I guess I should link to my little piece of writing about aunties that one might encounter at the YMCA

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I guess I should link to my little piece of writing about aunties that one might encounter at the YMCA

UPDATE: Trump has placed a hold on certain asylum and greencard applications. Our new resource page provides general information explaining the new USCIS policy: www.asianlawcaucus.org/news-resourc...

As someone dealing with chronic pain, I cannot remember the last time I woke up feeling refreshed and rested.

Oh, to have the give-no-fucks confidence of an auntie leisurely swimming breaststroke in the fast lane

It's that time when I decide to read some of the 100+ tabs that are open on my phone and share them. First up, this gorgeous essay by @yourfriendnamee.bsky.social about single motherhood.

A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i...

You never know how your art might influence someone else. Reposted with alt text

You never know how your art might influence someone else. Reposted with alt text

American healthcare: You are a doctor and have a cancer that you are an expert in. But insurance denies your treatment. By @harrymok.bsky.social

A lovely tribute to Alice Wong by Rebecca Cokley. "Alice was constantly watching what people were doing, and lifting up people whose work she thought deserved attention and amplification." I am so lucky to have been on the receiving end of this when she included me in one of her anthologies.

Post a movie where you are from (Fun fact: The scenes of Grover Cleveland, the public high school that Max gets kicked out to, were filmed at my actual public high school)

Never seen it put this way and it's really powerful.

Zohran flip your hair again we need healthcare get him to give us healthcare.

What is happening?! Trump seems smitten! I don’t know how to process this

I’ve lived in many cities and Brooklyn drivers are the worst. Stop signs are just mere suggestions that no one seems to follow

Big reminder, NYC! @handsoffnyc.bsky.social is doing know-your-rights and ICE watch trainings in every borough - 11/22 in Manhattan, 11/23 in Staten Island, 12/6 in Brooklyn and the Bronx, and 12/13 in Queens! Sign up today! We protect each other! www.handsoffnyc.com/take-action

On average, it costs 28% more for a household with a disabled adult to have the same standard of living as a household without someone disabled. And that's from 2015 to 2018 data, so it's probably even more now. (Source: a 2020 study from the National Disability Institute)

I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered. He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here : www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...

Grief is exhausting. I feel so depleted

Laughing but also crying

A lovely tribute to Alice Wong by @thrasherxy.bsky.social. "She did not gatekeep knowledge; she shared it with the generosity and glee of a neighbor passing out full-sized candy bars on Halloween." I laughed at the part where she told him to “EAT THE FUCKING COOKIES!!!!” So very Alice.

Alice Wong was one of the most effective people challenging the Whiteness of disability communities and its many flaws, but who believed fiercely in us as a community, in disabled people as oracles. Alice brought so much to so many of us, it’s hard to measure the kind of gratitude I have for that.

The irony here is painful. Alice Wong wrote a column for Vogue called Disability Visibility. You can still find all her writing for Vogue under her author name. But *Disability Visibility* - also the name of the advocacy group she launched - has been erased. Exactly how disabled people often are.

One way I have found to mourn someone is to set up a monthly sustaining donation to a mutual aid effort they cared about. If you can join me in honoring Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social with a sustaining donation today, please do. Thank you Alice, and I will not let the bastards grind me down.

I woke up to the news that Alice Wong @sfdirewolf.bsky.social has joined the ancestors. Thank you, Alice, for your leadership, your fierce sense of justice, for including so many of us in your movement (our movement), for your sense of humor, for your friendship.

This Saturday (11/15), join us for a citywide day of community action where New Yorkers are coming together to build our relationships, visibility, and collective strength—borough by borough, block by block—in resistance to the Trump administration. Find an event near you: www.HandsOffNYC.com/nov15

Healthcare is so unaffordable in the US now but it used to be EVEN worse b/c before the ACA, insurance could put a lifetime limit on payouts, as my friend @fumikochino.bsky.social found out. Listen to her story in this podcast, where @mcuban.bsky.social is also a guest talking about Cost Plus Drugs.

In some good personal news, I was accepted into a literary thing I’ve applied to for years! This was my sixth time applying. Collect your rejections and keep going.

In Denver, there is no trace of its Chinatown, which the city demolished in waves during the 1940s and 1960s. Today, a new generation of chefs are reclaiming their heritage, building community, and cooking up tasty dishes. Story by @estarla.bsky.social www.cntraveler.com/story/in-den...

I shared a behind-the-scenes look at curating a retrospective of @authorgracelin.bsky.social's work for @carlemuseum.bsky.social (a process that I found similar to reporting and writing a journalistic story). If you were thinking about seeing the show, go soon. It's up for 7 more weeks.

Polka dot dress lady was out here fighting ICE in Commes des Garçons. And now she’s donated her dress to raise funds for immigrants @thenyic.bsky.social. Bidding closes Nov 10.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani!

I often think about how Cheney wanted revenge for what happened to Nixon, and how we live in the ruins made by that dream.

Whoever helped him pick out his Chinese name did a great job

My early polling place was bustling! New Yorkers, polls are open til 5 today. Tomorrow is the last day of early voting (9-5). Also, I appreciate how proactive the interpreters were. Auntie was: she looks Chinese, & came right up to me to ask if I needed interpretation.

Hey we don't say this enough... Mamdani is Asian American. If elected, he'll be the first Asian American mayor of New York City... ...and NYC will be the biggest city in the US to ever have had an Asian American mayor. Representation isn't liberation. But sure is something, in this case!

🎙️Before We Go @podcastnation.bsky.social Mark Cuban and Dr. Fumiko Chino Try to F-Up Healthcare   Dr Shoshana hosts an incredible convo w @mcuban.bsky.social ("He had a good life & he f-up’d healthcare") & myself about how to fix our broken system from w/in or burn it down from the outside. 🔥

more like degenerative AI !

“Instead of asking, ‘What can I do?’, make a specific offer.” Speaking from experience, Yes, yes, yes.

I just wanna point out that this online No Kings protest organized by disabled folks is offering more opportunities for follow-up and additional action than I’ve seen for any of the in-person events. Not hatin’- just sayin’ 💁🏽‍♀️

Wow, even The Woodlands. This is a suburb of Houston in a county that overwhelmingly went for Trump & Ted Cruz.

Abolishing the death penalty is an urgent moral need. Revolting to be in the shrinking minority of nations that still sentence people to death.

A #BitOfJoy from last month. Ate at my friend’s new restaurant in Houston, Agnes & Sherman. I thoroughly enjoyed this playful Asian American take on diner food. Some things eaten: Savory scallion waffle with sambal honey butter & shrimp toast (like walnut honey prawns but on toast w/ candied pecans)

"Gonzalez-Garcia is 15 but has the cognitive ability of a 5-year-old child."

I appreciate how much New Yorkers do not care for this sketchy AI necklace.

This was my favorite place for roast duck in San Francisco, and I'm glad to see they found a new spot not too far away.

Someone came and rescued my parents as their neighborhood was flooding during Hurricane Harvey.