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What I've learned from Dolly Parton this week is that we should all live so that when we are gone, people crash the website trying to donate to an organization we cared about. Thank you Miss Dolly for the reminder that this IS some good still in this world.

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Dr. Rebecca Davis-Lock @beccahdavis.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Raising a glass in sympathy as I finish up my own syllabi.

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Dr. Rebecca Davis-Lock @beccahdavis.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

In my own personal fight against AI, I went to a book rescue (aka second-hand bookstore) today and brought a few home. I am embracing my inner bookwrym and building my hoarde (which friends are more than welcome to share in)

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Dr. Rebecca Davis-Lock @beccahdavis.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

My first-year writing students even know better than to use it for that. 😒

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Dr. Rebecca Davis-Lock @beccahdavis.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Durin and the Gaffer would be the presidents of the Told-off-a-Nazgûl Club

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Dr. Rebecca Davis-Lock @beccahdavis.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Can I offer you my headcanon that the twins and Arwen called Celeborn "Clampa" as a small comfort?

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Dr. Rebecca Davis-Lock @beccahdavis.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

The only thing I wish that MTG had done differently with these was to make Eomer a POC like they did with his sister and uncle.

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Dr. Rebecca Davis-Lock @beccahdavis.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Ok my fellow scholars and academics, your advice is sought: do you have a method for organizing ideas for future research/papers/projects other than just keeping a running list?

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Westmoot @westmoot.org · 15/05/2026

One week away! We’ll see you in a week at #Westmoot26 in Minneapolis to celebrate Tolkien, to see old friends and make new ones, to grow in community and grow in our love of all things Middle-Earth. #intothewest #westmoot #tolkien

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Dr. Rebecca Davis-Lock @beccahdavis.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

With Jamie Dornan's casting, is it going to be 50 Shades of the Grey Company?

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Dr. Rebecca Davis-Lock @beccahdavis.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

*cries remembering translating Cicero* You should have an "I survived translating Livy" sticker for them

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Dr. Rebecca Davis-Lock @beccahdavis.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

To borrow from Tolkien today: "Sing and rejoice, ye people of the Tower of Guard, For your watch hath not been in vain, And the Black Gate is broken, And your King hath passed through, And he is victorious." Happy Easter to those celebrating!

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Dr. Rebecca Davis-Lock @beccahdavis.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

I'm teaching Comp 1 this fall and using the theme of Coming-of-age/Discovery your identity. I'd like to use a short novel as a common reader- any recommendations? I'd especially like one that is from the fantasy genre. #fantasy #bookrecs

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Dr. Rebecca Davis-Lock @beccahdavis.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Oooff- I've had those days. Sending you a virtual cup of your favorite warm beverage

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Dr. Rebecca Davis-Lock @beccahdavis.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

The Professor's words have been working overtime giving me comfort in these days: "For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach."

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Dr. Rebecca Davis-Lock @beccahdavis.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

PhD viva complete- I passed with minor corrections! I can honestly say it was the most enjoyable exam I have ever done 😁 I love talking about Tolkien! #Tolkien #PhD #fanfiction

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Dr. Rebecca Davis-Lock @beccahdavis.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Seriously- my first thought was "I didn't know James was a Swiftie!"

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Dr. Rebecca Davis-Lock @beccahdavis.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Happy to help! Make sure you have plenty of coffee lol

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Dr. Rebecca Davis-Lock @beccahdavis.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

PhD thesis submitted! While I do feel a bit like butter-scraped-over-too-much-bread, it feels so good to have finished this! Now on to the viva! #PhD #Tolkien

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Dr. Rebecca Davis-Lock @beccahdavis.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

James: "Look, I'm not saying that Tolkien is the best, but he is the best."

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Dr. Rebecca Davis-Lock @beccahdavis.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Happy birthday to the book that gave us the elf named "Hot Ginger" 😁

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Dr. Rebecca Davis-Lock @beccahdavis.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

I don't know why, but conclusions are the hardest thing for me to write. 😫

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Dr. Rebecca Davis-Lock @beccahdavis.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

The Fall of Gondolin- I kid, I kid. Cozy fires, steaming cups of tea, and a bountiful harvest.

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ArdaCraft @ardacraft.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

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.

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Dr. Rebecca Davis-Lock @beccahdavis.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

I haven't even gotten to the ethical issue of the lack of permission from or compensations to the artists whose work was used to train the AI. @tolkiensociety.org I respect you for your mission, but do better. Please do not promote something that is the antithesis of Tolkien and his creativity.

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Dr. Rebecca Davis-Lock @beccahdavis.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

In effect, this presentation is akin to Saruman saying, "Hey guys, let me show you what we can do if we cut down Fangorn".

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Dr. Rebecca Davis-Lock @beccahdavis.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Gen AI uses massive amounts of natural resources. Its data centers lead to more pollution and deforestation than our planet needs. It speeds up the death of the woods and wild places that the Professor loved.

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Dr. Rebecca Davis-Lock @beccahdavis.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

The @tolkiensociety.org is hosting a talk at this year's Oxonmoot about using Gen AI in fantasy filmmaking. The talk is in favor of it, based on its description, given below, and includes AI generated film apparently of Tolkien's work. To say I am shocked would be an understatement...

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Dr. Rebecca Davis-Lock @beccahdavis.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

(channeling Regina George) "Get in loser, we're going crafting!"

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