Kar Bar

Basically only here when I’m annoyed

[Kar Bar @krobinsantos]

@Walgreens thank you, just sent a private DM

[Kar Bar @krobinsantos]

seems like such a basic thing - why does @Walgreens allow you to book vaccine appointments at pharmacies that do not have that vaccine in stock? This has happened to be 3 times in the last 2 days now!

[Kar Bar @krobinsantos]

The answer is clear - @GregAbbott_TX doesn’t think immigrants are human beings. White supremacy in action.

[Senator Roland Gutierrez @RolandForTexas]

They left defenseless kids to die in Uvalde. It’s not hard to believe they’d send defenseless children at the border to their death.

It’s not about security, it’s about cruelty. It’s bullshit and I’ll fight against this with everything that I have. https://t.co/XMXmzAdJ0Y

[Kar Bar @krobinsantos]

@maiab In a metropolitan area for sureeeee. The ultimate status symbol

[Kar Bar @krobinsantos]

@HueyRey 😦

[Lee Edwards @terronk]

You didn’t ask, but hey I’m in favor of affirmative action, especially in college admissions.

The real reason is that education is the best way I’ve ever encountered to sustainably uplift individuals. Do that enough times, and you’re uplifting communities. You’re changing the world.

I’m not really one of these people who wants endless self-flagellation for the sins of our fathers, but the reality is that today we have a pretty unequal society across about a hundred different axes (and there are many ways we all continue to perpetuate it.) There are a lot of people working on this problem from a lot of different angles, but education is one of the best and most effective. Not just access, but the actual experience and design of the education product itself.

If a private institution wants to have a mission that not only do they change the world with their excellent education, they change it by providing it to groups of people where the change can have a huge impact, I’m in favor of letting them say and do that. If they think all of their students are better educated by living in a student body for four years that includes all sorts of people, maybe people they didn’t grow up with, maybe people they will encounter more of in the future, I’m ok with that. Actually, I think both of those are great ideas.

There are historical examples of this working extremely well. I really admire the legacy of institutions like Brandeis, Kamehameha Schools, Seven Sisters schools like Wellesley, and HBCUs like Howard, Xavier, and many other excellent institutions in those traditions. I think most colleges and universities could learn a lot from these places, and the country would unequivocally be worse off had they not existed at critical moments in our history.

I think the goal of focusing on DEI at nearly every highly selective college and university in the country has been to participate in some small way to the furthering of the same missions as those institutions.

But I think at a minimum, I cannot agree that SCOTUS should be telling private institutions what they can and can’t do with their own missions. Especially considering that these are noble goals for any independent non-profit. I don’t buy the argument that it matters whether or not the private institutions receive money from the government. In these cases, the government is spending money and getting value in return. These are not gifts from the taxpayers. We are buying products, services, and research outcomes. And yes absolutely we are investing the future of the country. It’s not a handout.

And I think if public institutions want to directly take on these goals as part of their charters, it also makes sense! A more educated population, across the population, improves the future of the country and reduces the huge amount we spend on services for folks who likely could have been helped with a leg up much earlier in life. Public funding of education is ROI positive. And the more that the education helps a student’s outcome, the higher the ROI.

The reality is that any time you sit down across the table from a promising 18 year old with stellar test scores, perfect GPA, extracurriculars, and probably most importantly a hunger to learn and desire to join a community of learners - as I have done many times over 15+ years - the decision is fucking excruciating. Because at any highly selective institution, there are way more highly qualified candidates than there are spots. Some people are going home disappointed, some devastated, and it always feels like slamming the door in someone’s face, even when you are over the moon about every candidate. Nobody should take that process lightly. I don’t think most people do.

Anyway, AA is illegal now, so obviously Olin College, where I am a Trustee but certainly don’t speak for anyone but myself (they don’t read my tweets,) is going to conform to the law like everyone else. Olin put out their statement, but I also like this one from Harvard.

[Kar Bar @krobinsantos]

@jodansmif If i could rewind to my life before this incident i would 🙃

[Kar Bar @krobinsantos]

Hopped off-mute on a call today and my dog immediately walked in and let rip a gigantic fart 🫠

[Kar Bar @krobinsantos]

More housing more housing more housing please

[Matt Haney @MattHaneySF]

I've had so many of my colleagues in the legislature send me this article and ask me what the hell is going on in San Francisco.

One legislator from the Central Valley texted me with the question "I thought San Francisco was progressive?!!" Because to her, and most people across the state, building more housing is a progressive policy principle.

These type of decisions are not only bad policy, pushing SF further from addressing our housing crisis, they also leave the perception across the state and country that San Francisco doesn't want to and is maybe even incapable of helping itself confront its own problems. That has real consequences on private and public sector investments and support that will have deep impacts on our residents.

We desperately need CEQA reform and state intervention and enforcement of existing housing laws to ensure San Francisco actually builds the housing it is committed to, or we will continue to have one of the most unaffordable cities in the country. It is something I'm committed to seeing through this legislative session with urgency and determination.

[Kar Bar @krobinsantos]

We were trying to figure out what to do with our house when we relocated to the bay. I’m feeling so much relief right now that (1) we figured out that the math didn’t math on airbnbing our place (2) we secured a long term renter

[Nick Gerli @nickgerli1]

The Airbnb collapse is real.

Revenues are down nearly 50% in cities like Phoenix and Austin.

Watch out for a wave of forced selling from Airbnb owners later this year in the areas hit hardest by the revenue collapse.

[Kar Bar @krobinsantos]

I wanna know what taqueria the coyote visited for Wemby’s tacos 👀

[Ben Noll @BenNollWeather]

Next Wednesday, large parts of Texas will be hotter than 99% of the planet during the peak of the heatwave.

Widespread temperatures of 110˚F or higher are forecast.

Only the Sahara Desert & Persian Gulf area will be as hot or hotter (🟡) than the Lone Star State 🥵

[Kar Bar @krobinsantos]

All packed up and ready to go! See you soon, Berkeley ✌🏽🐻

[Kar Bar @krobinsantos]

OK so. I’m trying to source a tenant to rent my house. One prospective tenant parked his car at my house, but drove it right over an agave in my front yard. Would I be an asshole to request reimbursement?

[Kar Bar @krobinsantos]

@HueyRey Yeah, I also thought this was ick. No one gets to define someone else’s queer identity

[Kar Bar @krobinsantos]

@chenyanqing Me too! I *just* got rid of my old phillips

[Kar Bar @krobinsantos]

Hey! Hey you! Rent my house! Want it furnished? Even better!

https://t.co/xSFCTRjpJ8

[Kar Bar @krobinsantos]

Just realized that after I put all of my shit in a POD and ship it to Berkeley, for the 2 weeks without my stuff I can just “shampoo” at Drybar. What a life hack.

[Kar Bar @krobinsantos]

Packing suitcases for like 3-4 individual trips is the superior way to pack up a wardrobe

[Kar Bar @krobinsantos]

Everyone I've talked to today has been >1 hour late. And I mean everyone!! It can really make a girl feel like her clock is set wrong or something.