@MissConstrue@mefi.social
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May 25, 2026
MissConstrue
@MissConstrue@mefi.social
Why, I remember when this was all just Arpanet. I'm over educated, opinionated, and quite possibly wrong about everything. Published author, banned comics publisher, ethicist, cranky old philosopher careered in information architecture. AKA: I contain multitudes. Black lives matter. Trans lives matter. Your life matters. End Colonialism. Free Palestine. Eat the Rich. Avatar: A crop of "The Letter" by Delphin Enjolras, against a background of prairie flowers.
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Da Pope has dropped an #encyclical. An encyclical is a pastoral letter issued by the #Pope.
Historically encyclicals serve as a key instrument of the Pope’s ordinary magisterium to guide the faithful on matters of faith, morals, devotion, or social discipline, they are generally not infallible pronouncements ex cathedra.
I’m still reading and digesting, but a quick skim suggests that this is the biggest thing to drop from the #Vatican in my lifetime.
There’s, #AI, there’s transhumanism, there’s social contract, he apologizes for the Church’s blind eye to #slavery, he declared that “just war” is no longer a thing…in a change of policy held since the Crusades. He calls for #OpenSource, he quotes #Tolkien. (I like Da Pope.)
There’s a lot. You can read it here. It’s gonna take me a while to map it all out.
https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/encyclicals/documents/20260515-magnifica-humanitas.html
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@The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world
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May 10, 2026
The Picard Maneuver
@The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world
Also The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website
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The Tolkien Historical Society Conference
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Rough start. #grickledoodle #lordoftherings #tolkien #horror #rough #focus #eyeofsauron #cartoon #art #drawing #funny #humor
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@alexglow@chaos.social
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Apr 13, 2026
merlin / alex glow
@alexglow@chaos.social
💙: robots, music, languages, biohacking, arcane tech, PCBs, open-source hardware. Renaissance nerd posting on Hackster.io & beyond; thoughts & feels my own. Boosts do not imply broader support of the OP. A.K.A. glowascii; she; chaotic good; human-generated.
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Latin nerds, I need you!
Offering Elvish nerdery in return 👇
Trying to translate "keep it secret – keep it safe" to #Latin, which I know is tricksy. Looking at verbs like servare and conservare, and adjectives for "safe" like tutus/salvus/securus...??
If you can help, I will write your phrase of choice in Tengwar (Elvish script)! Here's a sample of one way I write it – though I'll do straight lines 😅
I'll write them on a livestream and link image files for you.
// #linguistics #LOTR #Tolkien
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@STsKry@mementomori.social
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Apr 01, 2026
Suomen Tolkien-seura Kontu ry
@STsKry@mementomori.social
Suomen Tolkien-seura Kontu ry (Y-tunnus: 1710787-5) on valtakunnallinen Tolkienin tuotannon ja muun fantasiakirjallisuuden ystäville tarkoitettu yhdistys. Jäseniä löytyy laidasta laitaan; jotkut tuntevat tarkasti koko Tolkienin tuotannon, toiset taas ovat yleisesti kiinnostuneita fantasiasta. Erilaiset tapahtumat ja jäsentapaamiset keräävät nämä erilaiset ihmiset saman katon alle keskustelemaan ja pitämään hauskaa.
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FIN & ENG: Suomen Tolkien-seura Kontu ry:n vuodesta 2015 asti periksiantamattomasti jatkunut #MauriPliis-somekampanja on tuottanut tulosta: Mauri Kunnas valmistelee teosta "Koirien Silmarillion" (Masikustannus, 2027)! J. R. R. Tolkienin ”The Silmarillion” -eepokseen sekä ”Silmarillion”-suomennokseen (suom. Kersti Juva & Panu Pekkanen) perustuva adaptaatio julkaistaan myös englanniksi nimellä "The Canine Silmarillion". Katso lisätietoja QR-koodin takaa!
The Finnish Tolkien Society is proud to make public the fruits of our relentless social media campaign #MauriPlease (est. 2015). Mauri Kunnas, the famed Finnish artist and author, is working on "The Canine Silmarillion" (Fin: “Koirien Silmarillion”)! Kunnas is internationally perhaps best known for “The Canine Kalevala” (orig. “Koirien Kalevala”), and his adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien’s “The Silmarillion” is undoubtedly the most anticipated Tolkien work since the epic itself was published in 1977. Check the QR-code for more information!
#KoirienSilmarillion #TheCanineSilmarillion #MauriKunnas #Tolkien #TheSilmarillion #STsK
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@Disappointed_Horse@mastodonapp.uk
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Mar 25, 2026
Disappointed_Horse 🇺🇦
@Disappointed_Horse@mastodonapp.uk
Lawyer, photographer, and coffee lover. Antifascist above all else. MAGA = NAZI. 🇺🇦 “It is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in us for the succour of those years wherein we are set, uprooting the evil in the fields that we know, so that those who live after may have clean earth to till. What weather they shall have is not ours to rule.” —J.R.R. Tolkien
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https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/stephen-colbert-writing-lord-of-the-rings-movie-1236546504/ This sounds awesome. Happy to learn of this project and that Stephen Colbert is involved in it. #tolkien #lordoftherings
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@shire_reckoning@mastodon.ftp.rip
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Feb 23, 2026
Shire Reckoning
@shire_reckoning@mastodon.ftp.rip
The current date (by Shire-reckoning) is posted daily at 12:00 UTC.
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Today is Highday, the 2nd day of Rethe by Shire-reckoning.
#Tolkien
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@LetrasPrestadas__dup_32260@masto.es
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Feb 01, 2026
Letras Prestadas
@LetrasPrestadas__dup_32260@masto.es
Una excusa para unir la literatura y la música
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Paseando por lugares ficticios 📚🎭 https://letrasprestadas-clubpickwick.blogspot.com/2024/01/paseando-por-lugares-ficticios.html Te propongo realizar un paseo por algunos lugares ficticios procedentes de obras literarias y musicales. Nos acompañan obras de #GarciaMarquez, #SanchezFerlosio, #Tolkien, #RimskyKorsakov y #Mozart.
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@albaillustration__dup_1467@socel.net
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Nov 14, 2025
Elisabeth Alba
@albaillustration__dup_1467@socel.net
I'm a Western Massachusetts-based illustrator whose work focuses on fairy tales, fantasy, and historical subjects. You can see my work in books, games, and divination decks. I primarily work with ink and watercolor.
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This just in!✨
I have a limited number of sets of 5 Hobbiton-in-the-snow greeting cards with envelopes at https://www.albaillustration.com/original-art/p/hobbitongreeting They feature gold foil on the front and a wonderful hopeful message from the kindest, most steadfast character in fiction (who also happens to be our son's namesake!).
#tolkien #holidays #christmas #winter #yule #greetingcards #snailmail #art #illustration #snow #fantasyart #fediart #mastoart #artshop
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