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George Young

@georgeandsuch.bsky.social
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Here to talk about all things Tolkien, media literacy, comedy, and the weirdly high number of movie remakes from the mid to late 90s that outshine the originals. Anti-racist, feminist, pro-queer joy (So, anti-Trump, obviously) He/they

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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
a post from Alex Blechman

God: In my book I invented the GOLDEN CALF as a cautionary tale

Evangelicals: At long last, we have created the GOLDEN CALF from the classic novel THE BIBLE
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George Young @georgeandsuch.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
“ADHD’s not a disability, it’s a superpower!” LAST WEEK I CRIED TRYING TO DECIDE MY BRUNCH ORDER, KAREN! Maybe don’t go signing me up for the Avengers just yet. #adhd #add
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The Onion @theonion.com · 06/06/2025
“Elon’s megalomania and tendency to lash out indiscriminately seem to have soured things with every person he’s encountered in his entire life,” said an anonymous source close to the embattled tech mogul theonion.com/rift-wi...
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Rift Widens Between Elon Musk, Anyone Who Ever Met Him
AUSTIN, TX—Stressing that the billionaire’s completely erratic behavior had strained the already fraught relationships, sources confirmed Thursday that a rift was widening between Elon Musk and anyone who had ever met him. “Elon’s megalomania and tendency to lash out indiscriminately seem to have soured things with every person he’s encountered in his entire life,” said […]
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George Young @georgeandsuch.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
GROND #grond #tolkien
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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
*posting a selfie in front of a bathroom while on vacation* "uh, whatever happened to all the NORMAL people"
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George Young @georgeandsuch.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
I turn 40 today, so naturally I woke up with an aching back. That feels a little on the nose.
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George Young @georgeandsuch.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
TJ is a friggin’ delight and it’s always a wonderful time to drink a little bit too much and talk Tolkien with them! And Jen is always a joy and the best co-guest you could ask for!
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George Young @georgeandsuch.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: If this coalition isn’t fighting for the least of these, if it’s not anti-racist, pro-LGBTQ+ rights, pro-immigrant, I want nothing to do with it, www.npr.org/2025/03/24/n... www.npr.org/2025/03/24/n... #democrats
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Democrats in Trump-won districts call on party to rebrand
Democrats need to flip three seats to take back the House next year – and the path to a majority likely runs through districts President Trump carried. Democrats who won alongside Trump offer their pr...
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George Young @georgeandsuch.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Shoutout to the old school Chicagoan who came into my work yesterday ranting about how much he hates the Kardashians. He started the rant misgendering and deadnaming Caitlyn Jenner, then - without skipping a beat - corrected himself and continued going off about how much he hates her. #Thisistheway
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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
as far as i'm concerned the entire purpose of the american experiment is to provide chuck schumer with a job that's not too challenging, yet rewarding and fun. and i hate to put it to you like this, but every criticism you post, and every phone call you make to his office, gets in the way of that
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The Onion @theonion.com · 14/03/2025
Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them
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Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them
WASHINGTON—With the elected officials trying their hardest not to move a muscle, reports confirmed Monday that top Democratic leaders in Congress were standing real still in hopes that the American pe...
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
The institutional Democratic Party is guided by an almost pathological level of conflict avoidance in almost every direction. “What can we do to make the least number of people mad?” is just a bankrupt way to operate.
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George Young @georgeandsuch.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
I know James Carville is a crank who has been consistently completely wrong about Trump for ten years, but he was instrumental in winning the 1992 election, so Democrats should probably just keep blindly following his advice for at least the next couple generations. dailyprogress.com/news/local/g...
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Carville: Democrats need to 'play possum,' stop the 'stupid' protests
“People don’t like the Democratic Party,” Democratic consultant James Carville told a crowd at UVa. "A political party is supposed to win an election."
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Tom Emanuel @realtomemanuel.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Wild to see someone wearing ashes signifying humility and repentance when he's the #4 guy in a Mammon-worshiping death cult.
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George Young @georgeandsuch.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
I know everybody’s just doing their best here and we’re all just trying to survive, but if I hear one more person make the joke “Canada could do the funniest thing lol” I’m gonna lose it! Let’s not make memes of someone being a double refugee. #ukraine #dumptrump www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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Exclusive: Trump plans to revoke legal status of Ukrainians who fled to US, sources say
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is planning to revoke temporary legal status for some 240,000 Ukrainians who fled the conflict with Russia, a senior Trump official and three sources familiar with the matter said, potentially putting them on a fast-track to deportation.
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George Young @georgeandsuch.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
So tired of Democrats choosing “dignity” over duty. You don’t look dignified folding a fitted sheet while the house burns down. Don’t set the table for a chef who’s poisoning the food!
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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Again, the richest man in human history personally individually directed this
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Neurodivergent07 @neurodivergent07.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
1st March 2025. Disability Day of Mourning. Remembering the millions who die every year due to political decisions, hatred and discrimination. Never forgotten. Today I will be remembering and then get back to fighting the open eugenics of the majority of governments, politicians and institutions.
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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
This is why James Carville's plan for Dems to just play dead until Trump/Musk's actions break the system won't work. Republicans are *trying* to break the system. Dems are still thinking about how to win an election in four years. Republicans are fighting a Civil War, and they're fighting unopposed.
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George Young @georgeandsuch.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Alright, I’ve had it with trolls.
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George Young @georgeandsuch.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
I’ve been thinking about some Dry the River lyrics that feel timely: “When the ice caps melt and the Devil’s in the Bible Belt, don’t cower in your bed.” “If it’s dark outside, you light the fire yourself.” Take rest. But as #Tolkien said, “Day shall come again!” Until then, we light our own fires.
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George Young @georgeandsuch.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Wild how the creators of the #Hobbit cartoon from the 70s tone down or don’t show most of the violence (ponies are much safer in this adaptation) only to increase the number of dwarves that die in the Battle of Five Armies from three to seven. (They are not named.) #luinellë #tolkien #lordoftherings
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George Young @georgeandsuch.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Watching the Bakshi Lord of the Rings cartoon for the first time since childhood and wow I’d forgotten how much rotoscoping there is right at the top. #lotr #lordoftherings
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Why would you make your narrator unreliable. I trusted you and purchased this book and this is how you repay me
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George Young @georgeandsuch.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Just so everyone’s keeping track, the halftime show is sponsored by Apple Music, but actual Halftime (like, the concept, I guess?) Is sponsored by Jeep. 😆
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George Young @georgeandsuch.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
One thing missing from especially #tolkien adaptation conversations is the fact that bad adaptation ≠ equal bad movie. My favorite example of this is The Count of Monte Cristo (2002). The chief message of the novel is that revenge is bad, but the movie is a perfect revenge fantasy popcorn movie.
Poster for the 2002 movie Count of Monte Cristo
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George Young @georgeandsuch.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
One thing about me: I don’t have much of a sweet tooth, but if there are Welch’s fruit snacks near me, I will eat them until I get sick.
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George Young @georgeandsuch.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
I’m betting the IRS notices pretty quickly.
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George Young @georgeandsuch.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
I keep thinking of #tolkien things I could post, but then end up thinking, “eh, that’s too long a thought, I’ll save it for @the-neej.bsky.social ‘s podcast next time I’m on. 😆 Rest assured I’m still thinking about stories and adaptation constantly. 😆
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George Young @georgeandsuch.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Alright, to be clear, we are going ALL IN for Black History Month! #blackhistorymonth
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George Young @georgeandsuch.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
As I have hinted at on here, I think my least favorite part of the #hobbit movies is the cartoonishly over the top action. I was surprised to find the Battle of Five Armies to be the least egregious on that front. Most of its action is a return to form for Peter Jackson with big, epic battle action
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George Young @georgeandsuch.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
I love this line in #LordoftheRings movies because it’s just a nice little nod to Tolkien’s absolute obsession with the archaic definition of “doom” (as simply a synonym for fate, without inherent negativity)
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Waill and Roll @easymodetom.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
In 1938 J.R.R. Tolkien was asked by a German publisher to confirm his aryan heritage before they would publish The Hobbit. He told them to go to Hell, and The Hobbit wasn't published in German till 1957. Tell a Nazi to go to Hell today. #Tolkien
Letter from Tolkien refusing to cooperate with nazis
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Bits @bitshammer.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
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George Young @georgeandsuch.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
The energy we’re bringing into 2025.
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The Oatmeal @theoatmeal.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
“In 150 characters or less” by @nikitagill.bsky.social
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George Young @georgeandsuch.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
It’d be very on brand for me right now to post #Tolkien quotes, and I’m sure I will, but I just can’t stop thinking about this freakin’ song. “I won't look too far ahead It's too much for me to take But break it down to this next breath […] and do the next right thing” youtube.com/watch?v=w6g1...
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George Young @georgeandsuch.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
My wife and I watched the first Indiana Jones movie last night. Yesterday seemed like a good day to watch Harrison Ford punch a whole bunch of Nazis.
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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Weird that we have to say this, but the government doesn’t get to decide what gender a person is.
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Jeanette | Marathon Caboose @marathoncaboose.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
My mental health is crumbling with the fall of our hyper-capitalist society under our crusty octegenarian govt bowing to genuinely horrible billionaires, AMA
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George Young @georgeandsuch.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
TikTok and Threads have been incredible sources of community, enjoyment and self-discovery for me, so let me just say that I AM HAVING A BAD TIME RIGHT NOW
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Jason Ray Carney😎📚☕️ @jrcarney52.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
That part in the Hobbit when Bilbo becomes a berserkr in Mirkwood #thehobbit #tolkien
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George Young @georgeandsuch.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
I hate it here.
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George Young @georgeandsuch.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
On a rewatch of #ringsofpower and I think maybe my favorite live action over the top “elves are amazing”moment in all #Tolkien adaptations might be Arondir catching an arrow that was about to hit Theo and then shooting it back.
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Thinking about trying to make it big on TikTok this year. Been putting it off for a while but 2025 feels right
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George Young @georgeandsuch.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately. A surprising number of Tolkien’s elves die of heartbreak. But Elrond suffers more of it than almost anyone else and yet…he persists. #luinellë #tolkien #lordoftherings
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George Young @georgeandsuch.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
I’m devastated about the loss of TikTok, but the fact that I’ve never ONCE seen a super cut of clips from the #hobbit movies over Leonard Nimoy’s Bilbo Baggins song makes me question whether we ever deserved it in the first place. #luinellë #tolkien #lordoftherings
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George Young @georgeandsuch.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
“The Dark Lord was suddenly aware of [Frodo], & […] the magnitude of his own folly was revealed to him in a blinding flash, & all the devices of his enemies were at last laid bare. Then his wrath blazed in consuming flame, but his fear rose like a vast black smoke to choke him.” Or put another way:
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George Young @georgeandsuch.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Not enough gets said about Ken Stott’s performance as Balin in the #Hobbit He just beautifully brings to life the wisdom and kindness of the old warrior, who is definitely my favorite dwarf. #luinellë #tolkien #lotr
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George Young @georgeandsuch.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Just saw this fake quote online and if you’re not familiar with C.S. Lewis, this is the equivalent of posting a pic of #Tolkien with the caption “‘I hate trees, they suck.’ -JRR Tolkien” or “‘Your mother isn’t really that important. -Freud” Dude LOVED to describe what he thought life was.
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