Diana Botsford
@digitalred93.bsky.social
Human being (most of the time).
SF/F author/screenwriter. Antarctica aficionado. Sourdough baker. Insanity ensues.
Star Trek: TNG: "Rascals"
Stargate SG-1 "Four Dragons," "The Drift"
Epilogue the Series (creator)
Short stories
http://dianabotsford.com
SF/F author/screenwriter. Antarctica aficionado. Sourdough baker. Insanity ensues.
Star Trek: TNG: "Rascals"
Stargate SG-1 "Four Dragons," "The Drift"
Epilogue the Series (creator)
Short stories
http://dianabotsford.com
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Tonight, was another reminder: there is no single mold for a Democratic winner.
Progressives won. Moderates won. Rural, suburban, urban —they all won. Black, White, Latino, AAPI — they all won. We won in the East, South, Midwest and West. Victories in races from City Council to Governor.
Progressives won. Moderates won. Rural, suburban, urban —they all won. Black, White, Latino, AAPI — they all won. We won in the East, South, Midwest and West. Victories in races from City Council to Governor.
November 5, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Tonight, was another reminder: there is no single mold for a Democratic winner.
Progressives won. Moderates won. Rural, suburban, urban —they all won. Black, White, Latino, AAPI — they all won. We won in the East, South, Midwest and West. Victories in races from City Council to Governor.
Progressives won. Moderates won. Rural, suburban, urban —they all won. Black, White, Latino, AAPI — they all won. We won in the East, South, Midwest and West. Victories in races from City Council to Governor.
As Wednesday, August 6th, Article I, Section 9 and Article I, Section 10 have been removed from constitution.congress.gov, covering due process and foreign gift giving.
I urge everyone to grab a correct copy and share it on your blog/website for posterity.
constitutioncenter.org/the-constitu...
I urge everyone to grab a correct copy and share it on your blog/website for posterity.
constitutioncenter.org/the-constitu...
constitution.congress.gov
August 6, 2025 at 4:10 PM
As Wednesday, August 6th, Article I, Section 9 and Article I, Section 10 have been removed from constitution.congress.gov, covering due process and foreign gift giving.
I urge everyone to grab a correct copy and share it on your blog/website for posterity.
constitutioncenter.org/the-constitu...
I urge everyone to grab a correct copy and share it on your blog/website for posterity.
constitutioncenter.org/the-constitu...
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Entertainment industry veteran Diana Dru Botsford joins Dial the Gate to discuss her Stargate novels, writing and producing in Hollywood, and her upcoming HERitage 2 Anthology!
Saturday June 29 @ 11:30 AM PT / 2 PM ET!
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Saturday June 29 @ 11:30 AM PT / 2 PM ET!
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Diana Dru Botsford, Writer, Producer and Stargate Novelist (Interview)
Entertainment industry veteran Diana Dru Botsford joins Dial the Gate to discuss her Stargate novels, writing and producing in Hollywood, her upcoming HERitage 2 Anthology and much more!
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June 27, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Entertainment industry veteran Diana Dru Botsford joins Dial the Gate to discuss her Stargate novels, writing and producing in Hollywood, and her upcoming HERitage 2 Anthology!
Saturday June 29 @ 11:30 AM PT / 2 PM ET!
youtube.com/live/yW4qXxZ...
Saturday June 29 @ 11:30 AM PT / 2 PM ET!
youtube.com/live/yW4qXxZ...
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This is disgusting and the military should refuse
WTF is wrong with everyone?!
WTF is wrong with everyone?!
Army plans for a potential parade on Trump's birthday call for 6,600 soldiers, AP learns
Detailed Army plans for a potential military parade on President Donald Trump’s birthday in June call for more than 6,600 soldiers, at least 150 vehicles, 50 helicopters, seven bands and potentially a...
apnews.com
May 2, 2025 at 9:01 AM
This is disgusting and the military should refuse
WTF is wrong with everyone?!
WTF is wrong with everyone?!
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A federal judge ruled for our clients, blocking the Trump administration from enforcing a directive banning schools from teaching or operating any programs related to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
April 26, 2025 at 6:47 PM
A federal judge ruled for our clients, blocking the Trump administration from enforcing a directive banning schools from teaching or operating any programs related to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Money speaks. Even if you don’t feel you have power, you do.
Website For MAGA-Friendly Businesses Backfires As People Use It For Boycotts
Social media posts about PublicSquare have gone viral as Trump critics use it to find companies not to support – the opposite of what the site was set up for.
www.huffpost.com
April 28, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Money speaks. Even if you don’t feel you have power, you do.
Had so much fun cohosting and talking with the inspiration for “Four Dragons” and “The Drift.”
Watching the recent Dial The Gate interview with Kevan Ohtsji 🙂 www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UkS... @dialthegate.bsky.social @digitalred93.bsky.social
Kevan Ohtsji, "Oshu" in Stargate SG-1 (Interview) (Re-Upload)
YouTube video by Dial the Gate
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April 27, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Had so much fun cohosting and talking with the inspiration for “Four Dragons” and “The Drift.”
See you on the other side.
Dial it up, Walter! 💨
Dial it up, Walter! 💨
Kevan Ohtsji joins DTG to discuss his portrayal of Oshu, Yu's First Prime -- with special guest host, Stargate novelist Diana Dru Botsford! Come ask your questions for free!
LIVE Saturday April 26 @ 1:30 PM PT / 4:30 PM ET
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LIVE Saturday April 26 @ 1:30 PM PT / 4:30 PM ET
youtube.com/live/9A3l7Oc...
Kevan Ostsji, "Oshu" in Stargate SG-1 (Interview)
Kevan Ohtsji joins Dial the Gate to discuss his portrayal of Oshu, Yu's First Prime, whom he played with nuance and depth! We are excited to welcome the actor LIVE alongside writer and Stargate noveli...
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April 25, 2025 at 1:05 AM
See you on the other side.
Dial it up, Walter! 💨
Dial it up, Walter! 💨
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“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.
― Martin Luther King Jr.
April 23, 2025 at 6:46 AM
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.
― Martin Luther King Jr.
Real people telegraph their backgrounds, education, interests, and insecurities through word choice. Your characters should, too.
#writing
#writing
Every Character Sounds Like You (And How to Fix It)
Ever notice how everyone in your story somehow graduated from the same vocabulary school? Your grizzled detective, your teenage hacker, and your aristocratic villain all mysteriously share your exa…
dianabotsford.com
April 23, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Real people telegraph their backgrounds, education, interests, and insecurities through word choice. Your characters should, too.
#writing
#writing
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Kamala Harris: “he’s a fascist”
Gen. Milley: “he’s a fascist”
John Kelly: “he’s a fascist”
Historians of fascism: “he’s a fascist”
The NY/DC political media: “how did we all fail to see that Donald Trump was a fascist?”
Gen. Milley: “he’s a fascist”
John Kelly: “he’s a fascist”
Historians of fascism: “he’s a fascist”
The NY/DC political media: “how did we all fail to see that Donald Trump was a fascist?”
Fascism is now in the algorithms, the neural pathways, the social interactions. How did we fail to see all this? “We wanted to see Trump in terms of his absences, so that our way of seeing the world would go unchallenged,” Timothy Snyder writes.
What Does It Mean That Donald Trump Is a Fascist?
Trump takes the tools of dictators and adapts them for the Internet. We should expect him to try to cling to power until death, and create a cult of January 6th martyrs.
www.newyorker.com
April 20, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Kamala Harris: “he’s a fascist”
Gen. Milley: “he’s a fascist”
John Kelly: “he’s a fascist”
Historians of fascism: “he’s a fascist”
The NY/DC political media: “how did we all fail to see that Donald Trump was a fascist?”
Gen. Milley: “he’s a fascist”
John Kelly: “he’s a fascist”
Historians of fascism: “he’s a fascist”
The NY/DC political media: “how did we all fail to see that Donald Trump was a fascist?”
Spotted in Durham, true across the nation. 😔
April 20, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Spotted in Durham, true across the nation. 😔
"Listen, my children, and you shall hear
Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere,
On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-Five:
Hardly a man is now alive
Who remembers that famous day and year."
Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere,
On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-Five:
Hardly a man is now alive
Who remembers that famous day and year."
April 19, 2025 at 12:36 PM
"Listen, my children, and you shall hear
Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere,
On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-Five:
Hardly a man is now alive
Who remembers that famous day and year."
Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere,
On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-Five:
Hardly a man is now alive
Who remembers that famous day and year."
💕💕💕Thank you so much! 💕💕💕
Our Birthday Best Wishes to Diana Dru Botsford www.imdb.com/name/nm00985... Author - Stargate SG1 (The Drift, Four Dragons & Perceptions) - Story (Voyager "Rascals") - VFX #Terminator2 #TankGirl #FromDuskTillDawn - Creator #SpiralZone #Epilogue dianabotsford.com @digitalred93.bsky.social
April 18, 2025 at 6:09 PM
💕💕💕Thank you so much! 💕💕💕
Scene transitions are the unsung heroes of storytelling. Done right, readers glide from one location to the next without even noticing. Done poorly, they’re left wondering if they accidentally skipped three pages.
Bridge the Gap: Scene Transitions That Work in Any Medium
Ever read a book that gave you literary whiplash? One minute you’re in a steamy bedroom scene, the next you’re at a funeral, with zero explanation of how we jumped from passion to passi…
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April 15, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Scene transitions are the unsung heroes of storytelling. Done right, readers glide from one location to the next without even noticing. Done poorly, they’re left wondering if they accidentally skipped three pages.
Yet another example of how reading comprehension has bit the dust.
I wrote a piece for the Guardian's "big ideas" series on how techbros' failure to understand sci-fi novels is causing immense harm.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
The big idea: will sci-fi end up destroying the world?
Skewed interpretations of classic works are feeding the dark visions of tech moguls, from Musk to Thiel
www.theguardian.com
April 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Yet another example of how reading comprehension has bit the dust.
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Reshore jobs then make sure people can’t do them. This administration can’t count to 2, let alone create cohesive policy.
Trump’s budget proposal would fully eliminate Head Start
More than 1 million parents wouldn't be able to go to work under the proposal, the National Head Start Association warns.
More than 1 million parents wouldn't be able to go to work under the proposal, the National Head Start Association warns.
Exclusive: Trump budget proposal would fully eliminate Head Start
The White House's budget proposes eliminating Head Start, an early childhood education program that provides services to low-income families.
www.usatoday.com
April 13, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Reshore jobs then make sure people can’t do them. This administration can’t count to 2, let alone create cohesive policy.
Oh, SNL… Thanx for the laughs. Much needed.
The White Potus - SNL
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
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April 13, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Oh, SNL… Thanx for the laughs. Much needed.
Gaining a copy of your birth certificate or applying for a passport cost money. The SAVE Act will require women who've changed their name to provide extra identification or they CANNOT vote.
In other words, the SAVE Act is a poll tax and a violation of the 24th Amendment.
In other words, the SAVE Act is a poll tax and a violation of the 24th Amendment.
April 13, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Gaining a copy of your birth certificate or applying for a passport cost money. The SAVE Act will require women who've changed their name to provide extra identification or they CANNOT vote.
In other words, the SAVE Act is a poll tax and a violation of the 24th Amendment.
In other words, the SAVE Act is a poll tax and a violation of the 24th Amendment.
Contact @govjoshshapiro.bsky.social and call for a recount.
On April 4, 2025, the ETA reached out to the Governor of Pennsylvania and other state and local officials to notify them of our election integrity concerns, and to formally request hand audits of paper voting records: buff.ly/AQXZvjp
At this time, we have not yet received a response.
At this time, we have not yet received a response.
April 13, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Contact @govjoshshapiro.bsky.social and call for a recount.
Hey Pennsylvania. Time to contact your governor and apply pressure for a recount.
ICYMI, we've published our 2024 PA Analysis: electiontruthalliance.org/pennsylvania
Do these key findings concern you? Check back in tomorrow for our Audit Advocacy Toolkit — we'll be sharing resources for voters to advocate for hand count audits
#VerifyTheVote #AuditPA #PAperballots
Do these key findings concern you? Check back in tomorrow for our Audit Advocacy Toolkit — we'll be sharing resources for voters to advocate for hand count audits
#VerifyTheVote #AuditPA #PAperballots
April 13, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Hey Pennsylvania. Time to contact your governor and apply pressure for a recount.
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Restrictions on voter registration can determine who wins and who loses. So can limits on early voting and vote-by-mail access. Close elections often hinge on which votes are counted — and which are disqualified. Even when results aren’t close, Republicans increasingly contest outcomes they dislike.
What We Must Do Now To Win in 2026
Since Trump entered the political scene, Democrats have outperformed in midterm elections.
www.democracydocket.com
April 9, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Restrictions on voter registration can determine who wins and who loses. So can limits on early voting and vote-by-mail access. Close elections often hinge on which votes are counted — and which are disqualified. Even when results aren’t close, Republicans increasingly contest outcomes they dislike.