michael lai

brilliant branding @rose.bsky.team @emilyliu.me

Digital billboard in Boston's subway station that reads: "Finally, social media that's billionaire-proof."

Finally, social media that's billionaire-proof. ⚡

Bluesky's first IRL ads spotted in @boston.gov @mbta.com.

tbt to simpler times (aug 2024)

i have not given up boba for lent

two of my favorite movie posters

sunday scaries

18F, the federal government’s technology shop, was just demolished by Musk’s team. It was a cost-recoverable org, charging agencies for their expertise, using a consulting model. Its cost to government was negligible, its benefits huge. My team there once saved DoD $500 million.

A thread about 18F:

just incredible. my grandfather died of pancreatic cancer and it is an incredibly painful disease. This is going to help so many ppl.

one part of me says this is the best sleep score. another part says “why not 100”

how do i get one of these @emilyliu.me

Map showing the number of times a location has burned in SoCal and which kind of fire it was: one burning under Santa Ana winds, or one that was a summer, fuel-driven fire without Santa Ana winds. Malibu area had burned at least 8 times from 1900-2017, and has burned twice now since. Image from Kolden and Abatzoglou (2018): https://www.mdpi.com/2571-6255/1/2/19

Here's the reality about the #LAFires this week: this isn't the first time ANY of these places have burned. Not even close. In 2018, we mapped CA fire history to look at fire frequency across SoCal. Santa Monica Mtns area burns more than anywhere else -- up to once per decade in a given spot. 🧵

ghost pepper is the fentanyl of peppers

awesome chatting with @audreyt.org today about what sf can learn from taiwan’s cutting edge digital democracy. we talked about bsky too!

hello everyone! just got back on Bluesky. crazy year running for office twice this year in san francisco…just gave a talk on it. more soon.

tea eggs in family mart - this is my kinda place (taipei)

remember the old days when rap songs were only about weed

congrats bsky team!!

silver and crystal were SO GOOD

zongzi making for dragon boat festival in chinatown sf 🐉

do you get my reference…

for the og prompt: “i want to go to…italy”

h to the izzle, v to the izzay

was just there 16 hours ago!

really enjoyed the train ride through the swiss apps. highly recommend

weddings are a once in a lifetime opportunity to get to know the family of the bride & groom when they are at their happiest / most open

use the opportunity wisely

me too!! it’s also helped me understand history much better. 5 generations back is much easier to understand than 120 years ago

visited taipei a week ago.

little did i know it would change my story:

http://mtclai.com/writing/2023/5/31/yuan-fen-and-taiwan-in-my-family-story

@zain.bsky.social

total net worth of the below visitors to raohe night market in taipei:

$34B