Need mindcandy, so I'm rewatching Galaxy Quest for the umpteenth time. Love the homage to the ending of Blake's 7 towards the end of the movie. If you know, you know ; )
First episode and Paramount already wants to cancel the whole thing, first time agreeing with their corporate greed, nuke it from orbit and forget it ever premiered.
That one short clip scene in Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope, when the Rebel fleet is beginning to attack the Death Star, and Porkins, before he becomes "Roast Porkins", looks like he's regretting that Chipotle' chimichanga with extra guac.
Seriously, it's there.
📽️ 🎞️ 🍿
joene 🏴🍉
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breaking news! you can now also listen to my audiobook on Antenna pod, a open source podcasting app! I release one chapter a week of my book The Moongazers. It is about queer pirates in the post apocalypse trying to unlearn all the shitty behaviours that capitalism has put into us. Like individualism and yadieya! You can also listen on my website. https://roverversteeg.nsnm.net/audiobook/
RE: https://todon.nl/@Roverrr/115899107049413831
Listen to this great audiobook on @AntennaPod by @Roverrr! *Moongazers* is the English translation from the #anarchist dystopian (or utopian? 🤔) #sciFi novel *Maanzingers*. A #mustRead and now a #mustListen!
Please boost to reach more folks. 🙏
Florian 'floe' Echtler
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My storage-bladder clutched the loot tighter as I sprinted for the airlock and my stochastic parrot started posting dire survival probabilities on the body-bus.
The recent mods I'd made for the job had pros and cons. On the one hand the ablative scales on my back did a wonderful job dealing with incoming energy and ballistic fire, on the other hand all that shit was weighing me down and I couldn't get into my usual groove. I was way too slow and I would die.
"Fuck it, fire at will."
As soon as the free-for-all message was on the bus all hell broke loose. My third arm took control of the cam, overrode its own power and projectile budget and went to town on anything that moved and was not me. Nutrient-transport fluids and excrement splashed on the walls behind me.
The locomotion subsystem erased all wear protection on joints and connected tissues. With a jolt (and a lot of cracks and creaks) my body was launched towards the door.
Eris, my delightfully named security subsystem, unlocked all of our precious zero days and started burning out any system stupid enough to still accept any incoming comms.
"Not the DOOR, Eris!"
"I'm having fun, I'm not stupid 
."
I flew through the door and broke some carapace as I slammed into the back wall of the airlock. The door closed with a lot more force than allowed by regulation and instead of a soft disengagement I had to hold on for dear life as the emergency detach bolts exploded.
I dropped on the floor. Smiling. Nothing like a good near-death experience to make you feel alive.
I could hear faint sobbing from Excel, the new accountant AI as it tallied the cost for burnt exploits.
My storage-bladder clutched the loot tighter as I sprinted for the airlock and my stochastic parrot started posting dire survival probabilities on the body-bus.
The recent mods I'd made for the job had pros and cons. On the one hand the ablative scales on my back did a wonderful job dealing with incoming energy and ballistic fire, on the other hand all that shit was weighing me down and I couldn't get into my usual groove. I was way too slow and I would die.
"Fuck it, fire at will."
As soon as the free-for-all message was on the bus all hell broke loose. My third arm took control of the cam, overrode its own power and projectile budget and went to town on anything that moved and was not me. Nutrient-transport fluids and excrement splashed on the walls behind me.
The locomotion subsystem erased all wear protection on joints and connected tissues. With a jolt (and a lot of cracks and creaks) my body was launched towards the door.
Eris, my delightfully named security subsystem, unlocked all of our precious zero days and started burning out any system stupid enough to still accept any incoming comms.
"Not the DOOR, Eris!"
"I'm having fun, I'm not stupid ."
I flew through the door and broke some carapace as I slammed into the back wall of the airlock. The door closed with a lot more force than allowed by regulation and instead of a soft disengagement I had to hold on for dear life as the emergency detach bolts exploded.
I dropped on the floor. Smiling. Nothing like a good near-death experience to make you feel alive.
I could hear faint sobbing from Excel, the new accountant AI as it tallied the cost for burnt exploits.
breaking news! you can now also listen to my audiobook on Antenna pod, a open source podcasting app! I release one chapter a week of my book The Moongazers. It is about queer pirates in the post apocalypse trying to unlearn all the shitty behaviours that capitalism has put into us. Like individualism and yadieya! You can also listen on my website. https://roverversteeg.nsnm.net/audiobook/
RE: https://todon.nl/@Roverrr/115899107049413831
Listen to this great audiobook on @AntennaPod by @Roverrr! *Moongazers* is the English translation from the #anarchist dystopian (or utopian? 🤔) #sciFi novel *Maanzingers*. A #mustRead and now a #mustListen!
Please boost to reach more folks. 🙏
Luc, artiste en devenir
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Reconnaissance (2020).
Drawing far future space ships is a lot of fun. The wedge shape is one of the most common ones.
Kathleen Kennedy is out, the nightmare is over.
Reconnaissance (2020).
Drawing far future space ships is a lot of fun. The wedge shape is one of the most common ones.
Terence Eden
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🆕 blog! “Book Review: Rabbit Test and Other Stories by Samantha Mills”
★★★★☆
This is an an interesting and varied set of sci-fi/fantasy stories. Some barely a couple of pages, others cutting short at just the right time. They are all on a similar theme - the strife between parents and children. Whether it is a twisted take on classic fairy…
👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/01/book-review-rabbit-test-and-other-stories-by-samantha-mills/
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#BookReview #NetGalley #SciFi
🆕 blog! “Book Review: Rabbit Test and Other Stories by Samantha Mills”
★★★★☆
This is an an interesting and varied set of sci-fi/fantasy stories. Some barely a couple of pages, others cutting short at just the right time. They are all on a similar theme - the strife between parents and children. Whether it is a twisted take on classic fairy…
👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/01/book-review-rabbit-test-and-other-stories-by-samantha-mills/
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#BookReview #NetGalley #SciFi
Oh, there's something like #portfolioDay ! Okay, so, I'm an #author, #podcast host and data privacy expert with a strong focus on #ITsecurity awareness. I write #nonfiction, crime and #scifi in German and English. The last two years I mainly spent with making #books and podcasts for others, like the lovely Eltville #WeinSchreibereien anthology and podcast.
Silver Spook Games
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Help your carbon-based comrades out after brutal ICE assaults! In Neofeud 2, my #retro #adventure game. Neofeud 1: https://store.steampowered.com/app/673850/Neofeud/
https://silverspook.itch.io/neofeud
#indie #gamedev #indiedev #scifi #visualnovel #SteamDeck #Steam #indiegame #noAI
hypebot
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Was thinking about this old painting of mine that I abandoned. Looking at it again, it's really not in a bad place, I might gently tidy up some of its rougher edgers - or should it be left as is?
#mastoart #krita #surrealism #sciFi #HorrorArt #bodyhorror #psychedelic #weirdart
Was thinking about this old painting of mine that I abandoned. Looking at it again, it's really not in a bad place, I might gently tidy up some of its rougher edgers - or should it be left as is?
#mastoart #krita #surrealism #sciFi #HorrorArt #bodyhorror #psychedelic #weirdart
Holy mother of chicken nuggets!! Finished “The Troop” by Nick Cutter. It was so intense and horrific, I think I have a stomach knot that’ll take days to dissipate. If you like scaring yourself witless and raw, it’s an absolutely good read! But be warned, it’s full of gore and violence and psychopathy, experienced by teenage boys. Be absolutely sure, before you crack open this book #books #bookstodon #horror #sciFi
Mre. Dartigen [maker mode]
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So after a couple of days of snooping around and butting into conversations, I guess it's #introduction time 😁
I'm originally from Singapore, but moved to Naarm (Melbourne, Australia) in 2004.
I have been in the hospitality industry for 18 years.
The last 12 of which have been spent in the kitchen as a chef. I post about #food a lot 😏
I also have a background in #Anthropology, #SocialTheory and #HumanNutrition.
Am currently in the middle of a #PhD in #Education - researching community #foodpedagogies as well as food education in #PublicHealth.
I am passionate about #SocialJustice, #FoodSecurity, #Decolonisation and dismantling systems that perpetuate division and inequity.
I am a #dancer, #SciFi geek, a novice gardener and have a regular #yoga practice.
Open to meet anyone and everyone. Excited to be here and looking forward to many amazing conversations and friendships! 💜