Brian Oliu
@brianoliu.bsky.social
former bama higher ed / current mn hunger relief comms / former egan’s dj / current cool dad / former bad poet-athlete / current bad poet-athlete
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A few ways we will know ICE is actually gone:
• Commuters no longer report regular verified ICE sightings
• Abduction reports dry up
• Hotel and car rentals end
• Non-ICE federal employees are brought back to the Whipple
• Commuters no longer report regular verified ICE sightings
• Abduction reports dry up
• Hotel and car rentals end
• Non-ICE federal employees are brought back to the Whipple
February 12, 2026 at 4:06 PM
A few ways we will know ICE is actually gone:
• Commuters no longer report regular verified ICE sightings
• Abduction reports dry up
• Hotel and car rentals end
• Non-ICE federal employees are brought back to the Whipple
• Commuters no longer report regular verified ICE sightings
• Abduction reports dry up
• Hotel and car rentals end
• Non-ICE federal employees are brought back to the Whipple
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My book comes out in about a month! I've got a mini-tour lined up this spring to promote it:
March 11, New York, NY
March 19, Berkeley, CA
March 27, Tuscaloosa AL
April 23, Davis, CA
May 27-28, London UK
Stay tuned for details! Now booking for fall too, if you're interested.
March 11, New York, NY
March 19, Berkeley, CA
March 27, Tuscaloosa AL
April 23, Davis, CA
May 27-28, London UK
Stay tuned for details! Now booking for fall too, if you're interested.
February 11, 2026 at 5:24 PM
My book comes out in about a month! I've got a mini-tour lined up this spring to promote it:
March 11, New York, NY
March 19, Berkeley, CA
March 27, Tuscaloosa AL
April 23, Davis, CA
May 27-28, London UK
Stay tuned for details! Now booking for fall too, if you're interested.
March 11, New York, NY
March 19, Berkeley, CA
March 27, Tuscaloosa AL
April 23, Davis, CA
May 27-28, London UK
Stay tuned for details! Now booking for fall too, if you're interested.
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REMEMBER: All the "Don't use em-dashes" "don't use rule of three" advice because it makes your writing "look like AI" is because they stole actual writers work, and their "predict the next thing" stuff just simulates what WE FUCKING DO. Keep writing well. Use every style and trick you have. Fuck AI.
July 3, 2025 at 7:43 PM
REMEMBER: All the "Don't use em-dashes" "don't use rule of three" advice because it makes your writing "look like AI" is because they stole actual writers work, and their "predict the next thing" stuff just simulates what WE FUCKING DO. Keep writing well. Use every style and trick you have. Fuck AI.
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Valentine’s Day, Edina
February 15, 2026 at 6:29 AM
Valentine’s Day, Edina
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"Half the country thinks—"
Stop right there. Some politicians, media figures, and influencers might, but they're nowhere close to half.
Good piece by @dennycarter.bsky.social about efforts to make TPUSA halftime, the Melania movie, etc appear popular so that people think America's evenly divided.
Stop right there. Some politicians, media figures, and influencers might, but they're nowhere close to half.
Good piece by @dennycarter.bsky.social about efforts to make TPUSA halftime, the Melania movie, etc appear popular so that people think America's evenly divided.
Wrote about the Turning Point USA Super Bowl halftime show and the Melania movie as the latest in a larger project to make the American right *seem* far more popular and culturally relevant than it actually is.
badfaithtimes.com/nothing-real...
badfaithtimes.com/nothing-real...
Nothing Real Can Emerge From The American Right's Unreality
The idea that the US is split exactly down the middle politically and culturally infiltrates everything
badfaithtimes.com
February 15, 2026 at 4:11 PM
"Half the country thinks—"
Stop right there. Some politicians, media figures, and influencers might, but they're nowhere close to half.
Good piece by @dennycarter.bsky.social about efforts to make TPUSA halftime, the Melania movie, etc appear popular so that people think America's evenly divided.
Stop right there. Some politicians, media figures, and influencers might, but they're nowhere close to half.
Good piece by @dennycarter.bsky.social about efforts to make TPUSA halftime, the Melania movie, etc appear popular so that people think America's evenly divided.
Valentine’s Day, Edina
February 15, 2026 at 6:29 AM
Valentine’s Day, Edina
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Apparently ICE has taken new vehicle deliveries at Whipple for the past three days. So I think we have to stay vigilant, but it’s equally plausible that ICE is so fucking incompetent that the people in charge never talked to the logistics folks who order the cars.
February 14, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Apparently ICE has taken new vehicle deliveries at Whipple for the past three days. So I think we have to stay vigilant, but it’s equally plausible that ICE is so fucking incompetent that the people in charge never talked to the logistics folks who order the cars.
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Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
took my girl to the mall and said she could pick out whatever she wanted your man ain’t about that life
February 14, 2026 at 9:00 PM
took my girl to the mall and said she could pick out whatever she wanted your man ain’t about that life
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get the kid in the brown hoodie a scholarship
February 13, 2026 at 10:28 PM
get the kid in the brown hoodie a scholarship
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you know, it still seems like it should be an even bigger issue that the president has been sending armed forces to kidnap and assault people in an ethnic cleansing campaign, with a specific geographic focus on regions that didn't vote for him in the last election
February 13, 2026 at 8:38 PM
you know, it still seems like it should be an even bigger issue that the president has been sending armed forces to kidnap and assault people in an ethnic cleansing campaign, with a specific geographic focus on regions that didn't vote for him in the last election
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Be careful, folks. ICE is still out there, circling the schools this morning. Even if this withdrawal is happening over the next week, some of the agents want to get their last bit of being shitheads in.
February 13, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Be careful, folks. ICE is still out there, circling the schools this morning. Even if this withdrawal is happening over the next week, some of the agents want to get their last bit of being shitheads in.
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Like The Last Mr. Bigg said, "Take that shit to trial" because they suck at it
they really are the new york jets of justice. @fergoe.blacksky.app nailed it so hard.
BREAKING: DOJ moves to drop criminal charges in alleged shovel/broom attack in Minneapolis that led ICE to open fire. "Newly discovered evidence in this matter is materially inconsistent with the allegations in the Complaint Affidavit," prosecutors say. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
February 13, 2026 at 2:50 AM
Like The Last Mr. Bigg said, "Take that shit to trial" because they suck at it
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BREAKING: The Trump administraiton has committed a mass violation of ICE detainees' constitutional rights in MN, effectively blocking their acess to attorneys in the Whipple building, a judge ruled tonight.
The judge: Trump appointeee Nancy Brasel
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The judge: Trump appointeee Nancy Brasel
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 13, 2026 at 12:00 AM
BREAKING: The Trump administraiton has committed a mass violation of ICE detainees' constitutional rights in MN, effectively blocking their acess to attorneys in the Whipple building, a judge ruled tonight.
The judge: Trump appointeee Nancy Brasel
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The judge: Trump appointeee Nancy Brasel
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Sunday Sunday Sunday
February 12, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Sunday Sunday Sunday
Sunday Sunday Sunday
February 12, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Sunday Sunday Sunday
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designing a new timberwolves jersey after every win 🐺
record: 34-22
record: 34-22
February 12, 2026 at 3:29 AM
designing a new timberwolves jersey after every win 🐺
record: 34-22
record: 34-22
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Anyone in Minnesota will tell you that this matches the eye test. They are simply grabbing anyone who's not white. Full stop. There is no other strategy to this at all. It's a racist, heinous federal occupation.
Dismantle the agencies.
Prosecute everyone involved.
Redistribute all the funding.
Dismantle the agencies.
Prosecute everyone involved.
Redistribute all the funding.
A stunning detail the ICE chief shared in this hearing that was supposed to be a brag, except it isn't: ICE has arrested 379,000 people between Jan. 2025-Jan. 2026 -- but only 8,700 were suspected gang members or known suspected terrorists.
That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
Congresswoman Uses Simple Math To Show How Broken ICE Is
www.huffpost.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Anyone in Minnesota will tell you that this matches the eye test. They are simply grabbing anyone who's not white. Full stop. There is no other strategy to this at all. It's a racist, heinous federal occupation.
Dismantle the agencies.
Prosecute everyone involved.
Redistribute all the funding.
Dismantle the agencies.
Prosecute everyone involved.
Redistribute all the funding.
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THE OLYMPICS OF BIATHLON MESS CONTINUES
GOLD MEDAL FOR THE WOMAN WHO STOLE HER TEAMMATE'S CREDIT CARDS
GOLD MEDAL FOR THE WOMAN WHO STOLE HER TEAMMATE'S CREDIT CARDS
February 11, 2026 at 2:55 PM
THE OLYMPICS OF BIATHLON MESS CONTINUES
GOLD MEDAL FOR THE WOMAN WHO STOLE HER TEAMMATE'S CREDIT CARDS
GOLD MEDAL FOR THE WOMAN WHO STOLE HER TEAMMATE'S CREDIT CARDS
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I feel relatively confident that Black Hart will weather the economic terrorism happening in MN. But when you do this work, almost every second of the day is anxiety about paying bills. I drive through my city and see businesses & people that are days from losing everything. It suck so hard.
February 10, 2026 at 3:18 PM
I feel relatively confident that Black Hart will weather the economic terrorism happening in MN. But when you do this work, almost every second of the day is anxiety about paying bills. I drive through my city and see businesses & people that are days from losing everything. It suck so hard.
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I'm officially signed up for the 2026 Twin Cities marathon, which will be my first marathon after Petra's birth & my first marathon post type one diabetes diagnosis. I'm also running as a member of the @2harvest.bsky.social team to raise money for hunger relief in Minnesota. You can donate here:
Help Tasha raise money for participating in 2026 Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon Weekend on October 4, 2026
Tasha is raising money for a great cause by participating in 2026 Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon Weekend on October 4, 2026. They need your help to reach their goal. Every donation gets them closer!
raceroster.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:50 PM
I'm officially signed up for the 2026 Twin Cities marathon, which will be my first marathon after Petra's birth & my first marathon post type one diabetes diagnosis. I'm also running as a member of the @2harvest.bsky.social team to raise money for hunger relief in Minnesota. You can donate here:
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The Trump regime is reminding some people in rural areas there’s a reason they hated Feds so much they killed a couple of them in the second verse of “Rocky Top”
Trump is badly losing the war over ICE, not just on the streets, but also in the culture. As Bad Bunny shows, this has become a culture war unto itself. Trump-MAGA's initial hubris has been utterly deflated.
I've got fresh data illustrating the point. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2062...
I've got fresh data illustrating the point. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2062...
Trump Rages at Bad Bunny—and Accidentally Exposes a Big MAGA Weakness
MAGA’s hatred of the Super Bowl halftime performer reflects a hubris about what parts of the culture are “theirs.” But those assumptions are proving more wrong every day.
newrepublic.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:00 PM
The Trump regime is reminding some people in rural areas there’s a reason they hated Feds so much they killed a couple of them in the second verse of “Rocky Top”
I’ve seen Kid Rock AND Ricky Martin live, really looking for my profile in The Atlantic
February 9, 2026 at 2:28 AM
I’ve seen Kid Rock AND Ricky Martin live, really looking for my profile in The Atlantic