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Diabolical Plots @diabolicalplots.com · 6h

Hi! Weird question! (Don't worry, I'm a writer) Is there anyone who can speak Norwegian who can tell me what how the tarot card The Fool is generally written in Norwegian language? I've found a few answers, but most common result seems to be: Narren Can anyone confirm/correct this?

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Marc Criley @marcc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

DP has a bunch of merch! voidmerch.threadless.com/search/?q=Di...

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Diabolical Plots @diabolicalplots.com · 14h

"AI detector" programs like Pangram use the same technology they claim to detect, right? When publishers put submissions thru these, what do people think of that? (these are genuine questions not rhetorical. I am not considering using it for DP, I am thinking about its effect on Grinder listings)

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Marc Criley @marcc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Wife got me a shirt for my birthday from @diabolicalplots.com. "It smells like new T-shirt!"

A bearded man wearing a ball cap, glasses and a T-shirt that says DIABOLICAL PLOTS in red letters.

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karanormal activity 💜 @deadontheoutside.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

also known as the hazmatryoshka doll

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(((Eddie))) @abracadocious.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Probably her echolocating insectovorous hat. For both cases.

Kingfisher & Wombat (@UrsulaV)
Bearing in mind that I am NOT a scientific illustrator...

Fig 1. Hoary tophat locates prey via echolocation from organs in hatband.

Fig 2. Hat ascends above the prey, while swinging brim forward into feeding position. This is the most difficult part of the maneuver, as the hat can no longer see the prey and must rely on its last perceived location.

Fig 3. Hat slams shut, trapping prey inside. As the brim is no longer providing lift, the hat will fall to the ground until the prey is digested, leaving the hat vulnerable to haberdashers.

Animal Behaviour
Volume 48, Issue 5, November 1994, Pages 1013-1021

Regular Article
Constraints on optimal foraging: a field test of prey discrimination by echolocating insectivorous hats

Robert M.R., Barclay, R. Mark Brigham

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Simon and Gargamel @kellylink.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

as a bookstore owner, we cannot do the work or offer the benefits which public libraries do—fund libraries and everyone, including bookstores, will thrive

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Liz Shuler @lizshuler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

*9 to 5* may have been a comedy, but for so many of us women fighting for respect on the job, it felt all too real. Dolly helped make us laugh at the boss and imagine what we could change together. Happy 9 to 5 Day! We miss you, Dolly.

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Juliette Wade @juliettewade.com · 24/09/2026

The fact that "AI" bros call their product "a tool" when that's most convenient, and "a person" when that's most convenient, only proves it's just a means for THEM to escape any accountability.

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P.A. Cornell (She/Her) @cornellwriter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I’d forgotten I’d plugged The Submission Grinder in this interview. It always amazes me that so many people still don’t know about it. It’s run by @diabolicalplots.com. Definitely check it out if you’re a short fiction writer, whatever the genre.

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Marc Criley @marcc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

And just in the last couple days the Submission Grinder's creator has been implementing some performance upgrades that make it much snappier!

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GigaNotoSaurus Magazine @giganotosaurus.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

The Submission Grinder is now featuring the entire GigaNotoSaurus back catalog. We’ll be gradually updating the cards with more metadata. If you have ever been published by GNS and want to help tagging your own stories, send us a note to get our (very short) directions.

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GigaNotoSaurus - The Submission Grinder

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Cat Rambo @catrambo.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

For newer F&SF writers, here's a resource you may not be aware of, the Submission Grinder. It helps you find markets and track your submissions - and even publishes some fiction. Free to use, but if you use it a lot, consider supporting their Patreon. #booksky thegrinder.diabolicalplots.com

thegrinder.diabolicalplots.com

The Submission Grinder

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Caroline Cormack @bookclubdropout.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

If you’ve been working on a short story about the dead or the undead (or both!), then I’ve got some great news for you. #writing #AmWriting #WritingCommunity

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Timothy @landbeforetim.myatproto.social · 23/09/2026

Personally I think we should celebrate people doing “small tasks” more Oh you made a meal? I am cheering you on Oh you brushed your teeth and got out of bed on time? I am cheering you on Oh you did laundry? I am cheering you on I will always uplift people for doing even the most mundane

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Danny Lore @weredawgz.blacksky.app · 23/09/2026

Also gonna point out a thing that is more somber and serious That was pointed out to me If you’re depressed and suicidal so much that it is difficult to do things, and you “get some hustle,” that’s one of the most dangerous times for someone with ideation

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🌸Bibi🌸♿ @bibiblossoms.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

It costs 0$ to Repost a Black disabled queer small business! It could lead to my next sale. I sell pins, compression gloves, artist gloves, back braces, knee braces, wrist braces, compression socks, cute bags & more! Store: Bibipins.com

5 Oval shaped pins with gold outlines with an oval cutout in the middle with a yellow slideable star:

Spoons: Lavender background
Hunger Scale: Red background
Migraine Scale: Blue background
Speaking vs Non Speaking: Green background

The first one has SHE, THEY, HE on top. At the bottom there's HER, THEM, HIM. White background.

Galaxy and Moon Bunny Compression Gloves

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L. D. Lewis, Sea Witch Apologist 🧜🏾‍♀️ @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 22/09/2026

Book mail! I have 5 copies of FORGED IN FIYAH so 4 to give away. If you would like one and have not pre-ordered already (???) show me a receipt for a new $20+ donation to your favorite Black-owned/operated nonprofit in any sector and I'll send you one signed (at least by me) while supplies last.

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Diabolical Plots @diabolicalplots.com · 22/09/2026

Publishing question! I have a huge stack of ARCs (Advance Reader Copies) I am reading through. I will keep some but I cannot keep them all. I know you are not supposed to sell them, but what AM I supposed to do with them? Can I give them away? Can I donate them? Am I supposed to just recycle them?

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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The worst men alive all absolutely love AI and hate trans people. Huh. Probably no lessons for me to learn there.

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Guy who invented Oreos: Oreos saved my relationship with my children and it can do the same for you

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Annika @marushkababushka.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I'm so happy that this weird little story found a home with the wonderful @diabolicalplots.com !

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Jesspooka Kant 🎃 @jessdkant.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Odd how all of these companies warning that their products might kill us all also vigorously oppose any sort of regulations that might prevent it. No no, this is too powerful for your laws. We need to respond rationally by hurling money into this pit.

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Diabolical Plots @diabolicalplots.com · 21/09/2026

New fiction! "One Heart" by Annike Browne @marushkababushka.bsky.social It's not really salvation when the one you love is already dead. www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...

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alexis simpson @amutepiggy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

i'm tired of this bullshit, and i'm cis! christ, how exhausting it must be for trans folk. anyway, people who waffle on basic human rights suck ass and are uncool and they fucken listen to kidz bop nickelback

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David Bailey @drgdave.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Next, here's the DFL candidate for U.S. Senate, Peggy Flanagan:

Photo of DFL candidate for US Senate, Peggy Flanagan, wearing a t-shirt with an image of a rose and knife, with the words "Protect Trans Kids".

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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I want the name of every consultant who convinces a Democrat to run an ad ceding ground to trans hatred, and I want them blacklisted by the party and noted so I can never give a cent to anyone who hires them ever again.

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Stella Sacco @antlervel.vet · 15/10/2025

WHEN THERE’S TREASURE BEHIND THE WATERFALL: Oh wow. Yes, very clever! Waterfall treasure! No one’s ever done that before. Lazy jackass WHEN THERE’S NO TREASURE BEHIND THE WATERFALL: Wow. Too stuck-up to put treasure there huh? Too much of a fucking ICONOCLAST for that? Piece of shit. FUCK you

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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

when ai leaves u behind

7 panel comic.

Panel 1:
A Red Guy with AI across his chest looks like he’s about to run away. A Yellow Guy stands next to him. Red Guy says “I’m the future, buddy. You comin’?”
Yellow Guy replies “Nah”

Panel 2:
Red Guy is almost out of the panel. He leans in and says “Enjoy getting left behind, pal”
Yellow Guy replies “ok”

Panel 3:
Yellow Guy stands alone.

Panel 4:
Close up on Yellow Guy, there is a quiet “huff-huff-huff” noise coming from behind him

Panel 5:
Yellow Guy turns to look behind him

Panel 6:
Close up on Yellow Guy’s face as if from the point of view of an attacker.
Yellow Guy yells “Jesus Christ”

Panel 7:
AI Red Guy is now chasing the Yellow Guy.
Red Guy: “Use me”
Yellow Guy “No”
Red Guy “USE ME”

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 20/09/2026

"I only thought the leopards would eat the face of trans women" The leopards have already said they want to eat your bodily autonomy! With you standing right there! PLEASE REMEMBER THAT YESTERDAY HAPPENED.

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Diabolical Plots @diabolicalplots.com · 20/09/2026

R2 DIY 2 first pass: have the basic cylinder of the body, which has some cooling fans and stuff, and the top of a leg joint

a hollow cylinder of metal with R2-D2's characteristic blue and white coloring, and a curved hip join for one of his legs

The opposite side of the cylinder which has less blue on it

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 19/09/2026

Referring to the harm as being caused by LLMs, when it is caused by people, actually serves to exonerate the people as if they did not make explicit decisions.

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Diabolical Plots @diabolicalplots.com · 19/09/2026

Next project is DIY R2D2 R2DIY2? We're workshopping it. This is a larger size model than the ones I have done

the two big flat sheets of R2-D2's flat pieces

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Bree (half of Kit Rocha) @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 18/09/2026

If you can't say no, yes is meaningless.

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Khayyaam #LIUKANGGANG @khayyaamb.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Just remembered one of the greatest X-Men posts of all time

Tweet by @alexqarbuckle:

SOUP MAGNETO: There’s something different about you today. New haircut?

GUARD: Nope.

SOUP MAGNETO: Ah yes… you had a big bowl of Soup for lunch.

GUARD: What? I —AAAUUGHH [soup molecules are torn from his body and formed into bouillon cubes which smash the soup-free prison]

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Diabolical Plots @diabolicalplots.com · 18/09/2026

DIY Landspeeder complete! I didn't break any pieces on this one. Some of the connections are a little kludgy but it's a homebuilt craft with exposed wiring on one engine so I choose to call that verisimilitude

The completed model of X-34 Landspeeder that Luke Skywalker drove in first Star Wars movie. Elongated body with pinkish maroon paint, a silver windscreen, one turbine engine in the center back and one on each side, one with exposed wiring

zooming into the cockpit so you can see the steering yoke, the seats, the gearshift

tilted to show the stand underneath that holds the speeder off the ground, it is goldfish and has the rebel insignia on it

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

video game: we spent extra 50 million making it realistic video game: we released 2 years late because we were making it realistic video game: we cut the writing budget to put money into graphics to make it realstic video game: this wolf you must fight can juke 22 feet to either side & levitate

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Diabolical Plots @diabolicalplots.com · 16/09/2026

Behold this beautiful bugge and its pretty pink and teal stripes! (red-banded leaf hopper afaict)

a little leaf shaped insect with a cool pink and teal pattern on its back

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Gabby HC @scriblit.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The person with the music written on their arse from Hieronymus Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights has pulled out of Ed Sheeran's tour

A bare bum with music written on it. Someone is pointing at it all 'look! Arse music!'

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Diabolical Plots @diabolicalplots.com · 16/09/2026

DIY Landspeeder, have constructed the last engine, the one that is styled to look incomplete. But which ironically took 3 times as long and 3 times as many parts to construct as a complete engine of the same size

a model of The X-34 Landspeeder (from Star Wars). Its two sixe engines have been constructed but not attached yet. One is styled to look like it is missing the outer panel to leave wires exposed

closer zoom of just the two engines side by side

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Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

IT'S TODAY!!! My fantasy novella, A DUBIOUS CLAMOR, is out today! From here on out, if you suddenly have the urge to read about harpies, opinionated weapons, and a bunch of misfits fighting the fash, you can just DO THAT! Order direct or from bookstores: hornedlarkpress.com/product/a-du...

Happy author Marissa Lingen, a long-haired white woman, holds up a copy of her book, A DUBIOUS CLAMOR

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Diabolical Plots @diabolicalplots.com · 15/09/2026

Hi! Have you played the mind-bending puzzle game Baba Is You? (If not, you should!) Launched just a little bit ago and already funded, there is a Kickstarter campaign for a Baba Is You board game! I've backed it, and I is excite! www.kickstarter.com/projects/bit...

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Baba Is You: The Board Game & Party House: Deckbuilding Game

Two sensational award-winning video games — Baba is You and Party House (UFO 50) — leap off the screen and onto your table!

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Diabolical Plots @diabolicalplots.com · 15/09/2026

DIY Landspeeder: one more detached engine, and beginning to make the exposed wiring for the other engine. I appreciate that the exposed wiring is actual wires rather than just a printed image of wires

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Diabolical Plots @diabolicalplots.com · 14/09/2026

A cast iron potato baker aka the potato iron maiden "integrated baking nails conduct heat deep into your potato for even and efficient cooking"

A cast iron potato bakery, a long pill shape made of dark cast iron, with four spikes sticking up out of the floor. there is also a lid with a handle

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Matt Bors @mattbors.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

It was exactly ten years ago today, on my 33rd birthday, that I posted this comic online.

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Diabolical Plots @diabolicalplots.com · 14/09/2026

DIY Landspeeder: big strides tonight (while watching a zombie comedy movie that seemed to be convinced that it was funny but really wasn't). It is a 3d object with a top and bottom: the seating is inside, it has a windscreen and 1 of 3 engines!

Angled down photo of top of X-34 Landspeeder model (that Luke Skywalker rode in first Star Wars). It is missing the two side engines

zoomed in on the cockpit area which has two little seats and a gearshift lever and a steering yoke like an airplane

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Diabolical Plots @diabolicalplots.com · 13/09/2026

DIY Landspeeder progress, dang there is some really fine detail here. Look at those seats, gearshift, and steering column. Remember these all came from flat sheets of metal that were cut and bent into these shapes

the pieces of the X-34 Landspeeder (that Luke Skywalker drove in Star Wars)

The top of the landspeeder frame. some cool curvatures

The bottom section of the landspeeder frame with some enginey things on the back

The little seating area! Its so cute with little dark cushions, a central gearshift lever, and a steering column

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Diabolical Plots @diabolicalplots.com · 13/09/2026

Muppet Wheel of Time when? Moiraine as the only human actor. Sam the Eagle as Lan. Sweetums as Perrin. Animal as Rand (has the red Aiel hair but no one can tell if he is going mad). The Count as Mat (he keeps getting caught counting cards because he does it out loud Ah Ah Ah) Dr. Teeth as Thom

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