Am I the only one who downvotes every single ad I come across on Reddit?
Veronica Zora Kirin
@vmkirin.bsky.social
I study, write about, and implement paradigm shifts. | Founder of @asteriskdao.bsky.social and @anodynemag.bsky.social | Anthropologist and Author of STORIES OF ELDERS (Stories of Tech)
I’m playing at @citybuiltbrewing.bsky.social tonight in Grand Rapids! Hope to see you hooligans there. #grandrapids #musicsky
If you like Rocky I believe you also liked Wall-e. Thoughts? #PHM
Every year I rate all countries offering digital nomad visas for their LGBTQ+ safety. The 2026 guide is out. Please share with found family in the USA who want out. open.substack.com/pub/scalingl... #pride #lgbtq #queer
The 2026 Queer Digital Nomad Guide 🌈
Which countries offer visas, which are safe for LGBTQ+ nomads, and which might lead to citizenship.
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It’s Pride Month. Time for a rewatch of Rent. 🏳️🌈
What is it called when you’re neurospicy and you fixate on a film or tv show and have to watch it over and over? Asking for a friend… 👀
Kicking off our worldwide Pride series 🪩 We’re traveling city by city, starting in Berlin with our Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief @vmkirin.bsky.social to celebrate the spaces our team and contributors have created in celebration, resistance, and community. #WritingCommunity #PrideMonth #LitMag
My upcoming workshop hits this July ☀️ Mastering the Art of the Interview — July 7, 14 & 21 w/ HerStry For fiction writers researching lived experiences + nonfiction writers building narratives. 👇 herstryblg.com/marketplace/mastering-the-art-of-the-interview #writingcommunity
I'm kickass at interviewing. I published an award-winning book built on interviews. I've also hosted five podcasts. It’s a superpower that informs every aspect of what goes on the page. I'm teaching a 3wk workshop on interviewing for authors in July. Check it out: herstryblg.com/event-calend...
Why the U.S. drinking age experiment failed and how I would have saved it. open.substack.com/pub/scalingl...
Why the U.S. Drinking Age Experiment Failed
Is 18 or 21 normal? Why not?
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Our quarterly FLINTA* health x Lit meet up is this weekend! Join @vmkirin.bsky.social, editor in chief of Anodyne Magazine, at the Greens in #Berlin for a coffee, conversation, and free writing. Can’t wait to see you! luma.com/s36p35cl?loc...
Anodyne Quarterly FLINTA* Health Meetup | Berlin · Luma
Join Anodyne Magazine in Berlin for a quarterly gathering where literature meets advocacy — a space created by and for FLINTA* creators, activists, and allies…
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My keynote speech today at MoStart unpacked why #DeSci is siloed and how to get to a wider audience.
Yes, I’m saying that there is a deepening hypocrisy in #writing, and we need to deal with it fast. open.substack.com/pub/scalingl...
By avoiding sounding like AI, you are avoiding sounding like a Human.
You're letting AI change you — are you okay with that?
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AI was trained on proper grammar via stolen classic books. So when you say writing sounds like AI you’re saying it sounds like it uses proper writing mechanics that you know nothing about. #writingcommunity
Vinyl #music isn’t just better to listen to, it’s better FOR you. I think I have some compelling reasons why. open.substack.com/pub/scalingl...
Vinyl Music is Better (you'll agree by the end).
Paradigm shifts sometimes act as pendulums... or parabolas.
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“We are a 'high-tech, low-culture' society, wielding god-like tools with social structures stuck in the Roman Era.” My new #AI essay is a strong call for cultural development. www.phiand.ai/p/its-time-f...
It's Time for a High-Culture Revolution
We are a 'high-tech, low-culture' society, wielding god-like tools with social structures stuck in the Roman Era.
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Don’t get lost writing when you have a message to share with the world. Let’s roadmap it (for free). the-visibility-experiment.heysummit.com?ac=G7t2lcNu
You prep for natural disasters. Why not prep for emotional ones? luma.com/67sigwmo
Find Your Roots: Staying Sane in the Unending Upheaval · Zoom · Luma
You prep for disasters — why don't we prep for emotional upheaval? Us Millennials have had the lovely fate of living through one shit storm after another. And…
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Would you want out of this crazy condo building? I sure did, but they still charge me dues. open.substack.com/pub/scalingl...
The Condo Board that Threw Eggs
And how we lost all our power.
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I can’t teach you how to stop the chaos of the world, but I can show you how to stay sane while it all happens. Join me in my new #workshop series “Staying Sane in the Unending Enshittification” and get tools for resiliency that actually work. luma.com/67sigwmo
Find Your Roots: Staying Sane in the Unending Enshittification · Zoom · Luma
Us Millennials have had the lovely fate of living through one shit storm after another. And no one taught us how to withstand the onslaught. The "Find Your…
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I know I could ask AI the question, but I asked YOU the question because that’s how friendship works. It nurtures our relationship to discuss random things and I want deeper friends not deeper tech. 💜
If you’re in the #writingcommunity, you’ll want to check out this workshop.
Anodyne Magazine | Subs CLOSED@anodynemag.bsky.social · 5mo agoAI is changing how #writing gets discovered. Our upcoming workshop explores why human expertise in FLINTA* writing matters more than ever and offers practical tools to help writers stay visible in the age of #AI slop. 📅 Sat March 14th, 18:00 CET / 12:00 EST |📍Zoom RSVP: luma.com/user/anodyne...
Updated outline for my “move abroad” book. Would you read it? What aspect sparks the most curiosity? #usa #writingcommunity
Happy world #Anthropology day. I see Anthropology not as the opportunity to study minority cultures, but it’s the opportunity to better understand the world and to tear down ethnocentrism. That is why I became an anthropologist.
How are those 2026 writing goals going? If you’re getting stuck, let me know. I’m obsessed with seeing writers become authors who wield the written word like a sword (yes I’m making that reference 😜). Schedule a complimentary call here: veronicakirin.com/editing/
Editing & Author Coaching | Ground Work by Veronica Zora Kirin
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