Diane Duane
@diane.dianeduane.com
40+ yrs in print, 50+ novels, asst'd TV/film, NYT B'seller List every now & then, blah blah blah. Ireland-resident. Ebook store: https://ebooks.direct. Now with added Ko-Fi! (https://ko-fi.com/dianeduane) I miss @peter.petermorwood.com.
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💬 1 🔁 36 ❤️ 33 · Cyber Monday didn't go as planned, so we're going to keep having it at Ebooks Direct until it goes right · This ebook bundle (not available in the UK: details below) contains our…
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...At #Ebooks Direct, we're keeping our biggest-ticket item at its #BlackFriday / #CyberMonday price for a while: 36 SF and fantasy works for $34.99. More info here—! www.tumblr.com/dduane/80202... ...Please pass it on! 😀
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Choo choo, motherfucker. 🤣
December 5, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Choo choo, motherfucker. 🤣
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The cultivation of wheat, barley and maize, which are easily stored and taxed, seems to have led to the emergence of large societies, rather than agriculture generally
Easily taxed grains were crucial to the birth of the first states
The cultivation of wheat, barley and maize, which are easily stored and taxed, seems to have led to the emergence of large societies, rather than agriculture generally
www.newscientist.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:56 AM
The cultivation of wheat, barley and maize, which are easily stored and taxed, seems to have led to the emergence of large societies, rather than agriculture generally
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7th December 2025 07.45
December 7, 2025 at 7:47 AM
7th December 2025 07.45
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'Tulip Staircase'
An image made back in September, whilst shooting in London.
An image made back in September, whilst shooting in London.
December 6, 2025 at 4:31 PM
'Tulip Staircase'
An image made back in September, whilst shooting in London.
An image made back in September, whilst shooting in London.
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Man that is NOT gonna turn out for you the way you think
A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings.
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
Joe Lonsdale Calls For Public Hangings
Silicon Valley radicalization escalates
www.thenerdreich.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Man that is NOT gonna turn out for you the way you think
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Wait, what? My son’s friend, traveling in China, is staying at a hotel chain called ‘James Joyce Coffetel’, and instead of a Gideon Bible, they leave a copy of Ulysses by the bedside.
December 6, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Wait, what? My son’s friend, traveling in China, is staying at a hotel chain called ‘James Joyce Coffetel’, and instead of a Gideon Bible, they leave a copy of Ulysses by the bedside.
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Apropos of absolutely nothing (I got a craving), these are my favourite biscuits.
They go with everything, but especially a hearty stew or soup.
... and maybe some jam at breakfast.
chefmichaelsmith.com/recipe/froze...
They go with everything, but especially a hearty stew or soup.
... and maybe some jam at breakfast.
chefmichaelsmith.com/recipe/froze...
Frozen Butter Biscuits - Chef Michael Smith
chefmichaelsmith.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Apropos of absolutely nothing (I got a craving), these are my favourite biscuits.
They go with everything, but especially a hearty stew or soup.
... and maybe some jam at breakfast.
chefmichaelsmith.com/recipe/froze...
They go with everything, but especially a hearty stew or soup.
... and maybe some jam at breakfast.
chefmichaelsmith.com/recipe/froze...
RECIPE PLEASE? 😀
The Boy is felling under the weather so making his favorite lemony turmeric soup with spinach, orzo, & feta, cumin, dill studded tiny turkey meatballs…
December 6, 2025 at 9:06 PM
RECIPE PLEASE? 😀
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Well now I need to read this.
December 6, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Well now I need to read this.
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I do love this movie too
a man with a beard is saying do n't hit me with the negative waves so early in the morning .
Alt: Donald Sutherland is saying "don't hit me with the negative waves so early in the morning."
media.tenor.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I do love this movie too
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After much research and development I have made an offline version of ChatGPT.
Now you can save water and electricity while navel-gazing, and carry one of the world's most powerfully annoying AI chatbots in your pocket.
Now you can save water and electricity while navel-gazing, and carry one of the world's most powerfully annoying AI chatbots in your pocket.
December 5, 2025 at 4:03 PM
After much research and development I have made an offline version of ChatGPT.
Now you can save water and electricity while navel-gazing, and carry one of the world's most powerfully annoying AI chatbots in your pocket.
Now you can save water and electricity while navel-gazing, and carry one of the world's most powerfully annoying AI chatbots in your pocket.
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SILENT ART SHARE - Show ‘em if you got ‘em. #artshare
Post your creative work quietly without a word.
Share, tag, and support other artists!
Human-made only, no AI_NFT. Repost this post for visibility.
SFW encouraged. Label if NSFW. Alt-text also encouraged.
Thank you all for being amazing! Cheers!
Post your creative work quietly without a word.
Share, tag, and support other artists!
Human-made only, no AI_NFT. Repost this post for visibility.
SFW encouraged. Label if NSFW. Alt-text also encouraged.
Thank you all for being amazing! Cheers!
December 6, 2025 at 1:32 PM
SILENT ART SHARE - Show ‘em if you got ‘em. #artshare
Post your creative work quietly without a word.
Share, tag, and support other artists!
Human-made only, no AI_NFT. Repost this post for visibility.
SFW encouraged. Label if NSFW. Alt-text also encouraged.
Thank you all for being amazing! Cheers!
Post your creative work quietly without a word.
Share, tag, and support other artists!
Human-made only, no AI_NFT. Repost this post for visibility.
SFW encouraged. Label if NSFW. Alt-text also encouraged.
Thank you all for being amazing! Cheers!
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I'm sorry to report that my panel about the Marvel book at Blackwell's in Oxford on the 10th has been rescheduled by the bookshop to sometime next year. (I thought it was a bit odd we were doing that amid the Christmas rush.)
December 6, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I'm sorry to report that my panel about the Marvel book at Blackwell's in Oxford on the 10th has been rescheduled by the bookshop to sometime next year. (I thought it was a bit odd we were doing that amid the Christmas rush.)
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We just heard Martian thunder for the first time, captured by NASA’s Perseverance rover! 🔴⚡🧪
As a dust devil twisted across the Martian surface, tiny grains of dust collided and built up static electricity. That charge was released in small bursts, creating what scientists call Martian lightning.
As a dust devil twisted across the Martian surface, tiny grains of dust collided and built up static electricity. That charge was released in small bursts, creating what scientists call Martian lightning.
December 6, 2025 at 3:44 PM
We just heard Martian thunder for the first time, captured by NASA’s Perseverance rover! 🔴⚡🧪
As a dust devil twisted across the Martian surface, tiny grains of dust collided and built up static electricity. That charge was released in small bursts, creating what scientists call Martian lightning.
As a dust devil twisted across the Martian surface, tiny grains of dust collided and built up static electricity. That charge was released in small bursts, creating what scientists call Martian lightning.
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Good Morning #StarTrekFamily I hope y'all have a Super #StarTrekSaturday 😂🤣😂🤣🖖 LLAP
December 6, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Good Morning #StarTrekFamily I hope y'all have a Super #StarTrekSaturday 😂🤣😂🤣🖖 LLAP
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Thomas Mann’s books fall out of copyright (UK/EU) next month, which means - new editions and translations!
Here are two from Pushkin Press: Death in Venice, and three stories (Tonio Kröger, Disorder and Early Sorrow, and Mario and the Magician). All translated by Lesley Chamberlain.
Here are two from Pushkin Press: Death in Venice, and three stories (Tonio Kröger, Disorder and Early Sorrow, and Mario and the Magician). All translated by Lesley Chamberlain.
December 6, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Thomas Mann’s books fall out of copyright (UK/EU) next month, which means - new editions and translations!
Here are two from Pushkin Press: Death in Venice, and three stories (Tonio Kröger, Disorder and Early Sorrow, and Mario and the Magician). All translated by Lesley Chamberlain.
Here are two from Pushkin Press: Death in Venice, and three stories (Tonio Kröger, Disorder and Early Sorrow, and Mario and the Magician). All translated by Lesley Chamberlain.
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“The Nativity scene at a Catholic church in Dedham is without the baby Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, with a sign criticizing federal immigration action instead taking Jesus’s place in the manger.” www.boston.com/news/local-n...
'ICE was here': Dedham church's Nativity scene protests immigration crackdown
The Nativity scene at St. Susanna Parish in Dedham holds "the mirror up to what’s happening," Father Stephen Josoma said.
www.boston.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:32 AM
“The Nativity scene at a Catholic church in Dedham is without the baby Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, with a sign criticizing federal immigration action instead taking Jesus’s place in the manger.” www.boston.com/news/local-n...
Thread!
Most gratuitous erasures from Peter Jackson’s LotR trilogy?
Bombadil
Erkenbrand
Imrahil
Bombadil
Erkenbrand
Imrahil
Círdan erasure
December 6, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Thread!
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What looks like an alien starship visiting a small country estate in eighteenth-century Germany is in fact, *checks notes* a giant pomelo. So nothing to see here, #skystorians
December 5, 2025 at 11:32 AM
What looks like an alien starship visiting a small country estate in eighteenth-century Germany is in fact, *checks notes* a giant pomelo. So nothing to see here, #skystorians
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A couple of absolutely gorgeous (I think!) new views of Mars for you... These are processed mosaics of images taken by Perseverance yesterday... Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/S Atkinson
December 6, 2025 at 10:12 AM
A couple of absolutely gorgeous (I think!) new views of Mars for you... These are processed mosaics of images taken by Perseverance yesterday... Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/S Atkinson
This. 😄
If the writer’s eyes light up when asked, “why did the character do that?” then it’s real.
December 6, 2025 at 10:40 AM
This. 😄
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The Duke of Wellington statue on Queen Street in Glasgow this morning, with a new take on the traditional road cone by The Rebel Bear. What you can't see from this shot is that the pigeon is doing what pigeons usually do on statues!
#glasgow #glasgowtoday #streetart #glasgowstreetart
#glasgow #glasgowtoday #streetart #glasgowstreetart
November 17, 2025 at 10:49 AM
The Duke of Wellington statue on Queen Street in Glasgow this morning, with a new take on the traditional road cone by The Rebel Bear. What you can't see from this shot is that the pigeon is doing what pigeons usually do on statues!
#glasgow #glasgowtoday #streetart #glasgowstreetart
#glasgow #glasgowtoday #streetart #glasgowstreetart
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Normal service is resumed and with interest!
November 20, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Normal service is resumed and with interest!
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Beloved franchises like Casablanca
December 6, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Beloved franchises like Casablanca