Avani

@avani

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 #cw2026.

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Avani@avani· Jul 9

* Commenting words inline. * Split screen mode * AND, finally, SOUNDS! (Credit for Darude goes to @mediapathic.bsky.social )

Screenshot of the Word Perfector config panel. Darude Sandstorm is an option for keypress sounds.

Avani@avani· Jun 26

"Cry for me, America"

Street art of an eye crying a drop of liquid with a globe in it that only depicts the Americas

Avani@avani· May 23

Left my lei with the Storyteller to mark the beginning of my sabbatical of writing. I have no idea what I'm doing, but I'm ready to go!

The storyteller statue of Honolulu, a large seated Hawaiian woman rendered in grey stone, with a fresh magenta lei on her arm.

Avani@avani· May 10

Understanding is love. Understanding, and the fact that my son has learned to make coffee.

A mug with a graph of a uniform distribution with the mean at "Good Mom" and a marker for "you" at less then one std down. Flowers in the background

Avani@avani· Mar 24

It is somewhat appropriate that the literal only plant that I've managed to grow long enough to flower is rue.

Rue flower, green with 5 leaf like petals

Avani@avani· Mar 22

Spending my day sharing some fun locks to play with here at BSidesSF

Avani@avani· Mar 5

I made it through an entire evening without putting googly eyes on this I deserve an award.

Colourful floral arrangement at the Legion of Honor's "Bouquet de Art" event. It looks like a big green muppet

Avani@avani· Feb 21

Landed home safe just to be attacked by the airport museum display.

A museum display in SFO with a description that begins "Payphones, now nearly non-existent, remained an important part of communicetions until the advent of cell phones"

Avani@avani· Jan 14

These truly ridiculous blooms all opened up today after spending half a week in hiding, and that's the energy I wish all of you to have today.

A vase full of flowers, some of which are pink and red and at odd angles

Avani@avani· Dec 21

Happy Solstice! Here's to brighter days ahead.

Sunrise out a plane window over patchy clouds

Avani@avani· Nov 21

You've been great, St. Louis, even if I'll never agree with your definition of "salad."

An airport kiosk with a sign that reads "crushed red: artfully chopped craft salads", where the food options are all pizzas and cookies.

Avani@avani· Nov 21

The MIT press dude did not believe me when I told him he had the best swag at the conference. I convinced him to take some of the blackwings home to test. I did not convince him to try category theory.

Avani@avani· Nov 21

#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.

A ridiculous amount of conference swag, laid out on a hotel desk. Photo in panorama mode because see previous.

Avani@avani· Nov 19

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)

Best paper award for "Beyond Guess and check: quantifying the fidelity of proxy applications" by Si Chen etal

Avani@avani· Nov 18

Tonight's pull quote: "Quantum computers are really bad computers." #SC25

Avani@avani· Oct 24

Psyched to see "Bill and Ted's Existential Adventure"

Playbill for "Waiting for Godot" with keanu Reeves and Alex winter

Avani@avani· Oct 24

Manhattan's answer to SF's AI billboards

A guerrilla billboard that reads "all empires fall, lets end this one together"

Avani@avani· Sep 1

And today I spent replenishing the supply...

Overmarbled paper in grey black red and white

Avani@avani· Aug 31

Still on practice books, but definitely getting better at binding. I also made the endpaper.

Cover page reads "The day of their return" by Poul Andersen

Picture of endpaper marbled in blue, green, white, and pink, in the fountain pattern

Avani@avani· Jun 21

Happy Longest Day, San Francisco

The sun rising next to Salesforce Tower, taken from a city roof

Avani@avani· Jun 18

Oh hey I'm back in San Francisco

Ice cream display with "Cuda Crunch" and "Let me be Perfectly Queer" as adjacent flavors.

Avani@avani· Jun 8

This is my new prized possession.

A small grey plastic seal with black eyes

Avani@avani· May 30

My paper was finally dry enough to come home today, and I'm celebrating by sending some love to an old friend.

Card made of blue, white, and green marbled paper over cardstock. Held in a messy kitchen with 2 dark, suspiciously empty 750ml bottles in the background.

Avani@avani· May 26

I'll be there, but doing the workshop. I've been doing binding for a bit though! This is the one I'm most proud of (and also hated every minute of :p)

Hand bound book with a caterpillar pattern sewn into the front

Avani@avani· May 26

My papers from yesterday are still drying, but I'm so excited. I've signed up for his metallics class in August.

Wet green and blue marbled paper on a drying rack

Avani@avani· May 25

I spent my day with a lovely Italian named Pietro, learning how to do this magic.

A white tub filled with marbled paint in red, black, white, and orange, ready to be printed onto paper

Avani@avani· May 23

I have managed to keep my "black" fuschias alive long enough that they're finally blooming!

A photo of a red and black fuschia blooming on a sunny deck.

Avani@avani· May 3

New hair day. I look like I fell into a stained glass window, and I'm 100% here for it.

Outdoor side view of a woman in a black jacket with rainbow pixelated hair.

Outdoor front view of a woman in a black jacket with rainbow pixelated hair.

Avani@avani· Apr 27

If you're in SF for RSA / #BSidesSF, I'm hanging out with Toool from now until 1pm.

Red table covered in locks and lock picks

Avani@avani· Apr 21

Swam in the ocean with a broken ankle and reset my brain.