Tim
@fiduch.bsky.social
Geek, Producer of Queer Lodgings: A Tolkien Podcast (queerlodgings.com), Steward of Mythopoeic Conferences at the Mythopoeic Society, Sci-Fi, Collector of DC Comics, Amateur Mixologist, Foodie, Disney Parks Nerd, Progressive. All views my own.
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Tim
@fiduch.bsky.social
· Nov 18
Mae Govannen, new followers! I think most of you are here b/c a couple of good folks added me to their Tolkien Starter Packs, so thought I'd go ahead and reintroduce myself/make a new pinned post. I'm Tim, and I'm producer/occasional co-host of @queerlodgings.bsky.social. 🧵
hmmm, yeah not sure if I've seen that brand up here either. I did do a quick google and it looks like you can buy it online through import shops, but it ain't cheap.
January 11, 2026 at 2:51 AM
hmmm, yeah not sure if I've seen that brand up here either. I did do a quick google and it looks like you can buy it online through import shops, but it ain't cheap.
@fuzzdecay.bsky.social Wanna help out here?
January 11, 2026 at 2:50 AM
@fuzzdecay.bsky.social Wanna help out here?
You can buy skyr in Canada! Multiple brands. Are there no types of skyr available where you are?
January 10, 2026 at 7:26 AM
You can buy skyr in Canada! Multiple brands. Are there no types of skyr available where you are?
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Because they are stupid.
How did The Lord of the Rings end up so beloved by the right wing?
How did The Lord of the Rings end up so beloved by the right wing?
How did The Lord of the Rings end up so beloved by the right wing?
www.independent.co.uk
January 6, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Because they are stupid.
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It's time for the 2026 Mythopoeic awards! You have until February 15th to provide us with suggestions for the best in Fantasy (children, YA, & adult) & Scholarship (Inklings & Myth/Fantasy studies). You can also join our committees to be a part of the process. More info: mythsoc.org/news/news-20...
The Mythopoeic Society - Mythopoeic Awards 2026: Call for Nominations
Example: T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea (Tor, 2021) - Adult Literature.
mythsoc.org
January 5, 2026 at 7:57 PM
It's time for the 2026 Mythopoeic awards! You have until February 15th to provide us with suggestions for the best in Fantasy (children, YA, & adult) & Scholarship (Inklings & Myth/Fantasy studies). You can also join our committees to be a part of the process. More info: mythsoc.org/news/news-20...
Too lazy to even show up in the depictions...
January 6, 2026 at 3:09 AM
Too lazy to even show up in the depictions...
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Is this a joke.
Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
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Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
techcrunch.com
December 29, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Is this a joke.
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MAGA wants to humiliate higher education & destroy its cultural status. Period. Administrators have to understand the Trump administration won't negotiate in good faith or or honor agreements or get distracted. They will only attack. And attack.
I had missed this. Perverse even by the standards of the Trump White House. They’re threatening to pull student aid from Brown over the shooting www.nbcboston.com/news/local/t...
Trump administration investigates Brown's security after shooting
The Department of Education said its Office of Federal Student Aid would investigate if Brown University violated the Higher Education Act in connection with the deadly shooting on Dec. 13.
www.nbcboston.com
December 27, 2025 at 5:08 PM
MAGA wants to humiliate higher education & destroy its cultural status. Period. Administrators have to understand the Trump administration won't negotiate in good faith or or honor agreements or get distracted. They will only attack. And attack.
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But Gollum did not know about potatoes, meaning they had reached Middle-earth in the 500 years since he took refuge beneath the mountains. In this essay I will
When the camera pans over the refugees gathered in Helm's Deep, they have bushel baskets full of potatoes with them, so it's not just the hobbits who know about taters.
December 26, 2025 at 6:55 PM
But Gollum did not know about potatoes, meaning they had reached Middle-earth in the 500 years since he took refuge beneath the mountains. In this essay I will
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“What if trees ate people?”—JRRT
December 26, 2025 at 8:16 PM
“What if trees ate people?”—JRRT
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*At the very end of the the film*
Mom: is Faramir related to Baramir?
Mom: is Faramir related to Baramir?
December 26, 2025 at 8:21 PM
*At the very end of the the film*
Mom: is Faramir related to Baramir?
Mom: is Faramir related to Baramir?
Oh shit, I just looked up who made the series, and it's Jacob Tierney, one of the creators of Letterkenny. This is all starting to make more sense. 😅
December 27, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Oh shit, I just looked up who made the series, and it's Jacob Tierney, one of the creators of Letterkenny. This is all starting to make more sense. 😅
So that's what business Ea-Nasir got into after all that "bad copper" nastiness.
Real elvish rope implies the existence of counterfeit elvish rope
December 27, 2025 at 6:02 AM
So that's what business Ea-Nasir got into after all that "bad copper" nastiness.
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You can tell that LotR was written by an academic because Gandalf disappears for like 20 years doing research to answer a single question.
December 26, 2025 at 12:40 AM
You can tell that LotR was written by an academic because Gandalf disappears for like 20 years doing research to answer a single question.
I'm just sticking with "posts".... B/c in sure as fuck not calling them "skeets."
December 27, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I'm just sticking with "posts".... B/c in sure as fuck not calling them "skeets."
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The Whos of Whoville being obsessed with Christmas implies that there was a Who Jesus and I am very troubled by this.
December 24, 2025 at 12:51 AM
The Whos of Whoville being obsessed with Christmas implies that there was a Who Jesus and I am very troubled by this.
Mythcon 54 CFP is live! Virtual and in-person presentation options.
We are pleased to announce the CFP for 2026's #Mythcon54 is now live! Mythcon is a hybrid conference, the in-person component being along Route 66 in Weatherford, OK (where our archives are!) The deadline for proposals is March 31, 2026. Hope to see you there! CFP: www.mythsoc.org/mythcon/mc54...
Call for Papers - Mythcon 54
www.mythsoc.org
December 26, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Mythcon 54 CFP is live! Virtual and in-person presentation options.
I was thinking Galadriel'a circlet, but this is possible too.
a woman in a long blue dress is standing in front of a waterfall
ALT: a woman in a long blue dress is standing in front of a waterfall
media.tenor.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:49 AM
I was thinking Galadriel'a circlet, but this is possible too.
Ah fuck I've been considering getting myself a really nice cooking knife too. But I'll have to research this brand first and see if they hold up.
December 18, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Ah fuck I've been considering getting myself a really nice cooking knife too. But I'll have to research this brand first and see if they hold up.
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New on Allygned: 'On Unmarked Graves and the Deaths of Children' - Sandra Bender
"children died by the thousands... To attempt to ret-con Canadian history ... that this was done for any reason other than to seize lands from Indigenous peoples is laughable."
allygned.wordpress.com/2025/12/17/o...
"children died by the thousands... To attempt to ret-con Canadian history ... that this was done for any reason other than to seize lands from Indigenous peoples is laughable."
allygned.wordpress.com/2025/12/17/o...
On Unmarked Graves and the Deaths of Children
By Sandra Bender The year 2025 is nearly at a close: a year that marked the 10th anniversary of the publication of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Final Report, and the founding of the Na…
allygned.wordpress.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:12 PM
New on Allygned: 'On Unmarked Graves and the Deaths of Children' - Sandra Bender
"children died by the thousands... To attempt to ret-con Canadian history ... that this was done for any reason other than to seize lands from Indigenous peoples is laughable."
allygned.wordpress.com/2025/12/17/o...
"children died by the thousands... To attempt to ret-con Canadian history ... that this was done for any reason other than to seize lands from Indigenous peoples is laughable."
allygned.wordpress.com/2025/12/17/o...
If this isn't incitement of violence, I don't know wtf is. The far-right neo-Nazis want open war with everyone who doesn't meet their criterion for what an "American" should be.
Jack Posobiec, the keynote speaker at NYYRC this year, concluded his a bizarre fantasy of warfare that sounds like a bad Batman movie: "Because this isn’t a debate. This isn’t a culture war. This is a street fight that started a long time ago and never really ended. This is spiritual warfare."
December 17, 2025 at 2:01 AM
If this isn't incitement of violence, I don't know wtf is. The far-right neo-Nazis want open war with everyone who doesn't meet their criterion for what an "American" should be.