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Diane Duane

@diane.dianeduane.com

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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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Diane Duane @diane.dianeduane.com · 2d

There's no reason #YoungWizards can't go trick-or-treating. But the results may be unexpected... At #Ebooks Direct, as the Spooky Season gets going: NOT ON MY PATCH. ebooks.direct/products/not...

Background: A pumpkin that seems to have... unusual eyes. Foreground captioning: "Too much candy corn. Too many zombies. And Ultimate Evil with a pumpkin spice latte. ...Tag along on a Young Wizards Halloween. Now at Ebooks Direct."

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Diane Duane @diane.dianeduane.com · 6m

It’ll probably still be REALLY PRETTY, though. 😏

Diane Duane @diane.dianeduane.com · 8m

[gutpunch-SFX] OOOOH. [/gutpunch-SFX] Aaaaaaand here we go. 😏

Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 1h

Reporter: Why didn’t Trump win the Nobel Peace Prize?

Nobel committee chair: We only give the award to people of courage and integrity.

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Diane Duane @diane.dianeduane.com · 10m

(snerk) JIM. 😄

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CL Woke Cannibal Erotica Hellisen @clhellisen.bsky.social · 13m

All the cheese is gone
and the toast is dry
I've looked for a scone
on the breakfast tray
There'd be haggis on my plate
Were I in Dalgety Bay

Scottish breakfast dreamin
at the hotel buffet

(this is the most writing I've done today kill me now)

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Diane Duane @diane.dianeduane.com · 14m

Well, one’s got to start *somewhere.* 😏

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Newfound Planets @i-find-planets.bsky.social · 4h

They have discovered a planet. It is over the hills and far away. The sun watches a strong celadon. It's an excellent sphere.

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Reuters @reuters.com · 3h

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

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Tade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 2h

It's important to focus on who won, not who did not.

Nobel peace prize 2025 live: María Corina Machado wins for work promoting democratic rights in Venezuela

US president had been conducting campaign to influence prize committee

www.theguardian.com

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www.slowtravelberlin.com @slowberlin.bsky.social · 2h

The new BVG sleeper carriages are comfortable, spacious and are available for the price of a regular ticket. #berlin

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Billy Hanlon @bhanlon15.bsky.social · 21h

Female First: 'Scientists create first accurate blood test for chronic fatigue syndrome'

'The test..showed 92% sensitivity and 98% specificity. The team examined 47 patients with severe ME/CFS and compared results to 61 healthy individuals.'

www.femalefirst.co.uk/lifestyle/sc...

Scientists create first accurate blood test for chronic fatigue syndrome

Scientists say they have developed the worlds first accurate blood test to diagnose myalgic encephalomyelitis, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome MECFS.

www.femalefirst.co.uk

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Chris Skaife @ravenology.bsky.social · 14h

I see you sun

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Armand Guillaumin @aguillaumin.bsky.social · 4h

Sunset at Ivry (Soleil couchant à Ivry) https://www.wikiart.org/en/armand-guillaumin/sunset-at-ivry-soleil-couchant-ivry-1873

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 11h

www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 15h

If you need a weird break from *gesticulates erratically* I’m back on my bullshit talking about weird apples again fyi

Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 21h

Do you hear the distant rumbling? The thrum and tumble? That's the herd of apples, on the move again. Careful. Don't spook 'em or they'll stampede.

What I mean is, today's apple review is live. Up now: HOLSTEIN. P.S. there's also some waffle-piffle about art and audience in there too if you care.

Apple Review #11: Holstein (With bonus Ruminations On Art Vs Audience)

The push and pull of art is, I think, the part where you do it for yourself versus where you do it for other people. And yes, this is sort of about me making my weird apple videos. And no, I don&#8…

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Gabriel San Román @gsanroman2.bsky.social · 16h

My union—the LA Times Guild—has authorized a strike with the support of 85% of our membership.

This comes after years of brutal layoffs and no cost-of-living raises since 2021.

Next up: we bargain. But if we have to strike, we will 🪧
laist.com/news/la-time...

LA Times union votes to authorize strike for first time ever

The L.A. Times Guild has been negotiating over their contract with management for three years.

laist.com

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Diane Duane @diane.dianeduane.com · 15h

Such a cutie!!

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404 Media @404media.co · 21h

BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more.

🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...

The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare

A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...

www.404media.co

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 15h

there’s this weird idea a lot of people seem to have about how all of us writers and artists must secretly want to use AI and are merely resisting temptation for ethical reasons, and like, no, it’s not hard for me to resist drinking the bowl of Piss With Glass In It actually

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Diane Duane @diane.dianeduane.com · 15h

I’m delighted that they were there for you. ☺️

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Diane Duane @diane.dianeduane.com · 15h

(Adding that I don’t know where you are in the series, and for those interested in its current status, more info is here: https://YoungWizards.com )

Young Wizards - A different kind of wizardry. A different kind of wizard.

A different kind of wizardry. A different kind of wizard.

YoungWizards.com

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Diane Duane @diane.dianeduane.com · 15h

Working on that. 😄

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Diane Duane @diane.dianeduane.com · 17h

(chortle) 😄

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 18h

Ladybird cover stories.
The fairy tales illustrated by artist Robert Lumley.
(Books published between 1965 - 1974)

Collection of 13 books, laid out in an approximate grid, showing the front covers of Robert Lumley‘s original fairytale books, including the enormous turnip and the elves and the Shoemaker

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Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcc.bsky.social · 18h

Higgledy piggledy
Timothée Chalamet
Has a name meriting
Endless design

Much like his forerunner
Benedict Cumberbatch:
Hexasyllabically,
Easy to rhyme

tweet from childish branzino @absflora:
timothée chalamet is the new benedict cumberbatch in the sense that you can say ANYTHING and we know who you mean. tiffany chevrolet. timpanogos charlemagne. symphony cabernet. jiminy castaway.

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Diane Duane @diane.dianeduane.com · 17h

…So we 1952 kids are SOL, huh? 😏

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