Olga Rych, MSc
@olgarych.bsky.social
Harm reductionist, global public health and SRHR advocate, (queer)feminist, lover of libraries, believer in kindness. We can do better than capitalism. Also, dogs.
Wishing everyone a peaceful holiday season.
I am planning to turn my phone off and instead spend some time reading, take my dog and my camera for a walk, and engage in other analog activities.
Hope you can find some joy offline as well.
#Switzerland #hiking #naturephotography #Alps #sonyA6000
I am planning to turn my phone off and instead spend some time reading, take my dog and my camera for a walk, and engage in other analog activities.
Hope you can find some joy offline as well.
#Switzerland #hiking #naturephotography #Alps #sonyA6000
December 24, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Wishing everyone a peaceful holiday season.
I am planning to turn my phone off and instead spend some time reading, take my dog and my camera for a walk, and engage in other analog activities.
Hope you can find some joy offline as well.
#Switzerland #hiking #naturephotography #Alps #sonyA6000
I am planning to turn my phone off and instead spend some time reading, take my dog and my camera for a walk, and engage in other analog activities.
Hope you can find some joy offline as well.
#Switzerland #hiking #naturephotography #Alps #sonyA6000
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Would anyone like one of these books? 📚 I’d like to gift them out as they have been read and are ready for a new reader! Message me if so and I’ll send it to you! 🫶🥰
December 22, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Would anyone like one of these books? 📚 I’d like to gift them out as they have been read and are ready for a new reader! Message me if so and I’ll send it to you! 🫶🥰
La Berra, #Switzerland
Nothing like a day out there, on a hiking trail, amongst snowy tops and away from infinite scrolls.
#hiking #landscape #Alps #photography
Nothing like a day out there, on a hiking trail, amongst snowy tops and away from infinite scrolls.
#hiking #landscape #Alps #photography
December 21, 2025 at 8:58 AM
La Berra, #Switzerland
Nothing like a day out there, on a hiking trail, amongst snowy tops and away from infinite scrolls.
#hiking #landscape #Alps #photography
Nothing like a day out there, on a hiking trail, amongst snowy tops and away from infinite scrolls.
#hiking #landscape #Alps #photography
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To all the young people in New York and across our country who count on gender-affirming care:
I won't let this administration come for you, your doctors, or your lifesaving health care.
Your health care is still legal and protected.
I'll always fight for you.
I won't let this administration come for you, your doctors, or your lifesaving health care.
Your health care is still legal and protected.
I'll always fight for you.
December 18, 2025 at 4:22 PM
To all the young people in New York and across our country who count on gender-affirming care:
I won't let this administration come for you, your doctors, or your lifesaving health care.
Your health care is still legal and protected.
I'll always fight for you.
I won't let this administration come for you, your doctors, or your lifesaving health care.
Your health care is still legal and protected.
I'll always fight for you.
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Without extension of the healthcare tax credit at least 4.5M Americans will lose healthcare coverage in 2026! I am here to tell you that your local emergency room CANNOT absorb the primary care for these individuals. This ⬆️ burden on hospitals will affect healthcare for everyone even the insured!.
December 17, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Without extension of the healthcare tax credit at least 4.5M Americans will lose healthcare coverage in 2026! I am here to tell you that your local emergency room CANNOT absorb the primary care for these individuals. This ⬆️ burden on hospitals will affect healthcare for everyone even the insured!.
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December 15, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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Russia destroyed 100% of Odesa’s energy infrastructure. All substations were destroyed by missiles and drones.
The city has been completely left without electricity, hot water, and heating for over one million people, including all critical infrastructure.
The city has been completely left without electricity, hot water, and heating for over one million people, including all critical infrastructure.
December 14, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Russia destroyed 100% of Odesa’s energy infrastructure. All substations were destroyed by missiles and drones.
The city has been completely left without electricity, hot water, and heating for over one million people, including all critical infrastructure.
The city has been completely left without electricity, hot water, and heating for over one million people, including all critical infrastructure.
The internet is telling me that this little friend is called the Scurfy Twiglet and I just love the name.
Despite its small size (this one is 3 tall), it does a big job of helping decompose woody debris and releasing nutrients back into the soil, enriching ecosystems.
#fungi #mushrooms #macro
Despite its small size (this one is 3 tall), it does a big job of helping decompose woody debris and releasing nutrients back into the soil, enriching ecosystems.
#fungi #mushrooms #macro
December 13, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The internet is telling me that this little friend is called the Scurfy Twiglet and I just love the name.
Despite its small size (this one is 3 tall), it does a big job of helping decompose woody debris and releasing nutrients back into the soil, enriching ecosystems.
#fungi #mushrooms #macro
Despite its small size (this one is 3 tall), it does a big job of helping decompose woody debris and releasing nutrients back into the soil, enriching ecosystems.
#fungi #mushrooms #macro
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It's just f**king relentless.
Can't they understand? The orangutans and the rainforest ecosystem of which they're a part *IS* the gold.
Can't they understand? The orangutans and the rainforest ecosystem of which they're a part *IS* the gold.
It’s the world’s rarest ape. Now a billion-dollar dig for gold threatens its future
It’s the world’s rarest ape. Now a billion-dollar dig for gold threatens its future
Tapanuli orangutans survive only in Indonesia’s Sumatran rainforest where a mine expansion will cut through their home. Yet the mining company says the alternative will be worse
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:38 PM
It's just f**king relentless.
Can't they understand? The orangutans and the rainforest ecosystem of which they're a part *IS* the gold.
Can't they understand? The orangutans and the rainforest ecosystem of which they're a part *IS* the gold.
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December 6, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Things I saw on a dog walk today.
(Yes, I am very fortunate to be temporarily based in a country where a daily dog walk is like being inside some damn pretty postcard).
(Yes, I am very fortunate to be temporarily based in a country where a daily dog walk is like being inside some damn pretty postcard).
December 6, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Things I saw on a dog walk today.
(Yes, I am very fortunate to be temporarily based in a country where a daily dog walk is like being inside some damn pretty postcard).
(Yes, I am very fortunate to be temporarily based in a country where a daily dog walk is like being inside some damn pretty postcard).
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Deep sea mining has ‘devastating’ impact on biodiversity
www.channel4.com/news/deep-se...
www.channel4.com/news/deep-se...
Deep sea mining has ‘devastating’ impact on biodiversity
A landmark report into how deep sea mining could affect biodiversity on the sea floor has found that almost 40% of creatures in the immediate seabed area were lost in the tracks of mining machines.
www.channel4.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Deep sea mining has ‘devastating’ impact on biodiversity
www.channel4.com/news/deep-se...
www.channel4.com/news/deep-se...
What a magical shot. A whole different world captured. Stopped me in my scroll…
Photo of the day: A blue footed booby diving into the big blue. 📸
Photography by Henley Spiers.
Photography by Henley Spiers.
December 5, 2025 at 7:15 PM
What a magical shot. A whole different world captured. Stopped me in my scroll…
Every time I am in the mountains, I am reminded that cities and their man-made worlds are not where true beauty is.
We live on an astonishingly beautiful planet and yet we are keen on destroying it, just to make a few rich people richer.
There must be an other way.
We live on an astonishingly beautiful planet and yet we are keen on destroying it, just to make a few rich people richer.
There must be an other way.
December 5, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Every time I am in the mountains, I am reminded that cities and their man-made worlds are not where true beauty is.
We live on an astonishingly beautiful planet and yet we are keen on destroying it, just to make a few rich people richer.
There must be an other way.
We live on an astonishingly beautiful planet and yet we are keen on destroying it, just to make a few rich people richer.
There must be an other way.
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Most people + wellness brands don't know that many "superfoods" and medicinal herbs are sourced from the wild + are vulnerable to overexploitation, while harvesters are subjected to low wages and dangerous living + working conditions.
My latest for FoodPrint foodprint.org/blog/the-tru...
My latest for FoodPrint foodprint.org/blog/the-tru...
From goldenseal to reishi, what is the true cost of the wellness industry's obsession with wild foods?
As demand for wild-collected ingredients for food and beverage products increases, lack of knowledge around plant and worker health abounds
foodprint.org
December 3, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Most people + wellness brands don't know that many "superfoods" and medicinal herbs are sourced from the wild + are vulnerable to overexploitation, while harvesters are subjected to low wages and dangerous living + working conditions.
My latest for FoodPrint foodprint.org/blog/the-tru...
My latest for FoodPrint foodprint.org/blog/the-tru...
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I'm excited to announce this new study, published in The Lancet Planetary Health, which explores public support for degrowth and ecosocialist transformation. The findings are quite surprising.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
December 2, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I'm excited to announce this new study, published in The Lancet Planetary Health, which explores public support for degrowth and ecosocialist transformation. The findings are quite surprising.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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“Found in the Kyiv region after the attack, he spent 10 hours under the rubble”
November 30, 2025 at 5:44 AM
“Found in the Kyiv region after the attack, he spent 10 hours under the rubble”
So much to be grateful for, despite the relentless cycle of bad news this year. One of those things is ability to spend some time in the nature and in the mountains this year.
November 27, 2025 at 8:31 AM
So much to be grateful for, despite the relentless cycle of bad news this year. One of those things is ability to spend some time in the nature and in the mountains this year.
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I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Nothing compares to a walk along a snowy path in a hushed forest.
A gentle reminder that we need natural world more than it needs us and we are destroying it at an unprecedented pace.
A gentle reminder that we need natural world more than it needs us and we are destroying it at an unprecedented pace.
November 23, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Nothing compares to a walk along a snowy path in a hushed forest.
A gentle reminder that we need natural world more than it needs us and we are destroying it at an unprecedented pace.
A gentle reminder that we need natural world more than it needs us and we are destroying it at an unprecedented pace.
Another glorious day in the mountains. Winter undeniably here.
November 23, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Another glorious day in the mountains. Winter undeniably here.
Nothing compares to the calm and clarity of mind I feel in the mountains. The world feels hellbent on making us lose ourselves in anger and defeat. Find your place of calm as a matter of resistance.
November 21, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Nothing compares to the calm and clarity of mind I feel in the mountains. The world feels hellbent on making us lose ourselves in anger and defeat. Find your place of calm as a matter of resistance.
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"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob."
—FDR, 1936
—FDR, 1936
November 16, 2025 at 12:30 AM
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob."
—FDR, 1936
—FDR, 1936
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NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com: