Adrianna Tan
LightNews LightNews
banner
skinnylatte.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy
Adrianna Tan
@skinnylatte.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy
370 followers 29 following 4.6K posts
Southeast Asian in California. I once worked at an aquarium. Now I write, publish, speak, and consult about product management and AI ethics.

My hobby is having […]

🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://hachyderm.io/@skinnylatte, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
Posts Replies Media Videos
skinnylatte.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy
I really enjoy buying potato chips when I can’t read anything about what the flavor is about

#food #potatochips
Ukrainian mushroom and sour cream potato chips
November 27, 2025 at 11:59 PM
skinnylatte.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy
Today’s tea: a leafy pu’er from Malawi.

I still prefer older Chinese pu’ers, but this was an interesting find from Rare Tea co

#tea #food
A photo of rare tea co’s leafy pu’er from Malawi
November 27, 2025 at 9:42 PM
skinnylatte.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy
Thanksgiving will always be associated with Mila. We got her right before our very first Thanksgiving when we first got here. Every Thanksgiving that she’s still with us (she was 11 / 12 when we got her; it’s been 7 years), is a surprise.

#cats #catsofmastodon #torties
A photo of elderly Mila tortie cat
November 27, 2025 at 6:04 PM
skinnylatte.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy
She naps under the bed often, and when she hears me she thinks I’m there to give her a snack. She’s often right.

#cats #catsofmastodon #torties
A photo of an elderly tortie emerging from under the bed
November 27, 2025 at 6:47 AM
skinnylatte.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy
Someone in the neighborhood told me he really missed Cookie and showed me a pic of her
Photo of cookie wearing shoes
November 26, 2025 at 12:07 AM
skinnylatte.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy
I’ve been having deep conversations about work and life with my friend and career coach. I got to make a list of things that are inportant to me, and rate my last jobs on those things.

If you’re interested in this type of work, it’s been super helpful to me: https://www.matkacareers.com/
Screenshot of a list that says ‘ Required Criteria for satisfying work’ It lists things like ‘ambiguity’ and ‘autonomy’ and ‘must recognize my marriage’ and ‘impact’ and ‘prosocial’. There are bunch of goods and a bunch of poors
November 25, 2025 at 9:23 PM
skinnylatte.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy
I'm working on something!

#food #chinesefood #newsletters
screenshot of a new newsletter called MSG Chinese
November 25, 2025 at 5:52 PM
skinnylatte.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy
Hi good morning food pls

#cats #catsofmastodon #torties
Mila looking hopeful
November 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
skinnylatte.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy
Sloth getting a CT scan

#Wildlife #sloth
A screenshot of a San Francisco zoo Instagram post. Picture of sloth in a medical machine, strapped in. Text says: Andale, one of our two-toed sloths, recently took a field trip to Lenity Vet Specialists + Emergency Care for a whole-body CT scan as part of a routine checkup. Sloths have unique anatomy, including extra vertebrae and ribs compared to other mammals, and CT scans give our veterinarians a much clearer, more detailed view than traditional X-rays. This helps them spot any potential issues that might otherwise stay hidden, keeping Andale healthy and thriving!
November 24, 2025 at 3:03 AM
skinnylatte.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy
Happy gotcha day, Mila! 7 years out of her 19, with her

#cats #catsofmastodon #torties
A photo of Mila the tortie sitting on someone’s lap
November 24, 2025 at 12:26 AM
skinnylatte.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy
Watercolor pen trauma dumpling
A photo of a small watercolor thing that has random colors and what is trying to be a dumpling and it says ‘dumpling trauma’
November 23, 2025 at 11:46 PM
skinnylatte.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy
[Food: bun rieu + lemak laksa + shawarma congee]

It probably won’t surprise anyone to hear that I am a flavor maximizer for every meal, especially at breakfast. My favorite lemak laksa shop in Singapore (the only stall I love), opens at 5:30 every morning […]

[Original post on hachyderm.io]
A photo of a bowl of what looks like laksa but it has rice instead of noodles, and chicken shawarma instead of poached chicken
November 23, 2025 at 9:23 PM
skinnylatte.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy
Furgiven

#cats #catsofmastodon #torties
A photo of Mila the tortie lying next to me and looking at me
November 23, 2025 at 6:34 PM
skinnylatte.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy
She ignored me for an hour. I had to pay reparations for leaving her.

#cats #catsofmastodon #torties
A photo of Mila, an elderly and elegant tortie looking very annoyed
November 23, 2025 at 5:07 AM
skinnylatte.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy
90% of the music I grew up listening to was from this Seattle music label.

#music #seattle
A photo of the sub pop records store at Seattle airport
November 22, 2025 at 8:29 PM
skinnylatte.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy
It’s #caturday somewhere

@irene @dan @atsuzaki

#cats #catsofmastodon
A photo of Mila, a cat with a grey marking on his nose with white cheeks
November 22, 2025 at 5:32 AM
skinnylatte.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy
i'm totally an elderly millennial, i have gifs in my slides
screenshot of a presentation i have that says 'i care about what happens to people when computer happen' followed by a gif that has an old man at a computer and it says rm -rf /
November 18, 2025 at 6:01 PM
skinnylatte.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy
Meow
A selfie of me with a. Floofy grey cat
November 18, 2025 at 3:30 AM
skinnylatte.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy
[Food, homemade Malay food]

My wife was culinarily homesick so I made some Malay food. And added some Indonesian stuff (pecel with the tempe)

#food #tootsea #malaysia
A photo of a plate of white rice with ayam masak lemak cili padi (like a Thai green curry but yellow, and with even more chillies), tempe goreng and pecel and my wife’s family’s secret acar (pickles) from the hometown
November 16, 2025 at 8:43 PM
skinnylatte.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy
Cafe Zoetrope, San Francisco

"Many other musicians and musical groups were allowed to utilize this studio, including the Grateful Dead."

"Francis Ford Coppola bought the building in 1972 to be the headquarters for his production company, American Zoetrope. A […]

[Original post on hachyderm.io]
a scan of a black and white film photograph of cafe zoetrope, the building in north beach / chinatown with an unique vertical facde, next to the transamerica building
November 16, 2025 at 7:37 PM
skinnylatte.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy
Muir Woods, California, on film

(Minolta Hi-Matic 7S II, Wolfen NC 500, developed at home in Bellini chemicals, scanned on Nikon CoolScan 8000ED)

#believeinfilm #photography #muirwoods #california #outside #c41 #minolta
a scan of a color film photograph inside muir woods, california, with a fallen redwood trunk across a small creek, and a lot of vegetation and gravel on either side
November 16, 2025 at 7:27 PM
skinnylatte.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy
'lesbians love whale watching. they fucking love it' - margaret cho

https://popagandhi.com/photos/whale-watching/

#believeinfilm #photography #monterey #boat
a selfie of me and a friend, taken with an olympus xa2 and scanned
November 16, 2025 at 2:25 AM
skinnylatte.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy
something about this scene makes me really joyful

#oakland #Chinatown #festival #california #believeinfilm #music #photography
a scan of a color film photograph of a lone guitar player sitting on stage dressed in silver everything, including a silver cone hat. in the background, the text says oakland chinatown street festival
November 16, 2025 at 2:21 AM
skinnylatte.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy
"My strange year in an extremely beautiful place"

#believeinfilm #photography #fuji #monterey
a scan of a color film photo of the back deck and tide pool at the monterey bay aquarium
November 16, 2025 at 12:24 AM
skinnylatte.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy
Oakland Chinatown street mahjong

(Olympus XA2, WOLFEN NC500 film, developed at home with Bellini C-41 chemicals, scanned on Nikon ED 8000)

#oakland #mahjong #aapi #chinese #california #believeinfilm #photography
a scan of a film photograph of a bunch of people playing mahjong in the streets in oakland
November 15, 2025 at 11:10 PM