Punmaster
@punmaster2000.bsky.social
Canadian, lover of words, ideas, hockey, D&D, and equal civil rights for everyone. Here to get different perspectives on life, glad that they're coming with a healthy dose of civility and respect.
For those that are interested, Lego are floating the idea of an Ankh-Morpork set. Vote here: beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...
#DiscWorld #pratchett #lego
#DiscWorld #pratchett #lego
Terry Pratchett’s Discworld: Ankh-Morpork | LEGO® Ideas
Sir Terry Pratchett was a brilliant, witty author best known for his Discworld series – a magical, hilarious universe full of clever satire and unforgettable ch…
beta.ideas.lego.com
August 26, 2025 at 1:51 PM
For those that are interested, Lego are floating the idea of an Ankh-Morpork set. Vote here: beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...
#DiscWorld #pratchett #lego
#DiscWorld #pratchett #lego
Why is it that so many of PP's "promises" boil down to "I'll make it impossible to do complex things properly, and leave others to clean up the mess afterwards"? Regulation 2-for-1 "reform", eco-review "one and done", tax reform that are "take less from the rich"...
#canadadeservesbetter #notPP
#canadadeservesbetter #notPP
April 7, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Why is it that so many of PP's "promises" boil down to "I'll make it impossible to do complex things properly, and leave others to clean up the mess afterwards"? Regulation 2-for-1 "reform", eco-review "one and done", tax reform that are "take less from the rich"...
#canadadeservesbetter #notPP
#canadadeservesbetter #notPP
I knew that I'd heard Pollievre's latest "original policy" somewhere before: Trump wrote an EO on Jan 31 just like it - www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/... - and did the same thing in his first term - www.law.virginia.edu/scholarship/...
Again - straight out of the MAGA playbook. We deserve better
Again - straight out of the MAGA playbook. We deserve better
Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Launches Massive 10-to-1 Deregulation Initiative
ELIMINATING 10 REGULATIONS FOR EACH NEW REGULATION ISSUED: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order to unleash prosperity through
www.whitehouse.gov
April 6, 2025 at 2:08 AM
I knew that I'd heard Pollievre's latest "original policy" somewhere before: Trump wrote an EO on Jan 31 just like it - www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/... - and did the same thing in his first term - www.law.virginia.edu/scholarship/...
Again - straight out of the MAGA playbook. We deserve better
Again - straight out of the MAGA playbook. We deserve better
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A must-watch! For those who don't know who Tim Snyder is, he's one of the foremost experts on authoritarianism/fascism., who has left Yale and come to U of T Munk School of Global Affairs. due to the ongoing situation in the US
You have to see this.
PoliticsGirl and her husband teamed up with the brilliant Timothy Snyder (author of On Tyranny) and the legendary John Lithgow to create something truly powerful. It’s important, it’s urgent—and it needs to be shared far and wide.
PoliticsGirl and her husband teamed up with the brilliant Timothy Snyder (author of On Tyranny) and the legendary John Lithgow to create something truly powerful. It’s important, it’s urgent—and it needs to be shared far and wide.
20 Lessons on Tyranny: by Timothy Snyder / read by John Lithgow
YouTube video by PoliticsGirl
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April 1, 2025 at 12:51 PM
A must-watch! For those who don't know who Tim Snyder is, he's one of the foremost experts on authoritarianism/fascism., who has left Yale and come to U of T Munk School of Global Affairs. due to the ongoing situation in the US
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Just because they're nice doesn't mean they're pushovers.
@brittlestar.com has some thoughts for his suddenly pushy neighbor. 🇨🇦
@brittlestar.com has some thoughts for his suddenly pushy neighbor. 🇨🇦
March 28, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Just because they're nice doesn't mean they're pushovers.
@brittlestar.com has some thoughts for his suddenly pushy neighbor. 🇨🇦
@brittlestar.com has some thoughts for his suddenly pushy neighbor. 🇨🇦
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Okay, this is my newest very very favorite meme.
March 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Okay, this is my newest very very favorite meme.
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" #Swasticar is a peaceful company," #PresidentMusk said. "We've never done anything harmful."
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What was it #TerryPratchett had Mr. Pump say in the #Discworld novel #Going-Postal? Ah, yes...
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What was it #TerryPratchett had Mr. Pump say in the #Discworld novel #Going-Postal? Ah, yes...
March 20, 2025 at 2:39 PM
" #Swasticar is a peaceful company," #PresidentMusk said. "We've never done anything harmful."
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What was it #TerryPratchett had Mr. Pump say in the #Discworld novel #Going-Postal? Ah, yes...
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What was it #TerryPratchett had Mr. Pump say in the #Discworld novel #Going-Postal? Ah, yes...
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America hasn’t felt this upside down since I was a child in an internment camp.
March 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
America hasn’t felt this upside down since I was a child in an internment camp.
Okay, hear me out...
The party gets hired by a local wizard/ruler to retrieve a missing magical item that was stolen from them before it can be used to devastate the nation. After much shenanigans, it turns out that
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The party gets hired by a local wizard/ruler to retrieve a missing magical item that was stolen from them before it can be used to devastate the nation. After much shenanigans, it turns out that
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March 5, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Okay, hear me out...
The party gets hired by a local wizard/ruler to retrieve a missing magical item that was stolen from them before it can be used to devastate the nation. After much shenanigans, it turns out that
1/5
The party gets hired by a local wizard/ruler to retrieve a missing magical item that was stolen from them before it can be used to devastate the nation. After much shenanigans, it turns out that
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Ppl when the city subsidizes socialist free parking for car owners:🥰😍😍
Ppl when the city increases property tax to support basic services like transit, libraries & food programs:😡🤬💢😤 Mayor Chow is a CCP COMMUNIST
Ppl when the city uses a market mechanism to appropriately price parking: 😡🤬🤬❌ (1/4)
Ppl when the city increases property tax to support basic services like transit, libraries & food programs:😡🤬💢😤 Mayor Chow is a CCP COMMUNIST
Ppl when the city uses a market mechanism to appropriately price parking: 😡🤬🤬❌ (1/4)
City adds parking meters near Mimico GO Station, leading to more frustration for commuters
Commuters say the real issue remains with Metrolinx and the lack of free parking in Mimico GO Station's lot.
toronto.citynews.ca
March 3, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Ppl when the city subsidizes socialist free parking for car owners:🥰😍😍
Ppl when the city increases property tax to support basic services like transit, libraries & food programs:😡🤬💢😤 Mayor Chow is a CCP COMMUNIST
Ppl when the city uses a market mechanism to appropriately price parking: 😡🤬🤬❌ (1/4)
Ppl when the city increases property tax to support basic services like transit, libraries & food programs:😡🤬💢😤 Mayor Chow is a CCP COMMUNIST
Ppl when the city uses a market mechanism to appropriately price parking: 😡🤬🤬❌ (1/4)
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Not really a Terry Pratchett quote, but still our Terry Pratchett quote-ish of the day
March 2, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Not really a Terry Pratchett quote, but still our Terry Pratchett quote-ish of the day
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Canada’s ice hockey win over Trump’s America was her soft power laid bare | Colin Horgan
Canada’s ice hockey win over Trump’s America was her soft power laid bare | Colin Horgan
Trump can try to co-opt hockey. But Thursday showed that wherever where you’re from, when you step onto the ice, something about you will always be Canadian
www.theguardian.com
February 22, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Canada’s ice hockey win over Trump’s America was her soft power laid bare | Colin Horgan
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Nac Mac Feegle! The Wee Free Men! Nae king! Nae quin! Nae laird! Nae master! We willna' be fooled again!
- Terry Pratchett (Wee Free Men)
#GNUTerryPratchett
- Terry Pratchett (Wee Free Men)
#GNUTerryPratchett
February 20, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Nac Mac Feegle! The Wee Free Men! Nae king! Nae quin! Nae laird! Nae master! We willna' be fooled again!
- Terry Pratchett (Wee Free Men)
#GNUTerryPratchett
- Terry Pratchett (Wee Free Men)
#GNUTerryPratchett
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“‘There’s a dwarfish saying ‘All trees are felled at ground-level’ although this is said to be an excessively bowdlerized translation for… ‘When his hands are higher than your head his groin is level with your teeth.'”
Terry Pratchett; Feet of Clay
#Discworld #CanadaFightsBack #Tarriffs #TradeWars 🇨🇦
February 2, 2025 at 10:48 AM
“‘There’s a dwarfish saying ‘All trees are felled at ground-level’ although this is said to be an excessively bowdlerized translation for… ‘When his hands are higher than your head his groin is level with your teeth.'”
Terry Pratchett; Feet of Clay
#Discworld #CanadaFightsBack #Tarriffs #TradeWars 🇨🇦
Had an amazing conversation w a coworker yesterday. She'd been told that I ran D&D games, and wanted insights on how to improve the "storytelling" aspect of her business presentations. It was interesting and fun to talk about how I ran games, and how I engaged ... 1/3
January 23, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Had an amazing conversation w a coworker yesterday. She'd been told that I ran D&D games, and wanted insights on how to improve the "storytelling" aspect of her business presentations. It was interesting and fun to talk about how I ran games, and how I engaged ... 1/3
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there is nothing like the thrill of reading something that makes you want to write immediately afterward
January 14, 2025 at 4:54 PM
there is nothing like the thrill of reading something that makes you want to write immediately afterward
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This is how it is happening.
January 4, 2025 at 11:12 PM
This is how it is happening.
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Sounds fair to me!
January 1, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Sounds fair to me!
Hey TTRPG hivemind - I'm looking for suggestions. I run a D&D 5e campaign over Google Meet, with Foundry, and I'd like to incorporate something like ambient-mixer soundscapes into it, but I've had little luck finding what I need. Either I find something that works to share
December 31, 2024 at 3:46 PM
Hey TTRPG hivemind - I'm looking for suggestions. I run a D&D 5e campaign over Google Meet, with Foundry, and I'd like to incorporate something like ambient-mixer soundscapes into it, but I've had little luck finding what I need. Either I find something that works to share
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Canadian MP Charlie Angus: The message I’m hearing from people across Canada is this: they’re not afraid of you. They know you’re a convicted felon. They know that the people you’re bringing in to run your, let’s call it an “organization” rather than a government, are grifters, thieves, and thugs.
December 20, 2024 at 9:41 PM
Canadian MP Charlie Angus: The message I’m hearing from people across Canada is this: they’re not afraid of you. They know you’re a convicted felon. They know that the people you’re bringing in to run your, let’s call it an “organization” rather than a government, are grifters, thieves, and thugs.
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Busy D&D week. The campaign I run for one set of friends had an interesting little battle as an amuse-bouche, followed by exploration of the setting's lore and moving the plot forward thanks to a surprising move to use Detect Thoughts on a fallen foe.
December 15, 2024 at 11:48 PM
Busy D&D week. The campaign I run for one set of friends had an interesting little battle as an amuse-bouche, followed by exploration of the setting's lore and moving the plot forward thanks to a surprising move to use Detect Thoughts on a fallen foe.
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I just saw an obituary headline for a bacteriologist described as “a giant in his field” and I’m like of course have you seen how small bacteria are?
December 15, 2024 at 1:17 PM
I just saw an obituary headline for a bacteriologist described as “a giant in his field” and I’m like of course have you seen how small bacteria are?