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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This was such a fun conversation with @shaunduke.net and @skiffyandfanty.com ! Check it out and A PHILOSOPHY OF THIEVES too, before they escape!
It's #podcast time, y'all!
Delicious heists, messy pasts, and subterfuge galore, oh my! @shaunduke.net is joined by @franwilde.bsky.social for an interview about A Philosophy of Thieves, cross genre writing, and more!
Audio/Video: skiffyandfanty.com/p...
Thanks for listening!
Delicious heists, messy pasts, and subterfuge galore, oh my! @shaunduke.net is joined by @franwilde.bsky.social for an interview about A Philosophy of Thieves, cross genre writing, and more!
Audio/Video: skiffyandfanty.com/p...
Thanks for listening!
December 26, 2025 at 7:07 PM
This was such a fun conversation with @shaunduke.net and @skiffyandfanty.com ! Check it out and A PHILOSOPHY OF THIEVES too, before they escape!
A friendly reminder that you can find me live on Twitch every Wed and Sun at 6 PM Central!
I talk about science fiction and other geeky subjects, play games (sometimes in alphabetical order) and get into shenanigans. #gaming
Give me a follow. Join a stream sometime!
twitch.tv/alphabetst...
I talk about science fiction and other geeky subjects, play games (sometimes in alphabetical order) and get into shenanigans. #gaming
Give me a follow. Join a stream sometime!
twitch.tv/alphabetst...
December 26, 2025 at 7:31 PM
A friendly reminder that you can find me live on Twitch every Wed and Sun at 6 PM Central!
I talk about science fiction and other geeky subjects, play games (sometimes in alphabetical order) and get into shenanigans. #gaming
Give me a follow. Join a stream sometime!
twitch.tv/alphabetst...
I talk about science fiction and other geeky subjects, play games (sometimes in alphabetical order) and get into shenanigans. #gaming
Give me a follow. Join a stream sometime!
twitch.tv/alphabetst...
New shiny podcast!!!
It's #podcast time, y'all!
Delicious heists, messy pasts, and subterfuge galore, oh my! @shaunduke.net is joined by @franwilde.bsky.social for an interview about A Philosophy of Thieves, cross genre writing, and more!
Audio/Video: skiffyandfanty.com/p...
Thanks for listening!
Delicious heists, messy pasts, and subterfuge galore, oh my! @shaunduke.net is joined by @franwilde.bsky.social for an interview about A Philosophy of Thieves, cross genre writing, and more!
Audio/Video: skiffyandfanty.com/p...
Thanks for listening!
December 26, 2025 at 7:05 PM
New shiny podcast!!!
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It's #podcast time, y'all!
Delicious heists, messy pasts, and subterfuge galore, oh my! @shaunduke.net is joined by @franwilde.bsky.social for an interview about A Philosophy of Thieves, cross genre writing, and more!
Audio/Video: skiffyandfanty.com/p...
Thanks for listening!
Delicious heists, messy pasts, and subterfuge galore, oh my! @shaunduke.net is joined by @franwilde.bsky.social for an interview about A Philosophy of Thieves, cross genre writing, and more!
Audio/Video: skiffyandfanty.com/p...
Thanks for listening!
December 26, 2025 at 7:04 PM
It's #podcast time, y'all!
Delicious heists, messy pasts, and subterfuge galore, oh my! @shaunduke.net is joined by @franwilde.bsky.social for an interview about A Philosophy of Thieves, cross genre writing, and more!
Audio/Video: skiffyandfanty.com/p...
Thanks for listening!
Delicious heists, messy pasts, and subterfuge galore, oh my! @shaunduke.net is joined by @franwilde.bsky.social for an interview about A Philosophy of Thieves, cross genre writing, and more!
Audio/Video: skiffyandfanty.com/p...
Thanks for listening!
In 5 hours, we'll have ourselves a wonderful little Christmas Eve stream.
It's Raining Humans: Multiplayer Shenanigans!
6 PM Central!
On the Twitch box!
Come hang with us. We'll do our best to entertain!
twitch.tv/alphabetst...
It's Raining Humans: Multiplayer Shenanigans!
6 PM Central!
On the Twitch box!
Come hang with us. We'll do our best to entertain!
twitch.tv/alphabetst...
December 25, 2025 at 5:00 AM
In 5 hours, we'll have ourselves a wonderful little Christmas Eve stream.
It's Raining Humans: Multiplayer Shenanigans!
6 PM Central!
On the Twitch box!
Come hang with us. We'll do our best to entertain!
twitch.tv/alphabetst...
It's Raining Humans: Multiplayer Shenanigans!
6 PM Central!
On the Twitch box!
Come hang with us. We'll do our best to entertain!
twitch.tv/alphabetst...
It's stream time, y'all! On Christmas Eve!
We're getting messy in multiplayer games, having some giggles, and generally making things awesome.
Come hang if you need some questionable gameplay and one or two laughs! :D
twitch.tv/alphabetst...
We're getting messy in multiplayer games, having some giggles, and generally making things awesome.
Come hang if you need some questionable gameplay and one or two laughs! :D
twitch.tv/alphabetst...
December 24, 2025 at 11:58 PM
It's stream time, y'all! On Christmas Eve!
We're getting messy in multiplayer games, having some giggles, and generally making things awesome.
Come hang if you need some questionable gameplay and one or two laughs! :D
twitch.tv/alphabetst...
We're getting messy in multiplayer games, having some giggles, and generally making things awesome.
Come hang if you need some questionable gameplay and one or two laughs! :D
twitch.tv/alphabetst...
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Big high five and welcome to any comics and other creative folks bailing on Twitter today! It's better here! If you're looking to find some folks to fill up your timeline, here are a few starter packs for your consideration. First, a buncha awesome creators I've worked with over the years!
December 24, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Big high five and welcome to any comics and other creative folks bailing on Twitter today! It's better here! If you're looking to find some folks to fill up your timeline, here are a few starter packs for your consideration. First, a buncha awesome creators I've worked with over the years!
The Histories: An encyclopedia of absolutely true bios of real people is full of vampires, assassins, and poetry wizards.
If you've never read it, you should. Some people you know might be on there!
Plus, you can get an entry (or request an addition), too! #writing
shaunduke.net/thehis...
If you've never read it, you should. Some people you know might be on there!
Plus, you can get an entry (or request an addition), too! #writing
shaunduke.net/thehis...
December 24, 2025 at 7:31 PM
The Histories: An encyclopedia of absolutely true bios of real people is full of vampires, assassins, and poetry wizards.
If you've never read it, you should. Some people you know might be on there!
Plus, you can get an entry (or request an addition), too! #writing
shaunduke.net/thehis...
If you've never read it, you should. Some people you know might be on there!
Plus, you can get an entry (or request an addition), too! #writing
shaunduke.net/thehis...
Reading John Crowley's Little, Big, and I can see why this one grabbed a lot of attention and why folks who mostly read action-oriented genre have trouble with it.
So much happening in the first of its internal books. Love the casual injection of the fantastic and the deceptively simple prose.
So much happening in the first of its internal books. Love the casual injection of the fantastic and the deceptively simple prose.
December 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Reading John Crowley's Little, Big, and I can see why this one grabbed a lot of attention and why folks who mostly read action-oriented genre have trouble with it.
So much happening in the first of its internal books. Love the casual injection of the fantastic and the deceptively simple prose.
So much happening in the first of its internal books. Love the casual injection of the fantastic and the deceptively simple prose.
Happy holidays, everyone.
Whatever you may celebrate, I hope this month treats you well.
Take care of yourselves. Be kind.
Whatever you may celebrate, I hope this month treats you well.
Take care of yourselves. Be kind.
December 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Happy holidays, everyone.
Whatever you may celebrate, I hope this month treats you well.
Take care of yourselves. Be kind.
Whatever you may celebrate, I hope this month treats you well.
Take care of yourselves. Be kind.
It's a Christmas Eve #stream night, y'all!
When? 6 PM Central!
What? Ben and I will be playing Battlefield 6 and other multiplayer nonsense for the lolz.
Where? Twitch!
If you need to make a questionable life choice, choose us!
twitch.tv/alphabetst...
When? 6 PM Central!
What? Ben and I will be playing Battlefield 6 and other multiplayer nonsense for the lolz.
Where? Twitch!
If you need to make a questionable life choice, choose us!
twitch.tv/alphabetst...
December 24, 2025 at 3:32 PM
It's a Christmas Eve #stream night, y'all!
When? 6 PM Central!
What? Ben and I will be playing Battlefield 6 and other multiplayer nonsense for the lolz.
Where? Twitch!
If you need to make a questionable life choice, choose us!
twitch.tv/alphabetst...
When? 6 PM Central!
What? Ben and I will be playing Battlefield 6 and other multiplayer nonsense for the lolz.
Where? Twitch!
If you need to make a questionable life choice, choose us!
twitch.tv/alphabetst...
I have mixed feelings about Steve Rogers returning in Avengers: Doomsday. Love the character. Love Evans as the character.
But his story was done. Everything about Doomsday feels like we're just retreading what has already been done. Marvel cannibalism.
youtube.com/watch?v=...
But his story was done. Everything about Doomsday feels like we're just retreading what has already been done. Marvel cannibalism.
youtube.com/watch?v=...
Avengers: Doomsday | Only in Theaters December 18, 2026
December 18, 2026. #AvengersDoomsday► SUBSCRIBE to the channel to get notified when new Marvel videos are posted: https://www.youtube.com/marvel?sub_confirma...
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December 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I have mixed feelings about Steve Rogers returning in Avengers: Doomsday. Love the character. Love Evans as the character.
But his story was done. Everything about Doomsday feels like we're just retreading what has already been done. Marvel cannibalism.
youtube.com/watch?v=...
But his story was done. Everything about Doomsday feels like we're just retreading what has already been done. Marvel cannibalism.
youtube.com/watch?v=...
According to myth, my YouTube channel has manifested joy. I'm making #videogames content and other geeky stuff over there, and I hope you'll check it out!
Let me entertain you w/ serious gameplay, utterly ridiculous moments, or even random beatboxing commentary!
youtube.com/@alphabe...
Let me entertain you w/ serious gameplay, utterly ridiculous moments, or even random beatboxing commentary!
youtube.com/@alphabe...
December 23, 2025 at 7:31 PM
According to myth, my YouTube channel has manifested joy. I'm making #videogames content and other geeky stuff over there, and I hope you'll check it out!
Let me entertain you w/ serious gameplay, utterly ridiculous moments, or even random beatboxing commentary!
youtube.com/@alphabe...
Let me entertain you w/ serious gameplay, utterly ridiculous moments, or even random beatboxing commentary!
youtube.com/@alphabe...
And another podcast for your earholes. We had quite a few laughs making this one!
It's #podcast time, y'all!
Cringe radio, angry ghosts, and cute Superman, oh my! @shaunduke.net @pematson.bsky.social + R.E. Junker join forces to talk about 2005's The Fog, cute sweaters, radio shenanigans, and more!
Audio/Video here: skiffyandfanty.com/u...
Cringe radio, angry ghosts, and cute Superman, oh my! @shaunduke.net @pematson.bsky.social + R.E. Junker join forces to talk about 2005's The Fog, cute sweaters, radio shenanigans, and more!
Audio/Video here: skiffyandfanty.com/u...
December 23, 2025 at 5:43 PM
And another podcast for your earholes. We had quite a few laughs making this one!
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It's #podcast time, y'all!
Cringe radio, angry ghosts, and cute Superman, oh my! @shaunduke.net @pematson.bsky.social + R.E. Junker join forces to talk about 2005's The Fog, cute sweaters, radio shenanigans, and more!
Audio/Video here: skiffyandfanty.com/u...
Cringe radio, angry ghosts, and cute Superman, oh my! @shaunduke.net @pematson.bsky.social + R.E. Junker join forces to talk about 2005's The Fog, cute sweaters, radio shenanigans, and more!
Audio/Video here: skiffyandfanty.com/u...
December 23, 2025 at 5:42 PM
It's #podcast time, y'all!
Cringe radio, angry ghosts, and cute Superman, oh my! @shaunduke.net @pematson.bsky.social + R.E. Junker join forces to talk about 2005's The Fog, cute sweaters, radio shenanigans, and more!
Audio/Video here: skiffyandfanty.com/u...
Cringe radio, angry ghosts, and cute Superman, oh my! @shaunduke.net @pematson.bsky.social + R.E. Junker join forces to talk about 2005's The Fog, cute sweaters, radio shenanigans, and more!
Audio/Video here: skiffyandfanty.com/u...
Thanks again to @carturo222.bsky.social and everyone else who popped out to the stream on Sunday. Appreciate y'all.
Special thanks to @princejvstin.com for playing Vampire Survivors with me. At this point, he's more expert than me at the game, so it was nice having him guide the play for once!
Special thanks to @princejvstin.com for playing Vampire Survivors with me. At this point, he's more expert than me at the game, so it was nice having him guide the play for once!
December 23, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Thanks again to @carturo222.bsky.social and everyone else who popped out to the stream on Sunday. Appreciate y'all.
Special thanks to @princejvstin.com for playing Vampire Survivors with me. At this point, he's more expert than me at the game, so it was nice having him guide the play for once!
Special thanks to @princejvstin.com for playing Vampire Survivors with me. At this point, he's more expert than me at the game, so it was nice having him guide the play for once!
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Good morning, and welcome to another Day When Someone Will Insist That GenAI Must Be Allowed At All Costs And You Are A Luddite If You Think Otherwise.
True! Luddites were amazing, fighting for their rights to not starve to death as the factory owners drove them out of their livelihoods. Thanks!
True! Luddites were amazing, fighting for their rights to not starve to death as the factory owners drove them out of their livelihoods. Thanks!
Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech
The Origins of the Rebellion Against Big Tech
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December 23, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Good morning, and welcome to another Day When Someone Will Insist That GenAI Must Be Allowed At All Costs And You Are A Luddite If You Think Otherwise.
True! Luddites were amazing, fighting for their rights to not starve to death as the factory owners drove them out of their livelihoods. Thanks!
True! Luddites were amazing, fighting for their rights to not starve to death as the factory owners drove them out of their livelihoods. Thanks!
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“It turns out that banishing the slur from public discourse was, in fact, important. Because now it’s back and it turns out that it does matter when subtext becomes actual text, when terrible people enable open hatred and bigotry, encouraging others to emulate them, degrading us all.”
Perry: The return of the r-word
"These days, the r-word slur has become a staple of the American right wing, uttered with few professional or social consequences," David M. Perry writes.
www.startribune.com
December 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM
“It turns out that banishing the slur from public discourse was, in fact, important. Because now it’s back and it turns out that it does matter when subtext becomes actual text, when terrible people enable open hatred and bigotry, encouraging others to emulate them, degrading us all.”
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SFWA members and general SFF community:
In this press release, our Board of Directors apologizes for recent events.
Feedback from writers is strongly welcomed in the survey.
SFWA Members: Write to office@sfwa.org to support our Emerging Tech Committee.
www.sfwa.org/2025/12/22/p...
In this press release, our Board of Directors apologizes for recent events.
Feedback from writers is strongly welcomed in the survey.
SFWA Members: Write to office@sfwa.org to support our Emerging Tech Committee.
www.sfwa.org/2025/12/22/p...
December 22, 2025 at 6:49 PM
SFWA members and general SFF community:
In this press release, our Board of Directors apologizes for recent events.
Feedback from writers is strongly welcomed in the survey.
SFWA Members: Write to office@sfwa.org to support our Emerging Tech Committee.
www.sfwa.org/2025/12/22/p...
In this press release, our Board of Directors apologizes for recent events.
Feedback from writers is strongly welcomed in the survey.
SFWA Members: Write to office@sfwa.org to support our Emerging Tech Committee.
www.sfwa.org/2025/12/22/p...
Hi! You might know me as Shaun, that guy who does a podcast, writes a weird encyclopedia, streams, and does other things!
If you’d like to support what I do, one way to do so is via my Ko-Fi page. Any amount gets appreciation!
ko-fi.com/shaunduke
If you’d like to support what I do, one way to do so is via my Ko-Fi page. Any amount gets appreciation!
ko-fi.com/shaunduke
December 22, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Hi! You might know me as Shaun, that guy who does a podcast, writes a weird encyclopedia, streams, and does other things!
If you’d like to support what I do, one way to do so is via my Ko-Fi page. Any amount gets appreciation!
ko-fi.com/shaunduke
If you’d like to support what I do, one way to do so is via my Ko-Fi page. Any amount gets appreciation!
ko-fi.com/shaunduke
The terminally online crybabies who call themselves Star Wars fans (but really just hate everything) discovered the Mandalorian and Grogu trailer and are now complaining that it doesn't have a plot, as if the Star Wars franchise hasn't done this very thing for literal decades.
December 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM
The terminally online crybabies who call themselves Star Wars fans (but really just hate everything) discovered the Mandalorian and Grogu trailer and are now complaining that it doesn't have a plot, as if the Star Wars franchise hasn't done this very thing for literal decades.
This was a really great one to record! Learned a lot :D
Alternate histories, grim conspiracies, and hellish visions, oh my! @shaunduke.net @reading1000lives.bsky.social + @stephengm.bsky.social join forces to discuss From Hell by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell!
Audio/Video right here: skiffyandfanty.com/p...
Thanks for listening!
Audio/Video right here: skiffyandfanty.com/p...
Thanks for listening!
December 22, 2025 at 4:59 PM
This was a really great one to record! Learned a lot :D
Reposted by Grand Admiral Shaun Duke
Alternate histories, grim conspiracies, and hellish visions, oh my! @shaunduke.net @reading1000lives.bsky.social + @stephengm.bsky.social join forces to discuss From Hell by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell!
Audio/Video right here: skiffyandfanty.com/p...
Thanks for listening!
Audio/Video right here: skiffyandfanty.com/p...
Thanks for listening!
December 22, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Alternate histories, grim conspiracies, and hellish visions, oh my! @shaunduke.net @reading1000lives.bsky.social + @stephengm.bsky.social join forces to discuss From Hell by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell!
Audio/Video right here: skiffyandfanty.com/p...
Thanks for listening!
Audio/Video right here: skiffyandfanty.com/p...
Thanks for listening!
"The problem is not that we are all twelve but that culture is becoming fast casual. We are living through the Chipotleification of the American Mind."
That is a hell of a pair of sentences. Reading this out of curiosity now.
thescoop1.substack.c...
That is a hell of a pair of sentences. Reading this out of curiosity now.
thescoop1.substack.c...
2025 Grift Guide - by Isle McElroy - The Scoop
All Culture is Fast Casual Now
thescoop1.substack.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:20 PM
"The problem is not that we are all twelve but that culture is becoming fast casual. We are living through the Chipotleification of the American Mind."
That is a hell of a pair of sentences. Reading this out of curiosity now.
thescoop1.substack.c...
That is a hell of a pair of sentences. Reading this out of curiosity now.
thescoop1.substack.c...
Addendum to my previous thread:
I have friends who are religious people. The reason we're friends is due to mutual respect for one another. They don't try to convert me. I don't try to convert them. If either of us has an honest question, we can talk about it without there being an agenda behind it
I have friends who are religious people. The reason we're friends is due to mutual respect for one another. They don't try to convert me. I don't try to convert them. If either of us has an honest question, we can talk about it without there being an agenda behind it
December 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Addendum to my previous thread:
I have friends who are religious people. The reason we're friends is due to mutual respect for one another. They don't try to convert me. I don't try to convert them. If either of us has an honest question, we can talk about it without there being an agenda behind it
I have friends who are religious people. The reason we're friends is due to mutual respect for one another. They don't try to convert me. I don't try to convert them. If either of us has an honest question, we can talk about it without there being an agenda behind it