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EJ @palehepatica.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
I did the same thing until I saw that guide, which helped me figure out where different “sections” start. Here’s the blank one if you want it! There might be more versions floating around as well. So far I’ve enjoyed the Watch novels the most.
Discworld Reading Order Guide 3.0
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EJ @palehepatica.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
I read this post, put my phone down, opened a book, and immediately came across a Mary Oliver poem talking about the prayers of animals and plants. :-)
“I HAPPENED TO BE STANDING” by Mary Oliver. 
I don’t know where prayers go, or what they do. 
Do cats pray while they sleep half-asleep in the sun? 
Does the opossum pray as it crosses the street? 
The sunflowers? The old black oak growing older every year? 
I know I can walk through the world, along the shore or under the trees, with my mind filled with things of little importance, in full self-attendance. A condition I can’t really call being alive. 
Is a prayer a gift, or a petition, or does it matter? The sunflowers blaze, maybe that’s their way. Maybe the cats are sound asleep. Maybe not,
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EJ @palehepatica.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
From somewhere on Tumblr
Screenshot of Aziraphale and Crowley in Good Omens with the headline “Best Friends Each Secretly Think Of The Other As Sidekick”
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EJ @palehepatica.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Echoing another commenter - is it possible there’s something in the barrel, like the starter cartridge, stuck in there? This is what mine looks like and your cartridge looks like a similar position and size as mine.
Orange Kaweco sport dissembled into three piecesDissembled Kaweco sport with the empty center of the pen visible
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EJ @palehepatica.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
*internal West Wing fan screaming*
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EJ @palehepatica.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
The paper is a little thinner than my previous planner, but I don’t get much actual bleed through.
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EJ @palehepatica.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Gandalf being continually exhausted by Pippin is one of my favorite Lord of the Rings interactions
Gandalf in Return of the King smoking a pipe and looking tired of Pippin’s shit
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EJ @palehepatica.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Without downloading any new pics, describe your gender.
A screenshot of Nanny Ashtoreth from Good Omens, overlaid with a tumblr text post from user generalgreviousdatingsim that reads “woman? No, you misheard. I’m an omen.” followed by the same user stating “I don’t identify as “male” or “female”, I identify as a warning”
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EJ @palehepatica.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
My crime-loving son uses his single brain cell to put his dirty little paws in my seltzer water every single day
A gray cat with yellow eyes and a white spot on his chest
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EJ @palehepatica.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Whew. Discworld readers, I just finished Snuff, so I’ve finished all the Watch novels. Where would you suggest I go next?
The Discworld Reading Order Guide 3.0. All of the Watch novels have been crossed off.
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EJ @palehepatica.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
This is Earl, who lives a very hard life as you can see.
A gray cat, tucked under a blanket with his face visible, stares up at a camera with a sleepy look while laying on his back. His teeth are barely visible.
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EJ @palehepatica.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
DS9 observations: Siri, play “Creep” by Radiohead
Gul Dukat, a Cardassuan from Star Trek, with white skin and dark hair
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EJ @palehepatica.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
First time DS9 watching: My fully unjustified headcanon is that Quark’s outfits are made out of bar furniture fabric samples he got for free from vendors.
A blurry screenshot of Quark from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine wearing a multicolored jacket
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EJ @palehepatica.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
With alt text - “Former FDA Commjssioner under Trump 1.0:
Tweet from Scott Gottlieb, MD, saying “The measles outbreak in Texas is much larger than reported totals, as a lot of cases have been going unreported for a long time
Measles claims the life of ~ 1/1,000 cases. The 2 and perhaps 3 tragic deaths we've seen also implies a much larger outbreak” and sharing a link to a New York Times article labeled “A Second Child Dies of Measles in Texas” https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/health/measles-death-texas.html
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EJ @palehepatica.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
I saw this post and immediately thought of him 😭
A tumblr screenshot from user dreamofthemaidenless that reads “right now on earth there’s a kindly old stray tomcat who just got adopted and he’s receiving enough food to fill his belly for the first time in his entire life and he’s so so so happy and he doesn’t even know that it’s going to be like this forever”
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EJ @palehepatica.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
A cat who SHAMELESSLY sprinted out of the house last night at 3am when someone walked outside to look at the moon, and had to be chased around the yard until she got bored and started rolling around on the neighbor’s front porch
A black cat with green eyes sits on a person’s lap, looking satisfied
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EJ @palehepatica.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Exhausted this week.
A 5 by 10 cell seed starting tray sitting under lights, with seedlings beginning to emerge from the soil mix in a couple of rows.
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EJ @palehepatica.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
If you search for a topic (bottom of the screen on Apple devices), look at your results; click “feeds” at the top of the screen instead of “top”; and you can find feeds by topic there. You can then hit the plus sign to follow them/add them to your default feeds in the app.
A screenshot of the BlueSky app showing a search for “gardening”, with tabs appearing for “top”, “latest”, “people”, and “feeds”.
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EJ @palehepatica.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
I haven’t. I’ve been reading through all of the Watch books to start out, based on this guide which I’m certain I saved from someone on here.
The Discworld Reading Order Guide 3.0. The books are broken down into “Rincewind Novels”, “Science Novels”, “Industrial Revolution”, “Moist Von Lipwig”, “Watch Novels”, “Death Novels”, “Ancient Civilizations”, “Witches Novels”, and “Tiffany Aching”.
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EJ @palehepatica.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
I haven’t! I’ve been reading through all the Watch novels.
A web showing a suggested Discworld Reading Order Guide 3.0. Five books in the “Watch novels” have been crossed off.
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EJ @palehepatica.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
I think I’m going to wear this a lot. Thanks @theremina.bsky.social !
A woman’s torso wearing a shirt that says “GET IN THE BIN” above Elisabetta Sirani’s “Timoclea” painting, featuring a woman throwing a man into a well
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EJ @palehepatica.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Can I offer you a kitten picture in these troubling times?
Litter of black, white and tabby kittens laying together in a box. They are big enough to have opened eyes, but are still very small.
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EJ @palehepatica.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
I drove the TINIEST of cats to their foster today!!
A litter of five very young black, white and tabby cats in a box
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EJ @palehepatica.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Terry Pratchett just called me out from beyond the grave, because I definitely just screenshotted the page before this and posted it on Instagram and was feeling (secretly) a little smug about it. Touché, Sir.
A page of text from Terry Pratchett’s Jingo, including - “And then he realized why he was thinking like this. It was because he wanted there to be conspirators. It was much better to imagine men in some smoky room somewhere, made mad and cynical by privilege and power, plotting over the brandy. You had to cling to this sort of image,  cause if you didn’t then you might have to face the fact that bad things happened because ordinary people, the kind who brushed the dog and told their children bedtime stories, were capable of then going out and doing horrible things to other ordinary people. It was so much easier to blame it on Them.”
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EJ @palehepatica.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Oh, to be a kitten in a puddle of kittens. (Did you know that even if you don’t have room to foster yourself, you can volunteer to transport animals to their foster?)
Five kittens sleeping together in a pile in a box. They are old enough to open their eyes, but just barely.
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EJ @palehepatica.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Aziraphale from Good Omens looking tired, and a tumblr post that says “I’m a nice person but I’m about to start throwing rocks at people”
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EJ @palehepatica.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
I think I’ve mainly reposted depressing stuff today so here’s a cat picture.
A black and white cat is curled into a ball with her nose tucked under her paw. The toe beans on her back foot are pink.
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EJ @palehepatica.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Ben Affleck standing with his eyes closed and holding a cigarette. He looks exhausted
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EJ @palehepatica.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
I think BlueSky continues to need more cat pictures.
A gray cat with his eyes closed facing the camera
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EJ @palehepatica.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Ben affleck smoking through the pain of existence
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EJ @palehepatica.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
This is Earl Gray. I love him and sometimes he loves me.
A gray cat laying on his back with all his paws in the air
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EJ @palehepatica.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Cats galore!
A gray cat lays on his back with all of his feet in the air
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EJ @palehepatica.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
Acquired new books and new socks today so I’m having a pretty great day so far
A person holding four books so the spines are visible to the camera. The books include Parable of the Sower, Son of the Storm, a Tomoe River notebook, and Redshirts.
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EJ @palehepatica.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Closeup of Obama’s eyes with “THEN PERISH” written over them
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EJ @palehepatica.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Cat people: This is a random reminder to clean and change out the filter on your cat’s water fountain because they will be happy and it’s very cute to watch them drink water
A black cat sitting next to a white pet water fountain
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EJ @palehepatica.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
I also have an Earl Gray!
Gray cat curled up asleep with his face turned upside down in a cute way
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EJ @palehepatica.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Working on finishing undergrad after a decade. Thanks for writing helpful stuff, @robinmarty.bsky.social and others!
A hand holding three books on a gray background. The spines of the book read “The End of Roe v. Wade”, Robin Marty and Jessica Mason Pieklo; “After Roe”, Mary Ziegler; and “New Handbook for a Post-Roe America”, Robin Marty.
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EJ @palehepatica.bsky.social · 06/11/2024
Our cats are utterly unimpressed by my urge for extra cuddling today.
A gray cat laying on a cat tower with his chin on the edge. He is sleepy and adorable.
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EJ @palehepatica.bsky.social · 06/11/2024
I think it’s a new Parker 51.
A green Parker pen with a hooded nib
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EJ @palehepatica.bsky.social · 03/11/2024
Got another fountain pen as a birthday gift from a friend. I am spoiled and will have to do more research because I haven’t looked at Parker pens much.
A green Parker fountain pen with a silver and gold cap. The box is visible in the background
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EJ @palehepatica.bsky.social · 30/10/2024
A gray kitten asleep on someone’s lap
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EJ @palehepatica.bsky.social · 27/10/2024
OK, this may have done it - I used warm water with a dot of dish soap and rinsed thoroughly. It’s definitely writing better now. Thank you!
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EJ @palehepatica.bsky.social · 27/10/2024
Not getting good ink flow. Attached a quick video, please disregard cat meowing. At first I thought I was just holding the pen at a bad angle, but it seems to happen no matter how I hold the pen. Using Diamine Onyx Black on a Leuchtturm notebook currently. Also happened with the default cartridge.
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EJ @palehepatica.bsky.social · 27/10/2024
So, I’m still super pumped about this pen, but it’s definitely writing kind of rough. This is the first time I’m needing to troubleshoot a pen (which is ok!) Any basic tips for new pen people like me? I cleaned the pen when I got it, and switched from the default cartridge to a Kaweco converter.
Kaweco sport brass pen body and nib
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EJ @palehepatica.bsky.social · 17/10/2024
BRB sobbing my partner got me the exact fountain pen I’ve been wanting for my birthday
A Kaweco sport brass fountain pen being held by a white hand with black nail polish
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EJ @palehepatica.bsky.social · 12/10/2024
*watches Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “The Host”* *immediately starts looking for Beverly x Odan fan fiction*
Odan kissing Beverly’s wrist in Star Trek: The Next Generation
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EJ @palehepatica.bsky.social · 19/09/2024
An unimpressed looking black cat with her ears laid back
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EJ @palehepatica.bsky.social · 13/09/2024
Oh, so we’re all posting cat videos now, right? This is Earl.
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EJ @palehepatica.bsky.social · 28/08/2024
I’d like to blame the cat distribution system for this, but it’s more like “I regularly torture myself by joining the county-wide lost/found animal group on Facebook”
A gray kitten meowing at the camera next to a stuffed dinosaur, while laying on a blanket
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EJ @palehepatica.bsky.social · 24/08/2024
Fountain pen, cat toy, same thing
A black cat with her claws extended over a purple Lamy Safari pen
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