Troy Olney
@troyolney.bsky.social
Dad and Husband in South Austin, TX. Trying to figure out what the hell is happening.
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listen, I know you're exhausted what with the baby keeping you up all night and requiring constant supervision all day but you really should set up a microbiology lab in the den and conduct a double-blind longitudinal study of the efficacy of the polio vaccine in your spare time
April 30, 2025 at 6:25 PM
listen, I know you're exhausted what with the baby keeping you up all night and requiring constant supervision all day but you really should set up a microbiology lab in the den and conduct a double-blind longitudinal study of the efficacy of the polio vaccine in your spare time
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The Golden Toilet Guy now lecturing the plebes about whether their kids need toys.
Trump on China: "They made a trillion dollars with Biden selling us stuff. Much of it we don't need. Somebody said, 'oh, the shelves are gonna be open.' Well, maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls, and maybe the two dolls will cost a couple of bucks more."
April 30, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The Golden Toilet Guy now lecturing the plebes about whether their kids need toys.
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Personally I think the bar for the US Senate should be higher than “able to move around and take nourishment”
How Durbin plans to decide on another term:
"Whether I'm still physically able, mentally able to deal with the issues. This press conference is an indication that I still have my wits about me. And when it comes to the physical side of it, up and moving around, taking nourishment."
"Whether I'm still physically able, mentally able to deal with the issues. This press conference is an indication that I still have my wits about me. And when it comes to the physical side of it, up and moving around, taking nourishment."
New FEC filing shows that #ILSen Dick Durbin, who still hasn't confirmed whether he'll seek reelection next year, raised less than $43,000 in the first quarter of the year docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/form...
April 15, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Personally I think the bar for the US Senate should be higher than “able to move around and take nourishment”
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I'd wager it's 100% certain they already did this and they're getting ahead of it
Leavitt confirmed that the WH is working on deporting US citizens to El Salvador
April 8, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I'd wager it's 100% certain they already did this and they're getting ahead of it
More of this, please.
“The Japanese American National Museum says Trump admin may withhold as much as $2 million approved by the Biden admin.”
“Facing pressure to scrub its website of diversity and inclusion references, a JANM leader says the museum will ‘scrub nothing.’”
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
“Facing pressure to scrub its website of diversity and inclusion references, a JANM leader says the museum will ‘scrub nothing.’”
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Japanese American National Museum takes a stand against DOGE cuts to NEH
The National Endowment for the Humanities warned museums across the country that it was slashing funding, including money previously pledged to places such as LACMA and the Japanese American National ...
www.latimes.com
April 6, 2025 at 3:04 PM
More of this, please.
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Dead people telling the President to pursue a trade war with an uninhabited island is real George III territory
April 2, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Dead people telling the President to pursue a trade war with an uninhabited island is real George III territory
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As of Friday, there have been 46 cases in which federal judges have blocked Trump policies.
The rulings in those cases have come from 39 different judges appointed by 5 different presidents (of both parties) to 11 different district courts across 7 different circuits.
Maybe it's not the judges?
The rulings in those cases have come from 39 different judges appointed by 5 different presidents (of both parties) to 11 different district courts across 7 different circuits.
Maybe it's not the judges?
March 30, 2025 at 1:15 PM
As of Friday, there have been 46 cases in which federal judges have blocked Trump policies.
The rulings in those cases have come from 39 different judges appointed by 5 different presidents (of both parties) to 11 different district courts across 7 different circuits.
Maybe it's not the judges?
The rulings in those cases have come from 39 different judges appointed by 5 different presidents (of both parties) to 11 different district courts across 7 different circuits.
Maybe it's not the judges?
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How it started How it’s going
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March 3, 2025 at 1:20 PM
How it started How it’s going
💰 🤷🏼♂️
💰 🤷🏼♂️
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in his statement "cancelling" congestion pricing, sean duffy calls people who ride the subway "an elite few" and i just feel as a communication professional that they gotta decide if they're going with that or crime-ridden drug den homeless shelter
February 19, 2025 at 5:59 PM
in his statement "cancelling" congestion pricing, sean duffy calls people who ride the subway "an elite few" and i just feel as a communication professional that they gotta decide if they're going with that or crime-ridden drug den homeless shelter
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NEWS: Johnson County, Texas declared a state of disaster following the discovery of shockingly high levels of PFAS contamination in local soil, water, and animal tissue. And will be seeking federal relief funds.
Over to you, Gov Abbott.
www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/j...
Over to you, Gov Abbott.
www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/j...
Dangerous ‘forever chemicals' found in Johnson County soil and water, disaster declared
Johnson County declared a state of disaster following the discovery of PFAS contamination in local agricultural land.
www.nbcdfw.com
February 13, 2025 at 3:21 AM
NEWS: Johnson County, Texas declared a state of disaster following the discovery of shockingly high levels of PFAS contamination in local soil, water, and animal tissue. And will be seeking federal relief funds.
Over to you, Gov Abbott.
www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/j...
Over to you, Gov Abbott.
www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/j...
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Every single bitcoin transaction causes as much carbon emissions as driving a petrol or gasoline car for over 1000 miles*
* for 1600-2400km - LSE
* for 1600-2400km - LSE
The large environmental consequences of bitcoin mining
Bitcoin has the potential to revolutionise financial markets and enjoys substantial global influence. However, the energy demands of bitcoin mining contribute to rising carbon emissions. In a study…
blogs.lse.ac.uk
February 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Every single bitcoin transaction causes as much carbon emissions as driving a petrol or gasoline car for over 1000 miles*
* for 1600-2400km - LSE
* for 1600-2400km - LSE
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At this juncture it's worth remembering that Aileen Cannon threw out the documents case against Trump on the theory (made up by Clarence Thomas in a dissent that no one joined) that Jack Smith, who *was* accountable to the Senate-confirmed AG, had no authority bc Congress hadn't created the job.
February 11, 2025 at 11:58 PM
At this juncture it's worth remembering that Aileen Cannon threw out the documents case against Trump on the theory (made up by Clarence Thomas in a dissent that no one joined) that Jack Smith, who *was* accountable to the Senate-confirmed AG, had no authority bc Congress hadn't created the job.
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Audacious ideas
February 5, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Audacious ideas
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If only there were a shorter English word for "makes misleading claims".
January 31, 2025 at 3:56 AM
If only there were a shorter English word for "makes misleading claims".
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They've gone from projecting the idea that dems would withhold aid from gop areas to imagining it happened while actually doing that themselves bsky.app/profile/atru...
Rep. Claudia Tenney says there should be conditions on federal disaster relief to the "Marxist regime" in California and adds, "California is a disaster. Those same people weren't concerned about the people in North Carolina or the people in Florida who we've tried to help."
January 15, 2025 at 2:43 PM
They've gone from projecting the idea that dems would withhold aid from gop areas to imagining it happened while actually doing that themselves bsky.app/profile/atru...
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God: I can't help noticing Jesus has Joseph's nose
Mary: [laughs nervously] What a strange coincidence
Mary: [laughs nervously] What a strange coincidence
December 27, 2024 at 2:09 AM
God: I can't help noticing Jesus has Joseph's nose
Mary: [laughs nervously] What a strange coincidence
Mary: [laughs nervously] What a strange coincidence
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I head someone explain this as “Good weird is being weird about your own business, bad weird is being weird about other people’s business” and I thought that summed it up pretty well.
Stop being the bad kind of weird. This place is for the good kind of weird only. 🦋
November 25, 2024 at 2:12 PM
I head someone explain this as “Good weird is being weird about your own business, bad weird is being weird about other people’s business” and I thought that summed it up pretty well.
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Students whose families make less than $100,000 annually will get free tuition and waived fees at any of the academic universities in the University of Texas System
‘A game changer:’ UT System announces free tuition for qualifying Texas families
Students whose families make less than $100,000 annually get free tuition and waived fees at any of the academic universities in the University of Texas...
www.dallasnews.com
November 20, 2024 at 10:12 PM
Students whose families make less than $100,000 annually will get free tuition and waived fees at any of the academic universities in the University of Texas System
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Also, part of the reason we did bought InfoWars is because people on Bluesky told us it would be funny to buy InfoWars. And those people were right. This is the funniest thing that has ever happened.
November 14, 2024 at 2:35 PM
Also, part of the reason we did bought InfoWars is because people on Bluesky told us it would be funny to buy InfoWars. And those people were right. This is the funniest thing that has ever happened.
Best: meeting Muhammad Ali at Mr. Gatti's in Lake Charles, Louisiana, and getting a fake right to the chin while thanking him for his autograph.
Worst: Being laughed at backstage at a Widespread Panic show in Houston in 1995, while asking Houser and Hermann when Beanland was getting back together.
Worst: Being laughed at backstage at a Widespread Panic show in Houston in 1995, while asking Houser and Hermann when Beanland was getting back together.
Just for fun, name your BEST and WORST celebrity encounter.
I won’t lie, I love to hear these, even when I don’t know the celebrity in question.
I won’t lie, I love to hear these, even when I don’t know the celebrity in question.
September 19, 2023 at 2:43 PM
Best: meeting Muhammad Ali at Mr. Gatti's in Lake Charles, Louisiana, and getting a fake right to the chin while thanking him for his autograph.
Worst: Being laughed at backstage at a Widespread Panic show in Houston in 1995, while asking Houser and Hermann when Beanland was getting back together.
Worst: Being laughed at backstage at a Widespread Panic show in Houston in 1995, while asking Houser and Hermann when Beanland was getting back together.