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Ugandan Communities Say Total’s Oil Project Is More of a Land Grab than a Development Opportunity Investigating the obstacles to action on climate change.

Even very reasonable requests like "sure you can have my land for your pipeline, but could you move me nearby so my kids don't have to change schools?" have been ignored by TotalEnergies as it builds a pipeline it promises will solve poverty in Uganda 🙃 drilled.media/news/uganda-...

I'm excited to be finally able to sit down and catch up on episode 2 of season 2! Pardon the glare, I'm staying at my tio's house, so I'm taking pictures of his big ass tv that's right next to a skylight lol 🧵 #troprewatch

Youths play baseball at Bloch Field in San Pedro with the Port of Los Angeles in the background on April 8, 2025. A nearby fumigation facility uses a highly toxic gas, methyl bromide. Photo by Joel Angel Juarez for CalMatters Hed: These communities are unaware they’ve lived near toxic gas for decades. Why has no action been taken?

Five facilities near schools and houses in LA County fumigate produce shipped from overseas with methyl bromide. But the air agency doesn’t plan to monitor the air or take any immediate steps to protect people from the gas buff.ly/8Vd5uiQ

📸 Joel Angel Juarez

It is a good day to bring this back for tonight’s #TROPRewatch

Círdan the shipwright and a shipwright apprentice

Círdan says perfection exists only in Valinor

#troprewatch
Círdan has never given a student a grade higher than A-

It's a red letter day...my sis @raven-redwoods.bsky.social and I are actually sitting down for this week's #troprewatch on time???! 🍾🎉🥳 We're starting season 2 this week, let's go gooron!! 🧵

I'm able to make this animation of how the ocean breathes in and out CO₂ because of data collected by NOAA scientists, data served at NOAA websites, and tools provided by NASA. All are under threat of being dismantled by the Trump administration.

Tolkien's illustration of Lake Town.

Ready to watch the season 1 finale for tonight's #troprewatch with my sis @raven-redwoods.bsky.social! 🧵

a poster for the lord of the rings of power shows a man riding a horse Alt: elven soldier from rings of power blows a horn while his horse rears

happy friday and happy #troprewatch day!

A man offering you a copy of The Lord of the Rings in this trying time

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halbrand and celebrimbor bent together over an anvil with lots of materials on top. a chain is hanging over both of them

celebrimbor, gil galad, elrond and galadriel around an anvil. the they are all standing the light but the shadow of a chain runs from celebrimbors back

the chain running between halbrand and celebrimbor while theyre working vs the shadow of the chain connected to celebrimbor while sharing their ideas to the high king

KneeDeep’s new quarterly column, “The Practice,” highlights three innovative projects in #environmentaldesign, planning & engineering for #climateadaptation across the state. #urbandesign #landscapearchitecture 📷: Jason O'Rear

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Hobbit girl summer illustration: “Plant seeds” beside a sprout coming out of the dirt “Dress in bright colors” beside a yellow cardigan “Water your hope” beside a green watering can “Eat nourishing foods” beside a bowl of soup “Drink tea” beside a cup of tea And at the bottom of the image, a still of Barad-dûr crumbling with the caption “being about Sauron’s downfall”.

Hobbit Girl Spring is here. 😌🌿

A really easy way to check yourself is to ask “is this something Morgoth would do?” and if the answer is yes, don’t do it!

Truly I think Elrond and Durin's relationship is this show's stroke of genius...and I adore how this line (and Durin's before this) show how they find kinship in each other as outsiders in their respective communities, ahhh I love them so much 🥹 #troprewatch

Finally ready to catch up with yesterday's #troprewatch of season 1 episode 7! 🧵

The bridge is framed by trees. The sky is clear and the water is blue.

One of those days that make you so grateful for our beautiful California coast. A warm, clear morning on the Lands End Trail looking back toward the Golden Gate.

Drawing of Tolkien characters. Arwen in the center is holding an open Red Book of Westmarch. She is surrounded by Goldberry, Galadriel, Rosie Cotton, and Eowyn

Happy Tolkien Reading Day! Drew some of the lovely women of Lord of the Rings for this year’s theme, Fellowship and Community 📚🧝‍♀️✨ #TolkienReadingDay #art

"New life in defiance of death" before battle is such a cool invented tradition, and one that should and will be revisited a lot in fanfic. I hope it comes back in the actual show, too. #troprewatch

Galadriel standing on the deck of a Numenorean ship and looking at the dawn.

Mount Doom erupting.

Galadriel and Halbrand having a heartfelt chat in the forest after nearly unaliving Adar. The picture looks like a painting.

Numenorean ships sailing into the dawn.

The beauty of The Rings of Power, Udûn: light. 🤍
#TROPRewatch

Ready to catch up with #troprewatch tonight with episode 6 of season 1! ☺️ 🧵

I'm sitting down with my sis @raven-redwoods.bsky.social and some blueberry lemon sorbet 🫐🍋 to watch episode 5 of season 1 for #troprewatch! ☺️

I can finally post my TRoP Golden Leaves cover on Bluesky! 🧡🍂 Bear McCreary seeing this cover & the official TRoP account sharing it last October meant the world to me. Filmed and recorded a cappella in a Finnish forest! Piano played and added later by yours truly.
#TheRingsofPower #mallornsongs

Was thinking about soundtrack titles and I was curious @bearmccreary.bsky.social

When they hire you to compose the soundtrack, do you get creative control of the track titles?

Say Rings of Power for example, the Tolkien estate can be pretty particular. Do they have to sign off on all of them?

A thread I love which Professor #Tolkien weaves through his work is the gracious giving of gifts. Imagine being there when #Eowyn and #Eomer give #Merry the Horn from the hoard of Scatha the Worm. Merry uses it to rouse his folk and it becomes an heirloom of his house. And then there's...

Ready to continue my catch-up watching for #troprewatch! My sis @raven-redwoods.bsky.social and I are on episode 3 🧵

Image of a sword and daffodils with the caption: “‘But no living man am I! You look upon a woman.”

“‘But no living man am I! You look upon a woman. Éowyn I am, Éomund’s daughter. You stand between me and my lord and kin. Begone, if you be not deathless! For living or dark undead, I will smite you, if you touch him.’”

- The Lord of the Rings

Elrond from the Rings of Power

I'm excited for more #TROPrewatch this friday! 🍿🍿 Here is a very quick little Elrond sketch for fun 💞 #TROP #Elrond