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Patrick Olsen

@patrickolsen.bsky.social

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Big fan of Marquette basketball, bourbon, The West Wing, Diet Coke, democracy. Fewer, not less. Longtime journalist, currently Editor-in-Chief @Carfax. All opinions are my own.

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Patrick Olsen @patrickolsen.bsky.social · 2d

Excellent idea.

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 2d

My choice for the Nobel Peace Prize this year:

Chef José Andrés and the World Central Kitchen.

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Patrick Olsen @patrickolsen.bsky.social · 2d

Excellent idea.

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 2d

My choice for the Nobel Peace Prize this year:

Chef José Andrés and the World Central Kitchen.

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Patrick Olsen @patrickolsen.bsky.social · 2d

So *many* times!!

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 2d

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 2d

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 2d

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 2d

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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Patrick Olsen @patrickolsen.bsky.social · 9d

You go, Rex!

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Patrick Olsen @patrickolsen.bsky.social · 9d

My favorite...

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Patrick Olsen @patrickolsen.bsky.social · 9d

My favorite...

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Patrick Olsen @patrickolsen.bsky.social · 11d

Can't wait for Markus Howard Day!

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Patrick Olsen @patrickolsen.bsky.social · 12d

I'd guess Cadillac, Chevrolet, Dodge

Patrick Olsen @patrickolsen.bsky.social · 17d

I see what you did there

Patrick Olsen @patrickolsen.bsky.social · 18d

Thanks!

Patrick Olsen @patrickolsen.bsky.social · 18d

Serious question: How do you *know* he ranks 125th? I'd love the be able to see the accuracy ratings of these sites/people.

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Patrick Olsen @patrickolsen.bsky.social · 19d

Amen.

Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 20d

1. Bluesky doesn’t downrank links
2. You can choose your own algorithm from among thousands
3. The whole app is open source

This keeps it a free and open platform by design, leading to better click-throughs and traffic to your site.

We 💙 the open web.

Patrick Olsen @patrickolsen.bsky.social · 19d

Maybe they smell a rare victory…

Patrick Olsen @patrickolsen.bsky.social · 20d

a little girl is asking why not both while standing in a kitchen .

Alt: a little girl is asking why not both while standing in a kitchen .

media.tenor.com

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Patrick Olsen @patrickolsen.bsky.social · 20d

A Big Mac box.

Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.bsky.social · 20d

What kind of food wrapper would your bribe come in?

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Phil Rosenthal @philrosenthal.bsky.social · 21d

Chicago Tribune's Stacey Wescott with a Pulitzer-worthyphoto of military veteran Curtis Evans carrying a U.S. flag through gas deployed by federal officers as they clear protesters from the entrance of the ICE facility today in Broadview. Note protest sign at bottom. (Story link in subsequent post.)

Via Chicago Tribune: "Curtis Evans, of Evanston, a military veteran, Marine Corps intelligence during President Ronald Reagan’s era, carries a U.S. flag through gas deployed by federal officers as they clear protesters from the entrance of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview on Sept. 19, 2025. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)"

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Patrick Olsen @patrickolsen.bsky.social · 23d

I see what you did there!

Patrick Olsen @patrickolsen.bsky.social · 28d

What a *great* column! I was in the rebuilding year club, but Tom may convince me yet MU is getting even better. Fingers crossed! #mubb #Marquette

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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 28d

Rarely does this regime give such a compliment to the folks fighting back. Please work to make this courage contagious: nokings.org

Screenshot of article where Trump explains pusback in Chicago got him to back off

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Patrick Olsen @patrickolsen.bsky.social · 28d

The route *seems* longer than I thought, but at least we’ll make good time.

#AppleCarPlay #AppleMaps #RoadTrip

Map showing 3-hour trip will be 26,892 miles, clearly in error.

Patrick Olsen @patrickolsen.bsky.social · 29d

It’ll make you pause, for sure.

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Patrick Olsen @patrickolsen.bsky.social · 29d

The plot for Airport ‘25!

Patrick Olsen @patrickolsen.bsky.social · Sep 8

Exactly!!

Patrick Olsen @patrickolsen.bsky.social · Sep 7

Also, pretty sure it was Cortes who had his ships scuttled to prevent going back…

Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · Sep 7

This is from Justice Barrett’s new book. I’ll just observe that it‘s a very strange metaphor to use to describe the decision to move to Washington D.C. to become a Supreme Court Justice. www.cbsnews.com/news/book-ex...

Jesse and I had a very brief time to make one of the biggest decisions in our marriage. His position was full support
on one condition: if we did it, we had to "burn the boats." The phrase comes from a military strategy used by Alexander the Great, who, after landing on the shores of enemy territory, ordered his men to burn the ships they had come in. With the option of exit gone, there was no choice but to forge ahead, no matter the
challenge. Likewise for us.