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Micah @rincewind.run · 08/06/2025

Discworld QOTD, from Night Watch

“‘Yeah I get the picture,’ sighed Vimes. Carcer had been right. Coppers were always outnumbered, so being a copper only worked when people let it work. If they refocused and realized you were just another standard idiot with a pennyworth of metal for a badge you could end up as a smear on the pavement.”

Micah@rincewind.run

Discworld QOTD, from Making Money

Kamose Mills @kamosemills.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

👍✊🏾🙂

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Molligru Oak 🏳️‍⚧️🦄 @blahpers.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Molligru Oak 🏳️‍⚧️🦄@blahpers.bsky.social

There are apparently only about 21,000 ICE employees total, including all the desk jobs. Just food for thought

Sid Meier's Trash Fire @neurionsa.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

I cannot repost this enough

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azurevista.bsky.social @azurevista.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

I'm so glad I had the chance to know Terry in real life...

CZEdwards @czedwards.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

This weekend is 100% a Night Watch time.

Lené Colbert @lenecolbert.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

It's hard to name one book of his as my favourite, but I almost always tend to choose this one.

Tanya (she/her) @tdr26.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

When we break down, it all breaks down.

Premonitions @premonitions.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

So glad you went with this one

Micah @rincewind.run · 08/06/2025

the rule of law is important not only to the general population but quite specifically to the people in charge of enforcing it because they are always, always outnumbered if people stop agreeing to follow the law hat tip to @chriswarcraft.bsky.social for suggesting this one

Dr. s.c. Harlatan @megaira.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

As usual, quite fitting the current events!

whiskey wolfe @whiskeywolfe.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

You will never find anyone more suspicious of cops than Sam Vimes. He knows them better than anyone.

Torbjörn Björkman @torbjornbjorkman.eurosky.social · 08/06/2025

I've been thinking about Carcer a lot when reading about US politics lately.

Steve Syfuhs @syfuhs.net · 08/06/2025

Apropos of nothing, of course

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Patrick King @patrickkingart.com · 09/06/2025

Well this is *extremely* relevant for today

☠️ I’m Not Dead, I Only Dress That Way ☠️ @fletcherveyluu.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

A personal favorite moment from Night Watch.

He reined Marilyn to a halt, jumped down, and pulled his
clipboard from under the seat.
"Seven for you,
" he said to the guard lounging against the
door.
"Well?" said the guard. "Open it up and let's be having
them, then."
"Right," said Vimes, flicking through the paperwork. "No problem." He thrust the clipboard forward. "Just sign here." The man recoiled as though Vimes had tried to offer him a
snake.
"What d'ya mean, sign?" he said. "Hand 'em over!"
"You sign," said Vimes woodenly. "Them's the rules.
Prisoners moved from one custody to another, you have to sign. More'n my job's worth, not to get signature."
"Your job's not worth spit," snarled the man, grabbing the board. He looked at it blankly and Vimes handed him a pencil.
"If you need any help with the difficult letters, let me
know," he said innocently.
Growling, the guard scrawled something on the paper and
thrust it back.
"Now open up, pl-ease," he said.
"Certainly," said Vimes, glancing at the paper. "But now
I'd like to see some form of ID, thank you."
"What?"
"It's not me, you understand," said Vimes, "but if I went back and showed my captain this piece of paper and he said to me, Vi-Keel, how d'you know he's Henry the Hamster, well, I'd be a bit ... flummoxed. Maybe even perplexed."

"Listen, we don't sign for prisoners!"
"We do, Henry," said Vimes. "No signature, no prisoners."
"And you'll stop us taking 'em, will you?" said Henry the
Hamster, taking a few steps forward
"You lay a hand on that door," said Vimes, "and I'll-"
"Chop it off, will you?"
"—I'll arrest you," said Vimes. "Obstruction would be a good start, but we can probably think of some more charges back at the station."
"Arrest me? But I'm a copper, same as you!"
"Wrong again," said Vimes.