Olga Bourlin
@olgabourlin.bsky.social
Skeptic, progressive Democrat, anti-racist, anti-MAGA, anti-fascist, secular humanist, movie and opera buff. Board Member at The Freethought Society. Former Editor Kurtz Institute. Views expressed are mine. No DMs ex-Facebook #StandWithUkraine #BLM #LGBTQ
Zucked again!
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Meta shuts down global accounts linked to abortion advice and queer content
More than 50 organisations report sites being restricted or removed, with abortion hotlines blocked and posts showing non-explicit nudity triggering warnings
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December 11, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Zucked again!
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It's time for the Christmas Borg. Have you been assimilated? Is resistance futile?
The Tyranny of Christmas
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Come to Love My Quiet Noncompliance
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December 8, 2025 at 7:54 PM
It's time for the Christmas Borg. Have you been assimilated? Is resistance futile?
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The headline, the main takeaway from a European viewpoint is this:
The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.
The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.
December 5, 2025 at 9:49 AM
The headline, the main takeaway from a European viewpoint is this:
The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.
The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.
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The new National Security Strategy is a propaganda document, designed to be widely read. It is also a performative suicide. Hard to think of another great power ever abdicating its influence so quickly and so publicly. It will be worth following the reactions around the world, not just in Europe.
Trump's national security strategy is out and some of the Europe sections are shocking. "...the growing influence of patriotic European parties indeed
gives cause for great optimism."
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gives cause for great optimism."
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December 5, 2025 at 12:17 PM
The new National Security Strategy is a propaganda document, designed to be widely read. It is also a performative suicide. Hard to think of another great power ever abdicating its influence so quickly and so publicly. It will be worth following the reactions around the world, not just in Europe.
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Anyway, in my undergraduate studies of foreign affairs we talked about NSC 68; I suppose students of some future time might study this text as (*ahem*) NSC 88.
NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY DROPPED
There is a LOT here, but omg NATO allies are going to seethe at this paragraph
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There is a LOT here, but omg NATO allies are going to seethe at this paragraph
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
December 5, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Anyway, in my undergraduate studies of foreign affairs we talked about NSC 68; I suppose students of some future time might study this text as (*ahem*) NSC 88.
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The Trump administration has quietly released its National Security Strategy — apparently late on Thursday. Usually there's a rollout and fanfare for these things: www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
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December 5, 2025 at 4:48 AM
The Trump administration has quietly released its National Security Strategy — apparently late on Thursday. Usually there's a rollout and fanfare for these things: www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
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Unsurprisingly, the 2022 Biden NSS is very clear about Russia as a threat to the US, its allies, and to international security. These are just a couple of its statements on Russia:
December 5, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Unsurprisingly, the 2022 Biden NSS is very clear about Russia as a threat to the US, its allies, and to international security. These are just a couple of its statements on Russia:
It's a big problem:
November 27, 2025 at 5:13 AM
It's a big problem:
Pay close attention to mainstream conversations about racial injustice and you may notice a curious pattern: clear racial animus gets relabeled as “stupidity,” systemic discrimination becomes mere “ignorance,” and white supremacist ideology is dismissed as people simply “not knowing any better.”
The R-Word: When 'Stupid' Becomes the Substitute
America's Two Fonzie Moments: What We Won't Say, and What We Shouldn't
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November 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Pay close attention to mainstream conversations about racial injustice and you may notice a curious pattern: clear racial animus gets relabeled as “stupidity,” systemic discrimination becomes mere “ignorance,” and white supremacist ideology is dismissed as people simply “not knowing any better.”
A regular family reunion, but one that revealed a quiet act of moral courage.
Cabbages and Kings
Of Many Things: A Family Reunion
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November 17, 2025 at 5:41 PM
A regular family reunion, but one that revealed a quiet act of moral courage.
My new Substack is essentially in praise of asking questions.
Flying Carpets and Blind Faith
The Strange Pride of Belief Without Evidence
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November 7, 2025 at 3:11 AM
My new Substack is essentially in praise of asking questions.
Great Gods! I mean that facetiously.
Here's my new Substack, which - as it turns out - will be a kind of prequel to the next one, which will be out soon.
Here's my new Substack, which - as it turns out - will be a kind of prequel to the next one, which will be out soon.
Great Gods!
A History of Divine Obsolescence
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November 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Great Gods! I mean that facetiously.
Here's my new Substack, which - as it turns out - will be a kind of prequel to the next one, which will be out soon.
Here's my new Substack, which - as it turns out - will be a kind of prequel to the next one, which will be out soon.
When White America Despised Dr. King
When White America Despised Dr. King
Remembering Dr. King Behind the Sanitized Dream
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October 29, 2025 at 4:12 PM
When White America Despised Dr. King