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@TolkienWorldG Rereading again for the millionth time I think. Love Tolkien.

[Tolkien World @TolkienWorldG]

Chapter 2 of The Fellowship of the Ring, “The Shadow of the Past,” was originally very different from its final version.

When Tolkien first drafted the story, Frodo was still called Bingo Baggins, and it wasn’t Gandalf who revealed the truth about the Ring. That role belonged to Gildor Inglorion, who explained the Ring in reference to the Black Riders in Three is Company.

As Tolkien developed the history of the One Ring in 1938, he inserted the chapter, gave the exposition to Gandalf, and created “The Shadow of the Past,” the chapter he later called “the crucial chapter” of the entire story.

“Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends.” - Gandalf

Art by Ruth Sanderson

[Catholic Quotes @CatholicQuote12]

Christ the redeemer emerging from the Sea by drones✝️

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@tracegallagher I am a personal trainer, and I see both children, teenagers and adults, overweight. I thought this was a great test growing up. Not everyone is going to be good at sports, but everyone needs to be as close to meeting base requirements to being healthy and learning to be healthy.

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@tracegallagher as a personal trainer, I see adults and children overweight, and I’m so glad that @realDonaldTrump is bringing back the fitness test!!! Moving is not enough and it will bring back real competitive nature that a built in a healthy way.

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@tracegallagher so glad to see you on @Gutfeldfox !!!! ❤️🤍💙Thanks for the extra laughs @KennedyNation 🤣🤣🤣

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@bfraser747 Yes!!!!

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@SenAlexPadilla Ohhh poor 👶🤣🤣🤣. F around and find out. You messed up CA. Payback sucks.

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[FBI Director Kash Patel @FBIDirectorKash]

BREAKING: I can report that this afternoon, along with our interagency partners, the FBI and DOJ extradited 7 Cartel leaders from Colombia allegedly responsible for funneling thousands of kilos of drugs to our southern border, ultimately trafficking them onto your streets.

These individuals landed in Florida today — and they will now face American justice.

The message remains: if you harm the American people, this FBI will search every corner of the earth, find you, and bring you to justice.

Thank you @FBITampa @TheJusticeDept and our LEO partners for your amazing work.

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@JDVanceNewsX That's crap! Why was this ever allowed. We need things in place to make sure this is fixed and never happen again.

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@MelaniaTrumpo Yes!!! They all belong in jail for slander and crimes against America.

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@LibTearCreator1 Yes!!!! There are only males and females. Anyone else does not belong in the military that tries to protect the United States. Especially those who have lied, cheated, and stolen.

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@JDVanceNewsX She needs to go!!!

[Kat Timpf @KatTimpf]

An Unconventional Birth Announcement

Last week, I welcomed my first child into the world. About fifteen hours before I went into labor, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. 

Now, before you worry, my doctor says it’s Stage 0 and is confident that it almost certainly hasn’t spread.  Or, as I’ve explained to the few people I’ve managed to tell about it so far: Don’t freak out. It’s just, like, a LITTLE bit of cancer. 

Still, it was not a chill day. I mean, to say the least! I woke up more-than-a-week-past-due pregnant, completely consumed by doing everything I could to get the baby out. By the middle of the afternoon, I was waddling around from appointment to appointment, talking about how to get my cancer out. I sat and listened as they told me that the best course of action would likely be a double mastectomy as soon as possible. I asked all the questions I could, including if I could get a copy of my tumor ultrasound to put on the fridge next to the ultrasound of my baby. Finally, by the middle of the night, I was crawling around on the floor of my apartment in spontaneous labor, before heading to the hospital to meet my baby, whom I’d learn at the time of birth was a son. 

The good news? People who work at hospitals make excellent audiences for dark humor -- and, as someone whose first book was about the power of jokes to get through traumatic situations, there was really no better place for me to be. Just minutes after my boy was born, I was talking with the nurses about what a birth announcement in my situation might look like. 

Should I go with “Mom and baby are doing well, except maybe for mom’s cancer, and then maybe the baby after breastfeeding is stunted by her double mastectomy,” and then shut off my phone for a week?

Anyway! These next three months of maternity leave are going to look a lot different than I’d anticipated, and I’m still getting used to my new reality. Still, as I navigate new motherhood (and new cancer) I’m learning to celebrate everything I can. I’m lucky that we found the cancer so early; I’m lucky to be my son’s mom. I mean, I know I’m biased, but the little dude absolutely rules -- and not just because he might have saved my life.

Thank you all for your support, laughter, and love as I embrace this wildly unexpected chapter. Here’s to resilience, to miracles in the midst of chaos, and to finding humor and hope even on the toughest days.

Kat

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@KatTimpf I'm praying for you and your beautiful family. Happy for you to have a new son. You are a great woman. Just remember that through this time.