The world is a raging dumpster fire- but I’m alive at a time when I can hear this man sing. It’s the small things that will carry us forward and save us from utter despair.
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Higher ed that doth focus on "workforce" alone wythout significant attencioun to individual thriving, historical awarenesse, arts, citzenship, critical thinkinge, and creativitye ys just a verye verye sneakye subsidye to corporations.
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"I much prefer history, true or feigned, with its varied applicability to the thought and experience of readers."
J.R.R. Tolkien, Foreword to the Second Edition, The Lord of the Rings
This remains one of the my all time favorite things. 😂😂
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@ringsandrealms All these conversations about means and ends, forgiveness, hope- so much resonance in this moment. As the show runners observed in their interview Tolkien endures because it isn’t allegory- but because it resonants-it is applicable.
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"President-elect Donald J. Trump has not yet submitted a legally required ethics pledge stating that he will avoid conflicts of interest and other ethical concerns while in office, raising concerns that his refusal to do so will hamper the smooth transition to power."
nytimes.com/2024/11/09/us/po…
I think I’m finding a lot of the people I really like- but hey- I’m at the other place. Find me over the rainbow.
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This is why there were so many people killed during floods in Valencia, Spain. The local right wing administration had cut the budget weather forecasts and an early warning system, on the excuse that climate change was a hoax. There are now riots calling for their removal.
Happy Monday!!
Númenor went down into the sea, with all its children & & its ladies proud; & its halls & its towers, its tombs & its riches & its jewels & its things painted & carven & its laughter & its music, its wisdom & its lore: they vanished for ever.
#silmarillion #theringsofpower #lotr
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So-caled U.S. "Blue States" have been massivelye defundinge and instrumentalizing public university educacioun into little more than free corporate workforce traininge. For decades. Thys must change. The humanityes, critical thinkinge, the liberal arts - these nourish democracye.
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Dad?
Yes, Johnny?
My school is closed, eggs are $25, you sold our car to get the insulin you need, mommy is a handmaiden, and Susie lost her arm working at the meat packing plant, so why did you vote for King Trump again?
Inflation, son. Because of inflation.
Hozier - It Will Come Back (live sessions) youtu.be/GgWOJIC6Kp8?si=eh3c… via @YouTube
Finally finished Tolkien and the Great War by John Garth. It was so good & illuminating. I found some consolation in its pages after this gut wrenching week. Been planning an LoTR reread, my first reread since the films came out & this book put a lot in perspective for me🧵
“Tolkien stands against disenchantment in both its literal and metaphorical senses. . .The disenchanted view, metaphorically speaking, is that failure renders effort meaningless. In contrast, Tolkien’s protagonists are heroes not because of their successes, which are limited