Jacek Olender
@jacekolender.bsky.social
Heritage scientist, conservator, and philosopher. Local pub bore. European in the land of the free.
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DEMS: "It's unconscionable for the President's party to enable his lawless, unconstitutional authoritarianism—and we *won't* stand for it!!"
ALSO DEMS: "Here are GOP bills we're helping the GOP pass and GOP nominees we're confirming so we can tell our playing-both-sides funders we're bipartisan."
ALSO DEMS: "Here are GOP bills we're helping the GOP pass and GOP nominees we're confirming so we can tell our playing-both-sides funders we're bipartisan."
January 4, 2026 at 8:56 PM
DEMS: "It's unconscionable for the President's party to enable his lawless, unconstitutional authoritarianism—and we *won't* stand for it!!"
ALSO DEMS: "Here are GOP bills we're helping the GOP pass and GOP nominees we're confirming so we can tell our playing-both-sides funders we're bipartisan."
ALSO DEMS: "Here are GOP bills we're helping the GOP pass and GOP nominees we're confirming so we can tell our playing-both-sides funders we're bipartisan."
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It was termed the Lolviathan by @brasidas.bsky.social
January 4, 2026 at 4:49 PM
It was termed the Lolviathan by @brasidas.bsky.social
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Thank god Chuck Schumer isn’t alive to see this.
January 3, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Thank god Chuck Schumer isn’t alive to see this.
Incredible how much you can count on Bernie to both lie and also completely miss the fucking point.
Trump campaigned on an “America First” platform. Now he wants to "run" Venezuela?
60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. Health care is collapsing. Housing is unaffordable.
Trump should address these major crises at home and end his illegal military adventurism abroad.
60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. Health care is collapsing. Housing is unaffordable.
Trump should address these major crises at home and end his illegal military adventurism abroad.
January 4, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Incredible how much you can count on Bernie to both lie and also completely miss the fucking point.
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"BABE HAVE YOU SEEN MY WAR JACKET? I'M GONNA BE ON TV AND I NEED MY WAR JACKET! BAAAAABE?!"
- this guy moments before joining the zoom call with the fascist news outlet
- this guy moments before joining the zoom call with the fascist news outlet
NEWSMAX: You said your wife is the one who told you about it. Is that how you would like to be alerted?
REP. PAT HARRIGAN: I'm just a rank and file member of Congress. There are different notification mechanisms that need to happen based off title 50 operations
REP. PAT HARRIGAN: I'm just a rank and file member of Congress. There are different notification mechanisms that need to happen based off title 50 operations
January 3, 2026 at 9:35 PM
"BABE HAVE YOU SEEN MY WAR JACKET? I'M GONNA BE ON TV AND I NEED MY WAR JACKET! BAAAAABE?!"
- this guy moments before joining the zoom call with the fascist news outlet
- this guy moments before joining the zoom call with the fascist news outlet
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EES is up and running. And again loads of conversations are being had about Schengen and its functioning again.
Often times someone turns around, and says, thinking they've delivered a killer blow, saying "eh, just one more question. What about bilateral agreements?"
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Often times someone turns around, and says, thinking they've delivered a killer blow, saying "eh, just one more question. What about bilateral agreements?"
A 🧵
January 3, 2026 at 8:01 PM
EES is up and running. And again loads of conversations are being had about Schengen and its functioning again.
Often times someone turns around, and says, thinking they've delivered a killer blow, saying "eh, just one more question. What about bilateral agreements?"
A 🧵
Often times someone turns around, and says, thinking they've delivered a killer blow, saying "eh, just one more question. What about bilateral agreements?"
A 🧵
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He probably just sincerely believes that he can just lie and have his words believed by the dumb and sane washed by the intelligent, which, like, they will be, because they always are
January 3, 2026 at 4:55 PM
He probably just sincerely believes that he can just lie and have his words believed by the dumb and sane washed by the intelligent, which, like, they will be, because they always are
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You should be embarrassed to be a member of congress and issuing anything other than impeachment resolutions. You're in the model UN. They should give you legos and a propeller hat
January 3, 2026 at 3:57 PM
You should be embarrassed to be a member of congress and issuing anything other than impeachment resolutions. You're in the model UN. They should give you legos and a propeller hat
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Most powerful man in the world kidnapped another powerful man, held a press conference to discuss the kidnapping, rambled, fell asleep standing up, then made threats and rambled on again about a bunch of random dumb shit.
January 3, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Most powerful man in the world kidnapped another powerful man, held a press conference to discuss the kidnapping, rambled, fell asleep standing up, then made threats and rambled on again about a bunch of random dumb shit.
There are elected Dems who have not yet undergone spinal resection, fwiw.
Trump and his cronies can try to dress this up, but it is an illegal act of war to replace Maduro and grab Venezuela's oil for his billionaire buddies.
Full statement below:
Full statement below:
January 3, 2026 at 4:25 PM
There are elected Dems who have not yet undergone spinal resection, fwiw.
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my plan to get this country back on track consists of one bullet point: i propose we stop pretending stupid people arent stupid just because theyre loud and theres a lot of them
January 3, 2026 at 3:49 PM
my plan to get this country back on track consists of one bullet point: i propose we stop pretending stupid people arent stupid just because theyre loud and theres a lot of them
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As president, Joe Biden ended the “forever war” in Afghanistan, reduced the drone program to near zero, and did not launch any regime change operations.
Americans didn’t like that or didn’t care, and voted to bring those things back.
Americans didn’t like that or didn’t care, and voted to bring those things back.
January 3, 2026 at 2:29 PM
As president, Joe Biden ended the “forever war” in Afghanistan, reduced the drone program to near zero, and did not launch any regime change operations.
Americans didn’t like that or didn’t care, and voted to bring those things back.
Americans didn’t like that or didn’t care, and voted to bring those things back.
Ok, this is my first major beef with Mamdani. Everyone who keeps their coffee cup on the floor like that is eventually going to spill it. And then the train floor is sticky for the rest of the day and no one can put their bags on the floor. Hold your cup in your hand, man!
Mayor Mamdani hasn't moved into Gracie Mansion yet and remains in his Astoria apartment for now, his team says. He expects to move at some point before his lease is up Jan. 30.
His team also shares this pic of him taking the W train to City Hall this morning from Astoria.
His team also shares this pic of him taking the W train to City Hall this morning from Astoria.
January 2, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Ok, this is my first major beef with Mamdani. Everyone who keeps their coffee cup on the floor like that is eventually going to spill it. And then the train floor is sticky for the rest of the day and no one can put their bags on the floor. Hold your cup in your hand, man!
London, Paris, and Berlin (or even Warsaw) could have the same message if they tried. Sure, none of the European states are creedal like the US, but the EU can be. Cosmopolitan liberalism is available to all and we should not be ashamed to go out and advocate for it.
Mamdani: Where else can you hear the sound of the steel pan, savor the smell of sancocho, and pay $9 for coffee on the same block? Where else could a Muslim kid like me grow up eating bagels and lox every Sunday?
January 2, 2026 at 12:20 AM
London, Paris, and Berlin (or even Warsaw) could have the same message if they tried. Sure, none of the European states are creedal like the US, but the EU can be. Cosmopolitan liberalism is available to all and we should not be ashamed to go out and advocate for it.
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Mamdani: Where else can you hear the sound of the steel pan, savor the smell of sancocho, and pay $9 for coffee on the same block? Where else could a Muslim kid like me grow up eating bagels and lox every Sunday?
January 1, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Mamdani: Where else can you hear the sound of the steel pan, savor the smell of sancocho, and pay $9 for coffee on the same block? Where else could a Muslim kid like me grow up eating bagels and lox every Sunday?
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Another good practice for the New Year would be for all the non-fascists in America who want to opine about politics to really begin believing that urban America is Real America & that its denizens are The Authentic People. Get some self-respect & drop the volkish nationalist view that they're not
And I think liberals should stop taking the bait and ceding ground on immigration.
Immigration is good. Multiculturalism is good. Free trade is good. Stop being embarrassed to say so.
Immigration is good. Multiculturalism is good. Free trade is good. Stop being embarrassed to say so.
January 1, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Another good practice for the New Year would be for all the non-fascists in America who want to opine about politics to really begin believing that urban America is Real America & that its denizens are The Authentic People. Get some self-respect & drop the volkish nationalist view that they're not
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Unless you’ve had the misfortune of being immersed in online Nazism for years, it’s really hard to fully capture how everything this agency publishes is full-on Nazism
January 1, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Unless you’ve had the misfortune of being immersed in online Nazism for years, it’s really hard to fully capture how everything this agency publishes is full-on Nazism
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Max Beckmann, Happy New Year, 1917
January 1, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Max Beckmann, Happy New Year, 1917
American century of humiliation.
December 31, 2025 at 11:39 PM
American century of humiliation.
December 31, 2025 at 10:31 PM
America has its great moments, but it'll never stop being baffling to me that Americans live in a country that runs exclusively on cars and yet they know absolutely fuck all about cars and driving.
If you moved here from a warm state, you most likely don’t have winter safe tires. Winter approved tires cost 2x as much and never come standard. Get them, slow down, turn on your lights. https://old.reddit.com/r/Rochester/comments/1pznbok/if_you_moved_here_from_a_warm_state_you_most/
#RochesterNY
#RochesterNY
December 30, 2025 at 5:25 PM
America has its great moments, but it'll never stop being baffling to me that Americans live in a country that runs exclusively on cars and yet they know absolutely fuck all about cars and driving.
My friend, you're a subordinate to Chris fucking Rufo.
There is a culture of immediate gratification that isn't satisfied by rigorous fact-gathering and editing. The internet runs fast and shallow.
December 30, 2025 at 4:43 PM
My friend, you're a subordinate to Chris fucking Rufo.
Two of these required a lot of infrastructure built across the globe, with all the expenses and permits that go along with it. The third is a shitty website that runs on the buildup of previous two. Guess which ones are which.
In 2025, AI became pervasive in American life and the economy, with ChatGPT surging in adoption much faster than any other major technology in memory. @nytopinion.nytimes.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Two of these required a lot of infrastructure built across the globe, with all the expenses and permits that go along with it. The third is a shitty website that runs on the buildup of previous two. Guess which ones are which.