Kristen Olsen @kristenolsen

Kristen Olsen

@kristenolsen.bsky.social

I used to practice law. Now I write fiction. Minneapolis, politics, books, walking. Parlo italiano. Part-Time Francophile. She/her. @kolsenjd on the other platform. 😷🇺🇦

392 Followers | 1,217 Following | 191 Posts | Joined: 12.11.2023 | 2.5797

Latest posts by kristenolsen.bsky.social on Bluesky

Lake Street bridge?

13.09.2025 23:53 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

My first door knock in years. I’m an introvert; if I can do it, you can, too!

13.09.2025 23:32 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I’m just glad there are no deductions for wrong guesses!

11.06.2025 23:54 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

😂

11.06.2025 23:53 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Waterfall and très.

Délicate spider web in plants.

Minnehaha Falls and spider web along the creek. Minneapolis is a beautiful city.

11.06.2025 23:52 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

@weissmann.substack.com Great to see you on the France24 Debate! You added an important perspective. @f24debate.france24.com

11.06.2025 23:15 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Not to mention armored trucks!

03.06.2025 20:27 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Looks like a military action.

03.06.2025 20:25 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

No kidding.

03.06.2025 20:23 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Still lake with sailboats moored.

Lake Nokomis this morning.

30.05.2025 21:43 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

So beautiful.

29.05.2025 07:50 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Whoa!

29.05.2025 07:48 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Agreed. 💔😢

27.05.2025 23:41 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

A must-read for lawyers!

27.05.2025 21:57 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It’s really something.

27.05.2025 21:57 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

If anyone is wondering, there are 27 exclamation points in Richard Leon's order striking Trump's EO targeting WilmerHale.

One is Trump's.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

@zoetillman.bsky.social

27.05.2025 21:28 — 👍 383 🔁 80 💬 11 📌 5

I love that!

27.05.2025 21:55 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

This song is so weird. I love it!

27.05.2025 09:04 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

😂

26.05.2025 23:36 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Whatever you’re doing today, please stop and take a moment to remember what today is for.

All gave some; some gave all.

26.05.2025 12:25 — 👍 5934 🔁 1078 💬 106 📌 43

That’s so cool. I really enjoyed our time in Japan and seeing these kinds of things.

26.05.2025 08:36 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I saw him preach today. He’s got the goods to lead and heal our city.

25.05.2025 23:33 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

That’s wonderful! Thank you!

24.05.2025 12:08 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Truly. I hope they still come back to nest there next year.

23.05.2025 22:45 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Yes, you’re right. It’s just so sad. It was very noisy, though, lots of young birds demanding to be fed!

23.05.2025 19:44 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

You got that right!

23.05.2025 19:42 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The tree on the left at the Rookery is down, with several displaced nests. Any Minneapolis birders know when it happened? Photo on right was mid-April when herons, egrets, and cormorants were building nests. There were still lots of birds there today.

23.05.2025 19:40 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

I couldn’t sleep so I watched part of the floor debate. Dems did great. I don’t know how the Rs can live with themselves.

22.05.2025 14:34 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

👇

22.05.2025 00:31 — 👍 641 🔁 106 💬 15 📌 2

Good idea.

22.05.2025 00:31 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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I don't owe you boooooooooo
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