Good evening!

How did your day go?

I was away from the Internet all day. #Boating

Folks think we're crazy, it's cold on the ocean in Oct,
We dressed for it, caught a few fish, and shared some with my neighbour.

My cat is in a feeding frenzy. 😹

Glad you're home safe and it wasn't so bad.

Gaza was not Israel’s to take. It is not Israel’s to keep.

They are no different to any other violent coloniser state through history.

Happy Birthday!! Hope you're having an awesome day

Happy 70th to your mum. Hope you all have an amazing time

So glad you made it through okay with no damage

Keeping my fingers crossed that the power doesn't go out, facing a storm like that with no power would be awful.

Stay safe. Hope there isn't too much damage and disruption for you guys

People took all the wrong lessons from Tolkien (fantasy race determinism, long-prophesied return of the king, lore coming out your ears)

and none of the right ones (subversive heroes who succeed through failure, overwhelming grief at the passing of an enchanted world).

"I will take the Ring, though I do not know the way."

I love The Lord of the Rings. I've read it more times than I can count and yet somehow it never gets old. The parts that always made me cry still do, more meaningful than ever, and there's always something new. I love this book so much.

If you’re looking to start a new series this year, I’d thoroughly recommend Jodi Taylor’s Chronicles of St Mary’s.

Humour, history and a cast of endearing -and eccentric- characters.

Well worth checking out.

If anyone is willing to help me out, Dec was absolute shit for work and I'm desperately trying to get the last $300 needed to pay rent ASAP 🥺

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Okay #TROP fandom lets give some loving to our Dwarven Queen, beautiful, talented and a force of nature.

#SophiaNomvete

Always a good time to remind folks about alt text!

You can turn on a setting that doesn't let you post by mistake without alt text, I highly recommend this.

Also I know some people find it intimidating, but you don't need to be perfect. TRYING is the floor. Caring enough to try is good!

Word of The Witnesses: 12 Monkeys Rewatch Podcast Welcome to our 12 Monkeys REWATCH podcast, featuring The Witnesses! CC and Beep will cover all aspects of the series from the end to the beginning. It's all SPOILERS all the time!! Plus, our sci-fi l

Have a #12Monkeys time travel question? Crave behind the scenes stories from showrunner @terrymatalas.bsky.social, the
actors, writers & production departments about the time travel epic? Just want to relive one of tv’s best scifi shows ever?

We got you.

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Fighting a sinus infection means that my review of #GhostsCBS is on the shorter side this week, but I loved everything about this episode.

The Onion wins bidding for InfoWars assets | CNN Business Satirical news site The Onion won the auction to acquire conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ InfoWars.

BREAKING: Satirical news site The Onion has won the auction to acquire conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' Infowars

An elven city in a tree, with the Fellowship at the top, meeting Galadriel and Celeborn. At the base of the image, we see Frodo and Galadriel staring into a basin.

Lothlorien - watercolour and acryla gouache on paper

~prints available for the Tolkien lovers in your life ~

people who use goodreads: jeff bezos owns goodreads and if you want a better alternative there is a black woman owned company called storygraph that you can use to replace it. you can transfer all of your data from goodreads to storygraph and have your mind be free of trumpie jeff bezos! win win. 💙

Drawing of Lan Mandragoran, an Asian man with long hair pulled back by a cord, and Moiraine Damodred, a white woman with long wavy hair in disarray, against a desertic backdrop. Jagged mountains are shrouded in shadows as the sun sets over a valley unnaturally filled with fog. From the thick, low-hanging clouds, spires and domes from a city emerge, with a gigantic tree at its center. Back against the sun, Lan is carrying away Moiraine in his arms, cheek pressed against her forehead. She is gripping his long cloak and holding touching his hand at her side. Her dark trousers and white blouse are dirty with dust, her sleeve slashed across the upper arm. Her cheeks are sunburnt.

"Do not let Lan follow me. He will try, if he sees me."

Spoilers for The Shadow Rising

One of my favourite scenes of the book, if only because the foreshadowing is absolutely soul-shattering

#WotBookSpoilers #TheShadowRising #TheWheelofTime
#Wotskies

Happy Birthday in advance!!

Very excited about this forthcoming conference, co-organised by the Centre for Fantasy and the Fantastic and children’s literature colleagues at the School of Education, University of Glasgow!
Full CFP here: fantasy.glasgow.ac.uk/index.php/20...

Mount Fuji snowless for longest time on record after sweltering Japan summer As of 29 October, the iconic mountain was still without snow, marking the longest period since records began 130 years ago

As of today, Mount #Fuji remains snowless, marking the first time in 130 years of recorded history. Typically, the first snowfall occurs around Oct 2nd, with the previous latest snowfall record being Oct 26th (1955, 2016). First snow is expected next week. 🧪 🗻 🌡

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It's official: I've found a place and am moving to Glasgow at the end of November! Moving is expensive, if you'd like to help me ouuuut....here's some links! Every little bit seriously helps, so thank you!
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Ursula Le Guin’s Radical Utopias Still Resonate Today Ursula K. Le Guin was born on this day in 1929. She used science fiction to explore the failures of capitalist society — and the alternative worlds we could build in its place.

Ursula Le Guin was born on this day in 1929. Here's my piece written for Jacobin a few years ago. I think her work is especially important for understanding the importance of symbolism alongside material concerns. Also, for making the point that capitalists don't understand time.

Fall is in the Air

The Queers of Time logo on a forest green/black/brown background, with the title "They Have To Make The Straights Kiss" (James & Kat discuss Rings of Power, Season Two Episode Six)"

There was a whoopsie in Eä and our usual new episode post didn't get made yesterday. Our bad!

New episode is out now wherever you get your podcasts! James and Kat talk all things RoP S2E6 and grow increasingly worried for poor Celebrimbor.

Odyssey

Last week, along with a DDOS attack and exposure of patron email addresses and encrypted passwords, the Internet Archive’s website javascript was defaced, leading us to bring the site down to access and improve our security.  The stored data of the Internet Archive is safe and we are working on resuming services safely. This new reality requires heightened attention to cyber security and we are responding. We apologize for the impact of these library services being unavailable. The Wayback Machine, Archive-It, scanning, and national library crawls have resumed, as well as email, blog, helpdesk, and social media communications.  Our team is working around the clock across time zones to bring other services back online. In coming days more services will resume, some starting in read-only mode as full restoration will take more time.  We’re taking a cautious, deliberate approach to rebuild and strengthen our defenses. Our priority is ensuring the Internet Archive comes online stronger and more secure. As a library community, we are seeing other cyber attacks—for instance the British Library, Seattle Public Library, Toronto Public Library, and now Calgary Public Library. We hope these attacks are not indicative of a trend. For the latest updates, please check this blog and our official social media accounts: X/Twitter, Bluesky and Mastodon. Thank you for your patience and ongoing support.

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