Ana(stasiia)
@iurshina.bsky.social
Tech worker and journalism student @SOAS
Poetry and universal basic income will save the world ❤️🔥
📍Germany
Poetry and universal basic income will save the world ❤️🔥
📍Germany
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A piece of advice: if you're on a date with someone who's studying Arabic, instead of saying "It's been a year and you still don't understand?!", "Maybe you should study harder!", or "Read this," say: "Omg, you’re pronouncing 'bread' like a native speaker!"
December 8, 2025 at 9:01 AM
A piece of advice: if you're on a date with someone who's studying Arabic, instead of saying "It's been a year and you still don't understand?!", "Maybe you should study harder!", or "Read this," say: "Omg, you’re pronouncing 'bread' like a native speaker!"
And if someone asked me when I was the happiest, I'd say it was during those Berlin mornings when I walk alone and watch the city waking up and yawning, everything full of subtle fragments of life, and it feels like whatever bad is coming will come - but who cares.
December 6, 2025 at 9:26 AM
And if someone asked me when I was the happiest, I'd say it was during those Berlin mornings when I walk alone and watch the city waking up and yawning, everything full of subtle fragments of life, and it feels like whatever bad is coming will come - but who cares.
I feel like everything Ersan Mondtag creates is connected directly to my nervous system -- from Venice to das Rotes Haus.
December 6, 2025 at 9:22 AM
I feel like everything Ersan Mondtag creates is connected directly to my nervous system -- from Venice to das Rotes Haus.
I lay in an empty bathtub, drank red wine and read Ahmet Güntan out loud.
November 25, 2025 at 7:19 AM
I lay in an empty bathtub, drank red wine and read Ahmet Güntan out loud.
I just conducted my first interview, and even though I felt absolutely ridiculous with my notebook and the recording, I'm still really happy 😅
November 20, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I just conducted my first interview, and even though I felt absolutely ridiculous with my notebook and the recording, I'm still really happy 😅
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x 100 with sugar on top and me taking a selfie
November 18, 2025 at 9:41 PM
x 100 with sugar on top and me taking a selfie
The main question I have after reading this www.lighthousereports.com/methodology/...
How we investigated Sweden’s Suspicion Machine
How we tested outcome data against six different statistical fairness definitions.
www.lighthousereports.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:12 PM
The main question I have after reading this www.lighthousereports.com/methodology/...
I broke my therapist and he started to talk about God.
November 18, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I broke my therapist and he started to talk about God.
I understand almost everyone, but I haven't gone to my favorite bakery ever since I learned that they fired a foreigner at the end of his trial period without speaking to him or giving any explanation.
November 16, 2025 at 7:15 AM
I understand almost everyone, but I haven't gone to my favorite bakery ever since I learned that they fired a foreigner at the end of his trial period without speaking to him or giving any explanation.
I've way exceeded the amount of rage I can handle per second trying to figure out the exact format of the Gemini API while discussing the new pedophile scandal in "elite" Russian schools.
November 12, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I've way exceeded the amount of rage I can handle per second trying to figure out the exact format of the Gemini API while discussing the new pedophile scandal in "elite" Russian schools.
I have absolutely no idea on how to live my life and how to communicate with people. I mean, I have some ideas, but no one seems to be doing that, so I must be wrong.
November 11, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I have absolutely no idea on how to live my life and how to communicate with people. I mean, I have some ideas, but no one seems to be doing that, so I must be wrong.
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Trump: “We have peace now in the Middle East – the first time that anyone can remember that ever happening.”
An Israeli drone strike killed two people yesterday in Gaza including a child.
In Lebanon yesterday there were reports in the south of Israeli machine gun fire toward Kfarshuba
An Israeli drone strike killed two people yesterday in Gaza including a child.
In Lebanon yesterday there were reports in the south of Israeli machine gun fire toward Kfarshuba
November 11, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Trump: “We have peace now in the Middle East – the first time that anyone can remember that ever happening.”
An Israeli drone strike killed two people yesterday in Gaza including a child.
In Lebanon yesterday there were reports in the south of Israeli machine gun fire toward Kfarshuba
An Israeli drone strike killed two people yesterday in Gaza including a child.
In Lebanon yesterday there were reports in the south of Israeli machine gun fire toward Kfarshuba
While others use Substack to promote their tech expertise and earn money, I use it to come to terms with reality.
A personal reflection on how the language of "European values" is used to justify exclusion.
anastasiiaiurshina.substack.com/p/what-europ...
A personal reflection on how the language of "European values" is used to justify exclusion.
anastasiiaiurshina.substack.com/p/what-europ...
What "European values" really mean
When I hear the phrase “European values” from politicians in Europe, I often wonder what they mean.
anastasiiaiurshina.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:48 AM
While others use Substack to promote their tech expertise and earn money, I use it to come to terms with reality.
A personal reflection on how the language of "European values" is used to justify exclusion.
anastasiiaiurshina.substack.com/p/what-europ...
A personal reflection on how the language of "European values" is used to justify exclusion.
anastasiiaiurshina.substack.com/p/what-europ...
Me on the way to the theater: "Maybe I'll meet someone". Met two women from Odessa and we talked about war and the universality of art.
November 6, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Me on the way to the theater: "Maybe I'll meet someone". Met two women from Odessa and we talked about war and the universality of art.
First time since forever waking up to good news. I literally cried.
Zohran Mamdani: meteoric rise of New York’s visionary new mayor
Zohran Mamdani: meteoric rise of New York’s visionary new mayor
Charismatic and relatable, the 34-year old energized voters – and provided a blueprint for other progressives to follow
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:19 AM
First time since forever waking up to good news. I literally cried.
My late Halloween Censorship costume
November 1, 2025 at 12:46 PM
My late Halloween Censorship costume
هل الناس في ألمانيا ألطَف من الناس في روسيا؟
A question from my Arabic class today on which I'm going to reflect all day...
A question from my Arabic class today on which I'm going to reflect all day...
October 30, 2025 at 10:18 AM
هل الناس في ألمانيا ألطَف من الناس في روسيا؟
A question from my Arabic class today on which I'm going to reflect all day...
A question from my Arabic class today on which I'm going to reflect all day...
I haven't yet done anything and have been studying journalism for a month but the amount of people already told me that I'll get killed (for submitting a FOI request about islamophobia?) is quite interesting. Everyone is just afraid of everything in case of something.
October 29, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I haven't yet done anything and have been studying journalism for a month but the amount of people already told me that I'll get killed (for submitting a FOI request about islamophobia?) is quite interesting. Everyone is just afraid of everything in case of something.
"Ты солдат
И на какой бы ты ни бился войне
Прости, я буду на другой стороне"
Монеточка
И на какой бы ты ни бился войне
Прости, я буду на другой стороне"
Монеточка
October 29, 2025 at 10:48 AM
"Ты солдат
И на какой бы ты ни бился войне
Прости, я буду на другой стороне"
Монеточка
И на какой бы ты ни бился войне
Прости, я буду на другой стороне"
Монеточка
My first rejection for a poem publication. All I want in this broken life is for my lips to be sore from anger turned into kisses. And I mean political anger.
October 27, 2025 at 5:04 AM
My first rejection for a poem publication. All I want in this broken life is for my lips to be sore from anger turned into kisses. And I mean political anger.
Love Istanbul so far. Except for the rich people. They suck (everywhere)
October 21, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Love Istanbul so far. Except for the rich people. They suck (everywhere)
I find it chilling that the world is falling apart, yet my ex-colleagues are still "happy to announce" they've received a Scrum certificate. Like, seriously... I’ve never seen Scrum actually work, and having a certificate never helped. And yes, the world is falling apart.
October 19, 2025 at 10:51 AM
I find it chilling that the world is falling apart, yet my ex-colleagues are still "happy to announce" they've received a Scrum certificate. Like, seriously... I’ve never seen Scrum actually work, and having a certificate never helped. And yes, the world is falling apart.
Spent some time writing an angry LinkedIn post, but, seriously, why is the code of systems built on public money not open?
October 16, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Spent some time writing an angry LinkedIn post, but, seriously, why is the code of systems built on public money not open?