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"Grim bastion"

The cold bit through Mara's thermosuit, but it wasn’t enough to dull her focus. The red-armored cruiser—codenamed Grim Bastion—hovered above the ridge, belching plasma fire into the night. Its engines howled, drowning out the blizzard’s screams.

But she was louder.

Mara’s pulse rifle locked onto the Bastion's side vents, the ship’s only exposed weak spot. She had trained for this. They all had. But she was the last one left.

“Saviors don’t come from orbit,” she muttered, breath frosting her visor. “We make our own salvation.”

Trigger squeezed. A crack of light. The rifle spat defiance.

The shot struck true, rupturing the vent. Fire bloomed. Metal screamed.

Above, escape pods launched in panic, scattering like sparks in the snowstorm.

Mara grinned, the burn of victory warming her more than the failing heaters in her suit.

One ship down. A whole sky to go.

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A story from Chris smith on Medium

Read “Personal Data in the Era of A.I“ by Chris smith on Medium: https://medium.com/@freelancerworker626/personal-data-in-the-era-of-a-i-d85bbed62e98

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A story from Chris smith on Medium

Read “Where hardware meets the road“ by Chris smith on Medium: https://medium.com/@freelancerworker626/where-hardware-meets-the-road-2e796e5c1f5b

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A story from Chris smith on Medium

Read “Personal Data in the Era of A.I“ by Chris smith on Medium: https://medium.com/@freelancerworker626/personal-data-in-the-era-of-a-i-d85bbed62e98

https://medium.com/@freelancerworker626/personal-data-in-the-era-of-a-i-d85bbed62e98

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A story from Chris smith on Medium

Read “Simple tips on how to cope with being laid off“ by Chris smith on Medium: https://medium.com/@freelancerworker626/simple-tips-on-how-to-cope-with-being-laid-off-a66a69a59192

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A story from Chris smith on Medium

Read “Work Rewired Series EP 2: AI and Me at Work.“ by Chris smith on Medium: https://medium.com/@freelancerworker626/work-rewired-series-ep-2-ai-and-me-at-work-f53e1c80ad58

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Dr. Anynna Stone, testing her new device.

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"Cybernetic Trust"

In a high-tech lab aboard a deep-space research vessel, a seasoned cybernetics engineer uploads final protocols into a next-gen combat android. She is more than machine—she's sentient, aware, and preparing for deployment on a mission where the line between synthetic and human is dangerously thin. As glowing data streams pulse across her armor, she locks eyes with her creator, the weight of purpose shared in silence.

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Watching the ship come in.

And old man watching the ships come in.

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Bound by battle, united by fate—two warriors from different worlds take their first step into the unknown together.”

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Black History Icons | The Kru People

African Tribe That Refused to Be Captured into Enslavement...Kru People.

The Kru people are an African tribe of coastal southeastern Liberia and neighboring Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast). The tribe is known for sailing. Many of the Kru people also migrated to neighboring areas such as Sierra Leone to look for work as fishermen and dockworkers. The Kru along with the Grebo resisted Maryland settlers’ efforts to control their trade. They were also infamous amongst early European enslavers as being especially opposed to capture.

There were about 24 subgroups with dialectal and cultural differences. Their political organization was traditionally un-centralized, each subgroup inhabiting a number of autonomous towns. It was believed that the Kru people were viewed as less valuable during the Transatlantic slave trafficking because they would not allow themselves to be captured by Europeans they would often take their own lives first, or fight viciously to avoid being taken away.

The Kru people engaged in migrant labor, seafaring, and migrant working. They settled as far east as Cameroon and west as Freetown and Cape Verde. They had exceptional canoeing skills in treacherous surf waters and were well-known for it by the 1700s when they served on British merchant and warships. Although the natives were in many respects similar in type and tribe, every village was an independent state; there was also very little intercommunication.

The tribe is one of the many ethnic groups in Liberia, they comprise about 7 percent of the population. It is also one of the main languages spoken. By the late 20th century there were probably more Kru outside tribal territory than within. The largest single Kru community in the late 20th century was in Monrovia. Notable ethnic Krus include former soccer star George Weah and Christian Evangelist Samuel Morris who was originally known as Kaboo. Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is of mixed Kru, Gola, and German ancestry

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