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Windrake @windrake.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

It makes you feel alone after a while.

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Windrake @windrake.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Books are like food. No one eats just one type of food, one time, and never feels hungry again.

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Windrake @windrake.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

“Sin, young man, is when you treat people like things. Including yourself. That’s what sin is.” ― Granny Weatherwax From Carpe Jugulum, by Terry Pratchett.

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☣︎☘️⛧Borameer⛧☘️☣︎ @borameer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

“Money makes people rich; it is a fallacy to think it makes them better, or even that it makes them worse. People are what they do, and what they leave behind.” ― Terry Pratchett #Discworld #TerryPratchett #DailyPratchett #SirTerry

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Windrake @windrake.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I hope you love them! The Witches and the Industrial Revolution ones are my other favorites.

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Windrake @windrake.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Have you seen this chart? I first read one of the Watch books, which is why I loved Discworld immediately. Pratchett evolved as a writer so much, the subseries make all the difference.

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Windrake @windrake.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

His books still make me put them down, stunned, thinking "How did he know this?" He worked out more about human nature before the embuggerance took him than entire civilizations do over generations.

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☣︎☘️⛧Borameer⛧☘️☣︎ @borameer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

“The dogged determination and patience of one person to do what is Right and Necessary may not always win the day or even be noticed, but it will tip the balance just a little in the direction of good.” ― Terry Pratchett #Discworld #TerryPratchett #DailyPratchett #SirTerry

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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Things that aren't patriotic: - Racism - Moving abroad for tax purposes Things that are patriotic: - A love and sense of duty to your country, including paying taxes that contribute to it

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Windrake @windrake.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

You dodged a hail of bullets. And ff you enjoyed the books, that's the best possible outcome.

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Windrake @windrake.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Thank you. I will look it up.

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Windrake @windrake.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

What's it about? I love nature documentaries and I love everything I've seen him in, so I'm curious.

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Windrake @windrake.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

He left the world a better place by leaving us his books. They're funny, and I keep having insights into human nature inspired by them. I think others do, too. My husband asked me out because I quoted The Science of Discworld when he was thinking about it :)

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Windrake @windrake.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

My favorite Greebo scene is the one in which he's annoyed that a mouse with wings on was trying to change shape. That just gave him another reason to eat it.

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Windrake @windrake.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

She'll probably say there was a worldwide transgender conspiracy stopping others from watching it if it does badly. I'm morbily curious to see what happens.

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Windrake @windrake.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I won't even watch enough to downvote it. I'd have to pay for HBO MAX first, which I'm even more determined not to do now.

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Windrake @windrake.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I was in the Navy, on deployment to the Mediterranian. As we watched the second tower get hit, we knew our mission was changing in an instant.

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Windrake @windrake.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Boil the water first, and hope it doesn't contain lead.

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Josapr @josapr.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The day I come across Vimes Boots Theory, and don't re-share it, is the day I am dead

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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Since its foundation in 1824 the bravery of Royal National Lifeboat Institution volunteers has saved more than 146,700 lives at sea. Hundreds of those volunteers have died attempting to save others. They are the best of us.

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Windrake @windrake.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

She might have borrowed from him and other good writers to the best of her ability. Her idea of cleverness and subtlety was to name a secret werewolf "Remus Lupin."

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Windrake @windrake.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I think of this every time I remember that my father didn't want women to vote, because men can vote for them, or read holy texts, because men can tell them what they say.

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Your Next Great Read 📚 @nextgreatread.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

“When people who can read and write start fighting on behalf of people who can't, you just end up with another kind of stupidity.” #BookSky #Books #Satire #Literacy #Magic

“When people who can read and write start fighting on behalf of people who can't, you just end up with another kind of stupidity.” — from Discworld 17 - Interesting Times by Pratchett, Terry

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Windrake @windrake.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

The produce section of major grocery stores don't smell like produce. The fruits and vegetables are too uniform in color, shape, and size to look like something that was alive recently. That's so they can be stacked in neat rows or geometric heaps. Reality becomes AI slop for maximum profit.

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Windrake @windrake.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

In "The Wee Free Men," a parasitic world exists. It's the land of the Elves, which attaches to a more solid one while the Elves terrorize people. Tiffany Aching, a young witch, notices that things look fuzzy if no one is paying attention to them. AI works the same way. #TerryPratchett #Discworld

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Windrake @windrake.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

The Librarian would certainly recognize another book lover, but he'd probably be confused as to why she gave them to children, who would wear out the words by reading them over and over.

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Godrann @godrann.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I haven't known Dolly Parton personally. Or Terry Pratchett or Bob Ross. Just like I don't know Keanu Reeves personally. Or Ms. Rachel. It's really not that hard to be decent and caring. It takes trust in others, and the expectation that people like to help you become the best version of you.

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Windrake @windrake.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

They don't expect us to believe the moon is a sphere, do they?

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☣︎☘️⛧Borameer⛧☘️☣︎ @borameer.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

“Watering down the currency of expression, causing anything to mean whatever you want it to mean, until nothing is meant and nothing is precise.” ― Terry Pratchett #Discworld #TerryPratchett #DailyPratchett #SirTerry

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Windrake @windrake.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Feet of Clay for me. It was the first I ever read, and still feels like it's making sense of the world when I reread it. If I've read it too recently, any of the witch books work, too.

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Windrake @windrake.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Cheap stuff is all most of us can afford. If anyone wants to sell expensive, well-made stuff at cheap prices, I'd happily buy that instead.

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Windrake @windrake.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Coffee cans are to a garage what cookie tins are to sewing supplies.

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Windrake @windrake.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

This is a guide to the subseries Terry Pratchett wrote within his Discworld series. If the first one you read doesn't immediately, grab you, one of the others probably will.

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Windrake @windrake.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Terry Pratchett. I think my husband I have all his books and most he cowrote with other fiction authors and scientists. It's about two shelves.

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B J. Witkin @itsjustbeej.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

I think this would be a good Discworld Quote of the Day

It makes you wonder if there is anything to astrology after all."
"Oh, there is," said Susan. "Delusion, wishful thinking, and gullibility."
"Don't you ever let go?"
"I haven't yet."
"Why?"
"I suppose ... because in this world, after everyone panics, there's always got to be someone to tip the wee out of the shoe."

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Windrake @windrake.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

I'm feeling really silly right now. In "Monstrous Regiment" by Terry Pratchett, the officer hopes to cement his legacy by having an item of clothing named after him. His name is Lt Blouse. His regiment is all women disguised as men. A blouse is women's clothing. I read this before. I just got it.

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Windrake @windrake.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

As I reread Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett, it occurs to me that most women cosplay "Woman" on terms set by men all their lives. They decided to cosplay "Man" on men's terms, and it worked because manliness and femininity are acts. Only another soldier born female saw through it.

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Windrake @windrake.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

A movie based on one of the most thoroughly answered questions in both literary and movie histories combined.

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☣︎☘️⛧Borameer⛧☘️☣︎ @borameer.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

“Imagination, not intelligence, made us human.” ― Terry Pratchett #Discworld #TerryPratchett #DailyPratchett #SirTerry

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Windrake @windrake.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

The hiver gives you memories that aren't yours. Dromes trap you in dreams they make from your own memories. In The Wintersmith, there are underground creatures that steal your memories. Pratchett covered memories and how they make you who you are from every angle.

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Windrake @windrake.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

#Unshelfie This book was worth losing the only bookshelf I had. My dying grandmother gave it to me. My parents heard that and demanded it. A date invited me home to keep discussing #TheScienceofDiscworld They have matching bookshelves. I have someone who values me and books more than furniture.

Cover of "The Science of Discworld" by Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart, and Jack Cohen.

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Windrake @windrake.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

The town I used to live in had a perpetually overstocked used book store. You had to wind through stacks to get to fantasy and sci fi. They never had more than one or two Discworld books. When I asked how often they got them, the owner said "All the time, but they sell right away."

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Windrake @windrake.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Father Brown or Sister Boniface, for the last few years. I love any cozy murder mystery when I want to see ordinary people convince others to behave better.

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Windrake @windrake.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

He saw women as people. He even makes the point that people are treating each other wrong when we start thinking we can treat each other as things.

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