Chris Barkley (He/Him) @cmzhang42

What Is the Difference Between Hard Sci-Fi and Soft Sci-Fi? Sometimes, books straddle the line, causing some debate. But, what exactly is the difference between hard sci-fi and soft sci-fi?

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10.08.2025 03:52 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

One of the things I’ve realized in years (somehow, years?) of listening to folks talk about their work, is that the thing people don’t realize is how much time it takes — not just in workflow, but in all the hours (accrued over months, years, decades) that it took to hone & refine those skills. And:

10.08.2025 00:50 — 👍 409 🔁 91 💬 3 📌 1

#booksky #books #Kindleunlimited #thriller #suspense #romance #novels #geopolitical #mythological #darkromance #women #contemporary #fiction #fantasy #crime #amazon #sifi #sff #readingcommunity #writingcommunity #author #readers #indie

09.08.2025 10:14 — 👍 12108 🔁 2085 💬 139 📌 45

Front Page of the Day:

He will not be deterred.

#ReleaseThe_EPSTEIN_Files

09.08.2025 19:35 — 👍 28269 🔁 6520 💬 731 📌 225

RFK Jr is intentionally lying when he says mRNA vaccines aren’t effective. The data aren’t hard to understand, but he lies about them daily. The most parsimonious explanation for this behavior is that he wants people to die. To state the obvious, that’s disqualifying for the head of HHS.

09.08.2025 22:21 — 👍 282 🔁 89 💬 13 📌 4

DHS is delaying millions in already approved North Carolina recovery funds, documents show Communities across the region still need to be reimbursed for about a hundred projects including debris removal, waste water treatment repairs, roads and bridges, damaged buildings and parks, as well ...

The Department of Homeland Security is holding up more than $100 million preapproved dollars intended to help hurricane-battered North Carolina clean up storm damage and fix infrastructure, according to documents obtained by The Post.

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Texas Dems kept using “come and take it” — a reference to the time in 1835 when a group of rebellious colonists in what is now Texas defied Mexican rule with the battle cry — which means with this statement, Ken Paxton rhetorically took the side of the …Mexican army 😂😏

09.08.2025 20:22 — 👍 282 🔁 44 💬 8 📌 3

Nixon's resignation letter.

Fifty-one years ago today.

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10.08.2025 02:53 — 👍 12 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Pixel Scroll 8/9/25 Some Pixels Cause Happiness Wherever They Scroll; Others, Whenever They Scroll. — Oscar Filed (1) SHELL GAME. “Monty Python and the Holy Grail turns 50” – and the celebration is starting at Ars Technica. …The Monty Python troupe famously made Holy Grail on a shoestring budget—so m…

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10.08.2025 02:32 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

There Is a 100 Percent Chance That Your Body Is Deeply Contaminated With Dangerous Substances Pollutants like plastics, forever chemicals, carbon exhaust, and bisphenols aren't just aberrations, but staples of life on Earth.

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10.08.2025 02:07 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Onlooker shares photos after catching national park visitor's thoughtless act: 'I reported him to a ranger' People in the comments were shocked by the tourist’s blatant disregard for the rules.

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10.08.2025 01:56 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Kevin Feige Shouts Out This Unexpected, 22-Year-Old Comedy for Inspiring The Fantastic Four: First Steps The Fantastic Four: First Steps may be set in an alternate 1960s, but it is heavily inspired by this surprising 2000s movie.

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10.08.2025 01:38 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

James Lovell, the steady astronaut who brought Apollo 13 home safely, has died James Lovell, a member of humanity’s first trip to the moon and commander of NASA’s ill-fated Apollo 13 mission, has died at the age of 97.

James Lovell, the steady astronaut who brought Apollo 13 home safely, has died arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...

09.08.2025 14:22 — 👍 147 🔁 30 💬 2 📌 1

Can We Stop Supporting Sociopathic Leaders? A Saturday Prompt

Kennedy, a 71-year-old without medical training—who boasts that he picks up and eats roadkill, literally suffered a worm eating part of his brain and overcame a 14-year heroin addiction—thinks he should decide for an entire country what vaccines are not needed.

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