recently i did an icebreaker at a meeting, "say, hi my name is X and i like rice / pasta / bread'
today i'm at an AAPI book club and changed it to 'what's your favorite rice dish? and if you don't like rice, you can pick something else'
nobody picked something else
https://www.alojapan.com/1234874/japan-2025-travel-guide/ Japan 2025 Travel Guide #AAPI #Evergreen #JapanTravel #travel 5. LOVED: 7-Eleven. Speaking of konbini, this is part of the Japanese lifestyle we’re missing in North America! I know this is a pretty basic take if you know anything about Japan, but stores like 7-Eleven, Lawson, and Family Mart are the next level up from our convenience stores. They’ve got an incredible selection of …
"South Korea on Wednesday admitted for the first time that in its rush to send children to American and European homes decades ago, its adoption agencies committed widespread malpractices, including falsifying documents, to make them more adoptable."
https://www.alojapan.com/1233320/japanese-american-survivors-of-u-s-internment-camps-say-trumps-invocation-of-wartime-law-reopens-deep-wounds-and-inflicts-new-ones/ Japanese American Survivors of U.S. Internment Camps Say Trump’s Invocation of Wartime Law ‘Reopens Deep Wounds and Inflicts New Ones’ #1798WartimeAct #AAPI #DonaldTrump #Extremism #highlights #Japan #JapanNews #Japanese #JapaneseNews #MassDeportations #news Japanese American communities are warning that “history is repeating itself” following Donald Trump’s invocation of 1798 wartime law to help carry out his mass detention and deportation a…
"The withdrawal is the latest tangible effect of recent court rulings that experts say make it difficult for coalitions to bring claims on behalf of groups of historically marginalized voters."
"After her husband was unexpectedly detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement during a routine check-in, a Fountain Valley woman became a single mother overnight and worries the father of her toddler may be removed from the U.S."
#ArthurLiu, #AlysaLiu's father, a #lawyer, is a fascinating character, who's story has yet to be fully told.
Alysa is obviously #Happa but Arthur didn't have a white wife or lover. He used an egg donor & a surrogate mother to have Alysa & presumably her 4 siblings.
Arthur apparently was a #Chinese dissident who fled #China in 1989 after the #TiananmenSquare incident & who rebuffed efforts by the #CCP to recruit Alysa to compete for China when it because apparent she was Olympic material.
I want to know more about Arthur!
Tonight #AlysaLiu of #Oakland CA became the 1st #American to win the Women's World Singles Figure Skating Championship in 19 years!!!
The last American woman to achieve this was being #DebiThomas in 1986.
USA!!! 
USA!!! USA!!!
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"In the words of historian Timothy Snyder, 'Do not obey in advance. Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given. In times like these, individuals think ahead about what a more repressive government will want and then offer themselves without being asked. A citizen who adapts in this way is teaching power what it can do.'
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This month, I was honored to be selected to the Editor & Publisher (E&P) Magazine 2025 Tomorrow's News Trailblazers for my work at @thexylom.
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In an essay, Ann Nguyen writes about how she found healing in her decades-long relationship with her Vietnamese mom and food.
"The thinner I was, the closer we became, bonded by our body dysmorphia and desire to hit the forever-moving bullseye of the abstract concept of “the perfect body” imagined by a society that knew it did not truly exist."
https://www.thexylom.com/post/perspective-forgiving-my-almond-mom
Hello from #HongKong! 
(Arrived safe and sound last night after a grueling #travel day.) Pochacco was my favorite Sanrio character when I was a kid so of course I had to go to this Pochacco-themed pop-up at a little ramen place in Causeway Bay today. 
My faves were the har gao and black sesame paste bun, all in the shape of the 
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Wanted to see #AliWong at the #PunchLine in #SF in a week & 1/2 but all 6 of her shows over 3 nights are already completely sold out. 
Jentry Chau S1 was great.
It kinda starts in the Buffy genre, but I dont know I would call it monster of the week. It's more a story of Jentry dealing with her powers, the consequences of it, and the history around it. And wow, when you think it's reached an end point, it is -not- done yet. And I think that is what I love about it.
But there is also the fights. SO well done. This animation goes so haaard 
. Great show, no notes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHYcymIQ7xo
#Animation #JentryChau #Fantasy #AAPI
Fancy touching grass?
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Really fascinating piece of SF history: The Chinatown Telephone Exchange
"Both male and female operators had to remember nearly 1500 names along with the owners place of residence. They had to know all of the languages spoken in Chinatown as well as all of the different dialects. These operators knew all of the 4-5,000 residents of Chinatown. They knew all of the extensions for the businesses and residences in the area. They handled more than thirteen thousand calls a day. The phone system was also a method for contracting labor. Employers called with job offers and the operators would know to whom to put them through."
https://www.foundsf.org/index.php?title=Chinese_Telephone_Exchange
I just watched the #AARP's annual #MoviesForGrownUps (#MFGU) award show for 2025 on #PBS last night. You can find a list of the winners here:
I always enjoy watching this show because it features the most "grown up" & intelligent movies made during the year. I also like it because the program is more tightly scripted & better organized than other award shows like the #Oscars & #GoldenGlobes.
MFGU winners often differ than those given for the Oscars & Golden Globes & this year I was pleased that they gave the #BestSupportingMovieActress award to #SF's #JoanChen for her performance in #Didi (the independent film about a #ChineseAmerican boy in Fremont in the 80's) produced & directed by #SeanWang who's work was recognized at #Sundance.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dìdi
Saw Didi at the Elmwood in Berkeley, just received the #DVD. Don't know if it's available to be streamed yet but, if it sounds like something you'd like to see, stream it if you can.
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