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Alec Muffett<p>How I believe Terry Pratchett would likely view those activists who promote Age Verification to support the Online Safety Act<br><a href="https://alecmuffett.com/article/114357" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">alecmuffett.com/article/114357</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AgeVerification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AgeVerification</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OnlineSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OnlineSafety</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OnlineSafetyAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OnlineSafetyAct</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TerryPratchett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TerryPratchett</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vpn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vpn</span></a></p>
Caiotekit Creations<p>I just finished Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett. One thing that I do like about his books, is that he does one story line. I do like reading complicated books with multiple plot lines, but sometimes it’s just nice to focus on one and see it through.<br><a href="https://convo.casa/tags/terrypratchett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>terrypratchett</span></a> <a href="https://convo.casa/tags/TerryPratchett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TerryPratchett</span></a> <a href="https://convo.casa/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a></p>
Cam<p>Inspired by the late great Sir Terry Pratchett, I've decided to become a renegade in the world of Millenials by switching from using parentheses to footnotes to anxiously/pedantically clarify my inane* digital ramblings.</p><p>*Depending on who you ask, this word may be short one 's'</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Discworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Discworld</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/TerryPratchett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TerryPratchett</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/millennials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>millennials</span></a></p>
HB Kennedy<p>Following <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://QuarteredCircle.net/@LexPendragon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>LexPendragon</span></a></span> </p><p>To help make connections: name 5-7 things that interest you but aren't in your profile, as tags so they are searchable. 

Then boost this post or repeat its instructions so others know to do the same.</p><p><a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/janeausten" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>janeausten</span></a> <br><a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/neurodivergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neurodivergency</span></a> <br><a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/terrypratchett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>terrypratchett</span></a> <br><a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/buddhism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>buddhism</span></a> <br><a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> </p><p>I <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/cook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cook</span></a>, read too much <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/cozyfantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cozyfantasy</span></a>, annoy my <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/cats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cats</span></a>, listen to <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/podcasts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>podcasts</span></a> (big <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@midnightburger" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>midnightburger</span></a></span> fan), and love my job in <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/longtermcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>longtermcare</span></a></p>
Rupert 🇪🇺🏴‍☠️😾🔭📷🍺🍪🌍🔥<p>Reading the <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/TerryPratchett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TerryPratchett</span></a> biography by <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/RobWilkins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RobWilkins</span></a> A Life With Footnotes and loving it, and the footnotes.</p>
Prism & Pen<p>U.K. transphobes were trying to retroactively claim the late Terry Pratchett as one of their own. Thankfully, his daughter shot this down brilliantly by pointing out that his books are full of pro-trans stories.<br><a href="https://medium.com/prismnpen/how-queer-people-should-read-terry-pratchett-0109989f006a?sk=4bc21fa162fb91193efe7d045b784e60" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">medium.com/prismnpen/how-queer</span><span class="invisible">-people-should-read-terry-pratchett-0109989f006a?sk=4bc21fa162fb91193efe7d045b784e60</span></a></p><p><a href="https://stranger.social/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://stranger.social/tags/QueerBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QueerBooks</span></a> <a href="https://stranger.social/tags/TerryPratchett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TerryPratchett</span></a> <a href="https://stranger.social/tags/PTerry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PTerry</span></a></p>
molosovsky 🐿✊💗<p>&gt;&gt; Bonus-Aufreger.<br>Die <a href="https://literatur.social/tags/TerryPratchett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TerryPratchett</span></a>-Biogrophie seines Freund-Assistenten Rob Wilkins erschien 2022. Hab ich gleich gelesen, naturgemäß.</p><p>Jetzt, Mitte 2025, zeigt mir ein schneller Blick bei Amazon mir Übersetzungen auf Italienisch, Polnisch, Französisch, Katalanisch und Chinesisch.</p><p>Würd gerne wissen wie KRASS DER KNALL IST, DER UNSERE VERLAGSLANDSCHAFT PLAGT!!!1!!ELF</p>
WIST Quotations<p><a href="https://wist.info/pratchett-terry/78292/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A quotation from <b>Terry Pratchett</b></a></p><blockquote>Sam Vimes could parallel process. Most husbands can. They learn to follow their own line of thought while at the same time listening to what their wives say. And the listening is important, because at any time they could be challenged and must be ready to quote the last sentence in full. A vital additional skill is being able to scan the dialogue for telltale phrases such as “and they can deliver it tomorrow” or “so I’ve invited them for dinner” or “they can do it in blue, really quite cheaply.”</blockquote><p><b>Terry Pratchett</b> (1948-2015) English author<br><i>Discworld</i> Series No. 24, <i>The Fifth Elephant</i> (1999)</p> <p>Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/pratchett-terry/78292/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wist.info/pratchett-terry/7829…</a></p><p><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>qotd</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=terrypratchett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>terrypratchett</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=discworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>discworld</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=attention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>attention</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=dialog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dialog</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=distraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>distraction</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=husband" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>husband</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=listening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>listening</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=marriage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>marriage</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=payingattention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>payingattention</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=wife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wife</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=conversation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conversation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=communication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>communication</span></a></p>
In Search of a Better World<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>gerrymcgovern</span></a></span> I was diagnosed with a serious "slood" deficiency, and prescribed Dried Frog Pills by someone called "Redo from Start". I hope it isn't serious. </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/discworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>discworld</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/terrypratchett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>terrypratchett</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/gnuterrypratchett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gnuterrypratchett</span></a></p>
genuineparts<p>"The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it."</p> <p>-Terry Pratchett, Diggers</p><br><a class="hashtag" href="https://app.wafrn.net/dashboard/search/quotefriday" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quotefriday</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://app.wafrn.net/dashboard/search/Terry%20Pratchett" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Terry-Pratchett</a>
Pratchat Podcast<p>Our planned August episode, <a href="https://mendeddrum.org/tags/Pratchat88" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pratchat88</span></a>, was cursed (we should have used <a href="https://mendeddrum.org/tags/Prachat7A7A" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Prachat7A7A</span></a>). Here’s a bonus episode in which Ben browses his bookshelf to mention a few <a href="https://mendeddrum.org/tags/Discworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Discworld</span></a> and <a href="https://mendeddrum.org/tags/TerryPratchett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TerryPratchett</span></a> books that won’t get their own episodes!</p><p><a href="https://pratchatpodcast.com/2025/08/08/browsing-bens-bookshelf/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pratchatpodcast.com/2025/08/08</span><span class="invisible">/browsing-bens-bookshelf/</span></a></p>
Discworld Convention<p>Wave 1 might be sold out but there’s another chance to buy memberships in Wave 2. Here are a few pointers to help you prepare.</p><p><a href="https://dwcon.org/useful-info/news/wave-1-sold-out/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">dwcon.org/useful-info/news/wav</span><span class="invisible">e-1-sold-out/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mendeddrum.org/tags/Discworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Discworld</span></a> <a href="https://mendeddrum.org/tags/DiscworldConvention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DiscworldConvention</span></a> <a href="https://mendeddrum.org/tags/TerryPratchett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TerryPratchett</span></a> <a href="https://mendeddrum.org/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a></p>
Cam<p>After a heart racing countdown, of the like that is rarely seen outside of action movies, and pensive glances at clocks in westerns as noon approaches, I'm heading to my first ever (International*) Discworld convention in 2026! </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mendeddrum.org/@dwcon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>dwcon</span></a></span> did a great job of organizing it :)</p><p>*Although I have it on good authority that it is in fact taking place in a particular nation.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Discworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Discworld</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/TerryPratchett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TerryPratchett</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/dwcon2026" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dwcon2026</span></a></p>
Baltergeist<p>Sewing Bee<br>"Who Tripped the Honey Trap?"<br>Theology Throwdown<br>Scrolling for Trolling<br>"Where's My Cow?"*</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AlternativesToSpellingBees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlternativesToSpellingBees</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HashTagGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HashTagGames</span></a></p><p>* <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SpeakHisName" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpeakHisName</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TerryPratchett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TerryPratchett</span></a></p>
technicat<p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SmallGodsSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SmallGodsSunday</span></a> I just started reading <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TerryPratchett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TerryPratchett</span></a> and I see have some catching up to do (forty-one Discworld novels!)</p>
Anna Saultron :progresspride:<p>2/2 Was mich auch dank Terry Pratchetts Art Menschen zu erklären dazu bewogen hat Star Ryde überhaupt als etwas eigenes zu entwickeln.</p><p>Und Schande auf mein Haupt dass ich seine Werke gestern nicht erwähnt habe denn die Scheibenwelt Romane haben mich mindestens genauso beeinflusst wie Star Trek.</p><p><a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/PhantastikPrompts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PhantastikPrompts</span></a> 03.08.2025 <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/schreiben" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>schreiben</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/StarRyde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StarRyde</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/Original" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Original</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/TerryPratchett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TerryPratchett</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/Scheibenwelt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scheibenwelt</span></a></p>
Frantic 🇬🇧 + 🇪🇺<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@lowqualityfacts" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>lowqualityfacts</span></a></span> after some casual and indifferent research I think you might be onto something interesting here. I think that what you might have missed is that as many as 45 Mondays each year could be 12 hours or less. Of course observational data may not support this as we sleep through the shortened portions which leads to Terrible Tuesday syndrome.<br>Some may consider this to be absurd.</p><p>Scientists have calculated that the chances of something so patently absurd actually existing are millions to one.<br>But magicians have calculated that million-to-one chances crop up nine times out of ten.</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/TerryPratchett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TerryPratchett</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/GNUTerryPratchet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GNUTerryPratchet</span></a></p>
WIST Quotations<p><a href="https://wist.info/pratchett-terry/46382/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A quotation from <b>Terry Pratchett</b></a></p><blockquote>A marriage is always made up of two people who are prepared to swear that only the other one snores.</blockquote><p><b>Terry Pratchett</b> (1948-2015) English author<br><i>Discworld</i> No. 24, <i>The Fifth Elephant</i> (1999)</p> <p>Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/pratchett-terry/46382/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wist.info/pratchett-terry/4638…</a></p><p><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>qotd</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=terrypratchett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>terrypratchett</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=discworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>discworld</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=annoyance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>annoyance</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=blame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blame</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=habit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>habit</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=marriage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>marriage</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=perspective" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>perspective</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=sleeping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sleeping</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=snoring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>snoring</span></a></p>
Tim Hergert<p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/TerryPratchett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TerryPratchett</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/SmallGods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SmallGods</span></a></p>
Curious Loth-cat<p>“‘Rincewind, all the shops have been smashed open. There was a whole bunch of people across the street helping themselves to musical instruments, can you believe that?’</p><p>‘Yeah,’ said Rincewind, picking up a knife and testing its blade thoughtfully. ‘Luters, I expect.’”</p><p>The mental picture of looters looting lutes has given me the giggles.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Discworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Discworld</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TerryPratchett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TerryPratchett</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bookstodon</span></a></p>
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