Karen K. Ho

Karen K. Ho

@karenho.bsky.social

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

62,514 Followers 1,832 Following 18,502 Posts Joined May 2023
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a nice thing about not being a content creator is not having to worry about personal brands besides my name and variations on "Doomscrolling Reminder Lady"

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24 minutes ago

I've seen people program.smatt light bulbs with different colors for this

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25 minutes ago

Yep, they came to my apartment.

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45 minutes ago

My gas was turned off for the same reason

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12 hours ago
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tired: harassing athletes for not covering the spread
wired: harassing journalists for not making things up

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1 hour ago

youtu.be/wWhtcU4-xAM?...

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1 hour ago

Oh my lord. Well, I’ll just say … it doesn’t affect me personally at this point, but if it did, it wouldn’t anymore after this if you get my drift.

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1 hour ago

I remember one year they gave everyone Apple Watches?!

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The Iran War Is Also Now a Semiconductor Problem The conflict is exposing the deep energy vulnerabilities of Korea’s chip industry.

Why Korea & Taiwans stock markets are tanking
No Gulf energy ->No manufacturing of Chips -> No Sales to AI data centers
And why Asia is rationing electricity, fertilizers & industries
Those shutdowns will RUN through world economy
@darciedraudt.bsky.social & I:
carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...

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2 hours ago
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DOGE Deposition Videos Taken Down After Judge Order and Widespread Mockery The government asked a judge to stop the spread of the videos on YouTube. The judge agreed, and ordered their immediate removal.

Breaking: the DOGE deposition videos have been taken off YouTube. On Friday the government asked a judge to intervene, said the videos could cause reputational damage, death threats. Judge agreed, ordered them removed: www.404media.co/doge-deposit...

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1 hour ago

It's very annoying. Even men's Ugg boots can be tight sometimes.

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1 hour ago

Thanks for this reminder, especially since I need a crown replaced

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1 hour ago

For what it's worth, 95% of women's shoes don't fit me because I wear a size 11 in extra wide (4E). I wear men's New Balances most of the time.

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2 hours ago

that layoff made the news, not because of what happened with the co-founder of the company, but because my boss was the subject of a profile that became the most read article of the year for Elle magazine

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2 hours ago

I do not have the urge to place bets on sports or prediction markets but I also wrote an entire report explaining why I resisted opening a Robinhood account in 2022 for a job at a startup that laid me off after only five weeks

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2 hours ago

This is genuinely why I have resorted to either buying vintage online because they actually measure the garments, going into physical stores like Uniqlo to try stuff on, or buying things at Costco because I can return them easily if they don't fit.

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I Watched 6 Hours of DOGE Bro Testimony. Here's What They Had to Say For Themselves The hours of videos provide fascinating, or perhaps horrifying, insight into the thinking of someone inside DOGE.

I have watched 6 hours of a DOGE bro deposition. The whole thing, start to finish. It's a fascinating, and horrifying, look at the people who caused so much damage, didn't really achieve anything at all, while still being so sure they are right. Here's what they said: www.404media.co/i-watched-6-...

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2 hours ago

We have gone to Japan together three times. Our first trip there was in 2013.

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2 hours ago

Would it help if my mom and I speak Cantonese?

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2 hours ago

Even worse!

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2 hours ago

It sounds like she did not watch the end of episode five at all??

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2 hours ago

Have a great time!!

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ICE agents reveal daily arrest quotas and surveillance app in rare court testimony Under oath, officers said they were told to make eight arrests a day and given special tech to help choose ‘targets’

ICE agents in Oregon testified under oath that they used a custom-made app to identify neighborhoods and people to target & had daily arrest quotas they sought to meet during operations

✏️ @theguardian.com

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2 hours ago

I am so excited about the idea of getting custom clothes and shoes made in Vietnam!

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2 hours ago

The only way I survived the last six years was through community and family support, but it took real efforts, lots of planning, and a willingness to do things like hour-long subway rides to see someone

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4 hours ago

“The memo also bars reporters from requesting public records through the Freedom of Information Act…”

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3 hours ago

I am so seated for Seated Rivalry

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3 hours ago

Having five synagogue attacks (three in Canada, one in the U.S., now this) hit the news in a matter of days has me thinking about how many more didn't grab media attention. It's shabbat. Look out for your Jewish comrades.

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Weston family funding launch of a national digital-media startup, sources say The non-profit online publication, being developed under the working title Be Giant, is preparing to debut this spring
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Doctors Warn of a Deadly Complication From Measles Outbreaks - KFF Health News U.S. doctors are getting the word out about how to spot a rare measles complication that had been a relic of the past: subacute sclerosing panencephalitis. It affects a person years after a measles in...

Hey so devastating and lethal side effects of measles can show up YEARS after infection FYI.

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