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James K. Tauber @jtauber.com · 06/10/2026

Ultima V styled Middle-earth map jtauber.github.io/u5me/ Initially generated from Tolkien's maps but I've made various manual corrections. Let me know if you notice anything off. Scale is one tile/mile.

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Ultima V styled Middle-earth map

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Athrabeth Podcast @podcast.athrabeth.com · 07/10/2026

Join us in episode 99 for a recap of our time at #Oxonmoot 2026 and our live show with Dr. Sara Brown and Dr. Kristine Larsen, titled Odious Oaths, Pernicious Promises, and Vicious Vows! Thank you both! For the slides, check out: youtu.be/1HUBvRazbKU athrabeth.simplecast.com/episodes/epi...

A group photo of Jude Vais, Stef Midlock, Sara Brown, and Kristine Larsen. Text reads, “Episode 99: Live from Oxonmoot 2026, Odious Oaths, Pernicious Promises, and Vicious Vows” and “With special guests Dr. Sara Brown and Dr. Kristine Larsen”

Two photos of the tattooed right arm of Jude Vais, showing stylistic Melkor, Turin, and scenes from the Dagor Dagorath. Text is “Jude’s new tattoo!”

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Stef Midlock @stef.athrabeth.com · 07/10/2026

Enjoy our live show from Oxonmoot! The slides are SO FUNNY! Sara and Kristine and truly the Meme Queens! 👑Don’t sleep on the slides! youtu.be/1HUBvRazbKU

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Athrabeth Live from Oxonmoot 2026: Odious Oaths, Pernicious Promises, and Vicious Vows

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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

There are no “legitimate concerns” about trans people. There aren’t any about women’s safety or fairness in sports or kids being kids or fucking toilets. If there were you’d have heard of them before 2018. I am a cis white woman so you have to listen to me or I’ll cry.

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DanHELL M. Ford @soundingline.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

It's about bigotry and control, it has always, from day 1, been about bigotry and control, and everyone who talked about understanding "economic anxiety" and "reaching out to them" should be stuffed in a locker. Their opinions were, and are, those of waifish, naive children.

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Alan Simpson @bioniciguana.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Blatant abuse of the Petition of Concern, this is in no way controversial community issue, Unionist politicians using the outdated structures of Stormont to disrupt democracy, scum www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Bid to raise min age of criminal responsibility formally fails

Unionist parties opposed to increasing the age from 10 to 14 in most cases had deployed a veto known as a petition of concern.

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Commander Sterling @commandersterling.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

I’m not sure I like the term “AI hallucination.” It implies that regurgitative AI can perceive things, which it can’t, because it’s just plagiarism soup. Degenerative AI doesn’t hallucinate - it makes mistakes, spreads misinformation, and indiscriminately scrapes material without context.

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Clare Moore @clarelmoore.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Our Big Read journey through The Lord of the Rings continues next Monday, June 29, with none other than esteemed Tolkien scholar Dr. Kristine Larsen! You won’t want to miss Dr. Larsen talking about how Tolkien sneaks his Silmarillion material into LOTR 👀

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Clare Moore @clarelmoore.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Come join us on Zoom next Monday!

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DanHELL M. Ford @soundingline.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

The number of assaults, sexual assaults, and violent incidents he's been linked to is insane and that's just the REPORTED stuff One accuser's _car was bombed_. Oopsie!

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DanHELL M. Ford @soundingline.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Wait wait wait. Fallon put Conor McGregor on his show? Are you fucking kidding me? Conor McGregor is the human equivalent of a rabid dog. You don't bring him into your home.

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 22/06/2026

Starmer saying the next PM will inherit a country that is 'fairer' than the one he inherited 2 years ago. In the one Starmer inherited, trans people could use public toilets.

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DanHELL M. Ford @soundingline.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Preorders matter so much even when the books are ten years old and getting republished

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Sarah Kay @k-interarma.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

For those saying “they’ve lost control”, no, they always had it. They just made a choice. bsky.app/profile/k-in...

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Sarah Kay @k-interarma.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

The PSNI is now advising ethnic minority health care workers to comply with white supremacist check points claiming to “verify immigration status” (against what?) this is despicable. Another way the police entirely facilitates the pogroms.

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DanHELL M. Ford @soundingline.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

gettin exposed to some pro AI propaganda on a discord. "oh it's here to stay, BETTER GET USED TO IT." get used to my foot up your ass. "it's teaching me to explore and understand poetry." could've done that yourself by reading, fucko.

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DanHELL M. Ford @soundingline.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

A Friday morning repost. Free for all readers.

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Matt Stewart @mstewart-art.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

“The Door-wardens of Isengard ” Oil on panel, 24” x 32” A new piece, Merry and Pippin relaxing on the edge of a destroyed Isengard.

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It's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Pitting two minoritized groups against each other is a fascist fave

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DanHELL M. Ford @soundingline.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Vanyar, Noldor, Teleri, Silvanesti, Qualinesti, Kagonesti

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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Gonna be getting a LOT of mileage out of this in coming weeks...

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Cllr Anthony Flynn @antoflynnser.greenpartyni.org · 07/05/2026

The Green Party brought forward buffer zones to stop the harassment and intimidation of women and pregnant people accessing healthcare. Nobody should be targeted outside a clinic during an already vulnerable moment in their life. The courts have upheld the law and it is working as intended.

"Retired pastor guilty of abortion buffer zone breach" - BBC news NI headline

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DanHELL M. Ford @soundingline.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

"Oh but I need to use AI tools in MY WRITING because..." I'm gonna stop you right there, hoss. You don't need them. It ain't your writing. You're a plagiarist. And writing is fuckin' hard, so if you don't wanna put the hours in, don't. Just admit you're lazy and not made for it.

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Mercury Natis @mercuryreads.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Full update on the page. I've updated the goal to a reasonable safety net, and have a couple of very kind offers to make up some of the difference, so the goal is more achievable than it looks, about $3,000 before I'm in a much safer place financially. That means we're 70% of the way to the min!

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Mercury Natis @mercuryreads.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

It's that time again! Please continue to share this around so we can make that push, and thank you again for all of your support!

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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 04/05/2026

A quick Muftak #MayThe4th

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Hey, hey, it's MAY DAY. You know what to do... No School! No Work! No Shopping! #TaxTheOligarchs

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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Zack Polanski politicsmogged Ed Balls.

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Alan Simpson @bioniciguana.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

I make Lord of the Rings / wider Legendarium quizzes sometimes, here is my new one forms.gle/bEDtMAE3Fo8d...

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Know Your Ages

Assign the event to the correct age

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American Century of BOO-miliation @johnperich.com · 25/03/2026

FYI: "the death of the author" was meant as a viewpoint from which to interpret the author's TEXT, not the author's ONGOING STATE TERROR CAMPAIGN, WHICH IS NOW THEIR SOLE CREATIVE CONCERN, WAGED OUT OF THEIR POCKET.

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DanHELL M. Ford @soundingline.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

There is no Ethical Use of Generative AI. There is no Ethical Use of Generative AI. There is no Ethical Use of Generative AI. There is no Ethical Use of Generative AI. There is no Ethical Use of Generative AI. There is no Ethical Use of Generative AI. There is no Ethical Use of Generative AI. There

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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Male commentator for men Mr Feast reacts to Louis Theroux’s manosphere documentary.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

This is huge - and proves exactly what we're saying. We cannot have a moment of complacency - only the Green Party can stop Reform. Vote Hannah Spencer and the Green Party on Thursday in Gorton and Denton. 💚

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John Munro @johnmunro.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Can the Labour Party please just get out of the way so this vision can defeat Reform and enable a better, entirely possible future?

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Commander Sterling @commandersterling.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

The UK, where they’ll take away the meds you need to be functional, deny the care you need to feel like life is worth living, remove whatever you need to bring your disabilities from insurmountable to manageable… … and then portray you as lazy if you don’t have a job.

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Athrabeth Podcast @podcast.athrabeth.com · 04/02/2026

Seize the date! We talk with the fantastic Wizard Way Kris @wizardwaykris.bsky.social about their newly published Elvish Calendar 2026–2027, a 14-month adaptation of Tolkien’s ‘Calendar of Imladris’! Hear about the process of creating this amazing calendar! athrabeth.simplecast.com/episodes/epi...

Photos of three people on this podcast: guest Kris Piet holds a calendar and sticks out their tongue at the camera and holds a peace sign in a happy gesture, Jude Vais smiles, and Stef Midlock holds a calendar up in front of her face so you can only see her eyes. To the right is the new “Elvish Calendar” by Wizard Way Kris, showing two elves on a beautiful beach with a sunset. The text reads: “Athrabeth episode 91. Seize the date! Elvish calendars with Wizard Way Kris”.

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Stef Midlock @stef.athrabeth.com · 04/02/2026

I cannot overstate how GORGEOUS this calendar is! Using this calendar, I see that my birthday falls on Rhîw 29, which happens to be on a Orbelain (Valar-Day) this year! Find your birthday, learn all about elvish timekeeping and holidays, and enjoy stunning art with @wizardwaykris.bsky.social!

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

When we said NATO wasn't working we were derided. When we said a nuclear weapons system relying on the US is dangerous we were called stupid. The truth is the establishment are more interested in kissing US feet than keeping the UK safe. It's time for a rethink.

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