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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

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I'm Jackson Allen and I'm on track to be a self-sufficient author by the end of the year. I tell fast, sharp sci-fi short stories about the end of the world, the future, and the choices that still matter. inkican.com/emergenc... #MiddleGrade #KidLit #Scifi #IndieAuthor #WritingCommunity

inkican.comEmergency Reality Shelter – Science Fiction Short Stories - InkicanEmergency Reality Shelter - Science Fiction Short Stories - When real life fries your brain, duck into the Emergency Reality Shelter.
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How do you jail someone who can punch through walls? More walls. Great plan. Superhero Shrink: Alpha heads deep below ground to ask where care ends and control starts. youtu.be/8Mrm5w4arv8 #scifi #STEM #author #audiobook

youtu.beSuperhero Shrink: Alpha - When Your Patient Is Bill Clinton (Sort Of)Let me explain: superheroes may look bulletproof, but their problems? Those are all too human. There’s talk of “superhero downgrade operations,” union politics, and the kind of psychological assessments that make the MMPI look like a BuzzFeed quiz. And just when you think things can’t get weirder, t
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Even heroes need help. Capes do not come with a stress shield. Superhero Shrink: Climate Change looks past the powers to the person. Who helps you cope when the world needs you? youtu.be/mXIipmJmucQ #scifi #STEM #author #audiobook

youtu.beSuperhero Shrink:Climate Change by Jackson Allen🎧📖 Scifi, Superheroes Audiobook | INKICANThe Superhero Shrink’ is “‘The Avengers’ Meets ‘Ordinary People,’” an honest look at the people behind the masks. Dr. Christopher has a very difficult, unique job. He’s a psychiatrist who works with superheroes. Some legendary warriors come with baggage and his job is to help ‘keep ’em flying.’ How
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Awwrrr ... so sad. Koenig had a tough life after Star Trek, losing his son Andrew to suicide. A consummate actor and human being. We lost one of the good ones today. :'(

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My heart is heavy. Walter Koenig, our Ensign Pavel Chekov, passed away early today. Walter and I met on the bridge of the Enterprise in the 1960s, and we stayed friends for nearly six decades. When Brad and I married in 2008, Walter stood beside us as our best man.

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Uh, um, how are you mitigating that risk according to your risk management plan ... ?

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Anthropic's IPO filing includes some unusual risk factors, like possibly wiping out humanity, which seems bad. www.sec.gov/Archives/edg...

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Fun fact: Texas Roadhouse was established in 1993, at the Green Tree Mall in Clarksville, Indiana, across the Ohio River from Louisville, Kentucky.

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Texas Roadhouse diner claims restaurant tried to dupe him with cheaper cuts of steak: 'Shame on you'

trib.alTexas Roadhouse diner claims restaurant tried to dupe him with cheaper cuts of steak: 'Shame on you'An Illinois man has accused the Texas Roadhouse of repeatedly serving him a lower-caliber cut than what he’d ordered — despite charging the same amount.
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Table for One. The world fell apart. Yet this cafe has hot food. Sure. Nothing strange there. Jimmy needs a meal. Who can he trust? A dark sci-fi tale where hunger has a price. youtu.be/wO538-Bd-cQ #scifi #STEM #author #audiobook

youtu.beTable for One by Jackson Allen🎧📖 Scifi, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Audiobook | INKICANTable for One by Jackson Allen🎧📖 Scifi, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Audiobook | INKICAN Jimmy G is another average escapee from the post-apocalyptic wasteland that used to be the Southern US. Now he's in a refugee camp and stuck with whatever he can find. Forget those MREs, they said. Go to Ch
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It's the Tristar movie horse, not Artax

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Going to revival screenings of Tristar movies and screaming when the logo pegasus gets too close to the camera

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When the long tail that was 'here to the couch' and drag it out from 'here to Mars,' you can understand how difficult things have become for self-published authors.

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This tracks with what I've heard from self-published authors. AI slop has flooded the market and Amazon has done basically nothing to help.

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The world is doomed. Dad still wants to argue. The Rocket pits a last flight from Earth against a last plea to a loved one. A family rift with no time left on the clock. youtu.be/NBiW2Up1qtY #scifi #STEM #author #audiobook

youtu.beThe Rocket - by Jackson Allen - Scifi, Space, Family - Audiobook | INKICANA last-ditch escape from a dying Earth brings a dad face-to-face with his conspiracy-cult father. How do you communicate with someone who refuses to listen? Mike Crane takes one last shot to save his father's life before he boards THE ROCKET. #SpaceAdventure #SurvivalStory #familydrama #audiobook #
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Save the world. Still pay rent. Superhero Shrink puts tired heroes on the couch. The joke is the job. The pain is real. Who helps the ones who help us? youtu.be/sHlrIiXeMsE #scifi #STEM #author #audiobook

youtu.beSuperhero Shrink by Jackson Allen🎧📖 Scifi, Superheroes, Thriller & Suspense Audiobook | INKICANDr. Christopher has a very difficult, unique job. He’s a psychiatrist who works with superheroes. Some legendary warriors come with baggage and his job is to help ‘keep ’em flying.’ How are you supposed to save people who are supposed to be saving us? Half-serious, half-dark comedy, ‘The Superhero S
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Conspiraco. What if the state made up wild plots to keep the peace? The truth has a desk job. A dark sci-fi tale of lies sold as care. Who gets to call that help? youtu.be/Mcp9pb6JDII #scifi #STEM #author #audiobook

youtu.beConspiraco - by Jackson Allen - Scifi, Dystopia, Thriller Short Story | INKICANFollow a day in the life of the the government agency that creates conspiracy theories to keep society stable. The story follows employees of the Conspiracy Department as they wrestle with the ethics of their work, balancing their belief in protecting society against the knowledge that they're manip
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Solar surpasses nuclear power globally for first time - pv magazine Global www.pv-magazine.com/... #cleantech #cleanenergy #sustainability #renewableenergy #climatechange #greenenergy #innovation

pv-magazine.comSolar surpasses nuclear power globally for first time - pv magazine GlobalSolar and wind are increasingly outpacing nuclear power globally, with solar generation surpassing nuclear for the first time in 2025, according to WNISR 2026. The report highlights nuclear’s slow growth, lengthy construction timelines and limited small modular reactor deployment, contrasting them with rapid renewables and battery expansion.
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Quantum Computing by 2029? It's possible. Is this going to turn into another 'fusion is 20 years away' meme? We'll see. www.quantinuum.com/p... #quantum #quantumphysics #physics #science #quantummechanics #astrophysics

quantinuum.comQuantinuum Breaks Error-Correction World Record by 10x, Validating its Leading Path to Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing by 2029BROOMFIELD, Colo.—October 19, 2026—Quantinuum (NASDAQ: QNT), a leading full-stack quantum computing company, today announced a world-record quantum error-correction result, achieving a logical fidelity of 99.9995% on its Helios commercial computer using the company’s error-correction architecture. This marks Quantinuum’s second breakthrough in two months, demonstrating how its highly accurate trapped-ion hardware and flexible architecture work together to deliver rapid improvements in accuracy.
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Jeff Foxworthy needs to update his jokes for 2026. "If the only time you 'bought the dip' was when you bought Skoal at the Wawa ... you might be a Redneck."

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The heroes we need

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70 percent of the internet was vulnerable yesterday to very bad security flaws inside a coding language. Turns out, *one volunteer* is mostly responsible for maintaining that code & helping push updates. Yesterday Ondřej Surý saved the internet. So I called him up www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

theatlantic.comThe Man Who Saved the Internet YesterdayOndřej Surý was a relatively anonymous volunteer working on PHP security. Then the internet exploded.