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Micah @rincewind.run · 17/09/2026
Discworld QOTD, from Sourcery
Discworld meme. On the left is Death, a skeleton with glowing blue eye sockets wearing a black robe. Death is petting a small kitten. 

On the right is the text of the quote. 

“I meant,” said Ipslore bitterly, “what is there in this world that truly makes living worthwhile?’

Death thought about it. 

CATS, he said eventually. CATS ARE NICE.
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Nick Peterson @thetecheng.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
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Robert Simmon @rsimmon.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I am having a particularly frustrating week, so here’s one of the best things I’ve ever done. The eruption of Sarychev Peak in the Aleutian Islands, seen by the crew of the space station. www.nasa.gov/image-articl...
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SubstitutionBox @substitutionbox.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
"Freedom is the right of all sentient beings." -Optimus Prime
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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 11/08/2026
What do you MEAN they smuggled the president out of Turkey in a catering cart
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Scifi Art @scifiart.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Art by Michael Whelan for the 1980s Del Rey reprints of Isaac Asimov’s Foundation series. @michaelwhelan.bsky.social
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 06/08/2026
I really recommend the 2022 documentary “It’s Quieter in the Twilight,” which profiles the scientists working in relative obscurity to keep the Voyager spacecraft operating—many of them past retirement age, but unwilling to quit until the Voyagers do. It was very sweet and thought-provoking.
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 16/07/2026
Time Change xkcd.com/3272/
3-panel comic. (1) PERSON 1 behind podium on stage: We all hate springing forward. But we love falling back. (2) [Audience pictured listening] PERSON 1: Therefore, we are abolishing the *spring* time change *only*. We’ll gain an hour every year, but never lose one. (3) PERSON OFF-PANEL: Won’t that cause the clocks to spiral out of sync with the sun? PERSON 1 holding up a fist: *Then we will meet the chaos clear-eyed and well-rested!*
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Adam Rawnsley @arawnsley.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
My favorite Cray cameo bsky.app/profile/retr...
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Mat Johnson @matjohnson.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Congratulations to everyone who said it would get this bad. Your prize is watching everyone who disagreed now claim no one could have predicted it would get this bad.
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THE FAR SIDE DAILY @bot.cowtools.org · 04/05/2026
Cow tools
Cow tools
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Keith Law @keithlaw.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
can we impeach someone for crimes against math
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Nova Crystallis @novacrystallis.com · 10/04/2026
'Seekers of Adoulin' (medley) from: FINAL FANTASY XI Priceless Remembrance via: Square Enix Music 🎵 A New Direction 🎵 The Pioneers 🎵 The Sacred City of Adoulin 🎵 Into Lands Primeval - Ulbuka 🎵 Mog Resort
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[Video Soundtrack] Seekers of Adoulin [FINAL FANTASY XI Priceless Remembrance]
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Maytera Marble @mayteramarble.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Prove You're Human (sunset visitor 斜陽過客, 2027)
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Nova Crystallis @novacrystallis.com · 09/04/2026
'Wings of the Goddess' (medley) from: FINAL FANTASY XI Priceless Remembrance via: Square Enix Music 🎵 Wings of the Goddess 🎵 Griffons Never Die 🎵 Flowers on the Battlefield 🎵 Stargazing 🎵 The Cosmic Wheel
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[Video Soundtrack] Wings of the Goddess [FINAL FANTASY XI Priceless Remembrance]
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THE FAR SIDE DAILY @bot.cowtools.org · 08/04/2026
“Hello, Emily. This is Gladys Murphy up the street. Fine, thanks. … Say, Emily, could you go to your window and describe what’s in my front yard?”
“Hello, Emily. This is Gladys Murphy up the street. Fine, thanks. … Say, Emily, could you go to your window and describe what’s in my front yard?”
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Nova Crystallis @novacrystallis.com · 08/04/2026
'Treasures of Aht Urhgan' (medley) from: FINAL FANTASY XI Priceless Remembrance via: Square Enix Music 🎵 Vana'diel March #4 🎵 Bustle of the Capital 🎵 Whispers of the Gods 🎵 Jeweled Boughs
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[Video Soundtrack] Treasures of Aht Urhgan [FINAL FANTASY XI Priceless Remembrance]
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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 03/04/2026
This image of home just came down from the Artemis II crew. Taken after their translunar injection burn, there are aurorae at top right and lower left, and zodiacal light at lower right. Credit: NASA/Reid Wiseman
That's home. That's us.
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Nova Crystallis @novacrystallis.com · 27/03/2026
'Chains of Promathia' (medley) from: FINAL FANTASY XI Priceless Remembrance via: Square Enix Music 🎵 Unity 🎵 Faded Memories — Promyvion 🎵 A New Horizon — Tavnazian Archipelago 🎵 The Celestial Capital — Al'Taieu
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[Video Soundtrack] Chains of Promathia [FINAL FANTASY XI Priceless Remembrance]
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Nova Crystallis @novacrystallis.com · 26/03/2026
'Rise of the Zilart' (medley) from: FINAL FANTASY XI Priceless Remembrance via: Square Enix Music 🎵 Kazham 🎵 The Sanctuary of Zi'Tah 🎵 Tu'Lia
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[Video Soundtrack] Rise of the Zilart [FINAL FANTASY XI Priceless Remembrance]
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Nova Crystallis @novacrystallis.com · 25/03/2026
'Home Away from Home' (medley) from: FINAL FANTASY XI Precious Remembrance via: Square Enix Music 🎵 Vana'diel March 🎵 Vana'diel March #2
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[Video Soundtrack] Home Away from Home [FINAL FANTASY XI Priceless Remembrance]
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Nova Crystallis @novacrystallis.com · 24/03/2026
'The Darkness Without' (medley) from: FINAL FANTASY XI Priceless Remembrance via: Square Enix Music 🎵 Xarcabard 🎵 Castle Zvahl 🎵 Awakening
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[Video Soundtrack] The Darkness Without [FINAL FANTASY XI Priceless Remembrance]
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Jonesy @loanseyjonesy.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
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Nova Crystallis @novacrystallis.com · 19/03/2026
'On Fate's Wings' from: FINAL FANTASY XI Priceless Remembrance via: Square Enix Music 🎵 Ru'Lude Gardens 🎵 The Grand Duchy of Jeuno 🎵 Airship
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[Video Soundtrack] On Fate’s Wings [FINAL FANTASY XI Priceless Remembrance]
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Nova Crystallis @novacrystallis.com · 19/03/2026
'The Brine' (medley) from: FINAL FANTASY XI Priceless Remembrance via: Square Enix Music 🎵 Selbina 🎵 Voyager 🎵 Buccaneers 🎵 Mhaura
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[Video Soundtrack] The Brine [FINAL FANTASY XI Priceless Remembrance]
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NateintheWild @nateinthewild.com · 17/03/2026
Would you stand in a dark field for 4 hours to create this? Is it weird that it makes me happier than almost anything else?
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THE FAR SIDE DAILY @bot.cowtools.org · 13/03/2026
“Dang it! Doris! Hit the light! … I think there’s a mosquito after me!”
“Dang it! Doris! Hit the light! … I think there’s a mosquito after me!”
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Nova Crystallis @novacrystallis.com · 10/03/2026
'Footsteps through the Aether' (medley) from: FINAL FANTASY XI Priceless Remembrance via: Square Enix Music 🎵 The Federation of Windurst 🎵 Sarutabaruta 🔊 Tahrongi Canyon 🔊 Meriphataud Mountains 🎵 Sauromugue Champaign
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[Video Soundtrack] Footsteps through the Aether [FINAL FANTASY XI Priceless Remembrance]
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Nova Crystallis @novacrystallis.com · 10/03/2026
'From Industry to Nature' (medley) from: FINAL FANTASY XI Priceless Remembrance via: Square Enix Music 🎵 The Republic of Bastok 🎵 Gustaberg 🔊 Konschtat Highlands 🔊 Pashhow Marshlands 🎵 Rolanberry Fields
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[Video Soundtrack] From Industry to Nature [FINAL FANTASY XI Priceless Remembrance]
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Nova Crystallis @novacrystallis.com · 05/03/2026
'Through the Woods and Over the Highlands' (medley) from: FINAL FANTASY XI Priceless Remembrance via: Square Enix Music 🎵 The Kingdom of San d'Oria 🎵 Ronfaure 🔊 La Theine Plateau 🔊 Jugner Forest 🎵 Batallia Downs
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[Video Soundtrack] Through the Woods and Over the Highlands [FINAL FANTASY XI Priceless Remembrance]
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SwiftOnSecurity @swiftonsecurity.com · 09/03/2026
This little maneuver is gonna cost us
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Americana
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THE FAR SIDE DAILY @bot.cowtools.org · 04/03/2026
“Millions of years old and they look as if they were laid yesterday!”
“Millions of years old and they look as if they were laid yesterday!”
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Joshfrai @joshfrai.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Get in, loser, we're slouching toward Bethlehem.
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Jessica Ritchey @jmritchey.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Mom, come pick me up, the best lack all conviction and the worst are full of passionate intensity.
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Alice Averlong 🏳️‍⚧️ @alice.averlong.com · 26/02/2026
The transit advisor from SimCity 2000, saying "I still know how."
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Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
every time I see Rubio
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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
I actually think the behavior of the Republicans in the audience has been more noteworthy than Trump’s speech itself. The braying, boorish jeers and yawps of a party fully given over to fascism.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/02/2026
Incredible shot of Rep. Al Green holding up a "BLACK PEOPLE AREN'T APES!" sign with Trump in the foreground from photographer Kenny Holston (Getty)
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Anytime I see Jeff Bezos mentioned I remember the time he flew to space with William Shatner and when a very emotoinal Shatner was trying to describe the experience Bezos interrupted by spraying champagne like an idiot child
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
the magic of the Muppets is that there are two fourth walls. they constantly break the one that reminds the audience they are performers. they NEVER break the one that reminds the audience they are puppets. this dynamic is the key to their entire comedy style
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sam @samthielman.com · 04/02/2026
The guy who owns Amazon shutting down the books section of the Washington Post is beyond parody
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/01/2026
reminder that a small handful of Republicans in the House and Senate could end this madness today
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lincoln carpenter @lincolnhello.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Happy to have another excuse to write about Final Fantasy 11, which recently broke in the exact right way to force its Games Masters into doing something extremely funny:
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After a server glitch, Final Fantasy 11 is dispatching Game Masters to manually assassinate bugged monsters just so the game knows they're really dead: 'God personally stepping in to correct the world...
Sometimes there's only one way to be sure.
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Low Frequency Ovipositor @pikesley.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 19/01/2026
Frodo: I wish so much unbelievably stupid shit had not happened in my time

Gandalf: So do all who live to see such times. This is all exceptionally stupid, though
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T. Greg Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
The purpose of the Bill of Rights was/is to restrain the Government, not protect it
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THE FAR SIDE DAILY @bot.cowtools.org · 07/01/2026
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SwiftOnSecurity @swiftonsecurity.com · 03/01/2026
Let me turn on nightmare vision
Everything looks exactly the same
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Micah @rincewind.run · 25/12/2025
a very happy Falling Angel/Rising Ape day to you all for my money the single best passage in all of Discworld, and one of the finest passages in the history of literature
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Micah @rincewind.run · 25/12/2025
Discworld QOTD, from Hogfather
All right," said Susan. "I'm not stupid. You're saying humans need... fantasies to make life bearable."

REALLY? AS IF IT WAS SOME KIND OF PINK PILL? NO. HUMANS NEED FANTASY TO BE HUMAN. TO BE THE PLACE WHERE THE FALLING ANGEL MEETS THE RISING APE.

"Tooth fairies? Hogfathers? Little—"

YES. AS PRACTICE. YOU HAVE TO START OUT LEARNING TO BELIEVE THE LITTLE LIES.

"So we can believe the big ones?"

YES. JUSTICE. MERCY. DUTY. THAT SORT OF THING.

"They're not the same at all!"

YOU THINK SO? THEN TAKE THE UNIVERSE AND GRIND IT DOWN TO THE FINEST POWDER AND SIEVE IT THROUGH THE FINEST SIEVE AND THEN SHOW ME ONE ATOM OF JUSTICE, ONE MOLECULE OF MERCY. AND YET—Death waved a hand. AND YET YOU ACT AS IF THERE IS SOME IDEAL ORDER IN THE WORLD, AS IF THERE IS SOME...SOME RIGHTNESS IN THE UNIVERSE BY WHICH IT MAY BE JUDGED.

"Yes, but people have got to believe that, or what's the point—"

MY POINT EXACTLY.
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sam @samthielman.com · 16/12/2025
No one’s rich like Gaston That’s the pitch for “Gaston” No one’s complex and tragic yet kitsch like Gaston He’s a circle that begs to be squared It’s a tentpole, a four-quadrant hit Yes his backstory’s moving and layered And it’s starring a CGI de-aged Brad Pitt
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