Alex Chiang

This was a very good interview. I'm sold on Steyer.

@connieloizos.bsky.social just read your tech crunch article about the Cadillac, and I'm dying to know, did you get from SF to Tahoe without having to charge?

$13 potato chips. Gotta love Palo Alto!

$8M is the new luxury threshold and $5M is now merely the "sweet spot". 🙄 #housing #paloalto

Black Friday project.

Objects in mirror are closer than they seem.

Making the kiddo happy multiple ways this morning.

Ah yes, Chase Bank. Icon of Silicon Valley. People travel from miles around to ogle at this icon and are honored to pay $3.50 for the privilege of withdrawing cash from the ATM.

We've reached peak... something.

It's time for the fall edition of the Palo Alto weekly real estate guide. We've got median sales prices of $4M in Palo Alto, 12% of homes selling $1M over asking in Los Altos, and minimum income of $548K in Santa Clara county. Everything is fine! @nextdoorsv.bsky.social

The best way to own the libs would be to show us how conservative policies are better. It would make us lose our fucking minds!

My lab @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social is recruiting! We are looking for a postdoc at the interface of quantitative proteomics and G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) biology: postdocs.stanford.edu/prospective/... #TeamMassSpec #Proteomics #GPCR #Postdoc

Saw a beautiful mantis today.

Palo Alto in one picture. A Lotus Elise parked next to a line of RVs. Also this week I learned about a new phrase, "vanlords".

Getting ready for a #bikepacking weekend adventure with the kiddo. First leg, @caltrain.com!

I cannot possibly imagine why this would be the case. Literally, I have no theories. A mystery for the ages. cc @nextdoorsv.bsky.social

Who knew, that before Haight-Ashbury, the Grateful Dead got their start in sleepy Menlo Park!

Smug New Yorkers going on about how the subway is where classes intermingle, but Bay Area Costcos have about 50/50 millionaire to non-millionaire.

Everyone knows ginger ale is the perfect airplane drink, but a less well known phenomenon is that every Jason Statham movie is the perfect airplane movie.

Practice class warfare by taking a piss in the first class bathrooms whilst boarding before continuing onward to steerage.

Incredibly lucky to watch this cheetah and his brother (unsuccessfully) hunt some zebras today. #SouthAfrica #photography

This person seems fun.

Sunset over Hout Bay #photography

Capetonian sunset #CapeTown

As seen on my afternoon run. #SouthAfrica

Been coming to Germany regularly for 10 years and did not realize this was only about an hour away. #Cologne

A rare glimpse of blue sky.

It's always so hard to adjust to jet lag in Germany because there is no sun here.

Why doesn't In n Out have any presence in SFO? Is it because they don't want to make one trillion dollars?

This explains so much, so clearly. It's always about the money. qz.com/tech-layoffs...

Has anyone ever done the forever stamp arbitrage?

Every car in London looks like a self-driving car if you look for the driver in the wrong seat.

Golden hour along the Regents Canal.

If you're a T-Mobile customer, you get free messages on United flights. You can then do text chats with Gemini to query whatever you need. I caught up on NBA scores and got recommendations for the best way to get from London Heathrow to my destination. Real glimpses of the future here.

First try making @smittenkitchen.bsky.social cozy chicken and dumpling soup from her Keeper's book. My hack was to use Costco's prepackaged rotisserie chicken to save a bit of time. The 7 year old approves.

Straight into my veins. #waroncars ktla.com/news/travel/...

First grill of the season.

Take a moment to appreciate this bonsai zen.

Dear Kia, please bring this to the USA. Signed, a person who loves sports and utility but not SUVs #evsky

New Zeekr #waymo sighting in SF.

So happy to share this with my kiddo.

Kudos to the flavor engineers at La Croix for trying but the AB InBev team already achieved this with their Bud Light Lime product.

Huge fan of the mountainFLOW IR waxer. It's now reasonable to wax before every #ski weekend.

An excellent blog about the realities of international trade, manufacturing, and tariffs. Catnip for #bikesky. www.renehersecycles.com/bikes-in-the...

What the heck are NUDE VOWELS?