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Vera Kurian @verakurian.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Hi. I'm never on Bluesky but wanted to point people over to my Substack where I'm talking about an app I developed for authors to prove that their content is human-authored. verakurian.substack.com/p/i-built-an...

An image that says "I build an app for authors to prove they did not use AI to write"

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Vera Kurian @verakurian.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

hello. the ebook of my first book is on sale.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 03/04/2025

Jesus Christ can’t you people just let millennials express some entirely deserved outrage and anger over getting hit with yet another major financial crisis without parachuting in to finger wag at us about it

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

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Vera Kurian @verakurian.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

So… how was LibGen getting galleys? Netgalley? Are people getting books from Netgalley and then pirating them..?

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🦇 Crosschopper 🔜 @crosschopper.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

His greed sickens me

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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

The administration is removing phone support for Soc Security recipients. Making it more difficult for seniors to get their checks. It’s a back door way to cut SS benefits. Horrific. If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

I had not heard of this book but now I am going to read it tonight.

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Vera Kurian @verakurian.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Imagine if your state had a balanced budget and a bunch of other congressmen were like lol no. This is why we want state rights. it’s totally about hating DC because of how it votes, how black it is, and how many feds work here

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Let’s also remember that the Treasonous Ten also just fucked over the city of Washington DC’s budget

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Vera Kurian @verakurian.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

This season of #Loveisblind hasn’t been fantastic but it’s one of the few dating shows that actually talks about politics. It’s crazy to me that there are people who “just don’t think about politics bc it doesn’t affect them” and then they are caught off guard that for other this is related to

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Vera Kurian @verakurian.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Meritocracy, ladies and gentlemen…

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Vera Kurian @verakurian.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Just a reminder, if you are eligible to nominate for the Anthony Awards, A STEP PAST DARKNESS is eligible and could theoretically be nominated for either Best Hardcover or Best Paranormal.

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Vera Kurian @verakurian.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

I don’t know. Here’s my cat on a pineapple

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Vera Kurian @verakurian.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

I’m just going to have an unpopular opinion and say that eyebrows are something that cannot “quirk”.

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Thomas “Scary” Fuchs 🎃👻💀 @thomasfuchs.at · 21/02/2025

trillion dollar industry that will revolutionize everything

Googling for “bees in my computer”.

Google AI Overview: “Bees can be present in desktop computers built after the l mid-2000s, but only at a microscopic level. These bees are a special breed of Apis Arithmeticam that perform basic computations in the CPU.”

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Vera Kurian @verakurian.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Sooooo bird flu, covid, flu, etc is going to take care of itself I guess

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Jamie O. @jamieober8590.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

This is part of the poison fed into people's brain by Reagan, federal employees are evil greedy people in shadowy buildings in DC, not "real Americans" and that has always been dumb. Now it's tragic.

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Vera Kurian @verakurian.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

plane crash at DCA above the potomac

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Shane Lear @shanelear.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Updated list of companies committed to DEI Costco, Meijer, Kroger, Giant Grocery, Ben & Jerry’s, Ulta, Macy’s, Old Navy, Nordstrom’s, TJ Maxx, GoTo Foods (includes Moe’s Southwest Grill, Mcalister’s, Auntie Anne’s, Jamba, Cinnabon, and more…), Dollar Tree, Walgreens, Wegmans

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The Earl of Orkney 💙 @earloforkney.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

These are the good guys supporting DEI. Reward them with your business. Costco Meijer Kroger Giant Grocery Ben & Jerry’s Ulta, Macy’s Old Navy Nordstrom’s TJ Maxx GoTo Foods ( Moe’s Southwest Grill, Mcalister’s, Auntie Anne’s, Jamba, Cinnabon…) Dollar Tree Walgreens Wegmans

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Manuscript Wish List® @manuscriptwishlist.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Hello Writing Community! We are delighted to announce our First Official Bluesky *** #MSWL Day *** February 12, 2025. 🎉🎉🎉 Agents + editors can post what they ✨wish✨ they had in their inboxes; writers can find their next best fit for querying. Learn more here: manuscriptwishlist.com/the-next-off...

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The Next Official #MSWL Day: February 12, 2025 – The Official Manuscript Wish List Website

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Vera Kurian @verakurian.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Finally lying in a warm bed with the cats on top of me after a long day of unpacking and triaging broken house things and suddenly I had the thought: where is my dongle?

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Kumail Nanjiani @kumail.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

If people want to help and are able to donate to help those affected by these LA fires, here are places they can donate: friendsindeedpas.org/donate-to-fr... cpf.salsalabs.org/disasterreli... www.directrelief.org/emergency/ca... www.pledge.to/ccfwildfirer... www.globalgiving.org/projects/cal...

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California Fire Relief

In response to fire across California, Direct Relief provides N-95 masks, medicine, and other resources to public agencies and first responders in wildfire-affected communities.

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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 09/01/2025

The destruction caused by the Los Angeles-area wildfires, possibly the worst ever in California, is almost certain to rank as one of the most costly natural disasters in U.S. history, with the total economic toll well into the tens of billions of dollars. www.latimes.com/business/sto...

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Economic loss from wildfires could top $50 billion, making it one of the costliest U.S. natural disasters

A preliminary report by Accuweather estimated the cost of the wildfires ravaging L.A. County at more than $50 billion, a total that would make it one of the costliest natural disasters in recent U.S. ...

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Vera Kurian @verakurian.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

As a former CA resident who lived a few minutes from where the mandatory evacuation order is, maybe stfu about those people being rich climate change deniers?? Do you know what their values are?? I lived there as a grad student when I made 1400 a month. Entire ucla community lives in that area. The

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Vera Kurian @verakurian.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

It’s the Toms River ref that makes this golden

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Vera Kurian @verakurian.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

That Squid Game vote was a little too much like the election

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 19/12/2024

NEW: Women experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position. ⤵️

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If You’re Pregnant, Here’s What You Should Know About the Medical Procedures That Could Save Your Life

Women experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds…

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David Chen @davechen.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Merry Christmas! The AI revolution is going great.

A google query asks “is today Christmas” and google responds No, today is not Christmas, but it will be on Wednesday, December 25, 2024. Christmas is a holiday that commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ and is celebrated by many Christians on December 25 in the Gregorian calendar.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 23/12/2024

Cat Clinging To Side Of Christmas Tree Admits That Was Extent Of Plan theonion.com/cat-clinging...

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Vera Kurian @verakurian.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

It’s giving Lestat in queen of the damned

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

“Don’t feed the trolls” also extends to bad opinion pieces in papers of record. They run them bc people react to them the most. If we stop linking to bad columns and instead post thinkers we find valuable (& generate convo around it), incentives change. It’s not easy and takes constant practice!

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The Authors Guild @authorsguild.org · 13/12/2024

The Authors Guild believes it is crucial that authors, not publishers or tech companies, have control over the licensing of AI rights. AI training is NOT publishing, and a publishing contract does not in any way grant that right. Read our statement: authorsguild.org/news/ai-lice...

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AI Licensing for Authors: Who Owns the Rights and What’s a Fair Split? - The Authors Guild

The Authors Guild believes it is crucial that authors, not publishers or tech companies, have control over the licensing of AI rights. Authors must be able to choose whether they want to allow their w...

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Vera Kurian @verakurian.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

if the Sound and the Fury is entering public domain, now is my chance to write 2 Sound 2 Fury: Yoknapatawpha Drift.

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Vera Kurian @verakurian.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Can someone just hire me to finish Winds of Winter? I have been early on every single contractual writing deadline I’ve had. I have completion anxiety.

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vineyille @vineyille.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Sure yeah you all hate CEOs now, but you'll change your tune when you need someone who can disrupt workplace engagement paradigms and offer bold innovations in the metrics sector

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Daniel Martin @fizbin.bsky.social · 22/03/2024

I don't know who needs to know this, but Pro Publica has an online thing that will format a letter to your US health insurance company to demand the records behind a claim denial. (which the insurance is then legally required to provide in most cases) projects.propublica.org/claimfile/

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Find Out Why Health Insurance Denied Your Claim

You likely have the right to access records that explain why your insurer denied your claim or prior authorization request. Use ProPublica’s free tool to generate a letter requesting your claim file f...

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Vera Kurian @verakurian.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Well. It's Friday. Yesterday I edited for four hours after work and finally handed my third book over to my agent. If you've been wondering what I've been working on I guess I would say that the only thing consistent about me is that you can't predict the type of thing I'll write next.

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