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Where No Gay Has Gone Before: Back to the Moon?

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How many of you have wanted to go to the moon?  Everybody?  Well, we’re all nerds here so I’m not surprised. What is a surprise is NASA’s announcement that there is the possibility of astronauts returning to the moon as early as next year.  2018 is the fiftieth anniversary year of Apollo 8, which was the first spacecraft to reach and orbit our natural satellite.  Commander Frank Borman, James Lovell and William Anders left Earth’s orbit, circled the moon a few times and returned home safely. Acting NASA administrator Robert Lightfoot said last month he wants to fast-track the heavy-lift … Read more

NEWS: Radioactive Boars – It’s a Thing

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Radioactive Boars

Six years after the Fukushima Daichi nuclear disaster — a major nuclear meltdown brought on by an earthquake and tsunami hitting Fukushima, Japan — some residents who fled the area are getting the go-ahead to finally return home. The government has cleared four towns in the Fukushima prefecture as being safe for people, but there’s at least one issue standing in the way: Thousands of radioactive wild boars. The boars, which have been consuming contaminated plants and smaller animals since the nuclear disaster, exhibit levels of the radioactive element cesium-137 that’s 300 times more than would be deemed safe for … Read more

Sources of Inspiration: Preparation and Change

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March is a time of change. The weather is warming up. Time springs forward, depriving us of an hour. The daylight lingers longer and longer in the evenings. With the change comes an awakening, a call to get up and move. Projects await us. The Queer Sci Fi Flash Fiction contest has begun. Blogging From A-Z is approaching, along with Camp NaNoWriMo. Publishers call for submissions, here and there, offering a variety of opportunities. For the beginning of spring is a time of opportunity. I realize this, even as I’m caught up in my own activities. I took a walk, … Read more

Me Me Monday!

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Welcome to M3: ME ME MONDAY at our FB discussion group – your chance to pop in and tell us about your latest success. Have a new book or short story coming out? Let us know. Just sell something? Let us know so we can cheer you on. HOW IT WORKS: I’ll pin this topic to the top of our FB discussion page for the day. –Please post your announcement as a separate post so we can comment on yours specifically –Check out the other posts and congratulate and share them too! And congratulations!!!

ENTERTAINMENT: Glorious Midi Unicorn

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Glorious Midi Unicorn

We can’t stop watching this video. YouTube star Andrew Huang turned a photo of a unicorn into a MIDI notes musical composition. It is a weird 22-second adventure that’s also insanely entrancing. Huang shared the video on Twitter and it blew up ― clearly because people are just as fascinated by it as we are. By Jenna Amatulli – Full Story at The Huffington Post

FOR READERS: Dialects

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FOR READERS Today’s reader topic comes from QSFer Angel Martinez: When reading dialogue and you come across regional dialects (or even made up dialects) – love it or hate it? Writers: This is a reader chat – you are welcome to join it, but please do not reference your own works directly. Thanks! Join the chat

Badass Squirrel: Photoshop Edition

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Badass Squirrel

A squirrel pulled an epic superhero pose, and Redditors went nuts. Reddit user FlamingoShame posted a photo of the rodent online Monday, and other Redditors tweaked the image to hilariously reimagine the plucky critter as an action movie hero, a cage fighter, a track star and more. Here are some of the best posts we’ve seen so far: By Lee Moran – Full Story at The Huffington Post

NEWS: Zealandia

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Zealandia

We’re taught in elementary school that there are seven continents on Earth — Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America and South America. But geography textbooks across the world might have to add one more to that list — Zealandia. Zealandia is a continent that is 94 percent submerged underwater, which is why it took so long for geologists to identify it. The 6 percent that is above water comprises what many know as New Zealand and New Caledonia, according to a study in GSA Today, the journal of the Geological Society of America. Zealandia spans almost 2 million square … Read more

Announcement: Seven Deadly Sins: Furry Confessions Anthology

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Seven Deadly Sins: Furry Confessions

QSFer Bill Kieffer is part of a new Furry anthology: Seven Deadly Sins has been a literary trope for centuries, popularized by Italian poet Dante. They are as follows: pride, greed, lust, wrath, gluttony, envy, and sloth. This collection is divided respectively into the seven parts. You will see anthro-animal characters at their darkest and weakest moments: at the whorehouse, at the chopping block, in the morgue, in the dining room with the candlestick. There is horror—especially in Wrath—and erotica—especially in Lust. Experience these characters’ sins. Then, stand and judge…or fall and be judged. Bill has a story in the … Read more