New Brunswick! Dr. Benjamin Franklin: [Half asleep] Like hell I am. What for? Hopkins: The whoring and the drinking! [Franklin gets up and marches off right behind Adams]
April 11, 2024 at 3:02 AM