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Pascal "Franken" Klein @rascaldj.bsky.social · 14d

It might be in The Salmon of Doubt but I'm not sure

Pascal "Franken" Klein @rascaldj.bsky.social · 14d

"absolutely the fuck not". I'm pretty sure the American publisher for Terry Pratchett didn't even ask to change it

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Pascal "Franken" Klein @rascaldj.bsky.social · 14d

It reminds me of a letter Douglas Adams wrote in response to changes suggested by his American publishers. They wanted to change the currency, name of the village and pub, change M and S to Bloomingdales, basically the whole vibe of the H2G2. His response was very funny but underneath was an

Pascal "Franken" Klein @rascaldj.bsky.social · 14d

It gets worse

a black and white drawing of vault boy from fallout

Pascal "Franken" Klein @rascaldj.bsky.social · 14d

I just learned what the American versions of Terry Pratchett books look like and please could you not?

Paul Haine @paulhaine.bsky.social · 15d

American Discworld covers are...quite something

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Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · 14d

Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.

Paul Haine @paulhaine.bsky.social · 15d

Kemi Badenoch claiming Terry Pratchett as her favourite author is wild

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Pascal "Franken" Klein @rascaldj.bsky.social · 14d

I've got a lead on the Mysterious Stranger. It's going to take some time and I might have to play some of the older games but I think I got it. Updates to follow

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Frovo @frovo.bsky.social · 15d

it's called a fleshlight because jack-o-lantern was taken

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 15d

Elin Thomas, UK textile artist who uses embroidery/crochet to create unique work resembling petri dishes and bacteria spores #womensart

Photo looking down on four petri dishes, neatly arranged, with what resembles bacteria and mould growing inside created with crochet and embroidery

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Pascal "Franken" Klein @rascaldj.bsky.social · 15d

No hospital needed so at least I don't have to go through all that today

Pascal "Franken" Klein @rascaldj.bsky.social · 15d

I'm cursed, aren't I? I was making breakfast just now and I opened a cupboard door and it came off. It hit me in the head and made me jump out of the way. I can't jump with my bad leg and it's hurting a lot. And I now have to wait until the GP surgery opens to check if I need hospital for my head

Pascal "Franken" Klein @rascaldj.bsky.social · 15d

I'm a Dutchman living in Wales. 6 years ago I had a major medical emergency. Ambulance, 16 days in hospital, countless medical tests and treatments. It cost me nothing and they saved my life. I am always shocked to see how much medical treatment costs in the US

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Pascal "Franken" Klein @rascaldj.bsky.social · 15d

I can't for the life of me remember what the study was called or who shared it. It might have been Natasha Devon but I'm not sure about that at all

Pascal "Franken" Klein @rascaldj.bsky.social · 15d

I read a study recently about how many of the young men following people like him see them more as comedy figures. They don't take them seriously. Of course there are still too many who do, but it was kind of a relief to see the majority are just laughing at them

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Pascal "Franken" Klein @rascaldj.bsky.social · 15d

Are the incel alphas okay?

I saw the first post on Facebook in a group called Must Man Harder Or The Queer Will Unpenis Me. It reminded me of the second one

Pascal "Franken" Klein @rascaldj.bsky.social · 15d

If/when I fall and hit my head I need it checked up. Because of my meds, specifically blood thinners. I really don't want to go to hospital

Pascal "Franken" Klein @rascaldj.bsky.social · 15d

I'm cursed, aren't I? I was making breakfast just now and I opened a cupboard door and it came off. It hit me in the head and made me jump out of the way. I can't jump with my bad leg and it's hurting a lot. And I now have to wait until the GP surgery opens to check if I need hospital for my head

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Pascal "Franken" Klein @rascaldj.bsky.social · 15d

"And that was Piggy Bank Landmine by the Mole Rat Suiciders. More of them later this week"

(I am trying my hardest not to get the same Beatles earworm)

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Sharon Van Etten - The End of the World (Audio)

Pascal "Franken" Klein @rascaldj.bsky.social · 15d

Good morning x

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Pascal "Franken" Klein @rascaldj.bsky.social · 15d

I've been killed by a suicider mole rat just now, and after I restarted I was taken out by piggy bank landmine. Both are new to me. At least I got a very pythonesque kill myself as well

Pascal "Franken" Klein @rascaldj.bsky.social · 15d

I ain't no big city finance person but even I know that when you lose money and you decide to spend more money, you end up losing more money

Also, no company is going to sign up for this

Pascal "Franken" Klein @rascaldj.bsky.social · 15d

AI is the dumbest thing for the dumbest people run by the dumbest people

a man is standing in front of a chalkboard with math equations on it .

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good hyuck, babe! @markpopham.bsky.social · 15d

OPENAI LAWYER: so how does this sound. 'user x' pays us $3 to generate a video of elsa suffocating him with her ass. from that, you will receive a princely 50¢

DISNEY LAWYER: i am going to shoot you with a gun

bort @crushbort.bsky.social · 15d

i think we are going to find out at some point these guys invented cocaine 2 and have been on it all along

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Pascal "Franken" Klein @rascaldj.bsky.social · 15d

Turns out he really knows how to lose friends and alienate people

Pascal "Franken" Klein @rascaldj.bsky.social · 15d

There are some who look kinda normal, but no German shepherds. I didn't make the connection until I saw Dogmeat was in the TV show. Then I googled it and fell down the rabbit hole. I don't know if it is the same Dogmeat or if there are more.

Next up: the mysterious stranger

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