pianist. composer. performer. sound designer. podcaster. fabolitionist vegan. queer. he/him/his
Brooklyn, NY
Joined March 2007
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i'm using patreon as the central place to share and connect about my work. most posts are public, so you can follow along with what i'm making.
patreon.com/michaelharren
The podcast is back! Director & performer Kevin Laibson on his solo show The Harmnf, exploring AI, failure, and what we lose when technology mediates human connection. Listen: mikeypod.com/356
If you’re progressive but mock Greg Abbott’s wheelchair or T****’s body, you’re reinforcing the same oppression you claim to fight. Body shaming and ableism harm not just the target, but the communities we say we stand for.
New Patreon post about last week’s progress on The Luminiviria Project. ✨
I’m using Patreon as my main space for updates — most of my posts right now are public, so you don’t need a paid membership to follow along.
👉 patreon.com/michaelharren
I’ll never understand why Trump voters want fewer people to have access to health care, but go off you evil fucks.
I have a ChatGPT thread for tax questions called "💀 Schedule C, You in Hell" and it still makes me chuckle.
Anyone else building a GPT therapist to process being gaslit by ChatGPT’s 2021 instructions and a 🎉?
I just apologized to some tomatoes for not eating them before they went bad, but now I worry that’s not what they were upset about.
I am so here for the human rights messaging in today’s @Apple News Mini-Crossword. 🏳️⚧️
This quote resonated so perfectly:
“Trump’s desire to censor drag performances is threatening in and of itself, indicative of the right-wing desire to treat all queer art as pornography and queer people themselves as obscenities.”
vox.com/culture/399885/trump…
“Authoritarians rewrite history.“
theguardian.com/music/2025/j…
AI went from a curiosity to a creative partner for me. My latest blog post shares how tools like @ChatGPTapp changed my artistic process, and why I think AI is worth embracing.
patreon.com/posts/reframing-…
During the pandemic my creative spark kind of fizzled and I was disheartened by a Troll in Chief inspired rise in trolling culture. Now, the reality of a looming second Turd term has re-lit a spark. Here are the beginnings of what I have been working on: luminiviria.com
ALT A lush green forest with tall trees and sunlight filtering through the leaves. Superimposed onto the scene are vertical rectangular fragments, resembling digital glitch effects, creating a surreal interplay between the natural and the technological.
Remember that time I found myself moved by a Fleetwood Mac song from the 70s, that I learned about in the 90s, and didn't really get until 2024?
Well, I wrote a (free) Patreon post about it I'd love for you to read.
patreon.com/posts/landslide-…
Is anyone else having an issue in Mac OS Sequoia where Safari randomly acts as if there is no internet connection for a minute or two?
When I open another browser it works fine, so I know it’s not my internet connection.
How are these new political memes being made so fast and why do they all look like they were designed in 1997?
I just saw the Eno documentary and I'm ready to see the other 52 quintillion minus one possible versions.
nytimes.com/2024/07/12/movie…
Coincidentally, I’m still stung by Murphy’s homophobic 1980s stand up routines and how they empowered my high school classmates to be even more sadistic and cruel to a community that was dying off from a disease that was also apparently hilarious.
cnn.com/2024/06/29/entertain…