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Journalist. She/Her. Alum: @Engadget @TWiT @CNET @Wired . Tweets expire. IG: nicolenerd. Mastodon: @nicole @xoxo .zone Bluesky:

San Francisco, CA
Joined November 2006
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2 years
@darth Ok I made this. Look, it now has a quest.
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3 years
Did I just hear the NBC commentator say it’s so impressive that the Malaysian diver can be an English interpreter for others? Isn’t it common for a lot of people to speak multiple languages well?
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3 years
I LOLed so hard
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Brett "The Bird" Phillips. Balk. 😂
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2 years
LCD Soundsystem playing only deep cuts from their 17-year-old debut album on SNL is such a huge flex and I love it.
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3 years
As I begin socializing again, I just want you to know that I've actually always been this awkward.
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2 years
If you want to know how I'm voting, I'm anti-recall. From @TheLeagueSF :
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2 years
Cleaned out my closet today and guess what I found
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2 years
I... think I'm impressed with the USPS COVID test rollout? The website worked perfectly? Part of me is waiting for the other shoe to drop but... so far so good?
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3 years
@yashar Hi 👋 just wanted to let you know that I’ve had similar feelings several times. Even during the last few weeks. It’s super rough. But it’s comforting to hear that others have gone through similar.
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2 years
@SimuLiu Gonna guess you were on Hot Ones
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2 years
I cut into an avocado and it was perfect. I should buy a lottery ticket today.
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2 years
Hello! I did a podcast! This is the first time I've ever hosted a podcast like this, thus keeping true to the whole Experiment Week theme. Major thanks to @eileentv for chatting with me about AAPI in tech/media! Also, I find it very auspicious that this debuted on 8/8/22, haha.
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BobaTech is a podcast about the Asian-American perspective in tech & new media. In this first episode, @nicole talks about some of the latest news, & chats with @eileentv about Asian representation on the internet, Squid Game, K-dramas on Netflix, & more.
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3 years
@WFKARS @soledadobrien It was definitely in the media, because that’s where I read it. It’s more that the fear mongering media is louder.
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2 years
perhaps hawkeye's greatest power is knowing how to shoot the usb arrow so that it always fits perfectly
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2 years
Still low-key wild to me that the term “podcast” stuck around but the actual device it was named after is long gone.
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2 years
Fwiw in the SF Bay Area, everyone is still wearing masks even though it’s not required.
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3 years
I kinda want to keep wearing masks even after CA lifts the mask requirement in June, but I don't know if it'll be socially acceptable?
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3 years
@lanadeltarot I love this!! But does anyone know the lyrics? I can't make it out
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2 years
my hot take is that oatmeal cookies are better with cranberries / cherries and not raisins.
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2 years
The iPod click wheel was legit one of the greatest gadget interfaces ever. Right up there with the Sidekick flip.
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3 years
Really feels like there should be guidance for vaxxed adults with unvaxxed kids?
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3 years
I non-ironically LOVE SF summer. Give me fog over sun any day of the week.
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3 years
it's so bizarre that people feel compelled to defend billionaires and corporations.
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2 years
plugged the Christmas lights into a Wyze smart plug so that I could turn them on and off via voice command. truly, Christmas is magic
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2 years
dear @twitter , if i'm paying for Twitter Blue, i want to see no ads. that means, NO ADS.
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3 years
I hate this tomahawk chop thing so much.
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2 years
I also love it that so many people on Twitter don’t know who they are and don’t get the appeal. Time for us oldies to get ours, is what I’ll say.
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2 years
love how they're all "law and order" until it's one of them
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3 years
It's National Cheese Day AND National Donut Day. Do the people who come up with these days not talk to each other
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1 year
Hello, I am here. (Mostly lurking for now).
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3 years
Serious question: why do fans leave trash on the floors at the ballpark? I know there are janitors that can clean it up but maybe don’t be a dick and clean up after yourselves?
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3 years
what if the watcher just kept his mouth shut, maybe he wouldn't have these problems
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2 years
I have purchased a laptop. Get ready for a new MacBook to drop next week.
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2 years
To everyone watching Netflix’s Sandman Episode 5, I’ll just say that the version in the comics is like 10x more horrific. But I do think that it captures the essential spirit of it while keeping things TV-MA / television-friendly.
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3 years
As someone who has spent way too much money on the New Yorker, the Atlantic and numerous other literary journals, the French Dispatch was such a lovely, wonderful delight. I ❤️ it.
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3 years
Get rid of the guy on second base in extra innings
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2 years
i hate myself
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2 years
Chop up some kimchi and put it in mac and cheese (I used Beechers from the frozen aisle). It is very good.
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3 years
@darth @ConanOBrien I would 100% vote for Andy
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3 years
Shang Chi is a great movie, all the way around. You don't need to know anything about the MCU or Marvel (there's a couple of scenes that would make more sense if you know MCU stuff, but it's unnecessary). It made me laugh, cry, gasp, cheer, all the emotions. Just a solid flick.
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2 years
If any of my fellow 40-somethings want to feel old, just turn on MTV Classic. You'll find artists like Incubus. Singing Drive. Because that's a "classic." The song came out in the year 2000.
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3 years
Scarjo deserves the money, that is my take
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3 years
Saw a review on Yelp that said “just a normal boba shop nothing special.” I just want to say that all boba shops are special ok, you are all special, never forget it
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2 years
Holy cow. Prehistoric Planet on Apple TV+ is amazing. Dinosaurs but told in the style of a Planet Earth documentary thanks to CGI. It’s fantastic.
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2 years
As someone who grew up with Guns N Roses and owned all their cassette tapes (yes I am that old), I gotta say Thor: Love and Thunder hits different. Like it triggers some kind of memory of teenage rebellion or something. Maybe that's the point.
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2 years
if zendaya isn't at the met gala, can you even call it a met gala
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2 years
Does anyone feel full after a meal and then immediately goes to have a coffee and a pastry because that’s like a different stomach somehow
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2 years
Is it ironic that there’s a print magazine about crypto
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3 years
I totally love that E 40 and the Marlins man appear to be deep in conversation #SFGiants
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2 years
So. Many. Times. Honestly, I don’t know a journalist who hasn’t cried at some point.
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Tim Stevens
2 years
Never once in my software career. Multiple times in my journalism career. Let's just say I put a little (okay, a lot) more of myself into this role and the teams I've been lucky to build.
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3 years
Fwiw I’ve had a “notch” for over a year thanks to my webcam and can confirm that it’s slightly annoying though I got used to it after awhile
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3 years
really wild that the TVA is supposed to govern the sacred timeline of the entire universe and yet insists on using American month/day/year as its date format instead of the day/month/year format the rest of the world uses
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3 years
French Open really decided to tar their entire reputation instead of just allowing one athlete to not do press. smh.
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3 years
the irony is that this will affect small businesses who rely on ig etc more than it will affect fb
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2 years
living in a capitalistic society apparently means that defrauding investors is a no-no but defrauding patients is a-ok
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2 years
the problem with mastodon and every other alternative social network is having to convince everyone to go over. you know how hard it is to get a group of friends to change bars? take that x a million
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3 years
y'all complaining that vaccinated people still have to wear masks. yes, because not everyone is vaccinated. this is not hard to understand.
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2 years
can we take a moment to appreciate that two of the biggest stars in the latest Star Wars TV show are both over 55
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3 years
i am extremely late to the party but oxenfree is awesome
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2 years
I saw a YouTube video say that using a mechanical keyboard is akin to using a fountain pen, and I have to agree. I have this newfound urge to just type all the time, because it feels so good to do so. Similar to how fountain pens make handwriting feel like such a joy.
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2 years
2021 wrapped vinyl edition?
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3 years
omggggggggg #sfgiants #captainbelt (click thru for the whole pic)
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2 years
What do Bay Area people do when they encounter other Bay Area people outside of the Bay Area? I saw someone with an A’s hat and a Warriors sweatshirt. Do I just go like “hella rad” or
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2 years
For Christmas Eve we ate HK BBQ: Chinese roast duck, soy sauce chicken, pork belly (siu yoke) and bbq pork (char siu). Because 1) support your local Chinese restaurants! and 2) it’s duck. And pork. What’s not to love?
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Nicole Lee
3 years
There was a moment in this week's Top Chef where an indigenous person said "now that you've eaten our food, our food knows you" that really hit me emotionally. I've always had this emotional / cultural / spiritual connection to food, and this sentiment mirrors that.
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2 years
if you've worked in media and haven't broken down in tears, have you really worked in media
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3 years
@mythicalsociety Your site is currently down
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2 years
this is going to be a shit show isn't it
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1 year
I have lived in San Francisco for 23 years. I love technology, but I hate money. Deep in my heart, I still believe technology can thrive in a world without capitalism as its driving force. This gets harder everyday.
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3 years
I swear almost every late season episode of Futurama ends with me in tears. They really dialed up the emotional stuff towards the end.
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2 years
Netflix offering a $4.56 million prize pool in a Squid Game reality competition, when the OG series was a commentary AGAINST capitalism is perhaps the height of irony. Also LOL at the prize reward. I guess Netflix has money now.
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2 years
Apparently young people don’t know that Suzanne Vega sang Tom’s Diner and I feel so old omg
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2 years
NBC fighting Leslie Jones for doing her Olympics commentary videos just shows how clueless they are. SMH
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Nicole Lee
3 years
this is what i call "understood the assignment"
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Tom and Lorenzo
3 years
Dan Levy in Loewe (inspired by the work of American multimedia artist and LGBTQIA+ activist David Wojnarovicz, "Fuck You Faggot Fucker") at the #MetGala . More red carpet later on our site. #MetGala2021 . @danjlevy @LoeweOfficial
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3 years
With the production-quality of these presentation videos, will companies even go back to in-person events?
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2 years
They should just give Oscar Isaac his Emmy. My word.
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No physical SIM tray is a big bummer for me. Makes it a lot less convenient to swap SIMs between phones etc.
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3 years
Y’know, a thing that @alamodrafthouse could do right now is to screen a bunch of Tony Leung movies that you apparently can’t buy/stream in the US.
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2 years
hi bay area: lmk where i can get apple cider donuts, kthxbai
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2 years
We've been playing a TON of Radlands by @roxleygames . Absolutely one of my favorite games of the year, perhaps my favorite two-player game. Fast-paced, thinky, a lot of fun.
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2 years
What does Squid Game, Loki and WandaVision have in common? They're arguably some of the most talked-about TV shows of the year, and they're all on streaming. It's a good time to be a cord-cutter.
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2 years
An advent calendar, but for rapid Covid tests
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@JesseThorn His audio is huge on TikTok, fwiw. In general a lot of his stuff has gone viral on various social media platforms.
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Having someone tell me that they've been "following my work for years" is a huge, huge compliment. <3
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@willsmith It is SO GOOD.
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2 years
to those who don't like people posting wordle scores
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1 year
The mood on Twitter feels a little like the last day of high school. Everyone's going "Keep in touch!" and exchanging contact info but you know at the end of the day, you'll either never hear from them again or somehow find them on Facebook.
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3 years
just realized that since ces 2022 is on jan 5th, attendees will likely have to travel in on... *checks notes* jan 1st? possibly dec 31st? this seems insane?
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2 years
Went to the Giants game today. Very few masks. That's quite different from my everyday experience at malls / grocery store etc. My guess is that most are not from the city?
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2 years
Apologies while I cry and laugh at the same time
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Orly Lobel
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I see you smart bookstore #bookstore
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Cinematic mode is some voodoo type shit
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2 years
As much as I like a lot of SW, I’m just so tired of the Skywalker saga. Like, sure, tell me more about Obiwan, but ugh if I need to hear more about the twins and their emo dad
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Nicole Lee
3 years
SQUEEEE
@Variety
Variety
3 years
Introducing the cast of Netflix's upcoming series adaptation of Neil Gaiman's #TheSandman
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3 years
*Notices that watermelon + mustard is trending on TikTok* *throws phone into the trash*
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3 years
@strngwys I will also be very happy to pay taxes to take care of sick people. It's called living in a society. It's so frustrating because her line here is exactly what Rs say about healthcare. Sigh.
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Nicole Lee
2 years
You ever take those Captcha tests, trying to pick out the photos with the traffic lights in them, and wonder to yourself if maybe you aren't actually human?
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