Renée Olo
@reneeolo.bsky.social
Early modernist, cemetery connoisseur, compulsive crafter, and general enthusiast dealing in ecstatic truth.
PhD Candidate in historical musicology @ UPenn Music
Housemate to Poe and Grace
She/They
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PhD Candidate in historical musicology @ UPenn Music
Housemate to Poe and Grace
She/They
🇪🇪🇨🇦
“Trader Joe’s isn’t a real grocery store…”
USER ERROR! Once you fight the urge to black out and buy three types of special-edition truffles, you will discover ingredients beyond your wildest imagination
USER ERROR! Once you fight the urge to black out and buy three types of special-edition truffles, you will discover ingredients beyond your wildest imagination
December 4, 2025 at 10:18 PM
“Trader Joe’s isn’t a real grocery store…”
USER ERROR! Once you fight the urge to black out and buy three types of special-edition truffles, you will discover ingredients beyond your wildest imagination
USER ERROR! Once you fight the urge to black out and buy three types of special-edition truffles, you will discover ingredients beyond your wildest imagination
Sometimes I complain about being a grad student and then I remember that my second great grandmother was born into serfdom and shut up real fast
November 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Sometimes I complain about being a grad student and then I remember that my second great grandmother was born into serfdom and shut up real fast
What I do is not “libbing out,” it’s “feeling hope for the first time in 20 years”
November 8, 2025 at 7:58 PM
What I do is not “libbing out,” it’s “feeling hope for the first time in 20 years”
What I do is not doomscrolling, it’s Acquiring Information
November 6, 2025 at 6:32 PM
What I do is not doomscrolling, it’s Acquiring Information
Italian Americans all think they have a PhD in eating food
November 1, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Italian Americans all think they have a PhD in eating food
Acutely mourning the $5 lunch shawarma trio from the little Lebanese place next to my high school
October 24, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Acutely mourning the $5 lunch shawarma trio from the little Lebanese place next to my high school
All Lestat de Lioncourt does is weep, be in love with a senior citizen, weep some more, and refuse very valuable advice from people who care about his well-being
October 21, 2025 at 7:44 PM
All Lestat de Lioncourt does is weep, be in love with a senior citizen, weep some more, and refuse very valuable advice from people who care about his well-being
I'm gonna be so real, the White House was never beautiful anyway. It is and has always been a deeply bland and borderline ugly mansion.
October 21, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I'm gonna be so real, the White House was never beautiful anyway. It is and has always been a deeply bland and borderline ugly mansion.
When I say Poe is at the most dangerous intersection of smart and annoying… he has started pulling the bookmarks out of my books to get my attention at 3 am.
October 15, 2025 at 1:40 PM
When I say Poe is at the most dangerous intersection of smart and annoying… he has started pulling the bookmarks out of my books to get my attention at 3 am.
Watching the punk hair salon near my old Philly house dissolve into chaos over instagram. One person who did my hair is striking, another one is scabbing and just posted about job openings at the salon. Meanwhile, the shitty co-op the next block over is glad they’re finally off people’s radars.
September 6, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Watching the punk hair salon near my old Philly house dissolve into chaos over instagram. One person who did my hair is striking, another one is scabbing and just posted about job openings at the salon. Meanwhile, the shitty co-op the next block over is glad they’re finally off people’s radars.
Reposted by Renée Olo
It can be galling to see one's period misrepresented onscreen but that shouldn't be reason to deny historical truths, like that medieval people shuffled around giving it the whole 'my liege' all the time, unless they had cheekbones in which case they were the king
August 27, 2025 at 6:26 AM
It can be galling to see one's period misrepresented onscreen but that shouldn't be reason to deny historical truths, like that medieval people shuffled around giving it the whole 'my liege' all the time, unless they had cheekbones in which case they were the king
Doing a cross-country move has taught me that anything can be resolved simply by being REALLY CORDIAL on the phone
August 22, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Doing a cross-country move has taught me that anything can be resolved simply by being REALLY CORDIAL on the phone
How is moving going??
✅fell down the stairs at 8:30am
✅grapefruit-sized hematoma on butt
✅International student services advisor ghosting me
✅almost wasn’t able to get moving truck into driveway because of surprise road work in front of house
✅not done packing because of butt hematoma
✅fell down the stairs at 8:30am
✅grapefruit-sized hematoma on butt
✅International student services advisor ghosting me
✅almost wasn’t able to get moving truck into driveway because of surprise road work in front of house
✅not done packing because of butt hematoma
August 15, 2025 at 7:42 PM
How is moving going??
✅fell down the stairs at 8:30am
✅grapefruit-sized hematoma on butt
✅International student services advisor ghosting me
✅almost wasn’t able to get moving truck into driveway because of surprise road work in front of house
✅not done packing because of butt hematoma
✅fell down the stairs at 8:30am
✅grapefruit-sized hematoma on butt
✅International student services advisor ghosting me
✅almost wasn’t able to get moving truck into driveway because of surprise road work in front of house
✅not done packing because of butt hematoma
I have it on good authority that if you were really into Me to We in middle school, you’re 80% more likely to be losing money in someone’s MLM downline as an adult
August 7, 2025 at 12:48 PM
I have it on good authority that if you were really into Me to We in middle school, you’re 80% more likely to be losing money in someone’s MLM downline as an adult
Reposted by Renée Olo
Yeah so we’re farming these new animals called nutrigores (awesome name lol). They taste pretty bad and are bad for you and each one drinks 300 gallons of water a day lol.
So basically, how are you incorporating nutrigores into your dietflow? Keep in mind that sometimes a guy will want to date one
So basically, how are you incorporating nutrigores into your dietflow? Keep in mind that sometimes a guy will want to date one
August 5, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Yeah so we’re farming these new animals called nutrigores (awesome name lol). They taste pretty bad and are bad for you and each one drinks 300 gallons of water a day lol.
So basically, how are you incorporating nutrigores into your dietflow? Keep in mind that sometimes a guy will want to date one
So basically, how are you incorporating nutrigores into your dietflow? Keep in mind that sometimes a guy will want to date one
The face of a crook who decided that 4:30 pm IS his dinner time and he is going to bite my feet every time I try to use the damper pedal
July 28, 2025 at 8:28 PM
The face of a crook who decided that 4:30 pm IS his dinner time and he is going to bite my feet every time I try to use the damper pedal
Biggest downside of watching the Tour de France every day is having the stupid “control is everything to me” Crohn’s disease medication commercial stuck in your head for a month
July 18, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Biggest downside of watching the Tour de France every day is having the stupid “control is everything to me” Crohn’s disease medication commercial stuck in your head for a month
Spending too much time with my sister is dangerous because we WILL lose our voices doing increasingly stupid JoJo Siwa impressions
July 12, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Spending too much time with my sister is dangerous because we WILL lose our voices doing increasingly stupid JoJo Siwa impressions
Cool to see that even the organist playing at Laulupidu has her score held together with an entire roll of tape and clothespins
July 6, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Cool to see that even the organist playing at Laulupidu has her score held together with an entire roll of tape and clothespins
Half the extended family WhatsApp group and basically every Estonian I know from Toronto is currently in Tallinn for the national song and dance festival. Feeling intense FOMO all the way over in central PA but dealing with it by crying profusely watching the livestream
July 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Half the extended family WhatsApp group and basically every Estonian I know from Toronto is currently in Tallinn for the national song and dance festival. Feeling intense FOMO all the way over in central PA but dealing with it by crying profusely watching the livestream
Incredibly disappointed in my home institution. Cowardly.
University of Pennsylvania removes times set by trans swimmer as part of resolution to civil rights investigation.
US university bars trans athletes from women’s sports after Trump order
University of Pennsylvania removes times set by trans swimmer as part of resolution to civil rights investigation.
bit.ly
July 2, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Incredibly disappointed in my home institution. Cowardly.
Need to hear the Great American Songbook as sung by Björk
June 30, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Need to hear the Great American Songbook as sung by Björk
"Pallot told the court: 'It’s said there is no such thing as the perfect crime. There’s no such thing as a perfect fake either. We could have done better. We’re not good forgers. We didn’t make the wood retract.'"
French furniture expert and restorer guilty of fake 18th-century chair scam
French furniture expert and restorer guilty of fake 18th-century chair scam
Bill Pallot and Bruno Desnoues claimed chairs had adorned rooms of Marie Antoinette, in multimillion-euro con
A French furniture expert and a renowned restorer have been found guilty of conning the art world with a multimillion-euro scam in which they faked 18th-century chairs they claimed had adorned the rooms of historic figures including Marie Antoinette.
In one of the biggest forgery scandals to hit the French art world for decades, the two men duped not just wealthy collectors including a Qatari prince but also the Palace of Versailles. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
June 12, 2025 at 1:31 AM
"Pallot told the court: 'It’s said there is no such thing as the perfect crime. There’s no such thing as a perfect fake either. We could have done better. We’re not good forgers. We didn’t make the wood retract.'"
Absolutely obsessed with people who sell their engagement rings on Facebook marketplace- I need to know the story
June 5, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Absolutely obsessed with people who sell their engagement rings on Facebook marketplace- I need to know the story
Thought I’d be cool when meeting good friend’s newborn baby for the first time but no, I started crying the minute I stepped into the apartment
May 30, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Thought I’d be cool when meeting good friend’s newborn baby for the first time but no, I started crying the minute I stepped into the apartment