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Here’s a cute thread that explains the importance of Taiwan’s upcoming elections in a way my 7 year old niece can understand.

Yes, I used the help of AI for “low effort Sanrio inspired” cuteness. #Taiwan "Once upon a time in Taiwan, the Taiwanese lived freely and filled every day with good food and fun adventures.

In every part of the island, there was a shared love for their democratic way of life."

So, I was going to do a whole thread this morning sharing my first NFT collection that celebrates Lunar New Year with 15 freakin cute lucky rabbits I co-created with my son and Midjourney.

But nothing feels lucky or worth celebrating with this mass shooting in Monterey Park. I just finished minting them last night when I heard about the shooting. Had a whole thread I was going to start at 9am introducing one lucky rabbit each hour. Was going to debut my AI artist alias name too. But all I can do is doom scroll.

Maybe tomorrow will be better.

🐰 I did a thing! I wanted my first Open Edition as an aspiring #AIArtist to be something cute with good vibes that made people smile.

“Glow Up Lucky Rabbit”
♥️ Open Edition
🧧 0.01 ETH
🏮 Happy Lunar New Year

app.manifold.xyz/c/glow-up-luck… 🐰 Open edition live on Manifold during the 15 days of the Lunar New Year until 2/5.

app.manifold.xyz/c/glow-up-luck…

Me watching this #USA vs #BRA women’s volleyball game. 🏐 #USA

“Their stories reflect the seismic changes sweeping Asia, where voices for democracy have been suppressed by corruption, growing inequality and the widening influence of the so-called China model and its blend of repression and prosperity.” latimes.com/world-nation/s… I remind my son how lucky he is to be American with the freedom to protest and vote.

“To understand why, it is best to try to think from the perspectives of China’s leaders. Their intended messages are aimed at different audiences: domestic Internet firms and the domestic public at large, as well as those outside of the country.” chinafile.com/reporting-opin… Hey, that’s a nice U.S. IPO you got there, it’s a shame if something were to happen to it.

Dinner tonight at Dolan’s Uyghur Cuisine in Alhambra. #SGV

yelp.to/GgIRfNhnNhb My son’s first time trying Uyghur food. Started off with the Tiger Salad and Manta. 🥗🥟

I visited Detroit for the first time last year to explore a partnership around a new impact + inclusion focused real estate initiative.

Would like to get plans back on track once Biden is in office. 🇺🇸
#WonderfulMichigan #Vote
Can’t believe it was about a year ago. We had so many awesome plans for Detroit that included transforming an industrial building into hemp fiber processing center. Trump’s failure on COVID derailed 2020 plans.

#WonderfulMichigan #Detroit

https://twitter.com/christinelu/status/1177569798911385600

Asian Americans being unapologetically Asian American in America is my favorite mode in the face of all the xenophobia and anti-Asian sentiment of 2020.

We mobilize. We vote. We say fuck you in ways our parents could not when faced with hate. #AAPI
18 to 29-year-old #AAPI voters cast 84,000 early votes in 2016.

So far this year, young Asian American voters have cast 330,000 early ballots. An almost 400% increase! 🙌🏼

Let’s keep it up. Text a friend!
kvue.com/article/life/n…

You know why our frontline healthcare workers can’t get the supplies they need? Because we are limiting options in the global supply chain to US standards and creating bottlenecks during an emergency.

We need to recognize country equivalent standards so we can import supplies. Ask your hospital, city, state to tell whoever is bottlenecking global options for needed medical supplies to accept country equivalent standards.

N95 masks are equivalent to FFP2 and KN95 masks. If other countries are doing this why can’t we?