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Laurie Ulster

@floobish.bsky.social

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Writer, copy editor, occasional TV producer. Editor at TrekMovie, All Access Star Trek podcast cohost, Canadian in NY. Author of Gilmore Girls Life Lessons (DK Books), part of the Trek Talks team, #binders www.laurieulster.com

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Laurie Ulster @floobish.bsky.social · Nov 16

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Laurie Ulster @floobish.bsky.social · 9h

This is the first time I’ve considered resubscribing to The NY Times. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...

Has Your Scientific Work Been Cut? We Want to Hear.

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Laurie Ulster @floobish.bsky.social · 15h

Ha! We are talking about Voyager for the most part. Got any Voyager questions? This is all to celebrate the show's 30th anniversary.

Laurie Ulster @floobish.bsky.social · 16h

Join the Star Trek Family group on Facebook (www.facebook.com/groups/25867...), then look under the Events tab to find the Q&A. And please, if you can, donate to St. Jude's. (If you do so during the live event, you might win a Voyager prize!) (2/2)
fundraising.stjude.org/site/TR?px=7...

Laurie Ulster @floobish.bsky.social · 16h

Moderating one more Q&A for the Star Trek Family fan group's #StarTrekVoyager fundraiser for St. Jude's Children's Hospital. This Sunday at 7 PM ET, I'll be talking to the great and glorious David Livingston, director of more #StarTrek episodes than anyone else ever! To watch or participate... (1/2)

Directing The Journey - Star Trek Family Q&A with David Livingston, the most prolific director of Star Trek. Sunday, October 12 at 7 PM ET / 4 PM PT

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Laurie Ulster @floobish.bsky.social · 17h

My friend @thatneilguy.bsky.social sent me this AI summary of an email I sent him. Normally not a fan of such things but this was accurate.

Regret holes are acknowledged. Family Affair is loved.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 17h

This is obviously hateful, but for people indifferent to the hate, just a big waste of money. You have the Secretary of Transportation cheering the destruction of functional public infrastructure.

Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 20h

Just openly cheering the destruction of any representation of gay people in public space. They think their power is totally unrestricted, and the entire country will support them rolling back society to the 1950s, or maybe the 1850s

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 20h

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

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Laurie Ulster @floobish.bsky.social · 19h

I think if you're a young, pregnant American citizen woman who shows up at an ER and gets treated, you are happy and don't give a shit what your insurance company is paying as long as you don't have to. You certainly don't care what other people are paying.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

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Laurie Ulster @floobish.bsky.social · 1d

Ha! I knew what you meant. And same! I really look forward to it.

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Judd @judda.bsky.social · 1d

Saw this Halloween display near our house and had to take a picture thinking of @doctorstardis.bsky.social

A front yard Halloween display with a tall, approximately 10 ft tall, staypuft marshmallow man with two Ghostbusters firting their proton packs at it.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1d

NEW: I spoke to clergy and faith leaders who've joined protests at the Chicago-area ICE facility.

Three say they've been shot with pepper balls, sometimes while praying.

All say ICE is also violating their religious freedom, and one is arguing it in court. religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

Religious protesters say ICE threatens religious freedom in Chicago

(RNS) — Despite potential danger, religious leaders and faith activists have been a visible presence at Chicago-area ICE protests, some waving signs with slogans such as ‘Love thy neighbor’ and ‘Who w...

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Laurie Ulster @floobish.bsky.social · 1d

Nah… A phaser should do the trick.

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Laurie Ulster @floobish.bsky.social · 1d

Oh sure, you can laugh... you're not anywhere near the long squiggly bug. (If you were I'd have you show up in mirror universe gear to take care of it.)

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 1d

She is not doing well

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d

Schiff: This is supposed to be an oversight hearing when dozens of prosecutors have been fired simply because they worked on cases investigating the former president.

Bondi: What about the fires in California? Are the riots in LA serious?

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Laurie Ulster @floobish.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you so much! I confess I've been wanting to do a deep dive interview with Robbie for a long time. Means a lot that you liked it, and that you like our podcast! We have some great guests coming up.

Laurie Ulster @floobish.bsky.social · 1d

Agreed!

Laurie Ulster @floobish.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you for this! 🖖

Laurie Ulster @floobish.bsky.social · 1d

I go a little bit insane when it tells me something is wrong with the attention-getting underline but then drops the ball after that.

Laurie Ulster @floobish.bsky.social · 1d

I saw a long squiggly bug in my office so ran out and got one of the cats but then she didn't see it so I ran and got my husband and he didn't see it and now I'm back in my office living in terror of the long squiggly bug coming back.

a man wearing a black shirt that says " i 'm very anxious about it "

ALT: a man wearing a black shirt that says " i 'm very anxious about it "

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Laurie Ulster @floobish.bsky.social · 1d

To be fair, the interview was for the Star Trek Family fan group and part of a fundraiser for St. Jude's Children's Hospital, and Mark, who heads up the group, graciously allowed me to use it for the podcast as well. And thank you!!!
fundraising.stjude.org/site/TR?px=7...

Laurie Ulster @floobish.bsky.social · 1d

I don't care if there's a shutdown, there's no way air traffic controllers or any other essential workers should have to work without pay. Change the damned rules.

Adam Sternbergh @sternbergh.bsky.social · 1d

I believe there are two things that will reliably galvanize otherwise non-politically oriented average Americans: not being able to watch sports and chaos at the airports

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/u...

Flight Delays Begin as Air Traffic Staffing Shortages Worsen

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Laurie Ulster @floobish.bsky.social · 1d

Wait'll he finds out that Tom & Kay wrote a slew of songs for an actual Star Trek musical episode!

a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a wall with a globe on it .

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a wall with a globe on it .

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Laurie Ulster @floobish.bsky.social · 1d

Drop something skeletal.

Laurie Ulster @floobish.bsky.social · 1d

I agree! The story, the casting, the sound design all comes together in harmony. I can't listen Mondays but I look forward to it first thing every Tuesday morning. I will be very sad when it's over.

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Laurie Ulster @floobish.bsky.social · 1d

Now I want to know that story!

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