brainwane
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Sumana Harihareswara. New York City woman who reads scifi, improves open source software, and does stand-up comedy.
https://harihareswara.net ; also @[email protected] on Mastodon.
https://harihareswara.net ; also @[email protected] on Mastodon.
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Twin Cities MN folks, question:
Do you know a pain management specialist who is not a dick to people in pain?
I need a specialist who 1) believes in chronic pain of unknown etiology, 2) is willing to provide pain relief for conditions that never improve, and 3) IS NOT A JERK.
#twincities #mn
Do you know a pain management specialist who is not a dick to people in pain?
I need a specialist who 1) believes in chronic pain of unknown etiology, 2) is willing to provide pain relief for conditions that never improve, and 3) IS NOT A JERK.
#twincities #mn
November 26, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Twin Cities MN folks, question:
Do you know a pain management specialist who is not a dick to people in pain?
I need a specialist who 1) believes in chronic pain of unknown etiology, 2) is willing to provide pain relief for conditions that never improve, and 3) IS NOT A JERK.
#twincities #mn
Do you know a pain management specialist who is not a dick to people in pain?
I need a specialist who 1) believes in chronic pain of unknown etiology, 2) is willing to provide pain relief for conditions that never improve, and 3) IS NOT A JERK.
#twincities #mn
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i have adopted the japanese solution of "just carry your own damn hand towel" and will advocate it to anyone who'll listen. i have a few small towels from Imabari that are very pretty & soft and i enjoy carrying them around with me
November 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
i have adopted the japanese solution of "just carry your own damn hand towel" and will advocate it to anyone who'll listen. i have a few small towels from Imabari that are very pretty & soft and i enjoy carrying them around with me
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None of us eat canned cranberry sauce but we figured it needed to be on the table for symbolic reasons (like the bone on a seder plate). So every year since 1995 we are presented with the SAME unopened ceremonial can at the table. It still hasn’t exploded.
November 25, 2025 at 4:59 AM
None of us eat canned cranberry sauce but we figured it needed to be on the table for symbolic reasons (like the bone on a seder plate). So every year since 1995 we are presented with the SAME unopened ceremonial can at the table. It still hasn’t exploded.
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My grandmother and mom were watching a Hallmark movie once about Christmas in small town Vermont and a guy with a five o'clock shadow showed up and I said "uh-oh we think he's nice right now but he's got a scandalous secret" and my grandmother said "don't ruin it! I haven't seen this one!"
November 16, 2025 at 7:32 PM
My grandmother and mom were watching a Hallmark movie once about Christmas in small town Vermont and a guy with a five o'clock shadow showed up and I said "uh-oh we think he's nice right now but he's got a scandalous secret" and my grandmother said "don't ruin it! I haven't seen this one!"
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Talking to a colleague about why we get so few testing referrals for math learning disabilities.
My theory: widespread cultural acceptance of the idea that being “bad at math” is normal. You’d never hear another adult say “oh, I’m terrible at reading!” in a social context, right?
#therapistsky
My theory: widespread cultural acceptance of the idea that being “bad at math” is normal. You’d never hear another adult say “oh, I’m terrible at reading!” in a social context, right?
#therapistsky
November 22, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Talking to a colleague about why we get so few testing referrals for math learning disabilities.
My theory: widespread cultural acceptance of the idea that being “bad at math” is normal. You’d never hear another adult say “oh, I’m terrible at reading!” in a social context, right?
#therapistsky
My theory: widespread cultural acceptance of the idea that being “bad at math” is normal. You’d never hear another adult say “oh, I’m terrible at reading!” in a social context, right?
#therapistsky
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Just to be clear I mean specifically for young people.
sorry I was unclear, I mean specifically for young people.
A lot of older books don't age well cause they're racist or really sexist so I'm wondering if young people still have "hollow me out books"
A lot of older books don't age well cause they're racist or really sexist so I'm wondering if young people still have "hollow me out books"
November 22, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Just to be clear I mean specifically for young people.
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Absolutely sick and tired of the prestige bias and nepotism in philosophy hiring. People who didn't do their degree at GRLpGpAG, and who aren't literally NAMED "GRLpGpAG," should still be able to compete for the position of Mr. at GRLpGpAG!!!!
November 21, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Absolutely sick and tired of the prestige bias and nepotism in philosophy hiring. People who didn't do their degree at GRLpGpAG, and who aren't literally NAMED "GRLpGpAG," should still be able to compete for the position of Mr. at GRLpGpAG!!!!
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Any recommendations for a game where I have to repair and expand a dilapidated farm/workshop/etc. but I don't have to spend my days running errands for a quirky bunch of young singles who I can marry?
November 19, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Any recommendations for a game where I have to repair and expand a dilapidated farm/workshop/etc. but I don't have to spend my days running errands for a quirky bunch of young singles who I can marry?
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Still looking for help with this!
Are there any catalogers/libraries with documentation for cataloging tarot decks using MARC? I’m writing documentation for our collection and want to make sure that I’m following best practices.
I know about Yale’s documentation, but it’s focused on historical playing cards.
I know about Yale’s documentation, but it’s focused on historical playing cards.
November 17, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Still looking for help with this!
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This is a very flattering offer, but regretfully I must decline.
November 17, 2025 at 1:22 PM
This is a very flattering offer, but regretfully I must decline.
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posting being considered activism is so much funnier when you meet organizers irl who consistently show up and do the work and are like universally beloved in their local community and then you find their twitter and it has like 500 followers on it
November 16, 2025 at 8:34 PM
posting being considered activism is so much funnier when you meet organizers irl who consistently show up and do the work and are like universally beloved in their local community and then you find their twitter and it has like 500 followers on it
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Called a solar company support number and got an genAI bot
It couldn't do anything except answer general questions about solar and transfer me to real support
It read out phone numbers as amounts, e.g. "call them at one hundred seventy million, three hundred eighty five—"
It couldn't do anything except answer general questions about solar and transfer me to real support
It read out phone numbers as amounts, e.g. "call them at one hundred seventy million, three hundred eighty five—"
November 17, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Called a solar company support number and got an genAI bot
It couldn't do anything except answer general questions about solar and transfer me to real support
It read out phone numbers as amounts, e.g. "call them at one hundred seventy million, three hundred eighty five—"
It couldn't do anything except answer general questions about solar and transfer me to real support
It read out phone numbers as amounts, e.g. "call them at one hundred seventy million, three hundred eighty five—"
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Don't know why I did this quick montage of some clips riding thru Flushing Meadows Corona Park today, but I call this UNISPHERE DALEKS!!!
It's a purdy thirty seconds.
It's a purdy thirty seconds.
November 16, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Don't know why I did this quick montage of some clips riding thru Flushing Meadows Corona Park today, but I call this UNISPHERE DALEKS!!!
It's a purdy thirty seconds.
It's a purdy thirty seconds.
Today is the last day to nominate works for the 2025 @otherwiseaward.org jury to consider
(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...
November 15, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Today is the last day to nominate works for the 2025 @otherwiseaward.org jury to consider
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Movies in the theatre are so much more enjoyable now that I carry earplugs.
November 14, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Movies in the theatre are so much more enjoyable now that I carry earplugs.
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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.
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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