Soo Youn
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My friend is immunocompromised and locked down alone. Fully vaccinated — Pfizer— and now has zero antibodies. And when he walks the puppy he got that keeping him sane, people yell at him to take off his mask. He’s just trying to stay alive.
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Oh, I asked if BTS paid for the trip or the WH paid and it was BTS. They paid their own way, this was something they wanted to do, per WH sources.
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Good morning from downtown Manhattan where this lovely couple is getting married right next door to the media scrum waiting for the Trump indictment.
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He wrote a "death letter" early in the pandemic when his doctors warned him if he got COVID he wouldn't make it, set to go out every Sunday night automatically. Every Sunday night he resets the clock. So, having done the risk calculus he probably doesn't need unsolicited input.
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JK dancers practicing Dynamite choreo. Soundcheck at 7:30 am he’ll go on around 8:30. #Jungkook at @GMA #SEVENbyJUNGKOOK
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We really need to talk about forcing people back into physical offices after 18-24 months of performing fine or better than before at home. Is there a term for that? “Performance theater?” “Productivity theater?”.
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Has anyone seen their anxiety, depression or nascent panic attacks spike especially in the last 2 weeks?.
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Do you guys remember when Lisa Bonet was fired from her job for violating a "morality clause" and because she got pregnant (and also because of the sexy Interview photo shoot and Angel Heart). Anyway how's her old boss doing? What happened to Bill Cosby?.
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To be clear, they wrote about the EMT knowing she could lose her job(s) in the middle of a pandemic in which her services were needed. Right before Christmas.
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@immlawACHall There was a woman who voted for Trump and then was upset that her husband got deported last time.
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@arabellesicardi @notfolu Why did a different friend have a radon detector? Is this a thing?.
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I wrote about the waning relevance of the Grammys for BTS fans, but really, a new generation of music lovers that consumes music and media differently.
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@kathbarbadoro Once in Rome a older man saw me sitting by myself in a cafe and gasped, “Sei sola?” Then muttered about what a crime it was for a beautiful woman to sit by herself and no one appreciating it and walked away and went on w his day. I thought that perfection.
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For a @washingtonpost story, If you're a Black woman who watches K dramas (Korean dramas), I'd love to hear from you. My DMs are open. [Please share widely].
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This guy has the most astoundingly bad takes on Korea. And the fact that he cares more about being on TV with these shamelessly bad takes that he shoves his kid out of the screen and has viral moment of wife crawling on the floor is mortifying.
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I don't know if any "kids say the darndest things" story will ever tickle me as much as my friend's 5 year old telling everyone he was going to marry his nanny, and when people told him he couldn't, he shot back, "What about the President of France?".
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LEGEND. I've had to go up to John Oliver somewhat randomly for work a few times and he's always been exactly like that. So pleasant and good-natured.
this man ran into john oliver and made an adam driver joke and john laughed 😂😂😂 @iamjohnoliver @LastWeekTonight
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“We’re letting you know that several people who attended the [Epidemic Intelligence Service] Conference have tested positive for COVID-19,” a CDC branch chief wrote in an email to staff on Friday.
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Me, to my editor, 30 minutes before deadline.
Going welI, I think! Thank you to all. LOVE!!!.
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I was so curious about how the BTS visit to the White House happened, and what was going on behind the scenes. Here's some background.
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RM to *El Pais* while in Spain: . You are in France or the UK, countries that have been colonizing others for centuries, and you come to me with "oh God, you put so much pressure on yourselves, life in Korea is so stressful!". Well, yes. That's how you get things done. alt text
RM's interview with EL PAÍS (Spanish newspaper) | ENG translation (1/2). 💬 "In Korea we work so hard because 70 years ago there was nothing". 🔗
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@Hazel_Hopes That’s awful. Most of us are thinking about you guys and that’s why we want everyone who can be, vaccinated.
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For years before anyone had heard of Squid Game, Black women all around the world have been watching and boosting K-dramas. I wrote about some of the genre's most enthusiastic fans for @washingtonpost. (1/n) .
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@MadhokNeha Amazing. Similarly, how do you conquer a third of the world for spices and then never use them?.
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@lmlauramarsh @jfeldman_epi People can't get enough of the Elizabeth Holmes/Theranos story but skip over how she was able to get away with it: stuffing her board and investor slate w people who were famous/experts in areas not related to her product or science at all and that plays out every day in media.
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Every. Single. Sentence of this gets worse and worse as to how premeditates the actions are, the photos and spreadsheets of victims, payments and drugs administered, targeting middle school and HS girls. particularly Asian teenagers, per prosecutors.
A 54-year-old finance executive targeted a 14-year-old girl through her Instagram account, passed her off as his daughter on trips around the country, gave her drugs and raped her in New York City hotel rooms.
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I was at Coex anyway and practically wandered into the BTS fans at the #EmergencyDeclaration premiere. It was shockingly civil— no pushing or shoving or touching strangers. Just people serious about getting pictures of Jin.
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@msemilymccombs I am asking non-sarcastically: did that response make you feel less uncomfortable around him/totally change or did the original vibe persist. I know you kind of answered this in your post but I'm still so curious.
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I keep getting, "Welp, after 2 years I finally got Covid" texts. This how I deduce community spread now which is as good as anything else I guess.
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I asked one of the security guards on the way into #JungKookOnGMA yesterday if he knew the act and he said: .“It’s like the Jackson Five and Michael Jackson is performing today.”
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Lee Sun-kyun's death is so sad. He was only 48 and so talented — Parasite, My Mister, Coffee Prince. Prosecutors are so powerful in S Korea and extreme netizens so unabashedly cruel.
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This is alarming. If you or anyone you know has a *sesame allergy* foods that were once safe, may not be any longer. To comply with/get around a new sesame allergy law, some businesses add — sesame
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@mollyfitz Once went out with a guy who bought a house someone had died in. His ghost was restless until one day he had a heart-to-heart at his kitchen coffee bar and told him they needed to have clear boundaries. Ghost and friends could only haunt when dude was out of house. It worked.
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@jenblanchette @DavidSCaballer2 @jonathanmb32 They are terrified of girls having autonomy over their thoughts, self-image and bodies. This is parents' rights groups language.
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If you think Hobbits can’t be brown I can’t wait to tell you about Jesus.
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Last year's Emmys ceremony had 7.4 million viewers, up from 2020's record low of 6.37 million. The Emmys are airing right now on NBC, and 5.1 million viewers worldwide are watching a BTS member (Jin) play video games in his pajamas on their phones. Legacy media is not prepared.
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@TaylorLorenz Why can’t the New York Times just hire the same psychic to undo or transfer the curse? I doubt she’s exclusive or in house.
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One of the knock on effects of ending eviction moratoriums and pandemic assistance is a purging of the most financially fragile from voting rolls. In the US you need a fixed address to register to vote. We’re about to see mass disenfranchisement of certain kinds of voters.
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@transscribe “Those people will do anything to get out of work” — say people who used them as human shields.
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The prostitution US bases are an indelible part of the US-Korea alliance. As recently as the 2000s, both countries signed off on "entertainment licenses" for the women, by that time including many Filipinos. The history is atrocious and they, & their children, treated horribly.
“She was about to begin high school, but instead of pursuing her dream of becoming a ballerina, she was forced to spend the next five years under the constant watch of her pimp, going to a nearby club for sex work. Her customers: American soldiers.”
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I would have paid Viola Davis $100 to add Prince Harry to the list of charity recipients in her intro.
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@GalvinAlmanza omfg. he sounds like a saint and someone who can negotiate somewhat rationally with terrorists?.
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@IbexAnonymous @NezuRefen @16RoLynn @erin_bartram Do you think each woman in the kitchen was asked to be there?.
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Someone I just interviewed re: something unrelated told me his father died 6 years ago, and he still pays his phone bill every month so he can still leave him messages whenever he wants.
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@fat_walda @bobe0212 Sure. Also, why take the risk of being an asshole when you can just not?.
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From Chile to Brazil to the Philippines to Myanmar to the US, K pop fans — who are digitally savvy, well-organized, deeply engaged citizens, often well-educated — are a growing political force.
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The incredible influence of @bts_bighit & ARMY across industries: . "RM of BTS had already made it an international bestseller. I mention BTS here because they’re the real precursor to I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokbokki doing as well as it’s doing in the Anglosphere."
“I Want to Die but I Want to Translate Korean Literature: Why Translation Matters Just as Much as Eating Tteokbokki”. Thank you @aaww for giving me space to write about why I persist in translating despite wanting to throw in the towel every day of the week.
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@dulcesloan I wrote about this! Every Black woman I knew had fibroids, but it turns out it's not just Black women.
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The guy in the background is screaming: "Yoon Suk Yeol, you psycho bastard son of a dog" just in case that's not clear.
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Lee Byung Hun, in opening remarks, says he's thankful to speak at Stanford, "My son's future school. He's 7, but we like to plan ahead." He's speaking in English.
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There’s a reason for the acronym FILTH: Failed In London Try Hong Kong. For Brits in Asia.
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@alisonlovestv @cmattdvc I’m sorry about these replies you’re getting from people who don’t understand the larger issue on top of the pain you’re in.
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I'm not necessarily happier working at home all of the time, I like a mix ideally. But there are many, many, may reasons to let go of the idea that work only gets done in an office.
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Hilarious the threat of snow is closing the schools that Covid isn't.
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@JessicaValenti Not every teenage girl gets the attention of a sitting U.S. Congressman to keep her away from higher education.
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If I hear one more person telling me they’re fit so can’t get Covid….
🇲🇽30 y.o. Stephania Gómez, Exatlón MX high-performance athlete participant from Chiapas, Mexico died from COVID on 6/1/2021. She was a biologist, practiced crossfit and placed third in the Jiu Jitsu world championship in 2018. #SoulsLostToCovid 18/40
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It, too, is wondering if it should just cut its own bangs.
This sheep escaped a farm and spent 6 years in the mountains, during which time he grew 60 pounds of wool. Wolves tried to eat him, but their teeth could not penetrate the floof. You don't have to turn hard to survive the wolves, just be really, really soft and fluffy.
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But the FDNY calendar is practically a humanitarian mission. "Celebrate the men and women of FDNY/EMS in our annual calendar favorite to date! . 24 Firefighters, EMTs, and Paramedics featured along with Fire and Life Safety Tips.".
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@cmclymer @elenawonders I hate to say it, but this doesn’t make a strong case for *not* marrying your cousin.
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@1goodtern A nurse friend mentioned that delivery nurses are talking a lot about shriveled placentas for moms that had Covid? Are you hearing and seeing that as well?.
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I had a boss wait for me outside the ladies room and comment on how long I was there. (Fired eventually). I've had colleagues ask if my boss ever worked bc "he posts on FB all day." The correlation bw managers who demand seeing you at your desk and their own productivity/ is vast.
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A victim's mom, a Scientologist, cut her off. “She texted me and told me to never contact her again. She had warned me ahead of time she wanted to see Danny Masterson locked away for what he’d done to me, but not at the expense of her religion.”.
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This is the most refreshing thing I’ve seen in ages. Instead of assuming there’s nothing they/we can do, she researched and found a solution. It’s so easy to fall into nihilism but she didn’t. Brava Kim Hammond.
Uvalde City Council: Extremely inspired by the lady who lives 2 doors down from the school coming up w the plan to sack Arredondo. No leave of abs. If he misses 1 more mtg he's out. If he wants to keep his job he has to show. She studied & found a technicality no one else had.
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At some point, we're going to have to have the conversation re: whether both sidesism costs lives. Sooner is better.
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Imagine thinking grocery drivers in a pandemic should earn less and have fewer benefits and safety requirements at work and also not have jobs.
Vons and Albertsons stores in California just laid off every one of their full-time, union delivery drivers, and will replace them with DoorDash gig workers who receive no benefits as a direct result of Prop 22.
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@erinisaway Hope this is not mansplaining but make sure she turns off location sharing on her devices & logs out of all icloud accounts. Download those kid pics ASAP from the cloud-- which will reveal location. Up security and 2 factor authentication on emails, social media, bank accounts.
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These boat parades as metaphors are so on the nose there’s almost no narrative value in them.
BREAKING: Travis sheriff's office releases official information about @realDonaldTrump boat parade:.- 5 boats sank, 2 towed, 3 still submerged. - Most boats that took on water were towed before sinking. - Weather was calm. Large boats generated waves. - No evidence of foul play.
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@MenjaSlade @danooli_dani We should name all the bars/clubs doing this correctly, if you can.
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@Pixelxilla “Tktktktktk [mangled Korean or Chinese in the middle of an English conversation].” .Pause. “Oh I guess you don’t know Korean.” . So many times!.
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