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!
https://shutdown.network/links.html
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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!
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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Just feel like we both see things differently and idk if it will ever be something we agree on
November 29, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Just feel like we both see things differently and idk if it will ever be something we agree on
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I would like to stop hurting over this specific thing
November 29, 2025 at 5:01 AM
I would like to stop hurting over this specific thing
Wrenn Schmidt is such a good actress. Adore her
November 30, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Wrenn Schmidt is such a good actress. Adore her
I would like to stop hurting over this specific thing
November 29, 2025 at 5:01 AM
I would like to stop hurting over this specific thing
I'm not watching it but in stranger things s5, there's a single frame where a town I grew up next two is getting a moment on screen.
I'm not aware of Walhalla ever having a place that producded chicken feed but the local history museum is doing somr research
I'm not aware of Walhalla ever having a place that producded chicken feed but the local history museum is doing somr research
November 28, 2025 at 6:26 AM
I'm not watching it but in stranger things s5, there's a single frame where a town I grew up next two is getting a moment on screen.
I'm not aware of Walhalla ever having a place that producded chicken feed but the local history museum is doing somr research
I'm not aware of Walhalla ever having a place that producded chicken feed but the local history museum is doing somr research
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Glenn Greenwald, longtime defender of the rights of public officials to private communications
November 28, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Glenn Greenwald, longtime defender of the rights of public officials to private communications
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this is honestly beyond parody
November 28, 2025 at 4:57 AM
this is honestly beyond parody
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It would be nice if the procedures of our courts were less secret.
November 27, 2025 at 6:36 PM
It would be nice if the procedures of our courts were less secret.
The Bob Dylan feat Johnny Cash Meta ad pining for making IRL connections makes me want to commit arson
November 27, 2025 at 6:40 PM
The Bob Dylan feat Johnny Cash Meta ad pining for making IRL connections makes me want to commit arson
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The governor of West Virginia is now walking back his initial post, where he stated two National Guard members died after being shot
November 26, 2025 at 9:16 PM
The governor of West Virginia is now walking back his initial post, where he stated two National Guard members died after being shot
The Murdaugh appeal will be the most popular arguments ever heard by the South Carolina Supreme Court. Fully expect the livestream to crash unless SCETV and the Court do some work to mitigate issues.
November 26, 2025 at 7:18 PM
The Murdaugh appeal will be the most popular arguments ever heard by the South Carolina Supreme Court. Fully expect the livestream to crash unless SCETV and the Court do some work to mitigate issues.
Just took a quick look at Greenville area listings on USAJobs and there are a surprising amount of remote openings
November 26, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Just took a quick look at Greenville area listings on USAJobs and there are a surprising amount of remote openings
Again, I'm SO spoiled
I'm spoiled by coffee coffee in Greenville.
It's truly a special thing to be able to go into a coffee shop and talk to barista about a specific varietal of coffee, the tasting notes, the mouthfeel, the process method.
Idk it's a specialty coffee nerd's dream and it's right here in Greenville
It's truly a special thing to be able to go into a coffee shop and talk to barista about a specific varietal of coffee, the tasting notes, the mouthfeel, the process method.
Idk it's a specialty coffee nerd's dream and it's right here in Greenville
November 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Again, I'm SO spoiled
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BREAKING: In Judge Boasberg's contempt inquiry, Plaintiffs include Emil Bove, now a Third Circuit judge, on their list of potential witnesses. Others include Erez Reuveni and Drew Ensign—both of whom Boasberg mentioned as likely witnesses—and Yaakov Roth, a senior official in DOJ's Civil Division.
November 25, 2025 at 8:03 PM
BREAKING: In Judge Boasberg's contempt inquiry, Plaintiffs include Emil Bove, now a Third Circuit judge, on their list of potential witnesses. Others include Erez Reuveni and Drew Ensign—both of whom Boasberg mentioned as likely witnesses—and Yaakov Roth, a senior official in DOJ's Civil Division.
so I can post about this now but last week I got selected to be on a federal criminal trial jury in Spartanburg. I was literally the first juror to be seated lol
Just got contacted by the court and I no longer have to go because they disposed of the case
Just got contacted by the court and I no longer have to go because they disposed of the case
November 25, 2025 at 6:29 PM
so I can post about this now but last week I got selected to be on a federal criminal trial jury in Spartanburg. I was literally the first juror to be seated lol
Just got contacted by the court and I no longer have to go because they disposed of the case
Just got contacted by the court and I no longer have to go because they disposed of the case
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Hallelujah, they charged him!!!!! Truly not sure what took so long, but I'm so glad that they charged him. Assault and Battery of a High and Aggravated Nature (0-20) and a weapons enhancement (mandatory 5 year sentence if convicted on this and predicate offense).
www.wistv.com/2025/11/25/m...
www.wistv.com/2025/11/25/m...
Man charged in shooting outside Columbia Planned Parenthood
A man has been charged in connection with a shooting that happened outside Columbia’s Planned Parenthood clinic.
www.wistv.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Hallelujah, they charged him!!!!! Truly not sure what took so long, but I'm so glad that they charged him. Assault and Battery of a High and Aggravated Nature (0-20) and a weapons enhancement (mandatory 5 year sentence if convicted on this and predicate offense).
www.wistv.com/2025/11/25/m...
www.wistv.com/2025/11/25/m...
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I keep saying, Google intentionally making its search worse is a world-historical fumble, and it's a huge opportunity for so many others across the internet, if they'll just seize it..
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I keep saying, Google intentionally making its search worse is a world-historical fumble, and it's a huge opportunity for so many others across the internet, if they'll just seize it..
How to Make a Killing looks fun. also Margaret Qualley😍
November 25, 2025 at 5:43 PM
How to Make a Killing looks fun. also Margaret Qualley😍
Tonight at my dance lesson I definitely broke into a sswea from dancing salsa lol
My dance instructor said, "oh my goodness, you're sweating. Don't worry, I am too"
We had been doing switches in salsa and we did them at like a breakneck speed lol
My dance instructor said, "oh my goodness, you're sweating. Don't worry, I am too"
We had been doing switches in salsa and we did them at like a breakneck speed lol
November 25, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Tonight at my dance lesson I definitely broke into a sswea from dancing salsa lol
My dance instructor said, "oh my goodness, you're sweating. Don't worry, I am too"
We had been doing switches in salsa and we did them at like a breakneck speed lol
My dance instructor said, "oh my goodness, you're sweating. Don't worry, I am too"
We had been doing switches in salsa and we did them at like a breakneck speed lol
Someone criticized one of the local TV meteorologists for two Facebook posts. To combine the posts into one image, they used Microsoft Copilot, which altered the content of the posts and made it look like meteorologist posted something they didn't. then they posted it to Reddit to complain about it
From the greenville community on Reddit: WYFF should be ashames that they put this clown on the air
Explore this post and more from the greenville community
www.reddit.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Someone criticized one of the local TV meteorologists for two Facebook posts. To combine the posts into one image, they used Microsoft Copilot, which altered the content of the posts and made it look like meteorologist posted something they didn't. then they posted it to Reddit to complain about it
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Comey's other motions might be moot now, but I just wanted to make clear that the reasoning behind Currie's without prejudice dismissal wouldn't necessarily apply to the other motions, if granted.
(This is also weird procedurally because you don't generally have two different judges on one case.)
(This is also weird procedurally because you don't generally have two different judges on one case.)
November 24, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Comey's other motions might be moot now, but I just wanted to make clear that the reasoning behind Currie's without prejudice dismissal wouldn't necessarily apply to the other motions, if granted.
(This is also weird procedurally because you don't generally have two different judges on one case.)
(This is also weird procedurally because you don't generally have two different judges on one case.)
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This is not, however, a ruling on Comey's other motions to dismiss — which are before Judge Nachmanoff — and which could be with prejudice, if granted.
November 24, 2025 at 6:16 PM
This is not, however, a ruling on Comey's other motions to dismiss — which are before Judge Nachmanoff — and which could be with prejudice, if granted.
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As for Comey, DOJ will be arguing that it can re-indict, despite the statute of limitations having since run, under 18 USC 3288.
From DOJ's opposition: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
From DOJ's opposition: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
![Zeroing in on the actual claim here—that the Attorney General could not lawfully invoke
Section 546(a) to appoint Ms. Halligan—Comey comes nowhere close to showing “flagrant misbehavior,” “substantial prejudice,” or the unavailability of a “lesser sanction.” The Attorney General’s invocation of Section 546(a) rather than her many other appointment authorities is not “flagrant misconduct” akin to repeated Brady violations. Cf. United States v. Bundy, 968 F.3d 1019,
1029, 1037 (9th Cir. 2020). As explained above, Comey suffered no prejudice, much less substantial prejudice, from Ms. Halligan’s title when she entered the grand-jury room. And contrary to
his assertion (at 25), the counterfactual where the Attorney General did not, in his words, “unlawfully appoint[] Ms. Halligan” is not a world where the government would have let the limitations
period run. Instead, the Attorney General would have cited a different authority that would have
unquestionably authorized Ms. Halligan to obtain the exact same indictment at the exact same
time. If the Court deems the indictment invalid, any dismissal should be without prejudice to
permit the government to swiftly seek reindictment under 18 U.S.C. § 3288.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreibd5ketujgkvh7vfzzilg4babuvwj2dwaoczj2a7kbv44qj6shbx4@jpeg)
November 24, 2025 at 6:14 PM
As for Comey, DOJ will be arguing that it can re-indict, despite the statute of limitations having since run, under 18 USC 3288.
From DOJ's opposition: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
From DOJ's opposition: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
politician slowly realizing lobbying works *after* damage has already been done
November 24, 2025 at 1:40 PM
politician slowly realizing lobbying works *after* damage has already been done
Had a dream where the Earth stopped spinning but kept orbiting so the days were very different lol
November 23, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Had a dream where the Earth stopped spinning but kept orbiting so the days were very different lol