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Cat Lover, Kevin (Discworld fan), Whovian, Star Wars fan, Trekie, eccentric music taste. SWGoH player. Weirdo.
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Fear is a strange soil, Mainly, it grows obedience like corn, which grows in rows and makes weeding easy. But sometimes it grows the potatoes of defiance, which flourish underground. ~ Terry Pratchett (Small Gods)

Today is the Revenge of the Sixth, Star Wars Fans. Remember, Choose what is right, not what Is easy. Fight the empire.

Hey Cheeto! Piss off.

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THE PACE OF REPRESSION OUTSTRIPS OUR ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND IT. AND THAT IS THE REAL TRICK OF THE IMPERIAL THOUGHT MACHINE IT'S EASIER TO HIDE BEHIND 40 ATROCITIES THAN A SINGLE INCIDENT ~KARIS NEMIK May the 4th be with you!

@stephenking.bsky.social I've been recently reading your novel "The Running Man" and several similarities between the book and the current situation in the U.S. are leaping out. It's rather terrifying.

May 3, 2025, is Free Comic Book Day! The first weekend in May every year, Comic shops give out special free Comic books. Visit the official website to find a participating shop. I honestly believe this should be a recognized holiday as it helps encourage kids to read. www.freecomicbookday.com

"DO YOU THINK IT'S POSSIBLE FOR AN ENTIRE NATION TO BE INSANE?" -Terry Prachett, Monstrous Regiment

"People think that stories are shaped by people. In fact, it's the other way around" ~ Terry Pratchett 'Witches Abroad' GNU STP. Mind how you go.

Nearly thirty years ago, Terry was already telling us that the contents of a person's underwear is no one else's business.

"TYRANNY REQUIRES CONSTANT EFFORT. IT BREAKS, IT LEAKS. AUTHORITY IS BRITTLE OPPRESSION IS THE MASK OF FEAR. REMEMBER THAT. AND KNOW THIS, THE DAY WILL COME WHEN ALL THESE SKIRMISHES AND BATTLES, THESE MOMENTS OF DEFIANCE. WILL HAVE FLOODED THE BANKS OF THE EMPIRE'S AUTHORITY. " ~Karis Nemik

"I need no axe to be a dwarf. Nor do i need to hate trolls. What kind of creature defines itself by hatred?" -Grag Bashfullsson.

"EVIL CANNOT CREATE ANYTHING NEW, IT CAN ONLY SPOIL AND DESTROY WHAT GOOD FORCES HAVE INVENTED OR CREATED." ~J.R.R TOLKIEN

Because it's Easter. This scene from good omens is incredibly poignant.

Imagine this...oh wait... The Twilight Zone 4x4: He's Alive Director: Stuart Rosenberg

#NoKings

Sometimes disney really nails the issues. Especially in films you don't expect the issues to be in "You speak of justice yet you are cruel to those most in need of your help" ~Esmeralda

Sweet news!!

NEWS: The Discworld Universe is set to get bigger... We are excited to reveal that Terry Pratchett's Discworld books are being adapted as graphic novels. But what one are we starting with? ...how about three? terrypratchett.com/news/discwor...

"To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." ~Theodore Roosevelt

"...but what should we do when the highborn and wealthy take to crime? Indeed, if a poor man will spend a year in prison for stealing out of hunger, how high would the gallows need to be to hang the rich man who breaks the law out of greed?" ~Terry Pratchett, Snuff