Jared Olsen
@olsenjared.bsky.social
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This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
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seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
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If Schumer votes AGAINST this but enough Ds vote FOR it that it passes, he needs to RESIGN immediately.
He will have shown himself to be absolutely ineffective as a minority leader. He has to go.
Literally resign tonight.
He will have shown himself to be absolutely ineffective as a minority leader. He has to go.
Literally resign tonight.
November 10, 2025 at 12:57 AM
If Schumer votes AGAINST this but enough Ds vote FOR it that it passes, he needs to RESIGN immediately.
He will have shown himself to be absolutely ineffective as a minority leader. He has to go.
Literally resign tonight.
He will have shown himself to be absolutely ineffective as a minority leader. He has to go.
Literally resign tonight.
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Stunned onlookers were overheard asking “Did we die? Is this Hell?"
Jimmy Fallon, James Corden croon Sinatra, Bennett standards for gobsmacked guests in NYC
Jimmy Fallon, James Corden croon Sinatra, Bennett standards for gobsmacked guests in NYC
A source said, "The Eric Newman Jazz Band was playing, and before long, Fallon and Corden were up onstage trading Sinatra and Tony Bennett tunes!"
pagesix.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Stunned onlookers were overheard asking “Did we die? Is this Hell?"
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the sandwich guy walking away from the court house and suddenly, his limp disappears
November 6, 2025 at 8:19 PM
the sandwich guy walking away from the court house and suddenly, his limp disappears
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Mamdani has shown considerable self-control in the face of some quite horrific tantrums.
Self-control imo is the quality modern masculinity is most sorely in need of.
Self-control imo is the quality modern masculinity is most sorely in need of.
November 7, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Mamdani has shown considerable self-control in the face of some quite horrific tantrums.
Self-control imo is the quality modern masculinity is most sorely in need of.
Self-control imo is the quality modern masculinity is most sorely in need of.
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This! The extent to which people don’t actually enjoy thinking has been eye opening.
That’s before I reckon with the ethics of using a thing for ghost efficiency that is pretty societally devastating.
And on a final personal note, I don’t want to become stupid before my time. I really don’t. I will keep mucking about so that I can keep mucking about, for as long as possible.
And on a final personal note, I don’t want to become stupid before my time. I really don’t. I will keep mucking about so that I can keep mucking about, for as long as possible.
November 8, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This! The extent to which people don’t actually enjoy thinking has been eye opening.
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if you believe fully autonomous robot butlers are just over the horizon you are actually one of the dumbest motherfuckers alive and we should take your money from you so we can put it towards something worthwhile
November 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
if you believe fully autonomous robot butlers are just over the horizon you are actually one of the dumbest motherfuckers alive and we should take your money from you so we can put it towards something worthwhile
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People are shocked by how blatant the corruption is. I am not.
For the first time in his life, he's legitimately rich, not just posturing. The ballroom, Home Makeover DC Edition renovations to the Lincoln bathroom and Oval screams new money. This "golden era" is him no longer feeling like a fraud.
For the first time in his life, he's legitimately rich, not just posturing. The ballroom, Home Makeover DC Edition renovations to the Lincoln bathroom and Oval screams new money. This "golden era" is him no longer feeling like a fraud.
November 9, 2025 at 2:15 AM
People are shocked by how blatant the corruption is. I am not.
For the first time in his life, he's legitimately rich, not just posturing. The ballroom, Home Makeover DC Edition renovations to the Lincoln bathroom and Oval screams new money. This "golden era" is him no longer feeling like a fraud.
For the first time in his life, he's legitimately rich, not just posturing. The ballroom, Home Makeover DC Edition renovations to the Lincoln bathroom and Oval screams new money. This "golden era" is him no longer feeling like a fraud.
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Trump‘s brilliant plan of 50 year mortgages means that after your first 20 years making huge interest payments to a bank you will have paid down almost none of the principal and they will still own the house you are living in with 30 years to go. A scam from a career con man.
November 9, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Trump‘s brilliant plan of 50 year mortgages means that after your first 20 years making huge interest payments to a bank you will have paid down almost none of the principal and they will still own the house you are living in with 30 years to go. A scam from a career con man.
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Thinking about this randomly and started laughing, again.
Can't stop wondering how many people at Variety saw this sentence (editors, etc) and were like, yes, that's also my interpretation of these lyrics.
Can't stop wondering how many people at Variety saw this sentence (editors, etc) and were like, yes, that's also my interpretation of these lyrics.
November 8, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Thinking about this randomly and started laughing, again.
Can't stop wondering how many people at Variety saw this sentence (editors, etc) and were like, yes, that's also my interpretation of these lyrics.
Can't stop wondering how many people at Variety saw this sentence (editors, etc) and were like, yes, that's also my interpretation of these lyrics.
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One encouraging parallel to our “second Gilded Age” is that the first one ended partly because the corporations controlling critical infrastructure overextended themselves, investing heavily in technology they were certain would produce future profits, and then collapsed and enraged everyone
November 8, 2025 at 8:05 AM
One encouraging parallel to our “second Gilded Age” is that the first one ended partly because the corporations controlling critical infrastructure overextended themselves, investing heavily in technology they were certain would produce future profits, and then collapsed and enraged everyone
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As the owner of an independent bookstore, I must ask all of y'all to do the opposite of this forever and ever, amen.
I am not allowed to buy more books until I read the ones I already own
November 8, 2025 at 9:17 PM
As the owner of an independent bookstore, I must ask all of y'all to do the opposite of this forever and ever, amen.
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we gotta stop with the tiny microphones. get a full size mic like an ADULT. you look like you’re at tea with a mouse
November 9, 2025 at 1:50 AM
we gotta stop with the tiny microphones. get a full size mic like an ADULT. you look like you’re at tea with a mouse
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If you’re wondering what a “least weasel” is, they absolutely live up to the name. This is the least amount of animal you can have that can still meet the bar for “is weasel”
June 2, 2025 at 6:30 AM
If you’re wondering what a “least weasel” is, they absolutely live up to the name. This is the least amount of animal you can have that can still meet the bar for “is weasel”
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
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Tech guys six months ago: haha yes we’re cutting all this WASTEFUL spending by eliminating medical research and USAID
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
November 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Tech guys six months ago: haha yes we’re cutting all this WASTEFUL spending by eliminating medical research and USAID
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
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40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
November 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
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They call her Laura Loomer because of the way she stands over your bed while you're asleep.
November 8, 2025 at 5:28 AM
They call her Laura Loomer because of the way she stands over your bed while you're asleep.
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I love that the Boston cop slide never got fixed and now people just willingly go down it in tribute. It’s basically a national landmark at this point
November 8, 2025 at 6:15 AM
I love that the Boston cop slide never got fixed and now people just willingly go down it in tribute. It’s basically a national landmark at this point
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Have you ever ended up hating a
fellow shopper just because you encounter them in every aisle? Grocery store entanglement is a bitch.
fellow shopper just because you encounter them in every aisle? Grocery store entanglement is a bitch.
November 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Have you ever ended up hating a
fellow shopper just because you encounter them in every aisle? Grocery store entanglement is a bitch.
fellow shopper just because you encounter them in every aisle? Grocery store entanglement is a bitch.
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I think we need to stop calling it empathy and go back to calling it decency. It isn't a favour you're doing someone else, it's you proving that you aren't a fucking ghoul
November 7, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I think we need to stop calling it empathy and go back to calling it decency. It isn't a favour you're doing someone else, it's you proving that you aren't a fucking ghoul
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As many have pointed out, Mamdani didn't stand apart from our trans brothers and sisters. He didn't play the "Gee, gosh, it sure is complicated," milquetoast moderate card. And he crushed.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
November 5, 2025 at 2:52 AM
As many have pointed out, Mamdani didn't stand apart from our trans brothers and sisters. He didn't play the "Gee, gosh, it sure is complicated," milquetoast moderate card. And he crushed.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
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Something I’ve noticed is there seems to be a sort of pervasive assumption that the status quo has gravity. That there’s a natural, comfortable way things should be and that deviations from the normal state of the world will correct themselves in time.
But as a paleontologist, I know this is false.
But as a paleontologist, I know this is false.
November 6, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Something I’ve noticed is there seems to be a sort of pervasive assumption that the status quo has gravity. That there’s a natural, comfortable way things should be and that deviations from the normal state of the world will correct themselves in time.
But as a paleontologist, I know this is false.
But as a paleontologist, I know this is false.