L.Y. Tamai
@lytamai.bsky.social
mixed mama, ハーフ, farming family, public historian, #AAPI scholar of U.S. -Japan, Asian American Studies, #publichistory, Ford Fellow, Fulbright Fellow, |she her hers
Reposted by L.Y. Tamai
Launching in to the Thanksgiving meal prep decathlon today with this family favorite from Four & Twenty Blackbirds…
Four & Twenty Blackbirds’ Truly Insane Apple Pie
If you bake one thing for Thanksgiving, bake this!
blog.onekingslane.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Launching in to the Thanksgiving meal prep decathlon today with this family favorite from Four & Twenty Blackbirds…
Reposted by L.Y. Tamai
This is how old Vladdy Guerrero Jr was when this Jays vs Dodgers World Series game 3 started
October 28, 2025 at 6:25 AM
This is how old Vladdy Guerrero Jr was when this Jays vs Dodgers World Series game 3 started
Reposted by L.Y. Tamai
I think about this a lot.
October 25, 2025 at 11:12 AM
I think about this a lot.
Reposted by L.Y. Tamai
Latinos built a vibrant community on the sea in Oxnard. Trump raids are shattering it
Latinos built a vibrant community on the sea in Oxnard. Trump raids are shattering it
In Oxnard, a summer of immigration raids has fueled community hostility and distrust, and put city officials on the defensive.
www.latimes.com
August 29, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Latinos built a vibrant community on the sea in Oxnard. Trump raids are shattering it
Reposted by L.Y. Tamai
Cruelty is the point
May 11, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Cruelty is the point
Reposted by L.Y. Tamai
I like telling authoritarians where to shove it in multiple languages
The fact that there's an ASL interpreter there.... Thank you @aoc.bsky.social 🥹😍🤟🏼
May 3, 2025 at 12:01 AM
I like telling authoritarians where to shove it in multiple languages
Reposted by L.Y. Tamai
Asian grocery stores are a lifeline to the communities they serve. But store owners say the prospect of sweeping tariffs are threatening their ability to stock up on goods and keep prices affordable.
Asian grocery stores, a lifeline for immigrants, brace for steep new tariffs
Asian grocery stores are a lifeline to the communities they serve. But store owners say the prospect of sweeping tariffs are threatening their ability to stock up on goods and keep prices affordable.
www.npr.org
April 8, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Asian grocery stores are a lifeline to the communities they serve. But store owners say the prospect of sweeping tariffs are threatening their ability to stock up on goods and keep prices affordable.
Reposted by L.Y. Tamai
“Facing pressure to scrub its website of diversity and inclusion references, a Japanese American National Museum leader says the museum will ‘scrub nothing.’” 🔥
Japanese American National Museum takes a stand against DOGE cuts to NEH
The National Endowment for the Humanities warned museums across the country that it was slashing funding, including money previously pledged to places such as LACMA and the Japanese American National ...
www.latimes.com
April 6, 2025 at 4:18 AM
“Facing pressure to scrub its website of diversity and inclusion references, a Japanese American National Museum leader says the museum will ‘scrub nothing.’” 🔥
Reposted by L.Y. Tamai
For folks who don’t know, ethnic studies programs like African American/Africana Studies, Asian American Studies, Chicano Studies and the like come directly from civil right era campus activism. Attempts to disempower such programs should be framed as attacks on civil rights same as much else rn.
March 22, 2025 at 3:57 PM
For folks who don’t know, ethnic studies programs like African American/Africana Studies, Asian American Studies, Chicano Studies and the like come directly from civil right era campus activism. Attempts to disempower such programs should be framed as attacks on civil rights same as much else rn.
Reposted by L.Y. Tamai
It's come to my attention that some people believe you can't buy a new book until you've read the books you already have. Let me assure you, as both a lawyer and a writer, that this idea is legally and morally WRONG and BAD. Buy more books.
March 18, 2025 at 2:12 PM
It's come to my attention that some people believe you can't buy a new book until you've read the books you already have. Let me assure you, as both a lawyer and a writer, that this idea is legally and morally WRONG and BAD. Buy more books.
Reposted by L.Y. Tamai
There's a #LunarEclipse tonight! If you're in the dark region here, and if you have a view of the Moon at the right time, you'll see the eclipse. Check www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/luna... for more info and timings for the eclipse in your location. (Here on the East Coast, totality peaks around 3am.)
March 13, 2025 at 1:51 PM
There's a #LunarEclipse tonight! If you're in the dark region here, and if you have a view of the Moon at the right time, you'll see the eclipse. Check www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/luna... for more info and timings for the eclipse in your location. (Here on the East Coast, totality peaks around 3am.)
Reposted by L.Y. Tamai
Reposted by L.Y. Tamai
Fascism is here.
The list of words Trump is banning from government is the most stunning document of our time. Click the image below to see how many words Trump and Musk have canceled as part of their new Reich.
🔗: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The list of words Trump is banning from government is the most stunning document of our time. Click the image below to see how many words Trump and Musk have canceled as part of their new Reich.
🔗: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
March 10, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Fascism is here.
The list of words Trump is banning from government is the most stunning document of our time. Click the image below to see how many words Trump and Musk have canceled as part of their new Reich.
🔗: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The list of words Trump is banning from government is the most stunning document of our time. Click the image below to see how many words Trump and Musk have canceled as part of their new Reich.
🔗: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Reposted by L.Y. Tamai
We would've done this audit at no additional cost to taxpayers. 🤗
Anyway, check out our findings from our other homelessness audits at controller.lacity.gov/audits and our homelessness dashboard at
homelessdashboard.lacontroller.app
Anyway, check out our findings from our other homelessness audits at controller.lacity.gov/audits and our homelessness dashboard at
homelessdashboard.lacontroller.app
March 8, 2025 at 2:45 AM
We would've done this audit at no additional cost to taxpayers. 🤗
Anyway, check out our findings from our other homelessness audits at controller.lacity.gov/audits and our homelessness dashboard at
homelessdashboard.lacontroller.app
Anyway, check out our findings from our other homelessness audits at controller.lacity.gov/audits and our homelessness dashboard at
homelessdashboard.lacontroller.app
Reposted by L.Y. Tamai
Reposted by L.Y. Tamai
California! The In-N-Out Cover to Cover Club is back to encourage your library kids to read books!
Read 5 books or for 300 minutes and earn a free hamburger or cheeseburger from In-N-Out.
March 1 - April 12, 2025. Check with your local California Library to see if they’re participating ☺️📚🍔
Read 5 books or for 300 minutes and earn a free hamburger or cheeseburger from In-N-Out.
March 1 - April 12, 2025. Check with your local California Library to see if they’re participating ☺️📚🍔
March 6, 2025 at 11:51 PM
California! The In-N-Out Cover to Cover Club is back to encourage your library kids to read books!
Read 5 books or for 300 minutes and earn a free hamburger or cheeseburger from In-N-Out.
March 1 - April 12, 2025. Check with your local California Library to see if they’re participating ☺️📚🍔
Read 5 books or for 300 minutes and earn a free hamburger or cheeseburger from In-N-Out.
March 1 - April 12, 2025. Check with your local California Library to see if they’re participating ☺️📚🍔
Reposted by L.Y. Tamai
Day 1 bsky.app/profile/rmac...
Earlier today the LA Times had AI-generated counterpoints to a column from @gustavoarellano.bsky.social. His piece argued that Anaheim, the city he grew up in, should not forget its KKK past.
The AI "well, actually"-ed the KKK. It has since been taken off the piece.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
The AI "well, actually"-ed the KKK. It has since been taken off the piece.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
March 4, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Day 1 bsky.app/profile/rmac...
Reposted by L.Y. Tamai
The State Department has also been forced to freeze the Fulbright Program and and Critical Languages Scholarships, among other exchange programs, because nothing says "America First" like "we don't care about understanding other places anymore"
This has kind of gotten buried in the news cycle for obvious reason, but the Presidential Management Fellows program has been shut down.
It's another example of how this Admin is canceling out the next generation of leaders.
It's another example of how this Admin is canceling out the next generation of leaders.
March 3, 2025 at 9:49 PM
The State Department has also been forced to freeze the Fulbright Program and and Critical Languages Scholarships, among other exchange programs, because nothing says "America First" like "we don't care about understanding other places anymore"
Reposted by L.Y. Tamai
Reposted by L.Y. Tamai
Thank you to everyone who has joined the resistance! Our ranks grow stronger every day.
February 16, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Thank you to everyone who has joined the resistance! Our ranks grow stronger every day.
Reposted by L.Y. Tamai
No one alive will experience a better climate than today. But young people will experience a much more dangerous and chaotic world in the future, and the extent to which that happens will depend on our choices today. Trump doesn't care because he's old and a sociopath.
www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/s...
www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/s...
February 16, 2025 at 10:28 AM
No one alive will experience a better climate than today. But young people will experience a much more dangerous and chaotic world in the future, and the extent to which that happens will depend on our choices today. Trump doesn't care because he's old and a sociopath.
www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/s...
www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/s...
Reposted by L.Y. Tamai
Former archivist on Trump’s firing of the Archivist of the US, who administers the processes of the Electoral College and Constitutional amendment. www.linkedin.com/pulse/we-sho...
We should all pay attention to what is happening at the National Archives
On Friday night, the president officially fired the Archivist of the United States, as he had promised to do before taking office. So, hi there! 👋 Former National Archives employee here.
www.linkedin.com
February 16, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Former archivist on Trump’s firing of the Archivist of the US, who administers the processes of the Electoral College and Constitutional amendment. www.linkedin.com/pulse/we-sho...
Reposted by L.Y. Tamai
This is a story I've been waiting to read. It's incredibly satisfying — to the point of tears — to finally read something that reflects the reality that I personally know to be true.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
These gardeners, housekeepers, nannies kept Pacific Palisades going. Fire took their jobs
Housekeepers, gardeners, pool cleaners and other workers have been left grappling with a loss of income and grief for longtime employers they considered family.
www.latimes.com
January 15, 2025 at 8:43 PM
This is a story I've been waiting to read. It's incredibly satisfying — to the point of tears — to finally read something that reflects the reality that I personally know to be true.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...