Olga Bourlin
@olgabourlin.bsky.social
Skeptic, progressive Democrat, anti-racist, anti-MAGA, anti-fascist, secular humanist, movie and opera buff. Board Member at The Freethought Society. Former Editor Kurtz Institute. Views expressed are mine. No DMs. #StandWithUkraine #BLM #LGBTQ
“This Department of Justice has spent more American tax dollars arresting journalists than arresting pedophiles.”
- Rep. Jasmine Crockett
- Rep. Jasmine Crockett
February 13, 2026 at 4:42 PM
“This Department of Justice has spent more American tax dollars arresting journalists than arresting pedophiles.”
- Rep. Jasmine Crockett
- Rep. Jasmine Crockett
Human division is socially loud but biologically shallow.. Read my new Substack: Cousins!
Cousins!
"You're my people…"
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February 10, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Human division is socially loud but biologically shallow.. Read my new Substack: Cousins!
My new Substack, an entry inspired by Black History Month:
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olgabourlin.substack.com/p/to-be-seen...
To Be Seen, He Disappeared
Passing Was His Passport
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February 1, 2026 at 3:25 PM
My new Substack, an entry inspired by Black History Month:
olgabourlin.substack.com/p/to-be-seen...
olgabourlin.substack.com/p/to-be-seen...
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This five year old is still in jail
January 27, 2026 at 1:38 PM
This five year old is still in jail
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Using a White House briefing to launder right-wing talking points about Alex Pretti’s killing is grotesque—even by this administration’s standards.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
Watch and rage as Trump’s propaganda princess spins Alex Pretti killing
During Monday’s White House press briefing, press secretary Karoline Leavitt used the contrived " new media seat " to allow right-wing Gateway Pundit extremist Jordan ...
www.dailykos.com
January 27, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Using a White House briefing to launder right-wing talking points about Alex Pretti’s killing is grotesque—even by this administration’s standards.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
The anger you are feeling over Trump's ICE murdering Renee Nicole Good, then smearing her as a terrorist and now blocking the Minn investigation is all designed to get you to commit an act of violence. All fascist regimes need that excuse to suspend civil liberties. We can't give them that excuse.
Dean Obeidallah (@deanobeidallah)
The anger you are feeling over Trump's ICE murdering Renee Nicole Good, then smearing her as a terrorist and now blocking the Minn investigation is all designed to get you to commit an act of violence...
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January 9, 2026 at 5:59 AM
The anger you are feeling over Trump's ICE murdering Renee Nicole Good, then smearing her as a terrorist and now blocking the Minn investigation is all designed to get you to commit an act of violence. All fascist regimes need that excuse to suspend civil liberties. We can't give them that excuse.
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Clearly, this was done to thwart mail-in ballots.
So send them WAY early!
So send them WAY early!
There’s been a change on when your mail will receive a postmark. Until 12/24 of this year it was when you dropped off your letter. Now it’s when a machine processes your mail which could be days later. This has implications for time sensitive mail including vote by mail! There are ways around it!
December 29, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Clearly, this was done to thwart mail-in ballots.
So send them WAY early!
So send them WAY early!
“What Darwin was too polite to say, my friends, is that we came to rule the earth not because we were the smartest, or even the meanest, but because we have always been the craziest, most murderous motherfuckers in the jungle.” – Stephen King
December 29, 2025 at 7:43 PM
“What Darwin was too polite to say, my friends, is that we came to rule the earth not because we were the smartest, or even the meanest, but because we have always been the craziest, most murderous motherfuckers in the jungle.” – Stephen King
Merry Crispmass! Nope that's not a misspelling. It's my new Substack.
Merry Crispmass!
Celebrating survival, style, and the audacity of being yourself.
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December 25, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Merry Crispmass! Nope that's not a misspelling. It's my new Substack.
What does an 85-year-old "screwball comedy" have to say to us? Plenty. Here's my new Substack.
Moving Too Fast to Notice
His Girl Friday taught us not to see ... what?
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December 21, 2025 at 5:43 PM
What does an 85-year-old "screwball comedy" have to say to us? Plenty. Here's my new Substack.
My new Substack. After all is said and done, it asks a simple question: What does our conduct say about who we are?
Olga Bourlin (@olgabourlin)
Read my new Substack. After all is said and done, it asks a simple question: What does our conduct say about who we are?
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December 15, 2025 at 12:12 AM
My new Substack. After all is said and done, it asks a simple question: What does our conduct say about who we are?
Zucked again!
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Meta shuts down global accounts linked to abortion advice and queer content
More than 50 organisations report sites being restricted or removed, with abortion hotlines blocked and posts showing non-explicit nudity triggering warnings
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Zucked again!
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
It's time for the Christmas Borg. Have you been assimilated? Is resistance futile?
The Tyranny of Christmas
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Come to Love My Quiet Noncompliance
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December 8, 2025 at 7:54 PM
It's time for the Christmas Borg. Have you been assimilated? Is resistance futile?
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The headline, the main takeaway from a European viewpoint is this:
The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.
The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.
December 5, 2025 at 9:49 AM
The headline, the main takeaway from a European viewpoint is this:
The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.
The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.
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The new National Security Strategy is a propaganda document, designed to be widely read. It is also a performative suicide. Hard to think of another great power ever abdicating its influence so quickly and so publicly. It will be worth following the reactions around the world, not just in Europe.
Trump's national security strategy is out and some of the Europe sections are shocking. "...the growing influence of patriotic European parties indeed
gives cause for great optimism."
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
gives cause for great optimism."
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
December 5, 2025 at 12:17 PM
The new National Security Strategy is a propaganda document, designed to be widely read. It is also a performative suicide. Hard to think of another great power ever abdicating its influence so quickly and so publicly. It will be worth following the reactions around the world, not just in Europe.
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Anyway, in my undergraduate studies of foreign affairs we talked about NSC 68; I suppose students of some future time might study this text as (*ahem*) NSC 88.
NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY DROPPED
There is a LOT here, but omg NATO allies are going to seethe at this paragraph
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
There is a LOT here, but omg NATO allies are going to seethe at this paragraph
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
December 5, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Anyway, in my undergraduate studies of foreign affairs we talked about NSC 68; I suppose students of some future time might study this text as (*ahem*) NSC 88.
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The Trump administration has quietly released its National Security Strategy — apparently late on Thursday. Usually there's a rollout and fanfare for these things: www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
www.whitehouse.gov
December 5, 2025 at 4:48 AM
The Trump administration has quietly released its National Security Strategy — apparently late on Thursday. Usually there's a rollout and fanfare for these things: www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
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Unsurprisingly, the 2022 Biden NSS is very clear about Russia as a threat to the US, its allies, and to international security. These are just a couple of its statements on Russia:
December 5, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Unsurprisingly, the 2022 Biden NSS is very clear about Russia as a threat to the US, its allies, and to international security. These are just a couple of its statements on Russia:
It's a big problem:
November 27, 2025 at 5:13 AM
It's a big problem:
