Olorin
@olorinmaiar.bsky.social
"Tell me why you would lay there and revel in your abandon..."
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We’re in a moral fight, and Democrats in Congress need to start acting like the opposition party on every 👏🏽 damn 👏🏽 thing 👏🏽
Opposition isn’t about polite press releases and sad cable hits. It’s about using every procedural tool available to slow, expose, and force accountability.
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Opposition isn’t about polite press releases and sad cable hits. It’s about using every procedural tool available to slow, expose, and force accountability.
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January 18, 2026 at 2:58 PM
We’re in a moral fight, and Democrats in Congress need to start acting like the opposition party on every 👏🏽 damn 👏🏽 thing 👏🏽
Opposition isn’t about polite press releases and sad cable hits. It’s about using every procedural tool available to slow, expose, and force accountability.
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Opposition isn’t about polite press releases and sad cable hits. It’s about using every procedural tool available to slow, expose, and force accountability.
🧵
>overseas visits w/friends
>returning to family
>teaching fun topics at work
>my son loaning me a book I've been wanting to read
>doing almost nothing on Saturday
#grateful
>returning to family
>teaching fun topics at work
>my son loaning me a book I've been wanting to read
>doing almost nothing on Saturday
#grateful
January 18, 2026 at 1:38 PM
>overseas visits w/friends
>returning to family
>teaching fun topics at work
>my son loaning me a book I've been wanting to read
>doing almost nothing on Saturday
#grateful
>returning to family
>teaching fun topics at work
>my son loaning me a book I've been wanting to read
>doing almost nothing on Saturday
#grateful
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This is what the lack of affordability looks like.
The top 10% now account for nearly half of all consumer spending.
January 17, 2026 at 1:06 PM
This is what the lack of affordability looks like.
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Today Trump is here in Michigan.
He’ll spin his record but Michiganders know the truth: he's making life harder for working families: raising prices, cutting healthcare — and Tom Barrett votes with Trump every single time.
The House runs through MI07 & we're ready to flip it.
He’ll spin his record but Michiganders know the truth: he's making life harder for working families: raising prices, cutting healthcare — and Tom Barrett votes with Trump every single time.
The House runs through MI07 & we're ready to flip it.
January 13, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Today Trump is here in Michigan.
He’ll spin his record but Michiganders know the truth: he's making life harder for working families: raising prices, cutting healthcare — and Tom Barrett votes with Trump every single time.
The House runs through MI07 & we're ready to flip it.
He’ll spin his record but Michiganders know the truth: he's making life harder for working families: raising prices, cutting healthcare — and Tom Barrett votes with Trump every single time.
The House runs through MI07 & we're ready to flip it.
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Grocery. An old-fashioned word. But a beautiful word.
Grocery prices were up 0.7 percent in December, the largest one-month gain since October 2022. They were up 2.4 percent from a year ago.
January 13, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Grocery. An old-fashioned word. But a beautiful word.
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If there's one empirical insight I'd want everyone to understand about American politics, it's this:
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
January 12, 2026 at 9:36 PM
If there's one empirical insight I'd want everyone to understand about American politics, it's this:
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
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It's just a couple of weeks now until the ASLE-UKI Online Seminar on Eighteenth-Century Literature and Environment, on Thursday 29 Jan 2026, 3-7 pm GMT. All welcome! Further details and FREE registration information at: asle.org.uk/events/semin...
@asleuki.bsky.social @bsecs.bsky.social
@asleuki.bsky.social @bsecs.bsky.social
January 12, 2026 at 12:01 PM
It's just a couple of weeks now until the ASLE-UKI Online Seminar on Eighteenth-Century Literature and Environment, on Thursday 29 Jan 2026, 3-7 pm GMT. All welcome! Further details and FREE registration information at: asle.org.uk/events/semin...
@asleuki.bsky.social @bsecs.bsky.social
@asleuki.bsky.social @bsecs.bsky.social
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🔴 The much-loved classic was tucked among a pile of old children’s books
www.scotsman.com/news/scotlan...
www.scotsman.com/news/scotlan...
Scots charity shop staff stunned to uncover rare edition of The Hobbit
The much-loved classic was tucked among a pile of old children’s books
www.scotsman.com
January 12, 2026 at 7:29 AM
🔴 The much-loved classic was tucked among a pile of old children’s books
www.scotsman.com/news/scotlan...
www.scotsman.com/news/scotlan...
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“Donald Trump is a man who represents all the things we teach our children not to be. He’s a liar. He’s a thief. He’s a molester. He has no remorse, no shame, no empathy. He has no loyalty to the law, to the Constitution. This man is the lowest character of all.”
January 12, 2026 at 9:45 AM
“Donald Trump is a man who represents all the things we teach our children not to be. He’s a liar. He’s a thief. He’s a molester. He has no remorse, no shame, no empathy. He has no loyalty to the law, to the Constitution. This man is the lowest character of all.”
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"[The US] ranks 101 out of 114 countries—behind Afghanistan—in ordinary citizens’ ability to access and afford legal services."
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The Wall Looks Permanent Until It Falls
On the optimism of preparation in a time of democratic decay.
data4democracy.substack.com
January 11, 2026 at 8:15 PM
"[The US] ranks 101 out of 114 countries—behind Afghanistan—in ordinary citizens’ ability to access and afford legal services."
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I know there's a lot of passion to help fix what is ailing America. Here's one thought. You live in a school district. See if your district is holding an election for school board this year. If so, find out if there is a pro-public education candidate. If so, do something to support--put up a
January 11, 2026 at 7:54 PM
I know there's a lot of passion to help fix what is ailing America. Here's one thought. You live in a school district. See if your district is holding an election for school board this year. If so, find out if there is a pro-public education candidate. If so, do something to support--put up a
January 11, 2026 at 9:18 AM
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ICE shooting victim Renee Nicole Good’s award-winning poem ended on a poignant note
The death of a 37-year-old poet and mother-of-three in Minneapolis has rocked the nation.
The death of a 37-year-old poet and mother-of-three in Minneapolis has rocked the nation.
ICE shooting victim Renee Nicole Good’s award-winning poem ended on a poignant note
The death of a 37-year-old poet and mother-of-three in Minneapolis has rocked the nation
www.independent.co.uk
January 9, 2026 at 1:33 PM
ICE shooting victim Renee Nicole Good’s award-winning poem ended on a poignant note
The death of a 37-year-old poet and mother-of-three in Minneapolis has rocked the nation.
The death of a 37-year-old poet and mother-of-three in Minneapolis has rocked the nation.
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We used to have a Constitution, Congress, and the law. Now the limits of Trump’s power are self-determined. This is why we called our rallies ‘No Kings’.
January 8, 2026 at 11:37 PM
We used to have a Constitution, Congress, and the law. Now the limits of Trump’s power are self-determined. This is why we called our rallies ‘No Kings’.
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The danger of this moment cannot be overstated. Trump/Noem's vile defense of the killing shows that the heavily-armed government agents roaming our cities are unbound/unaccountable even when they kill Americans.
On the pod, @felipedlh.bsky.social and I dig into this:
newrepublic.com/article/2050...
On the pod, @felipedlh.bsky.social and I dig into this:
newrepublic.com/article/2050...
Trump’s ICE Agents Killed a Citizen. Then Damning New Details Emerged.
As the ICE shooting horror in Minneapolis gets worse, a writer who focuses on ICE accountability explains why the government’s cover story is full of holes—and what recourse we have now.
newrepublic.com
January 8, 2026 at 1:40 PM
The danger of this moment cannot be overstated. Trump/Noem's vile defense of the killing shows that the heavily-armed government agents roaming our cities are unbound/unaccountable even when they kill Americans.
On the pod, @felipedlh.bsky.social and I dig into this:
newrepublic.com/article/2050...
On the pod, @felipedlh.bsky.social and I dig into this:
newrepublic.com/article/2050...
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Canadians are being warned to treat any medical information we see from the US as misinformation and although this is obvious to me, maybe some moots should know this too
January 7, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Canadians are being warned to treat any medical information we see from the US as misinformation and although this is obvious to me, maybe some moots should know this too
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HAPPENING NOW: protest in downtown seattle in response to the killing of renee nicole good by ICE in Minneapolis. follow here or @thestranger.com for live updates.
January 8, 2026 at 1:42 AM
HAPPENING NOW: protest in downtown seattle in response to the killing of renee nicole good by ICE in Minneapolis. follow here or @thestranger.com for live updates.
👇👇👇 This. I'm for this and so much more.
You could withhold consent on every UC in the Senate. You could demand recorded votes (and a role call) on every vote. You could challenge Quorum on every action. You could demand full debate on every bill.
You, PERSONALLY, could grind the Senate to a halt.
Active Resistance, not platitudes.
You, PERSONALLY, could grind the Senate to a halt.
Active Resistance, not platitudes.
January 8, 2026 at 12:31 AM
👇👇👇 This. I'm for this and so much more.
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221-205, House passes the “motion to discharge” the Jeffries 3-year ACA funding extension.
NINE (!) Republicans join unanimous Democrats in voting to advance it.
This tees up a final House vote tomorrow; it’s poised to sail through.
NINE (!) Republicans join unanimous Democrats in voting to advance it.
This tees up a final House vote tomorrow; it’s poised to sail through.
January 7, 2026 at 10:55 PM
221-205, House passes the “motion to discharge” the Jeffries 3-year ACA funding extension.
NINE (!) Republicans join unanimous Democrats in voting to advance it.
This tees up a final House vote tomorrow; it’s poised to sail through.
NINE (!) Republicans join unanimous Democrats in voting to advance it.
This tees up a final House vote tomorrow; it’s poised to sail through.
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David Bowie – Strangers When We Meet
1. Outside (1995)
Video of the Day
1. Outside (1995)
Video of the Day
David Bowie – Strangers When We Meet
Directed by Sam Bayer From 1.Outside, released in 1995, available via Amazon below.. CD. Vinyl. (UK) CD. Vinyl. (US)
www.davidbowienews.com
January 7, 2026 at 9:36 PM
David Bowie – Strangers When We Meet
1. Outside (1995)
Video of the Day
1. Outside (1995)
Video of the Day
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I need people to wrap their minds around the fact that here in Minneapolis, ICE broke the window of a vehicle yesterday, pepper sprayed the occupants, and arrested them, and shot another observer in the face today, and OBSERVERS ARE STILL GOING OUT TO PROTECT THEIR NEIGHBORS AT MASSIVE PERSONAL RISK
I’m eating lunch, I’m having a panic attack, I’m charging my phone, and then I’m going back out to try and keep my neighborhood safe.
January 7, 2026 at 5:47 PM
I need people to wrap their minds around the fact that here in Minneapolis, ICE broke the window of a vehicle yesterday, pepper sprayed the occupants, and arrested them, and shot another observer in the face today, and OBSERVERS ARE STILL GOING OUT TO PROTECT THEIR NEIGHBORS AT MASSIVE PERSONAL RISK
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Reminder: ICE has a budget bigger than most militaries around the world.
It has increased its spending on weapons by 700% since Trump took office.
Trump is building his own personal military to terrorize American cities, trample on civil rights, and intimidate his opponents.
It has increased its spending on weapons by 700% since Trump took office.
Trump is building his own personal military to terrorize American cities, trample on civil rights, and intimidate his opponents.
January 7, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Reminder: ICE has a budget bigger than most militaries around the world.
It has increased its spending on weapons by 700% since Trump took office.
Trump is building his own personal military to terrorize American cities, trample on civil rights, and intimidate his opponents.
It has increased its spending on weapons by 700% since Trump took office.
Trump is building his own personal military to terrorize American cities, trample on civil rights, and intimidate his opponents.
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Tomorrow on BBC Radio 4:
The Goblin King and Me by Paul Magrs; a drama inspired by a real-life encounter with David Bowie. A young boy meets Bowie at a pivotal moment and receives advice that quietly changes his life.
📻 Drama on 4 | Thurs 8 Jan, 14.15.
The Goblin King and Me by Paul Magrs; a drama inspired by a real-life encounter with David Bowie. A young boy meets Bowie at a pivotal moment and receives advice that quietly changes his life.
📻 Drama on 4 | Thurs 8 Jan, 14.15.
January 7, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Tomorrow on BBC Radio 4:
The Goblin King and Me by Paul Magrs; a drama inspired by a real-life encounter with David Bowie. A young boy meets Bowie at a pivotal moment and receives advice that quietly changes his life.
📻 Drama on 4 | Thurs 8 Jan, 14.15.
The Goblin King and Me by Paul Magrs; a drama inspired by a real-life encounter with David Bowie. A young boy meets Bowie at a pivotal moment and receives advice that quietly changes his life.
📻 Drama on 4 | Thurs 8 Jan, 14.15.