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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Discworld QOTD, from Men At Arms
February 4, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Men At Arms
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Sending this out to murder mystery fans...!
This is from cartoonist Ellis Rosen.
This is from cartoonist Ellis Rosen.
February 2, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Sending this out to murder mystery fans...!
This is from cartoonist Ellis Rosen.
This is from cartoonist Ellis Rosen.
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I don't know about that, but I will say that great wealth is like the One Ring: Often the person with it thinks they are wielding it, but ultimately it wields them, and for its own ends, not theirs. It takes a strong person to resist its temptations, and that sort of person is not likely to seek it.
wealth is a mental illness
There's a point, well below a billion dollars, where the amount of money you have lets you rid yourself of anyone who can be a check on your worst impulses, and replace them with people who tell you those worst impulses are somehow valorous. Rare is the billionaire with someone to tell them "no."
February 3, 2026 at 7:54 PM
I don't know about that, but I will say that great wealth is like the One Ring: Often the person with it thinks they are wielding it, but ultimately it wields them, and for its own ends, not theirs. It takes a strong person to resist its temptations, and that sort of person is not likely to seek it.
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Terry Pratchett had a lot of wisdom.
February 1, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Terry Pratchett had a lot of wisdom.
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Terry Pratchett always hits the bullseye
Discworld QOTD, from Thud!
“Beating people up in little rooms…he knew where that led. And if you did it for a good reason, you’d do it for a bad one. You couldn’t say ‘We’re the good guys’ and do bad-guy things.”
“Beating people up in little rooms…he knew where that led. And if you did it for a good reason, you’d do it for a bad one. You couldn’t say ‘We’re the good guys’ and do bad-guy things.”
Discworld QOTD, from Making Money
"‘Even tyrants have to obey the law.’ He paused, looking thoughtful, and continued: ‘No, I tell a lie, tyrants do not have to obey the law, obviously, but they do have to observe the niceties.’"
"‘Even tyrants have to obey the law.’ He paused, looking thoughtful, and continued: ‘No, I tell a lie, tyrants do not have to obey the law, obviously, but they do have to observe the niceties.’"
January 29, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Terry Pratchett always hits the bullseye
The people who drive us to seek solace in fiction are horribly real, while the characters who soothe our souls are sadly not.
January 28, 2026 at 1:32 AM
The people who drive us to seek solace in fiction are horribly real, while the characters who soothe our souls are sadly not.
J K Rowling made patriarchy more palatable in the Harry Potter books by giving her female characters magic as another way to carry water for it.
January 25, 2026 at 10:27 PM
J K Rowling made patriarchy more palatable in the Harry Potter books by giving her female characters magic as another way to carry water for it.
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as someone from the US who now lives in a country with exclusively privatized delivery services, the USPS is one of the greatest institutions of all time and I agree with Terry Pratchett and the US constitution about the necessity of delivering the mail
January 18, 2026 at 10:52 PM
as someone from the US who now lives in a country with exclusively privatized delivery services, the USPS is one of the greatest institutions of all time and I agree with Terry Pratchett and the US constitution about the necessity of delivering the mail
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Terry Pratchett said is best and most succinctly: Evil begins when people are treated as things.
In the US, 'ownership' of children is practically baked into the culture, which is also why women are routinely infantilized as if we don't know how to live autonomously.
In the US, 'ownership' of children is practically baked into the culture, which is also why women are routinely infantilized as if we don't know how to live autonomously.
January 18, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Terry Pratchett said is best and most succinctly: Evil begins when people are treated as things.
In the US, 'ownership' of children is practically baked into the culture, which is also why women are routinely infantilized as if we don't know how to live autonomously.
In the US, 'ownership' of children is practically baked into the culture, which is also why women are routinely infantilized as if we don't know how to live autonomously.
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This is a good lesson, no matter how you come to learn it
January 18, 2026 at 3:11 PM
This is a good lesson, no matter how you come to learn it
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Indeed. Everyone wants to be the *second* person to oppose the administration and not the *first*.
I always wondered, when I read Suetonius, how everyone could put up with Caligula for so long.
I think I understand better now. The institutional and social inertia is so strong, especially among elites with “something to lose”. No one wants to stick their heads up first, so they go into denial.
I think I understand better now. The institutional and social inertia is so strong, especially among elites with “something to lose”. No one wants to stick their heads up first, so they go into denial.
January 17, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Indeed. Everyone wants to be the *second* person to oppose the administration and not the *first*.
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As Pratchett said:
January 17, 2026 at 7:43 PM
As Pratchett said:
Clarity looks suspicious in a low-information environment, and those with power exploit that.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sxd...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sxd...
How Power Really Wins (The Traitors Strategy) - Barry's Economics
YouTube video by Barry's Economics
www.youtube.com
January 11, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Clarity looks suspicious in a low-information environment, and those with power exploit that.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sxd...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sxd...
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In "The Time Monster" on Doctor Who, he makes a Time-flow Analogue. It measures the flow of time and can jam it. He makes it out of kitchen junk and tea leaves.
On #Discworld, witches make Shambles to measure and amplify magic, using stuff in their pockets and a living thing.
They're the same.
On #Discworld, witches make Shambles to measure and amplify magic, using stuff in their pockets and a living thing.
They're the same.
October 30, 2025 at 6:23 AM
In "The Time Monster" on Doctor Who, he makes a Time-flow Analogue. It measures the flow of time and can jam it. He makes it out of kitchen junk and tea leaves.
On #Discworld, witches make Shambles to measure and amplify magic, using stuff in their pockets and a living thing.
They're the same.
On #Discworld, witches make Shambles to measure and amplify magic, using stuff in their pockets and a living thing.
They're the same.
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Happy Hogswatch to all who celebrate. Ho! Ho! Ho!
December 25, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Happy Hogswatch to all who celebrate. Ho! Ho! Ho!
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Why light matters this Christmas
youtu.be/sx6Auou_L4U?...
This is the first in a six-video Christmas series exploring light, not just as a festival symbol, but as a political and economic necessity.
youtu.be/sx6Auou_L4U?...
This is the first in a six-video Christmas series exploring light, not just as a festival symbol, but as a political and economic necessity.
Why light matters this Christmas
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
December 24, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Why light matters this Christmas
youtu.be/sx6Auou_L4U?...
This is the first in a six-video Christmas series exploring light, not just as a festival symbol, but as a political and economic necessity.
youtu.be/sx6Auou_L4U?...
This is the first in a six-video Christmas series exploring light, not just as a festival symbol, but as a political and economic necessity.
Economic fairness is a story the wealthy tell themselves until someone shows them reality.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI24...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI24...
Dickens Was An Economist - Barry's Economics
YouTube video by Barry's Economics
www.youtube.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Economic fairness is a story the wealthy tell themselves until someone shows them reality.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI24...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI24...
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Is this one of the greatest scenes in movie history?
I think so — that’s why “It’s a Wonderful Life” is my all-time favorite.
I think so — that’s why “It’s a Wonderful Life” is my all-time favorite.
“It's a Wonderful Life” Tried to Warn Us
Robert Reich
youtu.be
December 23, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Is this one of the greatest scenes in movie history?
I think so — that’s why “It’s a Wonderful Life” is my all-time favorite.
I think so — that’s why “It’s a Wonderful Life” is my all-time favorite.
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“Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one.”
--Terence David John "Terry" Pratchett, OBE (1948- 2015)
From Pratchett’s essay “Let There Be Dragons” (1998)
#writerslift #life #authors #love #art #coffee #diary #write #books #amwriting #quotes #terrypratchett
--Terence David John "Terry" Pratchett, OBE (1948- 2015)
From Pratchett’s essay “Let There Be Dragons” (1998)
#writerslift #life #authors #love #art #coffee #diary #write #books #amwriting #quotes #terrypratchett
December 16, 2025 at 3:22 PM
“Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one.”
--Terence David John "Terry" Pratchett, OBE (1948- 2015)
From Pratchett’s essay “Let There Be Dragons” (1998)
#writerslift #life #authors #love #art #coffee #diary #write #books #amwriting #quotes #terrypratchett
--Terence David John "Terry" Pratchett, OBE (1948- 2015)
From Pratchett’s essay “Let There Be Dragons” (1998)
#writerslift #life #authors #love #art #coffee #diary #write #books #amwriting #quotes #terrypratchett
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So if anyone wants to support a blue indie bookstore in red territory, we've got 20 copies of the Good Omens graphic novel. All the proceeds went to the Pratchett estate. thehauntedbookshopmobile.square.site/product/dora...
The Haunted Book Shop in Mobile, Alabama
thehauntedbookshopmobile.square.site
December 12, 2025 at 5:43 PM
So if anyone wants to support a blue indie bookstore in red territory, we've got 20 copies of the Good Omens graphic novel. All the proceeds went to the Pratchett estate. thehauntedbookshopmobile.square.site/product/dora...
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Federal tax prosecutions have fallen to their lowest level in decades — dropping 27% the past year.
This comes after Trump made deep cuts to the IRS.
DOJ agents were reportedly also told not to prioritize tax prosecutions.
Tax cheats must be thrilled.
This comes after Trump made deep cuts to the IRS.
DOJ agents were reportedly also told not to prioritize tax prosecutions.
Tax cheats must be thrilled.
December 10, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Federal tax prosecutions have fallen to their lowest level in decades — dropping 27% the past year.
This comes after Trump made deep cuts to the IRS.
DOJ agents were reportedly also told not to prioritize tax prosecutions.
Tax cheats must be thrilled.
This comes after Trump made deep cuts to the IRS.
DOJ agents were reportedly also told not to prioritize tax prosecutions.
Tax cheats must be thrilled.
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AI data centers are sucking up communities’ power & water.
AI is being used by corporations to shaft consumers and is threatening young workers’ job prospects.
So Trump wants to ram through a ban on state AI regulation — all to help out his Big Tech billionaire friends.
See how this works?
AI is being used by corporations to shaft consumers and is threatening young workers’ job prospects.
So Trump wants to ram through a ban on state AI regulation — all to help out his Big Tech billionaire friends.
See how this works?
December 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
AI data centers are sucking up communities’ power & water.
AI is being used by corporations to shaft consumers and is threatening young workers’ job prospects.
So Trump wants to ram through a ban on state AI regulation — all to help out his Big Tech billionaire friends.
See how this works?
AI is being used by corporations to shaft consumers and is threatening young workers’ job prospects.
So Trump wants to ram through a ban on state AI regulation — all to help out his Big Tech billionaire friends.
See how this works?