Grand Admiral Shaun Duke
@shaunduke.net
SF/F/H writer/editor (The Duke of Editing), Prof of #scifi #writing, podcaster (The Skiffy and Fanty Show)!
Twitch (W/Su 6-8PM Central. Skiffy on Fri 7PM): http://twitch.tv/alphabetstreams
Opinions my own. Things here: https://shaunduke.net/dukethings
Twitch (W/Su 6-8PM Central. Skiffy on Fri 7PM): http://twitch.tv/alphabetstreams
Opinions my own. Things here: https://shaunduke.net/dukethings
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If you’re a Minnesota activist and you need supplies like ice cleats, power banks, hand warmers, etc. in your fight against ICE, drop your Amazon list here or to emidly.08 on Signal and @mostlybree.kitrocha.com and I have got you
January 10, 2026 at 4:05 AM
If you’re a Minnesota activist and you need supplies like ice cleats, power banks, hand warmers, etc. in your fight against ICE, drop your Amazon list here or to emidly.08 on Signal and @mostlybree.kitrocha.com and I have got you
I filled it out. Strongly opposed across the board.
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January 10, 2026 at 11:58 AM
I filled it out. Strongly opposed across the board.
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I will be in conversation with Bora Chung about magical realism and speculative fiction in east and south Asia this Saturday.
Join us online - details in poster.
Join us online - details in poster.
January 5, 2026 at 3:04 AM
I will be in conversation with Bora Chung about magical realism and speculative fiction in east and south Asia this Saturday.
Join us online - details in poster.
Join us online - details in poster.
According to legend, every person who tosses $3 or more to my Ko-Fi page gets access to a secret chamber in Ikea.
I don't know if that's actually true, but it wouldn't hurt to support my work with a quick jolt of money objects!
ko-fi.com/shaunduke
I don't know if that's actually true, but it wouldn't hurt to support my work with a quick jolt of money objects!
ko-fi.com/shaunduke
January 9, 2026 at 7:31 PM
According to legend, every person who tosses $3 or more to my Ko-Fi page gets access to a secret chamber in Ikea.
I don't know if that's actually true, but it wouldn't hurt to support my work with a quick jolt of money objects!
ko-fi.com/shaunduke
I don't know if that's actually true, but it wouldn't hurt to support my work with a quick jolt of money objects!
ko-fi.com/shaunduke
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Tomorrow! Join me, @annaleen.bsky.social and @older.bsky.social as we discuss our new anthology We Will Rise Again. Register at the link.
citylights.com/events/panel...
citylights.com/events/panel...
January 9, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Tomorrow! Join me, @annaleen.bsky.social and @older.bsky.social as we discuss our new anthology We Will Rise Again. Register at the link.
citylights.com/events/panel...
citylights.com/events/panel...
Random fact about me:
My favorite fighter jet is the F-15 Eagle. Since I was a kid, I thought it had one of the coolest shapes/designs. A pilot even once landed one after one of its wings was blown off during a collision!
Smithsonian has a 50min video on the F-15!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0F2...
My favorite fighter jet is the F-15 Eagle. Since I was a kid, I thought it had one of the coolest shapes/designs. A pilot even once landed one after one of its wings was blown off during a collision!
Smithsonian has a 50min video on the F-15!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0F2...
a fighter jet is flying in a clear blue sky .
ALT: a fighter jet is flying in a clear blue sky .
media.tenor.com
January 9, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Random fact about me:
My favorite fighter jet is the F-15 Eagle. Since I was a kid, I thought it had one of the coolest shapes/designs. A pilot even once landed one after one of its wings was blown off during a collision!
Smithsonian has a 50min video on the F-15!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0F2...
My favorite fighter jet is the F-15 Eagle. Since I was a kid, I thought it had one of the coolest shapes/designs. A pilot even once landed one after one of its wings was blown off during a collision!
Smithsonian has a 50min video on the F-15!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0F2...
If you're an indie author or publisher looking for an editor who works with SF/F/H, you might consider little old me!
You can find out about my rates and some of my experience at The Duke of Editing! #writing
thedukeofediting.com...
You can find out about my rates and some of my experience at The Duke of Editing! #writing
thedukeofediting.com...
January 8, 2026 at 7:31 PM
If you're an indie author or publisher looking for an editor who works with SF/F/H, you might consider little old me!
You can find out about my rates and some of my experience at The Duke of Editing! #writing
thedukeofediting.com...
You can find out about my rates and some of my experience at The Duke of Editing! #writing
thedukeofediting.com...
What is everyone reading?
Tell me and I will hug @princejvstin.com because he's my friend and I need excuses for more joy and happiness in this world.
Tell me and I will hug @princejvstin.com because he's my friend and I need excuses for more joy and happiness in this world.
January 8, 2026 at 4:52 PM
What is everyone reading?
Tell me and I will hug @princejvstin.com because he's my friend and I need excuses for more joy and happiness in this world.
Tell me and I will hug @princejvstin.com because he's my friend and I need excuses for more joy and happiness in this world.
As am I.
If you still post on X, the site for Nazis and pedophiles, I am absolutely judging you.
January 8, 2026 at 4:43 PM
As am I.
I have written and deleted hundreds of political posts because our present reality in the U.S. is beyond reason and everything I want to say is angry and mean. Nothing is normal.
January 8, 2026 at 2:26 AM
I have written and deleted hundreds of political posts because our present reality in the U.S. is beyond reason and everything I want to say is angry and mean. Nothing is normal.
And so it came to pass that I got on my streaming high horse again.
Tonight is just a bit of fun. We're playing multiplayer nonsense. Nothing bad will happen to us. Promise...
Come hang. Geeky thoughts welcome!
twitch.tv/alphabetst...
Tonight is just a bit of fun. We're playing multiplayer nonsense. Nothing bad will happen to us. Promise...
Come hang. Geeky thoughts welcome!
twitch.tv/alphabetst...
January 7, 2026 at 11:49 PM
And so it came to pass that I got on my streaming high horse again.
Tonight is just a bit of fun. We're playing multiplayer nonsense. Nothing bad will happen to us. Promise...
Come hang. Geeky thoughts welcome!
twitch.tv/alphabetst...
Tonight is just a bit of fun. We're playing multiplayer nonsense. Nothing bad will happen to us. Promise...
Come hang. Geeky thoughts welcome!
twitch.tv/alphabetst...
I'm trying to build a community for my streams/YouTube. We'd love to have you join the AlphabetStreams: It's Raining Humans Discord!
Chat is chill, meme-friendly, and friendly. Bonus points if you also want to play games with us sometime! #gaming
discord.gg/KuJzjzGJG...
Chat is chill, meme-friendly, and friendly. Bonus points if you also want to play games with us sometime! #gaming
discord.gg/KuJzjzGJG...
January 7, 2026 at 7:31 PM
I'm trying to build a community for my streams/YouTube. We'd love to have you join the AlphabetStreams: It's Raining Humans Discord!
Chat is chill, meme-friendly, and friendly. Bonus points if you also want to play games with us sometime! #gaming
discord.gg/KuJzjzGJG...
Chat is chill, meme-friendly, and friendly. Bonus points if you also want to play games with us sometime! #gaming
discord.gg/KuJzjzGJG...
Just to be clear:
I do not need to see graphic images of someone being murdered by the state.
If you feel like you have to share it, we will just part ways. I am pissed off about what happened already. I don't need to vomit, too.
I do not need to see graphic images of someone being murdered by the state.
If you feel like you have to share it, we will just part ways. I am pissed off about what happened already. I don't need to vomit, too.
January 7, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Just to be clear:
I do not need to see graphic images of someone being murdered by the state.
If you feel like you have to share it, we will just part ways. I am pissed off about what happened already. I don't need to vomit, too.
I do not need to see graphic images of someone being murdered by the state.
If you feel like you have to share it, we will just part ways. I am pissed off about what happened already. I don't need to vomit, too.
This. Full stop.
I don't care if she didn't follow directions; I don't care if she was disrespectful; I don't care if she was noncompliant; I don't care if she spit in his face, called him ugly, and smacked his mom - "immediate execution by the state" was not warranted; jfc, this isn't complicated.
losing my mind at the "she should have followed directions" people
really? really? you're cool with "if you don't follow directions, they get to kill you"? that seems like a good state of affairs to you? that seems like how law enforcement ought to work: instant obeisance or death?
really? really? you're cool with "if you don't follow directions, they get to kill you"? that seems like a good state of affairs to you? that seems like how law enforcement ought to work: instant obeisance or death?
January 7, 2026 at 7:26 PM
This. Full stop.
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Hot take - stop fucking posting screenshots from X. I don’t give a shit. They don’t give a shit and it doesn’t change anything.
I am currently muting accounts that repost shit from X.
I am currently muting accounts that repost shit from X.
January 7, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Hot take - stop fucking posting screenshots from X. I don’t give a shit. They don’t give a shit and it doesn’t change anything.
I am currently muting accounts that repost shit from X.
I am currently muting accounts that repost shit from X.
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"These times — the times we are living through today, the times filled with questions that have no satisfying answers — are the aftermath of our failure to hold power to account."
open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...
open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...
The Long Shadow of January 6th
On the failure to hold power to account.
open.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 7:29 PM
"These times — the times we are living through today, the times filled with questions that have no satisfying answers — are the aftermath of our failure to hold power to account."
open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...
open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...
We have a requirement that our kid read one book of words a week. No topic limits other than age appropriate.
And the reason is partly this but especially the consequences of being a poor reader, which I have witnessed directly as a college English prof.
And the reason is partly this but especially the consequences of being a poor reader, which I have witnessed directly as a college English prof.
January 6, 2026 at 7:46 PM
We have a requirement that our kid read one book of words a week. No topic limits other than age appropriate.
And the reason is partly this but especially the consequences of being a poor reader, which I have witnessed directly as a college English prof.
And the reason is partly this but especially the consequences of being a poor reader, which I have witnessed directly as a college English prof.
One of my #streaming goals is to get my channel up to 250 followers!
If you enjoy the stream, please follow! If this is your 1st time hearing about it, come to the stream sometime. You're welcome in chat any time! :D
W/Su at 6 PM Central. Let's do this!
Twitch: twitch.tv/alphabetst...
If you enjoy the stream, please follow! If this is your 1st time hearing about it, come to the stream sometime. You're welcome in chat any time! :D
W/Su at 6 PM Central. Let's do this!
Twitch: twitch.tv/alphabetst...
January 6, 2026 at 7:31 PM
One of my #streaming goals is to get my channel up to 250 followers!
If you enjoy the stream, please follow! If this is your 1st time hearing about it, come to the stream sometime. You're welcome in chat any time! :D
W/Su at 6 PM Central. Let's do this!
Twitch: twitch.tv/alphabetst...
If you enjoy the stream, please follow! If this is your 1st time hearing about it, come to the stream sometime. You're welcome in chat any time! :D
W/Su at 6 PM Central. Let's do this!
Twitch: twitch.tv/alphabetst...
I love the "would you date a political opposite" nonsense because it breeds a particular kind of argument from people who do not understand what a dramatic difference in political views would mean for one's social circle (i.e., "oh, you're intolerant"). And that argument is simply stupid.
January 6, 2026 at 5:52 PM
I love the "would you date a political opposite" nonsense because it breeds a particular kind of argument from people who do not understand what a dramatic difference in political views would mean for one's social circle (i.e., "oh, you're intolerant"). And that argument is simply stupid.
Princess Mononoke hands down. I can't wait for the kid to be old enough to show it to.
In honor of Hayao Miyazaki's birthday, what's your favorite Studio Ghibli film? Doesn't have to be the one you think is "the best," just the one that nestled in your heart. Mine is Howl's Moving Castle.
a painting of howl 's moving castle shows a cloudy night sky
Alt: a pixelated gif of Howl's Castle sitting on a hillside under an evening sky.
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January 6, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Princess Mononoke hands down. I can't wait for the kid to be old enough to show it to.
One of the ways you can support my nonsense is on my Patreon page!
There, you can find monthly news, hiking adventures, pictures of critters and flowers, geek and academic thoughts, and much more.
Show some love. Join the page. :D
patreon.com/thejoyfa...
There, you can find monthly news, hiking adventures, pictures of critters and flowers, geek and academic thoughts, and much more.
Show some love. Join the page. :D
patreon.com/thejoyfa...
January 5, 2026 at 7:31 PM
One of the ways you can support my nonsense is on my Patreon page!
There, you can find monthly news, hiking adventures, pictures of critters and flowers, geek and academic thoughts, and much more.
Show some love. Join the page. :D
patreon.com/thejoyfa...
There, you can find monthly news, hiking adventures, pictures of critters and flowers, geek and academic thoughts, and much more.
Show some love. Join the page. :D
patreon.com/thejoyfa...
It's Monday, everyone!
I hope it's a good day for you. And if it's not, I hope it gets better!
I'm working on a convention program draft, learning about TCGs because I'm mildly obsessed, doing some Speculative Literature Foundation Work, and prepping for the upcoming semester! You?
I hope it's a good day for you. And if it's not, I hope it gets better!
I'm working on a convention program draft, learning about TCGs because I'm mildly obsessed, doing some Speculative Literature Foundation Work, and prepping for the upcoming semester! You?
January 5, 2026 at 4:19 PM
It's Monday, everyone!
I hope it's a good day for you. And if it's not, I hope it gets better!
I'm working on a convention program draft, learning about TCGs because I'm mildly obsessed, doing some Speculative Literature Foundation Work, and prepping for the upcoming semester! You?
I hope it's a good day for you. And if it's not, I hope it gets better!
I'm working on a convention program draft, learning about TCGs because I'm mildly obsessed, doing some Speculative Literature Foundation Work, and prepping for the upcoming semester! You?
Local store had a Lorcana starter kit thing on clearance, so decided I'd grab it to try out with the kiddo. $13 to learn a new game is definitely worth it!
May also pick up some Yu-Gi-Oh or Pokemon starters, which has been recommended by others.
Anyone have experience w/ Lorcana?
May also pick up some Yu-Gi-Oh or Pokemon starters, which has been recommended by others.
Anyone have experience w/ Lorcana?
January 5, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Local store had a Lorcana starter kit thing on clearance, so decided I'd grab it to try out with the kiddo. $13 to learn a new game is definitely worth it!
May also pick up some Yu-Gi-Oh or Pokemon starters, which has been recommended by others.
Anyone have experience w/ Lorcana?
May also pick up some Yu-Gi-Oh or Pokemon starters, which has been recommended by others.
Anyone have experience w/ Lorcana?
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As the deadline to register for WSFS membership approaches (January 31), it's a great time to toss in some recs of art you loved from 2025! #HugoAwards
The Hugo Awards (2026)
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January 4, 2026 at 3:52 PM
As the deadline to register for WSFS membership approaches (January 31), it's a great time to toss in some recs of art you loved from 2025! #HugoAwards
Alas, no streaming tonight, y'all. Personal reasons I won't get into. Just not in the energy cards right now.
Hopefully, I'll be back in order next week.
Hopefully, I'll be back in order next week.
January 4, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Alas, no streaming tonight, y'all. Personal reasons I won't get into. Just not in the energy cards right now.
Hopefully, I'll be back in order next week.
Hopefully, I'll be back in order next week.