tics kinda suck

Gofundme (2012): just a cool lil website where ur friends can support your projects :) Gofundme (2021): the backbone of the american healthcare system

we gotta make it more👩🏻👩🏼👩🏽👩🏾👩🏿

reminder [to me and other women] to stop apologizing for the smallest things !!

friends who motivate each other just by doing their thing🤧😩

things don’t always work out the way you planned them to and it’s ok:)

nothing motivates me more than watching videos of kids preparing for the gaokao

we’re back baby

*now

being a) brutally honest with yourself and b) comfortable with shedding older versions of yourself are unfortunately v hard but fortunately doable

too many at mit choose grinding psets over building. i want to centralize the building culture and open it to more people. if you - are at mit - have built cool stuff before and want to build more - want intros to cool ppl dm me

feeling some subconscious, unspoken form of sadness for art today

on my way to sf for the summer—excited for my first extended stay there:) please drop your fav recs for food, third places, comedy cellars, or any other cool spots to meet new people! (if you’re also there let’s link up!!)

🚨 BIG NEWS: An announcement from our intern… Introducing, 🎬 Video Arena!

Contrary Venture Partner applications are now open! If you're a builder on campus, interested in investing in exceptional startups, and want to be part of one of the most selective communities in tech, apply now. Contrary invests and works directly alongside exceptional

it's been just over a year since i accidentally walked into improv auditions and gained a new favorite activity! here are some takeaways from a year of doing improv and running shows: elainexliu.com/posts/2025/10/… (and more thoughts on play elainexliu.com/posts/2025/02/…)

Ali Partovi’s Neo looks to upend the accelerator model with low-dilution terms techcrunch.com/2026/02/19/ali…

fun, play, and joy is what it’s all for:)

it's hard to beat a couple guys that are just having fun

Launching the Alive Prize. $100K to build what makes you come alive. I've been fixated on a quote from Howard Thurman lately: "Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive." We want to