Dave Olsen

@olsenprime
171 Followers
64 Following
460 Posts

#Writer. #Dad. #Geek. Potential national treasure/embarrassment.


Content creator and podcast host with Nerd OD.


🎂 Originally joined Mastodon (mas.to) on November 7th 2022.

My Short Story Collectionhttps://amzn.eu/d/9F9ALDP
Linkshttps://beacons.ai/olsenprime
Nerd ODhttps://linktr.ee/nerdod

Men only want one thing and it’s…

…a full-size, operational trebuchet.

The British Empire was really out colonizing the whole world with the least creative people in history.
Here’s an idea. How about we just cancel the stupid thing rather than committing to another decade of this nonsense. https://apple.news/AMRyvYW62SgugiUZVmzNCLQ
HS2 bill could rise to £102bn with first trains delayed until 2039, government admits — The Guardian

Transport secretary Heidi Alexander blames Conservative government for ‘obscene increase in times and costs’

Oh Andy… Do please fuck off.
Throwback to a little over a week ago in Belfast where I discovered that I actually love Guinness. Ready to make it my whole pub personality from now on.

Forget Hogwarts Houses… I want to know what Strixhaven College you are. Mine’s Quandrix.

#MagicTheGathering

Went to see E.T. In the cinema with the family today. First time seeing it in MANY years so there was a bunch of stuff I’d simply forgotten about. Proper heartwarming experience (and John Williams score puts in so much work).
The irrational anger I get when my phone plays something with full volume, as if I don’t live in silent mode. Is that a millennial thing?
Given the state of the billionaire class in tech right now, I imagine it won’t be long before one of them floats the plot of Huxley’s ‘Brave New World’ as a cost-saving measure. They’ll rebrand it ‘Grow Your Own Workforce’ and raise $100 billion in investment.
When I see junior employees parroting the views of the most senior people (that absolutely do not benefit those same junior employees).