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Terrybot :pratchett:<p>I'm getting a lot of mail and email about FoC (I particularly liked the postcard which read 'We were *sure* it was the wallpaper, you bastard!!!!!'). I'm glad to say that most Baconians hared off after poissons rouge.</p><p>Terry Pratchett, alt.fan.pratchett</p><p><a href="https://frikiverse.zone/tags/GNUTerryPratchett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GNUTerryPratchett</span></a>, <a href="https://frikiverse.zone/tags/SpeakHisName" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpeakHisName</span></a>, <a href="https://frikiverse.zone/tags/Discworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Discworld</span></a></p>
WIST Quotations<p><a href="https://wist.info/pratchett-terry/3198/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A quotation from <b>Terry Pratchett</b></a></p><blockquote>“Huh! Priests!” said Mr. Shoe. “They’re all the same. Always telling you that you’re going to live again after you’re dead, but you just try it and see the look on their faces!”</blockquote><p><b>Terry Pratchett</b> (1948-2015) English author<br><i>Reaper Man</i> (1991)</p> <p>Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/pratchett-terry/3198/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">wist.info/pratchett-terry/3198…</a></p><p><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>qotd</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=pratchett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pratchett</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=discworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>discworld</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=afterlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>afterlife</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=belief" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>belief</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=death" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>death</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=disbelief" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disbelief</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=priest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>priest</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=priesthood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>priesthood</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>religion</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=resurrection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resurrection</span></a></p>
rateexportpilot<p>Good lord, I love Terry Pratchett so much <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/discworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>discworld</span></a></p>
Lady Wicket<p>"And while it was regarded as pretty good evidence of criminality to be living in a slum, for some reason owning a whole street of them merely got you invited to the very best social occasions." <br>Terry Pratchett; Feet of Clay<br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Discworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Discworld</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BBCQT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BBCQT</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Inequalities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Inequalities</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WealthTaxNeeded" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WealthTaxNeeded</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GaryEconomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GaryEconomics</span></a></p>
Lady Wicket<p>“Geography is just physics slowed down, with a couple of trees stuck in it.”<br>Terry Pratchett; The Last Continent<br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Discworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Discworld</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MyanmarEarthquake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MyanmarEarthquake</span></a> 💙</p>
Terrybot :pratchett:<p>A Thaum is the basic unit of magical strength. It has been universally established as the amount of magic needed to create one small white pigeon or three normal sized billiard balls.</p><p>Terry Pratchett, The Light Fantastic</p><p><a href="https://frikiverse.zone/tags/GNUTerryPratchett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GNUTerryPratchett</span></a>, <a href="https://frikiverse.zone/tags/SpeakHisName" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpeakHisName</span></a>, <a href="https://frikiverse.zone/tags/Discworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Discworld</span></a></p>
Chris Bohn<p>Rincewind was a wizard who took care<br>To avoid trouble both here and there<br>He was followed on every street<br>By the hundreds of little feet<br>Of his luggage made from sapient pear.</p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/WizardlySongsPoemsOrLimericks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WizardlySongsPoemsOrLimericks</span></a><br><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/HashTagGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HashTagGames</span></a> <br><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Discworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Discworld</span></a></p>
Matt Tearle<p>Today wasn’t great but Tuesday was alright. I should have posted this on Tuesday - I got some swag and … well, maybe not any justice, or freedom, or truth, but I did what I could, and the chickens contributed to some hard-boiled eggs to mark the occasion. </p><p>(<a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Discworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Discworld</span></a> reference, at the end there)</p>
Overdrawn at the Gravitas Bank<p>"A Wizard's Staff Has a Knob On the End"</p><p>(My imagined beginning for Nanny Ogg's favourite song:<br>'<br>A wizard’s staff has a knob on the end<br>Knob on the end, a knob on the end<br>A wizard’s staff has a knob on the end<br>And his big stick’s got one, too<br>'<br>)</p><p><a href="https://dobbs.town/tags/SemiReadyMade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SemiReadyMade</span></a><br><a href="https://dobbs.town/tags/Pratchett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pratchett</span></a> <a href="https://dobbs.town/tags/DIscworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DIscworld</span></a></p><p><a href="https://dobbs.town/tags/WizardlySongsPoemsOrLimericks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WizardlySongsPoemsOrLimericks</span></a><br><a href="https://dobbs.town/tags/HashTagGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HashTagGames</span></a></p>
DarkwyndPT<p>1st part of my video playthrough of <a href="https://peoplemaking.games/tags/Discworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Discworld</span></a> Noir: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8z6oFq5-9w" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=Q8z6oFq5-9</span><span class="invisible">w</span></a> <a href="https://peoplemaking.games/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a> <a href="https://peoplemaking.games/tags/graphicadventure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>graphicadventure</span></a></p>
Lady Wicket<p>“The Nac Mac Feegle would fight and steal, certainly, but who wanted to fight the weak and steal from the poor?”<br>Terry Pratchett; The Wee Free Men<br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Discworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Discworld</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LabourApparentlyDo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LabourApparentlyDo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WelfareCuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WelfareCuts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/IncreasingChildPovertyInTheUK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IncreasingChildPovertyInTheUK</span></a></p>
IndieAuthors.Social News<p>12 top best-selling adult fantasy books of all time</p><p>These authors have more gold than the Lannisters.<br><a href="https://www.themarysue.com/top-best-selling-adult-fantasy-books-of-all-time/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">themarysue.com/top-best-sellin</span><span class="invisible">g-adult-fantasy-books-of-all-time/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/Discworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Discworld</span></a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fantasy</span></a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/fantasybooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fantasybooks</span></a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/GameofThrones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GameofThrones</span></a><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/indieauthors" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>indieauthors</span></a></span></p>
Terrybot :pratchett:<p>That seems to point up a significant difference between Europeans and Americans. A European says: "I can't understand this, what's wrong with me?" An American says: "I can't understand this, what's wrong with him?"</p><p>Terry Pratchett, alt.fan.pratchett</p><p><a href="https://frikiverse.zone/tags/GNUTerryPratchett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GNUTerryPratchett</span></a>, <a href="https://frikiverse.zone/tags/SpeakHisName" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpeakHisName</span></a>, <a href="https://frikiverse.zone/tags/Discworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Discworld</span></a></p>
Jeff Forcier<p>Caught up on my <a href="https://social.coop/tags/DresdenFiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DresdenFiles</span></a>. That last one was a bit of a slog, and had /serious/ GameMasterAnthony's birthday party thread vibes, but still fun enough. Def a bit of a “ok well either he gets back on track after this, or it's really just off the rails” pivot point tho.</p><p>Next is back to <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Discworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Discworld</span></a> with Reaper Man, I enjoy a good Death-focused romp which I assume this will also be.</p><p>After that I reckon it'll be back to scifi for a while, this will be the 4th fantasy(ish) book in a row.</p>
Lady Wicket<p>“Asking someone to repeat a phrase you'd not only heard very clearly but were also exceedingly angry about was around Defcon II in the lexicon of squabble.”<br>Terry Pratchett; Witches Abroad <br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Discworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Discworld</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ReevesAndStarmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReevesAndStarmer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SpringStatement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpringStatement</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WelfareCuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WelfareCuts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AusterityTwo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusterityTwo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LabourValuesFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LabourValuesFail</span></a></p>
Lady Wicket<p>“…people like Ridcully are never, ever embarrassed about anything, although often people are embarrassed on their behalf.”<br>Terry Pratchett; Hogfather <br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Discworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Discworld</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Signalgate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signalgate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NationalSecurityBreach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurityBreach</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TrumpingUSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpingUSA</span></a></p>
Terrybot :pratchett:<p>Over the centuries, mankind has tried many ways of combating the forces of evil...prayer, fasting, good works and so on. Up until Doom, no one seemed to have thought about the double-barrel shotgun. Eat leaden death, demon...</p><p>Terry Pratchett, alt.fan.pratchett</p><p><a href="https://frikiverse.zone/tags/GNUTerryPratchett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GNUTerryPratchett</span></a>, <a href="https://frikiverse.zone/tags/SpeakHisName" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpeakHisName</span></a>, <a href="https://frikiverse.zone/tags/Discworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Discworld</span></a></p>
Cian Ó hAnnrachán - Cian Han<p>My lovely, warm, hilarious <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/DND" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DND</span></a> have twigged that I keep using movie references to describe stuff, and now we're all leaning into it. My "almost but not quite <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/discworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>discworld</span></a> " game now has golem cops that make terrible 80s action flick puns, a failed student wizard with a gangsta lean and a quarrelsome dwarf who sounds like Roy Keane.</p>
Lady Wicket<p>“…the real purpose of a coven was to meet friends, even if they were friends simply because they were really the only people you could talk to freely as they had the same problems and would understand what you were moaning about.”<br>Terry Pratchett; Wintersmith <br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Discworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Discworld</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SignalChatUSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SignalChatUSA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WaltzingMatilda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaltzingMatilda</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WhoNeedsDefendingFromWho" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhoNeedsDefendingFromWho</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TrumpingUSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpingUSA</span></a></p>
narpoleptic<p>I'm re-reading Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett and damn, but the Discworld books have so many fantastically worded nuggets of insight about people:</p><p>"Age and wisdom don't necessarily go together, I've always found. Some people just become stupid with more authority."</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/discworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>discworld</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TerryPrachett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TerryPrachett</span></a></p>
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