David Dalglish
@ddalglish.com
Author of THE SHADOWDANCE SERIES, KEEPERS TRILOGY, THE HALF-ORCS, VAGRANT GODS, LEVEL: UNKNOWN, RADIANT KING, and more. site: ddalglish.com
Patron: http://patreon.com/thatdalglishguy He/him.
Patron: http://patreon.com/thatdalglishguy He/him.
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David Dalglish
@ddalglish.com
· Mar 4
This is a story of six completely, utterly broken individuals, and the ruination of the world that comes from their hurt and sorrow. THE RADIANT KING is out today! (links below)
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HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW: “.. In our in-progress research, we discovered that AI tools didn’t reduce work, they consistently intensified it.”
hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
February 10, 2026 at 1:17 PM
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW: “.. In our in-progress research, we discovered that AI tools didn’t reduce work, they consistently intensified it.”
hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
For age verification, I should be able to use my yahoo email address that is old enough to legally drink.
February 10, 2026 at 2:27 PM
For age verification, I should be able to use my yahoo email address that is old enough to legally drink.
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It’s crazy the sheer number of supposedly rational people who were like “ok but it’s good at health stuff” early on.
When AI was added to a tool for sinus surgery: “Cerebrospinal fluid leaked from one patient’s nose. In another… a surgeon mistakenly punctured the base of a patient’s skull. In two other cases, patients suffered strokes after a major artery was accidentally injured”
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
As AI enters the operating room, reports arise of botched surgeries and misidentified body parts
Medical device makers have been rushing to add AI to their products. While proponents say the new technology will revolutionize medicine, regulators are receiving a rising number of claims of patient ...
www.reuters.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:01 AM
It’s crazy the sheer number of supposedly rational people who were like “ok but it’s good at health stuff” early on.
Add Nicholas Sparks to the list of totally real authors who have contacted me via email about my books. Keep on going, scammers, you're doing great.
February 9, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Add Nicholas Sparks to the list of totally real authors who have contacted me via email about my books. Keep on going, scammers, you're doing great.
@rooflemongerreal.bsky.social so, uh, sounds like it might need to be a two video day from you after hearing the 2XKO news...you were just at Riot, right? Any hint or whiff of this coming while you were there?
February 9, 2026 at 8:33 PM
@rooflemongerreal.bsky.social so, uh, sounds like it might need to be a two video day from you after hearing the 2XKO news...you were just at Riot, right? Any hint or whiff of this coming while you were there?
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I have a lot of thoughts about the "I can generate 200 books a year you can only do 2 at most if you actually write the things, I win" bullshit, and no time to yell about all of it. So I'll just say this:
February 9, 2026 at 3:50 PM
I have a lot of thoughts about the "I can generate 200 books a year you can only do 2 at most if you actually write the things, I win" bullshit, and no time to yell about all of it. So I'll just say this:
Just watched Suzume with the family and might be one of my favorites I've watched in a long while.
So much crying in this household lol
So much crying in this household lol
a man in a kimono is kneeling down in front of a window holding a wooden box
ALT: a man in a kimono is kneeling down in front of a window holding a wooden box
media.tenor.com
February 6, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Just watched Suzume with the family and might be one of my favorites I've watched in a long while.
So much crying in this household lol
So much crying in this household lol
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
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Headline of the day
The Steam Machine has been delayed because stupid little babies can't stop using AI to write their emails:
aftermath.site/steam-machine-...
aftermath.site/steam-machine-...
February 5, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Headline of the day
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Every time someone gets on this website and says "lol they voted for it" about a state that has been slowly bleeding out since they gutted the VRA and signed off on doing All The Overt Racism Again?
Those were the times you should have been fighting this ongoing fight.
Start now, please!
Those were the times you should have been fighting this ongoing fight.
Start now, please!
February 4, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Every time someone gets on this website and says "lol they voted for it" about a state that has been slowly bleeding out since they gutted the VRA and signed off on doing All The Overt Racism Again?
Those were the times you should have been fighting this ongoing fight.
Start now, please!
Those were the times you should have been fighting this ongoing fight.
Start now, please!
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One of the most prestigious papers in the world is gone so billionaires can knock out the last pillar of public trust in order to control our governments and hook you on influencers peddling their products for the rest of our lives
February 4, 2026 at 3:13 PM
One of the most prestigious papers in the world is gone so billionaires can knock out the last pillar of public trust in order to control our governments and hook you on influencers peddling their products for the rest of our lives
In short, AI makes people learn slower, work slower, retain information less, all while providing no noticable gains for the companies using it.
But don't worry, it's not a trillion dollar bubble about to burst, it's totally the future.
But don't worry, it's not a trillion dollar bubble about to burst, it's totally the future.
‘Novice workers who rely heavily on AI to complete unfamiliar tasks may compromise their own skill acquisition… We find that AI use impairs conceptual understanding, code reading, and debugging abilities, without delivering significant efficiency gains on average.’
arxiv.org/pdf/2601.20245
arxiv.org/pdf/2601.20245
February 4, 2026 at 2:06 PM
In short, AI makes people learn slower, work slower, retain information less, all while providing no noticable gains for the companies using it.
But don't worry, it's not a trillion dollar bubble about to burst, it's totally the future.
But don't worry, it's not a trillion dollar bubble about to burst, it's totally the future.
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This is a genAI company *doing its own research* to find that using its product reduces coding skills.
Striking paper from researchers at Anthropic using a randomised control trial to look at the effects of AI use on skills acquisition.
TL:DR ‘We found that using AI assistance led to a statistically significant decrease in mastery.’
www.anthropic.com/research/AI-...
TL:DR ‘We found that using AI assistance led to a statistically significant decrease in mastery.’
www.anthropic.com/research/AI-...
February 4, 2026 at 10:09 AM
This is a genAI company *doing its own research* to find that using its product reduces coding skills.
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So, Nexon, what's good?
February 4, 2026 at 12:57 PM
So, Nexon, what's good?
Introduce yourself with the name your parents almost gave you:
My mom really, really wanted me to be a girl, and she was going to name me Morgan. So when we had our first kid, that's what I named her, to my mom's absolute delight.
My mom really, really wanted me to be a girl, and she was going to name me Morgan. So when we had our first kid, that's what I named her, to my mom's absolute delight.
Introduce yourself with the name your parents almost gave you:
My dad is Irish and I was born the day after st Patrick's day. There is no version of this universe where I'm not named patrick.
My dad is Irish and I was born the day after st Patrick's day. There is no version of this universe where I'm not named patrick.
Introduce yourself with the name your parents ALMOST gave you.
Hi, I’m Michelle.
Either way I would have ended up with the name of a Full House character.
Hi, I’m Michelle.
Either way I would have ended up with the name of a Full House character.
February 4, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Introduce yourself with the name your parents almost gave you:
My mom really, really wanted me to be a girl, and she was going to name me Morgan. So when we had our first kid, that's what I named her, to my mom's absolute delight.
My mom really, really wanted me to be a girl, and she was going to name me Morgan. So when we had our first kid, that's what I named her, to my mom's absolute delight.
The Sandman comics influenced my writing and world-building in so many ways. I won't pretend they're suddenly shit, even if I no longer have the heart to read them anymore. It's okay to acknowledge that betrayal. Morality and quality are not linked together on some sort of cosmic sliding scale.
"actually his stuff was very Derivative and not Original" like, you don't have to do this. it is good for us all to sit with the cognitive dissonance that a very bad person can make very good art. it is good for us to work through the moral ramifications of that.
February 3, 2026 at 5:01 PM
The Sandman comics influenced my writing and world-building in so many ways. I won't pretend they're suddenly shit, even if I no longer have the heart to read them anymore. It's okay to acknowledge that betrayal. Morality and quality are not linked together on some sort of cosmic sliding scale.
The funniest bit of fanfic I have read in a while.
Of all the things in the history of the world that definitely did not happen - this is the pinnacle.
February 3, 2026 at 3:22 PM
The funniest bit of fanfic I have read in a while.
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It's the future of tech, but can't even do spam emails correctly.
February 2, 2026 at 1:37 PM
It's the future of tech, but can't even do spam emails correctly.
I have now tried the strawberry flavored Kit Kats and it is criminal we do not have these everywhere in the US.
January 31, 2026 at 11:05 PM
I have now tried the strawberry flavored Kit Kats and it is criminal we do not have these everywhere in the US.
New weird novella thing now in the hands of my agent. Time to cross fingers and hope it's actually something worthwhile and can find a home.
January 30, 2026 at 1:59 PM
New weird novella thing now in the hands of my agent. Time to cross fingers and hope it's actually something worthwhile and can find a home.
Three weeks ago, I started a mystery novella project, and now today, it's finished at 36k words.
Maybe, just maybe, I'll get to share it with you all someday because it's...very different than what I normally write.
Maybe, just maybe, I'll get to share it with you all someday because it's...very different than what I normally write.
January 28, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Three weeks ago, I started a mystery novella project, and now today, it's finished at 36k words.
Maybe, just maybe, I'll get to share it with you all someday because it's...very different than what I normally write.
Maybe, just maybe, I'll get to share it with you all someday because it's...very different than what I normally write.
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i'm being flip but when i think about the guys who are gassing preschools and putting children in camps and killing people both on and off camera--complaining about WHISTLES--i understand why dante was like no, we need way more kinds of hell. at least nine
January 28, 2026 at 1:33 AM
i'm being flip but when i think about the guys who are gassing preschools and putting children in camps and killing people both on and off camera--complaining about WHISTLES--i understand why dante was like no, we need way more kinds of hell. at least nine
The internet in its best, most purest form.
January 27, 2026 at 5:00 PM
The internet in its best, most purest form.
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Today's the day! Get some cool audio in your ears!
SOON you can feast your ears on the audiobook of my sci-fantasy novella—Casthen Gain—produced by Podium and narrated by Zac Aleman!
Pre-orders open now! ~ out Jan 27th 💜
podiumentertainment.com/titles/12883...
essahansen.com/books/casthe...
(sketch of Sentace is by Mali Benedicto Vasanserekul)
Pre-orders open now! ~ out Jan 27th 💜
podiumentertainment.com/titles/12883...
essahansen.com/books/casthe...
(sketch of Sentace is by Mali Benedicto Vasanserekul)
January 27, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Today's the day! Get some cool audio in your ears!