Grand Admiral Shaun Duke

To get around ad blockers, Pluto has apparently started inserting the ads directly into the stream so you have to manually skip it. Since 90% of all ads I get now are political attack ads, this is unacceptable. If that's the direction they all go, they will not like my response.

There are few things more delightful than a lively chat while streaming games! Come join me on one of my stream nights (W/Su at 6 PM Central). Cheer me on as I try to win at Marvel Rivals or avoid deathsquitos in Valheim! Good times! twitch.tv/alphabetst...

We were just talking about switching over to them from the Google ecosystem, but I think we'll wait since I don't see much point in doing a bunch of work switching to another thing if the other thing is becoming the thing we're leaving...

At least most of us can finish out this week in fandom knowing we didn't become the living embodiment of the N*zi Bar analogy. A low bar, but a victory nonetheless.

For reasons that must have to do with friendship, @princejvstin.com is subjecting himself to my TTRPG nonsense for the second night! Please come out to the show. Either way, please also donate or join @skiffyandfanty.com's Patreon! :D

Our Fundraiser continues. Please join our Patreon and unlock giveaways: patreon.com/skiffyan... Our Fundraiser: skiffyandfanty.com/p... And on thursday, join us for Part Two, the Conclusion to THE HOLDING TANK HOUNDS

A note to our lovely Patrons: You can watch FREAKSHOW as part of Torture Cinema Livewatch tonight, at 7pm central on the Discord. If you join our Patreon tonight, you could have your time zone plans sorted, AND help with our fundraiser.

One of the big ways you can support all my podcasting and video content is joining my Patreon! You'll get all kinds of cool stuff, like photos of random reptiles, geeky media commentary, and much more. Topic suggests always welcome, too. Consider joining up! I'm cheap :P patreon.com/thejoyfa...

Griots & Galaxies is back for Season 2! S2E3: Tendai Huchu On worldbuilding, series writing, and hurdles facing African writers in publishing www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCpu...

Coming to a Thursday night near you! 7 PM Central! We're halfway on the raw funds goal and just $29 short on our monthly Patreon goal. If you can help us get over the hump this week, we'd appreciate it!

It's streaming time, y'all! I'm live on the Twitch machine with sobering news about aging and an evening of The Quorum, our PUBG nonsense show. There will be jokes, stories, and questionable play... Come hang and cheer me up! twitch.tv/alphabetst...

NEW MASTERCLASS INCOMING! Ep. 226 airs on Tuesday, with guest author @stephengrahamjones.com and co-hosts @adrianmgibson.bsky.social & Greta Kelly hittin’ the road in a writing masterclass on ROAD STORIES. Available Oct. 27 in audio/video: linktr.ee/SFFAddicts youtube.com/@fanfiaddict

i finally started my learn-along blog series! (don't... don't look at the date on my last post.) brought to you by "i have an exam tomorrow morning and am studying last minute out of a hotel four states over" and "if i do not make jokes when i talk i will die": hyperionskies.com/supporters/p...

Ahem!

A brand new podcast for our Patrons!

It's Patreon #podcast time, y'all! Another Speculative Dispatch just dropped for our supporters! In this edition, @shaunduke.net @pematson.bsky.social + @jenniferbrozek.bsky.social share their tips for attending conventions! Join up for as little as $1/mo! patreon.com/skiffyan...

And never will knowingly do any such nonsense. We have spent 16 years trying to be an inclusive space. We are not perfect, but we have never done something as stupid as platform such terrible people.

Apex Magazine @apexmag.bsky.social is doing their annual Kickstarter and I urge everyone to back one of the genre's most constantly amazing magazines! BONUS: If you share this post you're in the running to receive a signed book from me. Details in thread. 1/ www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

What the actual fuck.

The wife and I are continuing our watch through the entire MCU in order, and the feelings that permeates our experience are "wut?" And "meh." We are watching Marvels now, and it doesn't make sense...

An evening poke. Spread the word!

Our adventurers are stuck in a Time Loop... In Curse of Strahd's "Death House"! Join us for Death House... AGAIN! on #SoManyLevels! Live D&D actual play at 7PM Eastern on Twitch! twitch.tv/ChristianaEl...

We've officially hit the halfway point on our raw funds goal for our 2026 fundraiser! We only have $247 to go on that! For our Patreon goal, we're $29/mo away from hitting that, and just two $5/mo supporters from unlocking the next giveaway! Do your thing, Internet! skiffyandfanty.com/b...

A brand new podcast for all supporters of the show. If you recently joined because of our fundraiser, you have 60 shows to enjoy! If you haven't, join up and enjoy all 60!

It's Patreon #podcast time, y'all! In our latest Speculative Dispatch, @shaunduke.net + @reading1000lives.bsky.social join forces to talk about the problem of authorial intent in analysis and reviews! patreon.com/skiffyan... Join up!

WE ARE LIVE!

And The Skiffy and Fanty Show is LIVE on Twitch! Tonight, we're talking to Rachel Cordasco about the wonderful world of speculative fiction in translation! Audience participation is welcome. Come hang in chat. Ask questions. Be nerdy with us! twitch.tv/alphabetst...

If you've ever wanted to be immortalized on a wiki, now's your chance. The Histories is an encyclopedia of totally true stories about real people. It's full of mystics, space travelers, etc. Read it! If you like what you see, buy yourself (or a friend) an entry! #writing shaunduke.net/thehis...

I will be reading this piece by Arundhati Roy in Equator on AI and capitalism with relish. equator.org/articles...

Late morning push. Help us hit our $500 raw goal (and/or join the Patreon). The goal is for this to be a one time fundraiser. We hope we can just make great shows for folks and write great reviews and stuff for another 3,000 years.

kitchen duty

This is bananas.

Gosh. This is gorgeous.

Fun fact: The Skiffy and Fanty Show is ad free. We don't run them. I don't plan to change that. It is entirely fan supported. Almost 900 episodes of free interviews, movie reviews, genre discussions, and more. Pretty good deal for free.

The H.M.S. Browntown is whisking my character to safety!

The game starts very soon! Come watch the wonder!

The Skiffy and Fanty Show is LIVE w/ our next fundraiser event! It's Day 1 of The Holding Tank Hounds, a D&D Actual Play. Paul Weimer guides Lee Burdette, Trish Matson, Jennifer Brozek, and Shaun Duke into his 13th Icon universe! Enjoy the fun and donate! twitch.tv/alphabetst...

Tonight! We're playing more TTRPGs! Paul has made the mistake of letting me play a frog person. What he doesn't know is that I will be absolutely perfectly normal. No chaos. Snout's honor. I hope folks will come tonight. I hope some will donate to the cause!

TONIGHT The Skiffy and Fanty Fundraiser presents part one of HOLDING TANK HOUNDS, an actual play TTRPG 5e game. 7pm central twitch.tv/alphabetst... Please come watch and donate

A friendly reminder: I maintain a list of space opera novels by cisgender women, trans, and non-binary authors. Suggest works via the link, & share with everyone who might find it of use! You can find the list right here: tiny.cc/spaceoperali... Enjoy! #books

There's a bit in S1E7 of Hemlock Grove that made me legit laugh at loud because Aaron Douglas delivers the line with the straightest face ever. Chasseur: Well, quid pro quo, is it now, Clarice? Sheriff Sworn: I don't speak Spanish. The scene is quite serious. And the line is hilarious.