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Karen K. Ho
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senior writer • reminders at • not the anthropologist • 🇨🇦 • she/her • karenkho.substack.com
NYC + Torontokarenho.caJoined December 2008

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Politico, eight years ago this month: "'All In with Chris Hayes,' a ratings suck that currently occupies the 8 p.m. time slot, will almost certainly be replaced." politico.com/story/2015/03/
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It's sort of amazing that @chrislhayes outlasted both Bill O'Reilly and Tucker Carlson in the 8pm time slot twitter.com/chrislhayes/st…
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Sad news here -- Canada's astronomy magazine, SkyNews, has folded due to business pressures. A sad day for both journalism *and* space nerds (like me). 🔭🪐🛰
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As of March 2023, SkyNews Magazine has ceased operations. We would like to thank all of the magazine's supporters! SkyNews was owned by the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. If you would like to continue receiving updates about space, consider following us at @rasc
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doing things regularly to help your Future Self: useful, but sounds boring frequently doing things in support of your Evolutionary Being: accurate, while sounding mysterious and like you could morph into Flareon one day
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If anyone would like to hire me, a journalist with more than a decade of experience in audio/radio production, editing and reporting on science and environmental issues, please reach out: elichen.stories@gmail.com And hire Davar, Jacob, Brian and Carla too!!
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People of a certain level get fired because their bosses/owners want to fire them. The indiscretions matter. But bad behavior gets overlooked until someone decides it's your time. *This is not about someone in particular.*
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“Florida’s surgeon general personally altered a state-driven study about COVID vaccines last year to suggest that some doses pose a significantly higher health risk for young men than had been established by the broader medical community.”
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Library leaders in New York City have warned that the mayor’s budget cuts could force them to cut hours. Now they’re saying explicitly that most libraries would be closed on weekends.
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A fresh round of budget cuts from Mayor Adams could bring an end to six-day service at the New York Public Library and its counterparts in Queens and Brooklyn. gothamist.com/news/nyc-libra
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tomorrow’s OA is literally about a county taking a little old lady’s house after she didn’t pay taxes, auctioning it for a profit, and keeping the profit. cartoon villain robber baron shit
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It’s demented that this man is celebrated by anyone other than the GOP & the terrible corps he defends, whether he’s defending slavery, civil rights violations, or toxic products that cause cancer. at.law.com/QXdyFo?cmp=sha via @TheNLJ
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I regret to inform you that cooking the same food, wearing the same clothes, prepping things the night before, and other daily routines are boring but incredibly helpful when you have memory issues and struggle with executive function
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We’re in the home stretch. So many things had to swing the right way to get to this point. But I kept believing because I met so many people who wanted to push with me. If you have *one minute* please check out this trailer and RT it. I can’t for you to watch GOOD BOY 🫰🏼
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7 DAYS TO #GoodBoyTV! Created by writer/director William Yu - a #Sundance supported dramedy from a producer of GOOK, with music by a composer of EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE - GOOD BOY, starring Young Mazino, premieres on 05.01.23. Watch the OFFICIAL TRAILER below! ✨
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Fox is going to pay Tucker Carlson roughly 12 Bobby Bonilla Days per year for the rest of his contract term
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“Carlson, whose contract was renewed in 2021, will be paid out for the rest of his contract, people familiar with the matter said. Carlson is paid about $20 million a year, one of the people said.” twitter.com/phil_lewis_/st…
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this tweet is going around and i just want to encourage you to actually read the quote in the image rather than the quote excerpted in the tweet because it is *much worse*
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Joe Russo says AI will be used to “engineer storytelling” in movies. “You could save the AI on your streaming platform. ‘I want a rom-com starring my avatar and Marilyn Monroe's avatar,’ and it renders a story with dialogue that mimics your voice.” (collider.com/joe-russo-dona)
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just absolutely amazing that he blew up a rocket, destroyed the launch pad, went literal scorched earth on a wildlife preserve, and got his rocket grounded all to get off a 4/20 joke
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What a debacle: The FAA has now grounded SpaceX's Starship program "pending results of a 'mishap investigation.'" "It's not yet known" whether the fallout material "is dangerous to touch or breathe in and what effect it could have on soil health." cnbc.com/2023/04/24/spa
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What a debacle: The FAA has now grounded SpaceX's Starship program "pending results of a 'mishap investigation.'" "It's not yet known" whether the fallout material "is dangerous to touch or breathe in and what effect it could have on soil health."
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One of my previous stories was updated without my knowledge. I stand with my colleagues today to protest the proposed layoffs and to demand a fair contract. As someone who was raised in a union household, I would never cross a picket line. The Griffithses don’t raise scabs.
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pretty odd to see so many senior men experience rapid unscheduled disassembly from their positions at three different cable news companies
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Thomas's claim that he thought he only had to disclose gifts from people with "business before the court" was an obvious lie. Roberts has reported gifts from the University of Tokyo. in 2012 Scalia reported a gift from the National Wild Turkey Federation. Thomas is just flailing.
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NEW: Justice Clarence Thomas said he was advised he didn’t have to disclose trips and gifts from billionaire Harlan Crow because Crow, a close friend, “did not have business before the court.” But in at least one case to reach the justices, Crow did. bloomberg.com/news/articles/
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Twitter committed about $20M to back Black, Latinx and women VC fund managers after the murder of George Floyd. Under Elon Musk, it's now trying to quietly sell those stakes -- while not wiring the leftover millions it promised. My story in :
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Henry Selick, the director-writer-producer of Coraline, had “Wendell & Wild,” a fantastic stop-motion film come out literally last year. It stars Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele, Angela Basset, and James Hong, and has phenomenal commentary on the school-to-prison pipeline!
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they don’t make movies like this anymore:
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When I interviewed Carlson back in 2017 for the profile I wrote I asked him to prove that science had conclusively proven that there were only two genders. He said he'd send me articles. I followed up with my own research. He never responded.
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This is what the government doesn't want you to know: Ontario Place, a prime piece of our waterfront, given away for almost a century. A deal done in secrecy. We still don't know the details. How do you spell scandal?
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NEW: Therme, the company behind a controversial waterpark and spa that’s set to take over a major portion of Ontario Place has signed a 95-year lease with the province of Ontario, Global News has learned. globalnews.ca/news/9626967/o #onpoli
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I started doing this recently and it is the superior way. A real noticable difference.
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I floss before brushing, and do it so religiously that my dentist said, "you have the gums of a 30-year-old." When I told my wife, she said, "You'd better give them back."
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