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Greg Olear

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Lapsed novelist, #RoughBeast author, PREVAIL columnist & podcaster, co-host of The Five 8, enjoyer of Friday Manhattans. bio.site/gregolear

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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Ha!
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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"Lately, it seems, the bells have been tolling non-stop; the tintinnabulation is deafening; our own lamentations are drowned out by the reverberating clang. But this is the cost of being 'involved in mankind' in the Internet age, when no one with WiFi is an island."
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Sunday Pages: "Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions"
A meditation by John Donne
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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
So weird to see such enthusiasm for the Republican Midterm Convention in Midtown Manhattan.
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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
We at @thefive8.bsky.social were able to procure the director's cut of Donald Trump's pro-Iran War propaganda ad. We like this one better. If you agree, please share.
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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Thanks to the great @frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social for joining us tonight. We got him in a "Frank Friday" mood. Watch the full episode here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZqb...
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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
We at @thefive8.bsky.social were able to procure the director's cut of Donald Trump's pro-Iran War propaganda ad. We like this one better. If you agree, please share.
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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Top of the hour…
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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
We are more subtle lol
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The Five 8 @thefive8.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Join Stephanie Koff and Greg Olear LIVE tonight! 8e/5p 🥃🎱🍸 Notifications ON ✅ @gregolear.bsky.social @lincolnsbible.bsky.social  youtube.com/live/FZqbamr...
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No Weirdoes, Yes Typoes
Stephanie Koff and Greg Olear LIVE on Friday night.
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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Swell. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Elon Musk to return his attention to government, advise Pentagon on future of war
Musk will join Anduril founder Palmer Luckey and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich on a panel for what the Defense Department is calling Project Meridian.
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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Fantastic piece by Jim Stewartson that explains just how stupid super intelligence is. If you don't like data centers now, you'll REALLY not like them after understanding how useless they really are. www.mind-war.com/p/super-inte...
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“Super Intelligence”: Last Gasp of the Punchcard
How the Trump regime and the AI industry are driving us into a $10 trillion ditch.
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Katherine Davies @mamandebullies.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is spot on.
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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The difference, it seems to me, is that the new term implies that AI is inherently superior to human brainpower. Something approaching the divine, rather than flawed software that doesn't know how many fingers we have.
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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Kremlin lickspittle. Pathetic traitor.
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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
But in all seriousness, there’s no way a guy who tweets about sports all the fucking time messed up these two teams and sporting events. This is just a piece of propaganda designed to make the stupid MAGA think that Jack Smith did something wrong. Fuck Eric Schmitt and his Kremlin talking points. 
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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The only way this could have been better is if Smith said "Fuck Trae Young."
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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Some AffirMAGAtions… Full list plus audio of me reading them is here: gregolear.substack.com/p/affirmagat...
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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#13. Donald Trump is the President of Peace. The only reason he ordered the U.S. military to attack Iran is to prevent nuclear war. And because Iran won’t stop throttling the Strait of Hormuz, the only way Donald Trump can prevent a nuclear war with Iran is by dropping nuclear bombs on Iran.
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AffirMAGAtions
The Apostolic Creed of the cult of Donald J. Trump
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A Dandelion @onedandelion.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Thank you student journalists/editors.
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EDITORIAL | Cornell Won’t, We Will
The Editorial Board demands that Cornell stops protecting the alleged Chi Phi rapists through the University's opaque sexual assault policies.
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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Shit, I forgot about Adventure Time. Not top 10, but certainly top 100.
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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Oz is ineligible; came out in 97. 😊
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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Totally agree.
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O🏹🌙 @ohsaidwhat.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Heavy on 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑊𝑖𝑟𝑒 being elite. It will *always* be at the top of my list forever. I would’ve added 𝑂𝑧 (HBO) because I still think about it and the cast with Harold Perrineau as extraordinary. What a great list (and criteria!). Love seeing a literary comparison to the shows listed. Enjoy: ☕️✨
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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Thanks! I think if there’s anything to be gained from the list, it’s to encourage more people to watch Bojack.
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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Feminize a band name XXTC
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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Shall I compare thee to an AOC?
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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"I thought it might be fun—and a reprieve from all the very dark, very depressing fare I’ve been producing on these pages lately—to make my own list of the best shows of the 21st century, and offer comment on each one. Because PREVAIL does not have an arts department, I’m limiting my list to ten."
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Sunday Pages: “The 100 Best TV Shows of the 21st Century”
A compilation by The New York Times
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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I hate listening to him, he's such an ass-clown.
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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Quick, alert Peter Thiel! We are a 10th of a cent away from the apocalypse.
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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Went a little bit overboard at the Elting Library Book Fair. Head out this weekend if you’re in New Paltz!
50+ books
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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
If you're confused about the whole Ed Sheeran / #Macklemore / Robert Kraft brouhaha, this song will help explain... cc: @chunklz.bsky.social
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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Soon.
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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🙏❤️
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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The almighty gas price. Disgraceful.
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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Excellent point.
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thepissedoldlady.bsky.social @thepissedoldlady.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Great read! Netanyahu goaded the orange traitor into his forever war with Iran and now the whole world suffers. Both war criminals only concerned with staying out of prison for their crimes. Murderous dictators steeped in corruption. The world will be better when they are both gone.
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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
‘Facts: the first time Netanyahu issued a warning that Iran attaining nukes was imminent, Tupac Shakur was still alive. Bibi is a fear-monger. “Two weeks away” is his tagline, like Bart Simpson’s “Don’t have a cow.” He’s been on about this for 30 years. There was no need to attack Iran now.’
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Bibi Bitches and Moans
In an empty assembly room at the U.N., Netanyahu nurses his personal grievances, avoids responsibility, and revels in his delusions.
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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Disgraceful that Bibi the Butcher is given a platform to spew ugly lies. Get the fuck out of New York, you genocidal criminal.
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Mark J. Plotkin @tareno70.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
THAT is exactly the problem.
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BearPondBoy 🧿 @bearpondboy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Just got to this. It is a MUST READ.
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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I did.
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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Are you referring to the moments in every game where the officials pull some rule out of their collective ass that neither the announcers nor the former official who is now a rules expert can explain? Because that also happens all the time now.
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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
It's gotten progressively worse. I almost felt BULLIED.
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Microplastics Sommelier @leastactionhero.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“It’s 12 million metric tons of potash, Michael. Where could we get it, Belarus?”
Lucille Bluth from Arrested Development
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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I don’t object to people gambling. But the normalization of it and the relentless ads , when kids are watching, is so dangerous.
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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
On Friday’s episode of The Five 8, I outlined how the US is already a fascist state.The midterm elections comprise a referendum on how entrenched the condition is; the results of those elections will determine the course of the resistance going forward—and the future of American democracy.
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Far Right of Boom
The “boom” happened a while ago: American fascism is already here. But what if we don’t win the House and the Senate? The future of our democracy hinges on what happens in November. Are we ready?
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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
It’s going to destroy our society if it keeps up.
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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Turned on Giants game. An ad for the sports gambling app that sponsors the broadcast, in which one of the ESPN talking heads is practically begging me to place a bet, comes on. This is insidious and must be outlawed…but I am not holding my breath.
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