Julia Olafson
@juliawithana.bsky.social
Knitter, science nerd, environmental regulator, and school board member. In that order. Having trouble letting go of the Oxford comma.
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we need to make high budget productions of classic literature with muppets again
we need muppet Sleepy Hollow, Muppet Dracula, Muppet Hound of the Baskervilles
ok maybe i just want spooky muppet movies but also this would fix things
we need muppet Sleepy Hollow, Muppet Dracula, Muppet Hound of the Baskervilles
ok maybe i just want spooky muppet movies but also this would fix things
January 18, 2026 at 3:20 AM
we need to make high budget productions of classic literature with muppets again
we need muppet Sleepy Hollow, Muppet Dracula, Muppet Hound of the Baskervilles
ok maybe i just want spooky muppet movies but also this would fix things
we need muppet Sleepy Hollow, Muppet Dracula, Muppet Hound of the Baskervilles
ok maybe i just want spooky muppet movies but also this would fix things
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This dude is intense and correct
January 15, 2026 at 9:05 AM
This dude is intense and correct
How I’m walking out of 2025
December 28, 2025 at 12:52 AM
How I’m walking out of 2025
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
Sheesh, NYT can’t even do a nostalgia right.
November 16, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Sheesh, NYT can’t even do a nostalgia right.
The cold never bothered me anyway. #Frankenstein
November 9, 2025 at 11:11 PM
The cold never bothered me anyway. #Frankenstein
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Dems in Disarray
November 5, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Dems in Disarray
Particulate, specifically if <2.5 microns, affects your lungs, duh. #AirQualityNerd #PM2.5
Marathon runners consistently finished slower in cities with higher levels of dangerous particles in the air, researchers found in a recent study.
Take a Deep Breath? How Bad Air Affects Your Marathon Finish Time
www.nytimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Particulate, specifically if <2.5 microns, affects your lungs, duh. #AirQualityNerd #PM2.5
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I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.
October 31, 2025 at 8:19 AM
I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.
If you see this, quote with a vampire that isn’t Dracula 🧛🏻♂️
October 29, 2025 at 12:35 AM
If you see this, quote with a vampire that isn’t Dracula 🧛🏻♂️
October 18, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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When it comes to climate change, our diets matter — and matter a lot.
Not to mention for biodiversity, water, and especially our own health.
The updated EAT-Lancet report makes this abundantly clear.
apnews.com/article/plan...
Not to mention for biodiversity, water, and especially our own health.
The updated EAT-Lancet report makes this abundantly clear.
apnews.com/article/plan...
A recipe for avoiding 15 million deaths a year and climate disaster is fixing food, scientists say
Scientists are presenting new evidence that the worst effects of climate change can’t be avoided without a major transformation of food systems.
apnews.com
October 3, 2025 at 2:08 PM
When it comes to climate change, our diets matter — and matter a lot.
Not to mention for biodiversity, water, and especially our own health.
The updated EAT-Lancet report makes this abundantly clear.
apnews.com/article/plan...
Not to mention for biodiversity, water, and especially our own health.
The updated EAT-Lancet report makes this abundantly clear.
apnews.com/article/plan...
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ME ON A TRAIN: Oh no, I accidentally clicked a video with sound! Oh god, people heard a second of loud sound from my phone. I have torn the social contract.
EVERYBODY ELSE ON TRAIN: Shit yeah, train time, time to watch the loudest TikToks
EVERYBODY ELSE ON TRAIN: Shit yeah, train time, time to watch the loudest TikToks
September 27, 2025 at 12:09 PM
ME ON A TRAIN: Oh no, I accidentally clicked a video with sound! Oh god, people heard a second of loud sound from my phone. I have torn the social contract.
EVERYBODY ELSE ON TRAIN: Shit yeah, train time, time to watch the loudest TikToks
EVERYBODY ELSE ON TRAIN: Shit yeah, train time, time to watch the loudest TikToks
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this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
August 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
Advertise your account with a gif
August 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Advertise your account with a gif
I love New York.
“The reception was mostly warm besides an occasional detractor, including a man who pulled Cuomo in for a handshake, took out his phone for a selfie, and as the former three-term governor of New York smiled for the camera, told him, ‘I can’t wait to watch you lose again.’”
Andrew Cuomo gets out on the streets of New York as he tries to take City Hall | CNN Politics
Andrew Cuomo made his way across New York City’s five boroughs over the weekend stopping into public housing cookouts in Harlem, pouring rum behind a bar in Brooklyn and walking in the Colombian Day P...
www.cnn.com
July 28, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I love New York.
Every sentence of this is unacceptable treatment of a refugee by anyone, let alone from a federal government agency.
July 19, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Every sentence of this is unacceptable treatment of a refugee by anyone, let alone from a federal government agency.
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Suddenly remembering the Abu Ghraib selfies for some reason.
Floridians are taking pictures of themselves next to the sign for their new death camp
As I've said before, giving this concentration camp a cutesy name is reprehensible
As I've said before, giving this concentration camp a cutesy name is reprehensible
July 5, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Suddenly remembering the Abu Ghraib selfies for some reason.
I always laugh when I’m looking through the list of municipalities and they get to New Morgan Borough in the report for #BerksCountyElections #LandDontVote
May 21, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I always laugh when I’m looking through the list of municipalities and they get to New Morgan Borough in the report for #BerksCountyElections #LandDontVote
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May 17, 2025 at 2:42 AM
2017: every time we fire someone, replace them with Jared Kushner.
2025: every time we fire someone, replace them with Marco Rubio.
Yeah. We learned approximately zero lessons.
2025: every time we fire someone, replace them with Marco Rubio.
Yeah. We learned approximately zero lessons.
May 2, 2025 at 3:35 PM
2017: every time we fire someone, replace them with Jared Kushner.
2025: every time we fire someone, replace them with Marco Rubio.
Yeah. We learned approximately zero lessons.
2025: every time we fire someone, replace them with Marco Rubio.
Yeah. We learned approximately zero lessons.
Movie you’ve watched more than six times using gifs.
(“Hard mode” no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LOTR)
(“Hard mode” no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LOTR)
April 26, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times using gifs.
(“Hard mode” no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LOTR)
(“Hard mode” no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LOTR)
It’s going to be nice when the #filibuster record isn’t a love letter to racism.
April 1, 2025 at 9:53 PM
It’s going to be nice when the #filibuster record isn’t a love letter to racism.
Can we send @booker.senate.gov a sponsorship item like they did for the tributes in the hunger games? I vote for an oat milk latte and vegan trail mix?
April 1, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Can we send @booker.senate.gov a sponsorship item like they did for the tributes in the hunger games? I vote for an oat milk latte and vegan trail mix?