R. K. Duncan
@rkduncan.bsky.social
Fat queer polyamorous wizard and SFF author.
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I do not absolve you.
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R. K. Duncan
@rkduncan.bsky.social
· Feb 4
Taking lengthy breaks from this website for my mental health for the foreseeable. Here are some stories about politics and anger while you wait.
magazine.trollbreath.com/day-one/
www.baublesfrombones.com/reminiscence...
littlebluemarble.ca/2023/08/25/m...
www.rkduncan-author.com/desert-where...
magazine.trollbreath.com/day-one/
www.baublesfrombones.com/reminiscence...
littlebluemarble.ca/2023/08/25/m...
www.rkduncan-author.com/desert-where...
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Remember if you watch this show or buy this merch, no trans person will like or trust you ever again. Sorry but those are the rules.
Hasbro and Warner Bros. Discovery have signed a multi-year deal starting in 2027 to produce Harry Potter film and television series dolls, role play, action figures, collectibles, interactive plush, board games, and more to be revealed later this year - bwnews.pr/45UKdKL
February 10, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Remember if you watch this show or buy this merch, no trans person will like or trust you ever again. Sorry but those are the rules.
with the contract returned, I'm thrilled to announce that my flash story, "Evidence Before the Committee," will appear in @dreamtheorymedia.bsky.social It's about a far future government dealing with the arrival of a generation ship and all the things wrong with generation ships.
February 10, 2026 at 2:22 PM
with the contract returned, I'm thrilled to announce that my flash story, "Evidence Before the Committee," will appear in @dreamtheorymedia.bsky.social It's about a far future government dealing with the arrival of a generation ship and all the things wrong with generation ships.
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I know we're all mad about ICE/DHS but we also need to be mad about RFK Jr.
He's killing -- and is setting the stage to kill -- waaaaay more people than DHS does, it's just that it happens quietly and in people's homes. Vaccine recommendations matter. Lying under oath matters.
IMPEACH RFK JR
He's killing -- and is setting the stage to kill -- waaaaay more people than DHS does, it's just that it happens quietly and in people's homes. Vaccine recommendations matter. Lying under oath matters.
IMPEACH RFK JR
Three members of Congress and the governor of Hawai'i, a medical doctor who responded to the measles outbreak in Samoa, are calling for RFK Jr's resignation. Emails now reveal he lied under oath about his antivax role in those 83 deaths.
RFK Jr misled Senate during confirmation, Congress members and Hawaii governor say
Newly revealed emails undermine Kennedy’s testimony about 2019 Samoa trip ahead of deadly measles outbreak
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:37 AM
I know we're all mad about ICE/DHS but we also need to be mad about RFK Jr.
He's killing -- and is setting the stage to kill -- waaaaay more people than DHS does, it's just that it happens quietly and in people's homes. Vaccine recommendations matter. Lying under oath matters.
IMPEACH RFK JR
He's killing -- and is setting the stage to kill -- waaaaay more people than DHS does, it's just that it happens quietly and in people's homes. Vaccine recommendations matter. Lying under oath matters.
IMPEACH RFK JR
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🎵 If they ask you to pay money it's a scam 👏👏
🎵 If they ask you to pay money it's a scam 👏👏
🎵 that is not your favorite author or a stunning book club offer
🎵 They are asking you for money=it's a scam 👏👏
🎵 If they ask you to pay money it's a scam 👏👏
🎵 that is not your favorite author or a stunning book club offer
🎵 They are asking you for money=it's a scam 👏👏
February 9, 2026 at 4:47 AM
🎵 If they ask you to pay money it's a scam 👏👏
🎵 If they ask you to pay money it's a scam 👏👏
🎵 that is not your favorite author or a stunning book club offer
🎵 They are asking you for money=it's a scam 👏👏
🎵 If they ask you to pay money it's a scam 👏👏
🎵 that is not your favorite author or a stunning book club offer
🎵 They are asking you for money=it's a scam 👏👏
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there was a post going around awhile ago re. what a women’s sports version of “Heated Rivalry” might look like which enforces oppressive norms of femininity the way the men in Rachel Reid’s books feel trapped by oppressive norms of masculinity, and I have been thinking about this nonstop ever since
January 22, 2026 at 7:26 AM
there was a post going around awhile ago re. what a women’s sports version of “Heated Rivalry” might look like which enforces oppressive norms of femininity the way the men in Rachel Reid’s books feel trapped by oppressive norms of masculinity, and I have been thinking about this nonstop ever since
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Strong recommend for @amalelmohtar.com 's The River Has Roots! Beautiful, winding, (literally) lyrical story. The bonus short story at the end is also really touching and lovely.
February 8, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Strong recommend for @amalelmohtar.com 's The River Has Roots! Beautiful, winding, (literally) lyrical story. The bonus short story at the end is also really touching and lovely.
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February 2, 2026 at 1:16 PM
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It's got hoplites and ghosts and the struggle for secure masculinity. (jingles keys)
BCS #449: "The Great King’s Lost Bride" @rkduncan.bsky.social "I would not speak of spirits while there was fighting to be done, and it would be worse to speak of them to explain a fit that looked like cowardice. Our captain already thought me unfit" www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-...
Beneath Ceaseless Skies - The Great King’s Lost Bride by R.K. Duncan
I prayed all the gods to steady me when the spirits came close. I would not speak of spirits while there was fighting to be done, and it would be worse to speak of them to explain a fit that looked li...
www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com
February 2, 2026 at 8:30 PM
It's got hoplites and ghosts and the struggle for secure masculinity. (jingles keys)
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To be very clear, that lady in the NYT article is not making any money with her hundreds of AI slop books.
She makes money by *convincing people* she makes money that way and getting them to pay her to teach them how to do it.
It's an evolved MLM, and the NYT is helping market it.
She makes money by *convincing people* she makes money that way and getting them to pay her to teach them how to do it.
It's an evolved MLM, and the NYT is helping market it.
February 8, 2026 at 8:03 PM
To be very clear, that lady in the NYT article is not making any money with her hundreds of AI slop books.
She makes money by *convincing people* she makes money that way and getting them to pay her to teach them how to do it.
It's an evolved MLM, and the NYT is helping market it.
She makes money by *convincing people* she makes money that way and getting them to pay her to teach them how to do it.
It's an evolved MLM, and the NYT is helping market it.
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I have yet to see any evidence that there is a market for AI-generated books outside of people being tricked into thinking they are not AI-generated books. AKA, it is a project of scamming and deceiving people, and really should be treated as fraud
February 8, 2026 at 6:55 PM
I have yet to see any evidence that there is a market for AI-generated books outside of people being tricked into thinking they are not AI-generated books. AKA, it is a project of scamming and deceiving people, and really should be treated as fraud
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generative AI has become widely available in the summer of 2022 and entered mainstream in 2023
people are working themselves up in a frenzy, convinced they're utterly helpless without software younger than still-fresh canned tuna. we have been making art for at least 50,000 years, get a grip
people are working themselves up in a frenzy, convinced they're utterly helpless without software younger than still-fresh canned tuna. we have been making art for at least 50,000 years, get a grip
February 6, 2026 at 11:13 PM
generative AI has become widely available in the summer of 2022 and entered mainstream in 2023
people are working themselves up in a frenzy, convinced they're utterly helpless without software younger than still-fresh canned tuna. we have been making art for at least 50,000 years, get a grip
people are working themselves up in a frenzy, convinced they're utterly helpless without software younger than still-fresh canned tuna. we have been making art for at least 50,000 years, get a grip
Danny Trejo
Paul Giamatti
Paul Giamatti
Who do you want to guest host a potential revival of The Muppet Show?
Here’s Who We Want to Guest Host ‘The Muppet Show’ If It’s Revived
February 7, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Danny Trejo
Paul Giamatti
Paul Giamatti
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"I need AI to make art, human art is only for the rich and privileged-"
February 6, 2026 at 7:29 PM
"I need AI to make art, human art is only for the rich and privileged-"
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Called my city councilman to bawl him out for the city using AI slop on their instagram. This sucks, I hate this, I am being chewed by the machine but it WILL choke on my fat ass.
February 6, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Called my city councilman to bawl him out for the city using AI slop on their instagram. This sucks, I hate this, I am being chewed by the machine but it WILL choke on my fat ass.
We put on an all-Yiddish community production of fiddler on the roof in Philadelphia and cast member and local artist Sofie Rose Seymour created the most amazing show poster that ever was
February 6, 2026 at 7:33 PM
I'll add that to the scientology on his list of crimes.
February 6, 2026 at 7:31 PM
I'll add that to the scientology on his list of crimes.
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Ppl need food and a safe place to live and not be working 2 jobs, or working and going to school which I did in my teens and 20s to make ends meet. The solution was not make a prompt machine so she can write, it was a stable place to live so she can breathe and then maybe she can make things.
February 6, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Ppl need food and a safe place to live and not be working 2 jobs, or working and going to school which I did in my teens and 20s to make ends meet. The solution was not make a prompt machine so she can write, it was a stable place to live so she can breathe and then maybe she can make things.
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I'd like to see ppl support UBI rather than use AI as an answer to income and time resource inequality.
I grew up extremely poor and AI would not have been the solution for my economic and housing instability.
I grew up extremely poor and AI would not have been the solution for my economic and housing instability.
February 6, 2026 at 7:14 PM
I'd like to see ppl support UBI rather than use AI as an answer to income and time resource inequality.
I grew up extremely poor and AI would not have been the solution for my economic and housing instability.
I grew up extremely poor and AI would not have been the solution for my economic and housing instability.
indeed, not intended to be laudative, more just that I collect historical facts an editor wouldn't let me make up.
February 6, 2026 at 7:28 PM
indeed, not intended to be laudative, more just that I collect historical facts an editor wouldn't let me make up.
I like to repeat "JPL founder and sex wizard Jack Parsons" to myself occasionally, just to remind myself that he is a real thing that happened.
February 6, 2026 at 7:23 PM
I like to repeat "JPL founder and sex wizard Jack Parsons" to myself occasionally, just to remind myself that he is a real thing that happened.
Please direct me to their sister pub, R. K. Duncan Review, which wants one novelette per month and caps at 20,000 words
February 6, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Please direct me to their sister pub, R. K. Duncan Review, which wants one novelette per month and caps at 20,000 words
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I know this is kind of spitting into the wind, but I'd like to make an effort:
Just because ICE calls them "administrative warrants" doesn't make that the most accurate term for them.
They are forms. ICE forms. Signed by an ICE employee. Authorizing an arrest, but still, a _form._
Just because ICE calls them "administrative warrants" doesn't make that the most accurate term for them.
They are forms. ICE forms. Signed by an ICE employee. Authorizing an arrest, but still, a _form._
February 6, 2026 at 12:47 AM
I know this is kind of spitting into the wind, but I'd like to make an effort:
Just because ICE calls them "administrative warrants" doesn't make that the most accurate term for them.
They are forms. ICE forms. Signed by an ICE employee. Authorizing an arrest, but still, a _form._
Just because ICE calls them "administrative warrants" doesn't make that the most accurate term for them.
They are forms. ICE forms. Signed by an ICE employee. Authorizing an arrest, but still, a _form._
Okay, but by this rubric, generative AI is fascist. It is controlled by oligarchic corporations and being used to actively disenfranchise workers by reproducing debased versions of the product of their labor without compensation or consent. It is literally paying capital to rob your comrades.
February 6, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Okay, but by this rubric, generative AI is fascist. It is controlled by oligarchic corporations and being used to actively disenfranchise workers by reproducing debased versions of the product of their labor without compensation or consent. It is literally paying capital to rob your comrades.