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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
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Why maker culture matters: honoring heritage, skill, and humanity. Discover the Mesh vision for artisans today: inkican.com/mesh-mob... #makersgonnamake #artisanspirit #makerlife #handmade
November 12, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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Makers save the world! Explore how our creativity, connectivity, and collaborativity bring a new renaissance. Join the movement: inkican.com/mesh-mob... #makers #artisan #creativeculture #makercommunity
November 12, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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Africa skipping the Bell Riots, going right to the Star Trek future.

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#solarpunk #cyberpunk #solarpunkart #sciencefiction #future #community #ecopunk
Why Solarpunk is already happening in Africa
Or: How Africa is building the future by skipping the past
climatedrift.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
inkican.bsky.social
You guys, what if we wrote books that got kids excited about going to the library? how would that work?

#writing #writer #writingcommunity #bookclub #booklover #books #bookworm #reading #book #bookish #booknerd #bookaddict #bookcommunity
November 11, 2025 at 4:55 PM
inkican.bsky.social
public service announcement
ericsmithrocks.bsky.social Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social · 15h
Lots of folks on Threads are talking about the staggering amount of scammer emails from people pretending to be book clubs, reviewers, and more.

Seems like the endgame is eventually getting you to pay a good chunk of money for promotions and readers that likely don’t exist.

Be careful out there.
November 11, 2025 at 4:47 PM
inkican.bsky.social
AI will never completely kill jobs because there's no way AI can replace Brenda.

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#artificialintelligence #ai #machinelearning #technology #tech #robotics #innovation
A quote from Ada James
I'm worried that they put co-pilot in Excel because Excel is the beast that drives our entire economy and do you know who has tamed that beast? Brenda. Who is …
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November 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
inkican.bsky.social
Not actual ham.
vidiot.bsky.social S @vidiot.bsky.social · 1d
Petrified ham!
Ham-shaped stone with label reading: Petrified Ham, Found in the Cellar of Ruins of the Old Harman Blennerhassett Home From the June 22, 1889 St. Louis Post-Dispatch Found a Stone Ham. By Telegraph to the POST-DISPATCH PARKERSBURG, W. Va., June 22 — Amos Gordon, one of the owners of the historical Blennerhassett Island, made a discovery a day or two since. While excavating along the edge of the Ohio River, one of his workmen unearthed a solid stone-like object in the shape of a ham of solid meat. The ham was perfect in every detail, showing plainly the layers of fat and meat, skin and bone, and every indication of a well-appointed, select quarter of a thoroughbred hog, but when found was a solid piece of stone. What caused the transformation is mere conjecture, of course, but the circumstances and condition of things showed that it had lain where found for many years. Gordon has been offered an exorbitant price for his stone ham, but he refuses to part with it under any consideration. The ham with a small sign reading: This leg-of-ham-shaped natural rock formation, part of the Stahl Collection, still has Professor Stahl's original label on it that states it was found in the Blennerhassett mansion's cellar. An 1889 St. Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper article (posted above) clearly gives a different story stating that it was found along the island's riverbank. Despite its origin it remains an interesting curiosity.
November 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
inkican.bsky.social
Amazon Bond won't work for the simple reason that James Bond - if he existed - would stop Amazon Bond from happening.

#JamesBond #AmazonBond
November 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
inkican.bsky.social
'Memba when one internet worm took out 10% of the Internet?

www.tomshardware.com...

#cybersecurity #hacking #security #technology #hacker #infosec #ethicalhacking
37 years ago this week, the Morris worm infected 10% of the Internet within 24 hours — worm slithered out and sparked a new era in cybersecurity
The Internet contracted worms a year before the World Wide Web was even a thing.
www.tomshardware.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:25 PM
inkican.bsky.social
V'Ger is still out there discovering more stuff.

www.iflscience.com/n...

#space #nasa #universe #astronomy #art #science #galaxy #moon #stars #spacex
NASA's Voyager Spacecraft Found A 30,000-50,000 Kelvin "Wall" At The Edge Of Our Solar System
Temperatures there soar to an incredible 30,000 to 50,000 kelvin.
www.iflscience.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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'Puzzling' object discovered by James Webb telescope may be the earliest known galaxy in the universe

www.livescience.com/...

#space #nasa #universe #astronomy #art #science #galaxy #moon #stars #spacex
'Puzzling' object discovered by James Webb telescope may be the earliest known galaxy in the universe
While scouring images from the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers spotted Capotauro, "one of the most puzzling discoveries" to date.
www.livescience.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
It's an artistic representation of a circulatory system walking through a kitchen, as drawn by Dave Gibbons and written about by Alan Moore. It happens a lot 'round here.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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Skynet is not self-aware yet.

arstechnica.com/ai/2...

#artificialintelligence #ai #machinelearning #technology #tech #robotics #innovation
LLMs show a “highly unreliable” capacity to describe their own internal processes
Anthropic finds some LLM “self-awareness,” but “failures of introspection remain the norm.”…
arstechnica.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
inkican.bsky.social
Sunday night. Tomorrow starts another week where you can make your dreams come true by Friday. Time to lock in.

#random #funny #fyp #viral #explorepage #explore #foryou #foryoupage #trending
November 10, 2025 at 1:15 AM
inkican.bsky.social
Taking some time out from re-writing Mesh to talk about this. Let's smash together some learnings from two different articles - turns out, our universe isn't a simulation, but you can simulate the universe. #physics #science #physics
Our Universe Isn't a Simulation But You Can Simulate the Universe
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November 9, 2025 at 9:02 PM
inkican.bsky.social
This is the way.
mostlyteeth.bsky.social Gravy Jones @mostlyteeth.bsky.social · 3d
Me and my mom on the bench in front of Trader Joe’s judging the guy in the cybertruck
Bea Arthur and Estelle Getty from the Golden Girls staring in uneasy disgust at something off camera
November 9, 2025 at 8:44 PM
inkican.bsky.social
Enjoy some Moxie love - everything is going to be okay

#catsofMastodon #CatsofBluesky #Caturday #Cats #rescuekitties #aww
Calico kitty closes her eyes as she blisses out to face rubbins' Calico kitty closes her eyes as she blisses out to tummy and chest rubs Calico kitty melts into the blankie - she is totally at peace.
November 9, 2025 at 8:28 PM
inkican.bsky.social
I bet this Jeep's license plate is CKNTNDIES
afsulli.bsky.social Andrew F. Sullivan @afsulli.bsky.social · 3d
I found the Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 Jeep. now to begin the ritual and open the 9th gate.
Rubicon Jeep on the east side with the COD MW3 badge
November 9, 2025 at 8:24 PM
inkican.bsky.social
True dog owners are known by the hairs clinging to EVERYTHING.
markhamillofficial.bsky.social Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 2d
Am I the only one who really wishes dogs could talk?
November 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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Amazing news for 3rd–6th GRADE #TEACHERS & #LIBRARIANS My publisher is giving away paperback copies of two book bundles—"Ava & Carol Detective Agency" or "Ripley Kool and the Investigators"—for an honest review on #Amazon & social media. Comment below if interested!
#kidlit #booksky #childrensbooks
November 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
inkican.bsky.social
Belong as an outlier-embrace individuality through sci-fi: inkican.com/about/ #Outliers #Community #SciFi
November 9, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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Did an event with the fabulous @marthawells.com and then signed a whole lot of books. Now I'm introverting until it's time to go out again. Introverting is good.
November 8, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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Fast site, easy reading. Performance matters for every visitor: inkican.com/harder-b... #WebPerformance #SciFi #Readers
November 8, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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If James Bond exists, he'd have shown up to stop this by now.
November 8, 2025 at 9:02 PM
inkican.bsky.social
"It's not a bug, it's a feature."
November 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM