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💎HOUSE OF THE MÍRDAIN: a Silmarillion Discord server💎
❝For the gates of Ost-in-Edhil will always be open.❞
Mae govannen, mellyn nîn! This is an LGBTQ+ friendly server for fans of the #Silmarillion. Share your love for #Tolkien in a comforting community of creatives & friends.
Invite below ⚒️
❝For the gates of Ost-in-Edhil will always be open.❞
Mae govannen, mellyn nîn! This is an LGBTQ+ friendly server for fans of the #Silmarillion. Share your love for #Tolkien in a comforting community of creatives & friends.
Invite below ⚒️
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there was just a bipartisan push to crack heads of college kids correctly and morally calling out what is now pretty generally accepted as a genocide. they rolled tanks and them and let paid goons throw explosives at them. i dunno man
The Times piece by @brendannyhan.bsky.social about No Kings made me curious about the political activism of young people over time. So I pulled some CES data and made some charts. www.pbump.net/o/how-severe...
How severe is the political pessimism of young Americans?
Somewhat buried in the pre-Thanksgiving conversation, Dartmouth University's Brendan Nyhan offered an interesting observation in an essay for the New York Times. "[T]he scale of the protests" targetin...
www.pbump.net
December 2, 2025 at 5:43 AM
there was just a bipartisan push to crack heads of college kids correctly and morally calling out what is now pretty generally accepted as a genocide. they rolled tanks and them and let paid goons throw explosives at them. i dunno man
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Congress is attempting to fast track KOSA and more than a dozen bills that would restrict internet access, censor speech and increase surveillance under the guise of protecting children.
Committee hearings begin tomorrow.
Committee hearings begin tomorrow.
Lawmakers to consider 19 bills for childproofing the internet
KOSA is back, along with more than a dozen other bills that will erode free speech and privacy in the name of protecting kids.
reason.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Congress is attempting to fast track KOSA and more than a dozen bills that would restrict internet access, censor speech and increase surveillance under the guise of protecting children.
Committee hearings begin tomorrow.
Committee hearings begin tomorrow.
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I like people who come on here and post "Release The Epstein Files!!" like wait shit, was I supposed to do that. Is one of us in charge of that
December 2, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I like people who come on here and post "Release The Epstein Files!!" like wait shit, was I supposed to do that. Is one of us in charge of that
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The CEO of Google admits that Google search provides more accurate information that the company’s AI.
He acknowledges that Google search is "more grounded in providing accurate information."
He acknowledges that Google search is "more grounded in providing accurate information."
December 2, 2025 at 5:52 PM
The CEO of Google admits that Google search provides more accurate information that the company’s AI.
He acknowledges that Google search is "more grounded in providing accurate information."
He acknowledges that Google search is "more grounded in providing accurate information."
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GOOD NEWS! Researchers have discovered a powerful antibody, known as 04_A06, that is able to neutralize 98.5% of MORE THAN 300 different HIV strains AND permanently reduce HIV viral load to undetectable levels, making it one of the broadest-acting antibodies against HIV identified to date.
December 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
GOOD NEWS! Researchers have discovered a powerful antibody, known as 04_A06, that is able to neutralize 98.5% of MORE THAN 300 different HIV strains AND permanently reduce HIV viral load to undetectable levels, making it one of the broadest-acting antibodies against HIV identified to date.
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MILF and tentacles getting pulled alongside loli and shota reinforces what I and others have said since the summer: If you empower Mastercard to censor a little, you empower them to take everything away. The problem is the capacity for a credit card to censor
Call them
Call them
Really weird seeing MILF in that list considering how commonplace and inoffensive that category is
December 2, 2025 at 4:37 PM
MILF and tentacles getting pulled alongside loli and shota reinforces what I and others have said since the summer: If you empower Mastercard to censor a little, you empower them to take everything away. The problem is the capacity for a credit card to censor
Call them
Call them
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I don’t want Logos to box in creators who’ve already had to navigate Ultimania contradicting the game. I know the VAs have said it’s their interpretation and encourage fanworks but I also know how sanctimonious people can get in fandom spaces.
December 1, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I don’t want Logos to box in creators who’ve already had to navigate Ultimania contradicting the game. I know the VAs have said it’s their interpretation and encourage fanworks but I also know how sanctimonious people can get in fandom spaces.
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🚨‼️As of yesterday KOSA is at 64 cosponsors with @vanhollen.senate.gov + @kim.senate.gov - who claim to support LGTBQ+ rights but are clearly okay with supporting legislation that’ll censor us off the internet- newly signed on.
You know what to do: www.stopkosa.com
You know what to do: www.stopkosa.com
October 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM
🚨‼️As of yesterday KOSA is at 64 cosponsors with @vanhollen.senate.gov + @kim.senate.gov - who claim to support LGTBQ+ rights but are clearly okay with supporting legislation that’ll censor us off the internet- newly signed on.
You know what to do: www.stopkosa.com
You know what to do: www.stopkosa.com
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Moth Melian.
Do you people headcanon her as a maia of Yavanna, Vána, or Estë? Or all or two of them? Sometimes she is said to be of Yavanna, who she is compared to, other times Vána and Estë.
#tolkien #silmarillion #jrrtolkien #melian #maiar #tolkienart #silmart #tolkienfanart #silmfanart #fantasy
Do you people headcanon her as a maia of Yavanna, Vána, or Estë? Or all or two of them? Sometimes she is said to be of Yavanna, who she is compared to, other times Vána and Estë.
#tolkien #silmarillion #jrrtolkien #melian #maiar #tolkienart #silmart #tolkienfanart #silmfanart #fantasy
December 1, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Moth Melian.
Do you people headcanon her as a maia of Yavanna, Vána, or Estë? Or all or two of them? Sometimes she is said to be of Yavanna, who she is compared to, other times Vána and Estë.
#tolkien #silmarillion #jrrtolkien #melian #maiar #tolkienart #silmart #tolkienfanart #silmfanart #fantasy
Do you people headcanon her as a maia of Yavanna, Vána, or Estë? Or all or two of them? Sometimes she is said to be of Yavanna, who she is compared to, other times Vána and Estë.
#tolkien #silmarillion #jrrtolkien #melian #maiar #tolkienart #silmart #tolkienfanart #silmfanart #fantasy
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25% of buy-now, pay-later users are now relying on it to finance groceries.
December 1, 2025 at 4:12 PM
25% of buy-now, pay-later users are now relying on it to finance groceries.
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I have said this over and over, I will continue to say it: The most common American positions on trans issues are "idk, none of my business." Most people do not think about it and do not give a shit. They wish the news would shut up and talk about something that they think is actually important.
This is a really well-done corrective to the NYT/Atlantic party line on how attitudes about trans people affect Democrats' electoral prospects. Liberal Currents continues to shine.
www.liberalcurrents.com/trans-panic-...
www.liberalcurrents.com/trans-panic-...
Trans Panic? More Like Trans Apathetic
2025 shows trans rights aren't electoral poison. The truth? Most people just don't care that much.
www.liberalcurrents.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I have said this over and over, I will continue to say it: The most common American positions on trans issues are "idk, none of my business." Most people do not think about it and do not give a shit. They wish the news would shut up and talk about something that they think is actually important.
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From the newspaper owned by Jeff Bezos.
December 1, 2025 at 4:35 PM
From the newspaper owned by Jeff Bezos.
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Idk how this app works but I just want to show my art to more ppl! Here is Melian from the Silmarillion (Tolkien)
December 1, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Idk how this app works but I just want to show my art to more ppl! Here is Melian from the Silmarillion (Tolkien)
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I was diagnosed with #HIV in 1998, when I was 30.
Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 58 now.
HIV treatment works.
Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex.
Ensure HIV treatment for all.
End HIV stigma.
#WorldAIDSDay
Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 58 now.
HIV treatment works.
Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex.
Ensure HIV treatment for all.
End HIV stigma.
#WorldAIDSDay
December 1, 2025 at 8:46 AM
I was diagnosed with #HIV in 1998, when I was 30.
Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 58 now.
HIV treatment works.
Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex.
Ensure HIV treatment for all.
End HIV stigma.
#WorldAIDSDay
Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 58 now.
HIV treatment works.
Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex.
Ensure HIV treatment for all.
End HIV stigma.
#WorldAIDSDay
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November 30, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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I love all the f-bombs in FF16. I need me some more of those in my RPGs 🤣
November 30, 2025 at 11:49 PM
I love all the f-bombs in FF16. I need me some more of those in my RPGs 🤣
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Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.
November 30, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.
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miss camilla fire emblem you changed me forever
October 24, 2024 at 3:38 AM
miss camilla fire emblem you changed me forever
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This is exactly why boycotts have to be used sparingly and strategically.
When we get to the point of "just boycott all the corporations doing evil," well.
Bad news about the fundamental nature of corporations.
When we get to the point of "just boycott all the corporations doing evil," well.
Bad news about the fundamental nature of corporations.
“don’t buy a chicken sandwich from
the homophobic restaurant chain” is easy to avoid
but groceries and household goods? “boycott Amazon, Target, Home Depot — but maybe Kroger and Albertsons too. And always Wal-Mart”
I don’t have infinite hours or health or money to “consume right”
the homophobic restaurant chain” is easy to avoid
but groceries and household goods? “boycott Amazon, Target, Home Depot — but maybe Kroger and Albertsons too. And always Wal-Mart”
I don’t have infinite hours or health or money to “consume right”
November 30, 2025 at 8:03 PM
This is exactly why boycotts have to be used sparingly and strategically.
When we get to the point of "just boycott all the corporations doing evil," well.
Bad news about the fundamental nature of corporations.
When we get to the point of "just boycott all the corporations doing evil," well.
Bad news about the fundamental nature of corporations.
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Your umpteenth Lord Fathar face study, now with extra pickle tones ✨
#adar #trop #quickstudy #speedpainting
#adar #trop #quickstudy #speedpainting
November 30, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Your umpteenth Lord Fathar face study, now with extra pickle tones ✨
#adar #trop #quickstudy #speedpainting
#adar #trop #quickstudy #speedpainting