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I'm on a journey to become a successfully-sufficient author of trauma-informed STEM scifi by the end of 2026. I hope you can join me. Readers call my stories 'Cory Doctorow meets James S.A. Corey.' #scifi #author #MikeSierraEcho #booksforkids

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Inkican Books @inkican.bsky.social · Sep 10

Hi there - I'm on a journey to become a successfully-sufficient author of trauma-informed STEM scifi by the end of 2026 ... by myself if I have to. I hope you can join me.

inkican.com/about/

#introduction #explore #myself #intro #thisisme

Picture of lights dangling from a ceiling in a book store

Inkican Books @inkican.bsky.social · 13h

Well this is awkward ... Jared Leto makes a Tron Ares appearance to a mostly-empty theater.

#tronares #Tron #JaredLeto

Inkican Books @inkican.bsky.social · 14h

Was it like dribble dribble or Linda-Blair-from-Exorcist style?

Inkican Books @inkican.bsky.social · 14h

Or the IQ of your average Kevin Sorbo

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Inkican Books @inkican.bsky.social · 14h

“People have an instinctive reaction to what feels authentic.”

www.theverge.com/new...

#artificialintelligence #ai #machinelearning #technology #tech #robotics #innovation

DC Comics won’t support generative AI: ‘not now, not ever’

“People have an instinctive reaction to what feels authentic.”

www.theverge.com

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Inkican Books @inkican.bsky.social · 15h

Workers are worried AI could take over their jobs entirely in the next few years.

www.newsweek.com/gen... #artificialintelligence #ai #machinelearning #technology #tech #robotics #innovation

Gen Z tech workers feel under threat by AI—Survey

Workers are worried AI could take over their jobs entirely in the next few years.

www.newsweek.com

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Inkican Books @inkican.bsky.social · 15h

If there's no actual *Hall* - do you even have a 'hall of fame'?

Where's the actual hall? Asking for a friend.

#halloffame #rocknrollhalloffame

Inkican Books @inkican.bsky.social · 16h

Bro living his best life

Inkican Books @inkican.bsky.social · 16h

Not only was it a tooth-grindingly bland offering from a jazz rock band, but the lyrics have aged like milk.

Plus, PLUS

Who plays Steely Dan at a climbing gym??? That's music-that-gets-your-butt-moving territory.

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Inkican Books @inkican.bsky.social · 16h

Moxie wishes you a Cozy Caturday!

#catsofMastodon #CatsofBluesky #Caturday #Cats #rescuekitties #aww

Cozy calico kitty snuggles on a blue blanket

Inkican Books @inkican.bsky.social · 1d

Nature abhors a vacuum.

www.publishersweekly...

#libraries #library #librarylife #reading #librarylove #book

Libraries Look to Fill the Gap Left by Baker & Taylor

With the closure of the country’s largest library wholesaler now underway, librarians are searching for new options as Ingram, Bookazine, and even Amazon make a play to court B&T customers left in the lurch.

www.publishersweekly.com

Inkican Books @inkican.bsky.social · 1d

Stand by for the biggest clap back in the history of pop culture

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#random #funny #fyp #viral #explorepage #explore #foryou #foryoupage #trending

Inkican Books @inkican.bsky.social · 1d

You mean the savings of all those Boomers you fleeced through your snake oil financial literacy 'programs,' you huckster hack???

finance.yahoo.com/ne...

#random #funny #fyp #viral #explorepage #explore #foryou #foryoupage #trending

Robert Kiyosaki warns US baby boomers will be ‘wiped out,’ left homeless ‘all over’ the country — how to fight back now

Will your parents be “on the street” soon?

finance.yahoo.com

Inkican Books @inkican.bsky.social · 1d

Michael J. Fox Has a Direct Message for ‘Back to the Future’ Fans 40 Years Later

parade.com/celebriti...

#BacktotheFuture #MichaelJFox #BTTF #scifi #sciencefiction #art #scifiart #fantasy #space #cyberpunk

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Inkican Books @inkican.bsky.social · 1d

Feeding Friday - real authors feed each other with support. We believe in you! Post here if you have a book coming out, an event we need to boost, a blog post to Like. Make sure you give back, too! ❤️

#FeedingFriday #writingcommunity #booksky #books #bookreview 📚🖋️#bookstadon

Inkican Books @inkican.bsky.social · 2d

The best and the worst thing about having a cat is when they sit on you. It's a joy, it's a comfort, but dadgum I have to pee.

#catsofMastodon #CatsofBluesky #Caturday #Cats #rescuekitties #aww

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Inkican Books @inkican.bsky.social · 2d

Ace Frehley has passed away. Listening to In My Garage by Weezer just got a little more poignant.

#acefrehley #music #inmemoriam

Inkican Books @inkican.bsky.social · 2d

Here's your question of the day, friends - Would you watch a show where a billionaire CEO has to go an entire month on their lowest paid employees salary, without access to any other resources than that of the employee? What do you think would happen?

#QOTD #QuestionoftheDay

Inkican Books @inkican.bsky.social · 2d

Author Scam Alert - Giant Water Bug Scam - Don't let your work become someone else's snack.

inkican.com/author-s...

#author #scam #Scamalert #authorscam #GiantWaterbugscam #writerslife #writingcommunity

Inkican Books @inkican.bsky.social · 2d

Sounds like a great idea (as long as it doesn't crash)

www.aerolane.com/

#solarpunk #cyberpunk #solarpunkart #sciencefiction #future #community #ecopunk

Home | Aerolane

We're making every plane every plane more capable, productive, and far cleaner with a groundbreaking new technology: Autonomous Cargo Gliders.

www.aerolane.com

Inkican Books @inkican.bsky.social · 2d

I forget why this is great news.

www.drugtargetreview...

#biotech #biotechnology #science #biology #microbiology

New nanotherapy clears amyloid-β reversing Alzheimer’s in mice

Discover groundbreaking research on Alzheimer's that reverts the disease in mice using innovative nanotechnology strategies.

www.drugtargetreview.com

Inkican Books @inkican.bsky.social · 2d

People are always, will always be, the weakest link in your cybersecurity chain.

today.ucsd.edu/story...

#cybersecurity #hacking #security #technology #hacker #infosec #ethicalhacking

Cybersecurity Training Programs Don’t Prevent Employees from Falling for Phishing Scams

Cybersecurity training programs as implemented today by most large companies do little to reduce the risk that employees will fall for phishing scams–the practice of sending malicious emails posing as legitimate to get victims to share personal information, such as their social security numbers.

today.ucsd.edu

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Inkican Books @inkican.bsky.social · 2d

Party foul.

N.P. Thompson 🍁 @nptwrites.bsky.social · 2d

Wooow. NOBODY should be posting pictures of other people's kids to the Internet. EVER. Just don't do it! And you definitely should not be feeding pics of other people, especially other people's *kids*, to *any* AI system. Why are people like this?!

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 2d

www.wsj.com/tech/persona...

Say what, now?

Inkican Books @inkican.bsky.social · 2d

The Anime Classic That Inspired Darren Aronofsky and David Lynch Is a Box Office Hit Upon Re-Release

collider.com/perfect...

#anime #manga #art #otaku #PerfectBlue

The Anime Classic That Inspired Darren Aronofsky and David Lynch Is a Box Office Hit Upon Re-Release

Directed by Satoshi Kon, Perfect Blue was re-released in the wake of the global box office success of Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle. Read on for more.

collider.com

Inkican Books @inkican.bsky.social · 2d

Author Scam Alert - Giant Water Bug Scam - Don't let your work become someone else's snack. #author #scam #Scamalert #authorscam #GiantWaterbugscam #writerslife #writingcommunity

Author Scam Alert - Giant Water Bug Scam

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Inkican Books @inkican.bsky.social · 3d

Here's your question of the day, friends - What shocking and/or life-changing scientific or medical discovery from the past month isn't getting enough attention?

#QoTD #QuestionoftheDay