David Chao
@davidchao.bsky.social
Healthcare technologist and entrepreneur. Once was incredibly lucky to work as a theoretical particle physicist, now am happy to be playing jazz piano in Austin, plus running and cooking and traveling and ...
ChatGPT 5 thinks we have a copresidency going on
August 8, 2025 at 8:10 PM
ChatGPT 5 thinks we have a copresidency going on
A very satisfying showing at the No Kings protest at the Texas Capital this evening - easily 10K by my estimate, maybe even 15K. That’s a lot of folks in Austin willing to fight for American values and freedom
June 15, 2025 at 3:34 AM
A very satisfying showing at the No Kings protest at the Texas Capital this evening - easily 10K by my estimate, maybe even 15K. That’s a lot of folks in Austin willing to fight for American values and freedom
Umm - anyone know where RFK, Jr. was that day?
May 16, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Umm - anyone know where RFK, Jr. was that day?
Another candidate for President Trump’s top accomplishment for his first 100 days - if he can do this in less than a 100 days, imagine what can he do with another 1360 days!!!
April 30, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Another candidate for President Trump’s top accomplishment for his first 100 days - if he can do this in less than a 100 days, imagine what can he do with another 1360 days!!!
What a day [La estacíon de Atochoa]
April 29, 2025 at 8:33 PM
What a day [La estacíon de Atochoa]
City lights have never been so beautiful - power back in Madrid and hopefully all of Spain and Portugal soon!
April 28, 2025 at 8:08 PM
City lights have never been so beautiful - power back in Madrid and hopefully all of Spain and Portugal soon!
Quite an accomplishment - the market is 14% down from its post-election peak. The WSJ spoke to folks in business/conservatives happy to give Trump leeway up to a 20% market drop. How kind and considerate of them. Well, we’re within spitting distance of finding out what else they’re not going to do.
April 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Quite an accomplishment - the market is 14% down from its post-election peak. The WSJ spoke to folks in business/conservatives happy to give Trump leeway up to a 20% market drop. How kind and considerate of them. Well, we’re within spitting distance of finding out what else they’re not going to do.
Just spent a couple hours doing Election Day calls for Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race (Musk is trying to buy this one). Honestly easy and fun.
Jump on opportunities like this - it’s not over yet, and you still have chances to do your part to keep darkness from taking over our country.
Jump on opportunities like this - it’s not over yet, and you still have chances to do your part to keep darkness from taking over our country.
April 1, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Just spent a couple hours doing Election Day calls for Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race (Musk is trying to buy this one). Honestly easy and fun.
Jump on opportunities like this - it’s not over yet, and you still have chances to do your part to keep darkness from taking over our country.
Jump on opportunities like this - it’s not over yet, and you still have chances to do your part to keep darkness from taking over our country.
The first is what the Trump administration posted on their official Twitter account, and the second is the untouched original photo
February 22, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The first is what the Trump administration posted on their official Twitter account, and the second is the untouched original photo
Texas friends who do not support the destructive attack by Musk/Doge on our country the rule of law, call your senators NOW. If you’re in Texas, I recommend calling the non-big city offices for our senators - we’ve already overflown Senator Coryn’s Austin voicemail.
February 6, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Texas friends who do not support the destructive attack by Musk/Doge on our country the rule of law, call your senators NOW. If you’re in Texas, I recommend calling the non-big city offices for our senators - we’ve already overflown Senator Coryn’s Austin voicemail.
I took a few months’ break from reading the news, but I’m back to it starting today!
January 2, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I took a few months’ break from reading the news, but I’m back to it starting today!
If you like the thrill of "getting lost" - as I do - it's so much fun to travel far from home and then open up Strava's heat map and going to your *new* location - possibilities abound!
December 5, 2024 at 8:25 AM
If you like the thrill of "getting lost" - as I do - it's so much fun to travel far from home and then open up Strava's heat map and going to your *new* location - possibilities abound!
Hint #2 The incredibly light and shatters-at-the-first-bite crust of the Wiener schnitzel (veal) at Salmzat 3/3
December 4, 2024 at 4:37 PM
Hint #2 The incredibly light and shatters-at-the-first-bite crust of the Wiener schnitzel (veal) at Salmzat 3/3
Hint #1 - the incredibly and tender delicious (pork) schnitzel at Figlmüeller on Bäckerstraße 2/3
December 4, 2024 at 4:37 PM
Hint #1 - the incredibly and tender delicious (pork) schnitzel at Figlmüeller on Bäckerstraße 2/3
We've been 3 days in Vienna visiting Christmas markets and sampling Wiener schnitzel, and guess what this "whacking" sound I heard at L'Opera (the cafe across from the Vienna State Opera House) is all about? 1/3🍜 🍽️
December 4, 2024 at 4:37 PM
We've been 3 days in Vienna visiting Christmas markets and sampling Wiener schnitzel, and guess what this "whacking" sound I heard at L'Opera (the cafe across from the Vienna State Opera House) is all about? 1/3🍜 🍽️
This #turkeytrot ‘ed - how about you? Happy Thanksgiving!
November 28, 2024 at 4:42 PM
This #turkeytrot ‘ed - how about you? Happy Thanksgiving!
I would love to hear other folks' #EssentialCookbook suggestions - cookbooks that have real meat to them and teach you deep lessons. And have great, well-tested recipes.
One of those for me is Stella Parks' "Brave Tart". Here's this Thanksgiving's rendition of her "No Fuss Apple Pie".
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One of those for me is Stella Parks' "Brave Tart". Here's this Thanksgiving's rendition of her "No Fuss Apple Pie".
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November 28, 2024 at 3:36 AM
I would love to hear other folks' #EssentialCookbook suggestions - cookbooks that have real meat to them and teach you deep lessons. And have great, well-tested recipes.
One of those for me is Stella Parks' "Brave Tart". Here's this Thanksgiving's rendition of her "No Fuss Apple Pie".
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🍜 🍽️
One of those for me is Stella Parks' "Brave Tart". Here's this Thanksgiving's rendition of her "No Fuss Apple Pie".
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🍜 🍽️
Ah - Ice Cream Boy! I bought you maybe 36 years ago, at a Horchow Clearance store in Dallas. Three and a half decades of faithful service. Still running, still chill to a T, and making great gelato. In this case, Jeni's Ice Cream's recipe for Roasted Pumpkin Ice Cream with Five Spice Powder 1/2
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November 28, 2024 at 3:18 AM
Ah - Ice Cream Boy! I bought you maybe 36 years ago, at a Horchow Clearance store in Dallas. Three and a half decades of faithful service. Still running, still chill to a T, and making great gelato. In this case, Jeni's Ice Cream's recipe for Roasted Pumpkin Ice Cream with Five Spice Powder 1/2
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I *love* making Dishoom’s chilli-cheese bread (a kind of open-face Indian pimento cheese sandwich), but chopping up those super smooth Indian chillis is a little dicey (hee-hee)…
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November 27, 2024 at 5:32 AM
I *love* making Dishoom’s chilli-cheese bread (a kind of open-face Indian pimento cheese sandwich), but chopping up those super smooth Indian chillis is a little dicey (hee-hee)…
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I think it was my 2nd year of graduate school, the department of physics offered me a TA-ish role to help out this guy - Fred Moore, RIP, a really nice person and stellar scientist. Here’s a little story about what I did and the impact it had on terrified lower-division engineering students
November 26, 2024 at 2:08 AM
I think it was my 2nd year of graduate school, the department of physics offered me a TA-ish role to help out this guy - Fred Moore, RIP, a really nice person and stellar scientist. Here’s a little story about what I did and the impact it had on terrified lower-division engineering students
I keep forgetting to share this for my fellow bakers - roasting bags make for great reusable proofing chambers (including overnight retarding in the fridge)
#BakingSky #BreadSky
#BakingSky #BreadSky
November 26, 2024 at 1:11 AM
I keep forgetting to share this for my fellow bakers - roasting bags make for great reusable proofing chambers (including overnight retarding in the fridge)
#BakingSky #BreadSky
#BakingSky #BreadSky
Transcription under pressure when I remembered at 8:50am that I had a brunch gig to leave for an hour later, and I'd promised the band an arrangement of Monsters Inc for a young fan.
This nifty tune of Randy Newman's borrows from Hoagy Carmichael's from Old Rockin' Chair
#jazzsky #jazzmusic
This nifty tune of Randy Newman's borrows from Hoagy Carmichael's from Old Rockin' Chair
#jazzsky #jazzmusic
November 23, 2024 at 9:59 PM
Transcription under pressure when I remembered at 8:50am that I had a brunch gig to leave for an hour later, and I'd promised the band an arrangement of Monsters Inc for a young fan.
This nifty tune of Randy Newman's borrows from Hoagy Carmichael's from Old Rockin' Chair
#jazzsky #jazzmusic
This nifty tune of Randy Newman's borrows from Hoagy Carmichael's from Old Rockin' Chair
#jazzsky #jazzmusic
What I made for dinner last night
1) Ragu bolognese - fantastically rich, from Nancy Silverton's "Mozza" (no homemade garganelli or tagliatelle last night, I went with a nice dried pappardelle from Trader Joe's)
2) Darkest Chocolate ice cream, from one of Jeni's Ice Cream books
1) Ragu bolognese - fantastically rich, from Nancy Silverton's "Mozza" (no homemade garganelli or tagliatelle last night, I went with a nice dried pappardelle from Trader Joe's)
2) Darkest Chocolate ice cream, from one of Jeni's Ice Cream books
November 23, 2024 at 1:43 PM
What I made for dinner last night
1) Ragu bolognese - fantastically rich, from Nancy Silverton's "Mozza" (no homemade garganelli or tagliatelle last night, I went with a nice dried pappardelle from Trader Joe's)
2) Darkest Chocolate ice cream, from one of Jeni's Ice Cream books
1) Ragu bolognese - fantastically rich, from Nancy Silverton's "Mozza" (no homemade garganelli or tagliatelle last night, I went with a nice dried pappardelle from Trader Joe's)
2) Darkest Chocolate ice cream, from one of Jeni's Ice Cream books
We spent a solid month there a year and a half ago, and it’s incredibly chill (and much cheaper than Austin, as an example)
November 22, 2024 at 2:26 PM
We spent a solid month there a year and a half ago, and it’s incredibly chill (and much cheaper than Austin, as an example)