Peter Olson

Peter Olson

@overtype.com

I kind of invented digital comics. Dethtron5000 on most other platforms. Software director for AI and Data at the New York Public Library. Alum of Amazon, NBC News, IDEO, Marvel and Wesleyan University.

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I'm serious. Do this. Hammer this. There will be plenty of real ammunition. Corrupt corrupt corrupt. Everybody hates corruption. It has brought down more than one government. Repeat it until you are sick of it and repeat some more.

Peter Olson@overtype.com

We do need to be better at memes. Not like macro images but just getting ideas in people's heads. We all need to keep repeating and repeating simple ideas. From now on, only call the new administration "the corrupt Trump regime." Make it sticky. Cc @gregpak.bsky.social @owillis.bsky.social

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i am inviting anyone from a legacy media organization to explain to me why the house judiciary dems report on trump’s epstein’s ties and multiple allegations of rape isn’t worthy of extensively reporting on. i’m serious. i want to understand.

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The FEC compiles campaign finance data. It plays zero role in administering elections

Reuters@reuters.com

BREAKING: A hacker is attempting to breach the US Federal Election Commission's systems and that agency has had to 'temporarily shut down' its web-facing services as a result, according to an email seen by Reuters reut.rs/4zY7fwQ

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Tennessee Republican Brent Taylor, running to flip a House seat his party radically gerrymandered, reportedly sent unsolicited nude photos as recently as 2021. Taylor faces Democrat Justin Pearson for a seat that Trump won 60-39 under the new lines. www.the-downballot.com/p/the-downba...

nashvillescene.comBrent Taylor's Sexting ProblemState Sen. Brent Taylor (R-Memphis) has sent unsolicited nude photos as recently as 2021, dismissing past sexual advances as “youthful indiscretions” that marked his 30-year marriage.

Sexting through it.

The Downballot@the-downballot.com

Tennessee Republican Brent Taylor, running to flip a House seat his party radically gerrymandered, reportedly sent unsolicited nude photos as recently as 2021. Taylor faces Democrat Justin Pearson for a seat that Trump won 60-39 under the new lines. www.the-downballot.com/p/the-downba...

I mean...Iran, Iraq, Egypt, Syria. None of these are exactly tongue twisters

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

JD Vance says of the Middle East that it's "a region of the world made up of countries whose name I couldn't even pronounce"

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JD Vance says of the Middle East that it's "a region of the world made up of countries whose name I couldn't even pronounce"

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NEW: The DOGE operative who gutted USAID -- firing thousands of employees and canceling lifesaving programs -- never actually signed the paperwork that's legally required for him to be employed by the agency.

wired.comA 28-Year-Old DOGE Operative Gutted USAID. HR Had No Record of Him Working ThereDespite the agency's human resources department saying he hadn’t even been onboarded, Jeremy Lewin oversaw the destruction of USAID. It’s not clear he had the legal authority to do so.

I bet this boy couldn't spell UAE.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

JD Vance says of the Middle East that it's "a region of the world made up of countries whose name I couldn't even pronounce"

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A 2025 Nobel Prize winner in chemistry, Omar Yaghi is the son of Palestinian refugees who grew up in Jordan. He just left the US to move to China after raising concerns about rising anti-immigrant sentiment, like the kind shown here. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/china-than...

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

RFK: "There's five hundred million Arabs in the world. And yet they don't produce science. They don't win the Nobel Prize. They don't win the Fields Prize. They don't win the Wolf Prize. They don't produce literature."

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RFK: "There's five hundred million Arabs in the world. And yet they don't produce science. They don't win the Nobel Prize. They don't win the Fields Prize. They don't win the Wolf Prize. They don't produce literature."

Absolute racism

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

RFK: "There's five hundred million Arabs in the world. And yet they don't produce science. They don't win the Nobel Prize. They don't win the Fields Prize. They don't win the Wolf Prize. They don't produce literature."

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1. Not sure when a new, on-the-record rape allegation against a sitting president isn’t considered news — especially considering Trump was found liable by a jury in a similar case — but it was ignored by most mainstream media outlets

This is also what I feel about Dems not supporting trans people. The idea that we should abandon a population that is under constant, malicious, mendacious attack rather than confront the lies being told about them pretty much defies the point of politics.

jamelle@jamellebouie.net

he almost entirely rejects the premise of politics: that through communication and rhetoric we can move publics to act collectively in particular ways.

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Replying to @jamellebouie.net

he almost entirely rejects the premise of politics: that through communication and rhetoric we can move publics to act collectively in particular ways.

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My godson’s parents just early voted today. It’s his first time at a polling place. Please vote. If not for yourself, for his future. Thanks.

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🧵I'm going to say this carefully -my heart aches for those now mourning -every unnecessary death is a tragedy -what did you expect from ppl at the sharp end of guns & bulldozers? -in early Oct, Israeli military+settlers killed 5 Palestinians in the WBank & 57 in Gaza—why isn't that "breaking news"?

The New York Times@nytimes.com

Breaking News: The Israeli military said two soldiers are dead after Palestinian gunmen opened fire in the West Bank. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened a major offensive in a neighborhood of Hebron, where he said the attackers had come from.

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The time to determine whether Dan J. Sullivan Jr. could appear on the Alaska ballot for U.S. Senate was months ago, and Alaska courts did so. What's additionally batshit about this is that the candidates' names are printed on the ballot in a way which makes abundantly clear who's who.

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com

Breaking news: The Justice Department has moved to preemptively block certification of the results of Alaska’s Senate race if Republican incumbent Sen. Dan S. Sullivan loses his tight race against Democrat Mary Peltola next month.

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Billionaire oligarch endangering civilians by slowing communication satellites sounds like a James Bond plot

The Ukrainian Review@theukrainianreview.bsky.social

🇺🇦🇺🇸 Zelensky: The speed limits on Starlink and Starshield are still there. The speed has not been restored. And the delivery of interceptors to protect us against Russian ballistic missiles is still delayed. This is a real problem, because the Russians attack us almost every single day.

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Republicans promoting traffic violence - another example

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Joe Mitchell: "Thank God you're building the ballroom. Thank God you're getting rid of those awful bike lanes. We don't ride bicycles in Iowa."

Beyond the ad being morally reprehensible - how did anyone think it's actually good politics?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "Ramaswamy put up a very powerful Ad about a mother saying that her daughter, Acton, is a liar, and much worse. The Press is trying to get him to 'take down the Ad.' Frankly, anybody whose mother spoke about daughter that way would normally lead to the daughter being precluded from serving"

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Trump: "Ramaswamy put up a very powerful Ad about a mother saying that her daughter, Acton, is a liar, and much worse. The Press is trying to get him to 'take down the Ad.' Frankly, anybody whose mother spoke about daughter that way would normally lead to the daughter being precluded from serving"

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Replying to @rincewind.run

somehow I missed this post the first time around but it is incredibly accurate

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“Departures from these practices should never be countenanced because they risk allowing prosecutors to impact national elections.” -Todd Blanche on DOJ’s 60-day rule, September 2024

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Q: The typical practice is DOJ doesn't usually release charges this close to an election. Even though Ms Lucas isn't on the ballot, her daughter is. Can you speak to the timing? BLANCHE: The 60 day or 90 day practice is not in writing. That's not part of the justice manual. There's nothing improper

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some Ohio Republicans - Sen Husted, Gov DeWine, SOS LaRose - said they wouldn't have run the Amy Acton mom ad. But none said they'd pull their Ramaswamy endorsement. Other endorsers - Sen Moreno, former Sen Rob Portman- didn't respond to my request for comment. And some, like Vance, embrace the spot

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wait a democrat is polling +3 in montana’s congressional race and he is a smokejumper that looks like this? why has no one told the thirsty masses?