“It is always useful for a university to have a Very Big Thing. It occupies the younger members, to the relief of their elders (especially if the VBT is based at some distance from the seat of learning itself) and it uses up a lot of money, which would otherwise only lie around causing trouble or be spent by the sociology department or, probably, both…”
Terry Pratchett et al; Darwin’s Watch
#Discworld #BritishSteel #Nationalisation #AlwaysMoneyWhenTheyNeedIt

It is traditional, when loading wire trolleys, to put the most fragile items at the bottom.

Terry Pratchett, Reaper Man

#GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld

It's the last day of sunshine!

So I'm taking the opportunity to start reading The Last Continent

I want to give #Mastodon a proper go this time, but it's hard to connect with people when no-one follows you, and hashtags only get you so far.

So, if you like one of the hashtags below, please consider following me, and if you do, I'll follow you back! Thank you.

I've been reading Terry Pratchett's #Discworld novel "Snuff!" over the past few weeks.

For years, I found Pratchett's villains to be over-the-top and cartoonish. This was fine for humorous novels but it nevertheless felt underwhelming.

Little did I understand that Pratchett was merely depicting the meanness, stupidity, petty cruelty and selfishness of evil people in real life.

You live and learn.

NEW INTRODUCTION! After 3 years, some of my interests pivoted and some are just not on fedi.

I'm a one man company that mostly does 2D computer animation but I also do interactive writing and co-creating the first ever video game completely about larp!

#2danimation #animation #madeWithSpine #gameart #gamewriting #gamedev #madewithconstruct #inkle

#space #arduino #opensource #ecology #simpit #spacesim

#ttrpg #larp #boardgames #gaslands

#terrypratchett #discworld

“This cat, on the other hand, was its own animal. All cats give that impression, of course, but instead of the mindless animal self-absorption that passes for secret wisdom in the creatures, Greebo radiated genuine intelligence. He also radiated a smell that would have knocked over a wall and caused sinus trouble in a dead fox.”
Terry Pratchett; Wyrd Sisters
#Discworld #Greebo #Cattitude #Caturday #CatsOfMastadon

"Pets are always a great help in times of stress. And in times of starvation too, o'course."

Terry Pratchett, Small Gods

#GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld

“‘Did I hear things, or can that little dog speak?’ said Dibbler.
He says he can’t,’ said Victor.
Dibbler hesitated. The excitement was unhinging him a little. ‘Well,’ he said, ‘I suppose he should know.'”
Terry Pratchett; Moving Pictures
#Discworld #NationalPetDayUK #AdoptDontShop #PetsAreForLife

“Twoflower didn’t just look at the world through rose-tinted spectacles, Rincewind knew – he looked at it through a rose-tinted brain, too and heard it through rose-tinted ears.”
Terry Pratchett; The Light Fantastic
#Discworld #TrumpsTariffs #MAGASycophantsFeedingTrumpsEgo

It's an interesting fact that fewer than 17 % of Real cats end their lives with the same name they started with. Much family effort goes into selecting one at the start ("She looks like a Winnifred to *me*"), and the as the years roll by it suddenly finds itself being called Meepo or Ratbag.

Terry Pratchett, The Unadulterated Cat

#GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld

“It is said that the gods play games with the lives of men. But what games, and why, and the identities of the actual pawns, and what the game is, and what the rules are - who knows?
Best not to speculate.
Thunder rolled...
It rolled a six.”
Terry Pratchett; Guards! Guards!
#Discworld #TrumpsTariffGames #MarketManipulation #MakingHisRichRicher

Although the scythe isn't pre-eminent among the weapons of war, anyone who has been on the wrong end of, say, a peasants' revolt will know that in skilled hands it is fearsome.

Terry Pratchett, Mort

#GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld

Ich befürchte, ich bin da in ein gewaltiges Rabbit Hole gestolpert… #discworld #scheibenwelt

“*The sound of the gentle rattle of china cup on china saucer drives away all demons, a little-known fact.”
Terry Pratchett; Snuff
#Discworld #TrumpsTariffWars #ChinaFightsBack #StandUpToTheOrangeBully

"ER...HO. HO. HO."

Death makes a career move
Terry Pratchett, Hogfather

#GNUTerryPratchett, #SpeakHisName, #Discworld

“The Axiom 'Honest men have nothing to fear from the police' is currently under review by the Axioms Review Board.”
Terry Pratchett; Men at Arms
#Discworld #MetropolitanPolice #MetManChargedWithRape #WhoPolicesThePolice