Bless the Maker and his water.

Watching the only Dune prequel that counts. Where the Atreides family history begins.

Much of the current affairs memestream at the moment steers uncomfortably close to ridiculing people with autism, so I’m reduced to sharing this decidedly mid meme - Me forbid I should let a Current Affair pass without comment. From the Sietch.

The Sietch is Toasty today.

Your Nerd Emperor recently picked up Dune Part One: The Photography. It really is a fantastic coffee-table book, if that’s your thing. Tanya Lapoint’s (DV’s wife) Art and Soul of Dune books are fantastic for documenting the Making Of, but these photos are Art. Part Two due out soon.

I wonder if living in stilsuits means Fremen have lost all body-function taboos. You’re chatting and they just pause in the middle of a sentence and go a bit cross-eyed for a second or two and then carry on as if nothing happened. But you know they just filled a thigh-pad. And they know you know.

These are the two crysknives Paul uses - in Part One to kill Jamis (back), and in Part Two to kill Feyd (front). It has just twigged that the second one is actually Jamis’ knife, which totally makes sense. Paul would have given Chani back her blade after the Amtal duel and inherited Jamis’.

Remember how that first, epic trailer felt? Your Nerd Emperor does. One of the best Pink Floyd covers ever. youtu.be/khgvf1EUdwI

Why, underneath it all, Comedy Stilgar isn’t all that comedy after all.

[Waves] Hello, there.

Fun fact: “Harkonnen” is derived from a Finnish surname which means “bull-like” or “ox-like”.

Don't miss this new article analyzing ethnicity in the Dune films from Dr. Francesc Morales 💡 dunenewsnet.com/2025/09/ethn...

I mean …. yeah, pretty much. Full version at mediachomp.com/dune-summed-... Attempt to understand “Time Cube” at your peril.

PSA: Children is down to $1.99 on the US Kindle Store today. I have never met anyone whose favourite Dune book is Children, but given humanity’s infinite variety and incredible appetite for self-torture, they must be out there… a.co/d/4W5yEKD

Found in a thread of people piling on to Dune, the majority of whom think it’s ONLY a White Saviour narrative, and therefore comparable to Lawrence of Arabia. Tell me you didn’t understand Dune without telling me you didn’t understand Dune. It’s right about Star Wars though.

Yeah, “spice fibre” - what the hell is that all about then?

Found not in the Sietch but in a hidden cache among the water-fat people of pan and graben.

From the Sietch.

Flattery is the mind-killer... #dune #dunethemusical #edfringe #review #freefringe @edfringe.bsky.social

I had a vision, a seeing-through-time, of future archaeologists having no other primary sources from our day except the #DuneSky feed. Their understanding would be based on a chaotic running commentary of current affairs, presented entirely in the form of low-effort Dune memes.

Happening tomorrow, Sat 2nd August. Thoroughly recommended if you can fold space to Edinburgh. Dune! The Musical Gurney is best Gurney.

#KyleMacLachlan #SeanYoung #DavidLynch #Dune #BehindtheScenes

Doesn’t ship outside North America, unfortunately.

What a disappointing first comment. Obviously new to the Sietch.

You mean, let me understand this cause, you know maybe it's me, it's a little fucked up maybe, but I'm funny how, I mean funny like I'm a clown, I amuse you? I make you laugh, I'm here to fucking amuse you? What do you mean funny, funny how? How am I funny?

Happy International Rock Day!

This weekend, your Nerd Emperor joined the 3D printing revolution. First two prints - a glow-in-the-dark DUNC logo and a thumper which (oh! the delicious irony) is actually a plant waterer. Those ingenious Ixians! What will they come up with next?

Damo gets it. David Brin REALLY gets it. Watch the next time you’re tempted to take, “Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of the human mind,” at face value.

Your Nerd Emperor is ambivalent about Dune: Prophecy — far too much BH/KJA altogether, but it wasn’t *totally* awful — but he does find the production details interesting. This headline is misleading. It’s actually an article about the VFX.

@muaddibatreideez.bsky.social do you feel seen?

I dedicate this one to the @duneminute.com 😅

So how is everybody getting on with Dune Awakening? I haven’t been able to give it much time due to reasons, but what I have managed to play has really impressed me.

Don’t plan on travelling to the US anytime soon, so I feel safe posting this. Jesus. What a state of affairs.

Irulan gets it. Sort of.

And that makes today June the Second the Second, with which I am entirely down.

THERE’S A DONKEY IN A STILLSUIT IN DUNE AWAKENING!!!!!!! <3

Some truths are painful. That totally shouldn’t stop the memes.