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Oli R. @ohlistic.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Full speech of Mayor Vico Sotto at the UP Law graduation rites yesterday. Certainly the best speech I’ve ever heard a Filipino politician deliver. (Also tickled by the fact that I’m visible in the background the first 20 seconds or so) www.facebook.com/share/v/1KKK...

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Oli R. @ohlistic.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

The theoretical resignation of both the President and the VP will result in Senate Pres (Tito Sotto) as Acting President, but only temporarily. A special presidential election must be called within 2 months. The current VP is not barred then from running for President.; she will likely win.

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Oli R. @ohlistic.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

PHILVOLCS: Expect to experience tsunami wave height of less than one (1) meter. First tsunami waves are expected to arrive between 01:20 PM to 02:40 PM, 30 Jul 2025 (PH Standard Time). It may not be the largest and these waves may continue for hours. tsunami.phivolcs.dost.gov.ph/Tsunami_Info...

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Oli R. @ohlistic.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Maps like these and the underlying granular barangay vote data, now establish there are dozens of pink/progressive barangays across nation. If the Leni coalition concentrates on running their candidates and seizing councils in next barangay polls, that's a narrative that carries into 2028.

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Oli R. @ohlistic.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Rate guide for freelance writers, Philippines.

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Oli R. @ohlistic.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

My original instinct was to create a joke ballot, but in the end I took this seriously. More than anything, this list reveals that I still have major gaps in film watching. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Oli R. @ohlistic.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Independence is self-reliance. Independence is thus diffcult, unnerving. Some rush into it unmindful of consequence, others tread cautiously but definitely. Whatever the case, independence requires bravery above all. Happy Independence Day bayan ko.

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Oli R. @ohlistic.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Jose Corazon de Jesus -- Huseng Batute -- the King of Balagtasan (and the Tagalog lyricist of Bayan Ko) was able to record for Columbia Records two records before his death in May 1932. It would be phenomenal if copies of these records were to be discovered as still existing.

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Oli R. @ohlistic.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Juan Sumulong, who ran against Quezon in 1941, was a close friend of Emilio Jacinto. In 1933, he wrote this first person account about his friendship with Jacinto who had by then been dead for 34 years.

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Oli R. @ohlistic.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Rafael Palma (after whom UP's Palma Hall is named) was a Senator, ConCon member. Had he lived to see Philippine independence in 1946, he would have been a considerable elder statesman in the early days of the Republic.

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Oli R. @ohlistic.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Safe to assume, based on his newly-posted reaction on Facebook, that Cardinal Pablo David, if he becomes Pope, will be more directly confrontational towards Trump than even Pope Francis. m.facebook.com/story.php?st...

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Oli R. @ohlistic.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Yup, though the two other Pinoy appointees of Francis (Quevedo and Advincula) were also surprised at their own appointments, none of them bishops of dioceses that had seen cardinals before.

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Oli R. @ohlistic.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Cardinal Ambo David has now been included in the list of 13 cardinals specifically profiled by CNN as among the leading papal candidates. edition.cnn.com/2025/04/22/w...

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Oli R. @ohlistic.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

ANG TURO NI PAPA FRANCISCO, LOLO KIKO Tayong lahat ay may pananagutan sa isa’t isa. Tayong lahat ay walang kakatakutan sa isa’t isa. Tayong lahat ay tinipon ng Diyos na kapiling niya.

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Oli R. @ohlistic.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Pablo David is probably more progressive than Chito Tagle

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Oli R. @ohlistic.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Alin? Alin? Alin ang naiba?

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Oli R. @ohlistic.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Your reminder that the papacy as government is in fact a dictatorship.

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Oli R. @ohlistic.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

How many architectural historians would agree that the bahay kubo was indispensable to the development of the modern skyscraper?

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Oli R. @ohlistic.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Ang Bagong Kampeon with Bert Marcelo and Pilita Corrales reboots in heaven. (And yes, ChatGPT can generate those trite obit comic tributes of famous people reuniting in heaven)

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Oli R. @ohlistic.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

2. The decision revalidates that screenshots are electronic documents that are able to prove the fact of the posts. Let’s see how that works out over the next few years.

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Oli R. @ohlistic.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

My take on Atty. Serrano v. Atty. Cruz-Angeles (AC No. 10985, 29 Jul 2024) 1. It’s precedent that as long as one charged does not admit authorship of a post on a socmed account that bears their name, burden with complainant to prove other party’s authorship through other means

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Oli R. @ohlistic.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

ChatGPT is unable to enumerate all 433 incumbent members of the U.S. House of Representatives according to their current ages.

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Oli R. @ohlistic.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Iskolar ng Bayan, meron ng palaruan! Meron ng palaruan, Iskolar ng Bayan!

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Oli R. @ohlistic.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Estelito Mendoza has died, according to a Facebook post by Juan Ponce Enrile.

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Oli R. @ohlistic.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

I still wouldn't recommend doing a live interview at 5:15 am, but I tried my best.

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Oli R. @ohlistic.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

My mom passed seven years ago today. She remains forever in our hearts.

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Oli R. @ohlistic.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Was hoping quite frankly for a more elegant translation.

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Oli R. @ohlistic.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Law in the off-kilter manner

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Oli R. @ohlistic.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

What in my life story would have compelled Facebook to include this in my feed?

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Oli R. @ohlistic.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Because there will never be a Philippine version of The Traitors, I just asked ChatGPT to invent one. Here's the recap for Episode 1.

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Oli R. @ohlistic.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

TIL Gateway cinemas has a policy where it would not push through with a screening if there are less than 4 paid tickets for that time slot.

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Oli R. @ohlistic.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

His frequent co-star and ka-love team Rosario Moreno would in turn die during the 1945 Battle of Manila

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Oli R. @ohlistic.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

The Manila North Cemetery funeral of the Filipino film star Rudy Concepcion, who died from an ulcer at age 27 on 21 June 1940, was attended by approximately 120,000 people who lined up the sidewalks of Rizal Avenue to Blumentritt.

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Oli R. @ohlistic.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

"In avenging my own honor I felt that I was avenging the honor of Filipino women. I shot him as a lesson to other men."

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Oli R. @ohlistic.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Ilocos Sur Governor Lupo Biteng was assassinated on 6 January 1932 by his childhood sweetheart Segundina Quilop. A broken promise to marry was confessed as her motive.

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Oli R. @ohlistic.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

A very pleasant surprise - the Senegalese documentary Dahomey (2024) is receiving a commercial screening at Metro Manila cinemas over the next several days! I hope that you would consider watching at the cinema.

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Oli R. @ohlistic.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

The annual debate of the UP Law junior class. Topic: Resolved, that Philippine independence be postponed indefinitely. Debaters include a future iconic Senator, as well as a future Chief Justice.

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Oli R. @ohlistic.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Researchers would be interested to learn that digitized searchable archives of multiple editions of The Tribune, one of the leading Philippine newspapers of the 1930s-1940s, are now available on Newspapers dot com. Covering the years 1932 to 1945.

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Oli R. @ohlistic.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

The tromp I approve of.

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Oli R. @ohlistic.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Del Prado v. Meralco, 52 Phil 900 (1929)

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Oli R. @ohlistic.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Not earlier than 2034 though

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