kerry parke
@kelissa.bsky.social
Editor of IE Insights at IE University.
American in Madrid.
Serial commas.
There are now more than a few things I want that are out of print.
American in Madrid.
Serial commas.
There are now more than a few things I want that are out of print.
"But software doesn’t eat anything. Tech companies do, when they gain the power to use the levers of the information economy to consolidate and dominate." @around.com on "How the Web Was Lost" for @nybooks.com: www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
How the Web Was Lost | James Gleick
The Internet was not meant to suck.
www.nybooks.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:05 AM
"But software doesn’t eat anything. Tech companies do, when they gain the power to use the levers of the information economy to consolidate and dominate." @around.com on "How the Web Was Lost" for @nybooks.com: www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
I keep coming back to this week @ftweekend.com column from Janan Ganesh re: the cosmopolitan conservative. www.ft.com/content/9875...
November 5, 2025 at 8:21 AM
I keep coming back to this week @ftweekend.com column from Janan Ganesh re: the cosmopolitan conservative. www.ft.com/content/9875...
Weekday mornings I don’t listen to story formats on the radio because, the news! news! news! But this BBC Witness History episode about Haitian singer, dancer, and folklorist Emerante de Pradines is so interesting… couldn’t switch away: bbc.com/audio/play/w...
BBC Audio | Witness History | Emerante de Pradines: Haiti’s musical trailblazer
The singer, dancer and folklorist who became the first Haitian to sign a record deal
bbc.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Weekday mornings I don’t listen to story formats on the radio because, the news! news! news! But this BBC Witness History episode about Haitian singer, dancer, and folklorist Emerante de Pradines is so interesting… couldn’t switch away: bbc.com/audio/play/w...
Unsubscribing from one newsletter a day for the rest of my life.
October 27, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Unsubscribing from one newsletter a day for the rest of my life.
This convo, it’s also about the decisions behind when and why we choose to write: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Ta-Nehisi Coates on Bridging Gaps vs. Drawing Lines
Podcast Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 09/28/2025 · 1h 9m
podcasts.apple.com
October 3, 2025 at 12:58 AM
This convo, it’s also about the decisions behind when and why we choose to write: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Segovia on a weekday 💙
September 26, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Segovia on a weekday 💙
This is what it sounds like:
"Information must be approved for public release by an appropriate authorizing official before it is released, even if it is unclassified.”
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
"Information must be approved for public release by an appropriate authorizing official before it is released, even if it is unclassified.”
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
Pentagon imposes new restrictions on media outlets
The Department of War's new guidelines, stated in a memo to reporters on Friday, September 20, require them to pledge not to cover anything that is not formally authorized for publication and limit th...
www.lemonde.fr
September 20, 2025 at 3:19 PM
This is what it sounds like:
"Information must be approved for public release by an appropriate authorizing official before it is released, even if it is unclassified.”
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
"Information must be approved for public release by an appropriate authorizing official before it is released, even if it is unclassified.”
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
“‘Writing is utter solitude,’ Kafka is said to have lamented, ‘the descent into the cold abyss of oneself.’ For students today, it may feel more like a cozy group chat with an algorithm.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/m...
An Essay Contest Winner Used A.I. Should She Return the $1,000 Award?
www.nytimes.com
September 10, 2025 at 11:33 PM
“‘Writing is utter solitude,’ Kafka is said to have lamented, ‘the descent into the cold abyss of oneself.’ For students today, it may feel more like a cozy group chat with an algorithm.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/m...
church, parque del oeste
September 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
church, parque del oeste
Who appointed you to decide our future?
—the Q Roula Khalaf puts to this generation’s tech leaders/scientists who, as a whole, seem to be convinced that they have the truth, that they are building a better future for all of us.
Mixed Signals @semafor.com: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
—the Q Roula Khalaf puts to this generation’s tech leaders/scientists who, as a whole, seem to be convinced that they have the truth, that they are building a better future for all of us.
Mixed Signals @semafor.com: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
How to be elite in the age of populism, with the FT’s Roula Khalaf
Podcast Episode · Mixed Signals from Semafor Media · 09/05/2025 · 44m
podcasts.apple.com
September 6, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Who appointed you to decide our future?
—the Q Roula Khalaf puts to this generation’s tech leaders/scientists who, as a whole, seem to be convinced that they have the truth, that they are building a better future for all of us.
Mixed Signals @semafor.com: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
—the Q Roula Khalaf puts to this generation’s tech leaders/scientists who, as a whole, seem to be convinced that they have the truth, that they are building a better future for all of us.
Mixed Signals @semafor.com: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
This FT piece from @faniaoz-salzberger.bsky.social is worth taking the time to read. Gift link: on.ft.com/41xdSYg
My new piece in FT.
“Here’s a truth to reckon with: neither Israelis nor Palestinians are going to disappear any time soon. No one can destroy their respective claims to a sovereign state in their ancestral homeland, which happens to be the same land.” www.ft.com/content/d871...
“Here’s a truth to reckon with: neither Israelis nor Palestinians are going to disappear any time soon. No one can destroy their respective claims to a sovereign state in their ancestral homeland, which happens to be the same land.” www.ft.com/content/d871...
The battle for the soul of Israel
The country’s moderates are not giving up the struggle against their rogue government — and progressives elsewhere must not give up on them, writes historian Fania Oz-Salzberger
www.ft.com
September 5, 2025 at 7:38 AM
This FT piece from @faniaoz-salzberger.bsky.social is worth taking the time to read. Gift link: on.ft.com/41xdSYg
What US higher education really looks like:
- 43% of undergraduates attend community college
- 20% of undergrads are parents, 1.4 million of whom are single mothers
- 26% of students take classes exclusively online
- 25% live w/their parents
- 10.8 mil owe +$44,000
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/u...
- 43% of undergraduates attend community college
- 20% of undergrads are parents, 1.4 million of whom are single mothers
- 26% of students take classes exclusively online
- 25% live w/their parents
- 10.8 mil owe +$44,000
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/u...
The Typical College Student Is Not Who You Think
www.nytimes.com
August 27, 2025 at 6:40 AM
What US higher education really looks like:
- 43% of undergraduates attend community college
- 20% of undergrads are parents, 1.4 million of whom are single mothers
- 26% of students take classes exclusively online
- 25% live w/their parents
- 10.8 mil owe +$44,000
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/u...
- 43% of undergraduates attend community college
- 20% of undergrads are parents, 1.4 million of whom are single mothers
- 26% of students take classes exclusively online
- 25% live w/their parents
- 10.8 mil owe +$44,000
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/u...
Reposted by kerry parke
>> The Israeli military carried out what’s called a double-tap strike: the first missile hit the hospital’s roof and killed a Reuters journalist during his livestream, followed by a second missile that hit first responders and reporters responding to the initial one.
www.huffpost.com/entry/israel...
www.huffpost.com/entry/israel...
Israel Kills 5 Palestinian Journalists, Dismissing Global Calls For Press Freedom
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the bombing of Nasser Hospital that killed journalists and medics a "tragic mishap."
www.huffpost.com
August 26, 2025 at 3:42 PM
>> The Israeli military carried out what’s called a double-tap strike: the first missile hit the hospital’s roof and killed a Reuters journalist during his livestream, followed by a second missile that hit first responders and reporters responding to the initial one.
www.huffpost.com/entry/israel...
www.huffpost.com/entry/israel...
Recent economics PhDs are having new and unusual trouble entering the job market. May not seem relevant for non-academics but it is —for what it says abt the link btwn education and upward mobility, the structures supporting public research, how policy is informed, and for US competitiveness.
“I contacted our department and said, ‘Listen, I need to prepare you for the possibility that we may be graduating people without jobs.” The 50-year-long bull market for PhD economists is coming to an end, and it's not great news for everyone else. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/b...
The Bull Market for Economists Is Over. It’s an Ominous Sign for the Economy.
www.nytimes.com
August 4, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Recent economics PhDs are having new and unusual trouble entering the job market. May not seem relevant for non-academics but it is —for what it says abt the link btwn education and upward mobility, the structures supporting public research, how policy is informed, and for US competitiveness.
There’s something to be said for keeping up with basic standards. An interesting take on innovation from Janan Ganesh:
July 30, 2025 at 6:16 PM
There’s something to be said for keeping up with basic standards. An interesting take on innovation from Janan Ganesh:
So, there’s an Odyssey movie in the works.
July 6, 2025 at 9:46 AM
So, there’s an Odyssey movie in the works.
“The last time the level of government spending was at that 8% of GDP was 1933, before the New Deal. In that year, after years of extraordinary corporate profits, the banking system had collapsed, the unemployment rate was nearly 25%, prices and productivity were plummeting, wages were cratering…”
July 1, 2025 at 8:32 AM
“The last time the level of government spending was at that 8% of GDP was 1933, before the New Deal. In that year, after years of extraordinary corporate profits, the banking system had collapsed, the unemployment rate was nearly 25%, prices and productivity were plummeting, wages were cratering…”
The Guardian has a review of what’s happening in Spain, vía @mariaramirez.bsky.social: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
New corruption scandal, same old story? Why Spanish politics keeps failing to clean up its act | María Ramírez
With the prime minister now mired in scandal, a culture shift is towards accountability is crucial, says María Ramírez, journalist and deputy managing editor of elDiario.es
www.theguardian.com
June 28, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The Guardian has a review of what’s happening in Spain, vía @mariaramirez.bsky.social: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The great Marilynne Robinson putting it as clearly as possible in @nybooks.com: www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
Notes from an Occupation | Marilynne Robinson
America is an occupied country, ruled by partisans hostile to democracy.
www.nybooks.com
June 28, 2025 at 8:44 AM
The great Marilynne Robinson putting it as clearly as possible in @nybooks.com: www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
The American brain drain has arrived: www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
‘No way to invest in a career here’: US academics flee overseas to avoid Trump crackdown
Budding scholars pursue overseas jobs amid attacks on education and research, prompting fears of an American brain drain
www.theguardian.com
June 16, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The American brain drain has arrived: www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
“Ten years ago…on June 16, 2015, Trump rode down the escalator at Trump Tower to a lobby filled with extras, to announce he was running for president. One reporter called his speech, in which he claimed that Mexico was sending criminals and rapists to the United States, "'eccentric.'”
June 16, 2025 at 7:35 AM
“Ten years ago…on June 16, 2015, Trump rode down the escalator at Trump Tower to a lobby filled with extras, to announce he was running for president. One reporter called his speech, in which he claimed that Mexico was sending criminals and rapists to the United States, "'eccentric.'”
Seems like the best day for a refresher.
June 14, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Seems like the best day for a refresher.
Reposted by kerry parke
Even before I heard the devastating, horrific news of political assassination in Minnesota, I woke up this morning thinking about Emily Dickinson's great poem "'Hope' is the thing with feathers -"
Lots of people know this beautiful little poem, but fewer, I think(?) realize when it was written. /1
Lots of people know this beautiful little poem, but fewer, I think(?) realize when it was written. /1
June 14, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Even before I heard the devastating, horrific news of political assassination in Minnesota, I woke up this morning thinking about Emily Dickinson's great poem "'Hope' is the thing with feathers -"
Lots of people know this beautiful little poem, but fewer, I think(?) realize when it was written. /1
Lots of people know this beautiful little poem, but fewer, I think(?) realize when it was written. /1
“…the administration is acting unilaterally to nix [Fulbright] awards for both American and foreign applicants that for decades have been selected jointly, effectively telling other countries that they don’t have final say in the spending of their own funds.”
The U.S. Department of State has been exercising a last-minute veto of applications to the prestigious Fulbright program on ideological grounds — often rejecting grants funded in part, or largely, by foreign countries, not the U.S. www.chronicle.com/newsletter/l...
Trump Administration’s Ideological Vetting of Fulbright Scholars Raises Alarm
The 11th-hour vetoes of grantees overrule foreign governments that jointly select and fund recipients of the prestigious scholarship.
www.chronicle.com
June 4, 2025 at 6:56 PM
“…the administration is acting unilaterally to nix [Fulbright] awards for both American and foreign applicants that for decades have been selected jointly, effectively telling other countries that they don’t have final say in the spending of their own funds.”