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Laurie Olson

@2lolson.bsky.social

Reading widely & doing handwork in NOLA. Also showing up at protests in defense of our constitution.

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My NO KINGS:

18.10.2025 18:41 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Pictured are the covers of 2 books: The Silence of the Choir and The Ends of the world. Along with those are a picture of a calm scene in front of a lake and hand sewn quilt.

Pictured are the covers of 2 books: The Silence of the Choir and The Ends of the world. Along with those are a picture of a calm scene in front of a lake and hand sewn quilt.

Hand sewing calm and two mind-expanding books read in the past weeks.

06.10.2025 13:05 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Horrifying.

26.09.2025 12:55 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

He f-ing lost his temper. So unprofessional but not unexpected of this type of β€œpolice.”

25.09.2025 22:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Worst of all by far is their false implication that the woman/mother did something to cause her child to have autism.

23.09.2025 02:37 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Cleta Mitchell Thinks Trump Will Use Emergency Powers to Take Control of Elections Read more here.

Cleta will get even madder if you read and share this article. So, please, don't do that...
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

06.09.2025 23:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1616    πŸ” 1072    πŸ’¬ 65    πŸ“Œ 30
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More reading and knitting. Adam Becker’s book explained a lot to me - effective altruists, longtermists..
Who is Government posits public servants as more than trustworthy. I read everything he writes. Knitting with my heart for a new arrival.

21.08.2025 13:12 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

One of many.

18.08.2025 19:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Bulwark (@thebulwark) WATCH: Trump’s masked officers tase a delivery man in D.C. The confrontation was caught on camera by a bystander and shared with @Sam Stein

Watch this

substack.com/@thebulwark/...

17.08.2025 06:11 β€” πŸ‘ 821    πŸ” 285    πŸ’¬ 70    πŸ“Œ 18
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The Court’s Liberals Are Trying to Tell Americans Something Justices Kagan, Jackson, and Sotomayor aren’t merely disagreeing with the majority’s technical readings of the law.

β€œThe three liberal justices are writing about a majority unbound by law,” Aziz Huq arguesβ€”a dramatic change in the way that Supreme Court dissents work.

18.07.2025 14:45 β€” πŸ‘ 551    πŸ” 171    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 7

Exactly. Exactly!

14.07.2025 15:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Sock cuff knitted, and 3 Book covers - The Shadow Docket by Stephen Vladeck, Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood, Shameless by Brian Tyler Cohen

Sock cuff knitted, and 3 Book covers - The Shadow Docket by Stephen Vladeck, Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood, Shameless by Brian Tyler Cohen

Apparently it’s not uncommon to unravel your first attempt at knitting socks.. Try, try again.

09.07.2025 12:47 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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This is true.

09.06.2025 03:35 β€” πŸ‘ 5426    πŸ” 2341    πŸ’¬ 137    πŸ“Œ 101
Two book comers are pictured: A Day in the Life of Abed Salama, and Train Dreams. Quilt blocks are laid in order on the third image.

Two book comers are pictured: A Day in the Life of Abed Salama, and Train Dreams. Quilt blocks are laid in order on the third image.

- More books listened to and the quilt coming together

03.06.2025 23:48 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Pictured are blue and white strips of fabric pre-cut for sewing into a quilt. Also pictured is the cover from the book, The Solace of Open Spaces by Gretel Erhlich and Autocracy Inc by Anne Applebaum.

Pictured are blue and white strips of fabric pre-cut for sewing into a quilt. Also pictured is the cover from the book, The Solace of Open Spaces by Gretel Erhlich and Autocracy Inc by Anne Applebaum.

Again with the books and handwork..starting the Rail Fence quilt pattern for a new member of the family on the way.

21.05.2025 15:34 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Pictured is my 8 by 11 piece of printer paper with three words: impeach, convict, remove.

Pictured is my 8 by 11 piece of printer paper with three words: impeach, convict, remove.

My little sign for today’s protest. I’d rather be reading, doing handwork or playing with my grandchildren, but this is something that has to be done.

01.05.2025 13:51 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Experimenting with colorwork knitting and doing some reading.

29.04.2025 02:43 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Today I finished this book: The Practice, the Horizon and the Chain by Sofia Somatar.

Today I finished this book: The Practice, the Horizon and the Chain by Sofia Somatar.

29.04.2025 02:27 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I πŸ’– my hammock.

29.04.2025 02:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I am. I go to our protests and write to congress with information I get from Democracy Docket. And I thank you from the bottom of my 70 year old, retired child psychologist’s heart.

22.04.2025 16:54 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡

20.04.2025 13:09 β€” πŸ‘ 7418    πŸ” 2284    πŸ’¬ 158    πŸ“Œ 84

THANK YOU from the bottom of my retired psychologist’s heart.

11.04.2025 19:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I got a letter from Social Security saying my benefits were ending. It wasn’t a scam as there was no number to call. But they continued, so I ignored it. Mistakes are happening in that agency now.

08.04.2025 23:12 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
4 pictures in a square - a stem of native azalea blossoms, a campsite, and the covers of 2books: Dayswork and On Tyranny.

4 pictures in a square - a stem of native azalea blossoms, a campsite, and the covers of 2books: Dayswork and On Tyranny.

A good day reading and rug making in bad times.

26.03.2025 17:23 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A billionaire sociopath.

23.03.2025 23:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

have information on the proper place to submit FOIA requests to the Department of Governmental Efficiency at the moment. Sincerely, The National FOIA Portal Team

17.03.2025 20:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I emailed the National FOIA Portal asking about requesting my data from DOGE. This was the response I got today:
β€œThank you for your inquiry. This is not the proper place to submit a FOIA request. Due to currently pending litigation, we do not

17.03.2025 20:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

THANK YOU!!! I was searching fruitlessly for a way to do this. This is grand.

16.03.2025 19:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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