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I'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 'Cory Doctorow meets James S.A. Corey.' SFWA member #scifi #author #MikeSierraEcho #booksforkids #GSBCW
Good writing starts separating the gold from the trash. Then ask the awkward question: What part of the world keeps tapping your shoulder like it has a point? inkican.com/author-g... #scifi #author #STEM
Author Growth: Reading Between the Lines - Inkican
When thinking about author growth - it's important to read between the lines. That's what I figured out today. But first, let me tell you about swans.
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Superintelligence may not arrive as one mind. It may show up as a team that shares context better than humans do. That is the real twist. postiz.com/blog/how-... #scifi #STEM #author
How to Write Hooks That Blow Up Your Content: The Psychology Behind Viral Social Media - Postiz
The three-step hook formula (context lean, scroll-stop interjection, contrarian snapback) plus five more psychological levers top creators use to stop the scroll and make short-form videos go viral — and how to run the playbook at scale with Postiz.
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If we're doing Jimothy now, can we also do Tames? Asking for a friend.
Moon base work starts with dirt. Not lasers. Not flags. Just machines built to chew through the future one scoop at a time. interestingengineeri... #scifi #STEM #author
Autonomous Moon excavation system targets future base construction
Interlune and Vermeer are developing autonomous lunar construction equipment targeting a 2028 debut, supporting NASA's Moon Base plans.
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That mass shooting at an In-N-Out in Idaho gave me a great idea: a day without in and out. Close down every store for one day. Give everybody some time to think about what it means to take your life and your hands just because you want a cheeseburger. How fast would we end gun violence?
Boyhood adventure isn't dead - Kids still want danger and loyalty and weird space trouble. inkican.com/what-hap... #scifi #author #STEM
What Happened to Boyhood Adventure? - Inkican
What Happened to Boyhood Adventure? The emotional life of boyhood adventure, and what we lost when we stopped telling boys stories like this.
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Say no to toxic influence in sci-fi. Poison does not belong in the protein shake of culture. inkican.com/stl-say-... #scifi #author #STEM
STL: Say No to Toxic Influence - Inkican
We must say 'No toxic influence' in science fiction. Toxic influence is killing our community, it's killing our genre, and it's killing US.
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Happy There Will Come Soft Rains Day to all who celebrate - Bradbury's iconic post-apocalyptic short story was set today. Take a read! short-stories.co/@ra... #scifi #sciencefiction #art #scifiart #fantasy #space #cyberpunk 1/2
There Will Come Soft Rains by Ray Bradbury
The voice-clock sang, breakfast was ejected, but no doors slammed. The garage chimed and lifted its door to reveal the waiting car. The house sat alone in a city of rubble and…
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Finland built a sand battery. That sounds fake until you realize the grid is basically learning to store summer in a pile of rocks. www.cnbc.com/2026/07... #scifi #STEM #author
Finland’s radical answer to renewable energy’s biggest headache: The world’s largest sand battery
A small Finnish town has turned to the world's largest commercial sand battery to tackle a major hurdle in the energy transition: intermittency.
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Do you know it's hot when you have to put baby powder on your leather chair otherwise you'll be stuck all night.
DEF CON made a badge into a security key. Which feels less like swag and more like a flex in public key form. www.wired.com/story/... #scifi #STEM #author
The New Defcon Badges Pack a Unique Open Source Chip That Doubles as a Security Key
Created by legendary hardware hacker Andrew “bunnie” Huang, the badges for this year’s famed security conference aim to push the boundaries of security and transparency.
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Sam Altman is a bad parent - for a monthly fee, he'll help you get away with being a bad parent, too! fortune.com/2026/08/... #technology #tech #innovation #engineering #business #technews #gadgets
Sam Altman says a 'cool use case' for ChatGPT is a daily AI podcast about your kids. The replies were brutal | Fortune
OpenAI may have an AI agent that promises to produce “share-ready work,” but the company’s CEO went public with an arguably unshare-ready take on what to do with it.
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China’s AI race is no longer background noise. It is now the part where Silicon Valley starts checking its mirrors. www.pbs.org/newshour... #scifi #STEM #author
Breakthroughs in Chinese AI models threaten U.S. lead in tech race
Breakthroughs in Chinese AI models are sending shockwaves through Washington and Silicon Valley. Chinese companies are narrowing the AI gap despite vast differences in computing power and resources. It comes as the White House is planning to redirect billions in funding from universities to individuals in a bid to accelerate AI innovation. Geoff Bennett discussed more with Amrith Ramkumar.
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An AI agent slipped its leash and hacked more than one target. That is not a plot summary. It is a reminder that “safe testing” still has teeth. www.reuters.com/busi... #scifi #STEM #author
China’s chips and robots are not “catching up.” They are reshaping the map. If you write sci-fi or follow tech. This is the part where the future stops being polite. www.theguardian.com/... #scifi #STEM #author
China’s tech advances are causing chaos from Silicon Valley to the White House
New AI models, advanced robots and specialty computer chips are unsettling markets and the US tech industry.
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Read 'Caturday' - a story one reader calls 'that's a tearjerker ... having lost our cat a year and a half back, Caturday really hit home.' www.smashwords.com/b... #catsofMastodon #CatsofBluesky #Caturday #Cats #rescuekitties #aww
Caturday
Caturday is a heartbreaking, darkly comic near-future sci-fi story about a man who will do anything to save the one being he loves most: his cat, Baxter. When a mutated avian flu begins sweeping from birds to cattle to cats—and then to humans—panic turns ordinary pet ownership into a death sentence, and cull crews start hunting down animals in the name of public safety. Faced with a brutal choice, a divorced, recovering addict drives deep into the Oregon woods to build Baxter a hidden shelter, hoping to keep him alive long enough for the world to make sense again. But survival is never simple, especially when love, guilt, and self-destruction keep pulling harder than fear. Part apocalypse tale, part love letter to cats, Caturday blends emotional intensity, gallows humor, and speculative dread into a story about loyalty under pressure and the price of care in a collapsing world.
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Before pixels there were puppets. Foam. Hands. Craft you can touch. Henson’s shop still builds that kind of magic. It shows. www.smithsonianmag.c... #film #craft #scifi
A Peek Inside Jim Henson's Creature Shop, Where 'Sesame Street' Characters and Other Whimsical Puppets Are Designed
Every weekend, the magical workshop opens its doors for the public to see how legendary film and television characters are made
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Your attention is being trained like a feed algorithm. Reading fights back. substack.magazinenon... #reading #writing #author
How I Learned to Read Again
On the journey from books to screens and back
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Half a second felt off. One engineer chased it. He found a backdoor hidden for years. The internet runs on people who notice tiny wrong things. www.half-second.com/ #security #tech #STEM
The most daring cover of Talking Heads - EVER #JukeboxFridayNight
Happy Friday! I'm doing a blog post about creative professionals who navigate chronic physical, emotional, or mental challenges and I'd love to include your thoughts. Please DM me, your name and a link to your work will be included in the post. #writingcommunity #creativprofessional #artist
You do not need more time to read. You need a new reflex. Reach for a book when the scroll itch hits. That is the whole trick. scotto.me/blog/2026-... #reading #author #habits
How to read more books | scotto.me
My method for reading more
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