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Chuck Olsen

@chuckumentary.bsky.social
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Boreal human photographer under the actual blue sky

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Chuck Olsen @chuckumentary.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
To be clear: there is no “Antifa” organization, and being anti-fascist has been an American value since World War II.
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Chuck Olsen @chuckumentary.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
The Superior Hiking Trail celebrated its 40th bday last weekend. I hiked up to the Northern Terminus on the Canadian border and interviewed a father and daughter starting their long journey, aiming to reach Duluth in 3-4 weeks. “Do hard things,” she said.
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Chuck Olsen @chuckumentary.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Bull moose having dinner in a marsh 🫎 this evening in Superior National Forest
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Chuck Olsen @chuckumentary.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Here’s a hummingbird on a branch yep
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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Behind the scenes at MST3K production
Lawn bag with sign “Leaves and Filth. Prop. Do not throw away.”
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Chuck Olsen @chuckumentary.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Squishy full flower moonrise over Lake Superior
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Chuck Olsen @chuckumentary.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Full flower moonrise o’er our greatest lake (iPhone video)
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Chuck Olsen @chuckumentary.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Let’s trek down to Lake Superior in a blizzard and see what the waves are up to 🌊 🌊 🌊
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Chuck Olsen @chuckumentary.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
A beautiful arctic sea smoke sunrise over Lake Superior this morning. Sending healing vibes. ❤️‍🩹
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
ICE kidnapped an elderly Hmong man in St. Paul, Minnesota. The temperature was sub-zero, and he was taken only wearing shorts and Crocs, and no shirt. (1/18/26)
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Chuck Olsen @chuckumentary.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Amazing news! My film “Winter Is For Everyone” was just selected by Shorts in Winter Short Film Festival via FilmFreeway.com!
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Film Festivals, Screenplay Contests, Submissions
Enter the world's best film festivals and screenplay contests. FilmFreeway makes it easy to discover, submit and get tickets to thousands of events.
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Chuck Olsen @chuckumentary.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Happy new year from the Gunflint Trail! 🥂 🌲 ❄️
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Chuck Olsen @chuckumentary.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Pants status: Photoshop clown brush
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Chuck Olsen @chuckumentary.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Fresh snow on the Temperance River ❄️ 🌲 Superior National Forest
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Chuck Olsen @chuckumentary.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Ope I’ve been neglecting Bluesky, here’s an OrangeSky.
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Jennifer Brooks @stribrooks.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
The humidity is doing a number on my hair. Good to see I’m not the only one.
This duck is sporting a poof of feathers on its head that might best be described as “a wig from the movie ‘Amadeus.’”
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Chuck Olsen @chuckumentary.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Cold, dry and sudden: The dangers of ocean current collapse due to a warming planet www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
economist.com
The shutdown of ocean currents could freeze Europe
When climate change poses a strategic threat, it needs a strategic response
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Chuck Olsen @chuckumentary.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
An excellent overview explaining why federal troops cannot generally be used as law enforcement. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
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The Posse Comitatus Act Explained
The law generally prevents the president from using the military as a domestic police force.
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kottke.org @kottke.org · 21/07/2025
When the Icebergs Came to Town. A pair of icebergs drifted close to a town in Greenland, “dwarfing the fishing village’s modest wooden houses”. [kottke.org]
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When the Icebergs Came to Town
A few weeks ago, a pair of icebergs drifted close to Innaarsuit, Greenland. Photographer Dennis Lehtonen captured the visit — you can see the photos on Instagram or in the Arctic gallery on his website. From Colossal
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Chuck Olsen @chuckumentary.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Lake Superior is my favorite ocean 🌊
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Chuck Olsen @chuckumentary.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Sunset in Superior National Forest
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Chuck Olsen @chuckumentary.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
“Switzerland announced a fully open‑source large language model, trained on its carbon‑neutral Alps supercomputer…Supporting over 1,000 languages, with transparent training data and code…setting a new international benchmark for sovereign, ethical AI.” www.winssolutions.org/switzerland-...
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Switzerland's Open-Source LLM Sets New Standard
Developed entirely on public infrastructure, Switzerland's open-source LLM is set for release in late summer 2025, and aims to redefine open-source AI.
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Chuck Olsen @chuckumentary.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Temperance River carves a steep canyon o’er hidden (and not-so-hidden) falls, to her chilly Lake Superior destiny.
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Chuck Olsen @chuckumentary.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Please enjoy this Baltimore Oriole eating oranges to-day
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Chuck Olsen @chuckumentary.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Frosty moose breakfast in Superior National Forest
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Chuck Olsen @chuckumentary.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
My first 🫎 sightings this year! A lovely pair having breakfast on a frosty 23° morning in Superior National Forest. Let’s protect this precious watershed and habitat.
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Chuck Olsen @chuckumentary.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
People are waking up, hopefully in time? www.axios.com/2025/04/29/p...
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Exclusive: Most Americans now see Trump as "a dangerous dictator," poll says
It's the latest sign of the president losing support for his immigration and economic policies — issues that largely fueled his election.
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Chuck Olsen @chuckumentary.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Happy International Dark Sky Week. Here’s an excerpt from my WTIP interview with night sky photographer and Grand Portage tribal member Travis Novitsky, paired with my night sky photos. The full interview: wtip.org/grand-portag...
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Chuck Olsen @chuckumentary.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Happy #EarthDay to my fellow humans, and to the trees, rocks, air, water and wildlife we are privileged to protect. This reckless administration is trying to roll back 150 years of environmental protections and plunder our public lands for profit. Let’s fight to protect our world!
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Chuck Olsen @chuckumentary.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Remembering Prince, gone from this world 9 years ago. I (badly) captured 360° video of the spontaneous memorial outside First Avenue that day for MPR: youtu.be/FHlZ_MD5VWU?...
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First Avenue Prince Memorial – April 21, 2016 (360/VR)
YouTube video by The Current
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Chuck Olsen @chuckumentary.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
High Falls on a cloudy spring day 💦 Pigeon River, between Grand Portage and Canada (our two nations to the north)
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
this is just a horrible, pathological liar. we know that. but they know they've lost the public on this one. the escalation is the giveaway
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Chuck Olsen @chuckumentary.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Spotted the first Northern Flicker woodpecker in our yard today - it was hunting for bugs in the ground while light snow was falling. (This photo from April ‘24)
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Chuck Olsen @chuckumentary.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
In early spring, the male Pileated Woodpecker excavates a large nest hole in a dead tree. I was very happy to run across this walking in Tofte today! I only had my iPhone so the quality isn’t great. If he attracts a female, the two of them will finish excavating the nest cavity.
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kottke.org @kottke.org · 15/04/2025
The Rise of End Times Fascism. “This is a belief system that is genocidal at its core and treasonous to the wonder and beauty of this world.” [kottke.org]
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“The Rise of End Times Fascism”
This is a really interesting essay from Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor about the rise of end times fascism and the far right’s bet against the future. The governing ideology of the far right in our age of escalating disas
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Chuck Olsen @chuckumentary.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
This is devastating to rural community radio. My station is the only broadcast news source in a region with a huge number of wilderness tourists that rely on our services and signal - not to mention locals. Please call your Senators & protest this clawing back of funds already allocated by Congress!
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Chuck Olsen @chuckumentary.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
It’s currently snowing in Tofte ❄️ also—
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Any Democratic politician who doesn't understand Nayib Bukele's grave offense against the sovereignty of the American people and constitutional order and say as much publicly should have no future in elected office. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/bukel...
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Bukele’s Offense Against the American People
Here’s how I look at today’s White House spectacle. I don’t really...
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Chuck Olsen @chuckumentary.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Iskigamizige-giizis (Boiling Sap Moon)
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Chuck Olsen @chuckumentary.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Mirrorworld
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Chuck Olsen @chuckumentary.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Temperance River is so lovely in the springtime
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Chuck Olsen @chuckumentary.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Hang in there folks! (Bumble bee on St. John’s Wort from the archives)
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Chuck Olsen @chuckumentary.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Oberg Mountain sunset
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Chuck Olsen @chuckumentary.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Such great vibes with my little seaside community! #HandsOff protest of about 300 people in Grand Marais, MN today, marching by Lake Superior for a better world.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 05/04/2025
Spectacular view of 100,000 people attending the #HandsOff march in NYC
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
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Chuck Olsen @chuckumentary.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Moody forest as the recent snow storm was starting up
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Chuck Olsen @chuckumentary.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
A beautiful sunrise in the snowy North
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Chuck Olsen @chuckumentary.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Welp! New blizzard just dropped 😂
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