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If there's a power rankings of "people I'd be most terrified to be publicly destroyed by" gotta figure she's up near the top, along with the Menswear guy.

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David Dalglish @ddalglish.com · 8h

Not me, inventing a specific combat role as a 'Shield' for this new series, and then promptly forgetting to even give the first one the MC meets an actual shield to wield.

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Melissa Caruso @melissacaruso.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Discoverability for new SFF books seems way down these days, especially outside of bestsellers and certain subgenres. I'm noticing this as both a reader and a writer. Great stuff is in danger of sinking without a trace. Please post about new/recent books you love or are excited for!!! I'll start:

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 28/09/2026

absolutely amazing chart

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David Dalglish @ddalglish.com · 26/09/2026

With no Pan's Labyrinth, started off the spooky horror month a little early and watched THE THING. Kiddos were rightfully freaked. Those practical effects are still bonkers.

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The Thing Iconic Movie Poster

ALT: The Thing Iconic Movie Poster

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David Dalglish @ddalglish.com · 25/09/2026

Pan's Labyrinth, which was to be our movie for the night, is not available to rent anywhere. Why. Just why.

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David Dalglish @ddalglish.com · 25/09/2026

I played this at school with an awesome teacher who pretended it was educational. We looked up a cheat guide to beat it, though, because once we did, our next up game was Warcraft 2.

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It's funny that for years now people have been saying that using generative AI very obviously deskills you, and people kept going no no you're wrong you Luddite And now all the genAI CEO's keep coming out in public to announce they forgot how to read and do math and can't remember their address etc

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Ann Leckie @annleckie.com · 24/09/2026

Sweet bleeding Mithras y'all, I get being an unhinged Astarion fan, that is one messed up guy, I like him and I don't usually have time for vampires. But you do realize that he's, like, pretend?? And that someone can have a different take on who he is or his story, right?

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 24/09/2026

Why is economic sentiment so low when GDP growth is positive? There’s no reasonable explanation, the only possible conclusion is that people are all just doing a mass hysteria (/s)

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Tim Price @timprice.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

You joined "grand vizier chat (secret)" You: dark rumors from aboard You: abroad* fuck Sssnakecharmer: mf said aboard WhispersintheChapel: ahoy matey lol PonderMyOrb changed the group name to "rumors from aboard"

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David Dalglish @ddalglish.com · 23/09/2026

Two years ago I wrote a stupidly long reddit post about writing a climactic battle scene for your novels, and I still get notifications every now and then from someone stumbling onto it and finding it useful. Figure I'll reshare again! www.reddit.com/r/writing/s/...

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Nick Field @nickfield.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The State AGs were on pace to kill the Paramount/Warner Bros by litigation and delay until Gavin Newsom stepped in and turned the tide. Now the Trump loyalist Ellisons will control CNN and HBO. Don't ever, ever forget that Newsom stabbed us in the back www.wsj.com/business/med...

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Exclusive | Newsom Expresses Concerns About State Antitrust Suit Against Paramount

The California governor has told people involved in the suit that blocking the $81 billion deal could harm Hollywood jobs.

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David Dalglish @ddalglish.com · 21/09/2026

Chrono Trigger. I didn't even try to hide its influences on Skyborn, either.

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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

incredibly well-done resident evil teaser from a movie theater

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David Dalglish @ddalglish.com · 18/09/2026

Emma Ruth Rundle, Paris Paloma, Kiki Rockwell, and Rabbitology all having new albums out has me drowning in fantastic writing music.

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

AI critics: This is a theft machine for lazy turds with no imagination AI Stans: This is the greatest, most powerful tech in history. It is not a theft machine. There are no original thoughts anymore People Who Created AI: This is a theft machine for lazy turds with no imagination

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Eric Ravenscraft @lordravenscraft.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

holy shit, this is the whole ballgame in a single paragraph gAI systems require mass theft of copyrighted works, for the explicit purpose of replacing the market for the people they stole from, and the people in charge knew what they were doing ahead of time, and did it anyway

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David Dalglish @ddalglish.com · 16/09/2026

Looking up various creatures/monsters/deities for inspiration and seeing pages of the same glossy AI slop is so depressing, man.

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Ash Parrish, Kotaku's LeBron James @adashtra.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

i need meta to die in my lifetime

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Just a girl and her books @thebookwyrmshoard2.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

And just like that all of my plans for today have changed. It's time to go hang out with my favorite dysfunctional siblings! This cover is seriously so gorgeous @ddalglish.com I think I actually like it better than book 1!

A screenshot of my Netgalley showing Ive sent Daughter of Destruction to my Kinlde

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David Dalglish @ddalglish.com · 11/09/2026

The ai nook promotion spam email people have my phone number and are now sending texts. This hellscape has somehow gotten worse.

text spam of a supposed book promotion site

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I write for a living and I do everything I can to avoid using “lay / lie.” It’s just too much pressure.

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Annalee @flowerhorne.com · 11/09/2026

There are very real safety concerns we need to address with generative LLMs. Deepfakes, privacy, AI psychosis, etc We don't need to entertain goofy nonsense from people claiming they're inventing the torment nexus from the science fiction classic "Dipshit That's Not The Torment Nexus Go Outside."

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David Dalglish @ddalglish.com · 09/09/2026

"May you find a dead fly in all your drinks" -new curse I came up with based on this morning's cup of coffee 🙃

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badly drawn bee 🐝 @soapachu.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I've laughed at this for three minutes straight

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David Dalglish @ddalglish.com · 05/09/2026

Here you go, @mostlybree.kitrocha.com , this was what I always thought about when it came to picking fights with Romancelandia.

Romance authors are the most successful species in the whole Galaxy, outnumbering possibly every other race. However, due to their aggressive and warlike nature, this massive race is split into hundreds of tiny empires, warring as much between themselves as against other races. In the purely theoretical event all the romance authors were to unite, they would undoubtedly crush all opposition.

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David Dalglish @ddalglish.com · 05/09/2026

If you ever wanna witness a speed record toward a deleted Bluesky account, watch an idiot take on romance books/authors go viral in Romancelandia.

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Bree (half of Kit Rocha) @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 05/09/2026

one time @ddalglish.com said the reason Romance is so scary is we're spending all our time grinding in fights with each other, so we're so overpowered that if you make the mistake of drawing our collective ire, it is a real bad day for you. plus 50% of us are lawyers somehow

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David Dalglish @ddalglish.com · 01/09/2026

My oldest kiddo is having jaw surgery as I write this. I'm nervous, haven't eaten, and barely slept last night. I'll happily take pet photos if anyone has 'em.

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David Dalglish @ddalglish.com · 31/08/2026

Just got milkshake ducked by a word game.

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David Dalglish @ddalglish.com · 31/08/2026

My current song obsession I've had on loop for like an hour while writing. youtu.be/qSu-IPXMFmI?...

youtu.be

Rabbitology - Magnanimity (Bigger Man) (Official Lyric Video)

YouTube video by Rabbitology

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André Guindi 🪷👹🪷 @andreguindi.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

this one is especially egregious

A single panel comic hand drawn illustration of Barret Wallace from FF7 gesturing disgustedly to a screenshot from nvidia's atrocious DLSS 5 slop that leaked, showing a photo of what was once Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, but is now a yassified Al model standing in a flatly lit Instagram environment. Barret's text box reads "We're killin' the planet for THIS shit?"

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David Dalglish @ddalglish.com · 28/08/2026

All right, another Friday, another family movie night. Continuing to introduce them to the "classics" with...well. One that I watched about a thousand times as a teen.

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Neo and Trinity Walk in The Matrix

ALT: Neo and Trinity Walk in The Matrix

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David Dalglish @ddalglish.com · 27/08/2026

The feature made for @kristadb1.bsky.social , yet she won't use, because she feeds on chaos.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 25/08/2026

dolly parton taught millions of children to read dolly parton raised millions of dollars for cancer research and disaster relief dolly parton stood by the lgbtq community her entire life dolly parton personally helped fund the moderna vaccine if there was a right side of something she was on it

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Alex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton, among a thousand other amazing things she did in her life, gifted over 330 million books to kids through her Imagination Library program. Her passing is a tremendous loss to the world, but you can support the program today to keep it going imaginationlibrary.com

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Dolly Parton's Imagination Library | USA, UK, IE, CA, AU

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth until they begin school in participating areas.

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Todd in the Shadows @shadowtodd.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I don't know when people woke up to Dolly, because when I was a kid she was just considered a fun celebrity to have around. And then, I don't know when, maybe as late as the 2010s, it was like people looked at her body of work and realized holy shit wait actually

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A. Zaykova @azaykova.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The brutal duality of being an author… #writersky #authorsky #booksky

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Mark A. Latham @markalatham.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

@orbitbooks.bsky.social don't post here often, so I'll just share this here. Official launch graphic for December launches, including The Exile Queen!

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David Dalglish @ddalglish.com · 24/08/2026

Bought some egg rolls at the store and it came with a small packet of ketchup. I know I'm white and all but come on.

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David Dalglish @ddalglish.com · 24/08/2026

This is what Tolkien actually meant when he had Gandalf exclaim "fool of a Took!" all the time.

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