Neda Ulaby
@ulabeast.bsky.social
Cultural trawler for NPR. Midwestern bohemian currently in Ypsilanti. Owned by sighthounds. Signal: ulabeast.70
Wake me up when People magazine puts Manny Jacinto on the cover
November 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Wake me up when People magazine puts Manny Jacinto on the cover
When I used to sort Susan’s mail as a production assistant, I saw a postcard sent to her from someone in prison. It said, “dear susan, whoever I hear your voice, it’s feels like an arm around my shoulders.” I felt that way too.
October 17, 2025 at 2:22 AM
When I used to sort Susan’s mail as a production assistant, I saw a postcard sent to her from someone in prison. It said, “dear susan, whoever I hear your voice, it’s feels like an arm around my shoulders.” I felt that way too.
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"Comedy is the greatest way to attack anything like a totalitarian regime. They can't stand it." —Ray Bradbury on Charlie Chaplin's "The Great Dictator" ...apropos of everything
@ulabeast.bsky.social for @npr.org
@ulabeast.bsky.social for @npr.org
How Charlie Chaplin used his uncanny resemblance to Hitler to fight fascism
It's been 85 years since The Great Dictator first dazzled audiences in 1940. It was a big risk for one of the world's most popular performers to take a stand against fascism on film.
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October 15, 2025 at 8:02 PM
"Comedy is the greatest way to attack anything like a totalitarian regime. They can't stand it." —Ray Bradbury on Charlie Chaplin's "The Great Dictator" ...apropos of everything
@ulabeast.bsky.social for @npr.org
@ulabeast.bsky.social for @npr.org
Tonight in DC, I walked past a restaurant blaring this on the outside speakers, and wasn’t sure if it was for Halloween or the government shutdown. youtu.be/RZ2oXzrnti4?...
The Specials - Ghost Town [Official HD Remastered Video]
YouTube video by TheSpecialsOfficVEVO
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October 2, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Tonight in DC, I walked past a restaurant blaring this on the outside speakers, and wasn’t sure if it was for Halloween or the government shutdown. youtu.be/RZ2oXzrnti4?...
Something about a dog that is a little extra makes it extra hard to say goodbye. Zoom was a racetrack survivor and a beloved pet. Rest in power.
September 30, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Something about a dog that is a little extra makes it extra hard to say goodbye. Zoom was a racetrack survivor and a beloved pet. Rest in power.
Today is my birthday, and you know how old I am? I’m “you’re such a pretty girl, why are you wearing such terrible clothes” years old.
September 21, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Today is my birthday, and you know how old I am? I’m “you’re such a pretty girl, why are you wearing such terrible clothes” years old.
Incredible story. Great reporting. Source: ProPublica
September 16, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Incredible story. Great reporting. Source: ProPublica
I constantly forget what “stochastic” means and I’ve had to look it up three times in the past four days.
September 12, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I constantly forget what “stochastic” means and I’ve had to look it up three times in the past four days.
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Forty-five Maine prisoners are currently working remote jobs for outside companies. A few are working full-time, earning more than corrections officers. One is making well into the six figures. Here's why Maine's approach to education and work in prison is making waves in the world of corrections:
In Maine, prisoners are thriving in remote jobs and other states are taking notice
Forty-five Maine prisoners are currently working remote jobs for outside companies. A few are working full-time, earning more than corrections officers. One is making well into the six figures. Here's...
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August 29, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Forty-five Maine prisoners are currently working remote jobs for outside companies. A few are working full-time, earning more than corrections officers. One is making well into the six figures. Here's why Maine's approach to education and work in prison is making waves in the world of corrections:
I heard a Palestinian doctor compare the aid sites in Gaza to Squid Game. Twice a day, I get new alerts about dozens of hungry people, many of them surely parents of starving children, wounded and killed by gunfire when they’re trying to get food.
August 30, 2025 at 12:19 PM
I heard a Palestinian doctor compare the aid sites in Gaza to Squid Game. Twice a day, I get new alerts about dozens of hungry people, many of them surely parents of starving children, wounded and killed by gunfire when they’re trying to get food.
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70 years ago, on this date, Emmett Till was kidnapped and brutally murdered by white men.
His family, including his cousin who was with him at the time, is repeating the train ride he took from Chicago to Mississippi in 1955 to mark the anniversary
His family, including his cousin who was with him at the time, is repeating the train ride he took from Chicago to Mississippi in 1955 to mark the anniversary
August 28, 2025 at 1:14 PM
70 years ago, on this date, Emmett Till was kidnapped and brutally murdered by white men.
His family, including his cousin who was with him at the time, is repeating the train ride he took from Chicago to Mississippi in 1955 to mark the anniversary
His family, including his cousin who was with him at the time, is repeating the train ride he took from Chicago to Mississippi in 1955 to mark the anniversary
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I do not see appreciable differences between Labubu and Monchhichi
August 26, 2025 at 4:26 AM
I do not see appreciable differences between Labubu and Monchhichi
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Weapons is so fucking crazy and good
August 9, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Weapons is so fucking crazy and good
Embarrassingly, the @nytimes.com flunked its own Vogue test- Wasserstein depicted Mount Holyoke women #sevensistersfail
July 14, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Embarrassingly, the @nytimes.com flunked its own Vogue test- Wasserstein depicted Mount Holyoke women #sevensistersfail
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As more journalists are driven out of their jobs, I keep hearing this drumbeat of "it's ok -- they can start their own newsletter or publication." Some can. But becoming your own business is a huge job, and will eliminate many talented reporters from the public sphere. Here's why. (1/5)
July 10, 2025 at 6:49 PM
As more journalists are driven out of their jobs, I keep hearing this drumbeat of "it's ok -- they can start their own newsletter or publication." Some can. But becoming your own business is a huge job, and will eliminate many talented reporters from the public sphere. Here's why. (1/5)
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Citing "the concerns expressed by many of our brothers and sisters regarding fears of attending Mass due to potential immigration enforcement actions by civil authorities," the Bishop of San Bernardino issues a decree dispensing the faithful in his diocese from the obligation to attend Sunday Mass.
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July 9, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Citing "the concerns expressed by many of our brothers and sisters regarding fears of attending Mass due to potential immigration enforcement actions by civil authorities," the Bishop of San Bernardino issues a decree dispensing the faithful in his diocese from the obligation to attend Sunday Mass.
An incredible American tragedy.
July 5, 2025 at 3:19 PM
An incredible American tragedy.
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An Afghan man who worked as a translator for the U.S. military during the war was detained by ICE after showing up for a hearing inside of a federal courthouse in San Diego, his attorney says. He fears that if he returns to Afghanistan, he would be tortured or even killed, @nbcsandiego.com reports.
June 17, 2025 at 1:01 AM
An Afghan man who worked as a translator for the U.S. military during the war was detained by ICE after showing up for a hearing inside of a federal courthouse in San Diego, his attorney says. He fears that if he returns to Afghanistan, he would be tortured or even killed, @nbcsandiego.com reports.
In a public statement, interim U-M President Domenico Grasso stated the University will be terminating contracts for plainclothes security on campus.
June 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
In a public statement, interim U-M President Domenico Grasso stated the University will be terminating contracts for plainclothes security on campus.
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It’s incredible but not surprising how much western media is blacking out one of the most recognizable and important activists in the world in Greta Thunberg going to Gaza on a single unarmed boat with food for starving children.
It should be an hourly story with huge ratings and clicks.
It should be an hourly story with huge ratings and clicks.
June 7, 2025 at 4:53 PM
It’s incredible but not surprising how much western media is blacking out one of the most recognizable and important activists in the world in Greta Thunberg going to Gaza on a single unarmed boat with food for starving children.
It should be an hourly story with huge ratings and clicks.
It should be an hourly story with huge ratings and clicks.
Five favorite B&W movies:
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Psycho
Touch of Evil
Shock Corridor
Ikiru
M
Psycho
Touch of Evil
Shock Corridor
Ikiru
May 28, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Five favorite B&W movies:
M
Psycho
Touch of Evil
Shock Corridor
Ikiru
M
Psycho
Touch of Evil
Shock Corridor
Ikiru
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pitching my comic idea to DC: aquaman's new archnemesis is called Man Ray. no, not a half human half manta ray monster. Man Ray, the surrealist painter and photographer. he just challenges aquaman's preconceptions about formalism
May 23, 2025 at 3:23 PM
pitching my comic idea to DC: aquaman's new archnemesis is called Man Ray. no, not a half human half manta ray monster. Man Ray, the surrealist painter and photographer. he just challenges aquaman's preconceptions about formalism
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I was surprised to see the @nytimes.com didn’t give credit to @npr.org’s @bobbyallyn.bsky.social, who reported this first:
Elizabeth Holmes’s Partner Has a New Blood-Testing Start-Up
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May 11, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I was surprised to see the @nytimes.com didn’t give credit to @npr.org’s @bobbyallyn.bsky.social, who reported this first:
One of the many things I loved about Sinners was that MBJ was the only huge star. I get tired of the same actors over and over and the cast was a revelation.
April 21, 2025 at 12:44 PM
One of the many things I loved about Sinners was that MBJ was the only huge star. I get tired of the same actors over and over and the cast was a revelation.