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Gauri van Gulik

@gaurivangulik.bsky.social
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Rights, politics, climate, money and how it all connects. Co-Founder & Chair, Better Politics Fund Founder & ED DearMoney substack.com/@dearmoneyletters

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Gauri van Gulik @gaurivangulik.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
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The Taste of Abundance
Life’s delicious pleasures, joys, luxuries and why we desperately need them
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Gauri van Gulik @gaurivangulik.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
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Almost every abusive relationship involves financial control
Why money knowledge and independence is more than just about having enough
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Gauri van Gulik @gaurivangulik.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Almost like... there is an issue with police forces? www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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Scottish police officer was rapist who attacked women over 14 years
Alan Greer, who killed himself after officers visited his home, could be ‘Police Scotland’s Wayne Couzens moment’
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Chris Bertram @crookedfootball.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Ian Wright saying we shouldn’t forget the way the Iranian team and the Somali referee were treated. Correct.
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Andy @andyukb.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Chris Martin was the "curator" of this which just proves that Coldplay can't be trusted with ANYTHING.
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Gauri van Gulik @gaurivangulik.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
"The bar for progressive men is so low it’s practically geological... Here’s the thing: the men I actually trust have never once told me they’re one of the good ones. Not once." This piece is so fucking good. Read it, one and all. substack.com/home/post/p-...
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The Bar for Progressive Men Is Somewhere Under the Earth's Crust
Writing like this takes time: the reading, the receipts, the staring at a wall composing zingers about men who think they’ve done the work.
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Gauri van Gulik @gaurivangulik.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
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"Wealth comes with the responsibility to work on your shadows."
The Money Sit-Down // 02: Joana Breidenbach
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Happy World Ocean Day! The ocean is the heart of our life support system, without which we’d all be dead. It’s taken up >90% of the heat from global warming and 30% of our CO₂ emissions. In return, we give it 11 million tonnes of plastic annually, which animals ingest and also become entangled in.
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Oceans Awash in Plastic Waste
On a day that many might be headed to the beach, take a moment to consider some of the widespread impacts of all of that plastic, and the ongoing efforts to clean it up.
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Gauri van Gulik @gaurivangulik.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Old school request! I’m out of podcasts to love - which is ironic because everyone now has a podcast. I want: smart, funny, addictive. Any ideas?
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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Imagine if a woman president crashed the economy and started a war with no end in sight, and her biggest, seemingly ONLY concern was building a ballroom and redecorating the White House.
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Gauri van Gulik @gaurivangulik.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
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"The loneliness was the part I didn't expect"
DearMoney’s in-depth research on layoffs, shame, money and starting again
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Daniel Moser @dmoser.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Pollution levels in Paris after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport.
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Sherif EA @sherif.mu.social · 17/04/2026
Yesterday Bluesky went down. @eurosky.social servers worked but we couldn't communicate as we don't have an app. Our next step is to build everything we need to operate without Bluesky. We're raising €100,000 to build a European app backend supporting 100k+ users. Let's do this fund.eurosky.tech
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Accelerate building an independent European social web
This week Bluesky went down. This is why our vision for a fully independent European social web matters. You are the first users of Eurosky. You are the community making this vision a reality. We are ...
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LydsG @lydsg.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
16 years of rights-abusive rule is over. Hungary now has a historic opportunity to restore rule of law - end decree rule, dismantle the Sovereignty Protection Office, protect media freedom, ensure free assembly, repeal anti-LGBT laws, and deliver real reforms.🇭🇺#hungary www.hrw.org/news/2026/04...
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Hungary: New Government Needs to Restore Rule of Law
Hungary’s incoming government should take immediate steps to restore fundamental rights, dismantle abusive laws and institutions, and strengthen democratic institutions, after years of backsliding, Hu...
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Palma Polyak @palmapolyak.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
I spent 16, SIXTEEN years fighting this crap. I can’t believe it 😭
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Gauri van Gulik @gaurivangulik.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
I know this is hard for Americans, but can you just give us a second to celebrate this in and of itself? For Hungary, for Europe? Not everything is about "whether this is a blueprint for the US".
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Gauri van Gulik @gaurivangulik.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
I'm pretty sure Industry on HBO is the most accurate portrayal of British politics out there.
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dogzilla @dogzilla.masto.deluma.biz.ap.brid.gy · 18/03/2026
Uh-Oh—Global Warming Is Actually Speeding Up, Scientists Say www.popularmechanics.com/science/en…
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Uh-Oh—Global Warming Is Actually Speeding Up, Scientists Say
In recent years, Earth's average temperature has been rising faster than scientists previously thought.
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Gauri van Gulik @gaurivangulik.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Feeling anxious about finances? You are not alone. And I am super excited to announce the Financial Wellness Scholarship! In partnership with The Bloom, DearMoney will provide a free place for an applicant from the social change space. Apply here! dear.money/bloom
A poster with an image of a field of spring flowers, saying "From Anxiety to Ease: the Financial Wellness Scholarship" by The Bloom and DearMoney
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Gauri van Gulik @gaurivangulik.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
If pensions or investing have always felt confusing, political, or slightly uncomfortable, this letter is for you. Read it here: dearmoneyletters.substack.com/p/costing-th...
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The Basics of Investing and Pensions
How to take care of yourself and loved ones in a future that feels uncertain, unclear and unfair
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shardcore @shardcore.org · 12/03/2026
i, for one, am delighted that we finally have a definition of “woke”
nigel farage tweet:

The Bank of England is replacing Winston Churchill with a picture of a beaver on our bank notes.
This is the definition of woke.
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Gauri van Gulik @gaurivangulik.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
The idea that we have to suffer in social change or else we’re not “pure” is outdated and makes the work less effective, nor more. open.substack.com/pub/dearmone...
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DearMoney: From Scarcity to Agency
Why Personal Financial Health is a Social Change Strategy
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Gauri van Gulik @gaurivangulik.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
God I loved this piece. "Ah shit! We let pedophiles decide our beauty standards." open.substack.com/pub/jameelaj...
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Ah shit! We let pedophiles decide our beauty standards.
Post the release of the harrowing Epstein files, and the powerful men in media and fashion, considered possible accomplices, it feels fair to say this with more gusto!
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Gauri van Gulik @gaurivangulik.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Lovely people, I heard the best idea ever and I have to share it. And by people I mean my women: A woman in a DearMoney workshop shared that she has a joint bank account with 4(!) friends and they put some money in every month. They use it for: Flowers Help Weekends away No questions asked Joy
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Gauri van Gulik @gaurivangulik.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Seriously, this. Parents writing me “please talk to my child about a job for them” - why not support your child to learn how to reach out? Not a good look.
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Gauri van Gulik @gaurivangulik.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Sometimes I just feel so happy I get to do so many interesting things and meet so many beautiful people. Just wrapped a DearMoney webinar and it was lovely. Just a little gratitude post.
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Gauri van Gulik @gaurivangulik.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Moral clarity is sexy. “dignity, community and justice" www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
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Spanish PM defends plans to regularise half a million undocumented migrants
Responding to critics of policy, Pedro Sánchez says Spain is choosing path of ‘dignity, community and justice’
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Gauri van Gulik @gaurivangulik.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
I feel sickened by the fact that we still give more space to all the names of assholes in the Epstein files vs the girls, the children, who were raped over and over again by these thugs. We already know one committed suicide. I want to know how they are now, who is helping them find ways through.
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Susan McPherson @susanmcp.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
"It’s not hopeless, even though the Trump Regime wants us to believe their agenda is inevitable. But we do need to scale our resistance and increase the pressure." Here are five things we can all do via @melissaryan.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/ctrlaltr...
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Five Ways You Can Oppose the Trump Regime Right Now
Let’s go fight fascism together.
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
The nurses are pissed
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Let us not forget, it was the same administration that reduced us to wearing trash bags as protective gear while we watched the hospital go up in flames around us during the pandemic that just murdered one of our own on the streets in broad daylight. As a nurse & as a person, I will never forgive. I will never forget. I will never back down. This was never about border control.
This is about total control.
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Gauri van Gulik @gaurivangulik.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Just some birds on a pool's edge, having a break and a bath. Let's keep sharing beauty when ugliness is everywhere.
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Susan McPherson @susanmcp.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
A few hours after another U.S. citizen was murdered:
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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
“In little more than two decades, renewable energy in the South Australia grid has leapt from about 1 per cent to almost 75 per cent in net terms, and the state is within reach of achieving its goal – its legislated target – of 100 per cent green power by 2027.” www.smh.com.au/environment/...
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‘Up there with Denmark’: Australian miracle leads the world in renewables
Hard work and “really good wind” have helped South Australia become a world leader on renewables. But the state is determined to go further.
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Gauri van Gulik @gaurivangulik.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
I would love to connect with anyone working on marketing in a mindful way. We are building a small, for-purpose venture to help bring peace vs anxiety in peoples’ relationship with money. So I don’t want to shout at people, I want those who need it to find us. Who has good ideas on this?
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Gauri van Gulik @gaurivangulik.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
In our work with people in our social change space, we have noticed a few trends. We have identified three Money Archetypes. Take the 3 min quiz to find out which one you likely are dear.money/money-archet... (and no, you will not have to give your email to get the result!)
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DearMoney - Transform Your Relationship with Money with Radical Care
Zero-shame, care-led financial learning space. Join our waiting list for transformative money coaching - webinars, group courses, and individual sessions.
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Gauri van Gulik @gaurivangulik.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
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The Big 2026 Money Reset: 'The Big Four'
How to lay the financial groundwork for a better 2026: Part 1 of our practical series to help you reshape your finances this year
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Gauri van Gulik @gaurivangulik.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
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From Survival Brain to Learning Brain: a new way to relate to money
Dear reader,
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Gauri van Gulik @gaurivangulik.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
What could a new social contract look like? Great recent conversation for @eurosky.social on tech, social media, democracy and politics. You know, the small stuff
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Free Our Feeds @freeourfeeds.com · 26/11/2025
What could a new social contract for the web look like — one grounded in openness, accountability, and civic trust? @alexandrageese.bsky.social, Felix Styma, @geurkink.bsky.social and @gaurivangulik.bsky.social discussed this and more in this panel. vimeo.com/1140379449?s...
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Panel: Digital Commons, Civic Futures - The Social Contract for the Next Web
This is "Panel: Digital Commons, Civic Futures - The Social Contract for the Next Web" by Eurosky on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people…
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Gauri van Gulik @gaurivangulik.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
This one is a little personal: I would be so grateful if you could read and share, or tell me about your relationship with money? Part of the purpose of this work is to know we are all sharing this anxiety! dearmoneyletters.substack.com/p/where-your...
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Where your money beliefs come from
And how to let go of what no longer serves you
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Gauri van Gulik @gaurivangulik.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
What if money didn't have to feel so hard? open.substack.com/pub/dearmone...
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What if money didn't have to feel so hard?
Welcome to DearMoney letters, where we share money stories, reimagine wealth, and build shame-free personal finances.
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Gauri van Gulik @gaurivangulik.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
What if money felt calm, not chaotic? Dear Money shares gentle letters on reimagining wealth, untangling money stories, and building shame-free financial systems. No hustle. No money-bros. Just radical care, reflection, and grounded wisdom. open.substack.com/pub/dearmone...
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Gauri van Gulik @gaurivangulik.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Looking forward to this on Wednesday, hope to see many of you there!
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Eurosky Sebastian @sebastian.eurosky.social · 16/11/2025
@eurosky.social‘s live event has its own starter pack now: #EuroskyLive
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Gauri van Gulik @gaurivangulik.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
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5 proven ways to reduce anxiety - and how that applies to your finances
Dear reader,
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Gauri van Gulik @gaurivangulik.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
We're hiring! At DearMoney, we get that operations are the heart of any successful venture: the fluid systems and care that make everything else possible. Part-time (3 days/week) - Berlin hybrid - Consultancy - 3000/month gross dearmoney.homerun.co/operations-c...
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Operations Coordinator
Join DearMoney as its first Operations Coordinator to help build the systems and care behind a new venture transforming how people relate to money.
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Jeremy Cliffe @jeremycliffe.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
In "The turtle and the pilot fish", @arturovarvelli.bsky.social and @kellyp90.bsky.social took on Giorgia Meloni's Mattei Plan and concluded that Rome and Brussels can't achieve their (investment, energy, security) goals in the "wider Mediterranean" without each other. ecfr.eu/publication/...
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The turtle and the pilot fish: How the EU and Italy can help each other in the Mediterranean
Italy and the EU must work more closely together in the “Wider Mediterranean” on energy, migration and security. Here’s how they can do it.
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Thin from Thin Ink @thinink.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
It suggests concrete, structural & actionable ways to address the yawning power gap & has this cracking opening line: “Food systems will not be transformed unless power is confronted - not as an abstract concept, but as concrete control over land and water, markets and labor, taste and narratives.”
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Gauri van Gulik @gaurivangulik.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
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DearMoney Letters (@dearmoneyletters)
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