Diana Botsford
@digitalred93.bsky.social
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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
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Jen McGowan
@iamjenmcg.bsky.social
· May 2
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...
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Diana Botsford
@digitalred93.bsky.social
· Apr 28
Stop Saying (beat): Better Ways to Create Breathing Room
You’ve seen it a thousand times in scripts. Two characters are having an intense conversation when suddenly: That lonely little (beat) sits there like a sad placeholder, the writer’s wa…
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Diana Botsford
@digitalred93.bsky.social
· Apr 28
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
Diana Botsford
@digitalred93.bsky.social
· Apr 27
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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Diana Botsford
@digitalred93.bsky.social
· Apr 25
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
youtube.com/live/9A3l7Oc...
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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Michael McFaul
@mcfaulmike.bsky.social
· Apr 23
Diana Botsford
@digitalred93.bsky.social
· Apr 23
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…
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Michael P. Breen
@mpbreen21.bsky.social
· Apr 20
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
Diana Botsford
@digitalred93.bsky.social
· Apr 20
Diana Botsford
@digitalred93.bsky.social
· Apr 18
Diana Botsford
@digitalred93.bsky.social
· Apr 18
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
Diana Botsford
@digitalred93.bsky.social
· Apr 15
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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Diana Botsford
@digitalred93.bsky.social
· Apr 14
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
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Duncan Jones
@manmademoon.bsky.social
· Apr 13
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
Diana Botsford
@digitalred93.bsky.social
· Apr 13
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.
Diana Botsford
@digitalred93.bsky.social
· Apr 13
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
Diana Botsford
@digitalred93.bsky.social
· Apr 10
Oppose the SAVE Act (H.R. 22) - A Voter Suppression Bill - House Vote THURSDAY ⭑ 5 Calls
Updates April 9, 2025: The House is expected to vote on H.R. 22 on Thursday, April 10th
Republicans in Congress have introduced the extreme anti-voter …
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