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Oli R.

@ohlistic.bsky.social

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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.

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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 18d

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!

worm @rfksbrainworm.bsky.social · 19d

really enjoying all the people trying to explain the bible to the pope today

Pope Leo XIV
Today, more than ever, we must return to the heart, the center of feeling and emotion, the locus of freedom. Though it includes reason, the heart transcends and transforms it. Only by returning to the heart can we undergo a true ecological conversion that transforms our personal

Austin
I reject this whole heartedly. What you fail to see Mr Pope, the Bible says

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Oli R. @ohlistic.bsky.social · Sep 11

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.

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Oli R. @ohlistic.bsky.social · Sep 8

Sometimes, a nighttime dream can be so soul-stripping you wake up a broken person.

Oli R. @ohlistic.bsky.social · Aug 27

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Paul Frazee @pfrazee.com · Aug 9

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

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Oli R. @ohlistic.bsky.social · Jul 31

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...

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Oli R. @ohlistic.bsky.social · Jul 31

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.

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Oli R. @ohlistic.bsky.social · Jul 30

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...

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Oli R. @ohlistic.bsky.social · Jul 28

Once the narrative is established that pink/progressives are electable within these barangays, the next step is for these barangay leaders to set forth more proof of concept to wider voters that the movement can be entrusted with government.

Oli R. @ohlistic.bsky.social · Jul 28

In the past, the barangay level data was tedious to collate. Now, the ease it could be done should be taken advantage of.

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Oli R. @ohlistic.bsky.social · Jul 28

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.

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Oli R. @ohlistic.bsky.social · Jul 25

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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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · Jul 9

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%.

Infographic titled “One Court, Two Standards” compares how the Supreme Court used emergency powers to rule on lower-court injunctions against the Biden and Trump administrations. Two panels show:
• Biden Administration: Lower courts blocked policies in 21 cases. All 21 cases are represented by red squares, indicating that 0% of injunctions/TROs were lifted by SCOTUS.
• Trump Administration: Lower courts blocked policies in 86 cases. 66 green squares and 20 red squares show that 77% of injunctions/TROs were lifted by SCOTUS.

Key takeaway box below reads:
“Using its ‘shadow docket,’ the Supreme Court granted emergency relief to lift 77% of lower-court injunctions against the Trump administration. It lifted 0% of those against the Biden administration.”

Sources and notes below include: CourtListener data through July 7, 2025; analysis by Adam Bonica.

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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · Jul 14

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.

Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · Jul 14

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.

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Oli R. @ohlistic.bsky.social · Jul 9

Rate guide for freelance writers, Philippines.

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HuffPost @huffpost.com · Jun 27

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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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · Jun 27

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.

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Oli R. @ohlistic.bsky.social · Jun 27

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Oli R. @ohlistic.bsky.social · Jun 26

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.

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Oli R. @ohlistic.bsky.social · Jun 25

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/...

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · Jun 15

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

"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

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Oli R. @ohlistic.bsky.social · Jun 12

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.

Oli R. @ohlistic.bsky.social · Jun 12

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.

Oli R. @ohlistic.bsky.social · Jun 12

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.

Oli R. @ohlistic.bsky.social · Jun 12

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.