Ulrike
@ulidig.bsky.social
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Ulrike
@ulidig.bsky.social
· Jan 10
Friendly reminder: Bsky doesn't censor words. You can say things like kill and fuck here.
When you choose to bowdlerize words on Bsky, it just breaks people's filters. If you type "r*pe" it means that anyone who has a filter to block the word "rape" still sees your post. Knock it off!
When you choose to bowdlerize words on Bsky, it just breaks people's filters. If you type "r*pe" it means that anyone who has a filter to block the word "rape" still sees your post. Knock it off!
There is no algorithm here. Type the word like a grown up or say something else.
Fck c*ncer =/= FUCK CANCER.
Fck c*ncer =/= FUCK CANCER.
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The U.S. housing market is going to face a price correction “worse than 2008,” according to housing analyst Melody Wright, who expects home prices to drop in half as soon as next year, per Newsweek.
November 29, 2025 at 9:23 PM
The U.S. housing market is going to face a price correction “worse than 2008,” according to housing analyst Melody Wright, who expects home prices to drop in half as soon as next year, per Newsweek.
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As always, I recommend people be skeptical of influencer marketing like this. Don't let people leverage parasocial relationships, trust, and political identity to sell you things that ultimately aren't in your best interest. And question the integrity of those those who do.
November 29, 2025 at 8:08 PM
As always, I recommend people be skeptical of influencer marketing like this. Don't let people leverage parasocial relationships, trust, and political identity to sell you things that ultimately aren't in your best interest. And question the integrity of those those who do.
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I'm also surprised that Roger went with a Hong Kong factory (I called the factory today to confirm). If MAGA is about making America great again through reindustrialization, why not use a US factory? Over at O'Connell's, you can find MiUSA tailoring for half of Roger's prices
November 29, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I'm also surprised that Roger went with a Hong Kong factory (I called the factory today to confirm). If MAGA is about making America great again through reindustrialization, why not use a US factory? Over at O'Connell's, you can find MiUSA tailoring for half of Roger's prices
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An article that dares to ask the question: Is Louis C.K.'s new special funny enough and is his new novel good enough to look past his sex crimes? Tyler Foggatt's answer seems to be no, but only because the quality wasn't good enough - not that she shouldn't be promoting sex criminals. Because 2025.
When a cancelled performer reënters the culture, we expect them to offer us a great work, channelling their newfound clarity into the finest art they’ve ever made. With his new comedy show and début novel, has Louis C.K. met the bar?
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
Louis C.K.’s Next Chapter
In a new standup special, and a début novel, the comedian navigates murky, post-#MeToo terrain: not quite exiled, not quite welcomed back.
www.newyorker.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:12 PM
An article that dares to ask the question: Is Louis C.K.'s new special funny enough and is his new novel good enough to look past his sex crimes? Tyler Foggatt's answer seems to be no, but only because the quality wasn't good enough - not that she shouldn't be promoting sex criminals. Because 2025.
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Police departments’ “clearance rates” — the percentage of cases they declare closed — are one of the most widely cited benchmarks for how effectively they combat crime. But the figures can be confusing — and in some cases misleading, Stateline reports.
Why ‘clearance rates’ don’t tell the whole story about solving crimes • Iowa Capital Dispatch
State lawmakers are pushing to better understand and improve crime clearance rates, which can be misleading.
iowacapitaldispatch.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Police departments’ “clearance rates” — the percentage of cases they declare closed — are one of the most widely cited benchmarks for how effectively they combat crime. But the figures can be confusing — and in some cases misleading, Stateline reports.
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Remember when Amazon held a sale during Independent Bookstore Day in an effort to undercut indie bookstores?
We didn’t forget. Support local bookstores during Small Business Saturday and beyond.
We didn’t forget. Support local bookstores during Small Business Saturday and beyond.
November 29, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Remember when Amazon held a sale during Independent Bookstore Day in an effort to undercut indie bookstores?
We didn’t forget. Support local bookstores during Small Business Saturday and beyond.
We didn’t forget. Support local bookstores during Small Business Saturday and beyond.
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What a great headline
November 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
What a great headline
I've been seeing both foxes and coyotes in my yard this week. I had expected the larger coyotes to scare the smaller Red Foxes away, but that doesn't seem to be the case. We aren't particularly urban—outside of city limits—but with lots of new construction around us.
Foxes and Coyotes are Natural Enemies. Or Are They?
Urban environments change the behavior of predator species—and that might have big implications for humans
www.smithsonianmag.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I've been seeing both foxes and coyotes in my yard this week. I had expected the larger coyotes to scare the smaller Red Foxes away, but that doesn't seem to be the case. We aren't particularly urban—outside of city limits—but with lots of new construction around us.
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Ordering no quarter, as Hegseth effectively did, isn't a newfangled modern war crime. It was understood as a crime as far back as the Revolutionary War. Washington threatened to do reprisals over it. The bad guy in 'The Patriot' is (very loosely) based off a British officer who was notorious for it.
November 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Ordering no quarter, as Hegseth effectively did, isn't a newfangled modern war crime. It was understood as a crime as far back as the Revolutionary War. Washington threatened to do reprisals over it. The bad guy in 'The Patriot' is (very loosely) based off a British officer who was notorious for it.
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UPDATE | Attorneys for Jan “Jay” Carey, a former Army sergeant first class, cite video from police-worn body cameras to claim that he was the target of “vindictive prosecution” after engaging in protest protected by the First Amendment.
Attorneys for Army veteran who burned flag claim he is the target of ‘vindictive prosecution’
Attorneys for combat veteran Jay Carey are seeking to dismiss the case with video evidence collected from police-worn body cameras at the incident.
www.stripes.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:10 PM
UPDATE | Attorneys for Jan “Jay” Carey, a former Army sergeant first class, cite video from police-worn body cameras to claim that he was the target of “vindictive prosecution” after engaging in protest protected by the First Amendment.
Evergreen. (It's shaping up to be a bad flu season, so if you haven't gotten vaccinated yet, maybe think about doing it this weekend.)
Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
November 28,1963
November 28,1963
November 28, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Evergreen. (It's shaping up to be a bad flu season, so if you haven't gotten vaccinated yet, maybe think about doing it this weekend.)
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I desperately wish the culture in the US surrounding vacation and sick time to be radically changed. They want to convince you that the the company not having redundancy is your fault, not a deliberate choice by the company. And it is killing people from stress, from not even having the ability to /
November 28, 2025 at 7:21 AM
I desperately wish the culture in the US surrounding vacation and sick time to be radically changed. They want to convince you that the the company not having redundancy is your fault, not a deliberate choice by the company. And it is killing people from stress, from not even having the ability to /
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If you can't recover from illness, have a baby, or take care of a sick loved one without fear of going broke or getting canned, do you have humane working conditions? I would argue no.
And this is why i'm feverently
Pro union.
Pro workers rights.
Pro humane working conditions.
And this is why i'm feverently
Pro union.
Pro workers rights.
Pro humane working conditions.
November 28, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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Alas, trending, but not dead.
November 28, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Alas, trending, but not dead.
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Nancy ( FORMERLY FRITZI RITZ )
By Ernie Bushmiller November 28,1939
By Ernie Bushmiller November 28,1939
November 28, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Nancy ( FORMERLY FRITZI RITZ )
By Ernie Bushmiller November 28,1939
By Ernie Bushmiller November 28,1939
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If they want to slow down the Trump administration, Democrats should begin promising this *now*
We're gonna need a truth and reconciliation commission and Nuremberg style trials to reckon with all of this evil, and any Dem candidate for office who shies away from a full reckoning in the name of "moving forward as a nation" can get well and truly fucked
I feel much safer today knowing that we deported a Babson College student back to a country where she hasn't lived since childhood.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
November 27, 2025 at 4:53 PM
If they want to slow down the Trump administration, Democrats should begin promising this *now*
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Commit this to memory: those who place themselves above the law's reach are beyond the law's protection
November 27, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Commit this to memory: those who place themselves above the law's reach are beyond the law's protection
Ooo. I really like the live version. <3
Okay, the crowd going nuts like someone just scored a touchdown at the Super Bowl all *through* the KDH performance is a hell of a thing to see hear/see:
November 28, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Ooo. I really like the live version. <3
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A *huge* vaccine victory. I've been writing on this for years; Australia has seen remarkable progress in cervical cancer prevention with the HPV vaccine. I love seeing science triumph like this.
Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
newsGP - Australia set for world-first cervical cancer elimination
Vaccination programs have played a key role, and GPs remain ‘instrumental’ in boosting screening rates to reach the 2035 target.
www1.racgp.org.au
November 27, 2025 at 6:12 PM
A *huge* vaccine victory. I've been writing on this for years; Australia has seen remarkable progress in cervical cancer prevention with the HPV vaccine. I love seeing science triumph like this.
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Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
November 27,1950
November 27,1950
November 27, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
November 27,1950
November 27,1950
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AI kind of feels like the endgame of this bit Graeber described in the original Bullshit Jobs essay: these people have been so thoroughly cleaved from any sense of purpose that they resent those who have one. They hate artists for their skill and think poverty should be the price of having a calling
November 27, 2025 at 4:57 AM
AI kind of feels like the endgame of this bit Graeber described in the original Bullshit Jobs essay: these people have been so thoroughly cleaved from any sense of purpose that they resent those who have one. They hate artists for their skill and think poverty should be the price of having a calling
Oldest is bringing his girlfriend to Thanksgiving tomorrow, and I'm nervous to make a good impression! The rest of the family already knows not to expect much from my housekeeping. 😳
November 27, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Oldest is bringing his girlfriend to Thanksgiving tomorrow, and I'm nervous to make a good impression! The rest of the family already knows not to expect much from my housekeeping. 😳
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I highly recommend this author and novel (one is the North American cover, the other is the UK cover). It’s fantastic, excellent read, 🤖🐬🦿🇳🇬🇺🇸.
November 27, 2025 at 6:03 AM
I highly recommend this author and novel (one is the North American cover, the other is the UK cover). It’s fantastic, excellent read, 🤖🐬🦿🇳🇬🇺🇸.