Renée Olo
@reneeolo.bsky.social
Early modernist, cemetery connoisseur, compulsive crafter, and general enthusiast dealing in ecstatic truth.
PhD Candidate in historical musicology @ UPenn Music
Housemate to Poe and Grace
She/They
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PhD Candidate in historical musicology @ UPenn Music
Housemate to Poe and Grace
She/They
🇪🇪🇨🇦
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‘The latest carpetbagger in Western Sahara appears to be the global film industry, led by Christopher Nolan’s retread of 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘖𝘥𝘺𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘺, of which parts were shot in the territory. But more nuanced objections had already been raised.’
Jeremy Harding on location politics.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/au...
Jeremy Harding on location politics.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/au...
Jeremy Harding | A Small Part of Paradise
When Casablanca went into production in the spring of 1942, most of Morocco was a French protectorate, administered by...
www.lrb.co.uk
August 27, 2026 at 12:25 PM
‘The latest carpetbagger in Western Sahara appears to be the global film industry, led by Christopher Nolan’s retread of 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘖𝘥𝘺𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘺, of which parts were shot in the territory. But more nuanced objections had already been raised.’
Jeremy Harding on location politics.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/au...
Jeremy Harding on location politics.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/au...
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Part of the reason a lot of super rich people are so awful is that when normal people get an absurd amount of money, they immediately start looking around for who they can help.
Rachel Reid, who wrote the popular “Heated Rivalry” novel, has donated $300k to Annapolis Valley Regional Library, “one of the most significant private gifts” in their history.
“I credit my local library for being a huge part of the reason I’m a published author today,” Reid said
#Halifax #HaliSky
“I credit my local library for being a huge part of the reason I’m a published author today,” Reid said
#Halifax #HaliSky
‘Heated Rivalry’ author donates $300,000 to Nova Scotia libraries
Several Nova Scotia libraries that faced possible closures this summer are getting a major cash boost from one of the province’s most famous authors.
www.ctvnews.ca
August 18, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Part of the reason a lot of super rich people are so awful is that when normal people get an absurd amount of money, they immediately start looking around for who they can help.
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its worth asking whether this ending would have happened without the endless, gleeful, hunting and dismantling of Arday's choices on Twitter, where he represented all the sins of DEI made flesh for a range of assorted disgruntled academics who once had to go to a training and hated it
August 14, 2026 at 7:30 PM
its worth asking whether this ending would have happened without the endless, gleeful, hunting and dismantling of Arday's choices on Twitter, where he represented all the sins of DEI made flesh for a range of assorted disgruntled academics who once had to go to a training and hated it
Everyone in St. Louis, Missouri is allergic to using their blinker and wants to kill me
April 27, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Everyone in St. Louis, Missouri is allergic to using their blinker and wants to kill me
Need to be locked in a sensory deprivation tank and have Duruflé's Requiem blasted in there
March 26, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Need to be locked in a sensory deprivation tank and have Duruflé's Requiem blasted in there
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Time is so fake, “oh we added more daylight” no you didn’t, daylight is portioned by the cosmos repent of your hubris
March 8, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Time is so fake, “oh we added more daylight” no you didn’t, daylight is portioned by the cosmos repent of your hubris
I love making sourdough bc it's like "oh nooo I have to go play with some slime now, if I don't we won't have toast tomorrow morning!"
February 15, 2026 at 2:04 AM
I love making sourdough bc it's like "oh nooo I have to go play with some slime now, if I don't we won't have toast tomorrow morning!"
The Cottage episode of Heated Rivalry promotes an unrealistic and unreachable fantasy (that you could comfortably sit around a lakeside campfire in Lanaudière QU without getting eaten alive by mosquitoes and black flies)
January 28, 2026 at 2:56 PM
The Cottage episode of Heated Rivalry promotes an unrealistic and unreachable fantasy (that you could comfortably sit around a lakeside campfire in Lanaudière QU without getting eaten alive by mosquitoes and black flies)
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Seeing a bunch of normal ass midwestern moms and dads marching in -20 degrees knowing they might be tear gassed or worse really drives home what a cowardly lot of people the pundit class is
January 23, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Seeing a bunch of normal ass midwestern moms and dads marching in -20 degrees knowing they might be tear gassed or worse really drives home what a cowardly lot of people the pundit class is
I have the most irritating type of perfect pitch (doesn't know what note is what but does know that the sound the computer makes when you drop a bunch of files into a folder is the same as the starting pitch of 'Tilted' by Christine and the Queens)
December 23, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I have the most irritating type of perfect pitch (doesn't know what note is what but does know that the sound the computer makes when you drop a bunch of files into a folder is the same as the starting pitch of 'Tilted' by Christine and the Queens)
Sometimes I complain about being a grad student and then I remember that my second great grandmother was born into serfdom and shut up real fast
November 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Sometimes I complain about being a grad student and then I remember that my second great grandmother was born into serfdom and shut up real fast
What I do is not doomscrolling, it’s Acquiring Information
November 6, 2025 at 6:32 PM
What I do is not doomscrolling, it’s Acquiring Information
Italian Americans all think they have a PhD in eating food
November 1, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Italian Americans all think they have a PhD in eating food
Acutely mourning the $5 lunch shawarma trio from the little Lebanese place next to my high school
October 24, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Acutely mourning the $5 lunch shawarma trio from the little Lebanese place next to my high school
All Lestat de Lioncourt does is weep, be in love with a senior citizen, weep some more, and refuse very valuable advice from people who care about his well-being
October 21, 2025 at 7:44 PM
All Lestat de Lioncourt does is weep, be in love with a senior citizen, weep some more, and refuse very valuable advice from people who care about his well-being
I'm gonna be so real, the White House was never beautiful anyway. It is and has always been a deeply bland and borderline ugly mansion.
October 21, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I'm gonna be so real, the White House was never beautiful anyway. It is and has always been a deeply bland and borderline ugly mansion.
When I say Poe is at the most dangerous intersection of smart and annoying… he has started pulling the bookmarks out of my books to get my attention at 3 am.
October 15, 2025 at 1:40 PM
When I say Poe is at the most dangerous intersection of smart and annoying… he has started pulling the bookmarks out of my books to get my attention at 3 am.
Watching the punk hair salon near my old Philly house dissolve into chaos over instagram. One person who did my hair is striking, another one is scabbing and just posted about job openings at the salon. Meanwhile, the shitty co-op the next block over is glad they’re finally off people’s radars.
September 6, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Watching the punk hair salon near my old Philly house dissolve into chaos over instagram. One person who did my hair is striking, another one is scabbing and just posted about job openings at the salon. Meanwhile, the shitty co-op the next block over is glad they’re finally off people’s radars.
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It can be galling to see one's period misrepresented onscreen but that shouldn't be reason to deny historical truths, like that medieval people shuffled around giving it the whole 'my liege' all the time, unless they had cheekbones in which case they were the king
August 27, 2025 at 6:26 AM
It can be galling to see one's period misrepresented onscreen but that shouldn't be reason to deny historical truths, like that medieval people shuffled around giving it the whole 'my liege' all the time, unless they had cheekbones in which case they were the king
Doing a cross-country move has taught me that anything can be resolved simply by being REALLY CORDIAL on the phone
August 22, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Doing a cross-country move has taught me that anything can be resolved simply by being REALLY CORDIAL on the phone
How is moving going??
✅fell down the stairs at 8:30am
✅grapefruit-sized hematoma on butt
✅International student services advisor ghosting me
✅almost wasn’t able to get moving truck into driveway because of surprise road work in front of house
✅not done packing because of butt hematoma
✅fell down the stairs at 8:30am
✅grapefruit-sized hematoma on butt
✅International student services advisor ghosting me
✅almost wasn’t able to get moving truck into driveway because of surprise road work in front of house
✅not done packing because of butt hematoma
August 15, 2025 at 7:42 PM
How is moving going??
✅fell down the stairs at 8:30am
✅grapefruit-sized hematoma on butt
✅International student services advisor ghosting me
✅almost wasn’t able to get moving truck into driveway because of surprise road work in front of house
✅not done packing because of butt hematoma
✅fell down the stairs at 8:30am
✅grapefruit-sized hematoma on butt
✅International student services advisor ghosting me
✅almost wasn’t able to get moving truck into driveway because of surprise road work in front of house
✅not done packing because of butt hematoma
I have it on good authority that if you were really into Me to We in middle school, you’re 80% more likely to be losing money in someone’s MLM downline as an adult
August 7, 2025 at 12:48 PM
I have it on good authority that if you were really into Me to We in middle school, you’re 80% more likely to be losing money in someone’s MLM downline as an adult
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Yeah so we’re farming these new animals called nutrigores (awesome name lol). They taste pretty bad and are bad for you and each one drinks 300 gallons of water a day lol.
So basically, how are you incorporating nutrigores into your dietflow? Keep in mind that sometimes a guy will want to date one
So basically, how are you incorporating nutrigores into your dietflow? Keep in mind that sometimes a guy will want to date one
August 5, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Yeah so we’re farming these new animals called nutrigores (awesome name lol). They taste pretty bad and are bad for you and each one drinks 300 gallons of water a day lol.
So basically, how are you incorporating nutrigores into your dietflow? Keep in mind that sometimes a guy will want to date one
So basically, how are you incorporating nutrigores into your dietflow? Keep in mind that sometimes a guy will want to date one
The face of a crook who decided that 4:30 pm IS his dinner time and he is going to bite my feet every time I try to use the damper pedal
July 28, 2025 at 8:28 PM
The face of a crook who decided that 4:30 pm IS his dinner time and he is going to bite my feet every time I try to use the damper pedal
Biggest downside of watching the Tour de France every day is having the stupid “control is everything to me” Crohn’s disease medication commercial stuck in your head for a month
July 18, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Biggest downside of watching the Tour de France every day is having the stupid “control is everything to me” Crohn’s disease medication commercial stuck in your head for a month