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R. David Nett

@davidnett.bsky.social

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Jack of all trades, fundamentally curious. Co-owner of Hero's Journey Fitness in Burbank. Co-creator of ProgCore Fantasy: Dark Age of Theer. Married to Geek Christy. Father of Betty the Bold. Gen-X 4eva. He/Him ~ herosjourneyla.com ~ progcorefantasy.com

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R. David Nett @davidnett.bsky.social · Jul 28

Still on, but no looming dates. I'll reach out this week. Thank you for the reminder!

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · Jul 21

When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.

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R. David Nett @davidnett.bsky.social · Jul 20

The "whole pronoun thing" assholes refer to (yeah, Newsom's an asshole, even when he's OUR asshole) is simple:

Show people respect by referring to them by the name and pronouns they prefer.

That's it. Stop pretending like it's some complicated thing. It's not. You're just being a baby.

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R. David Nett @davidnett.bsky.social · Jul 20

Maybe you do your best to try to default to they/them instead of something gendered. That's hard because you're overcoming decades (5 decades in my case) of practice. But you can do it. And if you slip up, that's okay.

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R. David Nett @davidnett.bsky.social · Jul 20

The "pronoun thing" is fucking dead simple:

Person A: tells you what their pronouns are
Person B: refers to them by those pronouns

Sometimes you fuck up, especially when you knew Person A before they told you their pronouns. Okay.

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Nicole DeWitt @catastro-v.bsky.social · Jul 19

im always taken aback by just how much cis people will humiliate themselves to be dicks to trans people. like sorry, youre confused about pronouns? how did you make it thru 6th grade english you slimy dipshit? why are you going on podcasts to advertise youre too stupid to understand simple concepts?

“The trans issue for me is so novel,” Newsom said. “I'm trying to understand as much as anyone else the whole ‘pronoun’ thing.”

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Animals R Us…. @trumph8ters.bsky.social · Jul 20

When someone asks what parenting be like… 😂🤣
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R. David Nett @davidnett.bsky.social · Jul 19

Betty (2.5yrs) just sat with me on the couch and watched Wall-E for the first time, the whole dang thing, start to finish. My heart is so full.

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Fanbase Press @fanbasepress.bsky.social · Jul 18

Fanbase Press’ Virtual Panel Series: Man to Man: An Overdue Conversation About Male Fandom

Featuring:
@hannibaltabu.bsky.social
@artebuen.bsky.social
@rylendgrant.bsky.social
@davidnett.bsky.social
@bencranewrites.com
@comicbooksniffer.bsky.social

#BuildYourCommunity

Man to Man: An Overdue Conversation About Male Fandom - Virtual Panel Discussion - Fanbasepress

As conventions return to in-person events, we at Fanbase Press feel that it is important and necessary to provide virtual access to those individuals who may

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R. David Nett @davidnett.bsky.social · Jul 17

Swoon. This was my dream.

Retro Tech Dreams @retrotechdreams.bsky.social · Jul 16

The Apple PowerBook family from 1994

R. David Nett @davidnett.bsky.social · Jul 17

Compromise w Trump regime is useless. There is no reward for cooperation, no fruitful compromise. They do not want anything save your subjugation. They want ultimate power & wealth forever. Anything they pretend to be interested in is incidental. There is no upside to anything other than resistance.

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R. David Nett @davidnett.bsky.social · Jul 17

I feel this at the center of my soul.

R. David Nett @davidnett.bsky.social · Jul 16

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R. David Nett @davidnett.bsky.social · Jul 15

Ugh. I'm sorry. Swift recovery.

R. David Nett @davidnett.bsky.social · Jul 14

I appreciate the runway to that joke. You are a master craftsperson.

R. David Nett @davidnett.bsky.social · Jul 14

Oh my gosh. I was just explaining this to one of my nieces & she could NOT wrap her head around it! 😂

R. David Nett @davidnett.bsky.social · Jul 13

I'm white, CIS male, born in 1973 in North Dakota. We (midwestern white males) are not a victimized group. How can you be so rich, so fortunate, and such a fucking whiny baby?

Thomas Swords 🇮🇪🇵🇸🇺🇦 @thomasswords.bsky.social · Jul 13

Only in America could a white man with a current net worth of $2 billion see himself as part of a victimized group. 🤦‍♂️

A screenshot of a message attributed to Marc Andreessen appears in a chat format with a gray background and white text bubbles. The first bubble states that he was born in 1971 in Iowa, raised in Wisconsin, and that his generation was told to endure discrimination as repayment for past American bigotry, even though the discrimination was now directed at them. The second bubble claims the last eight years, especially the summer of 2020, ended that complacency. The third bubble says “my people” are now furious and unwilling to tolerate it. The fourth bubble accuses universities of being central to a “counterattack,” alleging they both discriminate against “us” and spread the opposing worldview. The final bubble claims: “They declared war on 70% of the country and now they’re going to pay the price.”

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Maxwell Frost @maxwellfrost.bsky.social · Jul 12

I just left the Everglades Immigrant Interment Camp. No, I’m not using their ridiculous name. It was a very tough to witness humans in those cages. Every Floridian should be ashamed that our taxpayer money is being used for this.

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R. David Nett @davidnett.bsky.social · Jul 12

For me it was always Anthony Edwards.

a man in a lab coat with a stethoscope around his neck says maybe it 's time to get your life together

ALT: a man in a lab coat with a stethoscope around his neck says maybe it 's time to get your life together

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R. David Nett @davidnett.bsky.social · Jul 12

And believe me, we've all been trying since 2015.

R. David Nett @davidnett.bsky.social · Jul 9

Ask me how excited I am about Age of Revelation Cyclops.

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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · Jul 9

Hi there, I am the Starfleet badmiral in charge of holodecks functioning properly and androids not going rogue and I basically do nothing all day because work is for suckers.

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R. David Nett @davidnett.bsky.social · Jul 8

More of this, please.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · Jul 8

Shooting our videos is a little bit different now.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Jul 7

Mayor Bass: This morning, it was frightening in Los Angeles to see tanks essentially rolling into MacArthur Park.

It was an egregious show of force. I have no idea what their purpose was. I don’t even think they detained anyone.

Los Angeles was peaceful before June 5. We need to go back to that.

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R. David Nett @davidnett.bsky.social · Jul 6

You can pry my Tato from my cold, dead hands.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Jul 6

Folds: If we’ve been told our whole lives that we can’t spend money on the arts because they’re not important—then why was taking over the Kennedy Center and the arts the first thing they did?

It is extremely important. It’s the bedrock of self-expression.

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