Mike Karim

I cooked this for my dad who passed away yesterday. Red lentil and sweet potato curry. He enjoyed hearing about it, but didn’t feel up to eating it. It’s a dish that will bring up good memories of him.

@revdamy.bsky.social Hey

Gosh: Imagine if Jeff Bezos learned about this… oh yeah… 🤔

Thank you. I really need you to stay ahead of the curve on journalism. We know what kind of $hit$torm you’re having with your owner. So, believe me when I write “thanks.” Violence like that with guns and schools is a gruesome lede but without the news we might tacitly consent to worse.

3 dead, others injured in a shooting at a private Christian school in Wisconsin A student opened fire at a private Christian school Monday morning in Wisconsin, killing two people in the final week before Christmas break.

Question: Should we be concerned that neither the @nytimes.com or the @latimes.com has anything on their respective “Top News”/front page on this horrific shooting?

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@theresthistory.bsky.social Started listening from Ep 1… and oh: Your forecasts of Trum9 in Ep 3!!! LOL Would love for you to revisit that episode!!! One would wish your prognostications were realized! 👏🏽🤣

Unpopular Christmas Hot Take #2
Much of Advent (and even Christian mission) will rise and fall on the cleanliness of your microwave.

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To everyone in a similar scenario: the tactic my doctor's office has taught me is to ask, in writing, for:
1) the name, board specialty, and license number of the doctor making the determination the treatment was not medically necessary;

The contrast with the USA could not be sharper.

South Korean parliament votes to defy president by lifting his declaration of martial law The South Korean president accuses the country's opposition of controlling the parliament and paralyzing the government with anti-state activities.

Imagine if GOP representatives back in 2015 — or even now — had the courage… never mind

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There’s a great deal of astonishment among the ajusshis that Yoon has such a short memory. They will come for him in waves to refresh his memory.

Dear voice-to-text/dictation app designers: When I say “martial law” I do not intend nor want to read “Marshall Law [Plan],” as though I endorse a historic rescue effort that interestingly reproduced imperial & neo-colonial states. Suppressing democracy anywhere is suppression everywhere #SouthKorea

Hot take: U Miami Football is overrated. The saying holds, “It’s better to be lucky than good.” Today’s loss vs Syracuse was completely unsurprising. Rest of season: Fortuitous bounces and calls that went their way. Expect Gator or Mayo Bowl. 🤔

The Choices I’ve Made From Marc | Since the election, media figures and outlets have followed suit — each moving gradually towards obedience to Trump and then suddenly.

I know that giving into fear will only strengthen Trump and undermine the future of our democracy. Trump wants us to be scared. He wants us to give up — gradually and then suddenly. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/the-...

@mwkraus.bsky.social 24 hours in at #sblaar2024 and I’m observing presentations by women & POC: objectivity armoring is a thing. Also: a few sessions where trust is present, OA is less conspicuous, i.e., less emphasis on objectivity interrogation.

An outstanding panel for Asian North American Religion, Culture, and Society, aka ANARCS!!! Just delighted to serve as presider for this session. These folks have some great presents and horizons! Thanks, @sjkoh.bsky.social #sblaar2024

@writingiron.bsky.social Attending #sblaar2024 ??? Need to follow up on our convo at Mundelein 2023!

🤣 Not sure how long your flight is but those SP’s and a full Nalgene might mean an extra trip to the loo!

@mwkraus.bsky.social Big Game on Saturday. And I’ll be at #sblaar2024 with many Stanford alumni. 😑

Re: sour patch kids. 🤔😳😆👏🏽 #sblaar2024

Drink ticket or water?

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The Real Podcast: Coming January 2025 We’re excited to announce the upcoming launch of The Real podcast in January 2025, dedicated to embracing Critical Realism’s emancipatory purpose. As a dynamic, transformative philosophy of science…

Coming soon: The Real Podcast, dedicated to embracing Critical Realism’s emancipatory purpose.

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@tanyariches.bsky.social I am your follower! LOL

The G.I. Bill, Standardized Testing, and Socioeconomic Origins of the U.S. Educational Elite Over a Century Ran Abramitzky, Jennifer K. Kowalski, Santiago Pérez, and Joseph Price NBER Working Paper No. 33164 November 2024 JEL No. 123, 124, N32 ABSTRACT We compile, transcribe, and standardize historical records for 2.5 million students at 65 elite (private and public) U.S. colleges. By combining these data with more recent survey and administrative data, we assemble the largest dataset on the socioeconomic backgrounds of students at American colleges spanning the last 100 years. We document the following: First, despite a large increase in the share of lower-income students in the overall college-going population, the representation of these students at elite private or public colleges has remained at similarly low levels throughout the last century. Second, the representation of upper-income students at elite colleges decreased after World War II, but this group has regained its high representation since the 1980s. Third, while there has been no increase in the economic diversity of elite private and public colleges, these colleges have become more racially and geographically diverse. Fourth, two major policy changes in the history of American higher education, namely the G.I. Bill after World War II and the introduction of standardized tests for admissions, had little success in increasing the representation of lower- and middle-income students at elite colleges.

Holy crap this is an astounding piece of historical research

Will post ungated link later today unless someone beats me to it

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