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A little list of some of my favourite words for the season. Some beautiful, others potentially necessary. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.
December 22, 2025 at 7:04 PM
A little list of some of my favourite words for the season. Some beautiful, others potentially necessary. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.
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And now for some of my very favourite Smol Paul moments in no particular order, starting with the first ever yeet
November 30, 2025 at 5:19 PM
And now for some of my very favourite Smol Paul moments in no particular order, starting with the first ever yeet
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Finds übrigens mega erfrischend, eine News-Seite öffnen, und das erste politische Thema ist RENTE und nicht AUSLÄDNER
Ich mag mir gar nicht ausmalen, wie das wäre, wenn sie danach WOHNUNGSMARKT UND MIETEN angehen würden, gar BILDUNG, oh Gott, INFRASTRUKTUR!!! Aaaaah Klima und Energieversorgung!
Ich mag mir gar nicht ausmalen, wie das wäre, wenn sie danach WOHNUNGSMARKT UND MIETEN angehen würden, gar BILDUNG, oh Gott, INFRASTRUKTUR!!! Aaaaah Klima und Energieversorgung!
November 24, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Finds übrigens mega erfrischend, eine News-Seite öffnen, und das erste politische Thema ist RENTE und nicht AUSLÄDNER
Ich mag mir gar nicht ausmalen, wie das wäre, wenn sie danach WOHNUNGSMARKT UND MIETEN angehen würden, gar BILDUNG, oh Gott, INFRASTRUKTUR!!! Aaaaah Klima und Energieversorgung!
Ich mag mir gar nicht ausmalen, wie das wäre, wenn sie danach WOHNUNGSMARKT UND MIETEN angehen würden, gar BILDUNG, oh Gott, INFRASTRUKTUR!!! Aaaaah Klima und Energieversorgung!
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Today is the day!
The long-awaited Mennik Thorn prequel novella, The Dead Man, is out now. I promised this to readers quite a long time ago. It works well either as an introduction to the series or for those who've read the other books, so no excuses! Go get it. :)
books2read.com/thedeadman
The long-awaited Mennik Thorn prequel novella, The Dead Man, is out now. I promised this to readers quite a long time ago. It works well either as an introduction to the series or for those who've read the other books, so no excuses! Go get it. :)
books2read.com/thedeadman
November 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Today is the day!
The long-awaited Mennik Thorn prequel novella, The Dead Man, is out now. I promised this to readers quite a long time ago. It works well either as an introduction to the series or for those who've read the other books, so no excuses! Go get it. :)
books2read.com/thedeadman
The long-awaited Mennik Thorn prequel novella, The Dead Man, is out now. I promised this to readers quite a long time ago. It works well either as an introduction to the series or for those who've read the other books, so no excuses! Go get it. :)
books2read.com/thedeadman
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In Icelandic we have 'Ókind' for monster. But the translation is un-sheep. So everything not a sheep is dangerous.
November 6, 2025 at 1:02 PM
In Icelandic we have 'Ókind' for monster. But the translation is un-sheep. So everything not a sheep is dangerous.
This is brilliant.
youtube.com/watch?v=VWFa...
youtube.com/watch?v=VWFa...
Robert Plant's Led Zeppelin Bandmates Had No Idea He Was Referencing Tolkien In The Band's Lyrics
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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November 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
This is brilliant.
youtube.com/watch?v=VWFa...
youtube.com/watch?v=VWFa...
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Is this a good idea? Should I be doing this? I don't know.
But judging from my very first chat with Sonja Virta on Tove Jansson's illustrations for "The Hobbit" I think the answer should be yes.
Some small audio thingies in the recording, all my fault, I'll certainly improve over time...
But judging from my very first chat with Sonja Virta on Tove Jansson's illustrations for "The Hobbit" I think the answer should be yes.
Some small audio thingies in the recording, all my fault, I'll certainly improve over time...
Tove Jansson's illustrations of "The Hobbit" - special guest: Sonja Virta
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November 2, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Is this a good idea? Should I be doing this? I don't know.
But judging from my very first chat with Sonja Virta on Tove Jansson's illustrations for "The Hobbit" I think the answer should be yes.
Some small audio thingies in the recording, all my fault, I'll certainly improve over time...
But judging from my very first chat with Sonja Virta on Tove Jansson's illustrations for "The Hobbit" I think the answer should be yes.
Some small audio thingies in the recording, all my fault, I'll certainly improve over time...
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I’m really starting to suspect that most of the tech bros haven’t actually read Tolkien, as they certainly don’t understand it.
The gentle hobbits save the “hard men” of Gondor, largely through compassion and selflessness. Not the other way around. The Christian parable is barely hidden!
The gentle hobbits save the “hard men” of Gondor, largely through compassion and selflessness. Not the other way around. The Christian parable is barely hidden!
Elon Musk: "It is time for the English to ally with the hard men, like Tommy Robinson, and fight for their survival or they shall surely all die" 29th October 2025. 2 million views in its first hour.
October 29, 2025 at 9:31 AM
I’m really starting to suspect that most of the tech bros haven’t actually read Tolkien, as they certainly don’t understand it.
The gentle hobbits save the “hard men” of Gondor, largely through compassion and selflessness. Not the other way around. The Christian parable is barely hidden!
The gentle hobbits save the “hard men” of Gondor, largely through compassion and selflessness. Not the other way around. The Christian parable is barely hidden!
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The Chosen One Con is the first book in the Lost in the Aether duology—a queer gaslamp fantasy of industrial magic in a world of designer enchantments and celebrity-branded potions.
It's part of @the-book-bazaar.com crowdfund launching November 12th!
Follow it: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/t...
It's part of @the-book-bazaar.com crowdfund launching November 12th!
Follow it: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/t...
October 29, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The Chosen One Con is the first book in the Lost in the Aether duology—a queer gaslamp fantasy of industrial magic in a world of designer enchantments and celebrity-branded potions.
It's part of @the-book-bazaar.com crowdfund launching November 12th!
Follow it: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/t...
It's part of @the-book-bazaar.com crowdfund launching November 12th!
Follow it: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/t...
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Klare Botschaft an Merz: AfD klein machen mit AfD-Rhetorik funktioniert einfach nicht!
#Stadtbild
#Merz
#noAfD
#Stadtbild
#Merz
#noAfD
October 25, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Klare Botschaft an Merz: AfD klein machen mit AfD-Rhetorik funktioniert einfach nicht!
#Stadtbild
#Merz
#noAfD
#Stadtbild
#Merz
#noAfD
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my god he is serious oh joshua, joshua, joshua .... sweetie.
No. Just ... no. I mean, no.
Joshua, I need you to sit down and listen to your Elders. I am here to tell you, with my full chest, that you are ignorant and wrong, you should be embarrassed that you said this crap out loud.
No. Just ... no. I mean, no.
Joshua, I need you to sit down and listen to your Elders. I am here to tell you, with my full chest, that you are ignorant and wrong, you should be embarrassed that you said this crap out loud.
October 25, 2025 at 6:23 PM
my god he is serious oh joshua, joshua, joshua .... sweetie.
No. Just ... no. I mean, no.
Joshua, I need you to sit down and listen to your Elders. I am here to tell you, with my full chest, that you are ignorant and wrong, you should be embarrassed that you said this crap out loud.
No. Just ... no. I mean, no.
Joshua, I need you to sit down and listen to your Elders. I am here to tell you, with my full chest, that you are ignorant and wrong, you should be embarrassed that you said this crap out loud.
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Her: Talk dirty to me
Me: *whispers* Let's spend a rainy day together exploring an independent bookstore
Me: *whispers* Let's spend a rainy day together exploring an independent bookstore
October 25, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Her: Talk dirty to me
Me: *whispers* Let's spend a rainy day together exploring an independent bookstore
Me: *whispers* Let's spend a rainy day together exploring an independent bookstore
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‘The exceptionally limited edition book.’ (My cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com books)
October 19, 2025 at 4:03 PM
‘The exceptionally limited edition book.’ (My cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com books)
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www.kickstarter.com/projects/191...
We're hopefully doing a Welsh folklore anthology - gyffrous iawn! Please back and/or share widely!
We're hopefully doing a Welsh folklore anthology - gyffrous iawn! Please back and/or share widely!
They Are Still Here (Maen Nhw Yma O Hyd)
An anthology of contemporary fantasy stories featuring creatures and characters from Welsh mythology and folklore
www.kickstarter.com
October 2, 2025 at 10:11 AM
www.kickstarter.com/projects/191...
We're hopefully doing a Welsh folklore anthology - gyffrous iawn! Please back and/or share widely!
We're hopefully doing a Welsh folklore anthology - gyffrous iawn! Please back and/or share widely!
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One more follow on my crowdfund campaign will get me to 50 and fix my back* 🙏
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/t...
*Well, it'll make me feel happier!
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/t...
*Well, it'll make me feel happier!
The Chosen One Con is coming soon!
From Trudie Skies - The Chosen One Con is coming soon!
www.backerkit.com
September 26, 2025 at 6:34 AM
One more follow on my crowdfund campaign will get me to 50 and fix my back* 🙏
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/t...
*Well, it'll make me feel happier!
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/t...
*Well, it'll make me feel happier!
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A question to anyone who is a Tolkien expert: when Tolkien used the word "wight" was he using it in the sense we now have as a supernatural, undead being, or was he using it in the earlier sense as just "thing" or "creature" or "person"?
Does our current use come from a reading of Tolkien?
Does our current use come from a reading of Tolkien?
September 25, 2025 at 11:19 AM
A question to anyone who is a Tolkien expert: when Tolkien used the word "wight" was he using it in the sense we now have as a supernatural, undead being, or was he using it in the earlier sense as just "thing" or "creature" or "person"?
Does our current use come from a reading of Tolkien?
Does our current use come from a reading of Tolkien?
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I love voting for new Lego ideas, even though I rarely buy them.
I want this one so badly though.
beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...
I want this one so badly though.
beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...
September 24, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I love voting for new Lego ideas, even though I rarely buy them.
I want this one so badly though.
beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...
I want this one so badly though.
beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...
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Today is #HobbitDay because both Bilbo and Frodo Baggins were born on September 22nd. Normally we'd shire a hobbit pun or two but it might just feel like a tolkien gesture and we don't want to embarrass our elves. Anyway come and boromir #Tolkien books.
September 22, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Today is #HobbitDay because both Bilbo and Frodo Baggins were born on September 22nd. Normally we'd shire a hobbit pun or two but it might just feel like a tolkien gesture and we don't want to embarrass our elves. Anyway come and boromir #Tolkien books.
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You take an interest in J.R.R. #Tolkien's life and works?
And you would like to be kept in the know what's going on in Middle-earth & beyond?
Then subscribe to the "Roving Ranger", the weekly, curated newsletter on all things Tolkien & Fantasy!
And you would like to be kept in the know what's going on in Middle-earth & beyond?
Then subscribe to the "Roving Ranger", the weekly, curated newsletter on all things Tolkien & Fantasy!
The Tolkienist's Roving Ranger and more
creating reports, reviews & rants on all things Tolkienian + the free weekly newsletter, the 'Roving Ranger: Strange as News from Bree'
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September 21, 2025 at 5:19 PM
You take an interest in J.R.R. #Tolkien's life and works?
And you would like to be kept in the know what's going on in Middle-earth & beyond?
Then subscribe to the "Roving Ranger", the weekly, curated newsletter on all things Tolkien & Fantasy!
And you would like to be kept in the know what's going on in Middle-earth & beyond?
Then subscribe to the "Roving Ranger", the weekly, curated newsletter on all things Tolkien & Fantasy!
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On 21 September 1937: J.R.R. #Tolkien's The Hobbit was published.
The book tells of a hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, and his journey with thirteen dwarves to recover their treasure from a dragon, Smaug. It's sold over 100 million copies and is one of the best-selling books of all time. #BookSky
The book tells of a hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, and his journey with thirteen dwarves to recover their treasure from a dragon, Smaug. It's sold over 100 million copies and is one of the best-selling books of all time. #BookSky
September 21, 2025 at 9:06 AM
On 21 September 1937: J.R.R. #Tolkien's The Hobbit was published.
The book tells of a hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, and his journey with thirteen dwarves to recover their treasure from a dragon, Smaug. It's sold over 100 million copies and is one of the best-selling books of all time. #BookSky
The book tells of a hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, and his journey with thirteen dwarves to recover their treasure from a dragon, Smaug. It's sold over 100 million copies and is one of the best-selling books of all time. #BookSky
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COULD YOU PLEASE HELP ME? 😀
I would love to have my newsletter get to 1,000+ subscribers by Frodo's and Bilbo's Birthday on Sept 22...
... but for that I would need your support in sharing this and letting people know about THE ROVING RANGER.
If you need to hear a reason why... here are seven 😅
I would love to have my newsletter get to 1,000+ subscribers by Frodo's and Bilbo's Birthday on Sept 22...
... but for that I would need your support in sharing this and letting people know about THE ROVING RANGER.
If you need to hear a reason why... here are seven 😅
Seven reasons to subscribe and support the Roving Ranger
Let's get this newsletter to 1,000 subscribers by Frodo's & Bilbo's Birthday - September 22, 2025.
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September 2, 2025 at 5:22 AM
COULD YOU PLEASE HELP ME? 😀
I would love to have my newsletter get to 1,000+ subscribers by Frodo's and Bilbo's Birthday on Sept 22...
... but for that I would need your support in sharing this and letting people know about THE ROVING RANGER.
If you need to hear a reason why... here are seven 😅
I would love to have my newsletter get to 1,000+ subscribers by Frodo's and Bilbo's Birthday on Sept 22...
... but for that I would need your support in sharing this and letting people know about THE ROVING RANGER.
If you need to hear a reason why... here are seven 😅
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Don't forget about the DRM-free Humble Bundle from Tor (with Murderbot, Witch King, and more), benefiting World Center Kitchen. The donation is now at over 58,000. It would be awesome to get it up to $100,000.
www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...
www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...
Humble Book Bundle: Martha Wells' Murderbot and More by TOR
Fall in love with Martha Wells’ The Murderbot Diaries series—the engine behind the hit AppleTV adaptation—and help support World Central Kitchen.
www.humblebundle.com
September 1, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Don't forget about the DRM-free Humble Bundle from Tor (with Murderbot, Witch King, and more), benefiting World Center Kitchen. The donation is now at over 58,000. It would be awesome to get it up to $100,000.
www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...
www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...