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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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Alan Simpson @bioniciguana.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Is that across the board or are there food safe firmament types?

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Alan Simpson @bioniciguana.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

I thought the overall tone was much more fun than the book, they made the plot a little shallow at times but the characters carried it

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Alan Simpson @bioniciguana.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

For sure, but they just did it with a load of movies, makes me think they wouldn't have any issue doing it with games too

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Alan Simpson @bioniciguana.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

You are assuming they will keep the servers online to allow people to download the games they have bought, recent events suggest that is far from a sure thing, they have no issue taking away access to things people paid for

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

100% it's a disgrace and has only been abused for what the last decade or more? I can't think of the last time it was used for something in the spirit of what it was originally created for, which was already pretty shaky in the first place!

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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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Alan Simpson @bioniciguana.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Even saying "it makes mistakes" is giving a bit too much credit, is generates outputs based on probability, mistake implies intent to be accurate in the first place, there is no intention

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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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Alan Simpson @bioniciguana.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

I always loved how in Vision of the Future, Mara explained to Luke in detail how he'd entirely fucked up restarting the Jedi Order and by extension the whole galaxy and his response was to immediately ask her to marry him

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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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Alan Simpson @bioniciguana.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

He also had Greg Gutfeld on, he's clearly decided utter capitulation to the far right is the only way he doesn't get the Colbert treatment

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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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Alan Simpson @bioniciguana.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

There's plenty of good candidates in the UFC, but we actually get to see them getting punched in the face so that's a plus I guess

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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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Alan Simpson @bioniciguana.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

The PSNI have always worked hand in hand with the UVF, considering these riots are organised at least in part by the same people it is hardly surprising senior police are complicit

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Alan Simpson @bioniciguana.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

I should say I think your game sounds much more interesting than Firewatch, I just mean in terms of media confusion!!

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Alan Simpson @bioniciguana.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Kinda reminds me of the "what IS Firewatch?" era of Giant Bomb

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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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Alan Simpson @bioniciguana.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Every hotdog situation can be replaced with a burger, kebab or wrap

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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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Alan Simpson @bioniciguana.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

I didn't eat for 3 weeks one time cause I was very ill in ICU and when they finally let me eat the first thing they served was curry which was probably pretty bland hospital food but it seemed like the most flavourful thing to ever flavour

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Alan Simpson @bioniciguana.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

That is the stuff you add water to in order to make the actual jelly surely, like the little bar things

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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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Alan Simpson @bioniciguana.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

The speed at which the Butlerian Jihad from Dune went from seeming a bit silly and reactionary to the only logic path is quite alarming

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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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Alan Simpson @bioniciguana.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

"doing" I mean, I can type, honest

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Alan Simpson @bioniciguana.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Dark Side Of The Ring are going a 3 part special on your best mate!

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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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Alan Simpson @bioniciguana.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

MiSter is excellent, I have had one for a few years, with the RAM upgrade and the digital output board, it's a lovely bit of kit

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