“Not all those who wander are lost”
— J.R.R. Tolkien
— J.R.R. Tolkien
April 9, 2026 at 8:36 AM
“Not all those who wander are lost”
— J.R.R. Tolkien
— J.R.R. Tolkien
Today is #HobbitDay because Bilbo and Frodo Baggins were both born on September 22nd.
Normally we'd shire a hobbit pun or two but it might just feel like a tolkien gesture and we don't want to embarrass our elves.
Anyway it's a good day to come and boromir #Tolkien books. 📚
Normally we'd shire a hobbit pun or two but it might just feel like a tolkien gesture and we don't want to embarrass our elves.
Anyway it's a good day to come and boromir #Tolkien books. 📚
September 22, 2026 at 8:43 AM
Today is #HobbitDay because Bilbo and Frodo Baggins were both born on September 22nd.
Normally we'd shire a hobbit pun or two but it might just feel like a tolkien gesture and we don't want to embarrass our elves.
Anyway it's a good day to come and boromir #Tolkien books. 📚
Normally we'd shire a hobbit pun or two but it might just feel like a tolkien gesture and we don't want to embarrass our elves.
Anyway it's a good day to come and boromir #Tolkien books. 📚
Tolkien: well well well
Tolkien: now look who's laughing!
Tolkien: hmm hey clive
CS Lewis: what
Tolkien: remind me, has the archbishop of whatever ever quoted aslan?
Lewis:
Tolkien: i'm sorry i can't hear you
Tolkien: what was that again?
Lewis: no
Tolkien: ha ha that's what i thought!
Tolkien: now look who's laughing!
Tolkien: hmm hey clive
CS Lewis: what
Tolkien: remind me, has the archbishop of whatever ever quoted aslan?
Lewis:
Tolkien: i'm sorry i can't hear you
Tolkien: what was that again?
Lewis: no
Tolkien: ha ha that's what i thought!
May 27, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Tolkien: well well well
Tolkien: now look who's laughing!
Tolkien: hmm hey clive
CS Lewis: what
Tolkien: remind me, has the archbishop of whatever ever quoted aslan?
Lewis:
Tolkien: i'm sorry i can't hear you
Tolkien: what was that again?
Lewis: no
Tolkien: ha ha that's what i thought!
Tolkien: now look who's laughing!
Tolkien: hmm hey clive
CS Lewis: what
Tolkien: remind me, has the archbishop of whatever ever quoted aslan?
Lewis:
Tolkien: i'm sorry i can't hear you
Tolkien: what was that again?
Lewis: no
Tolkien: ha ha that's what i thought!
Tolkien: oh it's no big deal
Tolkien: just the top guy in catholicism talkin' about gandalf
Tolkien: nope nope not a big deal at all
Tolkien: sorry you can never experience that, clive
CS Lewis:
Tolkien: but that's what you get for picking anglicanism
Tolkien: lmao loser ass religion
Tolkien: just the top guy in catholicism talkin' about gandalf
Tolkien: nope nope not a big deal at all
Tolkien: sorry you can never experience that, clive
CS Lewis:
Tolkien: but that's what you get for picking anglicanism
Tolkien: lmao loser ass religion
May 27, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Tolkien: oh it's no big deal
Tolkien: just the top guy in catholicism talkin' about gandalf
Tolkien: nope nope not a big deal at all
Tolkien: sorry you can never experience that, clive
CS Lewis:
Tolkien: but that's what you get for picking anglicanism
Tolkien: lmao loser ass religion
Tolkien: just the top guy in catholicism talkin' about gandalf
Tolkien: nope nope not a big deal at all
Tolkien: sorry you can never experience that, clive
CS Lewis:
Tolkien: but that's what you get for picking anglicanism
Tolkien: lmao loser ass religion
Mordor on the Orient Express
February 24, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Mordor on the Orient Express
Reactionaries reading Tolkien
January 10, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Reactionaries reading Tolkien
Tolkien is not perfect but he did, in fact, hate the fucking Nazis.
DHS just posted a Lord of the Rings meme as an appeal to join ICE
October 29, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Tolkien is not perfect but he did, in fact, hate the fucking Nazis.
Barker: hey jirt do you really care what gollum was doing
Tolkien: people want to know!
Barker: yeah but
Barker: do YOU care
Tolkien:
Tolkien: no
Tolkien: [crying] i can't pretend anymore
Tolkien: i just want to talk about tom bombadil
Tolkien: people want to know!
Barker: yeah but
Barker: do YOU care
Tolkien:
Tolkien: no
Tolkien: [crying] i can't pretend anymore
Tolkien: i just want to talk about tom bombadil
August 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Barker: hey jirt do you really care what gollum was doing
Tolkien: people want to know!
Barker: yeah but
Barker: do YOU care
Tolkien:
Tolkien: no
Tolkien: [crying] i can't pretend anymore
Tolkien: i just want to talk about tom bombadil
Tolkien: people want to know!
Barker: yeah but
Barker: do YOU care
Tolkien:
Tolkien: no
Tolkien: [crying] i can't pretend anymore
Tolkien: i just want to talk about tom bombadil
“I am at home among the trees.”
- J.R.R. TOLKIEN
- J.R.R. TOLKIEN
May 23, 2026 at 7:29 PM
“I am at home among the trees.”
- J.R.R. TOLKIEN
- J.R.R. TOLKIEN
You got that photo for the JRR Tolkien Calendar 1974?
Sure boss, real sexy like you wanted.
Sure boss, real sexy like you wanted.
January 3, 2025 at 8:35 AM
You got that photo for the JRR Tolkien Calendar 1974?
Sure boss, real sexy like you wanted.
Sure boss, real sexy like you wanted.
My super modern regulatory plan is that any entity named for a thing from Tolkien has to publicly explain why Tolkien wouldn’t immediately throw it into Mount Doom
Tolkein continues to resonate. The new bank being set up by Palmer Luckey and backed by Peter Thiel is named Erebor after the “lonely mountain” in The Hobbit. This was also an interesting line in this rpt on the new bank by @tabbykinder.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/202d...
October 16, 2025 at 4:09 AM
My super modern regulatory plan is that any entity named for a thing from Tolkien has to publicly explain why Tolkien wouldn’t immediately throw it into Mount Doom
Pratchett: but first
Pratchett: all this story telling is hungry work!
Pratchett: do you happen to have anything to eat around here?
Tolkien: are you talking about...
Tolkien: having
Tolkien: a
Tolkien: feast?????
Brian Jacques: [squeaking incomprehensibly in rising excitement]
Pratchett: all this story telling is hungry work!
Pratchett: do you happen to have anything to eat around here?
Tolkien: are you talking about...
Tolkien: having
Tolkien: a
Tolkien: feast?????
Brian Jacques: [squeaking incomprehensibly in rising excitement]
May 15, 2024 at 7:54 PM
Pratchett: but first
Pratchett: all this story telling is hungry work!
Pratchett: do you happen to have anything to eat around here?
Tolkien: are you talking about...
Tolkien: having
Tolkien: a
Tolkien: feast?????
Brian Jacques: [squeaking incomprehensibly in rising excitement]
Pratchett: all this story telling is hungry work!
Pratchett: do you happen to have anything to eat around here?
Tolkien: are you talking about...
Tolkien: having
Tolkien: a
Tolkien: feast?????
Brian Jacques: [squeaking incomprehensibly in rising excitement]
Tolkien: yes its true, i might hate rock and roll
Tolkien: but let me tell you
Tolkien: i love drugs
Tolkien: except for the space cocaine in dune
Tolkien: FUCK DUNE
Frank Herbert: aw :(
Tolkien: but let me tell you
Tolkien: i love drugs
Tolkien: except for the space cocaine in dune
Tolkien: FUCK DUNE
Frank Herbert: aw :(
February 12, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Tolkien: yes its true, i might hate rock and roll
Tolkien: but let me tell you
Tolkien: i love drugs
Tolkien: except for the space cocaine in dune
Tolkien: FUCK DUNE
Frank Herbert: aw :(
Tolkien: but let me tell you
Tolkien: i love drugs
Tolkien: except for the space cocaine in dune
Tolkien: FUCK DUNE
Frank Herbert: aw :(
I’ll take any excuse to recirculate this
September 18, 2026 at 7:27 PM
I’ll take any excuse to recirculate this
November 16, 2024 at 12:03 AM
CS Lewis: hey! it's a perfectly valid faith!
Tolkien: yeah whatever
Tolkien: "anglicanism"
Tolkien: lol you don't even know what you're getting
Tolkien: yeah whatever
Tolkien: "anglicanism"
Tolkien: lol you don't even know what you're getting
May 27, 2026 at 9:00 PM
CS Lewis: hey! it's a perfectly valid faith!
Tolkien: yeah whatever
Tolkien: "anglicanism"
Tolkien: lol you don't even know what you're getting
Tolkien: yeah whatever
Tolkien: "anglicanism"
Tolkien: lol you don't even know what you're getting
On 16 February 1974: on the advice of Christopher Tolkien, the Tolkien Society members appoint J.R.R. #Tolkien as Honorary President. He remains President to this day.
February 16, 2025 at 2:15 PM
On 16 February 1974: on the advice of Christopher Tolkien, the Tolkien Society members appoint J.R.R. #Tolkien as Honorary President. He remains President to this day.
JRR Tolkien to Christopher Tolkien on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, written 9 August 1945
August 6, 2025 at 12:21 PM
JRR Tolkien to Christopher Tolkien on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, written 9 August 1945
Martin: haha they should call you JRR TOKIN'
Martin: get it? cuz toking weed
Tolkien:
Tolkien: oh!
Tolkien: i do get it!
Tolkien: delightful!
Martin: get it? cuz toking weed
Tolkien:
Tolkien: oh!
Tolkien: i do get it!
Tolkien: delightful!
February 12, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Martin: haha they should call you JRR TOKIN'
Martin: get it? cuz toking weed
Tolkien:
Tolkien: oh!
Tolkien: i do get it!
Tolkien: delightful!
Martin: get it? cuz toking weed
Tolkien:
Tolkien: oh!
Tolkien: i do get it!
Tolkien: delightful!
Tolkien: Saruman is a real bummer
Tolkien: he's always like "oh Gandalf the halfling's pipe weed has made you dumb"
Tolkien: "oh radagast you're too addled from eating weird mushrooms"
Tolkien: see, Saruman is straight edge
Tolkien: that's why he's evil
Tolkien: he's always like "oh Gandalf the halfling's pipe weed has made you dumb"
Tolkien: "oh radagast you're too addled from eating weird mushrooms"
Tolkien: see, Saruman is straight edge
Tolkien: that's why he's evil
February 12, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Tolkien: Saruman is a real bummer
Tolkien: he's always like "oh Gandalf the halfling's pipe weed has made you dumb"
Tolkien: "oh radagast you're too addled from eating weird mushrooms"
Tolkien: see, Saruman is straight edge
Tolkien: that's why he's evil
Tolkien: he's always like "oh Gandalf the halfling's pipe weed has made you dumb"
Tolkien: "oh radagast you're too addled from eating weird mushrooms"
Tolkien: see, Saruman is straight edge
Tolkien: that's why he's evil
GRR Martin: hey jirt did you hear
JRR Tolkien: what?
Martin: you got quoted by the pope
Tolkien: i got quoted by the pope?
Martin: yeah
Tolkien: THE pope?
Martin: yeah
Tolkien: the pope in rome?? the holy pontiff??? god's ambassador on earth????? THAT pope???????
Martin: yeah
JRR Tolkien: what?
Martin: you got quoted by the pope
Tolkien: i got quoted by the pope?
Martin: yeah
Tolkien: THE pope?
Martin: yeah
Tolkien: the pope in rome?? the holy pontiff??? god's ambassador on earth????? THAT pope???????
Martin: yeah
May 27, 2026 at 8:54 PM
GRR Martin: hey jirt did you hear
JRR Tolkien: what?
Martin: you got quoted by the pope
Tolkien: i got quoted by the pope?
Martin: yeah
Tolkien: THE pope?
Martin: yeah
Tolkien: the pope in rome?? the holy pontiff??? god's ambassador on earth????? THAT pope???????
Martin: yeah
JRR Tolkien: what?
Martin: you got quoted by the pope
Tolkien: i got quoted by the pope?
Martin: yeah
Tolkien: THE pope?
Martin: yeah
Tolkien: the pope in rome?? the holy pontiff??? god's ambassador on earth????? THAT pope???????
Martin: yeah
Tolkien: Nothing is more important than verisimilitude.
Also Tolkien: "It rushed like an express train"
Also Tolkien: "It rushed like an express train"
April 29, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Tolkien: Nothing is more important than verisimilitude.
Also Tolkien: "It rushed like an express train"
Also Tolkien: "It rushed like an express train"
November 21, 2024 at 12:59 AM