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I finished reading Spider-Man: The Venom Factor today and I am once again amazed at your writing, just, as a whole. Your characterisation is as usual brilliant, as is the worldbuilding, and I spent a good amount of time on the edge of my seat with anticipation. I especially loved how you wrote MJ.

Anyways, I'm excitedly starting The Lizard Sanction knowing it'll love it as much as I did the first one!

:D

Thank you! Glad you had fun with it. ☺️

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PLANET EARTH III 2023, Episode 02: Ocean - featuring the Pearl Octopus

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guys you can see the cute little lower back dimples… oh my fucking god……

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I grew up reading Young Wizards, but never really did much reading as an adult (life, family, job, other hobbies, you know how it is.) So I never knew your husband as a novelist

I found your blog on here one day, and of course in a moment of nostalgic joy started following you

The next day, some guy named Peter Morwood started following my blog, scrolling far, far back in it to like and reblog every picture and video involving a cat. I googled the name out of curiosity to find out who he was: Diane Duane's husband, and by the way also a very accomplished author in his own right

From then on, every now and then, I'd see his name in my notes on posts involving cats. No comments, we never spoke, just a like or a reblog on the occaisional cat post

So that was who your husband was to a random internet stranger. I thought you might like to know that

Thank you for letting me know. :)

...I would catch him in the middle of doing things like this sometimes, when I'd wander into his office to bring him something or ask him something. He was always deeply interested in the people who followed him, and always equally interested in the ones he followed back. He would routinely wander a good ways down in any given person's posting history before choosing to follow.

"It's always great to see what normal people are up to," he said to me one time. And I understood him completely. Because from where we'd routinely be sitting—in the middle of a most weird, stressy and abnormal-seeming lifestyle—other Tumblr folks would often seem like sweet paragons of ease, peace and normalcy. :)

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1 second of every star trek tos episode enjoy

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BOOM. (No audio on this, though. Feel free to provide your own.)

…Your periodic reminder (or Musk’s, as the latest one blows up on the pad) that rocket science… is actually rocket science.

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Stained glass ao3 logo :P

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embroidery from peacockandpinecones my friends and I have been losing our minds over all morning.

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Can you make something good again please.

Aw anon! I didn’t mean to be such a disappointment of an artist to you. Here you go

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"Risk! Risk is our business. That's what this starship is all about."

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PSA: Please note that Pakistan has already refuted this claim and says the story referenced above was fabricated (as was the news clip associated with it).

PLEASE, people, take a deep breath and spend sixty big seconds to factcheck this stuff before sharing it, so that you can make sure it's real (and not something being reported without adequate checking by news platforms who don't do their own factchecking carefully enough).

See also: https://caliber.az/en/post/pakistan-dismisses-nuclear-threat-rumours-against-israel-as-fake-news

...From the above:

He also strongly rejected rumours of Pakistan threatening nuclear action against Israel, labelling them as “fake news.” Dar pointed out that false reports were even published in British media. “War is not a joke or child’s play — it’s a grave matter,” he stressed. “We must be cautious of misleading narratives and continue to correct the record regarding fake news.” 

Aren't you glad we have the biggest losers like Marco Rubio at State, Mike Huckabee as Ambassador to Israel, Tulsi Gabbard at DNI, and Whisky Pete Hegseth at Defense?

Picking the least qualified, least diplomatic friendless assholes has consequences, and all the WWIII accusations from MAGA were always a confession.

Republicans got everything wrong. Again.

How many more hours before Trump is heading to a golf course?

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“We all knew that he was obviously quite ill, and it was pretty clear that this was going to be the last role he would play in a movie. And the fact that it was one of the Final Destination movies made it that much more poignant. Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein, our directors, they made a very shrewd decision to take the last couple of lines that were scripted and say, ‘Tony, just say what you would want to say to the fans. What would you like to impart to them in this moment?' So, everything that makes that scene so emotional is authentic because that was just Tony talking through the camera to the very fans who supported him for so many years. So, it was a very magical moment on set."

Craig Perry, producer for FINAL DESTINATION: BLOODLINES (2025)

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Okay, here’s a new one.

In a new paper published in Physical Review D, the researchers propose a new model for the origin of the Universe - claiming that its formation is the result of a gravitational collapse that generated a massive black hole, followed by a ‘bounce’ inside, which means that our universe may have emerged from the interior of a black hole formed within a larger parent universe. They are calling the new model the ‘Black Hole Universe’, offering a radically different view of cosmic origins which is grounded entirely in known physics and observations The paper suggests that rather than the birth of the Universe being from nothing, it is the continuation of a cosmic cycle - one shaped by gravity, quantum mechanics, and the deep interconnections between them. While the existing standard cosmological model, based on the Big Bang and cosmic inflation, has been successful in explaining the structure and evolution of the Universe, it leaves some fundamental questions unanswered.  Professor Gaztanaga said: “The Big Bang model begins with a point of infinite density where the laws of physics break down. This is a deep theoretical problem that suggests the beginning of the Universe is not fully understood.  “We’ve questioned that model and tackled questions from a different angle -  by looking inward instead of outward. Instead of starting with an expanding Universe and asking how it began, we considered what happens when an overdensity of matter collapses under gravity.”

(See also "Kicking The Can Up/Down The Road", Universe Creation variant...)

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Book lovers/appraisers, I need help!

Earlier today, I was exploring a small New York bookshop and found, in the corner, a box of old books— full box for $60. I look inside, and see Victor Hugo’s Complete Works, Limited Edition, 1907. Of course, I bought it and hauled it back across the city to my car. No brainer lol

Now, I’ve got old, leather, fragile copies of all of Hugo’s works. I’ve been struggling to find a way to appraise it, as no matter what or where I search, I can’t find anything resembling the copies I have.

The Works of Victor Hugo, Bigelow, Smith & Co., Nee York: (1907). Royal Edition Deluxe (“de luxe”). #? of 200 numbered copies; 20 volumes; Includes Notre Dame, Les Misérables, Hans of Iceland, Toilers of the Sea, Bug Jargal, The Man Who Laughs, Claude Gueux, Ninety-Three, Things Seen essays, History of a Crime, Napoleon the Little, Poems, Dramas, Shakespeare, The Last Day of a Condemned, Life of Victor Hugo

Any people experienced in book appraisals have any ideas for the value of the books? I’m planning on keeping it, but I’d like to know anyways.

Several pages have printing issues. And there are pictures!

Examples of printing issues I’ve found so far:

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It's Bloomsday of 2025, so (as happens every year) this tale of Ireland's greatest superhero returning to Dublin to combat a deadly supernatural threat is FREE for you to download!

Just go over to the Ebooks Direct store, select the Herself ebook, and go through the checkout process. You won't be charged.

And happy Bloomsday!

(ETA: our usual sorrowful reminder -- a little belatedly -- that this offer is not available to residents of the UK, due to digital commerce regulations brought on there by Brexit. Please see the blog post here for more info.)