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Karen K. Ho

@karenho.bsky.social

Writer, reporter, and floofy dog owner. Previously at ARTnews, Business Insider, Quartz and other outlets. Based in Toronto.

62,460 Followers  |  1,810 Following  |  18,251 Posts  |  Joined: 18.05.2023
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05.03.2026 20:20 β€” πŸ‘ 196    πŸ” 40    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 0

I could genuinely use her advice: bsky.app/profile/kare...

05.03.2026 20:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I need this!

05.03.2026 20:18 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I also learned to just walk away or mask if I didn't like the smell of an area. If anything, the legalization of weed meant a lot more litter I had to watch out for, due to concerns my dog might accidentally eat the end of a blunt or something from a discarded baggie on the ground.

05.03.2026 20:16 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Four Loko Owner Considering Sale of Infamous Party Beverage Packaged in massive 24-ounce tallboys decorated with vibrant camouflage packaging, Four Loko is one of the most notorious party beverages of all time. And it could soon be up for grabs. According to R...

finally, a booze investment opportunity befitting america's depravity economy

05.03.2026 20:11 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

An interesting thing is that I have seen people *vape* on NYC subways and it just reminded me to mask up more consistently, just like how the legalization of weed reminded me I can mask outdoors while walking the dog to avoid the smell.

05.03.2026 20:10 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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AMNewYork ran an advertorial from the people shilling for the governor's car insurance proposal to reduce compensation for crash victims and the photo for it, which could easily just have been a regular file photo of city streets, is pretty clearly AI garbage www.amny.com/sponsored/ne...

05.03.2026 19:43 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 2

Two things. I’ve heard this from many, many upper class white liberals.

And I renew my conspiracy theory that science could (has??) absolutely engineer a skunk-free weed but the CIA or somebody won’t allow it because it’s such a useful pretense for locking up Black people and poor people.

05.03.2026 20:01 β€” πŸ‘ 327    πŸ” 31    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 3

Moving to another country is very hard and stressful even when it isn't due to a layoff.

05.03.2026 20:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

the reporter laughing is the icing on top

05.03.2026 19:42 β€” πŸ‘ 594    πŸ” 111    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 2
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Kristi Noem is out at DHS. Here's a TV commercial of her on a horse, filmed five months ago at Mount Rushmore, for an ad campaign that cost more than $200 million

05.03.2026 19:22 β€” πŸ‘ 163    πŸ” 48    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 7

i know i'm being a wet blanket but kristi is answering questions at a police conference and is not losing her spot as DHS head until the 31st so i'm not sure it means she doesn't know she's fired?

05.03.2026 19:30 β€” πŸ‘ 48    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

Carney *explicitly campaigned* on increased funding for the CBC. Just a straight up lie.

05.03.2026 18:48 β€” πŸ‘ 69    πŸ” 43    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

Another reason to stay away!

05.03.2026 19:21 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

once again I have been cursed with literacy

05.03.2026 19:20 β€” πŸ‘ 47    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

your new DHS secretary, everyone:

05.03.2026 18:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1143    πŸ” 350    πŸ’¬ 68    πŸ“Œ 44

I need to follow more Canadians because my feed is still like 90% Americans, American news, and American weather updates

05.03.2026 19:04 β€” πŸ‘ 53    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 0

I know living in NYC for nearly ten years was kind of a bubble, and I see some of this in the Toronto suburbs, but I also see what is happening in Minnesota as a radical, ongoing, incredibly active refutation to that American idea.

05.03.2026 18:27 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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ICE drawdown may be too late for small businesses like El Sazon Operation Metro Surge kept many people of Latino and East African descent home, afraid to go to work or out to shops and restaurants. This caused a drastic drop in revenue for small businesses, which ...

I had really been sleeping on El Sazon. I’ve been dreaming about that burrito for DAYS now. Please support them so I can keep going there because oh em gee it’s incredible. Best camaron in town and it’s not close

05.03.2026 18:07 β€” πŸ‘ 98    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

I am so delighted you know each other

05.03.2026 18:16 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Canada has a lot of problems but I am glad I moved back, even if the circumstances that prompted it were far from ideal.

05.03.2026 18:15 β€” πŸ‘ 42    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

Canada is much smaller than the US, but Indonesia's population is like 280+ million people. I think an American culture that is actively anti-immigrant and encourages people to own guns "to protect themselves and their lived ones" relies on, and often encourages, a mass distrust of fellow citizens.

05.03.2026 18:13 β€” πŸ‘ 109    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2

very aspect of life in this country is designed so that people do not form bonds or relationships with other people, it's wild to watch in action. Never seen divide and conquer applied this rigorously to a domestic population that is not under foreign occupation

05.03.2026 18:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1003    πŸ” 261    πŸ’¬ 34    πŸ“Œ 13

Everyone who tried to draw around me and started drawing LOVED it at the beginning because of their QUICK IMPROVEMENT. Then quit when they hit The Wallℒ️.

But it's when you hit The Wallℒ️ that you NEED to push through with practice!! And you gotta do it for yourself, because it's ALWAYS worth it! 😀

05.03.2026 12:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1638    πŸ” 699    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 25

Would love to hear a Microsoft designer explain how they decided that if you try to follow up on your own email in an email thread in Outlook, it should have you just send that email to yourself

05.03.2026 14:45 β€” πŸ‘ 261    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 2
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β€˜Heated Rivalry’ Creator Jacob TierneyΒ Gets Netflix Series Order For Alexander The Great & Aristotle Drama; Jason Bateman’s Aggregate Films Producing Exclu: 'Heated Rivalry' creator Jacob TierneyΒ gets Netflix series order for Alexander The Great drama based on Annabel Lyon book. Jason Bateman is EP.

HWAHT

WHAT

hi. what? WHAT.

oh my God

okay where are all the people who knew me when I was 12 and becoming obsessed with Fire from Heaven and The Persian Boy. those are the people I need to notify.

05.03.2026 17:16 β€” πŸ‘ 81    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 4

bsky.app/profile/kare...

05.03.2026 16:27 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

a small detail: it is extra depressing to do this during tax filing season

05.03.2026 16:13 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We Have Learned Nothing About Amplifying Morons β€œLooksmaxxers” are losers and freaks, but we let them steer the culture when we adopt their terminology.

we're doing glossy profiles of shitheads again? ok cool ok cool

www.404media.co/we-have-lear...

19.02.2026 18:02 β€” πŸ‘ 285    πŸ” 47    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 5