michael lai
@mtclai.bsky.social
abundant housing, education, nature, opportunity, memes
bluesky og
bluesky og
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Finally, social media that's billionaire-proof. ⚡
Bluesky's first IRL ads spotted in @boston.gov @mbta.com.
Bluesky's first IRL ads spotted in @boston.gov @mbta.com.
March 7, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Finally, social media that's billionaire-proof. ⚡
Bluesky's first IRL ads spotted in @boston.gov @mbta.com.
Bluesky's first IRL ads spotted in @boston.gov @mbta.com.
tbt to simpler times (aug 2024)
March 6, 2025 at 8:59 PM
tbt to simpler times (aug 2024)
i have not given up boba for lent
March 6, 2025 at 8:58 PM
i have not given up boba for lent
two of my favorite movie posters
March 5, 2025 at 7:33 PM
two of my favorite movie posters
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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:
A thread about 18F:
18F is *precisely* what Musk and team claim should exist within government. But when his team found it, they destroyed it, because it is evidence that government works well (can’t have that!), and because like Zelensky, 18F didn’t bend the knee.
March 1, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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:
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.
Unbelievable news.
Pancreatic is one of the deadliest cancers.
New paper shows personalized mRNA vaccines can induce durable T cells that attack pancreatic cancer, with 75% of patients cancer free at three years—far, far better than standard of care.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Pancreatic is one of the deadliest cancers.
New paper shows personalized mRNA vaccines can induce durable T cells that attack pancreatic cancer, with 75% of patients cancer free at three years—far, far better than standard of care.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
February 28, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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”
February 27, 2025 at 4:47 PM
one part of me says this is the best sleep score. another part says “why not 100”
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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. 🧵
January 9, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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
January 7, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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!
December 24, 2024 at 5:54 PM
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.
December 3, 2024 at 10:04 PM
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)
July 15, 2023 at 5:30 AM
tea eggs in family mart - this is my kinda place (taipei)
remember the old days when rap songs were only about weed
July 6, 2023 at 1:29 AM
remember the old days when rap songs were only about weed
congrats bsky team!!
Bluesky is a public benefit corp with the mission “to develop and drive large-scale adoption of technologies for open and decentralized public conversation.”
The PBC status allows us to pursue our mission above profit, but we still need to make this open ecosystem sustainable.
The PBC status allows us to pursue our mission above profit, but we still need to make this open ecosystem sustainable.
July 5, 2023 at 9:38 PM
congrats bsky team!!
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zongzi making for dragon boat festival in chinatown sf 🐉
June 24, 2023 at 6:13 PM
zongzi making for dragon boat festival in chinatown sf 🐉
really enjoyed the train ride through the swiss apps. highly recommend
June 4, 2023 at 11:37 PM
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
use the opportunity wisely
June 2, 2023 at 1:43 PM
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
use the opportunity wisely
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
little did i know it would change my story:
http://mtclai.com/writing/2023/5/31/yuan-fen-and-taiwan-in-my-family-story
June 1, 2023 at 11:31 AM
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
little did i know it would change my story:
http://mtclai.com/writing/2023/5/31/yuan-fen-and-taiwan-in-my-family-story
total net worth of the below visitors to raohe night market in taipei:
$34B
$34B
May 27, 2023 at 4:42 PM
total net worth of the below visitors to raohe night market in taipei:
$34B
$34B
eslite 24 hour bookstore in taipei
aka heaven
aka heaven
May 26, 2023 at 2:34 PM
eslite 24 hour bookstore in taipei
aka heaven
aka heaven
10/10 dessert. much wow. iykyk
May 25, 2023 at 12:19 PM
10/10 dessert. much wow. iykyk
my new favorite beverage
May 25, 2023 at 6:14 AM
my new favorite beverage