Olga
@olgainseattle.bsky.social
Part-time estate planning attorney until the next chapter.
Third culture, trilingual, half decaf.
The skipped generation in a science family.
Everyone has a story.
Third culture, trilingual, half decaf.
The skipped generation in a science family.
Everyone has a story.
A well-written piece on what we have lost with the idiotic budget cuts to science and research, and this is just one of countless examples.
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/o...
Opinion | Medical Breakthroughs Are a Thrill. Then Comes the Hard Part. (Gift Article)
The Trump administration has dismantled the agency that ensures that research makes its way into medical practice.
www.nytimes.com
August 10, 2026 at 10:03 PM
A well-written piece on what we have lost with the idiotic budget cuts to science and research, and this is just one of countless examples.
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/o...
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May 28, 2026 at 12:11 AM
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I'm excited to share that we've made a collection of historic Supreme Court Records and Briefs available via
@archive.org
I've written a blog post where I go into detail about the importance of this collection.
blog.archive.org/2026/04/20/u...
@archive.org
I've written a blog post where I go into detail about the importance of this collection.
blog.archive.org/2026/04/20/u...
U.S. Supreme Court Records and Briefs: The Arguments That Shaped America, Now Freely Available | Internet Archive Blogs
blog.archive.org
April 20, 2026 at 11:02 PM
I'm excited to share that we've made a collection of historic Supreme Court Records and Briefs available via
@archive.org
I've written a blog post where I go into detail about the importance of this collection.
blog.archive.org/2026/04/20/u...
@archive.org
I've written a blog post where I go into detail about the importance of this collection.
blog.archive.org/2026/04/20/u...
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I'm not joking when I say mRNA technology is more important than "AI" and it's a tragedy we're throwing billions into one while our government is aggressively defunding the other.
"Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial: Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later."
Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial
Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later.
www.nbcnews.com
April 19, 2026 at 2:06 AM
I'm not joking when I say mRNA technology is more important than "AI" and it's a tragedy we're throwing billions into one while our government is aggressively defunding the other.
Perhaps a good day to buy that CLE about toxic social media overuse.
April 7, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Perhaps a good day to buy that CLE about toxic social media overuse.
"If we allow a man-made war to shatter a man-made safety shield, we are admitting that while we have learned how to harness the atom, we have failed to learn how to govern ourselves.” - Director of Chernobyl power plant, via FT today
archive.ph/mD6NE
archive.ph/mD6NE
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March 26, 2026 at 6:01 PM
"If we allow a man-made war to shatter a man-made safety shield, we are admitting that while we have learned how to harness the atom, we have failed to learn how to govern ourselves.” - Director of Chernobyl power plant, via FT today
archive.ph/mD6NE
archive.ph/mD6NE
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picture, thousan words, etc etc
March 23, 2026 at 7:59 PM
picture, thousan words, etc etc
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Judge Strikes Down Kennedy’s Vaccine Policies www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/h...
Judge Strikes Down Kennedy’s Vaccine Policies
www.nytimes.com
March 16, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Judge Strikes Down Kennedy’s Vaccine Policies www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/h...
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“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed...This is not a way of life...it is humanity hanging from a cross of iron.”
-Dwight Eisenhower 1953
-Dwight Eisenhower 1953
March 4, 2026 at 10:28 PM
“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed...This is not a way of life...it is humanity hanging from a cross of iron.”
-Dwight Eisenhower 1953
-Dwight Eisenhower 1953
Watching @musicologyduck.bsky.social 's clips of the police and buses in DC before the SOTU and trying to figure what all the lights and sirens are for. Show of potential force? A stern reminder to not be silly? (Have the Frogs arrived yet?)
February 25, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Watching @musicologyduck.bsky.social 's clips of the police and buses in DC before the SOTU and trying to figure what all the lights and sirens are for. Show of potential force? A stern reminder to not be silly? (Have the Frogs arrived yet?)
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Touching to see U2 and Ed Sheeran remember this terrible anniversary in Ukraine and the men and women who are doing what they have to do.
youtu.be/p92NzxFmseo?...
youtu.be/p92NzxFmseo?...
U2 - Yours Eternally ft. Ed Sheeran and Taras Topolia (Documentary Short Film)
YouTube video by U2
youtu.be
February 24, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Touching to see U2 and Ed Sheeran remember this terrible anniversary in Ukraine and the men and women who are doing what they have to do.
youtu.be/p92NzxFmseo?...
youtu.be/p92NzxFmseo?...
Thanks to The Hill for having the pulled-back camera view as we await the tariff ruling response. Such a tiny stage, with the fake Greek columns, upon which a tiny man tries to make grand pronouncements.
February 20, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Thanks to The Hill for having the pulled-back camera view as we await the tariff ruling response. Such a tiny stage, with the fake Greek columns, upon which a tiny man tries to make grand pronouncements.
I'm gonna shed a tear. Kid to friend: "It's in the Constitution. Every single person gets due process. Doesn't matter what you did. Bro. EVERY person. Dude, I have a copy of the Constitution right here. How about I read it to you."
February 10, 2026 at 6:02 AM
I'm gonna shed a tear. Kid to friend: "It's in the Constitution. Every single person gets due process. Doesn't matter what you did. Bro. EVERY person. Dude, I have a copy of the Constitution right here. How about I read it to you."
So our national design team (!) - www.ndstudio.gov - is behind the Trump Rx site (and the food triangle), where the search box at the top right doesn't work on a MS browser. Looks like super expensive supplements brand. That font ... is a CHOICE. (And check out the Severance vibe photos.)
National Design Studio
The National Design Studio is leading the America by Design initiative working to improve how Americans experience their government.
www.ndstudio.gov
February 6, 2026 at 6:41 AM
So our national design team (!) - www.ndstudio.gov - is behind the Trump Rx site (and the food triangle), where the search box at the top right doesn't work on a MS browser. Looks like super expensive supplements brand. That font ... is a CHOICE. (And check out the Severance vibe photos.)
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Love don’t keep score.
Memory does.
Memory does.
February 5, 2026 at 7:09 AM
Love don’t keep score.
Memory does.
Memory does.
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every epstein file drop underscores how elite power operates through shared socio-economic networks, regardless of people's ideological differences, populist posturing, or public feuds
January 30, 2026 at 11:58 PM
every epstein file drop underscores how elite power operates through shared socio-economic networks, regardless of people's ideological differences, populist posturing, or public feuds
Yelled at via text this morning by elder friend who was part of Poland's Solidarność movement: "GET UP already and do something for the world!" ("Wstawaj już i rób coś dla świata!")
Going, doing!
Going, doing!
January 20, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Yelled at via text this morning by elder friend who was part of Poland's Solidarność movement: "GET UP already and do something for the world!" ("Wstawaj już i rób coś dla świata!")
Going, doing!
Going, doing!
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Common Sense, published 250 years ago today.
January 10, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Common Sense, published 250 years ago today.
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A poem for this evening. Not a new one, but one I come back to, and something to remind myself of in the new year.
January 5, 2026 at 1:01 AM
A poem for this evening. Not a new one, but one I come back to, and something to remind myself of in the new year.
Taking away the de minimis tariff exemption means no longer being able to support artists and craftspeople from abroad.
Back to needing to know someone who *might* be traveling to the US and can bring you the magical thing from FAR AWAY, a reverse sending packages to family in Poland in the 80s.
Back to needing to know someone who *might* be traveling to the US and can bring you the magical thing from FAR AWAY, a reverse sending packages to family in Poland in the 80s.
December 13, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Taking away the de minimis tariff exemption means no longer being able to support artists and craftspeople from abroad.
Back to needing to know someone who *might* be traveling to the US and can bring you the magical thing from FAR AWAY, a reverse sending packages to family in Poland in the 80s.
Back to needing to know someone who *might* be traveling to the US and can bring you the magical thing from FAR AWAY, a reverse sending packages to family in Poland in the 80s.
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November 11, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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When rich people get help from the government they call it a subsidy, bailout, loophole, or tax break or incentive.
When poor people get help from the government they call it free stuff, a hand out, socialism, or communism.
When poor people get help from the government they call it free stuff, a hand out, socialism, or communism.
October 31, 2025 at 1:22 PM
When rich people get help from the government they call it a subsidy, bailout, loophole, or tax break or incentive.
When poor people get help from the government they call it free stuff, a hand out, socialism, or communism.
When poor people get help from the government they call it free stuff, a hand out, socialism, or communism.
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Hie thee to hell for shame, and leave this world,
Thou cacodemon, there thy kingdom is.
Thou cacodemon, there thy kingdom is.
September 23, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Hie thee to hell for shame, and leave this world,
Thou cacodemon, there thy kingdom is.
Thou cacodemon, there thy kingdom is.
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What America is going through is not unusual in historical terms. Plenty of examples like it today elsewhere in the world.
What makes it unusual is the rapid collapse from a set of widely espoused norms and values that centered on liberty. It is the sacking of the shining city on hill that shocks.
What makes it unusual is the rapid collapse from a set of widely espoused norms and values that centered on liberty. It is the sacking of the shining city on hill that shocks.
September 18, 2025 at 12:10 AM
What America is going through is not unusual in historical terms. Plenty of examples like it today elsewhere in the world.
What makes it unusual is the rapid collapse from a set of widely espoused norms and values that centered on liberty. It is the sacking of the shining city on hill that shocks.
What makes it unusual is the rapid collapse from a set of widely espoused norms and values that centered on liberty. It is the sacking of the shining city on hill that shocks.