Charles Olney @olneyce.bsky.social · 11/09/2026No, the conclusion should be that these are two different candidates, running for two different jobs, against two different opposing candidates, who are therefore differentiated in many different ways. SMH 101 1
Charles Olney @olneyce.bsky.social · 14/06/2026Would you like to guess which of these two teams Ian Darke and Landon Donovan think are playing exceptionally well and which one is embarrassed at their performance? 000 0
Charles Olney @olneyce.bsky.social · 24/11/2025Over many interviews, the fox told Michael Scherer about how he plans to remake the henhouse defense system. Can he lead the security establishment he’s spent much of his life crusading against? 000 0
Charles Olney @olneyce.bsky.social · 24/11/2025The claim that ‘leftist violence is just as scary as rightest violence’ may or may not be true but it’s very clearly not the same thing as ‘political violence is bad’ 000 0
Charles Olney @olneyce.bsky.social · 10/11/2025The shutdown gambit was Senate Democrats drawing to an inside straight. They got the card they needed. And then folded for some reason 110 1
Charles Olney @olneyce.bsky.social · 20/10/2025Little bit of women's world cup 2019 reminiscing today cc @lawsonsv.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/topkomme... 120 2
Charles Olney @olneyce.bsky.social · 08/09/2025Let the kids vote! open.substack.com/pub/topkomme... 000 0
Charles Olney @olneyce.bsky.social · 06/09/2025Sophie pls The story of the season in Sweden is IK fighting for promotion and Eric holding his lonely vigil, protecting the Uppsala goal from all assailants 100 1
Charles Olney @olneyce.bsky.social · 30/08/20254-1 at halftime, and both teams have hit the woodwork. Not the highest quality football we’ve ever seen but Eric is getting plenty of chances to wave his flag. 000 0
Charles Olney @olneyce.bsky.social · 21/06/2025This reply is so on-the-nose that it feels made up 000 0
Charles Olney @olneyce.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Spending a beautiful Ascension Day at the park. Staying away from the domkyrka though, just in case Magnus II happens to be around (cc @flatpacksweden.bsky.social ) 110 1
Charles Olney @olneyce.bsky.social · 12/05/2025Frodo's defining characteristic is his capacity to withstand temptation. But if he were just an ascetic, he would be quite boring. What makes him interesting is the extraordinarily delicate balance between desire and resistance that's necessary to complete the task. 000 0
Charles Olney @olneyce.bsky.social · 05/05/2025The thing that makes Gollum’s story truly tragic is the tiny sliver of self that remains, screaming in the dark, after everything else has been ground into oblivion. 100 1
Charles Olney @olneyce.bsky.social · 03/05/2025Already down 0-1 after a pretty abysmal goal kick routine turned into a goal in the 5th minute. But Uppsala coming into the game a bit now 100 1
Charles Olney @olneyce.bsky.social · 30/04/2025American democracy is under serious and existential threat. Massive damage has already been done, and will take decades to repair even in the best case. We are shockingly close to a total breakdown 000 0
Charles Olney @olneyce.bsky.social · 29/04/2025Denethor is a great man, but also terrible. He stands firm under incredible pressure, until finally he cracks. And when he breaks, he breaks hard. Tolkien provides a wonderful portrayal of a complicated character. 100 1
Charles Olney @olneyce.bsky.social · 21/04/2025Without Merry, Boromir is never redeemed, Strider tries to follow Frodo (with disastrous consequences) or else the Fellowship goes to Minis Tirith (with disastrous consequences). Gandalf never revives Théoden and the ents are never roused. Saruman defeats Rohan. Angmar never dies. Sauron wins. 100 1
Charles Olney @olneyce.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Théoden's best scenes are the ones where he sets the world on fire with a battle hymn or unleashes on Saruman. But the thing that fully rounds him out as a character is his affection for Merry 100 1
Charles Olney @olneyce.bsky.social · 11/04/2025First fotboll of the year. Uppsala already up 1-0 to Eskilstuna 110 1
Charles Olney @olneyce.bsky.social · 24/03/2025It seems incredible that slime molds are capable of performing intelligence without a brain. But are we really so different? 000 0
Charles Olney @olneyce.bsky.social · 15/03/2025Old habits die hard, so I’m just not used to seeing the Pride obliterate teams like this. But holy cow that's a paddlin' 000 0
Charles Olney @olneyce.bsky.social · 13/03/2025I used to say ironically that Douglas Adams was the most interesting philosopher of my lifetime. What this post presupposes is... maybe he is. 000 0
Charles Olney @olneyce.bsky.social · 11/03/2025How should we think about creativity once it becomes clear that machines can actually produce deeply imaginative works without any of the friction or struggle that we thought made those things so special? 000 0
Charles Olney @olneyce.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Kids are small humans, and it's equal parts incredible and terrifying open.substack.com/pub/topkomme... 000 0
Charles Olney @olneyce.bsky.social · 24/02/2025I think we could all collectively benefit from trying to be a little bit less precious about weddings 010 1
Charles Olney @olneyce.bsky.social · 20/02/2025Communication isn't what you do to GET a successful relationship. Communication IS the relationship topkomment.substack.com/p/communicat... 000 0
Charles Olney @olneyce.bsky.social · 30/12/2024My top 40 songs of 2024 www.heartachewithhardwork.com/2024/12/top-... 010 1
Charles Olney @olneyce.bsky.social · 28/12/2024Life got in the way of my end of year lists last year, for the first time in two decades of music blogging. But we're back this year, starting with albums Featuring: @djsabrina.bsky.social @bessatwell.bsky.social @vanessapeters.bsky.social among others www.heartachewithhardwork.com/2024/12/top-... 243 4
Charles Olney @olneyce.bsky.social · 17/11/2024New article: In "Our Bodies, Our Choices" at Feminist Review I argue for incorporating the social experiences of bodies into the framework of reproductive justice. I hope it helps to both enrich and challenge our tendency to default to the logic of 'my body my choice' doi.org/10.1177/0141... 021 2
Charles Olney @olneyce.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Five years since I got to see the Carissa's Wierd reunion shows in Seattle. A long five years. 000 0
Charles Olney @olneyce.bsky.social · 16/08/2024Uppsala derby. We support IK because, among other reasons, they are the pink team (Eric’s favorite color) 000 0
Charles Olney @olneyce.bsky.social · 24/01/2024Haley's path is: stick around in the race for another couple weeks, hope that Trump literally dies of a heart attack or something, and that people have gotten accustomed to thinking of her as the person who finished 'in second place' Pretty simple! 000 0
Charles Olney @olneyce.bsky.social · 14/10/2023That's right, it's 'we have not technically been eliminated' o'clock! #DashOn 000 0