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Senior staff editor @nytopinion • Past lives: @latimes & @ForeignPolicy • D.C. via 台北, Los Angeles, @UCBerkeley
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I never talk publicly about things like this, let alone tweet about them, but today at a bar in D.C. a bouncer asked me (I was alone) where “I’m from” and tried speaking in several Asian languages to me, even when I tried to ignore him. He would not leave me alone.
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Spotted at IKEA in Taiwan. Maybe don’t knock it til you try?
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Confused and honestly very angry about this Instagram post from an official
@UCBerkeley
Instagram account.
When is xenophobia ever a “normal reaction”?
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Him: “Are you Chinese?” Me: “I’m from Taiwan.” Him: “Ah, a few years longer you know…”
Just stating for the record that in no situation is saying that to someone okay!
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✨ Very excited to share what’s next for me: Today is my first day at the
@nytimes
, where I’ll be working on audience strategy for
@nytopinion
. I can’t wait to get started.
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I show him my ID (a DC driver’s license).
Him: “Ah, great! All-American!”
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“They can try to scream at him. They can try to run him out of the room, but it’s not going to work,” said Barbara Boxer, who encouraged Schiff to run for his House seat 20 years ago.
“The moment has really found him, and he is ready.”
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Went to renew my Taiwanese passport, got denied because they couldn’t see my ears in my photo.
Ran across the street to UPS to take new photos. They told me to put these on — a first for everything I guess
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"You can't vote on something if you don't have any news coverage,"
@AndrewYang
says during
#DemDebate
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Right in front of the White House — at K and 16th St NW. Huge crowd at a standstill. So much cheering
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Today I learned:
- Brad Pitt shared a two-bedroom apartment with eight others when he first moved to Los Angeles
- Quentin Tarantino briefly lived in his car when he was writing his first feature-length film, "Reservoir Dogs"
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@UCBerkeley
Seriously,
@UCBerkeley
: This post is literally normalizing racism. It's not okay.
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Maybe I'm late to this, but Taiwanese president
@iingwen
's Instagram bio is pure gold.
"Has three dogs and two cats. Likes to eat instant noodles for a midnight snack. Used to be Professor Tsai. Now am President Ing-Wen." 🇹🇼
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Some news: After 2.5 wonderful years, today is my last day at the
@latimes
.
Growing up in Arcadia, my childhood dream was to work at The Times. I’m so glad I got the chance to, especially from D.C., the city I now call home.
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Got engaged at Book Hill Park, found it to be incredibly fitting 🤍
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📝 Some personal news: In March, I’ll be joining
@latimes
as an audience engagement editor, based out of their Washington, D.C. bureau. I’m so thrilled and humbled—and can’t wait to start!
Please give a warm welcome to Adrienne Shih (
@adrienneshih
), who will be joining the
@latimes
as an audience engagement editor, working on our main social media accounts and helping to find audiences for our political journalism.
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Taiwanese citizens are flying home — some from halfway around the world — to cast their votes in a pivotal election.
@cindychangLA
and
@newsterrier
profile them here ahead of
#Taiwan2020
:
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@datagraphics
@latimes
Update:
@latimes
has removed the paywall from all fire coverage today. That includes
#GettyFire
,
#KincadeFire
, and
#CalabasasFire
.
We have an entire team of journalists around the state working hard to update our stories. Please consider subscribing:
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Meeting my parents, who I haven’t seen in almost two years, outside my quarantine hotel.
The most surreal experience: Six feet apart (and no hugs)
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@UCBerkeley
Seems like they've since deleted the post. But deleting ≠ an apology. In fact, it's just sweeping it under the rug and not owning up to something deeply problematic and hurtful.
Also, screenshots kind of live forever? Just a terrible look all around
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Hey
@washingtonpost
: Someone is passing out fake copies of the paper (top)? For comparison, a real issue of the Post below.
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@UCBerkeley
I can't stop thinking about this. I'm a proud
@UCBerkeley
alum but this makes me so angry and ashamed.
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Heading south on 16th St NW in DC, lots of honking and cheering as people walk towards the White House
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Spotted the other day in DuPont Circle. What a sign of the times
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Day 14 (!!) of hotel quarantine: It’s my last day here. Hotel delivered this with my lunch. Tomorrow morning, I’ll be home
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California Rep.
@tedlieu
was still taking refuge in a Capitol Hill office when he fired off a text message to every Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee: We “should start drafting articles of impeachment now, regardless of what leadership says."
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Some belated news: I’m so grateful that I’ll be staying at
@nytopinion
full time, based in DC. And a special thanks to
@norabarak
,
@ByAlexMarch
and
@rubinafillion
and all of my colleagues in Opinion for all their support the past few months!
The
@nytopinion
team is thrilled to announce two full-time hires:
@AdamWestbrook
as a video producer and editor and
@adrienneshih
as an audience editor.
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📝 Some personal news: As I wrap up my
@washingtonpost
internship, I’m excited to say that I will be starting full-time at
@ForeignPolicy
to lead social media and engagement initiatives. Can’t wait to get started at the end of the month!
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I haven’t seen my parents, who live in Taiwan, in over a year and a half.
Today, the got the first dose of their vaccines! Don’t mind as I get a little bit emotional
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Today in Trump vs. California:
➡️Trump says LA + SF are ‘destroying themselves’ with homelessness
➡️Trump plans to revoke the state's environmental power after getting spurned over auto deal
(/1)
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I've always loved Berkeley's DeCal (student-run) classes ever since my undergrad days. Now, they're offering one on adulting, which is probably something I could've benefited from 😬
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“Photographs, by definition, capture a moment in time. But the surviving people in these photographs, especially the children, must somehow go on. We are not symbols. We are human.”
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"Meena’s ethics issues sit in a gray area, more problems of appearance than legality...But there are growing concerns that (she), in a smaller way, is leveraging her aunt’s position."
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New
@BerkeleyIGS
/
@latimes
poll: Bernie Sanders leads the state going into Super Tuesday with 34% support (Warren, in second, has 17%)
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My grandma just got her first vaccine in Taiwan and my heart is so, so full
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An 11 hour flight on a mostly-empty plane plus one long sleep later…Taipei, I’ll see you soon 🇹🇼
(Then it’s a two week hotel quarantine before I’m reunited with my parents and family!)
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History made: Kamala Harris will be the first female vice president, as well as the first Black and Asian American person to occupy that post
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@UCBerkeley
Thank you
@TangCenterCal
for taking down your posts and issuing this statement
We apologize for our recent post on managing anxiety around Coronavirus. We regret any misunderstanding it may have caused and have updated the language in our materials.
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Bookstores need your help this holiday season.
Here are 24 L.A.-based independent bookstores that you can order from this year
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Quarantine day
#5
’s hotel food was ✨immaculate✨
Dim sum platter (breakfast) and beef noodle soup (lunch)
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I know this may get lost in the mix of news, but today is my one-year anniversary
@latimes
🎂
From our Washington DC bureau to our office in El Segundo: I’m so grateful for the chance to work with such innovative, smart, inspirational individuals every day
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I almost forgot that today is my two year anniversary
@latimes
.
A big thank you to all of my wonderful colleagues in LA and DC for all of your support and guidance. Every day, but especially today.
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📣Hello Twitter friends! I started my new gig
@latimes
last week and I'm proud (excited! nervous! pumped!) to re-launch
@latimespolitics
. Give us a follow for all your national and California politics news.
Something you want to see? Suggestions? Comments? DMs always open.
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Genie is finally home ❤️
On this incredibly dark day, I hope she can bring you a little spot of joy
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"Even if she woke, the doctor said, the left side of her body would be paralyzed.
'I will take care of her,' Mr. Gao vowed."
Absolutely heart-wrenching story from
@corinaknoll
:
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Bernie Sanders, the oldest candidate in the Democratic field, owes his success to the youngest voters in the party.
@MelissaGomez004
and
@melmason
dig into why:
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Since 2000, L.A. police have killed almost 900 people. Nearly 80% were black or Latino. More than 98% were shot to death.
In nearly all cases, the use of force was deemed legally justified by the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office
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Finally met
@dearclarissa
(!!) after following each other on Twitter all these years and she gifted me a bag of honeyed pistachio mooncakes 🥮
(Her recipe here: )
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When you’re working through dinner time but still want to eat well, you take 15 minutes to whip up cold silken tofu and dashi steamed eggs
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I’ve been missing California more these days so brought a bit of it into the hoop 🧵☀️
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Tonight’s homemade dinner: Scallion pancakes from scratch (topped with an egg) and smashed cucumber salad. A taste of home 🇹🇼
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Finally! After years of typing ":')"
Coming soon to iOS 14.2 public release, now available in iOS 14.2 beta: Smiling Face with Tear
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My mom found out how to use Snapchat. It’s now become an endless stream of photos of my dog in Taipei 🐶
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New from
@Noahbierman
: Over a two-year period, from 2003 to 2005, Elizabeth Warren doled out personal finance advice to a live studio audience on "Dr. Phil."
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Reminded that around this time seven years ago, I started my first journalism internship at the (now defunct) China Post in Taipei. Was a high school senior — crazy how time flies
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Lying in bed preparing to sleep and hearing a trash truck playing its telltale song somewhere in the distance. It's so good to be home 🇹🇼
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We're adopting a dog! ✨ Meet Genie — a three-legged corgi [THREAD]
But we need your help: Due to COVID, it's been difficult to find a volunteer to bring her to the U.S. from her foster family in South Korea.
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We looked at the top books that were checked out from every library branch around L.A. County—love this project, complete with community stories centered around a few of the branches.
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Hotel quarantine day
#3
:
- Today’s food was very good (SHRIMP DUMPLINGS!)
- I got a surprise LINE message from my hotel telling me they left an afternoon dessert at my door 🥺 It was a pineapple bun with butter (菠蘿油)
- The city gov’t delivered an entire bag of snacks & masks
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Some very nice healthcare workers who were the first two human beings I’ve interacted with in 12 days (in this Taipei city bus that’s been converted into a mobile COVID testing site)
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I’ve been leaving Taipei almost every year since I left for college in the US in 2014 but it never gets easier.
Grateful that I got to see my parents, family and friends (old and new!) after not being home for two years.
Hopefully I’ll be back soon 🇹🇼
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I can’t even begin to describe how happy and relieved I am that my parents are getting their second vaccine doses in Taiwan today (mom today, dad tomorrow).
It’s a huge weight lifted from my shoulders, worrying about them from so far away
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Our allergies are going insane in D.C. but here’s a photo of Genie in her chariot enjoying some cherry blossoms after her first visit to the vet
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I am so proud of
@brenna__smith
, one of my best friends, for her first byline
@USATODAY
.
The amount of vitriol from trolls on this site in response to her story is beyond shameful. The fact that it's targeted at a debut journalist who is doing fantastic work is sickening.
My *first* story with USA Today: Defendants in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot continue to crowdfund their legal fees online using popular payment processors despite a growing crackdown from tech companies.
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💵🚨 Andrew Yang raised $10 million for his presidential campaign over the past three months. That's more than triple the $2.8 million he took in from April through June.
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🚨 Wow. Big news for
@latimes
: We're hiring for a Beijing bureau chief to help anchor our coverage of U.S.-China relations.
Job here:
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🚨 We're hiring a senior editor for talent and culture
@latimes
to oversee our internships, the Metpro program and staff development programs
➡️Job here:
cc:
@WritersofColor
,
@womenjournos
,
@AAJA
,
@NABJ
,
@NAHJ
,
@NLG
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When you have a perfectly nice dog bed but choose the box instead 🥲
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I’m writing a paywall-free daily
#coronavirus
digest along with
@Jessica_roy
and
@fidmart85
.
We will be keeping this page updated every morning/evening with the top stories of the day and answers to reader questions.
➡️Follow along here:
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So excited to launch "Covering Kamala Harris," a project that I've been working on, along with Times reporters and editors in DC and LA.
💻 Read more:
🌟 Give us a follow on Instagram:
Kamala Harris is the first vice president who is Black, South Asian, female and the direct descendants of immigrants.
The Los Angeles Times is introducing “Covering Kamala Harris,” a beat dedicated to her historic rise to the White House.
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From
@frankshyong
: "Our willingness to understand each other is what protects us from fear and its disastrous consequences."
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🚨 Job posting 🚨
@latimes
is hiring an embedded audience engagement editor for our metro section! This is a job on my team, based in El Segundo, so if you have questions about what it's like to work here, DMs are open.
➡️ More here:
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I’ve been thinking about the right things to say, but my mind just goes blank.
This happened one town over from where I grew up — my family and I were always going to Monterey Park. It was a safe haven for my immigrant family from Taiwan. My heart is breaking for the community.
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"Cut fruit is Asian parents’ love language" 😢❤️
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My mom sent me some Chinese New Year decorations from Taiwan. My favorite features Genie and Bella (my parent’s dog)
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The
@latimes
Washington D.C. bureau is standing in solidarity today with our colleagues in Los Angeles and California. We're fighting for a fair contract in order to support great journalism.
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I wrote about what anti-racism looks like in practice and what experts and readers suggest people can do.
There are also a few L.A.-based resources and organizations to donate to, if you're interested:
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If you see a little corgi in a backpack walking around Shaw, please come say hi 👋🏻
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I applied to the
@latimes
internship every year I was an undergrad and got rejected every time. Things still happen!
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