Steve Olson
@steveolson.bsky.social
Humble ad guy. potato influencer. whiskey & cephalopod obsessed. expat minnesotan. Novice wine drinker and bonsai... uh... keeper?
Sportsball: Vikings, Tottenham, Bath Rugby.
Sportsball: Vikings, Tottenham, Bath Rugby.
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Steve Olson
@steveolson.bsky.social
· Jan 10
Damn, "Hurricane Season" was dark.. A perfect book to kick off the 2025 Reading Season. I did struggle with how to feel about it, but reading @jcljules.bsky.social's 2020 review citing Marlon James' quote about the need to risk "pornography" in describing the impacts of violence helped. #booksky
pupdate: emotional support boxer is feeling bad enough for me after spurs went down 2 to fulham early that he decided to put a shift in anyhow. #coys
November 29, 2025 at 8:35 PM
pupdate: emotional support boxer is feeling bad enough for me after spurs went down 2 to fulham early that he decided to put a shift in anyhow. #coys
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Former US military lawyers speak out:
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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November 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Former US military lawyers speak out:
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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This is actually a relevant factor here: it's been pretty clear SOUTHCOM, whose commander resigned, has been pushing back, at least somewhat. They're putting it under the operational command of SOCOM specifically because that's the most already rotten place you'll find people happy to do crimes.
Why do you need Seal Team 6 to blow up a fucking boat?
This would be an unambiguous war crime even in a proper war against a real enemy’s navy.
November 28, 2025 at 9:14 PM
This is actually a relevant factor here: it's been pretty clear SOUTHCOM, whose commander resigned, has been pushing back, at least somewhat. They're putting it under the operational command of SOCOM specifically because that's the most already rotten place you'll find people happy to do crimes.
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in the midst of our supposed campaign against Venezuelan drug traffickers the President of the United States has chosen to pardon the Former President of Honduras, freeing him from his long prison sentence earned for trafficking more than 400 tons of cocaine into the United States
November 28, 2025 at 10:12 PM
in the midst of our supposed campaign against Venezuelan drug traffickers the President of the United States has chosen to pardon the Former President of Honduras, freeing him from his long prison sentence earned for trafficking more than 400 tons of cocaine into the United States
I guess it’s an improvement over pardoning international sex traffickers?
“Additionally, I Will be granting a Full and Complete Pardon to Former President Juan Orlando Hernandez who has been, according to many people that | greatly respect, treated very harshly and unfairly.”
November 28, 2025 at 11:23 PM
I guess it’s an improvement over pardoning international sex traffickers?
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To be explicit, we executed a German U-Boat commander who said he had to sink lifesaving gear / “inadvertently” kill survivors because it might give away his position, thereby potentially resulting in the loss of his submarine.
We executed multiple members of that crew.
We executed multiple members of that crew.
November 28, 2025 at 6:11 PM
To be explicit, we executed a German U-Boat commander who said he had to sink lifesaving gear / “inadvertently” kill survivors because it might give away his position, thereby potentially resulting in the loss of his submarine.
We executed multiple members of that crew.
We executed multiple members of that crew.
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If the U.S. was at war, Pete Hegseth's order would be a war crime, a military lawyer said. Instead, it might just be murder. wapo.st/49KbUJ1
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
If the U.S. was at war, Pete Hegseth's order would be a war crime, a military lawyer said. Instead, it might just be murder. wapo.st/49KbUJ1
as a minor international potato expert, I endorse this fashion trend. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/s...
The Potato Shoe Theory
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:05 PM
as a minor international potato expert, I endorse this fashion trend. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/s...
This is the future liberals want.
“Australia is on course to meet a target of eliminating cervical cancer by 2035, which, if achieved, will make it the first country to do so.” This is due in large part to their HPV vaccination campaign. [www1.racgp.org.au]
newsGP - Australia set for world-first cervical cancer elimination
Vaccination programs have played a key role, and GPs remain ‘instrumental’ in boosting screening rates to reach the 2035 target.
www1.racgp.org.au
November 28, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This is the future liberals want.
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Is there anything more anticlimactic than Black Friday, a day that has been happening for weeks?
November 28, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Is there anything more anticlimactic than Black Friday, a day that has been happening for weeks?
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The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.
November 28, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.
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If one Afghan nationalist shooter means all Afghan nationalists are evil, wait until I tell you about white male shooters.
November 27, 2025 at 11:04 AM
If one Afghan nationalist shooter means all Afghan nationalists are evil, wait until I tell you about white male shooters.
it’s fine. we gen xers are used to being ignored. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/b...
Gen X-ers Have Money to Spend. Why Are Retailers Ignoring Them?
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:44 PM
it’s fine. we gen xers are used to being ignored. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/b...
It’s been a pretty decent year of growth for my giant sequoia bonsai, especially after moving to a house with full sun yard for him this June!
November 27, 2025 at 7:54 PM
It’s been a pretty decent year of growth for my giant sequoia bonsai, especially after moving to a house with full sun yard for him this June!
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ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
I’m old enough to remember the 80s when we supposedly learned that maybe having our CIA training, equipping and running death squads in other countries was a bad idea. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
D.C. Shooting Suspect ‘Could Not Tolerate’ the Violence of His C.I.A.-Backed Unit in Afghanistan, a Childhood Friend Said
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I’m old enough to remember the 80s when we supposedly learned that maybe having our CIA training, equipping and running death squads in other countries was a bad idea. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
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Hey, congratulations to all of Olivia Nuzzi’s horny media critic defenders. Heckuva job!
November 26, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Hey, congratulations to all of Olivia Nuzzi’s horny media critic defenders. Heckuva job!
The best thing about the Nuzzi / Lizza / RFK Jr. story is about how literally ever player in it is like the worst person in the world.
I mean, look at Lizza's glasses?!
Oh, wait, is this why people watch reality TV?! It suddenly makes more sense...
I mean, look at Lizza's glasses?!
Oh, wait, is this why people watch reality TV?! It suddenly makes more sense...
I wrote 4000 words about Nuzzi/Lizza/RFK, please read it before it gets taken down by HR
The Olivia Nuzzi and RFK Jr. Affair Is Messier Than We Ever Could Have Imagined
Inside the most important, and also least important, story of our time
www.theringer.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:53 PM
The best thing about the Nuzzi / Lizza / RFK Jr. story is about how literally ever player in it is like the worst person in the world.
I mean, look at Lizza's glasses?!
Oh, wait, is this why people watch reality TV?! It suddenly makes more sense...
I mean, look at Lizza's glasses?!
Oh, wait, is this why people watch reality TV?! It suddenly makes more sense...
Apologies for my previous skeet about leopards eating Leavitt's face.
Even now, it hadn't occurred to me that these monsters would be so soulless as to have sicced the leopards on her brother's baby momma so he could get sole custody of the lil guy.
JEEBUS.
Even now, it hadn't occurred to me that these monsters would be so soulless as to have sicced the leopards on her brother's baby momma so he could get sole custody of the lil guy.
JEEBUS.
This article heavily implies that ICE is being used in a custody dispute to help Karoline Leavitt's brother get his son and have the mother locked up in ICE detention
"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
November 26, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Apologies for my previous skeet about leopards eating Leavitt's face.
Even now, it hadn't occurred to me that these monsters would be so soulless as to have sicced the leopards on her brother's baby momma so he could get sole custody of the lil guy.
JEEBUS.
Even now, it hadn't occurred to me that these monsters would be so soulless as to have sicced the leopards on her brother's baby momma so he could get sole custody of the lil guy.
JEEBUS.
Big day for leopards eating faces, as Karoline Leavitt's nephew's mom was abducted by ICE. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
ICE Detains Woman With Family Ties to White House Press Secretary
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Big day for leopards eating faces, as Karoline Leavitt's nephew's mom was abducted by ICE. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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When I worked for Obama, I advised him on how to talk to Russian leaders. I never gave the Kremlin advice on how to talk to Obama (and I talked to Ushakov many times!).
November 26, 2025 at 5:33 PM
When I worked for Obama, I advised him on how to talk to Russian leaders. I never gave the Kremlin advice on how to talk to Obama (and I talked to Ushakov many times!).
The executive is unitary, unless there are consequences, in which case the executive couldn't possibly have known what his underlings were doing.
IF ONLY THE TSAR HAD KNOWN!
IF ONLY THE TSAR HAD KNOWN!
Nothing about the conduct of the Trump II White House would suggest that Noem was running the Alien Enemies Act operation herself, let alone out there freelancing on her own. But we’re supposed to believe that the buck stopped with … Kristi Noem.
talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
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The Contempt of Court Buck Stops With … Kristi Noem?
Not Buying It For One Hot Second For the first time, the...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:37 PM
The executive is unitary, unless there are consequences, in which case the executive couldn't possibly have known what his underlings were doing.
IF ONLY THE TSAR HAD KNOWN!
IF ONLY THE TSAR HAD KNOWN!