Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder

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Memoir

28 Mar 2020, 17:29 p.m.

"Again, novelty novelty novelty breaks up the day."

I bring your attention again to this Twitter thread by Connie Rourke: I'm starting a thread of every coping mechanism I've used in the last 20 years as an immunocompromised person who lives like a(n …

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27 Mar 2020, 14:23 p.m.

We're Still Fine

We haven't been outside since ... Saturday? The CDC says all households "can "practice routine cleaning of frequently touched surfaces"; the New York Times (see "Clean your home") has an animated GIF saying "Clean high-touch …

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20 Mar 2020, 12:02 p.m.

Responsibility And Blame

Humans have a really hard time dealing with problems that are partly under our control and partly not (and where we can't tell how much of it is inside or outside our locus of control). …

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16 Mar 2020, 9:12 a.m.

Liminal Thoughts At An Inflection Point For The Pandemic

In January a writer I read started telling her readers to prepare for the pandemic. I am glad of the ways in which I followed her advice and I regret the ways in which I …

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09 Jan 2020, 15:09 p.m.

Everyone Has Bugs To Report, Everyone Has Bug Reports To Accept

I was partway through college. I was taking a class about US films of 1939 and their social/historical context. The professor said something in a lecture about Upton Sinclair. I went to his office hours …

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29 Nov 2019, 14:29 p.m.

A Heritage

I was talking with a friend earlier today about how I've come to understand some different temperaments and skills I inherited from my different parents. And the specific thing I am reflecting on now is …

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30 Sep 2019, 11:36 a.m.

The Breath Before

A few days ago, Leonard and I went to see a movie at our local museum/arthouse theater. We settled into our seats and turned off our phones and chitchatted, and I mentioned a funny line …

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01 Aug 2019, 9:09 a.m.

Background Music

So in my household we have a zillion little shared references, and some of those are about pop songs of the late 20th century. For instance, if we're in a restaurant or something and we …

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08 Mar 2019, 12:15 p.m.

Testing, Testing

When I was in high school, a zillion years ago, I got reallllly good scores on the SAT I* and the PSAT (which played the Silver Surfer to the SAT's Galactus). I was good at …

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22 Dec 2018, 13:34 p.m.

I Welcome Your Point Of View On Whether I Am An Alto

I love listening to and singing a lot of labor and folk songs. Like, the highlight of my week a little while back was when a friend got out his guitar and learned to play …

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