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In the night time streets of Ankh-Morpork caution is an absolute. There is no such thing as moderately cautious. You are either very cautious, or you are dead. You might be walking around and breathing, but you’re dead, just the same.
(Guards Guards)
In the night time streets of Ankh-Morpork caution is an absolute. There is no such thing as moderately cautious. You are either very cautious, or you are dead. You might be walking around and breathing, but you’re dead, just the same.
(Guards Guards)
Unseen University had never admitted women, muttering something about problems with the plumbing, but the real reason was an unspoken dread that if women were allowed to mess around with magic they would probably be embarrassingly good at it …
(The Light Fantastic)
Unseen University had never admitted women, muttering something about problems with the plumbing, but the real reason was an unspoken dread that if women were allowed to mess around with magic they would probably be embarrassingly good at it …
(The Light Fantastic)
...it is well known that a vital ingredient of success is not knowing that what you’re attempting can’t be done.
(Equal Rites)
...it is well known that a vital ingredient of success is not knowing that what you’re attempting can’t be done.
(Equal Rites)
And then the thieves went on a two-hour long lunch break.
RE: https://mastodon.social/@FrenchHistory/115424122931127774
And just like in Ankh-Morpork, I expect they are unionised and left a receipt!
Alt text for the screenshot: "Post by thelesliegaar: The fact that the Louvre heist didn't take place at dawn, but at the very reasonable hour of 9:30 a.m. shows that even French jewel thieves have a better work-life balance than us." (Assuming she meant the US.)
And then the thieves went on a two-hour long lunch break.
RE: https://mastodon.social/@FrenchHistory/115424122931127774
And just like in Ankh-Morpork, I expect they are unionised and left a receipt!
Alt text for the screenshot: "Post by thelesliegaar: The fact that the Louvre heist didn't take place at dawn, but at the very reasonable hour of 9:30 a.m. shows that even French jewel thieves have a better work-life balance than us." (Assuming she meant the US.)
Cached US Kindle giveaway on bsky: 10 copies of Terry Pratchett's LORDS & LADIES, over at https://bsky.app/profile/kithrup.bsky.social/post/3lygeecle4c2n
#KindleBook#TerryPratchett#GNUTerryPratchett#Discworld #LordsAndLadies
Cached US Kindle giveaway on bsky: 10 copies of Terry Pratchett's LORDS & LADIES, over at https://bsky.app/profile/kithrup.bsky.social/post/3lygeecle4c2n
#KindleBook#TerryPratchett#GNUTerryPratchett#Discworld #LordsAndLadies
#WritersCoffeeClub 9/5. How much should a writer read?
Voraciously, constantly, curiously, and not just within their own field.
(It's an essential prerequisite for not being derivative, clichéd, and constantly reinventing the wheel. You're very unlikely to produce something original if you aren't familiar with the prior art.)
Starting today, the Swiss Post sells a special stamp to commemorate the granting of the patent for the toilet cleaner with the special duck design 45 years ago to Swiss inventor Walter Düring-Orlob.
And yes, it smells like the citrus version of the cleaner.
#philately #stamps#Switzerland#MoistvonLipwig#TerryPratchett#WCEnte#MadeinSwitzerland
Starting today, the Swiss Post sells a special stamp to commemorate the granting of the patent for the toilet cleaner with the special duck design 45 years ago to Swiss inventor Walter Düring-Orlob.
And yes, it smells like the citrus version of the cleaner.
#philately #stamps#Switzerland#MoistvonLipwig#TerryPratchett#WCEnte#MadeinSwitzerland
By Rhianna Pratchett on her father Terry: "He was very good in person with his trans fans too. Growing up going to SF cons, I met many trans people before I even knew what trans meant. I gave my parents very little they needed to accept in their child, so they had lots left over for everyone else. 😉"
https://www.thepinknews.com/2021/08/06/terry-pratchett-trans-ally-discworld/
By Rhianna Pratchett on her father Terry: "He was very good in person with his trans fans too. Growing up going to SF cons, I met many trans people before I even knew what trans meant. I gave my parents very little they needed to accept in their child, so they had lots left over for everyone else. 😉"
https://www.thepinknews.com/2021/08/06/terry-pratchett-trans-ally-discworld/
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.
https://medium.com/prismnpen/how-queer-people-should-read-terry-pratchett-0109989f006a?sk=4bc21fa162fb91193efe7d045b784e60
Was brainstorming dishes for a formal banquet in a space opera set 7000 centuries hence, with a bunch of genengineered animals/crops and a buggy LLM translating the story into today's English (so there are no smeerps, only "rabbits").
So far I have:
Azhdarchid biryani
Microquetzal sashimi
(NB: yes they've been resurrecting extinct dinosaur analogues and eating them.)
Any suggestions for posh nobles showing off their kitchen?
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