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<p>I&#39;m on a journey to become a self-sufficient author of trauma-informed STEM scifi by the end of 2026 - hope you can join me. Readers call my stories &#39;Cory Doctorow meets James S.A. Corey.&#39; SFWA member <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>scifi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>author</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MikeSierraEcho" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MikeSierraEcho</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/booksforkids" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>booksforkids</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GSBCW" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GSBCW</span></a></p>

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    You don&#39;t need to be published to be awesome. https://www.thecollector.com/casablanca-unproduced-play-movie-history/ #writing #writer #writingcommunity #writerscommunity #creativeprofessional #creativebusiness #creativebusinessowner #creative

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    The most daring cover of Talking Heads - EVER #JukeboxFridayNight

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    Read &#39;Caturday&#39; - a story one reader calls &#39;that&#39;s a tearjerker ... having lost our cat a year and a half back, Caturday really hit home.&#39; https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/2058687 #catsofMastodon #CatsofBluesky #Caturday #Cats #rescuekitties #aww

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    May your Caturday be this cozy #catsofMastodon #CatsofBluesky #Caturday #Cats #rescuekitties #aww

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    The Trojan horse was a gift first. Nolan says AI feels similar. Useful now. Unknown later. Old myths still map to new tech in sharp ways. https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/19/odyssey-director-christopher-nolan-calls-ai-an-obvious-trojan-horse/?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=fedica-Standard-Pipeline---Mast. #AI #scifi #film

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    RE: https://cloudisland.nz/@Firesphere/116956521493871217 Shout-out to @firesphere - very moved that my story moved you. :underheart:

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    Mastodon: My mission is to prove that the Fediverse is more powerful than X. Good news for you - literally no money involved. Grab 24 of my stories for free. Click, download, and boom—instant sci-fi. https://inkican.com/smashwords-summer-scifi-sale-free-stories/ #bookstadon #books #freebooks #scifi #booksforkids #summerreading

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    When a CEO asks AI to stop charging so much for replacement labor. you know the hype bubble has started arguing with itself. https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/ceo-pleads-ai-industry-stop-130100852.html?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=fedica-Standard-Pipeline---Mast. #AI #STEM #author

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    21st Century Folk Hero or Cyberterrorist? You make the call - our phone lines our open. https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/us-air-force-engineer-charged-110200536.html #privacy #scifi #surveillance

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    MFW rando &#39;soccer experts&#39; emerge on social media to complain about the World Cup, despite never watching soccer the other 47 months of the four years: #worldcup #Soccer #FIFA

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    Not content with ruining civilization - now Mark Zuckerberg wants to ruin gambling. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/06/meta-prediction-markets-online-gambling/ #socialmedia #AI #culture

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    4th of July is always hard on the author cats. Moxie is comforted when she can hide in her t-shirt cave. #catstagram #Caturday #Cats #rescuekitties #aww

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    Find joy where you can, today.

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    You could completely outsource HR to AI and not a single tear would be shed. &amp;quot;But what about all the now-jobless HR people?&amp;quot; you say? It depends.

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    What if the clean energy win is heat under rock doing its job all day? https://oilprice.com/Alternative-Energy/Geothermal-Energy/Americas-Geothermal-Breakthrough-Could-Unlock-a-150-Gigawatt-Energy-Revolution.html #scifi #energy #STEM

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    Friendster is back. Bought for 30K. Is this the Facebook-killer we&amp;#39;re all praying for? https://ca98am79.medium.com/i-bought-friendster-for-30k-heres-what-i-m-doing-with-it-d5e8ddb3991d #socialmedia #writing #community

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    Dear cops - you can stop ticketing me to hit your quota now - let the robots take it. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/us/california-ticket-driverless-car-violations.html?unlocked_article_code=1.fFA.hTVm.Ac5Gti22l7ue&amp;smid=nytcore-android-share #technology #tech #innovation #engineering #business #technews #gadgets

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    I feel seen.

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    Celebrate compassion where you find it today.

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    RAM prices spike so hard people build it in sheds. Cyberpunk meets DIY meets broken supply chains. When systems fail tinkerers rise - I think I read this in &amp;#39;The Diamond Age.&amp;#39; What&amp;#39;s the warranty on &amp;#39;shed RAM?&amp;#39; https://www.techradar.com/computing/memory/the-ram-crisis-just-got-so-bad-that-youtubers-are-making-it-in-their-sheds-and-our-only-hope-now-is-a-consumer-rebellion?ICID=ref_inkican #tech #cyberpunk #STEM

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    Every issue of Byte magazine is now online. Old code. Old dreams. Still useful. The archive is a time machine. https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1975-09 #tech #history #STEM

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    Planets form faster than we thought. A few million years. Cosmic speedrun. Your worldbuilding just got a tighter clock. https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/how-long-take-planets-form/?ICID=ref_inkican #space #writing #scifi

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    Man, this new CrossFit is wild

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    The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice. https://www.thetimes.com/world/europe/article/morante-bullfighter-injured-bull-goring-tsj0bt7ks #animalrights #currentevents #animalcruelty

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    Old material. New trick. Barium titanate may boost quantum and cut energy use. Sometimes the past patches the future. https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-reinvent-a-classic-material-to-help-power-the-future-of-quantum-tech/ #quantum #STEM #future

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    Hope they come home safe and sound tonight. https://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/artemis-ii-nasa-moon-mission-landing-heat-shield-risk-rcna267170 #space #nasa #universe #astronomy #art #science #galaxy #moon #stars #spacex

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    Andy Weir critiques modern Trek and says he pitched his own version. Does he bring solutions and sanity or just salt? https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/project-hail-mary-author-andy-weir-paramount-star-trek-1236549532/ #scifi #startrek #writing

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    A non speaking autistic author tells a complex story through many voices. Art finds a way. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/mar/28/i-was-in-the-pit-of-despair-non-speaking-autistic-novelist-woody-brown-on-his-journey-from-write-off-to-writer #writing #books #author

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    China launches a floating sea lab the size of a small city. Ocean research just scaled up - but does it come with the Lido deck? https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202603/1357749.shtml #science #future #scifi

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    They made it home safe! &amp;lt;3 https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/592079/artemis-ii-crew-splashes-down-safely-in-pacific-ocean-ending-historic-moon-mission #Artemis #ArtemisII #space #nasa #universe #astronomy #art #science #galaxy #moon #stars #spacex