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.
BTW have you read Ammon Bundy's essay which takes the opposite view (that is, a pro-welcoming-the-stranger stance)?
February 4, 2026 at 12:31 PM
BTW have you read Ammon Bundy's essay which takes the opposite view (that is, a pro-welcoming-the-stranger stance)?
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So…I kind of forgot I wasn’t going to be home (where I know all the good places to eat) on Superbowl Sunday.
(No, I do not ordinarily care about it, but in this, the Year of Bad Bunny, I do.)
Does anyone know where to get good Puerto Rican food delivered near Bayside, NY?
(No, I do not ordinarily care about it, but in this, the Year of Bad Bunny, I do.)
Does anyone know where to get good Puerto Rican food delivered near Bayside, NY?
February 4, 2026 at 5:17 AM
So…I kind of forgot I wasn’t going to be home (where I know all the good places to eat) on Superbowl Sunday.
(No, I do not ordinarily care about it, but in this, the Year of Bad Bunny, I do.)
Does anyone know where to get good Puerto Rican food delivered near Bayside, NY?
(No, I do not ordinarily care about it, but in this, the Year of Bad Bunny, I do.)
Does anyone know where to get good Puerto Rican food delivered near Bayside, NY?
may I recommend a command-line program?
February 4, 2026 at 3:59 AM
may I recommend a command-line program?
naomikritzer.com/2020/06/03/m... is by @naomikritzer.bsky.social from June 3, 2020. It discusses the arsonists who descended on Minneapolis from outside, and how locals came together for community defense.
Minneapolis & Outside Agitators
Something I honestly did not know before this past week is how deeply confusing living through a crisis like this is. Speculation gets turned into rumor gets turned into “I know this for a fa…
naomikritzer.com
February 3, 2026 at 8:04 PM
naomikritzer.com/2020/06/03/m... is by @naomikritzer.bsky.social from June 3, 2020. It discusses the arsonists who descended on Minneapolis from outside, and how locals came together for community defense.
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We are delighted to announce the selection of two new Otherwise Fellows: illustrator and animator Aude Abou Nasr @ahlanmydarlings.bsky.social and author Ayida Shonibar @ayidashonibar.bsky.social .
otherwiseaward.org/2026/02/anno...
#SFF #illustration #fantasy #childrenslit #sciencefiction #horror
otherwiseaward.org/2026/02/anno...
#SFF #illustration #fantasy #childrenslit #sciencefiction #horror
Announcing the 2025 Otherwise Fellows! « Otherwise Award
The Otherwise Motherboard is delighted to announce the selection of two new Otherwise Fellows: illustrator and animator Aude Abou Nasr and author Ayida Shonibar. Aude Abou Nasr is a French-Lebanese…
otherwiseaward.org
February 3, 2026 at 7:55 PM
We are delighted to announce the selection of two new Otherwise Fellows: illustrator and animator Aude Abou Nasr @ahlanmydarlings.bsky.social and author Ayida Shonibar @ayidashonibar.bsky.social .
otherwiseaward.org/2026/02/anno...
#SFF #illustration #fantasy #childrenslit #sciencefiction #horror
otherwiseaward.org/2026/02/anno...
#SFF #illustration #fantasy #childrenslit #sciencefiction #horror
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🚨 URGENT: Nu Sass Productions needs DC theater space IMMEDIATELY!
We received an early lease termination from our landlord.
We must be out of our current space on H St. by the end of February.
We received an early lease termination from our landlord.
We must be out of our current space on H St. by the end of February.
February 2, 2026 at 10:06 PM
🚨 URGENT: Nu Sass Productions needs DC theater space IMMEDIATELY!
We received an early lease termination from our landlord.
We must be out of our current space on H St. by the end of February.
We received an early lease termination from our landlord.
We must be out of our current space on H St. by the end of February.
February 2, 2026 at 8:27 PM
The job posting "will close once we have reached a strong pool of candidates, so ... apply early and no later than February 6th at 5pm ET."
And check out the bias mitigation step they request regarding education history on one's résumé: removing school names.
And check out the bias mitigation step they request regarding education history on one's résumé: removing school names.
February 2, 2026 at 8:22 PM
The job posting "will close once we have reached a strong pool of candidates, so ... apply early and no later than February 6th at 5pm ET."
And check out the bias mitigation step they request regarding education history on one's résumé: removing school names.
And check out the bias mitigation step they request regarding education history on one's résumé: removing school names.
www.climatecentral.org/open-positio... Associate Product Manager at a climate nonprofit.
Role can be mostly remote with periodic travel to US locations. Headquarters is in Princeton, NJ. Expected base salary range: $75,000-$90,000.
#jobs
Role can be mostly remote with periodic travel to US locations. Headquarters is in Princeton, NJ. Expected base salary range: $75,000-$90,000.
#jobs
Associate Product Manager | Climate Central
Climate Central bridges the scientific community and the public, providing clear information to help people make sound decisions about the climate.
www.climatecentral.org
February 2, 2026 at 8:22 PM
www.climatecentral.org/open-positio... Associate Product Manager at a climate nonprofit.
Role can be mostly remote with periodic travel to US locations. Headquarters is in Princeton, NJ. Expected base salary range: $75,000-$90,000.
#jobs
Role can be mostly remote with periodic travel to US locations. Headquarters is in Princeton, NJ. Expected base salary range: $75,000-$90,000.
#jobs
summary at www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/carr...
Questions, Answers, and Some Cautionary Updates Regarding the 3.5% Rule
The “3.5% rule” refers to the claim that no government has withstood a challenge of 3.5% of their population mobilized against it during a peak event. In this brief paper, author Erica Chenoweth addresses some of the common questions about the 3.5% rule, as well as several updates from more recent work on this topic.
www.hks.harvard.edu
February 2, 2026 at 12:04 PM
summary at www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/carr...
As the English Wikipedia article cites, www.hks.harvard.edu/sites/defaul... "Questions, Answers, and Some Cautionary Updates Regarding the 3.5% Rule" is more nuanced; I found it edifying to read when activists in my circles were propagating a blunter reading of the 3.5% stat
www.hks.harvard.edu
February 2, 2026 at 11:54 AM
As the English Wikipedia article cites, www.hks.harvard.edu/sites/defaul... "Questions, Answers, and Some Cautionary Updates Regarding the 3.5% Rule" is more nuanced; I found it edifying to read when activists in my circles were propagating a blunter reading of the 3.5% stat
I am open to the possibility of a future in which I eat a jalebi that tastes like something beyond "sugar" but so far this has not been my lot.
February 1, 2026 at 6:06 PM
I am open to the possibility of a future in which I eat a jalebi that tastes like something beyond "sugar" but so far this has not been my lot.
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Around 2006 my car got snowed in on Prospect Pl in Bk and the neighbors knew I was a teacher and a coalition of people of various genders, sexuality, race and age begrudgingly dug the car out at 7am without me asking while muttering about how I should buy a shovel. Quintessential nyc!
February 1, 2026 at 3:34 AM
Around 2006 my car got snowed in on Prospect Pl in Bk and the neighbors knew I was a teacher and a coalition of people of various genders, sexuality, race and age begrudgingly dug the car out at 7am without me asking while muttering about how I should buy a shovel. Quintessential nyc!
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I've got so used to horror novel titles in first person plural that I assumed "Every Day We Plant Trees' was sparse-prosed gruesome biome-collapse ecohorror.
February 1, 2026 at 10:37 AM
I've got so used to horror novel titles in first person plural that I assumed "Every Day We Plant Trees' was sparse-prosed gruesome biome-collapse ecohorror.
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The thing about most protein bars that make no sense is they're somehow warmer than room temperature.
January 31, 2026 at 5:18 AM
The thing about most protein bars that make no sense is they're somehow warmer than room temperature.
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I love unreliable narrators but am considering writing an *entirely* reliable narrator. Mercilessly self-aware, never gulled by others, god-like capacity to weigh causality. Drug-immune, never suffers those handy fictional forms of insanity. Barely subjective. Holds nothing back. Safe pair of hands.
January 31, 2026 at 2:26 PM
I love unreliable narrators but am considering writing an *entirely* reliable narrator. Mercilessly self-aware, never gulled by others, god-like capacity to weigh causality. Drug-immune, never suffers those handy fictional forms of insanity. Barely subjective. Holds nothing back. Safe pair of hands.
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ahhhhh so many new vids to watch!!!
Festivids is live! We have 128 vids in 85 fandoms! archiveofourown.org/collections/...
archiveofourown.org
January 31, 2026 at 12:31 PM
ahhhhh so many new vids to watch!!!
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You can test new tech ideas using the Seinfeld Test
Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs)
Good tech.
Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales)
Bad tech.
Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs)
Good tech.
Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales)
Bad tech.
January 31, 2026 at 6:57 AM
You can test new tech ideas using the Seinfeld Test
Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs)
Good tech.
Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales)
Bad tech.
Would the product eliminate the plot of an episode? (Google maps, cell phones, paypal, battery packs)
Good tech.
Would the product inspire new Seinfeld plots? (NFTs, AI chatbots, crypto currency, blindboxes, metaverse land sales)
Bad tech.
Since www.nyc.gov/site/dsny/wh... does not mention any special rule for such property owners, I infer that they would need to ask or pay someone to clear the relevant areas: a path through sidewalks + around fire hydrants + sidewalk curb-cuts and ramps.
Maybe there should be a program to help.
Maybe there should be a program to help.
Snow Laws - DSNY
www.nyc.gov
January 30, 2026 at 11:57 AM
Since www.nyc.gov/site/dsny/wh... does not mention any special rule for such property owners, I infer that they would need to ask or pay someone to clear the relevant areas: a path through sidewalks + around fire hydrants + sidewalk curb-cuts and ramps.
Maybe there should be a program to help.
Maybe there should be a program to help.
(said "and films" because you mentioned Sinners, but will happily restrict myself to TV shows since that's what you asked for @thingswithwings.bsky.social )
January 29, 2026 at 11:06 AM
(said "and films" because you mentioned Sinners, but will happily restrict myself to TV shows since that's what you asked for @thingswithwings.bsky.social )
I second this question; a few shows and films I'm thinking of are from about the 2010s
January 29, 2026 at 11:04 AM
I second this question; a few shows and films I'm thinking of are from about the 2010s
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Hey if you don't know I'm a temporary host for the Scientific American podcast Science Quickly. We are doing an upcoming episode on kissing and we want your kissing stories! (next skeet tells you how to submit)
January 28, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Hey if you don't know I'm a temporary host for the Scientific American podcast Science Quickly. We are doing an upcoming episode on kissing and we want your kissing stories! (next skeet tells you how to submit)
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Does anyone know of a good intro undergrad level piece on whether beauty is the aim of art (roughly: must good art also look/sound good)?
It seems like there should be stuff in this area, but I haven't seen it.
It seems like there should be stuff in this area, but I haven't seen it.
January 28, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Does anyone know of a good intro undergrad level piece on whether beauty is the aim of art (roughly: must good art also look/sound good)?
It seems like there should be stuff in this area, but I haven't seen it.
It seems like there should be stuff in this area, but I haven't seen it.