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Jason William Karpf

Gaia, the space observatory, won’t shut down easily now that its mission is over. Shades of Star Trek—TOS episode “The Changling,” “Star Trek: The Motion Picture.” You knew this would be a problem! 😊

@books @bookstodon @religion #ChristianSciFi #ProfessorK #space #sciencefiction #AI #StarTrek #Gaia #amwritingsf #secretscifinetwork

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Futurism · Scientists Tried to Kill Spacecraft But It Was So Tough That It Refused to DieBy Victor Tangermann
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"ofW": ohne festen Wohnsitz

"Aufgrund kosmischer Phänomene stellen die einzelnen Völker ihre Kampftätigkeit gegeneinander ein, vermehren sich schnell, bedrohen menschliches und tierisches Leben. Biologe Hubbs und Kommunikationsforscher Lesko richten ein Versuchslabor ein, um das veränderte Verhalten der Ameisen zu erforschen."

Phase IV: Angriff der Killer-Ameisen. Invasion jetzt auch in #Kehl.

#Ameisen #Klima #PhaseIV #Film #ScienceFiction

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Plakat des Science-Fiction-Films "Phase IV" von 1974. Illustration. Vordergrund: Hand, aus einer Wunde in der Innenfläche krabbelt eine Ameise, die sich in den Körper gefressen hat. Hintergrund: links Nahaufnahme von Ameisen, rechts zwei aus einer brennenden Unterkunft flüchtende Menschen.​
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Carolyn Barber, MD

Terminations hit hard on April Fool's Day, but it's not a joke. As many as 10,000 workers are expected to be laid off at HHS, including many top health officials. Peter Marks, the FDA's top regulator overseeing vaccines, was forced out last week. Additionally, Peter Stein, director of the Office of New Drugs, and Brian King, director of the tobacco center, both will be leaving the agency.
"The cuts affected people who help approve new medicines, track emerging pathogens,#press #sciencefiction

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RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist

My feminist SF web-novel Mars Needed Women is complete! 23,300 words in 31 chapters, one chapter posted each day throughout March, the last posted 23 minutes ago as I write this. Check out the cover art.

To read, either use the hashtag #RSMarsNeededWomen or this link to the first chapter: eldritch.cafe/@sfwrtr/11408894 The full novel is in the thread. Just scroll to read.

“A hopeful deeply-dystopian feminist SF story, with thinly veiled jabs at our current world's bad actors making for a bad future. Please note the past tense in the title: Mars Needed Women. The story's women are going to work to bring down the system, at least that part that's oppressing them, in a massive unscheduled disassembly.”

I'll leave it up for you to read for at least a week. After that, I'm revising it for later secondary publication.

[Author retains copyright (c)2025 R.S.]

#BoostingIsSharing

#Writever #Mars #SpaceOpera #writer #author #sf #sciencefiction #scifi #feminism #gender fiction #writingCommunity #writersOfMastodon

The cover art for Mars Needed Women. The background is of the Mars surface with rover tracks, big rocks, sand, and a greenish sky. There is a triskelion image of Mars, which is a tattoo in the story. Credit NASA and ESA for the photos. The back cover reads as follows: Shanghaied May Ri struggled when the EM goon clamped an aromatic wet rag over her nose and mouth... Waking weightless and nauseated—stuffy head pounding, being floated somewhere—despite grogginess, she eyes-closed punched someone, spinning away to bounce off a wall. The click of cartilage, the thump off a bulkhead, the blare of a warning horn, and "Rig for ring spin!" rang in her ears. A tech clapped a bag over her mouth before she vomited up her last meal, while enduring the blonde's glare as blood beaded around her nose. May Ri glowered back. Sitting on the wall, dragged on her butt, her inner ear then her innards soon informed her the wall was becoming the floor. From the author: “A hopeful deeply-dystopian feminist SF story, with thinly veiled jabs at our current world's bad actors making for a bad future. Please note the past tense in the title: Mars Needed Women. The story's women are going to work to bring down the system, at least that part that's oppressing them, in a massive unscheduled disassembly.”
The March Writever Prompt Card I used for ideas for each chapter of the novel. In March, as the fight for gender equality continues, let’s write it. 1 day 1 word 1 story science fiction🚀 fantastic👻 or fantasy 🗡 Ideally in one thread and with the #writever hashtag 2503.01 — Women 2503.02 — Rights 2503.03 — Housewife 2503.04 — Glue 2503.05 — Mirror 2503.06 — Equality 2503.07 — Consent 2503.08 — Struggle 2503.09 — Ceiling 2503.10 — Exploit 2503.11 — Walk 2503.12 — Emancipation 2503.13 — International 2503.14 — Veil 2503.15 — Freely 2503.16 — Cook 2503.17 — Strike 2503.18 — Abortion 2503.19 — Mental load 2503.20 — Shelter 2503.21 — Empower 2503.22 — Manifest 2503.23 — Intersectional 2503.24 — Work 2503.25 — Echo 2503.26 — Night 2503.27 — Voice 2503.28 — Feather 2503.29 — Matriarchy 2503.30 — Wave 2503.31 — Sorority
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Author Steaphan Kay

In SciFi great ship tech, what is the general lore behind why shields start at 100% and lower when confronted with any type of weapon or physical blow? Most shields deflect objects (not electrify/torch them) in SciFi. This infers more of a mag field or gravity. If that were so, a mag field wouldn't weaken when a non-mag force is applied.

It's fiction...I know...but so many ships have been needlessly blown up.

#SciFi#ScienceFiction#lore
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