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michael lai @mtclai.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

i have not given up boba for lent

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michael lai @mtclai.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

two of my favorite movie posters

Waldo Jaquith @waldo.net · 01/03/2025

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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:

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michael lai @mtclai.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

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

michael lai @mtclai.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

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

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Dr. Crystal A. Kolden @pyrogeog.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

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. 🧵

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

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michael lai @mtclai.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

ghost pepper is the fentanyl of peppers

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michael lai @mtclai.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

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

michael lai @mtclai.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

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.

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michael lai @mtclai.bsky.social · 15/07/2023

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

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michael lai @mtclai.bsky.social · 06/07/2023

remember the old days when rap songs were only about weed

michael lai @mtclai.bsky.social · 24/06/2023

zongzi making for dragon boat festival in chinatown sf 🐉

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michael lai @mtclai.bsky.social · 05/06/2023

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

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michael lai @mtclai.bsky.social · 02/06/2023

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

michael lai @mtclai.bsky.social · 01/06/2023

visited taipei a week ago. little did i know it would change my story: mtclai.com/writing/2023/5/31/yuan-f…

michael lai @mtclai.bsky.social · 27/05/2023

total net worth of the below visitors to raohe night market in taipei: $34B

michael lai @mtclai.bsky.social · 26/05/2023

eslite 24 hour bookstore in taipei aka heaven

michael lai @mtclai.bsky.social · 25/05/2023

10/10 dessert. much wow. iykyk

michael lai @mtclai.bsky.social · 24/05/2023

TIL TSMC is 15% of taiwan’s gdp and 6% of its energy usage highly recommend this pod about TSMC: open.spotify.com/episode/2sUyRjx5Ga…

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michael lai @mtclai.bsky.social · 15/05/2023

booking summer travel rn and it’s wild how much easier travel is than the old days imagine getting on a ship or wagon for 90 days

michael lai @mtclai.bsky.social · 13/05/2023

my mom just quoted some lyrics from swedish house mafia love my mom

michael lai @mtclai.bsky.social · 11/05/2023

got sent this. this has bluesky vibes

michael lai @mtclai.bsky.social · 03/05/2023

seen on a private garage in sf

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kei @arrogantkei.bsky.social · 18/04/2023

passion and desire

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michael lai @mtclai.bsky.social · 17/04/2023

i forgot my screen time passcode and it’s kind of awesome? time to write the next great american novel

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michael lai @mtclai.bsky.social · 15/04/2023

going on a solitude retreat this wknd in the redwoods to think about the meaning of life 🙏🏻

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Jack @jackross.bsky.social · 14/04/2023

CONSERVATIVES WERE RIGHT. I moved to California and within WEEKS, this guy set up a tent IN MY HOME and REFUSED to leave. He won’t pay rent and authorities won’t help AT ALL. This country is in shambles.

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michael lai @mtclai.bsky.social · 13/04/2023

wild that hippies in the summer of love and red guards in the cultural revolution happened at the same time (1967)

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michael lai @mtclai.bsky.social · 13/04/2023

ok so human history has a few big political economy shifts: 1/ hunter gatherer -> agriculture 2/ agriculture -> industry 3/ industry -> knowledge work 4/ knowledge -> ai stuffs?? our institutions & ideologies are still struggling with transition 3/ million dollar q: can we skip two steps ahead!?

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michael lai @mtclai.bsky.social · 10/04/2023

last wednesday co-hosted dinner & rituals for qing ming jie, an ancestor reverence day with 2500 years of history thinking of my grandfather who passed 🙏🏻

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michael lai @mtclai.bsky.social · 07/04/2023

“Mark Zuckerberg is spending most of his time on A.I., says Meta CTO” - CNBC

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michael lai @mtclai.bsky.social · 06/04/2023

“to be like the rock that the 🌊 keep crashing over. it stands unmoved and the raging of the sea falls still around it.” — marcus aurelius, meditations

approximately ~wes @westleydang.com · 05/04/2023

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Free laughs at 6 am in a bathroom in a Tenderloin soup kitchen @mtclai.bsky.social

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michael lai @mtclai.bsky.social · 03/04/2023

a central paradox in self / modern society: we want more efficiency and that comes at the cost of alienation

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michael lai @mtclai.bsky.social · 03/04/2023

growing up i thought i had to do every hard thing by myself. i learned a lesson yet again tonight that when you lean on friends you get even closer. hard day and i’m incredibly grateful to: @cissy.bsky.social @zain.bsky.social for being there for me ❤️