Steve Olson
@steveolson.bsky.social
Humble ad guy. potato influencer. whiskey & cephalopod obsessed. expat minnesotan. Learning about wine, to play banjo, and to be a 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
Always a good time to remind everyone that Australia lost 2 - TWO! - wars against Emu.
Terrifying that we have brought the Emu war home. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...
Terrifying that we have brought the Emu war home. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...
Runaway Emu Leads Florida Corporal in 45-Minute Police Chase
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January 16, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Always a good time to remind everyone that Australia lost 2 - TWO! - wars against Emu.
Terrifying that we have brought the Emu war home. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...
Terrifying that we have brought the Emu war home. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...
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While the pasty incels who work the federal agencies continue to churn out feeble, bloodless AI pastiches of Axis propaganda, here’s how a living breathing artist powerfully invokes design history. This is by illustrator Emily K in South Philly, a free poster-sized download on her website: →
January 15, 2026 at 7:57 PM
While the pasty incels who work the federal agencies continue to churn out feeble, bloodless AI pastiches of Axis propaganda, here’s how a living breathing artist powerfully invokes design history. This is by illustrator Emily K in South Philly, a free poster-sized download on her website: →
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I follow Tottenham Hotspur Football Club not for sport but because I’m a huge fan of Greek tragedies
#COYS
#COYS
Thomas Frank confirms Richarlison's knee tendon injury, he will be out for a period that may exceed seven weeks
January 15, 2026 at 5:43 PM
I follow Tottenham Hotspur Football Club not for sport but because I’m a huge fan of Greek tragedies
#COYS
#COYS
“You Betcha” is Minnesotan for “Oh indeed.”
Minnesotans coming around the neighborhood when ICE shows up
January 16, 2026 at 1:02 AM
“You Betcha” is Minnesotan for “Oh indeed.”
his name is KEVIN.
This is Kevin. He's a reactive dog getting some training to be more comfortable. His trainer brought him to a pet store for some socialization where they learned he is no longer reactive when given a giant stuffed dinosaur. 14/10 (TT: katieandtatesfostermates)
January 16, 2026 at 12:54 AM
his name is KEVIN.
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Naaaaaaailed it
January 15, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Naaaaaaailed it
fucking a. Died an absolute legend.
Holy hell, what an obituary
Renfrew Christie Dies at 76; Sabotaged Racist Regime’s Nuclear Program
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January 15, 2026 at 11:04 PM
fucking a. Died an absolute legend.
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Breaking news: An employee of El Paso County’s Office of the Medical Examiner said it is likely to classify the death of Geraldo Lunas Campos at an ICE detention center as a homicide. A detainee says he witnessed Campos being choked to death by guards.
Medical examiner believes death of man in ICE custody was homicide, recording says
A fellow detainee says he witnessed Geraldo Lunas Campos being choked to death by guards at the ICE detention center in Texas on Jan. 3.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 15, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Breaking news: An employee of El Paso County’s Office of the Medical Examiner said it is likely to classify the death of Geraldo Lunas Campos at an ICE detention center as a homicide. A detainee says he witnessed Campos being choked to death by guards.
Always a good time to remind everyone that Trump’s idol, Putin, stole Patriots-owner Bob Kraft’s Superbowl ring in 2017
Trump during Florida Panthers celebration: "I heard they have a little surprise. Ooh, that looks nice. I hope it's the stick and not just the shirt. That stick looks beautiful. That looks beautiful. Maybe I get both, who the hells knows. I'm president, I'll just take them."
January 15, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Always a good time to remind everyone that Trump’s idol, Putin, stole Patriots-owner Bob Kraft’s Superbowl ring in 2017
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🤡🤡🤡🤡
María Corina Machado on her meeting with Trump: “I presented the president of the United States with the Nobel Peace Prize”
January 15, 2026 at 9:43 PM
🤡🤡🤡🤡
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The Somali community, which at least at one point was the excuse for this crackdown, are there because decades ago because Lutheran Social Services and other Minnesota charities invited them, welcomed them, supported them, making MN their refuge as it had been for their own ancestors.
January 15, 2026 at 2:02 AM
The Somali community, which at least at one point was the excuse for this crackdown, are there because decades ago because Lutheran Social Services and other Minnesota charities invited them, welcomed them, supported them, making MN their refuge as it had been for their own ancestors.
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👇🎯 Folks look at you like you’re crazy when you say we’re in the midst of the worst, most unprecedented Article I constitutional crisis in American history, & then it’s Wednesday.
Here's an idea, constrain the executive *before* they do something crazy. Congress was Article I for a reason
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC), to Bloomberg TV:
“If there is military action against #Greenland, I will be one of the first people to file and co-sponsor a War Powers Resolution. It will pass.”
“If there is military action against #Greenland, I will be one of the first people to file and co-sponsor a War Powers Resolution. It will pass.”
January 15, 2026 at 2:42 AM
👇🎯 Folks look at you like you’re crazy when you say we’re in the midst of the worst, most unprecedented Article I constitutional crisis in American history, & then it’s Wednesday.
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As others have said, eliminating ICE from the federal org chart is the _moderate_ position.
January 15, 2026 at 2:39 AM
As others have said, eliminating ICE from the federal org chart is the _moderate_ position.
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hey, boys, let's go to Maine in the absolute dead of winter and make sure everybody there REALLY fucking hates the GOP right before a pivotal Senate election
BREAKING — Mayor of Lewiston, Maine posts on FB that ICE is coming to the city imminently. This confirms my reporting the agency is planning a surge in the city and state generally.
Lewiston is home to a large Somali-American population, which made up 4.6% of the population as of the 2020 census.
Lewiston is home to a large Somali-American population, which made up 4.6% of the population as of the 2020 census.
January 14, 2026 at 10:57 PM
hey, boys, let's go to Maine in the absolute dead of winter and make sure everybody there REALLY fucking hates the GOP right before a pivotal Senate election
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Just want to stress that this was a woman who was simply trying to get to a doctor's appointment.
We are so far past the Rubicon that it isn't worth having a discussion anymore as to whether Trump is acting as an authoritarian. The only question is whether we have the strength and courage to get back to the other side.
January 14, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Just want to stress that this was a woman who was simply trying to get to a doctor's appointment.
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Gallagher getting off private plane with family..... including cute doggo
Wasn't sure if it was a dog or a bear to be honest.
COYS
Wasn't sure if it was a dog or a bear to be honest.
COYS
January 14, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Gallagher getting off private plane with family..... including cute doggo
Wasn't sure if it was a dog or a bear to be honest.
COYS
Wasn't sure if it was a dog or a bear to be honest.
COYS
first of all, HOW DARE YOU www.nytimes.com/2024/02/17/w...
How Long Is Too Long to Stay in Bed? (Published 2024)
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January 14, 2026 at 8:06 PM
first of all, HOW DARE YOU www.nytimes.com/2024/02/17/w...
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Explain to me like I'm five what the 2nd Amendment is for if not for this. King George III never said anything this obnoxious or deliberately inflammatory.
January 14, 2026 at 5:20 AM
Explain to me like I'm five what the 2nd Amendment is for if not for this. King George III never said anything this obnoxious or deliberately inflammatory.
January 14, 2026 at 2:56 AM
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Minnesotan friends - or, minnesotan-friendly people… if you need some fancy letterpressed Fuck ICE signage, you can pick these and other fine items up from a college rugby chum here: www.instagram.com/lunalux.mn (avail to ship nationally or deliver locally).
January 14, 2026 at 1:14 AM
Minnesotan friends - or, minnesotan-friendly people… if you need some fancy letterpressed Fuck ICE signage, you can pick these and other fine items up from a college rugby chum here: www.instagram.com/lunalux.mn (avail to ship nationally or deliver locally).
One presumes Renee Good has ties to MANY organizations and activities that ARE COMPLETELY LEGAL
your journalists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could they didn't stop to think if they should
January 14, 2026 at 12:58 AM
One presumes Renee Good has ties to MANY organizations and activities that ARE COMPLETELY LEGAL
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This is a travesty of journalism — it doesn’t matter and does nothing to excuse ICE killing her.
your journalists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could they didn't stop to think if they should
January 14, 2026 at 12:52 AM
This is a travesty of journalism — it doesn’t matter and does nothing to excuse ICE killing her.
I was told that elected officials using the word “Fuck” was inflammatory and unbecoming.
Trump yells “fuck you” and flips off an auto worker in Michigan who yelled “pedophile protector” www.tmz.com/2026/01/13/t...
January 13, 2026 at 11:02 PM
I was told that elected officials using the word “Fuck” was inflammatory and unbecoming.