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David Dalglish

David Dalglish

@ddalglish.com

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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.

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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)

Cover for the book, The Radiant King: A handsome man in a black robe holding a blood-filled bowl standing in front of a stained glass window showing a broken tower in golden light.

David Dalglish @ddalglish.com · 38m

Fucking bury them.

Cold November Mar @histoftech.bsky.social · 6h

“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
futurism.com/artificial-i...

OpenAI in Danger After Authors Suing It Gain Access to Its Internal Slack Messages

Authors and publishers, who are suing OpenAI, secured access to internal Slack messages and emails discussing the deletion of pirated books.

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Travis Baldree @travisbaldree.bsky.social · 11h

The AI generated scam emails from nonexistent book groups (that try to extract some sort of fee) and phony book marketing/promotion ‘experts’, both trying to scam vulnerable authors, are out of control. The sheer number I receive daily is nuts.
AI generation makes them un-filterable.

David Dalglish @ddalglish.com · 16h

I swear, I truly thought this was just shitty fake AI news the first time I saw it.

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 20h

Devastated to see Mamdani plummet to victory with a result that shows his critics were right all along. Now is the time for the left to move towards the centre. It's time to reach across the aisle, to swing your partner, do-si-do and really lay into trans people for no reason.

David Dalglish @ddalglish.com · 20h

Gawd.

David Dalglish @ddalglish.com · 20h

Do not question our three armed overlord.

David Dalglish @ddalglish.com · 20h

How dare you like something not 100% sanitized and appropriate.

David Dalglish @ddalglish.com · 20h

Meanwhile it's just giving me more inspiration for the monsters in the final Astral Kingdoms book.

David Dalglish @ddalglish.com · 20h

My wife got this terrifying ad for Temu and I think I know why they're giving it away for free.

An AI generated woman facing both toward and away from the camera with too many feet and one foot becoming hands and it's for a canvas wall art behind her that maybe is supposed to be a stylized racing car.

David Dalglish @ddalglish.com · 23h

About 100k words into the final book of this trilogy, and I have very much slammed into the "dear lord this book is too long why will it not end I do not want to write another word everything is exhausting" stage.

David Dalglish @ddalglish.com · 23h

Took this at Walmart yesterday, actually. There's no escaping you now. Keep conquering the world 🙂

Two copies of THE EVERLASTING by Alic Harrow on a walmart shelf

David Dalglish @ddalglish.com · 1d

Haven't quite vibed with a lot of Florence + the Machine's stuff lately but can wholeheartedly recommend her new album Everybody Scream. Written pretty exclusively to it since it released. "You Can Have It All" in particular is haunting.

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 1d

looks like democrats are about to flip two statewide elections with >20-point margins... in georgia

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Mathew Buck @filmbrainbmb.bsky.social · 1d

Have to be honest, didn't expect this. But if everyone's good for it, why the hell not? Can't be worse than the Cruise one or the third one! deadline.com/2025/11/new-...

Brendan Fraser & Rachel Weisz In Talks To Return For New ‘Mummy’ Movie From Universal; Radio Silence To Direct

A new 'Mummy' movie to star Brendan Fraser & Rachel Weisz is in the works at Universal, with Radio Silence set to direct, sources tell Deadline.

David Dalglish @ddalglish.com · 1d

This is real life?

Ali Trotta @alwayscoffee.bsky.social · 1d

Screaming

A screenshot of a variety article that states Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz are reuniting for the mummy for

David Dalglish @ddalglish.com · 2d

Well. It indeed was.

David Dalglish @ddalglish.com · 2d

Well if you're posting this from your bathtub one-handed with a spoon in the other hand, I hope your day turns around a bit and gets better.

David Dalglish @ddalglish.com · 3d

Maybe it's for like, your dog.

David Dalglish @ddalglish.com · 3d

I am slightly concerned mine was "uncircumcized penis"

David Dalglish @ddalglish.com · 5d

There are many people who read books they're certain others are reading so they know they can discuss/praise/complain about those books with others...very much to the detriment of smaller authors.

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Bex | Working on comms! ✏️ @rb-illustration.co.uk · 5d

- Lightwarden: Forgiven Grief -

Commission for @annoyed-galaxy.bsky.social featuring their WoL Adrian as a Lightwarden! I was absolutely STOKED to receive this request and had such a blast working on it. Thank you for the support! 💜

🎨 #bexarttag #FFXIV #VGenComm

Fullbody artwork of a male miqo'te (cat person) from FFXIV reinterpreted as a Lightwarden, a being with white skin with gold markings, enormous feathery wings, a long draconic tail, and a lance that looks as if it's made of ice. He has two dark horns curling around his jaw and black dragon scales on his face, and is floating against a dark background with a golden halo around his head. Text over the image in the style of the FFXIV boss introduction screens reads 'Lightwarden: Forgiven Grief'.

David Dalglish @ddalglish.com · 5d

Uh oh

David Dalglish @ddalglish.com · 5d

Oh no as in not enough, or oh no I'm gonna eat all these leftovers?

David Dalglish @ddalglish.com · 5d

A coffee or treat once a week.

Once a week.

And then if even that was cut out there'd be a hundred "are millennials killing Starbucks?" articles.

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KNinja @khrisnin.bsky.social · 6d

I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.