Alex Chiang
@chizang.net
SRE @ Google | SF Yay Area | #bikes #cooking #energysky
This was a very good interview.
I'm sold on Steyer.
I'm sold on Steyer.
Have you read/heard the interview on the Volts podcast with Steyer about how he sees energy, climate, and housing intersecting with affordability? Broke the tie for me tbh. That and polling
www.volts.wtf/p/tom-steyer...
www.volts.wtf/p/tom-steyer...
Tom Steyer wants to be California's climate governor
Tom Steyer joins me to explain his plan to slash California’s exorbitant electricity bills by taking on monopoly utilities.
www.volts.wtf
May 11, 2026 at 3:55 AM
This was a very good interview.
I'm sold on Steyer.
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?
February 22, 2026 at 4:34 PM
@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!
Gotta love Palo Alto!
February 1, 2026 at 5:13 PM
$13 potato chips.
Gotta love Palo Alto!
Gotta love Palo Alto!
January 3, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Objects in mirror are closer than they seem.
November 25, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Objects in mirror are closer than they seem.
Making the kiddo happy multiple ways this morning.
November 8, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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.
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.
October 17, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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.
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.
October 17, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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
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
October 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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
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!
It would make us lose our fucking minds!
October 8, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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!
It would make us lose our fucking minds!
Reposted by Alex Chiang
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
postdocs.stanford.edu/prospective/...
#TeamMassSpec #Proteomics #GPCR #Postdoc
Open Postdoctoral position, faculty mentor Ruth Huttenhain | Office of Postdoctoral Affairs
postdocs.stanford.edu
October 2, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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
postdocs.stanford.edu/prospective/...
#TeamMassSpec #Proteomics #GPCR #Postdoc
Saw a beautiful mantis today.
September 21, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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".
A Lotus Elise parked next to a line of RVs.
Also this week I learned about a new phrase, "vanlords".
August 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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".
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!
August 16, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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
cc @nextdoorsv.bsky.social
July 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I cannot possibly imagine why this would be the case. Literally, I have no theories. A mystery for the ages.
cc @nextdoorsv.bsky.social
cc @nextdoorsv.bsky.social
Who knew, that before Haight-Ashbury, the Grateful Dead got their start in sleepy Menlo Park!
July 21, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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.
June 30, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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.
June 22, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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.
June 22, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Practice class warfare by taking a piss in the first class bathrooms whilst boarding before continuing onward to steerage.
Hard to believe we got to see all of Africa's Big 5 in one trip.
All shots on a Sony a6000, with the 70-350mm f/4.5-6.3.
#photography #safari #big5
All shots on a Sony a6000, with the 70-350mm f/4.5-6.3.
#photography #safari #big5
June 17, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Hard to believe we got to see all of Africa's Big 5 in one trip.
All shots on a Sony a6000, with the 70-350mm f/4.5-6.3.
#photography #safari #big5
All shots on a Sony a6000, with the 70-350mm f/4.5-6.3.
#photography #safari #big5
Incredibly lucky to watch this cheetah and his brother (unsuccessfully) hunt some zebras today.
#SouthAfrica #photography
#SouthAfrica #photography
June 16, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Incredibly lucky to watch this cheetah and his brother (unsuccessfully) hunt some zebras today.
#SouthAfrica #photography
#SouthAfrica #photography
June 14, 2025 at 11:59 AM
June 12, 2025 at 4:45 PM