Albert Kim
@albertkim314.bsky.social
Science & Philosophy Enthusiast
History of Economic Development
Democratic Socialist-Market Socialist Planning
Critic of U.S. Foreign Policy & Epistemic Internationalism
Unabashed fan of Manga & Anime
SC BW, SSBM, Rivals 2, GG R+
History of Economic Development
Democratic Socialist-Market Socialist Planning
Critic of U.S. Foreign Policy & Epistemic Internationalism
Unabashed fan of Manga & Anime
SC BW, SSBM, Rivals 2, GG R+
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Here’s a map of the vote on the housing proposals, districts voting Yes in green. (For proposal 2, but 3 and 4 are the same.) What’s noteworthy about it is this: It’s almost identical to a map of districts voting for Mamdani.
November 6, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Here’s a map of the vote on the housing proposals, districts voting Yes in green. (For proposal 2, but 3 and 4 are the same.) What’s noteworthy about it is this: It’s almost identical to a map of districts voting for Mamdani.
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Coming this spring. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Against Money
A powerful deconstruction of humanity’s most influential invention, from the acclaimed economists J. W. Mason and Arjun Jayadev. Money is unavoidably fundamental to our daily lives. It lurks behind ...
press.uchicago.edu
September 30, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Coming this spring. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
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The Gestapo killed someone and then ofc lied about it
"As Villegas-Gonzalez drives away from the agents—not toward them, as DHS claimed—the agent on the passenger side aims his weapon at the back of Villegas-Gonzalez’s car." @unraveledpress.com
unraveledpress.com/what-happene...
"As Villegas-Gonzalez drives away from the agents—not toward them, as DHS claimed—the agent on the passenger side aims his weapon at the back of Villegas-Gonzalez’s car." @unraveledpress.com
unraveledpress.com/what-happene...
What happened to Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez
Immigration agents shot and killed an unarmed 38-year-old father outside Chicago on Friday—and their initial narrative of events was quickly disproven by videos captured by witnesses.
unraveledpress.com
September 15, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The Gestapo killed someone and then ofc lied about it
"As Villegas-Gonzalez drives away from the agents—not toward them, as DHS claimed—the agent on the passenger side aims his weapon at the back of Villegas-Gonzalez’s car." @unraveledpress.com
unraveledpress.com/what-happene...
"As Villegas-Gonzalez drives away from the agents—not toward them, as DHS claimed—the agent on the passenger side aims his weapon at the back of Villegas-Gonzalez’s car." @unraveledpress.com
unraveledpress.com/what-happene...
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At Pershing and Cicero this morning—
ICE grabbed a couple in front of their kids and left them in the car. Videos are circulating. The children are safely being taken care of now.
More info: instagram.com/p/DOly-gaD_jC
ICE grabbed a couple in front of their kids and left them in the car. Videos are circulating. The children are safely being taken care of now.
More info: instagram.com/p/DOly-gaD_jC
September 14, 2025 at 5:28 PM
At Pershing and Cicero this morning—
ICE grabbed a couple in front of their kids and left them in the car. Videos are circulating. The children are safely being taken care of now.
More info: instagram.com/p/DOly-gaD_jC
ICE grabbed a couple in front of their kids and left them in the car. Videos are circulating. The children are safely being taken care of now.
More info: instagram.com/p/DOly-gaD_jC
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One of the interesting arguments from the book is that in Japan, apologies triggered a domestic backlash from the right that overshadowed any attempts at reconciliation and ended up making things worse.
August 28, 2025 at 8:13 PM
One of the interesting arguments from the book is that in Japan, apologies triggered a domestic backlash from the right that overshadowed any attempts at reconciliation and ended up making things worse.
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'Alyssa Ayres, a former state department official now at George Washington University, called the deterioration in the US-India relationship “head-spinning”.' www.ft.com/content/bc3a...
US tariffs on India hit 50% as Donald Trump-Narendra Modi ties sour
Additional levies over Russian oil purchases raise rates on New Delhi to among the highest in the world
www.ft.com
August 28, 2025 at 3:18 AM
'Alyssa Ayres, a former state department official now at George Washington University, called the deterioration in the US-India relationship “head-spinning”.' www.ft.com/content/bc3a...
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In light of South Korean President Lee Jae Myung's state visit to the US today, check out our latest thematic section in the Sept issue of Critical Asian Studies, "The Martial Law Crisis and Democratic Renewal in South Korea" (now online): www-tandfonline-com.ezproxy.lib.uwm.edu/toc/rcra20/c...
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August 25, 2025 at 1:08 PM
In light of South Korean President Lee Jae Myung's state visit to the US today, check out our latest thematic section in the Sept issue of Critical Asian Studies, "The Martial Law Crisis and Democratic Renewal in South Korea" (now online): www-tandfonline-com.ezproxy.lib.uwm.edu/toc/rcra20/c...
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this is why Britain hates Kier Starmer
August 26, 2025 at 2:29 PM
this is why Britain hates Kier Starmer
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August 27, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Hours ago, @politico.com revealed that DOGE is working with DHS on automating mass deportation efforts — likely explaining why many US citizens, green card holders, and even a Canadian (in Canada) got threatening emails last night terminating “your parole” and telling them to leave the US in 7 days.
![SpellWild110 • 2 points 17 hours ago
I just got this email too and I am a US citizen? Born and raised in the US. So confused.
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+ [-Potential_Travel_294 • 2 points 17 hours ago
Yeah, so confusing
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+ [H] ramoros1865 • 2 points 13 hours ago
I go this email last night as well and I have a green card](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreihzoewvqjpslxfzhgd2va4qwmpxhbeyh7f3yur55pdomuhmtd46da@jpeg)
![[-| ihatemensomuchursick • 2 points 10 hours ago
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Got this today at 6ame9the thing is I was born here this is the email that sent it: [automatedmessage@cbp.dhs.gov]
(mailto:automatedmessage@cbp.dhs.gov)
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+ [-| ihatemensomuchursick • 2 points 10 hours ago
Has anyone clicked the link?](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreifbnpl6vrxsj35d2na7bq22mw3cve6ptfxmlnw26totsic2nzotoy@jpeg)
![+ |-]PossibleLast3277 • 1 point 20 hours ago
I just got this same email right now
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+ [-JOk-Comfortable948 • 1 point 20 hours ago
Me too. I am an LPR since an year now and def concerns me seeing this. I got the email from cbpnoreply@cbp.dhs.gov and email looked legit due to its domain though, hope its a scam email. Crazy idiots not sure what they keep doing. permalink embed save parent report reply
+ |-]PossibleLast3277 • 1 point 20 hours ago
I have daca and i am wondering if i got it because I did advance parole in 2023
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+ |-] Potential_Travel_294 • 1 point 19 hours ago
I got the same email twice to my two different email adresses, I think its's a scam.
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+ [-]Ok-Comfortable948 • 1 point 19 hours ago
I got it twice to my same email.
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+ [-]Potential_Travel_294 • 1 point 19 hours ago
Yeah, me too, I got twice too to a kind of personal email address, it's even not my work email address. permalink embed save parent report reply
+ [-]thawk1986 • 1 point 11 hours ago
It's legit:
https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/mi
grants-cbp-one-app-legal-status-stripped-dhs/
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April 12, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Hours ago, @politico.com revealed that DOGE is working with DHS on automating mass deportation efforts — likely explaining why many US citizens, green card holders, and even a Canadian (in Canada) got threatening emails last night terminating “your parole” and telling them to leave the US in 7 days.
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Folks, this is why I've been saying we're not going to welcome Trump to The War on Cars. Tariffs are going to hurt the auto industry but they could kill the bike industry.
“It’s difficult to overstate how existential the tariffs are for the bicycle industry. Imports account for 97% of the bikes purchased in the United States, of which 87% come from China, making it ‘one of the most import-dependent industries in the U.S.’” heatmap.news/economy/trum...
Trump’s Tariffs Will Flatten the U.S. Bicycle Industry
Businesses were already bracing for a crash. Then came another 50% tariff on Chinese goods.
heatmap.news
April 9, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Folks, this is why I've been saying we're not going to welcome Trump to The War on Cars. Tariffs are going to hurt the auto industry but they could kill the bike industry.
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That's what I've been saying - Trump thinks a trade deficit means someone is cheating you. He wants there to be a zero trade balance, because he has no idea what any of these things are. Nobody stops it because his advisors are a cabal of looters and wreckers. bsky.app/profile/benw...
The simple truth is that Trump believes that, if we send money to a county in exchange for stuff, we've just lost because now they have our money
Trump: "I spoke to a lot of leaders -- European, Asian, from all over the world. They are dying to make a deal, but I said 'we're not gonna have deficits with your country' ... to me a deficit is a loss. We're gonna have surpluses or at worst we're gonna be breaking even."
April 7, 2025 at 1:33 PM
That's what I've been saying - Trump thinks a trade deficit means someone is cheating you. He wants there to be a zero trade balance, because he has no idea what any of these things are. Nobody stops it because his advisors are a cabal of looters and wreckers. bsky.app/profile/benw...
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ok so!!! something I found really interesting after talking to Korean protesters was... well, it was actually me realizing something about protest in the US: protest is trapped in an unwinnable spiral about "peaceful" versus "violent" protest, and even people
who know it's dumb can't break free
who know it's dumb can't break free
Deeply weird seeing people try to paint the protests in South Korea as family friendly parties when the one that stopped the original coup featured girls doing karate moves on riot cops and guys in the legislature spraying special forces units with fire extinguishers
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
April 6, 2025 at 5:29 AM
ok so!!! something I found really interesting after talking to Korean protesters was... well, it was actually me realizing something about protest in the US: protest is trapped in an unwinnable spiral about "peaceful" versus "violent" protest, and even people
who know it's dumb can't break free
who know it's dumb can't break free
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This to me is one of the central stories about current US politics. The tech barons who decisively threw their support behind Trump wanted commercial benefits, of course; but even more, they wanted to discipline their own employees. That’s the real content of all the anti-DEI stuff.
February 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
This to me is one of the central stories about current US politics. The tech barons who decisively threw their support behind Trump wanted commercial benefits, of course; but even more, they wanted to discipline their own employees. That’s the real content of all the anti-DEI stuff.
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The scene outside the Constitutional Court is truly disturbing. Yoon supporters are shouting that judges, police, and election officials are *all* Chinese agents. The unhinged conspiracy theories claiming CCP infiltration have reached levels that are both bizarre and frightening.
February 25, 2025 at 7:49 AM
The scene outside the Constitutional Court is truly disturbing. Yoon supporters are shouting that judges, police, and election officials are *all* Chinese agents. The unhinged conspiracy theories claiming CCP infiltration have reached levels that are both bizarre and frightening.
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Pro-Yoon supporters are taking embracing Americanism to the next level. One guy dressed up as Captain America and stormed into the Human Rights Commission building in Seoul to call for the protection of the impeached President.
www.hankookilbo.com/News/Read/A2...
www.hankookilbo.com/News/Read/A2...
인권위에 '캡틴 아메리카'가…尹 지지자들, "이재명 개XX 해봐" | 한국일보
윤석열 대통령의 방어권 보장 권고 등을 담은 안건이 10일 국가인권위원회(인권위) 전원위원회에 상정된 가운데, 윤 대통령 지지자들이 이날 아침
www.hankookilbo.com
February 13, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Pro-Yoon supporters are taking embracing Americanism to the next level. One guy dressed up as Captain America and stormed into the Human Rights Commission building in Seoul to call for the protection of the impeached President.
www.hankookilbo.com/News/Read/A2...
www.hankookilbo.com/News/Read/A2...
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Better that they fight among themselves, I suppose.
Cracks appear in Korea’s far right as factions turn conspiracy theories on each other
The far-right supporters of Korea’s jailed president have broken down into infighting, lobbing the same kind of attacks used against liberals and progressives to take down one another
english.hani.co.kr
February 3, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Better that they fight among themselves, I suppose.
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Thinking about historical parallels. People talk about coups and autogolpes, the fascist seizure of power in the 1930s, and there are resemblances. But there are other models we could think about.
February 5, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Thinking about historical parallels. People talk about coups and autogolpes, the fascist seizure of power in the 1930s, and there are resemblances. But there are other models we could think about.
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Took some effort but I got Deepseek to produce a pretty good accessible explanation for why indifference curves and the general equilibrium models built atop them are so fundamentally bankrupt.
January 30, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Took some effort but I got Deepseek to produce a pretty good accessible explanation for why indifference curves and the general equilibrium models built atop them are so fundamentally bankrupt.