Greg Olsen
@gtotango.bsky.social
Former cartographer, ballroom dance pro, tanguero, cyber security professional. Currently a strategy consultant. Volunteers in the USCG Auxiliary. PhD in Politics, University of Leicester. Expertise in MOOTW.
I made paneer today for muttar paneer because I had a gallon of milk that expired. I just sampled it. It came out good.
February 1, 2026 at 9:35 PM
I made paneer today for muttar paneer because I had a gallon of milk that expired. I just sampled it. It came out good.
I forgot what a magnet for cat hair corduroy trousers were. Gotta find the lint roller.
February 1, 2026 at 7:04 PM
I forgot what a magnet for cat hair corduroy trousers were. Gotta find the lint roller.
I am making cheese curds and Tangerine can smell the milk heating on the stove.
February 1, 2026 at 6:07 PM
I am making cheese curds and Tangerine can smell the milk heating on the stove.
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college
Philosophy and Western Civilization
Asian Religious Traditions
Geographic Data Analysis
Religious Literature in Hebrew
The Art of Narrative
Philosophy and West. Civ. was taught by Chris Belshaw (now at York). Great teacher!
Philosophy and Western Civilization
Asian Religious Traditions
Geographic Data Analysis
Religious Literature in Hebrew
The Art of Narrative
Philosophy and West. Civ. was taught by Chris Belshaw (now at York). Great teacher!
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college
Sage, the Way, and Zen
Shakespeare
Religion and Modern Secularism
Creative Fiction Writing
International Political Economy
Pleasantly surprised how many of these classes proved useful later in life.
Sage, the Way, and Zen
Shakespeare
Religion and Modern Secularism
Creative Fiction Writing
International Political Economy
Pleasantly surprised how many of these classes proved useful later in life.
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college
Urban politics
Urban sociology
Mid 20th century U.S. History
Gender and Politics
World History (I'm sorry for sleeping through this at 8am, but the prof was so nice in office hours, I will always pay that forward)
Urban politics
Urban sociology
Mid 20th century U.S. History
Gender and Politics
World History (I'm sorry for sleeping through this at 8am, but the prof was so nice in office hours, I will always pay that forward)
January 31, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college
Philosophy and Western Civilization
Asian Religious Traditions
Geographic Data Analysis
Religious Literature in Hebrew
The Art of Narrative
Philosophy and West. Civ. was taught by Chris Belshaw (now at York). Great teacher!
Philosophy and Western Civilization
Asian Religious Traditions
Geographic Data Analysis
Religious Literature in Hebrew
The Art of Narrative
Philosophy and West. Civ. was taught by Chris Belshaw (now at York). Great teacher!
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Remembering Alan Ladd on the anniversary of his death (January 29, 1964)
January 29, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Remembering Alan Ladd on the anniversary of his death (January 29, 1964)
@edebruin.bsky.social knows of what she writes. One of the experts in the field of civil war, security sector reform, and coups d'état.
Gendarmeries are ubiquitous in Francophone countries and in part are coup-proofing and mainly a force for MOOTW.
Then there are pro-government militias...
Gendarmeries are ubiquitous in Francophone countries and in part are coup-proofing and mainly a force for MOOTW.
Then there are pro-government militias...
ICE Not Only Looks and Acts Like a Paramilitary Force—It Is One, and That Makes It Harder To Curb talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/ice-is-...
ICE Not Only Looks and Acts Like a Paramilitary Force—It Is One, and That Makes It Harder To Curb
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January 29, 2026 at 7:18 PM
@edebruin.bsky.social knows of what she writes. One of the experts in the field of civil war, security sector reform, and coups d'état.
Gendarmeries are ubiquitous in Francophone countries and in part are coup-proofing and mainly a force for MOOTW.
Then there are pro-government militias...
Gendarmeries are ubiquitous in Francophone countries and in part are coup-proofing and mainly a force for MOOTW.
Then there are pro-government militias...
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Downfall Bovino Edition. You're welcome.
January 27, 2026 at 5:36 AM
Downfall Bovino Edition. You're welcome.
I love this thread. It is a great short short story prompted by Greg Bovino's return to his office in California.
So Greg Bovino is back to his post at USBP in El Centro. There are many lovely hardworking Americans in El Centro but at a place to be it is not to everyone’s taste. I had a hearing in El Centro and drove there the night before because you can’t get there in the morning…../1
January 27, 2026 at 3:56 AM
I love this thread. It is a great short short story prompted by Greg Bovino's return to his office in California.
Assuming the Giants outfield is Jung Hoo Lee in LF, Bader in CF, and a platoon of Gilbert and Matos in RF, which is a really nice defensive outfield, you now have a log jam at DH again with Encarnacion and Ramos vying for time. With Eldridge and Devers sharing time at 1B, you'd then have 3 DHs.
Free-agent outfielder Harrison Bader in agreement with Giants on two-year contract, pending physical, source tells Ken Rosenthal
January 26, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Assuming the Giants outfield is Jung Hoo Lee in LF, Bader in CF, and a platoon of Gilbert and Matos in RF, which is a really nice defensive outfield, you now have a log jam at DH again with Encarnacion and Ramos vying for time. With Eldridge and Devers sharing time at 1B, you'd then have 3 DHs.
Woo Boy! Got a huge Big10 matchup in the household between Michigan (wife is alumna) and me (Nebraska MBA) on Tuesday. Nebraska is 20-0 on the season and Michigan is 18-1.
January 26, 2026 at 1:59 AM
Woo Boy! Got a huge Big10 matchup in the household between Michigan (wife is alumna) and me (Nebraska MBA) on Tuesday. Nebraska is 20-0 on the season and Michigan is 18-1.
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Y'all are gonna crumble into dust at this. . .
January 21, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Y'all are gonna crumble into dust at this. . .
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Ok, this made me chuckle.
58% of Swiss say: “I would like neutrality to be interpreted in such a way that Switzerland can join a defence alliance such as NATO if the threat increases.”
Which is a hilarious question & position as joining NATO is the end of neutrality.
58% of Swiss say: “I would like neutrality to be interpreted in such a way that Switzerland can join a defence alliance such as NATO if the threat increases.”
Which is a hilarious question & position as joining NATO is the end of neutrality.
January 21, 2026 at 7:13 AM
Ok, this made me chuckle.
58% of Swiss say: “I would like neutrality to be interpreted in such a way that Switzerland can join a defence alliance such as NATO if the threat increases.”
Which is a hilarious question & position as joining NATO is the end of neutrality.
58% of Swiss say: “I would like neutrality to be interpreted in such a way that Switzerland can join a defence alliance such as NATO if the threat increases.”
Which is a hilarious question & position as joining NATO is the end of neutrality.
100% this. Since 1995, I have traveled extensively internationally and never encountered hatred.
Extra hassles at immigration control in 🇨🇦 and 🇮🇳. Other than that people have never given me a hard time.
Extra hassles at immigration control in 🇨🇦 and 🇮🇳. Other than that people have never given me a hard time.
Yes, it felt like American Democrats who don’t travel much used to highly *overrate* how much the rest of the world hated us.
I travel internationally a lot and have never encountered someone who was mad at me just for being American.
Sadly, I think Trump is bringing that kind era to an end.
I travel internationally a lot and have never encountered someone who was mad at me just for being American.
Sadly, I think Trump is bringing that kind era to an end.
even during the bush years, "everyone hates us" has been more about american pathology than reality.
I lived abroad during most of that period and the worst i ever got was, "your president isn't very good".
I lived abroad during most of that period and the worst i ever got was, "your president isn't very good".
January 21, 2026 at 5:56 PM
100% this. Since 1995, I have traveled extensively internationally and never encountered hatred.
Extra hassles at immigration control in 🇨🇦 and 🇮🇳. Other than that people have never given me a hard time.
Extra hassles at immigration control in 🇨🇦 and 🇮🇳. Other than that people have never given me a hard time.
I've been reading Duncan's book Russian Messianism, and I am struck by how absolutely mainstream Putinism is. The ideology is straight out of Dostoyevsky.
a.co/d/hgCCZO1
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Amazon.com: Russian Messianism: Third Rome, Revolution, Communism and After (Routledge Advances in European Politics): 9780415152051: Duncan, Peter J. S.: Books
Amazon.com: Russian Messianism: Third Rome, Revolution, Communism and After (Routledge Advances in European Politics): 9780415152051: Duncan, Peter J. S.: Books
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January 21, 2026 at 4:22 AM
I've been reading Duncan's book Russian Messianism, and I am struck by how absolutely mainstream Putinism is. The ideology is straight out of Dostoyevsky.
a.co/d/hgCCZO1
a.co/d/hgCCZO1
My idiot orangeys! 🙄 These cats now have a fixation on flipping over their water bowls. Bowls are squeaky clean. Water is fresh. They still tip them over every time I put down fresh water.
January 20, 2026 at 6:07 PM
My idiot orangeys! 🙄 These cats now have a fixation on flipping over their water bowls. Bowls are squeaky clean. Water is fresh. They still tip them over every time I put down fresh water.
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who the fuck WANTS their posts to go viral, have you ever had that actually happen? it's like getting a winning pull on a slot machine if wasps started pouring out the bottom instead of quarters
January 19, 2026 at 11:48 PM
who the fuck WANTS their posts to go viral, have you ever had that actually happen? it's like getting a winning pull on a slot machine if wasps started pouring out the bottom instead of quarters
One of those iconic 1970s thrillers that is up there with The French Connection, 3 Days of the Condor, the Parallax View, Magnum Force, and Marathon Man.
Love gritty #NYC #70sFilm? Join us Wednesday night for THE TAKING OF PELHAM ONE TWO THREE (1974) with Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, and Marty Balsam.
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#TCMParty ^JW
buff.ly/vBWrMQD
#TCMParty ^JW
THE TAKING OF PELHAM ONE TWO THREE (1974) | Official Trailer | MGM
Four armed men hijack a New York City subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers. The city's police are faced with a conundrum: Even if it's paid, how could they get away?
The Taking of…
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January 20, 2026 at 12:09 AM
One of those iconic 1970s thrillers that is up there with The French Connection, 3 Days of the Condor, the Parallax View, Magnum Force, and Marathon Man.
The Crane River brewpub in Lincoln, NE was the place I used to meet my friends after work at the university. I have fond memories of putting back a few and sharing the buffalo nachos with my mates. Their best beer was a barleywine they occasionally offered.
Sunday night timeline cleanse
please tell me about your favorite lost restaurant (closed for at least 5 years, like I really want you to go back into the vault), why you loved it and what you ate there
please tell me about your favorite lost restaurant (closed for at least 5 years, like I really want you to go back into the vault), why you loved it and what you ate there
January 19, 2026 at 3:11 AM
The Crane River brewpub in Lincoln, NE was the place I used to meet my friends after work at the university. I have fond memories of putting back a few and sharing the buffalo nachos with my mates. Their best beer was a barleywine they occasionally offered.
The 11th Airborne Division was created three years ago from elements of the 25th Infantry Division, which was the unit that became America's designated "peacekeepers" for deployment to Haiti back in the 90s. Do they still have training to operate as peacekeepers?
I increasingly wonder if US civ-mil is now operating in full Huntingtonian mode: civilians dictate political goals & mil leaders advise on technical/tactical options to implement them while siloed off from the political implications or wisdom of that advice.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Pentagon readies 1,500 soldiers to possibly deploy to Minnesota, officials say
Troops with the Army’s 11th Airborne Division in Alaska are preparing after President Donald Trump’s Insurrection Act threat, according to defense officials.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 18, 2026 at 8:38 PM
The 11th Airborne Division was created three years ago from elements of the 25th Infantry Division, which was the unit that became America's designated "peacekeepers" for deployment to Haiti back in the 90s. Do they still have training to operate as peacekeepers?
The Hmong were organized into an anticommunist militia by the CIA/Green Berets during the Laotian Civil War and Vietnam War.
This week, I spoke with a St. Paul woman who told me ICE came to her door and asked her to report on her "Asian neighbors."
The Hmong community, the large majority of whom are in this country legally for decades now, is in hiding.
The Hmong community, the large majority of whom are in this country legally for decades now, is in hiding.
January 16, 2026 at 11:33 PM
The Hmong were organized into an anticommunist militia by the CIA/Green Berets during the Laotian Civil War and Vietnam War.
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An intra-NATO tripwire is wild.
❗️An initial group of 🇫🇷French mountain troops has arrived in 🇬🇱Greenland to prepare for the reception and deployment of the main contingent. French authorities have stated that additional land, aviation, and naval units will be dispatched in the coming days.
January 16, 2026 at 9:09 PM
An intra-NATO tripwire is wild.
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BREAKING: A full-scale airlift is running around the clock, transporting troops and military equipment to Greenland.
The operation is extensive, “beyond anything we’ve tried before,” a source tells DR. Danish F-35 fighter planes and warships from European allies involved.
www.dr.dk/nyheder/indl...
The operation is extensive, “beyond anything we’ve tried before,” a source tells DR. Danish F-35 fighter planes and warships from European allies involved.
www.dr.dk/nyheder/indl...
Stor operation i gang: Fly strømmer til Grønland med europæiske soldater
I flere døgn har militære transportfly fløjet i pendulfart mellem Danmark og Grønland. Fredag aften landede et stort antal soldater i Nuuk.
www.dr.dk
January 16, 2026 at 7:10 PM
BREAKING: A full-scale airlift is running around the clock, transporting troops and military equipment to Greenland.
The operation is extensive, “beyond anything we’ve tried before,” a source tells DR. Danish F-35 fighter planes and warships from European allies involved.
www.dr.dk/nyheder/indl...
The operation is extensive, “beyond anything we’ve tried before,” a source tells DR. Danish F-35 fighter planes and warships from European allies involved.
www.dr.dk/nyheder/indl...
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"A return to licensed production as opposed to participation in joint programs (like the JSF and beyond) would severely undermine Canada’s defence industrial strategy and our capacity to properly equip the RCAF in both the long- and short-term." macdonaldlaurier.ca/jets-jobs-an...
Jets, jobs, and national security – Tactical fighters and the history of Canadian defence industrial development: Richard Shimooka
Equipping the RCAF effectively requires a clear understanding of how Canada’s aerospace industry translates into military capability. Rather than repeat ineffective policies from the past – such as li...
macdonaldlaurier.ca
January 16, 2026 at 8:46 PM
"A return to licensed production as opposed to participation in joint programs (like the JSF and beyond) would severely undermine Canada’s defence industrial strategy and our capacity to properly equip the RCAF in both the long- and short-term." macdonaldlaurier.ca/jets-jobs-an...
It will be in every PPT to the Department of War until January 20, 2029. Then never spoken of again.
I ‘did not expect to be told to build a battleship,’ Navy’s surface warfare director says
I ‘did not expect to be told to build a battleship,’ Navy’s surface warfare director says
The Trump administration’s priorities are forcing the service to rethink its shipbuilding plans.
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January 16, 2026 at 9:20 PM
It will be in every PPT to the Department of War until January 20, 2029. Then never spoken of again.