Brian G. Nelson
@bgnelson.bsky.social
Songwriter, Wanderer, Wonderer, Veteran, Plant Eater, cancer Survivor, Human
Nonprofit - http://Wildskytrails.org
https://linktr.ee/bg_nelson
Nonprofit - http://Wildskytrails.org
https://linktr.ee/bg_nelson
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Adorable 🥰 Gorilla 🦍 Family
October 2, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Adorable 🥰 Gorilla 🦍 Family
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⚠️When you re-post AI SLOP,
you are taking the rent or grocery money away from a talented and hard working artist who's had their work scraped and stolen from the 'net to feed the Beast and its oligarchs. You also increase the likelihood that a massive data center will be built quicker near YOU...1/
you are taking the rent or grocery money away from a talented and hard working artist who's had their work scraped and stolen from the 'net to feed the Beast and its oligarchs. You also increase the likelihood that a massive data center will be built quicker near YOU...1/
September 7, 2026 at 3:24 AM
⚠️When you re-post AI SLOP,
you are taking the rent or grocery money away from a talented and hard working artist who's had their work scraped and stolen from the 'net to feed the Beast and its oligarchs. You also increase the likelihood that a massive data center will be built quicker near YOU...1/
you are taking the rent or grocery money away from a talented and hard working artist who's had their work scraped and stolen from the 'net to feed the Beast and its oligarchs. You also increase the likelihood that a massive data center will be built quicker near YOU...1/
If you see this, post your mentor.
July 1, 2026 at 1:29 AM
If you see this, post your mentor.
Ai is surveillance tech, just like social media (SM). First, it was for marketing or sold for marketing. Data centers are mostly not for Ai compute. They're for storing data for however the tech oligarchs or governments decide to use it, since they often buy it instead of getting warrants.
June 27, 2026 at 4:58 AM
Ai is surveillance tech, just like social media (SM). First, it was for marketing or sold for marketing. Data centers are mostly not for Ai compute. They're for storing data for however the tech oligarchs or governments decide to use it, since they often buy it instead of getting warrants.
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Holy SHIT someone found the test pressing of Robert Johnson's Cross Road Blues and it is clear as a PIN www.openculture.com/2026/04/reco...
A Newly Discovered Recording Lets You Hear Delta Blues Legend Robert Johnson in Stunning Clarity
Great swathes of rock music since the nineteen-sixties would never have existed, we're sometimes told, were it not for the recordings of Robert Johnson. Certainly the likes of Keith Richards, Eric Cla...
www.openculture.com
April 18, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Holy SHIT someone found the test pressing of Robert Johnson's Cross Road Blues and it is clear as a PIN www.openculture.com/2026/04/reco...
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Huge news: the court has entered final judgement in Oregon v Kennedy (HHS trans youth care ban) and has vacated the Kennedy declaration and permanently enjoined its enforcement to target gender clinics.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
April 18, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Huge news: the court has entered final judgement in Oregon v Kennedy (HHS trans youth care ban) and has vacated the Kennedy declaration and permanently enjoined its enforcement to target gender clinics.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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"Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial: Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later."
Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial
Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later.
www.nbcnews.com
April 18, 2026 at 11:34 PM
"Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial: Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later."
Another reason not to shop at Target and not to use ai.
April 14, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Another reason not to shop at Target and not to use ai.
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The international boycott of ChatGPT has absolutely exploded.
2.5M people have already joined, and this is just the beginning.
Go to quitgpt.org.
Cancel your subscription, delete your account.
And tell at least one person why.
My op-ed: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
2.5M people have already joined, and this is just the beginning.
Go to quitgpt.org.
Cancel your subscription, delete your account.
And tell at least one person why.
My op-ed: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
March 4, 2026 at 9:03 AM
The international boycott of ChatGPT has absolutely exploded.
2.5M people have already joined, and this is just the beginning.
Go to quitgpt.org.
Cancel your subscription, delete your account.
And tell at least one person why.
My op-ed: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
2.5M people have already joined, and this is just the beginning.
Go to quitgpt.org.
Cancel your subscription, delete your account.
And tell at least one person why.
My op-ed: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Nearly 21 yrs since I last left a different unnecessary war. I've paid for checks other people cashed everyday since, and the interest keeps going up. PTSD, back/neck pain, headaches, gi issues, and I start treatment for my 2nd round of cancer Monday, different than the 1st.
Send the politicians.
Send the politicians.
March 12, 2026 at 3:55 AM
Nearly 21 yrs since I last left a different unnecessary war. I've paid for checks other people cashed everyday since, and the interest keeps going up. PTSD, back/neck pain, headaches, gi issues, and I start treatment for my 2nd round of cancer Monday, different than the 1st.
Send the politicians.
Send the politicians.
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Imagine all the cool, fast trains we could have with the billions we spend on bombs.
March 7, 2026 at 1:59 AM
Imagine all the cool, fast trains we could have with the billions we spend on bombs.
I was in the US Army from 2001-5. I went to the unnecessary war in Iraq twice. I've paid for it every day since. I've accepted that. It doesn't make it easier.
Last week was 21 years since I picked up pieces of a friend killed by an IED.
And again, our leaders are happy to sacrifice others' lives.
Last week was 21 years since I picked up pieces of a friend killed by an IED.
And again, our leaders are happy to sacrifice others' lives.
March 3, 2026 at 6:37 AM
I was in the US Army from 2001-5. I went to the unnecessary war in Iraq twice. I've paid for it every day since. I've accepted that. It doesn't make it easier.
Last week was 21 years since I picked up pieces of a friend killed by an IED.
And again, our leaders are happy to sacrifice others' lives.
Last week was 21 years since I picked up pieces of a friend killed by an IED.
And again, our leaders are happy to sacrifice others' lives.
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Taxing the billionaires is…a start.
January 31, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Taxing the billionaires is…a start.
Someone in the audience cries every time I play a song about my dogs who passed in '21, '22.
I just wrote a sadder song. Every month-ish, I have hyper-realistic dreams about them. In the new song, the dreams are a glimpse of "dog heaven."
Do other artists have to dissociate to play certain songs?
I just wrote a sadder song. Every month-ish, I have hyper-realistic dreams about them. In the new song, the dreams are a glimpse of "dog heaven."
Do other artists have to dissociate to play certain songs?
January 30, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Someone in the audience cries every time I play a song about my dogs who passed in '21, '22.
I just wrote a sadder song. Every month-ish, I have hyper-realistic dreams about them. In the new song, the dreams are a glimpse of "dog heaven."
Do other artists have to dissociate to play certain songs?
I just wrote a sadder song. Every month-ish, I have hyper-realistic dreams about them. In the new song, the dreams are a glimpse of "dog heaven."
Do other artists have to dissociate to play certain songs?
I setup my own music streaming server on an spare phone. Reripped my old CDs to lossless, replaced lossy mp3s from years ago. Buying CDs again, too, mostly used. 25k+ songs is about 200gb. Still some lossy files, though. I also put it all on a microsd in my current phone, and a backup.
January 22, 2026 at 4:46 AM
I setup my own music streaming server on an spare phone. Reripped my old CDs to lossless, replaced lossy mp3s from years ago. Buying CDs again, too, mostly used. 25k+ songs is about 200gb. Still some lossy files, though. I also put it all on a microsd in my current phone, and a backup.
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If you're a soldier in the 11th Airborne Division being ordered to prep for deployment to Minnesota or Greenland, remember that you have the right to apply for conscientious objector status.
Call the GI Bill Rights hotline: 1-877-447-4487
Call the GI Bill Rights hotline: 1-877-447-4487
January 19, 2026 at 7:23 PM
If you're a soldier in the 11th Airborne Division being ordered to prep for deployment to Minnesota or Greenland, remember that you have the right to apply for conscientious objector status.
Call the GI Bill Rights hotline: 1-877-447-4487
Call the GI Bill Rights hotline: 1-877-447-4487
If we can just pool together enough disappointment, that'll surely change the administration's minds.
Dem leaders certainly know all about disappointment.
Dem leaders certainly know all about disappointment.
REPORTER: Given what's happened in Venezuela, do you regret your vote for confirm Marco Rubio for Secretary of State?
CHUCK SCHUMER: I'm deeply disappointed in Marco Rubio...
CHUCK SCHUMER: I'm deeply disappointed in Marco Rubio...
January 7, 2026 at 3:09 AM
If we can just pool together enough disappointment, that'll surely change the administration's minds.
Dem leaders certainly know all about disappointment.
Dem leaders certainly know all about disappointment.
My 3rd year in a row with a goal to write 100 songs. I was only at 31 to start Oct. I wrote 16 in Oct, 27 in Nov, 26 in Dec. I thought I hit 100 early this afternoon, but I had one on my list twice. So I wrote another.
Trying to take a writing break to finish some recording and release some soon.
Trying to take a writing break to finish some recording and release some soon.
January 1, 2026 at 5:58 AM
My 3rd year in a row with a goal to write 100 songs. I was only at 31 to start Oct. I wrote 16 in Oct, 27 in Nov, 26 in Dec. I thought I hit 100 early this afternoon, but I had one on my list twice. So I wrote another.
Trying to take a writing break to finish some recording and release some soon.
Trying to take a writing break to finish some recording and release some soon.
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Miami Herald: Two-Thirds of Immigrants Held at “Alligator Alcatraz” in July Have Disappeared
Miami Herald: Two-Thirds of Immigrants Held at “Alligator Alcatraz” in July Have Disappeared
In immigration news, hundreds of people who were once detained at the troubled immigration jail in the Florida Everglades dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” have disappeared.
www.democracynow.org
September 23, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Miami Herald: Two-Thirds of Immigrants Held at “Alligator Alcatraz” in July Have Disappeared
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I was talking about this with my uncle the other day. I thought Einstein was reclusive for the last few decades of his career and life.
He wasn't.
He was denouncing racism by teaching & speaking at Black collages and organisations.
White people need to know that for his work to be understood
He wasn't.
He was denouncing racism by teaching & speaking at Black collages and organisations.
White people need to know that for his work to be understood
The Black community around Princeton gave Einstein an entrance into the civil rights movement. He joined the NAACP and the American Crusade Against Lynching (ACAL), an organization founded by Paul Robeson.
Einstein had a 20-year friendship with Robeson; he also wrote for W.E.B. Du Bois's mag.
Einstein had a 20-year friendship with Robeson; he also wrote for W.E.B. Du Bois's mag.
How Albert Einstein Used His Fame to Denounce American Racism
The world-renowned physicist was never one to just stick to the science
www.smithsonianmag.com
September 14, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I was talking about this with my uncle the other day. I thought Einstein was reclusive for the last few decades of his career and life.
He wasn't.
He was denouncing racism by teaching & speaking at Black collages and organisations.
White people need to know that for his work to be understood
He wasn't.
He was denouncing racism by teaching & speaking at Black collages and organisations.
White people need to know that for his work to be understood
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🚨Border Patrol arrested two firefighters who were actively fighting a wildfire at the time.
When the other members of the crew asked for a chance to say goodbye, a Border Patrol agent told the crew member “you need to get the f*ck out of here. I’m going to make you leave.”
When the other members of the crew asked for a chance to say goodbye, a Border Patrol agent told the crew member “you need to get the f*ck out of here. I’m going to make you leave.”
August 28, 2025 at 2:51 AM
🚨Border Patrol arrested two firefighters who were actively fighting a wildfire at the time.
When the other members of the crew asked for a chance to say goodbye, a Border Patrol agent told the crew member “you need to get the f*ck out of here. I’m going to make you leave.”
When the other members of the crew asked for a chance to say goodbye, a Border Patrol agent told the crew member “you need to get the f*ck out of here. I’m going to make you leave.”
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i'm not going to co-sign everything in here but i will say that i hope david shor is exiled to st. helena
Democratic Elites Blame Everyone But Themselves for Historic Collapse
On the blame list: transgender people, “economic headwinds,” ontologically racist voters—anyone but the powerful people tasked with defeating Trump.
inthesetimes.com
November 9, 2024 at 12:33 AM
i'm not going to co-sign everything in here but i will say that i hope david shor is exiled to st. helena
Recording my 1st album. I chose a short deadline, hoping it'd push me. I still find ways to avoid it. Yesterday, I actually tried to record bass, but it was quiet with a lot of fret buzz. I got it recently and hadn't done a setup. Full setup took 3 hours, but now it plays great. I'll try again today
June 23, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Recording my 1st album. I chose a short deadline, hoping it'd push me. I still find ways to avoid it. Yesterday, I actually tried to record bass, but it was quiet with a lot of fret buzz. I got it recently and hadn't done a setup. Full setup took 3 hours, but now it plays great. I'll try again today
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This is an important reminder for anyone who thinks it won’t happen to them. It has happened to at least 70 people LEGALLY in the US. They do not just target people here illegally. And these are old numbers. The current number is likely much higher.
June 23, 2025 at 7:05 PM
This is an important reminder for anyone who thinks it won’t happen to them. It has happened to at least 70 people LEGALLY in the US. They do not just target people here illegally. And these are old numbers. The current number is likely much higher.