Philip Nelson 💻🧙
@blu3r4d0n.shutdown.network
public servant data scientist
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big Tolkien and Le Guin fan, hockey lover, and coffee addict
South Carolina is my home
transparency is non-negotiable!
https://shutdown.network/links.html
🚈🚝🚊🚌
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!
https://shutdown.network/links.html
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I see people doing intros so I'll do one. hi I'm Philip and I am a data scientist who wants to do all the things.
I really like building things. Currently contribute to @digitaltolkien.com.
And I'm really passionate about transparency in government!
I really like building things. Currently contribute to @digitaltolkien.com.
And I'm really passionate about transparency in government!
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“Expertise” building its one functioning tunnel that just drives two cars back and forth at like 30 mph.
February 12, 2026 at 12:38 AM
“Expertise” building its one functioning tunnel that just drives two cars back and forth at like 30 mph.
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Oh for fuck sake. How is anyone still falling for this bullshit? You can’t just dig tunnels in Florida. Our unofficial state fish is the sink hole. Anyway. RIP Harry Potter land, swallowed by Elon Musk’s giant unfinished hole in the ground probably.
Elon Musk’s tunneling company tapped to link Universal parks
The company is best known for creating the underground Las Vegas Loop. But little is known about how The Boring Company intends to proceed in Central Florida, including how it might approach constr…
www.orlandosentinel.com
February 12, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Oh for fuck sake. How is anyone still falling for this bullshit? You can’t just dig tunnels in Florida. Our unofficial state fish is the sink hole. Anyway. RIP Harry Potter land, swallowed by Elon Musk’s giant unfinished hole in the ground probably.
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This website has the juice.
February 11, 2026 at 9:07 PM
This website has the juice.
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Mueller She Wrote should have been cancelled long ago, but alas
February 12, 2026 at 3:55 AM
Mueller She Wrote should have been cancelled long ago, but alas
Beyond that, we don't know a whole lot. I'd like to at least explore some of that Scandinavian heritage though in the future
February 12, 2026 at 4:32 AM
Beyond that, we don't know a whole lot. I'd like to at least explore some of that Scandinavian heritage though in the future
So most of my family has been in the US for quite a long time. The branch of my family that I'm particularly interested in is my great grandfather's paternal branch. It kind of dead ends, but we know my great-great grandfather was from Norway. He came to America then left and went back to Norway.
February 12, 2026 at 4:32 AM
So most of my family has been in the US for quite a long time. The branch of my family that I'm particularly interested in is my great grandfather's paternal branch. It kind of dead ends, but we know my great-great grandfather was from Norway. He came to America then left and went back to Norway.
than went a lot quicker than I expected
February 11, 2026 at 5:19 PM
than went a lot quicker than I expected
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My updated story with the first half of arguments from Alex Murdaugh asking his murder convictions be overturned at the South Carolina Supreme Court apnews.com/article/alex...
Alex Murdaugh continues to insist he didn't kill wife and son as he gets another day in court
Alex Murdaugh's lawyers are asking the South Carolina Supreme Court to overturn his murder convictions.
apnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 4:44 PM
My updated story with the first half of arguments from Alex Murdaugh asking his murder convictions be overturned at the South Carolina Supreme Court apnews.com/article/alex...
Minor gripe but when did she stop being *Justice* Toal
February 11, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Minor gripe but when did she stop being *Justice* Toal
El Paso city councilmember Chris Canales has said if the TFR goes to the full extent listed by the FAA this could cause up to $50-$60 million in economic damage to the city
The FAA is closing the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas for 10 days, grounding all flights to and from the airport, for “special security reasons."
The FAA's notice did not provide additional details.
The FAA's notice did not provide additional details.
FAA closes airspace around El Paso, Texas, for 10 days, grounding all flights
The Federal Aviation Administration is closing the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas for 10 days, grounding all flights to and from the airport.
bit.ly
February 11, 2026 at 12:38 PM
El Paso city councilmember Chris Canales has said if the TFR goes to the full extent listed by the FAA this could cause up to $50-$60 million in economic damage to the city
this is exceptionally strange and alarming
The FAA is closing the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas for 10 days, grounding all flights to and from the airport, for “special security reasons."
The FAA's notice did not provide additional details.
The FAA's notice did not provide additional details.
FAA closes airspace around El Paso, Texas, for 10 days, grounding all flights
The Federal Aviation Administration is closing the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas for 10 days, grounding all flights to and from the airport.
bit.ly
February 11, 2026 at 12:14 PM
this is exceptionally strange and alarming
This was a rout
Kind of feel bad for what the USA women's team is doing to Canada right now.
Not having Marie-Philip Poulin on the Canadian roster is killing them
Not having Marie-Philip Poulin on the Canadian roster is killing them
February 10, 2026 at 10:03 PM
This was a rout
Kind of feel bad for what the USA women's team is doing to Canada right now.
Not having Marie-Philip Poulin on the Canadian roster is killing them
Not having Marie-Philip Poulin on the Canadian roster is killing them
February 10, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Kind of feel bad for what the USA women's team is doing to Canada right now.
Not having Marie-Philip Poulin on the Canadian roster is killing them
Not having Marie-Philip Poulin on the Canadian roster is killing them
oh heck yeah
This defunct EPCOT attraction is why I'm like this
YouTube video by Technology Connextras
www.youtube.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:02 PM
oh heck yeah
While I'm at it I guess I'll read Magnus Chase too
Wait a second, the Kane Chronicles are in the same universe as PJO and HoO? Wow, I need to go back and reread PJO and Kane and read HoO
February 10, 2026 at 6:01 AM
While I'm at it I guess I'll read Magnus Chase too
I absolutely devoured PJO when I got the mass market paperback set of the first four books in fifth grade and I had to wait on the final entry to be published
February 10, 2026 at 5:58 AM
I absolutely devoured PJO when I got the mass market paperback set of the first four books in fifth grade and I had to wait on the final entry to be published
Tbh I could probably read PJO over the long weekend
February 10, 2026 at 5:55 AM
Tbh I could probably read PJO over the long weekend
Wait a second, the Kane Chronicles are in the same universe as PJO and HoO? Wow, I need to go back and reread PJO and Kane and read HoO
February 10, 2026 at 5:54 AM
Wait a second, the Kane Chronicles are in the same universe as PJO and HoO? Wow, I need to go back and reread PJO and Kane and read HoO
Watching Ratatouille for cooking inspiration
February 10, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Watching Ratatouille for cooking inspiration
still absolutely losing it over this frame of Kermit
February 9, 2026 at 1:02 PM
still absolutely losing it over this frame of Kermit
will the us women's hockey team stomp switzerland today? probably lol
February 9, 2026 at 12:01 PM
will the us women's hockey team stomp switzerland today? probably lol
J Cole was at the target less than a mile from where I live lol? what?
February 9, 2026 at 5:39 AM
J Cole was at the target less than a mile from where I live lol? what?