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
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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...
talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
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!
Spent some quality time cleaning up Alan, this olive i acquired a couple years back, today. He’s much happier with the direct sun in our new yard, but got quite leggy in the shade at our old place. Need a plan to prune him to prepare him for Spring.
November 25, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Spent some quality time cleaning up Alan, this olive i acquired a couple years back, today. He’s much happier with the direct sun in our new yard, but got quite leggy in the shade at our old place. Need a plan to prune him to prepare him for Spring.
I am extremely here for this sandwich fighting.
(FTR, Dalessandro's rules, and so does John's, but their roast pork is really the star there and that sandwich is imho shamefully underrated by non-philadelphians). #foodtok www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/d...
(FTR, Dalessandro's rules, and so does John's, but their roast pork is really the star there and that sandwich is imho shamefully underrated by non-philadelphians). #foodtok www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/d...
Michelin Honored the Cheesesteak. Not All Philadelphians Cheered.
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I am extremely here for this sandwich fighting.
(FTR, Dalessandro's rules, and so does John's, but their roast pork is really the star there and that sandwich is imho shamefully underrated by non-philadelphians). #foodtok www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/d...
(FTR, Dalessandro's rules, and so does John's, but their roast pork is really the star there and that sandwich is imho shamefully underrated by non-philadelphians). #foodtok www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/d...
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amen to this. fit it into a 20 second tiktok or a bumper sticker or gtfo.
I'll tell you what I want: Concise. I'm sure there are people who love Rachel Maddow taking 20 minutes to make a point but I do not. I also can do without articles that start out like novels describing scenery or some crap.
November 25, 2025 at 5:39 PM
amen to this. fit it into a 20 second tiktok or a bumper sticker or gtfo.
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"When Leavitt bragged about how extremely qualified Halligan is, she inadvertently revealed the biggest problem for Trump. Even the administration wins their appeal, they're stuck with the plethora of other Halligan missteps that warrant dismissal." — @snipy.bsky.social
Trump's lawfare takes a big L
The war isn't over but this battle was a rout.
www.publicnotice.co
November 25, 2025 at 3:29 PM
"When Leavitt bragged about how extremely qualified Halligan is, she inadvertently revealed the biggest problem for Trump. Even the administration wins their appeal, they're stuck with the plethora of other Halligan missteps that warrant dismissal." — @snipy.bsky.social
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I mean, the guy’s afraid of Scouts. Don’t know what to tell you
November 25, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I mean, the guy’s afraid of Scouts. Don’t know what to tell you
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In “every Trump accusation is a confession,” it says a lot about the current Pentagon that simply starting the longstanding, unambiguous, and nonpartisan rule “don’t obey illegal orders” sets Hegseth off on a spiral of “hey, don’t talk about our illegal orders!”
Mark Kelly: "I said something that was pretty simple and non-controversial, and that was that members of the military should follow the law. In response to that, Trump said I should be executed, I should be hanged ... it says a lot more about him than it says about me. I'm not going to be silenced."
November 25, 2025 at 2:46 AM
In “every Trump accusation is a confession,” it says a lot about the current Pentagon that simply starting the longstanding, unambiguous, and nonpartisan rule “don’t obey illegal orders” sets Hegseth off on a spiral of “hey, don’t talk about our illegal orders!”
Babe, wake up. New reason to get off twitter just dropped: Drive-by Chotinings.
If Isaac Chotiner ever said this to me, I would move to the woods.
November 25, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Babe, wake up. New reason to get off twitter just dropped: Drive-by Chotinings.
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“I refuse to pretend that both of us are dumber than we are” is a tour de force insult, simultaneously respectful and brutal
If Isaac Chotiner ever said this to me, I would move to the woods.
November 25, 2025 at 1:43 AM
“I refuse to pretend that both of us are dumber than we are” is a tour de force insult, simultaneously respectful and brutal
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we should make a new holiday focused on hand pies
November 25, 2025 at 2:15 AM
we should make a new holiday focused on hand pies
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Campbell's soup VP caught on tape trashing his own brand. Oof. www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2...
November 24, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Campbell's soup VP caught on tape trashing his own brand. Oof. www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2...
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Refusing to defend what was right and allow Republicans to define the debate is the stain on our brand. People don't want to support weaklings who refuse to stand up what they supposedly believe in.
Even today, Carville claimed "the era of performative woke politics from 2020 to 2024 has left a lasting stain on our brand."
The peak of that was 2020... when we won POTUS and gained 3 Senate seats.
"We lost in 2020 because of woke" is not a sensible argument! We won! But he just breezes over it.
The peak of that was 2020... when we won POTUS and gained 3 Senate seats.
"We lost in 2020 because of woke" is not a sensible argument! We won! But he just breezes over it.
The thing about Carville's piece is that it's a perfect example of the way centrists can't write literally anything without getting in a few jabs at the left/minorities. It's entirely possible to run on "economic rage," sure. There's no need to go, "And remember what some people on Tumblr said??"
November 24, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Refusing to defend what was right and allow Republicans to define the debate is the stain on our brand. People don't want to support weaklings who refuse to stand up what they supposedly believe in.
honestly the most unbelievable thing here is that someone would inentionally invite Elon to a party.
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 7:32 PM
honestly the most unbelievable thing here is that someone would inentionally invite Elon to a party.
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the Pope is singing 'Clementine' by Elliott Smith
November 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
the Pope is singing 'Clementine' by Elliott Smith
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Some of us have been advocating this going back since chatGPT launched. It also has other benefits: correcting someone else's work is actually a really good way to learn something yourself.
November 23, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Some of us have been advocating this going back since chatGPT launched. It also has other benefits: correcting someone else's work is actually a really good way to learn something yourself.
valid description of the current state of twitter.
I think the most frustrating part is previously malicious state actors made ragebait for political reasons. Now, ragebait just is cheap and easy revenue for unscrupulous actors. No agenda required.
I think the most frustrating part is previously malicious state actors made ragebait for political reasons. Now, ragebait just is cheap and easy revenue for unscrupulous actors. No agenda required.
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 8:13 PM
valid description of the current state of twitter.
I think the most frustrating part is previously malicious state actors made ragebait for political reasons. Now, ragebait just is cheap and easy revenue for unscrupulous actors. No agenda required.
I think the most frustrating part is previously malicious state actors made ragebait for political reasons. Now, ragebait just is cheap and easy revenue for unscrupulous actors. No agenda required.
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It’s probably not great the vast majority of American journalists and other media zeitgeist people are letting their brains marinate in this toxic sludge
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
It’s probably not great the vast majority of American journalists and other media zeitgeist people are letting their brains marinate in this toxic sludge
November 23, 2025 at 6:29 PM