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Vera Kurian

@verakurian.bsky.social

Author of NEVER SAW ME COMING and A STEP PAST DARKNESS. psychologist. film consumer. semi-ironic watcher of reality TV. available for DC area events. yes I want to be on your podcast. www.verakurian.com. writing about craft: verakurian.substack

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750,000 people.. who want to go to work so badly that they have to be told they are forbidden to enter the building and no they cannot volunteer their time and come in to work.

07.10.2025 22:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Eman Quotah - The Night is Not for You β€” Solid State Books Join us for an exciting night with local author, Eman Quotah , as she discusses The Night is Not for You, with writer Vera Kurian To be held at Solid State Books on H St. NE Tickets wi...

Join me October 17 at Solid State Books in DC for a spooky evening with thriller author @verakurian.bsky.social

Dress goth, spooky, normie, whatever floats your boat. πŸ§›β€β™€οΈ

16.09.2025 22:25 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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hello. the ebook of my first book is on sale.

03.05.2025 00:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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In this economy??

06.04.2025 17:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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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Left out guy at the party meme with caption β€œThey don’t know I’m the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic.”

Left out guy at the party meme with caption β€œThey don’t know I’m the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic.”

24.03.2025 23:56 β€” πŸ‘ 20791    πŸ” 3084    πŸ’¬ 80    πŸ“Œ 65

but her emails

24.03.2025 22:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

21.03.2025 18:25 β€” πŸ‘ 14846    πŸ” 4708    πŸ’¬ 885    πŸ“Œ 588

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

20.03.2025 14:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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His greed sickens me

19.03.2025 01:59 β€” πŸ‘ 3292    πŸ” 824    πŸ’¬ 54    πŸ“Œ 62

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

19.03.2025 17:40 β€” πŸ‘ 68355    πŸ” 22974    πŸ’¬ 3262    πŸ“Œ 973

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

14.03.2025 19:54 β€” πŸ‘ 3326    πŸ” 661    πŸ’¬ 93    πŸ“Œ 78

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

14.03.2025 22:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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

14.03.2025 22:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2716    πŸ” 427    πŸ’¬ 85    πŸ“Œ 13

what is there to roil over? people want to date people with the same values.

11.03.2025 22:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Extremely fundamental core values.

07.03.2025 22:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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 β€œjust 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

07.03.2025 22:26 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Meritocracy, ladies and gentlemen…

06.03.2025 21:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

remember that part in Erin Brockovich where she makes them drink the water

04.03.2025 18:09 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Google's Gemini AI refusing to answer the question "Who won the 2020 US election"

Google's Gemini AI refusing to answer the question "Who won the 2020 US election"

meanwhile, on Gemini:

04.03.2025 18:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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.

01.03.2025 01:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I don’t know. Here’s my cat on a pineapple

27.02.2025 22:23 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m just going to have an unpopular opinion and say that eyebrows are something that cannot β€œquirk”.

23.02.2025 20:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Googling for β€œbees in my computer”.

Google AI Overview: β€œBees 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.”

Googling for β€œbees in my computer”. Google AI Overview: β€œBees 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.”

trillion dollar industry that will revolutionize everything

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Man offers to split winnings after thieves win jackpot with his credit card The Frenchman has called on the thieves to strike a deal with him to split the €500,000 (Β£413,664) prize.

enemies to lovers
www.bbc.com/news/article...

22.02.2025 02:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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

08.02.2025 19:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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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not mil- police

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