brainwane
@harihareswara.net
Sumana Harihareswara. New York City woman who reads scifi, improves open source software, and does stand-up comedy.
https://harihareswara.net ; also @brainwane@social.coop on Mastodon.
https://harihareswara.net ; also @brainwane@social.coop on Mastodon.
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FUCK!!!
My beloved Mets jacket, that my dad got me years ago, apparently fell off at some point while I was on or between a bus today!
❗️REWARD ❗️
(Details in next skeet)
My beloved Mets jacket, that my dad got me years ago, apparently fell off at some point while I was on or between a bus today!
❗️REWARD ❗️
(Details in next skeet)
November 13, 2025 at 8:41 PM
FUCK!!!
My beloved Mets jacket, that my dad got me years ago, apparently fell off at some point while I was on or between a bus today!
❗️REWARD ❗️
(Details in next skeet)
My beloved Mets jacket, that my dad got me years ago, apparently fell off at some point while I was on or between a bus today!
❗️REWARD ❗️
(Details in next skeet)
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I think we need to have a secondary discourse going to blow off some steam.
Something like: “Would Sherlock Holmes win the hunger games?”
Something like: “Would Sherlock Holmes win the hunger games?”
November 13, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I think we need to have a secondary discourse going to blow off some steam.
Something like: “Would Sherlock Holmes win the hunger games?”
Something like: “Would Sherlock Holmes win the hunger games?”
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I'm looking for people interested in reading btwn 5 and 50 pages of my new novel, heavily fueled by AI spite
Must be willing to *very honestly* answer questions like "is this confusing" and "what parts are boring" and "would you read more even if you didn't have to"
Probably better if you enjoy SF
Must be willing to *very honestly* answer questions like "is this confusing" and "what parts are boring" and "would you read more even if you didn't have to"
Probably better if you enjoy SF
November 13, 2025 at 12:27 AM
I'm looking for people interested in reading btwn 5 and 50 pages of my new novel, heavily fueled by AI spite
Must be willing to *very honestly* answer questions like "is this confusing" and "what parts are boring" and "would you read more even if you didn't have to"
Probably better if you enjoy SF
Must be willing to *very honestly* answer questions like "is this confusing" and "what parts are boring" and "would you read more even if you didn't have to"
Probably better if you enjoy SF
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"Mark my words, one wrong step in this town’ll land you in a whole heap of social services."
Not Sure How They Deal With Criminals In Your Town, But ’Round Here We Use A Restorative Justice Process
Well, well, well. What have we got here? Another city slicker who thinks he can waltz into my town and start causin’ all sorts of trouble. I’d be careful if I was you, fella. Because however they do t...
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November 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM
"Mark my words, one wrong step in this town’ll land you in a whole heap of social services."
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A favor: Please describe to me the experience that you consider daydreaming? Or tell me if you don't have such a thing.
I understand it as an imaging yourself in some other situation than you're in. That's not a thing that happens in my brain, though I easily get lost in thought!
I understand it as an imaging yourself in some other situation than you're in. That's not a thing that happens in my brain, though I easily get lost in thought!
November 12, 2025 at 5:02 PM
A favor: Please describe to me the experience that you consider daydreaming? Or tell me if you don't have such a thing.
I understand it as an imaging yourself in some other situation than you're in. That's not a thing that happens in my brain, though I easily get lost in thought!
I understand it as an imaging yourself in some other situation than you're in. That's not a thing that happens in my brain, though I easily get lost in thought!
A thread by Sigrid Ellis about the tribulations of pain management. Also by Sigrid: www.harihareswara.net/posts/2022/a... "For chronic pain I think a more useful scale would be as follows..."
November 11, 2025 at 11:20 PM
A thread by Sigrid Ellis about the tribulations of pain management. Also by Sigrid: www.harihareswara.net/posts/2022/a... "For chronic pain I think a more useful scale would be as follows..."
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So I explained that the E.D. does not do chronic pain management. That I might, if I was sobbing or screaming, get a couple hours of fentanyl. Which wears off in 20 minutes.
The P.A. said she hoped I felt better soon.
She hoped I felt better soon.
The P.A. said she hoped I felt better soon.
She hoped I felt better soon.
November 11, 2025 at 10:06 PM
So I explained that the E.D. does not do chronic pain management. That I might, if I was sobbing or screaming, get a couple hours of fentanyl. Which wears off in 20 minutes.
The P.A. said she hoped I felt better soon.
She hoped I felt better soon.
The P.A. said she hoped I felt better soon.
She hoped I felt better soon.
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(Small correction to the below: Deadline is Nov. 15th, not 14th.)
Reminder:
Please submit recommendations by Nov. 14th for the Otherwise Award jury to consider! Nominate works of speculative fiction - #sciencefiction, #fantasy, and more - that expand or explore our notions of gender:
otherwiseaward.org/award/2025-o...
Please submit recommendations by Nov. 14th for the Otherwise Award jury to consider! Nominate works of speculative fiction - #sciencefiction, #fantasy, and more - that expand or explore our notions of gender:
otherwiseaward.org/award/2025-o...
2025 Otherwise Award Recommendations « Otherwise Award
Recommend works here for the Otherwise Award jurors to consider!
otherwiseaward.org
November 11, 2025 at 7:37 PM
(Small correction to the below: Deadline is Nov. 15th, not 14th.)
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if you voted in Seattle you gotta make sure your ballot counted now
There are 1,700 ballots that need signature confirmation. That is enough to change the election.
Go. Check. Your. Ballot.
komonews.com/news/local/s...
Go. Check. Your. Ballot.
komonews.com/news/local/s...
November 11, 2025 at 6:29 PM
if you voted in Seattle you gotta make sure your ballot counted now
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3 days left to nominate books, stories, poems, music, video, fanfic, social media posts, or any other form of #SpeculativeFiction for this year's Otherwise Award jury.
Anyone can make a recommendation, and it's fine to nominate your own work.
#fantasy #horror #sciencefiction #awards
Anyone can make a recommendation, and it's fine to nominate your own work.
#fantasy #horror #sciencefiction #awards
Reminder:
Please submit recommendations by Nov. 14th for the Otherwise Award jury to consider! Nominate works of speculative fiction - #sciencefiction, #fantasy, and more - that expand or explore our notions of gender:
otherwiseaward.org/award/2025-o...
Please submit recommendations by Nov. 14th for the Otherwise Award jury to consider! Nominate works of speculative fiction - #sciencefiction, #fantasy, and more - that expand or explore our notions of gender:
otherwiseaward.org/award/2025-o...
2025 Otherwise Award Recommendations « Otherwise Award
Recommend works here for the Otherwise Award jurors to consider!
otherwiseaward.org
November 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
3 days left to nominate books, stories, poems, music, video, fanfic, social media posts, or any other form of #SpeculativeFiction for this year's Otherwise Award jury.
Anyone can make a recommendation, and it's fine to nominate your own work.
#fantasy #horror #sciencefiction #awards
Anyone can make a recommendation, and it's fine to nominate your own work.
#fantasy #horror #sciencefiction #awards
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Ad-tech big data knows everywhere Santa has been because of all the tracking cookies
November 11, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Ad-tech big data knows everywhere Santa has been because of all the tracking cookies
Sad news especially for those of us who grew up reading Amar Chitra Katha: some original illustrations lost in a fire. www.bbc.com/news/article...
November 9, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Sad news especially for those of us who grew up reading Amar Chitra Katha: some original illustrations lost in a fire. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Reminder:
Please submit recommendations by Nov. 14th for the Otherwise Award jury to consider! Nominate works of speculative fiction - #sciencefiction, #fantasy, and more - that expand or explore our notions of gender:
otherwiseaward.org/award/2025-o...
Please submit recommendations by Nov. 14th for the Otherwise Award jury to consider! Nominate works of speculative fiction - #sciencefiction, #fantasy, and more - that expand or explore our notions of gender:
otherwiseaward.org/award/2025-o...
2025 Otherwise Award Recommendations « Otherwise Award
Recommend works here for the Otherwise Award jurors to consider!
otherwiseaward.org
November 7, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Reminder:
Please submit recommendations by Nov. 14th for the Otherwise Award jury to consider! Nominate works of speculative fiction - #sciencefiction, #fantasy, and more - that expand or explore our notions of gender:
otherwiseaward.org/award/2025-o...
Please submit recommendations by Nov. 14th for the Otherwise Award jury to consider! Nominate works of speculative fiction - #sciencefiction, #fantasy, and more - that expand or explore our notions of gender:
otherwiseaward.org/award/2025-o...
I posted a Mastodon thread about notes I noticed in Mamdani's victory speech and Election Day video, who's leading the followup effort ourtime.nyc , digital platform ambitions, etc.
#NYC #NYCpol #NewYorkCity
social.coop/@brainwane/1...
#NYC #NYCpol #NewYorkCity
social.coop/@brainwane/1...
Sumana Harihareswara (@brainwane@social.coop)
Content warning: NYCpol
social.coop
November 7, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I posted a Mastodon thread about notes I noticed in Mamdani's victory speech and Election Day video, who's leading the followup effort ourtime.nyc , digital platform ambitions, etc.
#NYC #NYCpol #NewYorkCity
social.coop/@brainwane/1...
#NYC #NYCpol #NewYorkCity
social.coop/@brainwane/1...
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A feature I think would actually be useful is “block for 7-10 days” because sometimes a person is annoying in the current discourse and blocking is useful but they don’t need to be permablocked, but also, am I ever going to go through and one by one re-evaluate who I blocked? No not really
November 7, 2025 at 6:29 PM
A feature I think would actually be useful is “block for 7-10 days” because sometimes a person is annoying in the current discourse and blocking is useful but they don’t need to be permablocked, but also, am I ever going to go through and one by one re-evaluate who I blocked? No not really
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#NYC voters: I wrote up my judicial candidate and ballot proposal recommendations:
harihareswara.net/posts/electi...
A maybe easier-to-read version of my six ballot proposal endorsements:
www.nycballotproposals2025.com?id=jxy8ao
#NYCElection #vote #NewYorkCity #ElectionDay
harihareswara.net/posts/electi...
A maybe easier-to-read version of my six ballot proposal endorsements:
www.nycballotproposals2025.com?id=jxy8ao
#NYCElection #vote #NewYorkCity #ElectionDay
Posts | Cogito, Ergo Sumana
| Cogito, Ergo Sumana | Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder
harihareswara.net
November 4, 2025 at 1:12 PM
#NYC voters: I wrote up my judicial candidate and ballot proposal recommendations:
harihareswara.net/posts/electi...
A maybe easier-to-read version of my six ballot proposal endorsements:
www.nycballotproposals2025.com?id=jxy8ao
#NYCElection #vote #NewYorkCity #ElectionDay
harihareswara.net/posts/electi...
A maybe easier-to-read version of my six ballot proposal endorsements:
www.nycballotproposals2025.com?id=jxy8ao
#NYCElection #vote #NewYorkCity #ElectionDay
Our team will be out all day covering the election, and we want to hear from you. Are there problems or long lines at your polling place? Electioneering? A voting sticker shortage? Drop a line at ask@thecity.nyc.
November 4, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Our team will be out all day covering the election, and we want to hear from you. Are there problems or long lines at your polling place? Electioneering? A voting sticker shortage? Drop a line at ask@thecity.nyc.
November 4, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Our team will be out all day covering the election, and we want to hear from you. Are there problems or long lines at your polling place? Electioneering? A voting sticker shortage? Drop a line at ask@thecity.nyc.
#NYC voters: I wrote up my judicial candidate and ballot proposal recommendations:
harihareswara.net/posts/electi...
A maybe easier-to-read version of my six ballot proposal endorsements:
www.nycballotproposals2025.com?id=jxy8ao
#NYCElection #vote #NewYorkCity #ElectionDay
harihareswara.net/posts/electi...
A maybe easier-to-read version of my six ballot proposal endorsements:
www.nycballotproposals2025.com?id=jxy8ao
#NYCElection #vote #NewYorkCity #ElectionDay
Posts | Cogito, Ergo Sumana
| Cogito, Ergo Sumana | Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder
harihareswara.net
November 4, 2025 at 1:12 PM
#NYC voters: I wrote up my judicial candidate and ballot proposal recommendations:
harihareswara.net/posts/electi...
A maybe easier-to-read version of my six ballot proposal endorsements:
www.nycballotproposals2025.com?id=jxy8ao
#NYCElection #vote #NewYorkCity #ElectionDay
harihareswara.net/posts/electi...
A maybe easier-to-read version of my six ballot proposal endorsements:
www.nycballotproposals2025.com?id=jxy8ao
#NYCElection #vote #NewYorkCity #ElectionDay
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otherwiseaward.org/2025/10/appl...
Now soliciting applications for two 2025 Otherwise Fellows, to support & recognize creators of speculative work that is changing our view of gender today! Apply by Dec. 15 for USD $500 to support a new or ongoing project.
#Fellowships #grants #sff #fantasy #scifi
Now soliciting applications for two 2025 Otherwise Fellows, to support & recognize creators of speculative work that is changing our view of gender today! Apply by Dec. 15 for USD $500 to support a new or ongoing project.
#Fellowships #grants #sff #fantasy #scifi
Apply for Otherwise Fellowships by December 15! « Otherwise Award
The Otherwise Motherboard is now soliciting applications for two 2025 Otherwise Fellows! Each Fellow receives USD $500 in support of a new or ongoing project. Please apply by December 15.
otherwiseaward.org
October 15, 2025 at 6:47 PM
otherwiseaward.org/2025/10/appl...
Now soliciting applications for two 2025 Otherwise Fellows, to support & recognize creators of speculative work that is changing our view of gender today! Apply by Dec. 15 for USD $500 to support a new or ongoing project.
#Fellowships #grants #sff #fantasy #scifi
Now soliciting applications for two 2025 Otherwise Fellows, to support & recognize creators of speculative work that is changing our view of gender today! Apply by Dec. 15 for USD $500 to support a new or ongoing project.
#Fellowships #grants #sff #fantasy #scifi
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I got the three most crucial windows plastic-sealed tonight. It's a long process if you want it to last all winter.
- Wash the windows
- Wipe the frame contact surfaces with alcohol and let dry
- Apply the tape, press down, and this is crucial: wait at least 30 minutes
- Wash the windows
- Wipe the frame contact surfaces with alcohol and let dry
- Apply the tape, press down, and this is crucial: wait at least 30 minutes
November 3, 2025 at 4:37 AM
I got the three most crucial windows plastic-sealed tonight. It's a long process if you want it to last all winter.
- Wash the windows
- Wipe the frame contact surfaces with alcohol and let dry
- Apply the tape, press down, and this is crucial: wait at least 30 minutes
- Wash the windows
- Wipe the frame contact surfaces with alcohol and let dry
- Apply the tape, press down, and this is crucial: wait at least 30 minutes
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If you're returning to the train station from @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social remember to leave extra time because it's uphill, you didn't get enough sleep last night and you're carrying more books than when you arrived.
November 2, 2025 at 1:11 PM
If you're returning to the train station from @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social remember to leave extra time because it's uphill, you didn't get enough sleep last night and you're carrying more books than when you arrived.
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Got a really nice photo this afternoon when the sun broke through the clouds for a few minutes.
November 2, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Got a really nice photo this afternoon when the sun broke through the clouds for a few minutes.
If you just can't get enough video of Mamdani saying things, I posted many links in a #MetaFilter thread a few months ago (search for "brainwane")
example: www.metafilter.com/209332/Amid-...
example: www.metafilter.com/209332/Amid-...
Amid the gloom, glad tidings.
Andrew Cuomo has conceded in the New York City mayoral Democratic primary to state assemblyman Zohran Mamdani in a stunning political upset. 'Tonight is his night,' Cuomo, 67, said. If elected,...
www.metafilter.com
November 1, 2025 at 4:58 PM
If you just can't get enough video of Mamdani saying things, I posted many links in a #MetaFilter thread a few months ago (search for "brainwane")
example: www.metafilter.com/209332/Amid-...
example: www.metafilter.com/209332/Amid-...
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My brother has worked in Huntington Station for many years, and said that he’s never seen the ex-NYC mayor there. However, he has seen the ghost of Walt Whitman (a guy dresses up as him and walks the streets regularly, repeating Oh Captain, My Captain to anyone he passes.)
October 30, 2025 at 6:15 AM
My brother has worked in Huntington Station for many years, and said that he’s never seen the ex-NYC mayor there. However, he has seen the ghost of Walt Whitman (a guy dresses up as him and walks the streets regularly, repeating Oh Captain, My Captain to anyone he passes.)