Ulrike
I like birds, books, & podcasts. She/her.
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- Temu John Green, complete with the eschatological anxiety.
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- Reposted by Ulrikethe Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex
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- Reposted by UlrikeNancy By Ernie Bushmiller February 12,1940
- Reposted by Ulrikeno disrespect, but I'm not subscribing to your Substack for reasons that should be obvious if you google words like "substack" and "nazis"
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- Iowa schools are failing, and Iowa politicians are scared kids will be able to get educational materials from the library.
- Reposted by UlrikeSo, remember that Episcopal bishop in New Hampshire that told priests to get their wills in order because “we are entering a new era of martyrdom"? I ran across historical precedent for that today. It's from a radio transcript @rns.org produced about a Lutheran bishop in Denmark… …in 1943.
- NEW: I spoke with this bishop, who offered more context for his (entirely unprepared!) remarks. Turns out other bishops (e.g., in MN) agree with him, and he recalled the moment he told local priests to get their wills in order. “There was a little gasp,” he said. religionnews.com/2026/01/15/t...
- Kim Reynolds retains the #KimReaper title. #Iowa
- Reposted by Ulrike“TO DEFEAT YOUR ENEMY. YOU MUST KNOW THEM. MELANIA.” I'd donate to this place simply for that advertisement alone.
- Reposted by UlrikeEvery day Mamdani comes out and is like "hey guys, I turned off the orphan-crushing machine. Literally just had to flip a switch. Took less than 5 minutes." After decades of dem leadership pissing and moaning and fundraising about how complex an issue it is and how difficult the process is etc
- Reposted by UlrikeThis pales in effectiveness to my strategy, "hope Supreme Court justice simply dies at the right time"
- It's great that they're learning. It's terrible that they're treated like experts before they learn.
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- Reposted by Ulrikedril was suspended over this post. Moderation on this site is broken.
- Reposted by UlrikeTonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
- Verily!
- FAFO 🧵
- He pissed off EVERYONE.
- The headline implies euthanasia. "...Winchell said plans are underway to 'humanely trap and remove' the animal within a week if it doesn’t leave on its own." The hard part is, it may not survive relocation, and it may not survive on the island. It's an interesting read.
- Reposted by Ulrike"It was consensual" when you're talking about a relationship with a disparate power dynamic means you may be free of criminal charges, but that by no means lets you off the hook morally or ethically. You used that fame to abuse someone and get your rocks off. THAT'S who you really are.
- Reposted by Ulrikesay what you will about being compelled to take vows and join a monastic order it was a better way of dealing with disgraced powerful men than 100k-word substack posts
- Reposted by UlrikeThey should be impeaching him every single day. New crime, new impeachment. They should keep impeaching him once he’s out of office. They should keep impeaching him after he’s dead.
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- Reposted by UlrikeFar-right Americans want you to believe that having nice things is impossible, and that serving billionaires is the only thing you can do. This is a lie. The rest of the world has solved many problems Republicans pretend are impossible.
- Motherhood costs Danish women an average of $120,000 in earnings over two decades, according to a sociologist who researches family and economics. Generous government benefits like paid leave, childcare and child allowances recovered about $100,000 of that loss. buff.ly/pAtuCS0
- Reposted by UlrikeYep. Please don't let this shiny object distract from real reforms.
- To anyone tempted to celebrate Noem's big announcement that ICE will use body cams and that it will be expanded nationwide as funding is available... That's already been official ICE policy for over two years. www.ice.gov/news/release....
- Reposted by UlrikeNow that most of the country wants to abolish ICE, get ready for the goalposts to shift, so that abolish ICE becomes "reform ICE" as we get closer to the election. We have to continue pressure to make sure we really mean abolish, when we say it, otherwise we will be sold out.
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- This is a good answer. Krispy Kreme are definitely "mid."
- It's February, and the geese are flying north!
- Reposted by UlrikeNancy By Ernie Bushmiller February 02,1949
- *taps sign* When you add asterisks to Neil Gaiman's name, it doesn't make your post less offensive. It just breaks the filters people have in place to avoid reading about him. Knock it off!
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- FYI, Neil Gaiman is attempting a rehabilitation tour. Mute accordingly.
- LOL I also went 😕 about Damon as Odysseus.
- Reposted by UlrikeIf anyone says Lupita Nyong’o is miscast as the most beautiful woman in the world, you know you can safely discard any further opinions from that person
- <3 So caught up in the euphoria of having Lupita Nyong'o, that for a minute she lived in a world where racism didn't exist.
- I bet $20 she can't pronounce my VERY VERY GERMAN NAME. (Apologies for putting this video in your feed. I needed to make this about me and my name trauma.)
- Reposted by UlrikeNew, by me: A must-read NYT Magazine report showed how Senator Chuck Grassley's oversight work as Judiciary Committee chair led to career FBI agents or supervisors being forced out, in some cases with no investigation supporting their alleged wrongdoing. www.bleedingheartland.com/2026/02/02/n...
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- Reposted by UlrikeTroublemaker is my middle name.
- Reposted by UlrikeLook, folks: President Trump shitting his pants live on camera is a DISTRACTION from the Epstein files, which are in turn a DISTRACTION from ICE’s gestapo tactics which are themselves a DISTRACTION from the affordability crisis… (1/13,597)
- Reposted by UlrikeMany of our NIH colleagues have signed a letter refusing to let HHS/NIH funding be used as a pawn to continue funding of ICE terrorism. These are people whose paychecks and lives are on the line. Where do you stand? 🧪 www.savehhs.org/letter-we-wi...
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- Reposted by UlrikeWhile I am sure the GOP will make every attempt to undermine the 2026 election, the strongest rebuke of Election Doomerism is that, in the last 13 months, Republicans have failed to flip a single legislative seat, anywhere. They are losing ground, and losing it fast.
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- Reposted by UlrikeFormer Texas Lege reporter here. A Dem hasn't held this seat since 1990. Tarrant is the safest of red suburban counties. There is no way the TX and national GOP aren't in panic mode right now.
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- Reposted by UlrikeGonna beg media not to just repeat Trump's obviously bullshit framing in the headlines. Tell readers the truth in the headlines. Alternatives: "With Artists and Audience Fleeing, Trump Closes Kennedy Center Indefinitely" "Trump Says Kennedy Center Needs Renovation, Despite Recent $250M Renovation"
- Breaking news: President Trump said that the Kennedy Center could temporarily close for roughly two years to undergo construction. wapo.st/49VsdCk
- I don't fly enough to have "miles" but if you'd like to donate, the link is in the thread.
- Kid is using Rocket Money. Sometimes, he buys food at work. He tells the app that any expenditures at [redacted] are "Dining and Drinks". RM categorizes all of his paychecks from [redacted] as Dining & Drinks. Food budget suddenly becomes PROFIT! Checkmate, underpants gnomes.
