Windrake
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Childless cat lady🐈⬛ Happily married. Women's rights=human rights.❤️is❤️ She/her. Humanistic 🔯. Fan of 📖#Discworld #Shakespeare #GoodOmens Poe #LOTR #HGTTG Dickens Jules Verne 🎞️ #STNG #StarTrek #Cosmos #DoctorWho
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Windrake
@windrake.bsky.social
· Oct 22
“Sin, young man, is when you treat people like things. Including yourself. That’s what sin is.”
― Terry Pratchett, Carpe Jugulum
No religion ever made it this clear. Families could stay together, and wars might even be averted if they did. But religions would go out of business. #Discworld
― Terry Pratchett, Carpe Jugulum
No religion ever made it this clear. Families could stay together, and wars might even be averted if they did. But religions would go out of business. #Discworld
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September 17, 2026 at 6:21 PM
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The day I come across Vimes Boots Theory, and don't re-share it, is the day I am dead
Discworld QOTD, from Men at Arms
September 10, 2026 at 7:59 PM
The day I come across Vimes Boots Theory, and don't re-share it, is the day I am dead
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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.
Hundreds of those volunteers have died attempting to save others. They are the best of us.
September 8, 2026 at 1:56 PM
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.
Hundreds of those volunteers have died attempting to save others. They are the best of us.
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.
Reality becomes AI slop for maximum profit.
August 30, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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.
Reality becomes AI slop for maximum profit.
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
AI works the same way.
#TerryPratchett #Discworld
August 27, 2026 at 11:54 PM
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
AI works the same way.
#TerryPratchett #Discworld
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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.
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.
August 25, 2026 at 11:57 PM
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.
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.
As drought scorches England, one farm stays green
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August 19, 2026 at 4:18 PM
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“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
#Discworld #TerryPratchett #DailyPratchett #SirTerry
April 2, 2026 at 1:39 PM
“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
#Discworld #TerryPratchett #DailyPratchett #SirTerry
Coffee cans are to a garage what cookie tins are to sewing supplies.
August 2, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Coffee cans are to a garage what cookie tins are to sewing supplies.
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I think this would be a good Discworld Quote of the Day
July 25, 2026 at 5:20 PM
I think this would be a good Discworld Quote of the Day
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.
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.
July 25, 2026 at 12:32 AM
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.
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.
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.
July 24, 2026 at 7:18 PM
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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“Imagination, not intelligence, made us human.” ― Terry Pratchett
#Discworld #TerryPratchett #DailyPratchett #SirTerry
#Discworld #TerryPratchett #DailyPratchett #SirTerry
July 20, 2026 at 1:46 PM
“Imagination, not intelligence, made us human.” ― Terry Pratchett
#Discworld #TerryPratchett #DailyPratchett #SirTerry
#Discworld #TerryPratchett #DailyPratchett #SirTerry
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#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.
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.
July 14, 2026 at 2:32 AM
#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.
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.
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Two people have climbed to the top of the Empire State Building antenna. They are holding a banner that reads: “When the power of love beats the love of power, the world knows peace”
July 1, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Two people have climbed to the top of the Empire State Building antenna. They are holding a banner that reads: “When the power of love beats the love of power, the world knows peace”
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"In the bathtub of history the truth is harder to hold than the soap, and much more difficult to find…"
From the Terry Pratchett book I'm currently re-reading. Bang on.
#speakhisname
From the Terry Pratchett book I'm currently re-reading. Bang on.
#speakhisname
June 28, 2026 at 9:28 PM
"In the bathtub of history the truth is harder to hold than the soap, and much more difficult to find…"
From the Terry Pratchett book I'm currently re-reading. Bang on.
#speakhisname
From the Terry Pratchett book I'm currently re-reading. Bang on.
#speakhisname
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"Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving." Terry Pratchett; A Hat Full of Sky #Discworld #ScotlandTeamComeHome #WorldCup #HeresToTheNextOne
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June 28, 2026 at 7:04 PM
"Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving." Terry Pratchett; A Hat Full of Sky #Discworld #ScotlandTeamComeHome #WorldCup #HeresToTheNextOne
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The more personal a question is, the more trust is implied. That needs to match what you've consented to share.
June 15, 2026 at 1:35 AM
The more personal a question is, the more trust is implied. That needs to match what you've consented to share.
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Trump's asinine UFC event does have some Fall of the Roman Empire vibes to it.
While paying more for everything in your life, all you get from Trump is taxpayer-funded arches, ballrooms, cage match fights, felon-to-felon slush funds, and more tax breaks for billionaires.
Remember in November.
While paying more for everything in your life, all you get from Trump is taxpayer-funded arches, ballrooms, cage match fights, felon-to-felon slush funds, and more tax breaks for billionaires.
Remember in November.
June 15, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Trump's asinine UFC event does have some Fall of the Roman Empire vibes to it.
While paying more for everything in your life, all you get from Trump is taxpayer-funded arches, ballrooms, cage match fights, felon-to-felon slush funds, and more tax breaks for billionaires.
Remember in November.
While paying more for everything in your life, all you get from Trump is taxpayer-funded arches, ballrooms, cage match fights, felon-to-felon slush funds, and more tax breaks for billionaires.
Remember in November.
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Not believing in science really comes back to bite you, doesn’t it?
June 14, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Not believing in science really comes back to bite you, doesn’t it?
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Real shit is more useful than diamonds you're only pretending to own.
June 14, 2026 at 11:41 PM
Real shit is more useful than diamonds you're only pretending to own.
Someone who takes the time to gloat knows they're stolen something that isn't rightfully theirs.
June 14, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Someone who takes the time to gloat knows they're stolen something that isn't rightfully theirs.