“‘If we get a chance,’ whispered Rincewind to Nijel, ‘we run, right?’
‘Where to?’
‘From,’ said Rincewind, ‘the important word is from.'”
Terry Pratchett; Sourcery
#Discworld #TehranEvacuation #Displacement #RunningFromTrump

The net software here did its meltdown trick again at the weekend (it happens about once every six months -- if only everything was as reliable as WordPerfect 4.2, which only chews up a novel about once every two or three years...)

Terry Pratchett, alt.fan.pratchett

#GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld

Absurd

https://youtu.be/oAdnN0TDZ5w?si=SAJMatLn6d_s6ovM

"The singers all loathe the sight of one another, the chorus despises the singers, they both hate the orchestra, and everyone fears the conductor; the staff on one prompt side won't talk to the staff on the opposite prompt side, the dancers are all crazed from hunger in any case..."

Terry Pratchett, Maskerade

#GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld

“If the landslide is big enough, even square pebbles will roll.”
Terry Pratchett; Monstrous Regiment
#Discworld #NoKingsDayProtests #OutOfStepProtest #RainingOnTrumpsParade

“They didn't have to be funny — they were father jokes.”
Terry Pratchett; The Wee Free Men
#Discworld #FathersDayUK #HappyFathersDay

Humans suffering from a conflict of signals aren't the best people to be holding guns, especially when they've just witnessed a natural childbirth, which definitely looked an un-American way of bringing new citizens into the world.

Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman, Good Omens

#GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld

It's a good thing that I do the politics from this account.

It would be wrong to mention No Kings Day (a.k.a Bastille Day) from a domain that ends in ".uk".

This *is* the MacNacFeegle node, isn't it?

(-:

The Fifth Elephant was not about a baby elephant. I know this was my assumption, but I’m still bummed by that.

But yeah, this one was a heavyweight. This is what Discworld is all about. So much deep and heavy thoughts. So many bad puns. I love it. The Truth is next.

“‘I said I hope it is a good party’ said Galder, loudly. ‘AT THE MOMENT IT IS’ said Death levelly ‘I THINK IT MIGHT GO DOWNHILL VERY QUICKLY AT MIDNIGHT’, ‘Why?’
‘THAT'S WHEN THEY THINK I'LL BE TAKING MY MASK OFF’”
Terry Pratchett; The Light Fantastic
#Discworld #TrumpsBirthdayParade #NoKingsDay

They say the heat and the flies here can drive a man insane. But you don't have to believe that, and nor does that bright mauve elephant that just cycled past.

Terry Pratchett, The Last Continent

#GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld

I'm a Discworld fan. I've been a bit "meh" about most adaptations for TV, but I think I've found my ideal Sam Vimes.

I'm watching The Year of the Rabbit on Netflix - and Matt Berry's Rabbit is just how I'd imagined Sam Vimes to look and sound

Curious to hear who other folx would like to play Sam Vimes.

“Shoot the dictator and prevent the war? But the dictator is merely the tip of the whole festering boil of social pus from which dictators emerge; shoot one and there’ll be another one along in a minute”
Terry Pratchett; Lords and Ladies
#Discworld #IsraelIranWar #Netanyahu #PuttingTheDicInDictator

"Nac Mac Feegle! The Wee Free Men! Nae king! Nae quin! Nae laird! *We willna be fooled again!*"

Terry Pratchett, The Wee Free Men

#GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld

“‘You've taken the first step.'
'There's a second step?' said Tiffany.
'No; there's another first step. Every step is a first step if it's a step in the right direction.'”
Terry Pratchett; I Shall Wear Midnight
#Discworld #Gibraltar #NewBorderDeal #RejoinEU

A Terry Pratchett quote from Snuff, for no particular reason...

“I’ll ask my colleague and an expert on Quirmian law whether he knows of any local edict that makes it legal to tie up somebody who has committed no crime and drag him onto a boat and send him to a questionable distant location against his will.”

Announcing the 2026 Discworld Convention! Taking place from 7th - 10th August 2026 at the Leonardo Hotel, Hinckley Island, Leicestershire.

Stay tuned for more news coming soon!!
https://2024.dwcon.org/contact/stay-informed-about-the-2026-convention/

Take One ticket to New Orleans Take One cab to Bourbon Street Take steps to the counter of the all night frozen dacquiri shop. Take One Large Cupful.

Terry's recipe for the Ultimate Banana Dacquiri
Terry Pratchett, alt.fan.pratchett

#GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld

Today's featured post is magic, at least it would be if he weren't so bad at it.
https://matildaslab.wordpress.com/2021/05/26/rincewind-aleiodes-rincewindi/
#scicomm #biology #pratchett #discworld