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[MatthueM1 @MatthewMBurrill]

Life’s too short.

[The Chivalry Guild @ChivalryGuild]

LotR is a meditation on hope. The story turns on this virtue.

Tolkien shows that true hope is less about peppy optimism and more about humility. It requires an admission that you lack godlike vision and don't know how things will end. The hopeful man perseveres, however gloomy the skies overhead might be. He might feel bereft of good cheer; he might even believe, on some level, that all is probably lost, but he continues forward nevertheless—and he gives things a chance to turn.

The opposite of hope is despair, a sign of presumption. “Despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt,” Gandalf says. He could have added that despair is for those who think they see, those who think they possess godlike vision.

This is precisely the cause of Denethor's fall. He calls hope a thing for fools. He presumes to know for certain that the worst has already happened (“The Enemy has found it,” he says, meaning the ring). He thus thinks he knows how it will end and refuses to stay in the game. It's hard to blame him too much, considering all he has lost. But his arc is clearly a cautionary tale for us. Just a few pages after his declaration of despair, the cavalry literally arrives. But not even that will change his mind. He is too far gone.

There's much more to say. Pretty much all the characters can be measured according to their capacity for hope. More to come...

[The Cultural Tutor @culturaltutor]

This is the Château de Pierrefonds in France, one of the most magical castles in the world.

But if it seems too good to be true, that's because it is: this is not a real Medieval castle.

So what is it? That's where things get complicated...

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@dom_lucre AI image nice

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@playnewworld gotta get it figured out, new leadership, new team, new strategy, or it’s over. The fact that it isn’t already is testament to the excellent original idea that’s been deteriorating ever since it’s conception. Hope positivity is ahead.
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@93Pei @NWGameStatus We need larger servers, combine each area time zone to 1 or 2 servers.

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@playnewworld Can we get name change and APPEARANCE change tokens pleeeeease! 🫶🙏🏼🫶

[Anime Aesthetics @anime_]

Grave of the Fireflies (1988)

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Process

[soli @solisolsoli]

The Knight of the Flowers, 1894, by Georges Rochegrosse

[Anime Aesthetics @anime_]

How many Ghibli films have you seen? Which ones were your favorites? Comment below

[Rep. Summer Lee @RepSummerLee]

Me: How much is the F-35 Joint Program **which “lost” $85 million in spare parts that apparently just vanished** estimated to cost the fed govt?

DoD: I don’t have in front of me but we can get that for you.

Me:  $1.7 trillion, enough to completely eradicate student loan debt.

[Eyes of God @Eyesofgod__]

Ecce Homo, c. 1674, Pedro de Mena (detail)

[Anime Aesthetics @anime_]

I need this

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The Power of Empathy - Dr Brené Brown on empathy vs sympathy (2013) - https://t.co/RDiCq0UHz7 via @Dailymotion

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[Orbit Books @orbitbooks]

Night Angel Nemesis is out now! Don't miss @BrentWeeks' incredible return to the New York Times bestselling world of the Night Angel. Available everywhere books are sold.

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@keyon Yes

[Anime Aesthetics @anime_]

Ghibli Love ❤️