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John David Olsen @johndavidolsen.com · 06/10/2026
We went to Ottawa for a visa. Naturally, I found Hitler’s car instead. A visit to the Canadian War Museum led to Hitler’s armoured Mercedes, Göring’s uniform and the curious story of how the Mercedes was finally identified. Plus a regrettable decision to walk there. Quite a good travel day.
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The Führer’s Mercedes, and Other Unexpected Things I Found in Ottawa
A residency visa, bagpipes and a long walk to a museum I had somewhat written off.
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John David Olsen @johndavidolsen.com · 31/08/2026
A ruined dinner, a hasty exit, and one very consequential train ride back to London — how a young historian talked Clementine Churchill out of burning fifty-six years of her husband's letters. New post ↓ #winstonchurchill #wwii #history #historyfacts
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How 56 Years of Churchill Letters Nearly Went Up in Smoke
East Bergholt, Suffolk
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John David Olsen @johndavidolsen.com · 10/08/2026
A palace visit in Amsterdam—and then a smart lunch at the Grand Krasnapolsky. #amsterdam
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The Eighth Wonder in Amsterdam, and a Rather Sound Bed in the English Quarter
Amsterdam in October is the city at its most sensible: the canals are still doing their picturesque thing, the tulip-hunters have mostly gone home, and one can actually see the Rijksmuseum without neg...
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John David Olsen @johndavidolsen.com · 10/05/2026
A home fit for a king. Each summer, when the Royals went north, Clarence House discreetly opened its doors — a rare opportunity. Surrounded by silver frames filled with his family photographs, felt like being admitted to something very few people will ever see. #kingcharles
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When the Royals Are Away on Holiday
A sunny summer visit to Clarence House — and the room Charles calls home.
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John David Olsen @johndavidolsen.com · 27/03/2026
Spent a day inside the Houses of Parliament, and came away with three things: a story about the length of a sword, an encounter with a Cabinet Minister, and a Lord with an amusing nickname his daughters almost certainly didn't intend as a compliment. #britishparliament
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Swords, Red Lines, and Fox Hunting: A Day Out at the House of Commons
Inside the chamber where the red lines are literal — and the wit is rather sharp.
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John David Olsen @johndavidolsen.com · 10/03/2026
Three Famous Words at a Dusty Outpost: MacArthur’s Long Journey to ‘I Shall Return’ #wwii
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Three Famous Words at a Dusty Outpost: MacArthur’s Long Journey to ‘I Shall Return’
The General's 1942 Escape from Carrigador
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John David Olsen @johndavidolsen.com · 10/03/2026
Commonwealth Day at NSW Parliament House. Bagpipes, brilliant company, and the honour of representing the English-Speaking Union Australia — Gov Beesley, Commander Vallar, superb tablemates, and the lads from Scots College doing what they do best on the pipes. 🎶 God Save the King. #commonwealthday
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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
here's today's post: "CBS is still fucking with Stephen Colbert" — now they’re censoring interviews with Democrats. thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter to keep getting the good stuff —
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CBS is still fucking with Stephen Colbert
now they’re censoring interviews with Democrats
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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
BITE-SIZE FASCIST GREG BOVINO TICKS ALL THE NAZI BOXES, SO SHOULD WE REALLY BE SURPRISED TO LEARN HE WENT ON AN ANTISEMITIC RANT DURING A PHONE CALL? I COVER THIS AND ALL THE OTHER NAZI SHIT THAT DONNY'S FLUNKIES HAVE BEEN UP TO LATELY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO MY POST. LINK: bit.ly/45ElJVZ
it’s amazing how the more you know about Fascist in a Teacup Greg Bovino, the more you realize that he checks all the Nazi boxes.

does he have a Turd Reich haircut? check. does he dress as if he were starring in a dinner theater production of Springtime for Hitler? check.

does he have a love of violence for violence’s sake, and a depraved disregard for human rights? oh yeah. does he strut about like a little banty rooster who just invaded Poland? absofuckinglutely.

given all that, of course it was only a matter of time before we learned that Obergruppenführer Greg has a real problem with Jews.
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Wizard Withwords @wizardwithwords.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
This week felt like a seam ripping in the fabric of reality. As threads we thought were separate were revealed to be one tangled knot, some doubled down on what they needed to believe to feel safe, while others chose inconvenient reality & quietly walked toward the future. loom.ly/RyRWY1k
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Wizard's Weekly Wrap-Up: Grifters, Gangsters, and the Great Unravelling
Denial, Deception, Distrust and Dysfunction as Truth and Reality Forced Their Way In: The Week That Was January 25-31, 2026
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John David Olsen @johndavidolsen.com · 21/01/2026
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Tea with the Kaiser at Huis Doorn
While in the Netherlands, I decided to pay a visit to the Kaiser.
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John David Olsen @johndavidolsen.com · 07/11/2025
Let's help Michael Wolff in his lawsuit against Melania. I've donated and can't wait to see her deposed under oath. #resist gofund.me/280c73515
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Donate to Help Michael Wolff in His Legal Fight Against Melania Trump, organized by Michael Wolff
My name is Michael Wolff. I’m the author of four books about … Michael Wolff needs your support for Help Michael Wolff in His Legal Fight Against Melania Trump
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John David Olsen @johndavidolsen.com · 15/10/2025
A few nights ago, I stayed at Villa Rothschild in Königstein, just outside Frankfurt. Built in the 1890s by Wilhelm Carl von Rothschild as a summer residence. In 1948–49, the Parliamentary Council met here to draft the Grundgesetz — the Basic Law that founded the Federal Republic of Germany.
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John David Olsen @johndavidolsen.com · 14/10/2025
Visited Huis Doorn outside Utrecht in the Netherlands — the final home of Kaiser Wilhelm II. After Germany’s defeat in 1918, the Kaiser went into exile at the insistence of Woodrow Wilson—as a condition for ending The Great War. He brought with him 64 train carloads of possessions.
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John David Olsen @johndavidolsen.com · 10/10/2025
I learned details yesterday about the persecution of the Jews in Holland while I was visiting the Dutch National Holocaust Museum. It is located next to a kindergarten, which was used as a deportation site for children. It is said that 'History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes.'
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John David Olsen @johndavidolsen.com · 03/04/2025
Trump playing 5D chess with the global economy is pure brilliance. #Resisit #Fascism
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John David Olsen @johndavidolsen.com · 23/03/2025
I’m numb. Speechless. This is not just another political crisis—we are entering something far worse: a usurpation of power, the unravelling of democracy in real-time. I never thought I’d see this happen, and yet here we are. bit.ly/41VZs3h If this isn’t the moment to awaken, then what is?
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Black Saturday: The Day the United States Ceased to Be a Constitutional Democracy
Black Saturday, March 15, 2025, will be remembered as the day the U.S. ceased to function as a constitutional democracy. A sitting president defied a federal court order, proving that judicial authori...
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John David Olsen @johndavidolsen.com · 11/03/2025
@gavinnewsom.bsky.social Governor, I just listened to Episode Two of your podcast and love it. It's insightful, informed, and intelligent. This is a fantastic idea to show you (and we) can have constructive debates with those on the other side of the spectrum without hating each other.
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Nicole Tersigni @nicsigni.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
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John David Olsen @johndavidolsen.com · 04/03/2025
This is definitely my favourite headline of the day… 'Lara Trump’s Fox debut derailed as fans allege plastic surgery left her looking like a horse.' 😂 #foxnews
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Henry Farrell @himself.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state... This is by far the best, clearest and most realistic analysis of what we're in for that I've seen.
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The Path to American Authoritarianism
What comes after democratic breakdown.
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John David Olsen @johndavidolsen.com · 06/02/2025
Btw, the correct pronunciation for #DOGE is 'dodgy'. 🤬
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John David Olsen @johndavidolsen.com · 04/02/2025
Donald Trump clearly has never read anything about history, particularly with regard to his favourite word in the English language—tariffs. bit.ly/3Q38RjP
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The Great Depression Lesson About ‘Trade Wars’ | HISTORY
In 1930, raising tariffs across the board hurt the U.S. economy.
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John David Olsen @johndavidolsen.com · 22/01/2025
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John David Olsen @johndavidolsen.com · 16/01/2025
Well, this is kinda rude. Where are the locals supposed to pee? #srilanka
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John David Olsen @johndavidolsen.com · 14/01/2025
Sun coming up over the Indian Ocean this morning about 5:30 am at the old colonial Galle Face Hotel. Good morning #srilanka
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John David Olsen @johndavidolsen.com · 26/12/2024
Time to head home. See you soon Sydney. #australia
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John David Olsen @johndavidolsen.com · 23/12/2024
Splendid Christmas in Singapore.
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John David Olsen @johndavidolsen.com · 12/12/2024
Celebrating the Christmas Season with the Australia Britain Society.
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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
And the new era begins. My Substack is alive again, and here's my first post paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-fraudu...
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The Fraudulence of “Waste, Fraud and Abuse”
History repeats itself, the first time as farce, the second as clown show
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John David Olsen @johndavidolsen.com · 07/12/2024
The sooner that bastard Assad is gone, the better. The only question is, what (and who) is next?
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John David Olsen @johndavidolsen.com · 16/11/2024
In my view, the Westminster System of constitutional monarchy isn't perfect, but it's far more democratic than the current binary system in the US.
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Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com · 11/10/2024
Bob Woodward’s “War” suggests Biden may have stopped a nuclear war even as Trump was secretly talking to Russia’s president.
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What a New Book’s Explosive Revelations Tell Us About Biden, Trump, and Putin
Bob Woodward’s “War” suggests Biden may have stopped a nuclear war even as Trump was secretly talking to Russia’s president.
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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 01/09/2024
1/ Some speech Musk has restricted, not freed whatsoever... He suspended the researcher Travis Brown www.wired.com/story/x-twit...
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X Banned the Account of a Major Critic. Now He’s Taking It to Court
Software developer Travis Brown’s X account was banned after his research alleged far-right influencers were becoming more prominent on the platform. He’s taking X to court in a bid to reverse the dec...
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John David Olsen @johndavidolsen.com · 10/08/2024
The most amazing lunch at Rein and La Rue in #Melbourne. The room is a must see.
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Please Follow the Official Guardian Account @guardian-world-rss.bsky.social · 10/08/2024
New poll shows Harris four points ahead of Trump in three key swing states
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New poll shows Harris four points ahead of Trump in three key swing states
Crucial states of Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan are now leaning Democratic according to a NYT/Siena poll
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Scott Rose @rprose.bsky.social · 10/08/2024
ProPublica has obtained more than 14 hours of previously unpublished Project 2025 video intended as training material for future presidential appointees @propublica.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/insi...
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Inside Project 2025’s Secret Training Videos
“Eradicate climate change references”; only talk to conservative media; don’t leave a paper trail for watchdogs to discover. In a series of never-before-published videos, Project 2025 details how a se...
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Emily Bell @emilybell.bsky.social · 22/04/2024
Mercury in retrograde has a lot of explaining to do, when it’s ready
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Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 30/03/2024
I made y'all a Good Friday cake.
Cake with the European style depiction of Jesus in a corner and puff frosting reading "BRB"
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John David Olsen @johndavidolsen.com · 05/03/2024
First visit to the National Gallery of Australia. Bit of bollocks and a couple of Pollocks. #art #Australia #nationalgallery
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John David Olsen @johndavidolsen.com · 02/03/2024
Australian War Memorial Canberra. Lest we forget.
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Alex Pigman @alexrpigman.bsky.social · 30/11/2023
Interesting that Sam Altman called back The Verge to say that OpenAI can be run just fine without him. You just have to think that this story ain't over yet. www.theverge.com/2023/11/29/2...
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Interview: Sam Altman on being fired and rehired by OpenAI
Altman explains why he decided to return to OpenAI and what comes next for the company.
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John David Olsen @johndavidolsen.com · 15/02/2024
Hello BlueSky. Meet Max.
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Heathenly Rick Havoc @rickhavoc.bsky.social · 12/02/2024
Boom.
If you're paying 100 million for Superbowl ads to convert people to Jesus instead of housing the homeless, you read the wrong book.
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