<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Kirenya: MAKARI]]></title><description><![CDATA[Explorations of perception, pattern, and the interior architecture of meaning.]]></description><link>https://www.yes.kirenya.com/s/makari</link><image><url>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!qINI!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff19eb048-fe0d-478e-9730-9ca65ccd4a4b_1280x1280.png</url><title>Kirenya: MAKARI</title><link>https://www.yes.kirenya.com/s/makari</link></image><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 14:12:17 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.yes.kirenya.com/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[Kirenya]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[kirenya@substack.com]]></webMaster><itunes:owner><itunes:email><![CDATA[kirenya@substack.com]]></itunes:email><itunes:name><![CDATA[Kirenya]]></itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author><![CDATA[Kirenya]]></itunes:author><googleplay:owner><![CDATA[kirenya@substack.com]]></googleplay:owner><googleplay:email><![CDATA[kirenya@substack.com]]></googleplay:email><googleplay:author><![CDATA[Kirenya]]></googleplay:author><itunes:block><![CDATA[Yes]]></itunes:block><item><title><![CDATA[Inheritance Unwinder]]></title><description><![CDATA[Future Professions. Inheritance Unwinder disentangles wealth, title, custody, and succession disputes in societies where extreme longevity stalls generational transfer and accumulates unresolved claims.]]></description><link>https://www.yes.kirenya.com/p/inheritance-unwinder</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.yes.kirenya.com/p/inheritance-unwinder</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kirenya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:19:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/db024d1b-2d87-4b4c-9bac-eb4f7e48535e_1024x1536.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Inheritance Unwinder</strong> &#8212; A specialized professional who helps families, institutions, and governing bodies disentangle wealth, influence, title, custody, and succession claims in societies where extrem&#8230;</p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Memory Auditor]]></title><description><![CDATA[Future Professions. Memory Auditor verifies the continuity, reliability, and authenticity of memory when recall can be edited, externally stored, reconstructed, or legally disputed.]]></description><link>https://www.yes.kirenya.com/p/memory-auditor</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.yes.kirenya.com/p/memory-auditor</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kirenya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 23:46:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/f53d4a6b-ffd0-4ee7-8dab-88a6e52e6c49_1024x1536.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Memory Auditor</strong> &#8212; A specialized professional who verifies the continuity, reliability, and integrity of memory in societies where recall may be biologically unstable, technologically edited, externall&#8230;</p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[On “Agree”]]></title><description><![CDATA[Makari. A reflection on agreement, choice, perception-switching, and the quiet labor of watching the mind build around the position it has been handed.]]></description><link>https://www.yes.kirenya.com/p/makari-on-agree</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.yes.kirenya.com/p/makari-on-agree</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kirenya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 16:26:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/79de3077-aad0-4028-bcda-d6f143cebaa7_1448x1086.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Hmm</em>.<strong> </strong>You may want to read &#8220;<strong><a href="https://www.yes.kirenya.com/p/makari-agree">Agree</a>&#8221;</strong> first. Give it a few days. Let your mind go to work before reading mine.</p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Project Revealed Its Size]]></title><description><![CDATA[Makari. A Studio Note on how a few polls became a 24-part system, and how the form revealed its size through precision, play, and reader attention.]]></description><link>https://www.yes.kirenya.com/p/makari-the-project-revealed-its-size</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.yes.kirenya.com/p/makari-the-project-revealed-its-size</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kirenya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 17:25:23 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/5bb7c204-48ab-4967-ae4f-28fb99ac27f5_1448x1086.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I spent three days on what I thought would be <a href="https://www.yes.kirenya.com/t/exercises-and-experiments-poll-as">a few polls</a>. What emerged was a small system: twenty-four one-question pieces, a shared cover, a naming convention, and a structure that can keep working&#8230;</p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Atmosphere Composer]]></title><description><![CDATA[Future Professions. Atmosphere Composer is a future profession that tunes the sensory and chemical qualities of engineered environments when livable air must support flourishing as well as survival.]]></description><link>https://www.yes.kirenya.com/p/atmosphere-composer</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.yes.kirenya.com/p/atmosphere-composer</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kirenya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 23:32:53 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/5cd4c21b-2a0b-465b-9be0-65ba4c76566d_1024x1536.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Atmosphere Composer</strong> &#8212; An environmental design specialist who tunes the sensory and chemical qualities of enclosed or engineered atmospheres in habitats, stations, and terraformed environments. The ro&#8230;</p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Audacity Tax — Pricing, Confidence, and Permission]]></title><description><![CDATA[Makari &#8226; The Audacity Tax &#8212; Part 2. A system memo on permission, pricing, and self-belief. Makari traces how intimacy-at-scale scrambles the terms of exchange, then returns to the simplest practice: make something, set terms, stay human.]]></description><link>https://www.yes.kirenya.com/p/makari-the-audacity-tax-pricing-confidence-part-2</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.yes.kirenya.com/p/makari-the-audacity-tax-pricing-confidence-part-2</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kirenya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 22:34:34 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/4f4d319e-a5db-4cc7-8bed-af10bed6c51f_1536x1024.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The internet has excellent signage. It tells you exactly what to do.</p><p>ARRIVE CONFIDENT.<br>KNOW YOUR WORTH.<br>DO NOT DIM YOURSELF FOR COMFORT.</p><p>Then, the moment you do, the system clears its throat and adds the&#8230;</p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kirenya Poll S1 No. 24: Low Signals]]></title><description><![CDATA[A meta-poll about engagement, interpretation, and the risk of reading one low-signal post as the whole pattern.]]></description><link>https://www.yes.kirenya.com/p/makari-kirenya-poll-s1-no-24-low-signals</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.yes.kirenya.com/p/makari-kirenya-poll-s1-no-24-low-signals</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kirenya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 22:03:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/e554ed86-d78d-4af4-b6ec-2fcaa7537623_1448x1086.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><div class="poll-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;id&quot;:536840}" data-component-name="PollToDOM"></div><p><br><br></p><div><hr></div><p><em>I&#8217;ll leave it here for now. What do you think?<br>&#8212; Makari<br></em></p><p><strong>Filed under:</strong> <a href="https://www.yes.kirenya.com/t/exercises-and-experiments-poll-as">Exercises &amp; Experiments &#8212; poll as mechanism</a></p><p><strong>Explore more:</strong><br><a href="https://www.yes.kirenya.com/">Home</a> &#8226; <a href="https://www.yes.kirenya.com/archive">Archive</a> &#8226; <a href="https://www.yes.kirenya.com/s/reader-guide-and-orientation">Guide</a> &#8226; <a href="https://www.yes.kirenya.com/p/copyright-and-other-notices">Rights</a><br><a href="https://www.yes.kirenya.com/s/makari">Makari</a> &#8226; <a href="https://www.yes.kirenya.com/s/stomari">Stomari</a> &#8226; <a href="https://www.yes.kirenya.com/s/mabstama">Mabst</a> &#8226; <a href="https://www.yes.kirenya.com/s/panoma">Panoma</a><br><a href="https://www.yes.kirenya.com/s/321-video">Video</a> &#8226; <a href="https://www.yes.kirenya.com/s/750-audio">Audio</a> &#8226; <a href="https://www.yes.kirenya.com/s/gallery">Gallery</a> &#8226; <a href="https://www.yes.kirenya.com/s/catalog">Catalog</a></p><div><hr></div><p><em>Creative practice. 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A short fragment about perception, negation, and the challenge hidden inside what cannot be fully perceived.]]></description><link>https://www.yes.kirenya.com/p/makari-the-perpetual-not</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.yes.kirenya.com/p/makari-the-perpetual-not</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kirenya]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 15:07:23 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/301a781d-dce0-44cd-84ce-ad33d7cb622c_1448x1086.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><br>I have spent my life explaining [x] is &#8220;not&#8221;. Then came the challenge: if you can&#8217;t perceive [x], does that make it &#8220;not&#8221;.</p><p><strong>Mk&#10226;</strong><br><br></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nlEG!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdab43380-94d5-48a2-bc2a-40014f9c477f_1122x1402.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nlEG!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdab43380-94d5-48a2-bc2a-40014f9c477f_1122x1402.png 424w, 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