ThatGermanTolkienGuy

@thegermanator
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German expat in USA (and unsure of how I feel about that these days). I mostly rant about topics and ideas on the intersection of Tolkien, politics, culture and religion.

RE: https://mastodon.online/@EurekaKreuzwort/116291352511987172

Can confirm this is true. The professor was of German descent.

RE: https://mas.to/@darth_hideout/116291617720603439

Is this about the Jackson trilogy? Because if it is, I’d have to agree. No more LotR movies please.

To recap “America First” to MAGA:
•$10B to the “Board of Peace”
•$12B on illegal war on Iran
•$38B to Israel to commit genocide
•$40B to Argentina farmers
•$75B to ICE fascists
•$134B in tariffs stolen from small biz
•$200B MORE to bomb Iran
•$1T in corrupted Pentagon budget
•$1T in Medicaid CUTS for the poor
•$2.1T in tax CUTS for billionaires

All while framing the “real” problems as kids who need school lunch, trans college athletes, and undocumented immigrants who pay $100B/year taxes

Pete Hegseth has serious GI Joe energy. Meaning, he comes across like a little boy who loved his GI Joe doll during a traumatic part of his childhood, and is now emotionally stuck at that level.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@randahl/116275325588838328

I’ve lived in the US for nearly 30 years. Contrary to perceived stereotypes, there are plenty of highly intelligent, well-educated professionals here. Admittedly the numbers are shrinking under the Republican assault on education. The problem isn’t supply, the problem is that this government intentionally picks sycophants and idiots.

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@mogul/116281693503914614

Google is for all functional purposes useless at this point. Fortunately we have adequate replacement options now.

"Bar-en-Danwedh", Sindarin place-name: "House of Ransom"
Elements: "bâr", "en¹", "danwedh"
References:
- "S/203": "Bar-en-Danwedh"
- "SA/bar": "Bar-en-Danwedh"
- "SI/Bar-en-Danwedh": "Bar-en-Danwedh"
- "UTI/Bar-en-Danwedh": "Bar-en-Danwedh"
https://eldamo.org/content/words/word-4281135043.html

#Tolkien #Tolkiendili

Eldamo : Sindarin : Bar-en-Danwedh

RE: https://mastodon.social/@nixCraft/116280404930054383

This is awesome I hope more countries follow suit!

RE: https://mastodon.social/@randahl/116252725073802504

This is exact what a Russian operative would do if he was POTUS. Now what could that possibly mean?????!!!!

Oh totally, I absolutely trust Sam Altman and his Open AI. I mean who wouldn’t? 😬 https://theintercept.com/2026/03/08/openai-anthropic-military-contract-ethics-surveillance/
OpenAI on Surveillance and Autonomous Killings: You’re Going to Have to Trust Us

OpenAI says Americans shouldn’t worry about the ethics of its new Pentagon contract. You’ll have to take their word for it (and Pete Hegseth’s).

The Intercept