Notes

Short, title-less, often half-baked. Published anyway.

I miss mundane Twitter.

That should be our goal - to make the world alright so everyone can go back to posting mundane life things. ☕️

The optimist in me keeps thinking it can’t get worse than this… but it just keeps getting worse! I think we have to realize this won’t get better until we overthrow them.

Speaking of wasians, here’s something old school - a photo of wasian families back in 1940’s.

My grandpa is third from the right in the back row. He used to tell me stories about being bullied by the white kids at international schools, and I wondered why did he go to international school 😂

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He would also tell me stories about servicing fighter jets on aircraft carriers during WWII. He was living in Taiwan but couldn’t read Chinese so he had English newspaper delivered everyday. When I was a kid, I didn’t think any of this was weird or out of the ordinary.

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When he visited us in Seattle, my white neighbors would praise how well he spoke English.

Looking back, my grandpa definitely spoke more of being excluded than of being included. I remember his loneliness.

I guess this is why I’ve always default to being inclusive.

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One more #oldschoolcool pic - my great grandparents’ marriage certificate.

My great grandpa George Daniel Tye, born 1896, and great grandma Minnie Kragh, born 1900.

November 29th, 1919.

The thing about the Red and Blue button is, most of the people who chose Red don’t realize when the killing begins, a lot of them won’t count as “Red” even though they pressed Red.

Back to Earth Monday. Had a great time in Tokyo, especially meeting up with my friends include my former boss Kohei Nishiyama, whose CUUSOO.com and its LEGO Ideas initiative was the reason why I moved there in the first place.

Now back to AI and hacking.

Mt. Fuji is heading straight for us!

#japan #train #video

Typhoon incoming. Lucky shot of Fuji on the train.

#photography #japan

The nicest Starbucks in the world probably.

#tokyo #daikanyama #photography

Going home after a long day of hard race, woohoo! ⭐️

Haven’t opened the news for a week while on vacation. Took a peek just now… UFC at White House’s fucking lawn.

📴

atlantablackstar.com/2026/05/30/u…

Vintage shadow

#shimokitazawa #tokyo #photography

The lost of places.

#tokyo #shimokitazawa #photography #nofilter

Shibuya station was always under construction when I lived here. Looks like that hasn’t changed.

#tokyo #photography

It’s nappy time. (Wife gave her one of her little pillows) 🥰

#cats

I never get tired of looking at the golden beam of sunrise hitting the church tower.

The ICC prosecute individuals for serious international crimes like genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression.

I mean… Trump should’ve been prosecuted during his first term.

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“Settling” a lawsuit with taxpayer money as the defendant and plaintiff? That’s not corruption—that’s the system working exactly as designed for the asset-stripping class. Of course it barely feels real. Reality lost to accounting fiction 40 years ago.

I miss mundane Twitter.

That should be our goal - to make the world alright so everyone can go back to posting mundane life things. ☕️

The optimist in me keeps thinking it can’t get worse than this… but it just keeps getting worse! I think we have to realize this won’t get better until we overthrow them.

Speaking of wasians, here’s something old school - a photo of wasian families back in 1940’s.

My grandpa is third from the right in the back row. He used to tell me stories about being bullied by the white kids at international schools, and I wondered why did he go to international school 😂

In reply to Bluesky post

He would also tell me stories about servicing fighter jets on aircraft carriers during WWII. He was living in Taiwan but couldn’t read Chinese so he had English newspaper delivered everyday. When I was a kid, I didn’t think any of this was weird or out of the ordinary.

In reply to Bluesky post

When he visited us in Seattle, my white neighbors would praise how well he spoke English.

Looking back, my grandpa definitely spoke more of being excluded than of being included. I remember his loneliness.

I guess this is why I’ve always default to being inclusive.

In reply to Bluesky post

One more #oldschoolcool pic - my great grandparents’ marriage certificate.

My great grandpa George Daniel Tye, born 1896, and great grandma Minnie Kragh, born 1900.

November 29th, 1919.

The thing about the Red and Blue button is, most of the people who chose Red don’t realize when the killing begins, a lot of them won’t count as “Red” even though they pressed Red.

Back to Earth Monday. Had a great time in Tokyo, especially meeting up with my friends include my former boss Kohei Nishiyama, whose CUUSOO.com and its LEGO Ideas initiative was the reason why I moved there in the first place.

Now back to AI and hacking.

Haven’t opened the news for a week while on vacation. Took a peek just now… UFC at White House’s fucking lawn.

📴

atlantablackstar.com/2026/05/30/u…

Shibuya station was always under construction when I lived here. Looks like that hasn’t changed.

#tokyo #photography

I never get tired of looking at the golden beam of sunrise hitting the church tower.

The ICC prosecute individuals for serious international crimes like genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression.

I mean… Trump should’ve been prosecuted during his first term.

In reply to Bluesky post

“Settling” a lawsuit with taxpayer money as the defendant and plaintiff? That’s not corruption—that’s the system working exactly as designed for the asset-stripping class. Of course it barely feels real. Reality lost to accounting fiction 40 years ago.