David V. Phillips

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lightoverheat.substack.comFreezing the Concealed Carry Law River at One Moment in TimeWhen I began studying guns back in 2011, I had a very discrete interest and question: Why do people get concealed carry permits?

lightoverheat.substack.comUpgrading OurselvesJohn Correia of Active Self Protection on what gun owners should do now

Professor @davidyamane.bsky.social on upgrading ourselves as gun owners; but perhaps not in the way some might think. lightoverheat.substack.com/p/upgrading-...

4 Sept

In which 12 year old me wishes to be on the Finger Lakes watching this storm roll in.

4 Sept

Ruh roh

youtube.comAnti-Gun Liberals, We Need To Have A TalkYouTube video by Black Flag Civilian

5 Aug

This video is worth watching youtube.com/watch?v=SfNe...

open.substack.comCuriosity Alert: This Research on COVID-Era New Gun Owners Blew My Mind"Social Disruption, Gun Buying, and Anti-System Beliefs" by Matthew Lacombe, et al.

20 July

Professor @davidyamane.bsky.social takes a look at research about new gun owners since the pandemic. Well worth the listen (and subscribe to his substack and YouTube channel, tool) open.substack.com/pub/lightove...

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Amy B

@abbarsha.bsky.social

29 June

Replying to @sassy0210.bsky.social

Thank you @sassy0210.bsky.social @j1j2.bsky.social @danielgamboa820.bsky.social @raykwong.lol and @lindaworkerbee.bsky.social for the shoutout. 💙 @suzzisulli.bsky.social @sheamus15.bsky.social @dairylandjubilee.bsky.social @larrycolvin.bsky.social @chaserbaybe.bsky.social @abbarsha.bsky.social

24 June

Well this has been fun! This profile tries to run the sugar momma scam arianajones dot bsky dot social

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waterdesk.orgCan AI forecast if snow will be fluffy or dense? Only with help from humansScientists use machine learning and hand-collected data to better predict snowfall and storm impacts

3 June

Citizen science for the win! Snow measurements done by a 1000 CoCoRaHS observers used to help improve modeling software for SLR (snow/liquid ratio) waterdesk.org/2026/05/mach...

open.substack.comNeighborhood WatchHow Chicago and Minneapolis Forced Federal Accountability

31 May

This has been out at while, but I had it sitting in my inbox getting around to reading it. AV Papachristos' Neighborhood Science Substack is absolutely worth the reads. Neighborhood Watch open.substack.com/pub/neighbor...

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Starshine🌟

@starshine731.bsky.social

17 May

Hey friends, my NEW Starter Pack just dropped, so be the first to check it out! It's full of true blue resisters, some you'll recognize & some new ones too! Please vet, follow, drop a 💙 & share so together we can build our community! Pack is below, thanks everyone! 😊💙 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇 go.bsky.app/HHJEMFr

13 May

The greatest value I get from the Bluesky community is hope, and strength, and humor. Over on the book of faces, I have not posted primary content that isn't filled with derision, objection, and absolute hate for MAGA, since November 2024. Here, I have my people. I offer a tiny bit of humor.

5 May

Happy Dave Brubeck day!

youtu.beDesmond: Take Five / The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Live in Belgium, 1964YouTube video by Dave Brubeck

5 May

Which, I’m old as dirt, and friends might not know the work. Listen to this on the best sound system you can. Thank me later. youtu.be/JXi3rHqnAIU?...

From Pink Pistols: By now you've probably all heard about the ATF's plan to require biological sex on all Form 4473s.

Whether the ATF’s Firearm Transaction Record - Form 4473 can survive post-Bruen constitutional scrutiny is an open question. What is not in question is that the Constitution does not permit the federal government to target a class of citizens for second-tier rights.

Operation Blazing Sword - Pink Pistols will continue to oppose any policy that attempts to do so.

From Pink Pistols: By now you've probably all heard about the ATF's plan to require biological sex on all Form 4473s.

The federal government does not get to play ‘gotcha’ with constitutional rights. Creating a paperwork contradiction designed to intimidate a minority group out of exercising a fundamental right raises serious equal-protection and due-process concerns.

If the government creates conditions where the only safe option for a transgender or non-binary person is to forego gun ownership entirely, that is not regulation; that is disenfranchisement disguised as regulation.

From Pink Pistols: By now you've probably all heard about the ATF's plan to require biological sex on all Form 4473s.

This contradiction is especially ironic given that the ATF itself added a ‘non-binary’ option to the Form 4473 in December 2019, during President Trump’s first term. The Trump administration raised no objection at the time, or at any point before he left office in January 2021.

This sudden reversal is not about policy consistency; it is about political pandering.

From Pink Pistols: By now you've probably all heard about the ATF's plan to require biological sex on all Form 4473s.

A transgender woman who writes ‘female’ on her Form 4473 risks being accused of providing false identifying information under the President’s order.

If she instead writes ‘male,’ she risks being accused of providing identifying information that no longer matches the appearance of her lived identity, undermining the form’s stated purpose of helping law enforcement identify a purchaser. That Catch-22 is not a safety measure. It is a trap.

From Pink Pistols: By now you've probably all heard about the ATF's plan to require biological sex on all Form 4473s.

Nothing in federal law makes it illegal to be transgender or non-binary, which means nothing in federal law strips them of the right to purchase, keep, and bear arms.

This new directive from ATF, stating that firearm purchasers shall identify themselves by their biological sex on the Firearm Transaction Record - Form 4473, forces lawful gun purchasers into an impossible bind.

From Pink Pistols: By now you've probably all heard about the ATF's plan to require biological sex on all Form 4473s.

However, it appears that the ATF was instead planning to unveil it along with a host of other new rules and hope it didn't get noticed.

Well, we noticed. The opinion of Operation Blazing Sword - Pink Pistols has not changed since 20 November 2025. ols has not changed since 20 November 2025. The Second Amendment applies to all Americans, including transgender and non-binary Americans.

From Pink Pistols: By now you've probably all heard about the ATF's plan to require biological sex on all Form 4473s.

Ms Palette crafted a press release as an official answer, then waited for the ATF's rule to make national news. When that didn't come, she hoped that the ATF had decided to drop the issue.

This seemed reasonable in light of the previous pushback in September by the National Rifle Association and other gun rights groups when the US Department of Justice floated the idea of banning transgender people from firearm ownership.

From Pink Pistols: By now you've probably all heard about the ATF's plan to require biological sex on all Form 4473s.

Back in November 2025 our National Coordinator Erin Palette, who is also the president of our parent org Operation Blazing Sword, was asked for her thoughts on this very topic by Eve Weston of the Eugene Weekly. That article is linked below to prevent throttling.

youtu.beEscaping the Gun Debate Trap | David Yamane | TEDxWakeForestUYouTube video by TEDx Talks

2 May

Let’s boost this signal.

David Yamane@davidyamane.bsky.social

My TEDx talk was really taking off when someone switched the setting to "for kids" & killed its mojo. It's fixed now so I would appreciate if you could share the video (again) and/or comment on it to kickstart it. I'd love to cross over 100k views and 2k comments. Thanks! youtu.be/BzB8MX4v8ko?...

youtube.comEscaping the Gun Debate Trap | David Yamane | TEDxWakeForestUYouTube video by TEDx Talks

26 Apr

youtube.com/watch?v=BzB8... The thumbnail misses @davidyamane.bsky.social point, but watching “Escaping the gun debate trap” is worth the time.

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The Sons of Liberty

@sonsofliberty.bsky.social

17 Mar

The internet is filled with savages and they are my people. SO here for all of it! ~LJo

12 Mar

Yesterday in Silver Spring, MD, the high temperature reached 85°F Midnight, it was still in the 70s. It’s 35°F now, and snowing.

open.substack.comThe Elephant in Gladwell's RoomForthcoming book on gun violence by Malcolm Gladwell

18 Feb

If you truly care about violence in the USA, you must follow @davidyamane.bsky.social and his substack. Read this. It's important. open.substack.com/pub/lightove...

gunculture2point0.comTragic But Not Random: Andrew Papachristos on Gun ViolenceI first heard Andrew Papachristos, a sociologist at Yale University, present on networks of co-offenders in Chicago at the American Society of Criminology meetings in 2013. At the time I was blown …

18 Feb

Here's a tiny bit of background; one of his citations in that post. gunculture2point0.com/2014/10/10/t...

penntoday.upenn.eduPenn’s ENIAC, the world’s first electronic computer, turns 80 | Penn TodayHoused in the University of Pennsylvania’s Moore School Building, ENIAC—the first programmable, electronic, general-purpose computer—launched in 1946. ENIAC’s ability to be reprogrammed to solve a wid...

12 Feb

Another distraction from the horrorshow of the orange parasite. ENIAC happened 80 years ago. I attended Penn 50 years ago penntoday.upenn.edu/news/penns-e...

allaboutbirds.orgExplore Woodpecker Holes and Why They are in High Demand: Backyard Birds RevealedThe Backyard Birds Revealed video series is made possible by Wild Birds Unlimited. If you enjoy this series, you can donate to the Cornell Lab to support our work. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...

12 Feb

Over on the sycophants (Zuckerberg) media, I post nothing that is not antagonistic to Trump or its myrmidions. Here, I try to post helpful, funny, and/or emotionally satisfying content. The Cornell Bird Labs is emotionally satisfying. www.allaboutbirds.org/news/woodpec...

americanrifleman.orgAn Official Journal Of The NRA | Thinking Of Tinkering? Be Honest About Your Reasons.There are often benefits to resurrecting an old gun, but cost savings isn’t usually one of them.

5 Feb

An enjoyable article by @tamslick.bsky.social about old MILSURP rifle projects www.americanrifleman.org/content/thin...

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25 Jan

theliberalgunclub.comLiberal Gun Club Statement on Federal Shooting in Minneapolis | The Liberal Gun Club

22 Jan

Another distraction from the horror show of the orange parasite. Road & Track PS page

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Allison Gill

@muellershewrote.com

20 Jan

A reminder how ICE treats priests.

21 Jan

From the Road & Track PS pages:

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derek guy

@dieworkwear.bsky.social

14 Jan

Bill Watterson is my favorite cartoonist. I adored the relationship btw Calvin and Hobbes as a child. But as I've gotten older, these strips feel even more tender and insightful. My respect for him grew when I learned of his stance against merchandising. Such principles are almost unheard of today.

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The Tennessee Holler

@thetnholler.bsky.social

12 Jan

UPDATE: Most Americans are against the Trump regime’s racial terror campaign. migrantinsider.com/p/the-people...

@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social

4 Jan

From the Road & Track PS pages:

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Mrs. Betty Bowers

4 Jan

If you are a foreign president who commits crimes overseas, America will come get you, arrest you, and lock you up. But if you are a US president who commits crimes here in the United States, America will give you immunity from prosecution, reelect you, and bribe you with billions of dollars.

tomshardware.comARPANET standardized TCP/IP on this day in 1983 — 43-year-old standard set the foundations for today’s InternetHow an academic research network became the Internet.

2 Jan

Happy Birthday, TCP/IP! www.tomshardware.com/networking/a...

1 Jan

I’m not crying, there’s smoke in the air

Christopher Webb@cwebbonline.com

What the KENNEDY Center used to be… Remember that time Aretha Franklin performed at the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors, paying tribute to Carole King, who co-wrote “You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman,” and it brought a tear to Obama’s eye and everyone to their feet? And Carole King’s reaction. Wow.