K.M. Arioto
@kmarioto.bsky.social
Lover of the humanities. Aspiring academic.
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K.M. Arioto
@kmarioto.bsky.social
· May 12
👋 I don’t like introductions but it feels necessary!
I love poetry, literature, history, art, music… the humanities.
I aspire to be a writer, author, and academic, and I am interested in archives/libraries! 🤗 Big Tolkien nerd. Wanted a place to connect with others!
I love poetry, literature, history, art, music… the humanities.
I aspire to be a writer, author, and academic, and I am interested in archives/libraries! 🤗 Big Tolkien nerd. Wanted a place to connect with others!
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hey if your name is Celeborn and you live in the golden woods of Lothlórien your mates are at the tavern calling you “Teleporno” and they’re all giggling
December 3, 2025 at 6:41 PM
hey if your name is Celeborn and you live in the golden woods of Lothlórien your mates are at the tavern calling you “Teleporno” and they’re all giggling
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Remember, even on the darkest night, you can usually find a little light.
It's usually an ancient witch-light, leading lost travelers to their doom in the mossy woods, but the sentiment remains.
It's usually an ancient witch-light, leading lost travelers to their doom in the mossy woods, but the sentiment remains.
October 5, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Remember, even on the darkest night, you can usually find a little light.
It's usually an ancient witch-light, leading lost travelers to their doom in the mossy woods, but the sentiment remains.
It's usually an ancient witch-light, leading lost travelers to their doom in the mossy woods, but the sentiment remains.
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Remember when I was making all these Lord of the Rings pieces? Those were fun.
September 15, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Remember when I was making all these Lord of the Rings pieces? Those were fun.
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Really quite disheartening and disappointing to see the Tolkien Society hosting a discussion on “AI in fantasy filmmaking” this year at Oxonmoot.
It feels about as morally and philosophically opposed to Tolkien’s work as a talk on the benefits of deforestation.
It feels about as morally and philosophically opposed to Tolkien’s work as a talk on the benefits of deforestation.
August 24, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Really quite disheartening and disappointing to see the Tolkien Society hosting a discussion on “AI in fantasy filmmaking” this year at Oxonmoot.
It feels about as morally and philosophically opposed to Tolkien’s work as a talk on the benefits of deforestation.
It feels about as morally and philosophically opposed to Tolkien’s work as a talk on the benefits of deforestation.
Is Instagram Threads worth the trouble 🤔
August 8, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Is Instagram Threads worth the trouble 🤔
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Waternish
The path is steep, packed with stones and mud
From the bend I see roof beams
Broken, sagging or fallen
I don't venture
But stand at the gate
Looking out over the sea
Knowing Finn McCool
Strode here
When young, we sat in our basalt throne, warmed by light
We were kings
#PegsPoyums
The path is steep, packed with stones and mud
From the bend I see roof beams
Broken, sagging or fallen
I don't venture
But stand at the gate
Looking out over the sea
Knowing Finn McCool
Strode here
When young, we sat in our basalt throne, warmed by light
We were kings
#PegsPoyums
August 3, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Waternish
The path is steep, packed with stones and mud
From the bend I see roof beams
Broken, sagging or fallen
I don't venture
But stand at the gate
Looking out over the sea
Knowing Finn McCool
Strode here
When young, we sat in our basalt throne, warmed by light
We were kings
#PegsPoyums
The path is steep, packed with stones and mud
From the bend I see roof beams
Broken, sagging or fallen
I don't venture
But stand at the gate
Looking out over the sea
Knowing Finn McCool
Strode here
When young, we sat in our basalt throne, warmed by light
We were kings
#PegsPoyums
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Sunshine for your ears in case you don't have any this morning. 🎧☀️
This is a gorgeous daytime listen (not sleep safe) from under the trees on the Warren. Listen to the birds welcoming the start of another hot August day.
Episode 237 - Sighing sea beyond the Warren (52 mins)
> bit.ly/LenFolk6
This is a gorgeous daytime listen (not sleep safe) from under the trees on the Warren. Listen to the birds welcoming the start of another hot August day.
Episode 237 - Sighing sea beyond the Warren (52 mins)
> bit.ly/LenFolk6
August 4, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Sunshine for your ears in case you don't have any this morning. 🎧☀️
This is a gorgeous daytime listen (not sleep safe) from under the trees on the Warren. Listen to the birds welcoming the start of another hot August day.
Episode 237 - Sighing sea beyond the Warren (52 mins)
> bit.ly/LenFolk6
This is a gorgeous daytime listen (not sleep safe) from under the trees on the Warren. Listen to the birds welcoming the start of another hot August day.
Episode 237 - Sighing sea beyond the Warren (52 mins)
> bit.ly/LenFolk6
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We're all trying to get by, in our own way.
And if your way involves ancient magic, enchanted daggers, and secret rituals in mossy ruins in the dark end of the forest, so much the better.
And if your way involves ancient magic, enchanted daggers, and secret rituals in mossy ruins in the dark end of the forest, so much the better.
August 1, 2025 at 7:33 PM
We're all trying to get by, in our own way.
And if your way involves ancient magic, enchanted daggers, and secret rituals in mossy ruins in the dark end of the forest, so much the better.
And if your way involves ancient magic, enchanted daggers, and secret rituals in mossy ruins in the dark end of the forest, so much the better.
While this type of honor for Tolkien would be absolutely deserved, I am not so sure that I like the idea, considering some of the themes in his work (particularly The Hobbit)…
Responding to @bankofengland.bsky.social's consultation, The Tolkien Society calls for world-renowned author J.R.R. #Tolkien, author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, to feature on new bank notes. @birminghamlive.bsky.social #Booksky www.tolkiensociety.org/2025/07/soci...
Society calls for Tolkien to feature on a new bank note
The Tolkien Society has today written to the Bank of England to suggest that J.R.R. Tolkien should feature on a future bank note. In a letter to Victoria Cleland, Chief Cashier of the Bank of…
www.tolkiensociety.org
July 31, 2025 at 10:33 PM
While this type of honor for Tolkien would be absolutely deserved, I am not so sure that I like the idea, considering some of the themes in his work (particularly The Hobbit)…
Aptly put, Mary Oliver…
July 25, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Aptly put, Mary Oliver…
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When people say “we must go back” why do they always mean racism and not whatever this is
July 22, 2025 at 2:22 AM
When people say “we must go back” why do they always mean racism and not whatever this is
Ahhhh I miss Ireland….
July 21, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Ahhhh I miss Ireland….
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Puts 490,000 High-Res Images Online & Makes Them Free to Use
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Puts 490,000 High-Res Images Online & Makes Them Free to Use
Update: The Metropolitan Museum of Art has put online 492,000 high-resolution images of artistic works. Even better, the museum has placed the vast majority of these images into the public domain, mea...
www.openculture.com
July 17, 2025 at 10:39 PM
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Puts 490,000 High-Res Images Online & Makes Them Free to Use
Slán go fóill 👋👋🇮🇪 I had such a great time in Ireland, I hope to come back again 💚
July 9, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Slán go fóill 👋👋🇮🇪 I had such a great time in Ireland, I hope to come back again 💚
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Reject world domination! Embrace second breakfast! The whole world doesn’t belong to you, but the “food and cheer and song” of Hobbiton is better than hoarded gold anyways. 🤎 Inspired by a comment I received on another post.
July 5, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Reject world domination! Embrace second breakfast! The whole world doesn’t belong to you, but the “food and cheer and song” of Hobbiton is better than hoarded gold anyways. 🤎 Inspired by a comment I received on another post.
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'The West Wind.' (1903) Despite being one of the most interesting and original artists working in England in the first quarter of the 20thC, Frederick Cayley Robinson has not been the subject of a monograph, nor has there been any major retrospective of his work since 1977.
July 2, 2025 at 3:03 PM
'The West Wind.' (1903) Despite being one of the most interesting and original artists working in England in the first quarter of the 20thC, Frederick Cayley Robinson has not been the subject of a monograph, nor has there been any major retrospective of his work since 1977.
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“From The Depths,” William Balfour Ker
June 30, 2025 at 3:51 PM
“From The Depths,” William Balfour Ker
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“We just want to stop people being murdered. There’s people starving to death, people being bombed every day.”
A shame so many are far more outraged by a satirical band than the ongoing slaughter of 10s of 1,000s of children, with full support of the West.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...
A shame so many are far more outraged by a satirical band than the ongoing slaughter of 10s of 1,000s of children, with full support of the West.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...
‘We just want to stop people being murdered’: Kneecap on Palestine, protest and provocation
The Irish rap trio have recently faced censure and a court case, but have also had support for their pro-Palestine stance. Ahead of a Glastonbury appearance deemed ‘inappropriate’ by Keir Starmer, the...
www.theguardian.com
June 29, 2025 at 11:26 AM
“We just want to stop people being murdered. There’s people starving to death, people being bombed every day.”
A shame so many are far more outraged by a satirical band than the ongoing slaughter of 10s of 1,000s of children, with full support of the West.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...
A shame so many are far more outraged by a satirical band than the ongoing slaughter of 10s of 1,000s of children, with full support of the West.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...
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A famous poem from A.E. Housman that really resonated with my Grandad (a native of Carriganima) when I read it aloud to him. 🥹
June 28, 2025 at 4:23 PM
A famous poem from A.E. Housman that really resonated with my Grandad (a native of Carriganima) when I read it aloud to him. 🥹
Just got here and I already don’t want to leave it…
June 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Just got here and I already don’t want to leave it…
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Popular opinion: that’s not writing, that’s lazy, planet-killing theft, babes.
A writer writes. Liars, polluters and thieves who refuse to try, grow and learn use gen AI.
Hope that helps.
A writer writes. Liars, polluters and thieves who refuse to try, grow and learn use gen AI.
Hope that helps.
June 25, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Popular opinion: that’s not writing, that’s lazy, planet-killing theft, babes.
A writer writes. Liars, polluters and thieves who refuse to try, grow and learn use gen AI.
Hope that helps.
A writer writes. Liars, polluters and thieves who refuse to try, grow and learn use gen AI.
Hope that helps.