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jmorley<p>Chicken <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Wordletrek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wordletrek</span></a></p><p>Spot the chicken in the Wordle blocks Spock </p><p>⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨<br>⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜<br>⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜<br>⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩<br>🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩</p><p>See it Spock?</p><p>Still getting that Klingon torpedo out of the lower deck sir. </p><p>Can I help? </p><p>Your best up there Captain, don't want to risk our most important personal</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scifi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/humour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humour</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/wordle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wordle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/startrek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>startrek</span></a></p>
ToddZ Ⓥ<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://gardenstate.social/@stefan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>stefan</span></a></span> </p><p>I'm always a little surprised when an actor who convincingly delivers dialogue that's at least coherent in-world later regards it as incomprehensible mumbo-jumbo.</p><p>But they're doing a job, and they're just being good at it. I shouldn't expect actors to be as invested in the logic and canon of the story they're in as *I* am...</p><p><a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a></p>
AccordionBruce<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://c.im/@icastico" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>icastico</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.linux.pizza/@toddz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>toddz</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://indieauthors.social/@steaphan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>steaphan</span></a></span> <br>Replicators…</p><p>So if you were attacked by giant space mold, you could turn your shields to 🌭 or something, and have the tiny particles of the shields replicate to replace any mouldy hotdogs to distract the enemy while you made your escape?<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StarTrek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StarTrek</span></a></p>
RetroStrange TV<p>RetroStrange TV is now streaming!</p><p>24/7 Sci-fi, horror, and ephemera from the public domain</p><p><a class="hashtag" href="https://directory.owncast.online/tags/streaming" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#streaming</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://directory.owncast.online/tags/retro" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retro</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://directory.owncast.online/tags/movies" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#movies</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://directory.owncast.online/tags/scifi" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#scifi</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://directory.owncast.online/tags/horror" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#horror</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://directory.owncast.online/tags/tv" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tv</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://directory.owncast.online/tags/vintage" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vintage</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://directory.owncast.online/tags/publicdomain" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#publicdomain</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://directory.owncast.online/tags/adfree" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#adfree</a></p><p><a href="https://live.retrostrange.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://live.retrostrange.com</a></p>
ToddZ Ⓥ<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://indieauthors.social/@steaphan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>steaphan</span></a></span> "Shields" are usually portrayed as you describe -- an energy field of some sort, which I'd think would either be enough to deflect a projectile, or not. Wouldn't seem to be something that should degrade when confronted.</p><p>There's at least one Star Trek reference, though, that explains shields as a replicated super-alloy projected into the space surrounding the vehicle. It might make sense for this to weaken or dissipate under impact and require time and energy to re-fortify.</p><p><a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/nerd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nerd</span></a></p>
AccordionBruce<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@mpax" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mpax</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://indieauthors.social/@steaphan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>steaphan</span></a></span> <br>I’m sure there’s some <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/technobabble" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technobabble</span></a> like:<br>“The shield generators degrade under repeated attacks so it overloads their ability to withstand such powerful blows, in easily measured incremental amounts” 📡 <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StarTrek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StarTrek</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a></p>
Author Steaphan Kay<p>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. </p><p>It's fiction...I know...but so many ships have been needlessly blown up.</p><p><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/lore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lore</span></a></p>
RJB / Mallacore<p>Some of my Babylon 5 art.</p><p>Enjoy.</p><p><a href="https://socel.net/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/SciFiArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciFiArt</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/fanart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fanart</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/Babylon5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Babylon5</span></a></p>
Deniz Opal<p>Added drone creation to <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/CrimsonTalon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CrimsonTalon</span></a> so I can start mining these asteroids.</p><p><a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/AR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AR</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/VR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VR</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/gamedev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gamedev</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/solodev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>solodev</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a></p><p><a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/SelzerosGameProjects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SelzerosGameProjects</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/lZCU1JLePmY?si=1parCpzV6e1Bm4GS" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/shorts/lZCU1JLePmY</span><span class="invisible">?si=1parCpzV6e1Bm4GS</span></a></p>
Hannu Ikonen, MD<p>So..</p><p>Im reading a book where I wasnt sure about it at first but, Ive grown fond of it.</p><p>A left populist is running against the President in 2200s. Hes the first candidate to get over 20% in some time. </p><p>4th time running. </p><p>He was always a token candidate. Its a corrupt oligarchy. But now hes gaining momentum. </p><p>Anyway, 20% triggers him being charged w/treason &amp; shot into space to explore the void. Exiled. </p><p>Cryogenic stasis &amp; Life Extending treatments are presupposed. </p><p>He wakes up 200 million years later and you know, he cant get revenge on the oligarchs of his time. </p><p>But he can on the oligarchs of THIS time. </p><p>30 Families control millions of worlds because they control digital currency &amp; the life extending tech. </p><p>But he fights back. &amp; hes outside of their reach.</p><p>Anthony Dean's The Voided Man. </p><p><a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a></p>
DThoris<p><a href="https://dice.camp/tags/JustFinished" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JustFinished</span></a> The Future of Another Timelibe by Annalee Newitz</p><p>I loved the writing mechanic used to share changes to the timeline! It made the changes clear without hitting you over the head with them. </p><p>This was a very intersectional feminist book with a lot of pondering about how we can all affect our lives and the lives of those around us in a positive manner by pushing back and sharing our views. It was a well-rounded out world with </p><p>1/2</p><p><a href="https://dice.camp/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/SFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SFF</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>
electragician<p>Hi folks, I'm trying to jumpstart federation on my little gotosocial instance and get a more full feed of things to read and interact with.<br><br>I could use your help. If you could boost this, I would appreciate it. If you see this and favorite it, I will follow you if your interests seem to align with mine.<br><br>I'm not asking for follows... rather I'm asking for you to help me shout out into the ether that I'M looking for people to follow. My main interests are going to be hashtagged below.<br><br>By the way, the way hashtags work here is that currently, if I search, I only see what my server is already knows about... which would mean just the folks I follow, since I'm a single-user instance. Not very helpful 😂<br><br>I will also be using one of my apps that can load the main feed from other servers, to see if I see something interesting. If you see a follow from me and come here to check me out... I mean you no harm and I come in peace.<br><br>Thanks all!<br><br><a href="https://electragicians.space/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://electragicians.space/tags/fedora" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fedora</span></a> <a href="https://electragicians.space/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>foss</span></a> <a href="https://electragicians.space/tags/floss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>floss</span></a> <a href="https://electragicians.space/tags/oss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oss</span></a> <a href="https://electragicians.space/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://electragicians.space/tags/raspberrypi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>raspberrypi</span></a> <a href="https://electragicians.space/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://electragicians.space/tags/gnome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gnome</span></a> <a href="https://electragicians.space/tags/polymerclay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>polymerclay</span></a> <a href="https://electragicians.space/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fantasy</span></a> <a href="https://electragicians.space/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a> <a href="https://electragicians.space/tags/adventuremotorcycles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adventuremotorcycles</span></a></p>
Liminal Fiction<p>Today's backlist feature: Flawless:</p><p>"A fully developed sci-fi story, “Flawless” has everything I want in a novel except the length. It doesn’t feel skimpy, and it lacks nothing... So, it manages to be funny and touching and weird all at the same time, a surprisingly comforting vision of a sci-fi future. 5 stars." --Ulysses, Paranormal Romance Guild</p><p><a href="https://www.jscottcoatsworth.com/book/flawless/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">jscottcoatsworth.com/book/flaw</span><span class="invisible">less/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.otherworldsink.com/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.otherworldsink.com/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a> @LGBTQBookstodon @diversebooks @bookstodon <a href="https://mastodon.otherworldsink.com/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.otherworldsink.com/tags/Gay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gay</span></a></p>
Anne Delong<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://friendsofdesoto.social/@LGS" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>LGS</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/@ipxfong" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ipxfong</span></a></span> </p><p>I read that story again recently - Project Gutenberg is the best!</p><p><a href="https://musician.social/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href="https://musician.social/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a></p>
Ratchman<p>Chapter 8 - "Biomass"</p><p>While the vanguard party scout out the township on the surface of Sierra Lament, Doctor Denom Richt discovers a subterranean biomass.</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/VIc9s5PipwA" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/VIc9s5PipwA</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>@bookstodon <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/scifibooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scifibooks</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a></p>
Hamish The PolarBear<p><strong>Space Virgins: The Expanse - Series 5, Episode 6 "Tribes"</strong></p> <p><a href="https://video.thepolarbear.co.uk/videos/watch/80f338e0-9146-4a14-bbe9-a5a29b1b4249" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">video.thepolarbear.co.uk/video</span><span class="invisible">s/watch/80f338e0-9146-4a14-bbe9-a5a29b1b4249</span></a></p>
The Funny Pages<p>Ace O'Hara by Basil Blackalle and Conrad Frost<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/comicstrip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>comicstrip</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/aceohara" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aceohara</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/comicstrips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>comicstrips</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a></p>
SFBibliomane<p>Neuzugänge im März, Teil 2, darunter signierte Ausgaben von Dietmar Dath, Adrian Tchaikovsky und Nils Westerboer.<br><a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/bookstagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstagram</span></a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/sff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sff</span></a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a> <a href="https://troet.cafe/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a></p>
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