Avani
@avani.bsky.social
ML/Systems researcher with delusions of neuroscience and cryptography. Currently @Cloudflare and Emory. Dilettante SFF writer. Fellow of Odd Salon. I like to play the drums. #vp2023.
https://linktr.ee/circumviso
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You've been great, St. Louis, even if I'll never agree with your definition of "salad."
November 21, 2025 at 11:00 PM
You've been great, St. Louis, even if I'll never agree with your definition of "salad."
#SC25 wins for most unintentionally acquired swag. I swear I was just trying to get to vendor meetings, and then all of a sudden I was holding 5 studies.
November 21, 2025 at 4:54 AM
#SC25 wins for most unintentionally acquired swag. I swear I was just trying to get to vendor meetings, and then all of a sudden I was holding 5 studies.
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8675309 is prime, and so is 8675311, so if you ever need a middlin'-large pair of adjacent primes to test your cryptographic suite, all you need is a 1980s earworm and a +2 and you're all set.
Man, everything is so bleak, anyone got a fun fact or little bit of trivia they want to share
November 21, 2025 at 3:28 AM
8675309 is prime, and so is 8675311, so if you ever need a middlin'-large pair of adjacent primes to test your cryptographic suite, all you need is a 1980s earworm and a +2 and you're all set.
What are your top 5 movie genres? mine are:
- in retrospect, I should have seen that coming
- girls just wanna have guns and mysterious backstories
- strange things happen and no one speaks
- French literature, but make it in space
- Katherine Hepburn plays Katherine Hepburn
- in retrospect, I should have seen that coming
- girls just wanna have guns and mysterious backstories
- strange things happen and no one speaks
- French literature, but make it in space
- Katherine Hepburn plays Katherine Hepburn
What are your top 5 movie genres? mine are:
- spot the BBC actor historical
- Utena and things that are basically Utena
- US-Japanese horror movie cross-pollination had a monster baby
- Derek Jacobi is in this, right?
- cosy mystery, or Gundam, why not both?
- spot the BBC actor historical
- Utena and things that are basically Utena
- US-Japanese horror movie cross-pollination had a monster baby
- Derek Jacobi is in this, right?
- cosy mystery, or Gundam, why not both?
What are your top 5 movie genres? mine are:
- men having a big fight and a cute little car chase because they’re in love probably
- when there’s a vial of something
- big poofy dresses
- the scary and also hot ones
- when someone doesn’t know they’re a ghost
- men having a big fight and a cute little car chase because they’re in love probably
- when there’s a vial of something
- big poofy dresses
- the scary and also hot ones
- when someone doesn’t know they’re a ghost
November 20, 2025 at 9:31 PM
What are your top 5 movie genres? mine are:
- in retrospect, I should have seen that coming
- girls just wanna have guns and mysterious backstories
- strange things happen and no one speaks
- French literature, but make it in space
- Katherine Hepburn plays Katherine Hepburn
- in retrospect, I should have seen that coming
- girls just wanna have guns and mysterious backstories
- strange things happen and no one speaks
- French literature, but make it in space
- Katherine Hepburn plays Katherine Hepburn
This paper was rejected 5 times, and I'm so proud of Si for not giving up on it.
(She is on the job market, in case anyone is looking for a badass data scientist with a background in high performance computing)
(She is on the job market, in case anyone is looking for a badass data scientist with a background in high performance computing)
November 19, 2025 at 4:52 AM
This paper was rejected 5 times, and I'm so proud of Si for not giving up on it.
(She is on the job market, in case anyone is looking for a badass data scientist with a background in high performance computing)
(She is on the job market, in case anyone is looking for a badass data scientist with a background in high performance computing)
I snuck a story about cache invalidation into this anthology and they still gave it an award. Imagine how good the rest of the stories must be.
Reposting again to emphasize that we won an award!!! Librarians picked the anthology out for best indy scifi.
Tldr librarians think we’re cool ✨ 🥈 🥰 📚
Tldr librarians think we’re cool ✨ 🥈 🥰 📚
It's been just over a year since this enthusiastically crowd-funded anthology was released by the coolest SFF writers I know. Our contributors have won accolades and the book itself has won an IAP award! Check out it's hot, new cover + pick it up this weekend for $5!
books2read.com/newyearnewyo...
books2read.com/newyearnewyo...
November 18, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I snuck a story about cache invalidation into this anthology and they still gave it an award. Imagine how good the rest of the stories must be.
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If you live in Oakland PLEASE consider writing in via this extremely easy form to our city officials to urge them to REJECT a contract w FLOCK surveillance cameras, which shares data directly with ICE and DHS.
Keep our neighbors safe.
FLOCK OUT OF OAKLAND
actionnetwork.org/letters/no-f...
Keep our neighbors safe.
FLOCK OUT OF OAKLAND
actionnetwork.org/letters/no-f...
Tell City Council: No FLOCK Surveillance for ICE in Oakland
The Oakland Police Department is looking to push through a $2.25M contract to expand its surveillance network under the privately-owned company FLOCK Safety — and we need you to show up and demand the...
actionnetwork.org
November 17, 2025 at 11:32 PM
If you live in Oakland PLEASE consider writing in via this extremely easy form to our city officials to urge them to REJECT a contract w FLOCK surveillance cameras, which shares data directly with ICE and DHS.
Keep our neighbors safe.
FLOCK OUT OF OAKLAND
actionnetwork.org/letters/no-f...
Keep our neighbors safe.
FLOCK OUT OF OAKLAND
actionnetwork.org/letters/no-f...
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Wow, look at that fancy new cover!
Wow, awarded runner-up from the Indie Author Project!
Wow, the ebook is on sale now for $4.99!!!
www.amazon.com/New-Year-You...
Wow, awarded runner-up from the Indie Author Project!
Wow, the ebook is on sale now for $4.99!!!
www.amazon.com/New-Year-You...
November 14, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Wow, look at that fancy new cover!
Wow, awarded runner-up from the Indie Author Project!
Wow, the ebook is on sale now for $4.99!!!
www.amazon.com/New-Year-You...
Wow, awarded runner-up from the Indie Author Project!
Wow, the ebook is on sale now for $4.99!!!
www.amazon.com/New-Year-You...
The excitement and joy of being in a ToyRUs and holding the little paper tag to take to the register for the video game your parents finally decided to buy you.
November 14, 2025 at 12:48 AM
The excitement and joy of being in a ToyRUs and holding the little paper tag to take to the register for the video game your parents finally decided to buy you.
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ICYMI! Reading 2025 fiction?
Try the novelette "Kaiju Agonistes" by Scott Lynch @scottlynch78.bsky.social!
You can read it here!
buff.ly/8ogPvF3
Try the novelette "Kaiju Agonistes" by Scott Lynch @scottlynch78.bsky.social!
You can read it here!
buff.ly/8ogPvF3
November 13, 2025 at 1:00 AM
ICYMI! Reading 2025 fiction?
Try the novelette "Kaiju Agonistes" by Scott Lynch @scottlynch78.bsky.social!
You can read it here!
buff.ly/8ogPvF3
Try the novelette "Kaiju Agonistes" by Scott Lynch @scottlynch78.bsky.social!
You can read it here!
buff.ly/8ogPvF3
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
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Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
This fantastic essay by @maxgladstone.bsky.social precisely and elegantly captures the feeling that the Internet has moved beyond "eternal September," but as a natural consequence of its attention capitalizing nature.
Visits from the *ahem* Squad
On spare attention, the changing internet, and need.
open.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:23 AM
This fantastic essay by @maxgladstone.bsky.social precisely and elegantly captures the feeling that the Internet has moved beyond "eternal September," but as a natural consequence of its attention capitalizing nature.
I dreamt last night that I was in a theme park ride with Sec. Clinton. She was introducing me to a pop song about dissonance, but it was entirely in C Major, and brain that is a little on the nose don't you think?
October 29, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I dreamt last night that I was in a theme park ride with Sec. Clinton. She was introducing me to a pop song about dissonance, but it was entirely in C Major, and brain that is a little on the nose don't you think?
Psyched to see "Bill and Ted's Existential Adventure"
October 25, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Psyched to see "Bill and Ted's Existential Adventure"
Manhattan's answer to SF's AI billboards
October 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Manhattan's answer to SF's AI billboards
We're about to be hiring interns! If you're a PhD student and want to work with my group on the edges of ML/AI research for a better Internet, shoot me a DM and tell me what excites you!
What did Cloudflare launch in Birthday Week 2025? 🎉
✔️ Tools for creators + expanded Project Galileo
✔️ NET Dollar + x402 Foundation w/ Coinbase
✔️ Cap’n Web, VibeSDK, PQC in WARP + more
✔️ 1,111 interns in 2026 + student/startup support
📺 Full recap: ThisWeekinNET.com
✔️ Tools for creators + expanded Project Galileo
✔️ NET Dollar + x402 Foundation w/ Coinbase
✔️ Cap’n Web, VibeSDK, PQC in WARP + more
✔️ 1,111 interns in 2026 + student/startup support
📺 Full recap: ThisWeekinNET.com
September 29, 2025 at 9:21 PM
We're about to be hiring interns! If you're a PhD student and want to work with my group on the edges of ML/AI research for a better Internet, shoot me a DM and tell me what excites you!
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Hi! Did you know that you aren’t pronouncing axolotl correctly?
Suppression of indigenous languages by the Spanish is one of the Four Wounds of Colonization. This is a small subversion of colonial power you can use!
Axolotl is a Nahuatl word, and it sounds like this:
Suppression of indigenous languages by the Spanish is one of the Four Wounds of Colonization. This is a small subversion of colonial power you can use!
Axolotl is a Nahuatl word, and it sounds like this:
September 29, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Hi! Did you know that you aren’t pronouncing axolotl correctly?
Suppression of indigenous languages by the Spanish is one of the Four Wounds of Colonization. This is a small subversion of colonial power you can use!
Axolotl is a Nahuatl word, and it sounds like this:
Suppression of indigenous languages by the Spanish is one of the Four Wounds of Colonization. This is a small subversion of colonial power you can use!
Axolotl is a Nahuatl word, and it sounds like this:
Ok Internet it's time. I'll call you a car.
Wth!
None of u, I repeat, none of u heathens told me Aldous fricking Huxley wrote the screenplay for the 1940 PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
Watching now
None of u, I repeat, none of u heathens told me Aldous fricking Huxley wrote the screenplay for the 1940 PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
Watching now
September 28, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Ok Internet it's time. I'll call you a car.
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If you're from an under-represented background in tech and are interested in building with any of this but need guidance, my DMs are open
If you're a dev looking for a job, it can be hard to get anyone's attention who has hiring power. Your resume gets lost in the noise.
Open source can be a good side channel, but that doesn't mean "build whatever and put it on github". It has to be relevant to someone with hiring authority.
Open source can be a good side channel, but that doesn't mean "build whatever and put it on github". It has to be relevant to someone with hiring authority.
September 27, 2025 at 2:17 AM
If you're from an under-represented background in tech and are interested in building with any of this but need guidance, my DMs are open
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Proud of the @radar.cloudflare.com team for the work done to add three great new data sets to Radar -- we're constantly expanding visibility into what's happening on the #Internet!
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Three new Radar features launched today for @cloudflare.social #BirthdayWeek!
First: regional traffic data is now available. You can now get a more localized perspective on the impact of events and disruptions on Internet traffic. Learn more at blog.cloudflare.com/new-regional...
First: regional traffic data is now available. You can now get a more localized perspective on the impact of events and disruptions on Internet traffic. Learn more at blog.cloudflare.com/new-regional...
September 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Proud of the @radar.cloudflare.com team for the work done to add three great new data sets to Radar -- we're constantly expanding visibility into what's happening on the #Internet!
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Recently I asked someone what actions he's taking to help with an issue he cares about a lot. He said he didn't know what to do -- what he could do that would actually make a difference.
What I said helped him, so I wrote it down for others too.
harihareswara.net/posts/2025/i...
What I said helped him, so I wrote it down for others too.
harihareswara.net/posts/2025/i...
harihareswara.net
September 23, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Recently I asked someone what actions he's taking to help with an issue he cares about a lot. He said he didn't know what to do -- what he could do that would actually make a difference.
What I said helped him, so I wrote it down for others too.
harihareswara.net/posts/2025/i...
What I said helped him, so I wrote it down for others too.
harihareswara.net/posts/2025/i...
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On the one hand, there’s all the other stuff, but on the other hand, it’s John Coltrane’s 99th birthday and you can listen to WKCR’s 24-hour broadcast of his music www.cc-seas.columbia.edu/wkcr/
WKCR 89.9FM NY
www.cc-seas.columbia.edu
September 23, 2025 at 3:37 PM
On the one hand, there’s all the other stuff, but on the other hand, it’s John Coltrane’s 99th birthday and you can listen to WKCR’s 24-hour broadcast of his music www.cc-seas.columbia.edu/wkcr/
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Navratri Ki Shubhkamnaye – नवरात्रि की शुभकामनाये संदेश
May Maa Durga stand with us and bring us strength and victory in dangerous times.
May Maa Durga stand with us and bring us strength and victory in dangerous times.
September 22, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Navratri Ki Shubhkamnaye – नवरात्रि की शुभकामनाये संदेश
May Maa Durga stand with us and bring us strength and victory in dangerous times.
May Maa Durga stand with us and bring us strength and victory in dangerous times.
My 2nd grader just woke up to say "sometimes my eyeballs get strangled together and I can't open my eyes."
September 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
My 2nd grader just woke up to say "sometimes my eyeballs get strangled together and I can't open my eyes."