Marie Buhtz

'The Discworld Bestiary' to be published October 2026 | Terry Pratchett Today Transworld and Ten Speed Press in the US announced the publication unleashing of The Discworld Bestiary – a guide to some of the most fearsome, bizarre and unusual creatures from across the disc...

The Discworld Bestiary to be published this October! terrypratchett.com/news/the-dis...

"I don't know what weapons the next war will be fought with, but the one after that will be with sticks."
"Because of nukes, right?"
"No, because we decided logistics was woke."

The image features Dundun. He is a majestically green, ethereal rat, as denoted by his appropriately-sized crown. Text at the top of the screen reads, "Your timeline has been blessed by Dundun, Loa of Abundance," and continues at the bottom of the screen, "Share with someone who could use some abundance."

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Only tangentially related, but NOTHING has broken me as beautifully as reading DEATH welcome Terry (posted on twitter) I was a sobbing mess at work

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I started ordering "iced latte no ice" when I was working at a bookstore. I'd buy a latte at the cafe next door, have a few sips, set it down to do stuff, and by the time I remembered I had coffee, it had 4" of water at the top and was room temperature.

Sometimes you just accept fate.

Ooo! New book you say 👀

You've hit 90, now what? We'll be discussing this on Sunday's show so drop over to our discord at bit.ly/ggw-discord to let us know your top tips on what to do first to avoid being overwhelmed and we'll read it out on the podcast! #WoW_Partner

Lingthusiasm | Patreon creating a podcast that's enthusiastic about linguistics!

Let's see if bluesky has the juice these days...

Back on the heyday of old twitter, if we were having a slow Patreon month, I could do a few tweets reminding people that we have bonus episodes! and a discord server! and keeping the show ad-free!

Will it work again here to bump up a low month?

#gnuSirTerry

Just a nudge from your friendly neighborhood podcast:

Could you perhaps take a few minutes to complete our audience survey?

Thanks in advance! 🙏

Heinous. We're becoming a collective where some states are antithetical to thriving and some still permit it (or hopefully actively support it)

this is effectively giving the go-ahead to state-sponsored conversion therapy, so... that's fine

Another day, another class action to join

Fwiw, I've always understood Douglas Adams' statement in the same way you do

A paved road has houses and yards on either side with lawns covered in snow. Fog obscures the road and trees several hundred feet in the distance where, unseen, the road enters a forested section.

It's foggy this morning. The road continues into a forested section - fortunately it's morning, not Silent Hill night time.

This is so scary. I grew up in evangelical Christianity, but back then, this would have meant "We see Christ in the least of us and should love and care for them as we love Christ and He loves us".

But the replies show that now this means "To be Christ-like is to perpetuate atrocities"

Minnesota Emergency: Organizers vs. ICE (the Inside Story) YouTube video by Movement Voter Project

This is my Minnesota. My Twin Cities. This is the power that broke an armed occupation.

Yes, ICE is still here. CBP is still here. They are better-disguised and still kidnapping people.

But THIS is the force that broke Bovino's assault.

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New Past Lives: Why Slavery Matters. Our final episode of the first season looks back at why it's essential to understand the sheer scope of slavery, how fragile the idea of human value really is, and why we can never go back. www.pod.link/1852618120/e...

I liked one of the side quests there for how it subverted my expectations

My deepest condolences to your household (human and furred alike)

Side image of a frog clinging to a grass stalk above floating vegetation in dark water. The frog faces the camera, exposing its white belly and light blue limbs, fingers and toes. The head is lime green, and the bulging eyes are yellow.

Just a few days left in Peru. I love taking the skiff out at night and looking for frogs in the quiet backwaters. One of my favorites, an Orinoco Lime Treefrog (Sphaenorhynchus lacteus). #herps #frogs #NaturePhotography 🌿

Class Tier List! D&D Ep. #250 YouTube video by d4: D&D Deep Dive

Tier Ranking Every Class in D&D 5.5? Come tell me where I'm wrong ;) youtu.be/iJdcULMg2GI

Dear Universe: Please please please make the Lyme Disease vaccine pass trials and start rolling out! 🙏

Very important Crash Course series

If only there had been some sort of previous, I dunno, "tanker war" in the region that might have warned us about this?

Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it. Unfortunately those who do remember it are apparently doomed to watch the nobs in the first cohort do it even after the warning…

Apparently you can opt out if you email them. 🙄

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Grammarly Is Offering ‘Expert’ AI Reviews From Your Favorite Authors—Dead or Alive The tool, offered by the recently-rebranded company Superhuman, gives feedback based on the work of famous dead and living writers—without their permission.

“Instead of producing what looks like a generic critique from a nameless LLM,” Wired reported last week, Expert Review “lists a number of real academics and authors available to weigh in on your text. To be clear: Those people have nothing to do with this process.”🤬

So apparently grammarly stole my fuckin identity

Happy birthday!! (belated)