Mark Olmsted
@markolmsted.bsky.social
Gay Writer, Ink from the Pen: A Prison Memoir, https://www.amazon.com/Ink-Pen-Prison-Mark-Olmsted/dp/0692784144 My insane story: Everything is Stories podcast/The disorientation of survival
Your time is up NuremBarbie #KirstiNoem
January 27, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Your time is up NuremBarbie #KirstiNoem
History doesn't always repeat itself, but it sure as hell rhymes.
January 27, 2026 at 2:29 AM
History doesn't always repeat itself, but it sure as hell rhymes.
@janisian.bsky.social Thrilled that you posted my meme on Facebook -- can you believe I first created it in 2016. A little bummed that you didn't get a version in which I put a credit for myself. So if you repost it here, do use this one. I AM A HUGE FAN and have been forever. THANK YOU.
January 26, 2026 at 7:10 PM
@janisian.bsky.social Thrilled that you posted my meme on Facebook -- can you believe I first created it in 2016. A little bummed that you didn't get a version in which I put a credit for myself. So if you repost it here, do use this one. I AM A HUGE FAN and have been forever. THANK YOU.
@lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social Are you still so sure Trump will back down on Greenland?
January 19, 2026 at 6:02 PM
@lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social Are you still so sure Trump will back down on Greenland?
Meanwhile, the weather pushing Gaza's misery into a realm beyond misery. We can't even imagine it. Unreported by mainstream media, only Democracy Now, Al Jazeera and a few other small sites.
www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2025...
www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2025...
Tent camps flooded as winter storm exposes Gaza’s fragile ceasefire
Families in Gaza tent camps suffer soaked belongings, knee-deep water and severe hardship after torrential rains.
www.aljazeera.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Meanwhile, the weather pushing Gaza's misery into a realm beyond misery. We can't even imagine it. Unreported by mainstream media, only Democracy Now, Al Jazeera and a few other small sites.
www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2025...
www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2025...
It'd be a lot cheaper to rename it accurately.
January 7, 2026 at 5:26 PM
It'd be a lot cheaper to rename it accurately.
Only watch if you want to hear a country ballad with kick-ass lyrics about a cowboy who has his actual shit together.
youtu.be/7prnHGCqHIA
youtu.be/7prnHGCqHIA
Cowboy Self Esteem Song
YouTube video by Mark Olmsted
youtu.be
January 7, 2026 at 12:58 AM
Only watch if you want to hear a country ballad with kick-ass lyrics about a cowboy who has his actual shit together.
youtu.be/7prnHGCqHIA
youtu.be/7prnHGCqHIA
Waiting for Trump to claim the $50 million reward for himself.
January 3, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Waiting for Trump to claim the $50 million reward for himself.
Inquiring minds want to know.
January 3, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Inquiring minds want to know.
When Caroline Leavitt finds some sort of tortured-beyond-all-imagining defense of Trump's insane reaction to the death of the Reiners, how I wish one of the press corps would have the balls to say: "I have a follow-up. Could you please tell us how much exactly you sold your soul to the devil for?"
December 15, 2025 at 10:02 PM
When Caroline Leavitt finds some sort of tortured-beyond-all-imagining defense of Trump's insane reaction to the death of the Reiners, how I wish one of the press corps would have the balls to say: "I have a follow-up. Could you please tell us how much exactly you sold your soul to the devil for?"
Faoud and the work he does is incredible. But he has an extended family, including disabled brother, in dire need of help, especially in the face of the winter cold and rains. gofund.me/ee7e0c18a
Donate to Rebuilding My Life & Studio After Losing Everything in Gaza, organized by Jane Han
My name is Fouad Khader, a musician and artist born and raised in… Jane Han needs your support for Rebuilding My Life & Studio After Losing Everything in Gaza
gofund.me
December 14, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Faoud and the work he does is incredible. But he has an extended family, including disabled brother, in dire need of help, especially in the face of the winter cold and rains. gofund.me/ee7e0c18a
Financed a sorely desired smart-phone purchase for my adopted daughter in Gaza. Had to make this comedic little trailer about how long it took her to open it.
youtu.be/0gxKnFN_wQ0
youtu.be/0gxKnFN_wQ0
Nada gets a Smart Phone
YouTube video by Mark Olmsted
youtu.be
November 30, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Financed a sorely desired smart-phone purchase for my adopted daughter in Gaza. Had to make this comedic little trailer about how long it took her to open it.
youtu.be/0gxKnFN_wQ0
youtu.be/0gxKnFN_wQ0
Mamdani has a superpower of seeming to find something to like about everybody. open.substack.com/pub/markolms...
Mamdani's Secret Superpower?
I sure as hell couldn't do it
open.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Mamdani has a superpower of seeming to find something to like about everybody. open.substack.com/pub/markolms...
Reposted by Mark Olmsted
I bet the real reason for their "falling out" was that one of these emails came to the attention to Trump, and this devastated him. But you've never had any real friends, Donald. You are the last person on practically every list of who anyone would want to be stranded on a desert island with.
November 12, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I bet the real reason for their "falling out" was that one of these emails came to the attention to Trump, and this devastated him. But you've never had any real friends, Donald. You are the last person on practically every list of who anyone would want to be stranded on a desert island with.
Chuck Schumer’s deal makes sense to me. If accepted, the House would have to come back into session to vote, and that means Adelita Grijalva being sworn in and the Epstein files coming out. John Thune probably rejected this compromise solely for fear of this occurring.
November 9, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Chuck Schumer’s deal makes sense to me. If accepted, the House would have to come back into session to vote, and that means Adelita Grijalva being sworn in and the Epstein files coming out. John Thune probably rejected this compromise solely for fear of this occurring.
November 7, 2025 at 9:21 PM
November 7, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Only used AI for the deskplate. (Not the use of plural)
#FaintingOvalOffice #Trumpindifference @maryltrump.bsky.social
#FaintingOvalOffice #Trumpindifference @maryltrump.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Only used AI for the deskplate. (Not the use of plural)
#FaintingOvalOffice #Trumpindifference @maryltrump.bsky.social
#FaintingOvalOffice #Trumpindifference @maryltrump.bsky.social
I would like #Zohran to try this before he actually makes the big tax proposals. There is virtually no reason not to. The potential is all upside. #Mamdani
open.substack.com/pub/markolms...
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My Mamdani Fantasy
There is zero downside to trying this
open.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I would like #Zohran to try this before he actually makes the big tax proposals. There is virtually no reason not to. The potential is all upside. #Mamdani
open.substack.com/pub/markolms...
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I'm enjoying the marvelously written new season of #TheDiplomat, and am fascinated by its portrayal of an alternate universe that they want to be as realistic as possible, but can't possibly mention the current President,
November 5, 2025 at 1:40 AM
I'm enjoying the marvelously written new season of #TheDiplomat, and am fascinated by its portrayal of an alternate universe that they want to be as realistic as possible, but can't possibly mention the current President,