Vauhini Vara
@vauhinivara.bsky.social
author of SEARCHES, THIS IS SALVAGED, & THE IMMORTAL KING RAO. pulitzer finalist. contributing writer at businessweek. mentor at the lighthouse writers workshop's book project. Contact me: DM, Signal (@vauhinivara.82), or my website (vauhinivara.com).
And another moral: Listen to your kid. (7/x)
November 15, 2025 at 3:23 AM
And another moral: Listen to your kid. (7/x)
Other moral of the story: people > corporate AI products. (6/x)
November 15, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Other moral of the story: people > corporate AI products. (6/x)
Moral of the story: If you're offered something instead of candy, take it. (Within reason — maybe run it by a trusted adult first.) (5/x)
November 15, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Moral of the story: If you're offered something instead of candy, take it. (Within reason — maybe run it by a trusted adult first.) (5/x)
OK, I said, humoring him. I'll post it on Reddit. So I did, in r/numismatics: "Is this a Roman coin?" And, later: It is! Roman. Third Century — Saloninus. Emperor for less than a year before he was murdered. It's worth, like, $100, but we won't sell it. (4/x)
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November 15, 2025 at 3:17 AM
OK, I said, humoring him. I'll post it on Reddit. So I did, in r/numismatics: "Is this a Roman coin?" And, later: It is! Roman. Third Century — Saloninus. Emperor for less than a year before he was murdered. It's worth, like, $100, but we won't sell it. (4/x)
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Finally — two weeks later — we found an AI coin identification app. Each time we tried, it identified it as something else: A German pfennig. Etc. The kid kept insisting: No. It's ancient. Roman, specifically. (3/x)
November 15, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Finally — two weeks later — we found an AI coin identification app. Each time we tried, it identified it as something else: A German pfennig. Etc. The kid kept insisting: No. It's ancient. Roman, specifically. (3/x)
The kid is interested in ancient empires. So for days he kept telling me, I think I got an ancient coin trick or treating. I didn't pay attention. (2/x)
November 15, 2025 at 3:17 AM
The kid is interested in ancient empires. So for days he kept telling me, I think I got an ancient coin trick or treating. I didn't pay attention. (2/x)
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ah thank you so much, that means a lot!!!
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
ah thank you so much, that means a lot!!!