Man it’s so “tough” being stranded in California for art sometimes when I want to casually see cool artists like Imran Qureshi - have been hearing about him for years! Finally got to hear him speak at UC Berkeley ❤️❤️❤️ https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/b57c661c6d568141f6496a8abc0e79ddce700b34a4c5d8f791e5a07b16a32576/05b5f12f3942df110d4f7f4bd27f094ed29385ad3e6447709b233eea28b7b7bd.webp https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/b57c661c6d568141f6496a8abc0e79ddce700b34a4c5d8f791e5a07b16a32576/14c16f89cdee59bd932738209ed9ea7a0858760a8a8ac5b036139aadd5bc2d6f.webp https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/b57c661c6d568141f6496a8abc0e79ddce700b34a4c5d8f791e5a07b16a32576/26a8aa8711b455a1e29176b2e27bf80fdb50beb26cf155ea0f67c1c694556cf8.webp https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/b57c661c6d568141f6496a8abc0e79ddce700b34a4c5d8f791e5a07b16a32576/c770d9f3919c9b4ac99b0d15fb534ea7c0ca598f0d299b22049c373ef2888d9d.webp
A pastoral moment at the UC Berkeley campus by the south Asian studies department ❤️ https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/b57c661c6d568141f6496a8abc0e79ddce700b34a4c5d8f791e5a07b16a32576/8e225c33d3c7c7e7a9bde43a913ea4cd3d3fc2f50023934a605c354a35f2b043.webp
https://flic.kr/p/2qZyqnD dreams of the 1990s made at the Oakland rock paper scissors tonight
A very Mesopotamian kind of day 😎 https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/b57c661c6d568141f6496a8abc0e79ddce700b34a4c5d8f791e5a07b16a32576/6005758be6fde8a3f342b2c18ac62a718be9d17f42c8436e615c0335d869dccc.webp https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/b57c661c6d568141f6496a8abc0e79ddce700b34a4c5d8f791e5a07b16a32576/549dfdb29d34106680da0cee5a2157fd98d18aef016f59a463eee6bcc3119764.webp https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/b57c661c6d568141f6496a8abc0e79ddce700b34a4c5d8f791e5a07b16a32576/13c96b2b3e6404aba8fb7efe79a99a96d7171d8c8f9d188d6aa0f5e1225ddce3.webp https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/b57c661c6d568141f6496a8abc0e79ddce700b34a4c5d8f791e5a07b16a32576/4b7478589f1cdd5656145f773f2737c36cd4f7d960f375959a80471d1c5c0063.webp
The opposite of soul crushing #timelinecleanse https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/b57c661c6d568141f6496a8abc0e79ddce700b34a4c5d8f791e5a07b16a32576/8a4a72ba6dba79e3d7a420a0c380939ea54a3841ce6b671212957d08da25ea3a.webp https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/b57c661c6d568141f6496a8abc0e79ddce700b34a4c5d8f791e5a07b16a32576/b96a2c3e5d8eb1c5dff649e572fbdde77813086d91444f6444cf07c391355e94.webp https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/b57c661c6d568141f6496a8abc0e79ddce700b34a4c5d8f791e5a07b16a32576/120dbe2677f921de282155488c733d923bd5eeca7f84f22b53283684ac51182e.webp https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/b57c661c6d568141f6496a8abc0e79ddce700b34a4c5d8f791e5a07b16a32576/7099defb17577969f6ff50ebc36d94208f293bbed7368dad578547ac78b1b4cd.webp
Zugu case is my favorite so far for the iPad along with the Magic Keyboard https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/b57c661c6d568141f6496a8abc0e79ddce700b34a4c5d8f791e5a07b16a32576/2b6be61ce19558c8a8cdd2ce57fc497cae746c278409f667287667aedcb84749.webp https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/b57c661c6d568141f6496a8abc0e79ddce700b34a4c5d8f791e5a07b16a32576/4096dcb1d066b62e1bb58a0e7966212bd3aea0e7dd8a5b9639beef85e5779e50.webp https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/b57c661c6d568141f6496a8abc0e79ddce700b34a4c5d8f791e5a07b16a32576/d618bfe03076771a0a61357e27dd173dcfb17e07da893b40efca28f766b0f8e1.webp https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/b57c661c6d568141f6496a8abc0e79ddce700b34a4c5d8f791e5a07b16a32576/a7f9538c47941a66e3ac6488b66f21b5b146ab091015a1b779135509137b8867.webp
Once again I was unable to resist the $1 book bin at the friends of the @oaklibrary bookmark bookstore 😂 Sophie’s world a book I once had and lost but have reclaimed https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/b57c661c6d568141f6496a8abc0e79ddce700b34a4c5d8f791e5a07b16a32576/7947a036695a717e7852142020fa65ce86151fbd1052be52acc25ccd2ab2117d.webp https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/b57c661c6d568141f6496a8abc0e79ddce700b34a4c5d8f791e5a07b16a32576/fac9547323d0668bf384cb10ca49eecf5b2a73e31ecdafc2c781e83f58a80e03.webp
Lunch with my mom at the award winning Battambang Cambodian restaraunt in Oakland Chinatown. ❤️❤️❤️ it is remarkable that the nation revived its national ballet after the Khmer Rouge committed genocide on all educated people. The dance is strongly influenced by Indian dance https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/b57c661c6d568141f6496a8abc0e79ddce700b34a4c5d8f791e5a07b16a32576/45382fa59cb04bb3f76b4b6dd852dea44bc5415337913284e8a28fa59713cee0.webp https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/b57c661c6d568141f6496a8abc0e79ddce700b34a4c5d8f791e5a07b16a32576/15ff7c3eca44e0eb5e236f32a633cac9ab5f06669cb087195c0f1881b54f60e7.webp
My moms at the Oakland farmers market ❤️❤️❤️❤️talking to farmers and having fun https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/b57c661c6d568141f6496a8abc0e79ddce700b34a4c5d8f791e5a07b16a32576/d09c0d08ba116378f274ec2b3caeacfa64110a986ceafb0bc16904862375e03d.webp https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/b57c661c6d568141f6496a8abc0e79ddce700b34a4c5d8f791e5a07b16a32576/dd6ae70c3b2deb3017b2b8a4f57babb744632cb665cbecfb31a8904a28dce345.webp https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/b57c661c6d568141f6496a8abc0e79ddce700b34a4c5d8f791e5a07b16a32576/7fe35b92752532ca34ca76162e5ab4f6b38b9cceda37ece8090c15b3fb4651a0.webp https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/b57c661c6d568141f6496a8abc0e79ddce700b34a4c5d8f791e5a07b16a32576/e941612a8a6b27b1475d154d2bb561962ea10ffda0b5b104f1adeb2b7a2604bc.webp
My mom and I at Sana’a cafe in Oakland ❤️ excited for Yemeni coffee ☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️ https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/b57c661c6d568141f6496a8abc0e79ddce700b34a4c5d8f791e5a07b16a32576/df3f916b7a8deaf2d8ba2958f71f1e213e41a0a6da8639a70c2019a3392aa873.webp https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/b57c661c6d568141f6496a8abc0e79ddce700b34a4c5d8f791e5a07b16a32576/2b5c5aedf1d4d643c0f9ad4592ddbe34cfebafadd1e122ba8c5e47c56cb45c88.webp
Happy nowruz / Persian new year during a quickie drawing break at @rpscollective in Oakland rock paper scissors collective https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/b57c661c6d568141f6496a8abc0e79ddce700b34a4c5d8f791e5a07b16a32576/f0be9c0e2e05ea11d8d62947c4ce3d483a8b4dd0dbc412db2a7a48ce1379e519.webp https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/b57c661c6d568141f6496a8abc0e79ddce700b34a4c5d8f791e5a07b16a32576/7ab2d56106cfec948a539609878e780411fa2746efdfa8377009baf7ffc08d1c.webp
Please support the San Francisco Asian art museum ❤️ this opener to one of the south Asian galleries is so original gangster - all those Grecian features and clothing on a early ish Buddha on the pre Silk Road exhibiting Alexander the greatness!! https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/b57c661c6d568141f6496a8abc0e79ddce700b34a4c5d8f791e5a07b16a32576/273df3898621fed98d3c98502256bdd2364935e8618431431a60090ef4150736.webp
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/03/06/valere-public-schools-superintendent-salary-texas 😳😳😳😳”Over the last three years, the head of a small charter school network that serves fewer than 1,000 students has taken home up to $870,000 annually, ”
Now a proud member of the San Francisco Asian art museum! I love the video displays next to artwork. They give such great context. Museum Christian art needs the same as well! ❤️ #asianartmuseumsf https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/b57c661c6d568141f6496a8abc0e79ddce700b34a4c5d8f791e5a07b16a32576/fa5c59a35f0ba9e85f4a13a1b67d3fab17e891dd2162379d1a524dcdff04d386.webp https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/b57c661c6d568141f6496a8abc0e79ddce700b34a4c5d8f791e5a07b16a32576/be9283f9e6c8b439ca2b3a4ca7c2d7f046358b0d64a12886f93470eb4631cbf2.webp https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/b57c661c6d568141f6496a8abc0e79ddce700b34a4c5d8f791e5a07b16a32576/273df3898621fed98d3c98502256bdd2364935e8618431431a60090ef4150736.webp https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/b57c661c6d568141f6496a8abc0e79ddce700b34a4c5d8f791e5a07b16a32576/52dfbb855ff3362942959c1491a07bf4d023c359abf9eb4795d78dc5515c9bde.webp
It’s nice to see a shift in the San Francisco Bay Area at least from STEM education to acknowledging we need the arts and humanities. One of the worst things about moving back to the USA 🇺🇸 from Europe is how poorly respected a true well rounded education is but it’s changing ❤️