Starting 2023 off on the right foot by finally setting foot in my 50th state. And what a spectacular welcome. Happy new year from Alaska! #Fairbanks #Alaska #NorthernLights #AuroraBorealis #HappyNewYear2023 #FiftyNiftyUnitedStates

I've never met Congressman Robert Garcia but when I was on the San Jose City Council, he sent holiday cards each year, which I imagine he did for all elected throughout the state. That's a classy touch. Knowing that he's a fellow comic book fan makes me like him even more!

That sense of getting a fresh start at the new year inevitably fades, but if you're looking for the motivation to make your intended changes stick, consider reading "Atomic Habits" by James Clear or "The Bullet Journal Method" by Ryder Carroll. Both are effective, quick reads.

The Lunar New Year begins on January 22nd. For Vietnamese people, this will be Xuân Quý Mão: the year of the metal cat! (Year of the metal rabbit for the rest of Asia.)

"...the number of sars-cov-2 sequences submitted to gisaid...has dropped by 90% since the start of 2022, and the number of countries submitting data has also fallen...[yet covid] still kills 10,000 people a week, and many of those deaths are preventable." economist.com/science-and-te…

Tội của ông Phúc không phải là đã tham nhũng. Tội của ông là đã tham nhũng một cách quá thô lỗ, gây sự chú ý của dư luận và làm cho các đảng viên khác phải ngại trong những sự tham nhũng "vừa mức" hàng ngày của họ. Tin do @DaiAChauTuDo rfa.org/vietnamese/new…

On the belief that the first days of the Lunar New Year set the course for the rest of the year — and thus everything should be new, clean, and plentiful — the last day of the lunar calendar is the cleanest my home is the entire year. If only I was this diligent year round. #Tet

Wishing everyone joy, good health, and much success this year of the cat (or rabbit, if you’re so inclined)! #Tet #LunarNewYear2023 #QuyMao

Highly recommend people read Chris Whipple's book "The Gatekeepers" about White House chiefs of staff. Great read on US political history but also many insights on organizational management.

Per The Economist, “[m]ore than a third of people worldwide still live under authoritarian rule and less than half live in a democracy.” My refugee parents always held America up as the gold standard of freedom. A bit jarring to see it categorized now as a flawed democracy.

In the same way a bat uses echolocation to navigate the world, scientists have discovered a way to use Wi-Fi signals to observe human movement. Fascinating (and scary) stuff. economist.com/science-and-te… via The Economist

For a donation as little as $5 to its Valentine’s Day fundraiser, the San Antonio Zoo 🦍 will let you name a cockroach that will be fed to one of its animals. 😂 sazoo.org/cry-me-a-cockr…

Do we really need an acronym for everything?

President Obama makes remarks to his former campaign staff, gathered in Chicago this weekend to reflect on and celebrate his historic win 15 years ago on November 3, 2008. #Obama #OFA #ObamaAlumni

.Vice President JD Vance Harris on breaking barriers at APAICS Summit: "We have to know that sometimes people will open the door for you and leave it open. Sometimes they won't, and then you need to kick that fucking door down."