Oli R.
@ohlistic.bsky.social
Senior lecturer, University of the Philippines College of Law. Technology Law and Policy Program, UP Law Center. Provider of ropes. Minsan, manunulat.
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Oli R.
@ohlistic.bsky.social
· Nov 15
One way to force myself to look at Bluesky more - to make it among the pages that automatically opens when I start my browser.
The theoretical resignation of both the President and the VP will result in Senate Pres (Tito Sotto) as Acting President, but only temporarily.
A special presidential election must be called within 2 months. The current VP is not barred then from running for President.; she will likely win.
A special presidential election must be called within 2 months. The current VP is not barred then from running for President.; she will likely win.
November 16, 2025 at 6:08 AM
The theoretical resignation of both the President and the VP will result in Senate Pres (Tito Sotto) as Acting President, but only temporarily.
A special presidential election must be called within 2 months. The current VP is not barred then from running for President.; she will likely win.
A special presidential election must be called within 2 months. The current VP is not barred then from running for President.; she will likely win.
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I’m no longer in the faith & all that stuff. But I cannot imagine assembling these words in this order to the **Pope** Even pondering that action brings back every withering glare I have ever received from every nun who ever taught me. Bring back nun-induced shame! For people like this specifically!
really enjoying all the people trying to explain the bible to the pope today
October 2, 2025 at 4:40 AM
I’m no longer in the faith & all that stuff. But I cannot imagine assembling these words in this order to the **Pope** Even pondering that action brings back every withering glare I have ever received from every nun who ever taught me. Bring back nun-induced shame! For people like this specifically!
I remember the day Lean Alejandro was assassinated for his political beliefs. He was then only 27. His killers have never been caught or tried.
September 11, 2025 at 12:48 AM
I remember the day Lean Alejandro was assassinated for his political beliefs. He was then only 27. His killers have never been caught or tried.
Sometimes, a nighttime dream can be so soul-stripping you wake up a broken person.
September 8, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Sometimes, a nighttime dream can be so soul-stripping you wake up a broken person.
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We may have our differences, but at the end of the day when we take off our pillow cases we all have upsettingly yellow pillows
August 9, 2025 at 3:24 AM
We may have our differences, but at the end of the day when we take off our pillow cases we all have upsettingly yellow pillows
Was stuck in traffic, so I might as well write on the impeachment decision. oliverxareyes.substack.com/p/stuck-in-t...
Stuck in traffic, might as well write on the impeachment decision.
Let’s say, as an extreme example, that in full live-streamed view, the President shoots dead a political rival in a duel, then invokes Commander-in-Chief powers to compel the military to barricade the...
oliverxareyes.substack.com
July 31, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Was stuck in traffic, so I might as well write on the impeachment decision. oliverxareyes.substack.com/p/stuck-in-t...
President Manuel Luis Quezon's personal secretary during his World War II exile in the US has just celebrated her 109th birhday. usa.inquirer.net/176448/fil-a...
Fil-Am celebrates 109th birthday, honored in Washington DC
Evangeline "Vangie" Paredes, who served as secretary to President Manuel Quezon during World War II, celebrated her 109th birthday.
usa.inquirer.net
July 31, 2025 at 3:01 AM
President Manuel Luis Quezon's personal secretary during his World War II exile in the US has just celebrated her 109th birhday. usa.inquirer.net/176448/fil-a...
PHILVOLCS: Expect to experience tsunami wave height of less than one (1) meter. First tsunami waves are expected to arrive between 01:20 PM to 02:40 PM, 30 Jul 2025 (PH Standard Time). It may not be the largest and these waves may continue for hours.
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July 30, 2025 at 2:37 AM
PHILVOLCS: Expect to experience tsunami wave height of less than one (1) meter. First tsunami waves are expected to arrive between 01:20 PM to 02:40 PM, 30 Jul 2025 (PH Standard Time). It may not be the largest and these waves may continue for hours.
tsunami.phivolcs.dost.gov.ph/Tsunami_Info...
tsunami.phivolcs.dost.gov.ph/Tsunami_Info...
Maps like these and the underlying granular barangay vote data, now establish there are dozens of pink/progressive barangays across nation. If the Leni coalition concentrates on running their candidates and seizing councils in next barangay polls, that's a narrative that carries into 2028.
July 28, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Maps like these and the underlying granular barangay vote data, now establish there are dozens of pink/progressive barangays across nation. If the Leni coalition concentrates on running their candidates and seizing councils in next barangay polls, that's a narrative that carries into 2028.
Through the popularity (matchless in the 1980s) of his wrestling persona built on exaggeration, as well as his later-in-life role as a plaintiff, Hulk Hogan was an indispensable contributor to the American way as it exists today. That is his legacy.
July 25, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Through the popularity (matchless in the 1980s) of his wrestling persona built on exaggeration, as well as his later-in-life role as a plaintiff, Hulk Hogan was an indispensable contributor to the American way as it exists today. That is his legacy.
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The Supreme Court’s “shadow docket” has cast very different shadows depending on which party holds the White House.
When lower courts blocked Trump admin policies, SCOTUS intervened on an emergency basis to lift those orders in 77% of cases.
For the Biden administration, that number was 0%.
When lower courts blocked Trump admin policies, SCOTUS intervened on an emergency basis to lift those orders in 77% of cases.
For the Biden administration, that number was 0%.
July 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The Supreme Court’s “shadow docket” has cast very different shadows depending on which party holds the White House.
When lower courts blocked Trump admin policies, SCOTUS intervened on an emergency basis to lift those orders in 77% of cases.
For the Biden administration, that number was 0%.
When lower courts blocked Trump admin policies, SCOTUS intervened on an emergency basis to lift those orders in 77% of cases.
For the Biden administration, that number was 0%.
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The most rotten thing about JD Vance is that he has three half-Indian children including a son name "Vivek," yet he still prattles on about how you must descend from the Europeans who'd settled America prior to 1861 in order for your citizenship to be valid.
People who feel bad for JD Vance’s kids as family gets booed at Disneyland. I get it, but better those kids know now what their father is about. Other kids are watching their parents get shipped off to gulags.
July 14, 2025 at 12:55 AM
The most rotten thing about JD Vance is that he has three half-Indian children including a son name "Vivek," yet he still prattles on about how you must descend from the Europeans who'd settled America prior to 1861 in order for your citizenship to be valid.
Rate guide for freelance writers, Philippines.
July 9, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Rate guide for freelance writers, Philippines.
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The ruling marks a major change to longstanding First Amendment protections for online pornography.
Supreme Court Says States Can Limit Access To Online Porn
The ruling marks a major change to longstanding First Amendment protections for online pornography.
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June 27, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The ruling marks a major change to longstanding First Amendment protections for online pornography.
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I want to reiterate that countless conservative judges issued universal injunctions against the Biden administration, and the Supreme Court never halted the practice. Now, barely five months into Trump's second term, the court puts an end to these injunctions. A brazen double standard.
June 27, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I want to reiterate that countless conservative judges issued universal injunctions against the Biden administration, and the Supreme Court never halted the practice. Now, barely five months into Trump's second term, the court puts an end to these injunctions. A brazen double standard.
Of his move from presidential press secretary to journalist, Mr. Moyers told Shelby, “You learn certain things: That you’re happier if you’re trying to report the truth than if you’re trying to conceal it.”
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Bill Moyers, eminence of public affairs broadcasting, dies at 91
He was White House press secretary under Lyndon B. Johnson and Newsday publisher before becoming an acclaimed television journalist, mostly for PBS.
wapo.st
June 26, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Of his move from presidential press secretary to journalist, Mr. Moyers told Shelby, “You learn certain things: That you’re happier if you’re trying to report the truth than if you’re trying to conceal it.”
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My original instinct was to create a joke ballot, but in the end I took this seriously. More than anything, this list reveals that I still have major gaps in film watching.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
June 25, 2025 at 6:10 AM
My original instinct was to create a joke ballot, but in the end I took this seriously. More than anything, this list reveals that I still have major gaps in film watching.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Based on crowd-sourced records of No Kings Day event turnout, and extrapolating for the cities where we don't have data yet, it looks like roughly 4-6 million people protested Trump across the U.S. yesterday. That's nearly 2% of the U.S. pop!
Mobilized anti-Trump resistance is exceeding 2017 levels
Mobilized anti-Trump resistance is exceeding 2017 levels
"No Kings Day" protests turn out millions
Our unofficial estimate is that around 4 million people attended a protest event yesterday. Anti-Trump resistance is outpacing 2017.
www.gelliottmorris.com
June 15, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Based on crowd-sourced records of No Kings Day event turnout, and extrapolating for the cities where we don't have data yet, it looks like roughly 4-6 million people protested Trump across the U.S. yesterday. That's nearly 2% of the U.S. pop!
Mobilized anti-Trump resistance is exceeding 2017 levels
Mobilized anti-Trump resistance is exceeding 2017 levels
Independence is self-reliance. Independence is thus diffcult, unnerving. Some rush into it unmindful of consequence, others tread cautiously but definitely. Whatever the case, independence requires bravery above all.
Happy Independence Day bayan ko.
Happy Independence Day bayan ko.
June 12, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Independence is self-reliance. Independence is thus diffcult, unnerving. Some rush into it unmindful of consequence, others tread cautiously but definitely. Whatever the case, independence requires bravery above all.
Happy Independence Day bayan ko.
Happy Independence Day bayan ko.
Jose Corazon de Jesus -- Huseng Batute -- the King of Balagtasan (and the Tagalog lyricist of Bayan Ko) was able to record for Columbia Records two records before his death in May 1932. It would be phenomenal if copies of these records were to be discovered as still existing.
June 12, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Jose Corazon de Jesus -- Huseng Batute -- the King of Balagtasan (and the Tagalog lyricist of Bayan Ko) was able to record for Columbia Records two records before his death in May 1932. It would be phenomenal if copies of these records were to be discovered as still existing.
Juan Sumulong, who ran against Quezon in 1941, was a close friend of Emilio Jacinto. In 1933, he wrote this first person account about his friendship with Jacinto who had by then been dead for 34 years.
June 12, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Juan Sumulong, who ran against Quezon in 1941, was a close friend of Emilio Jacinto. In 1933, he wrote this first person account about his friendship with Jacinto who had by then been dead for 34 years.
Rafael Palma (after whom UP's Palma Hall is named) was a Senator, ConCon member. Had he lived to see Philippine independence in 1946, he would have been a considerable elder statesman in the early days of the Republic.
June 12, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Rafael Palma (after whom UP's Palma Hall is named) was a Senator, ConCon member. Had he lived to see Philippine independence in 1946, he would have been a considerable elder statesman in the early days of the Republic.