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oh my god jo this is so brilliant i am sharing everywhere

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Jeanna thank you sooooo much, this made my day

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Everything about this was amazing—10/10. Such a beautiful analysis of Tolkien paired with insightful advice for what it can teach us about our own "such times." Thank you so much for crafting this piece!

I fully deleted my social media accounts (Meta platforms + X) in January and feel like my brain is slowly rewiring itself. Like you, I've found Discord to be a great alternative! It provides the community I miss without the imperative to churn out content.

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thank you so much, Sarah!

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As a friend of Bill W, and huge LOTR fan, thanks for writing this.

When you’re going through hell, keep going.

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I want to heart this more than once

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thank you bestieeee

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I loved this. Beyond the resonance and timeliness of it all, as someone who hasn’t watched LOTR in at least a decade, you’ve also inspired me to go back and dig deeper. I know what I’m doing this weekend. Thank you for writing this. We need it.

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thank you so much for the kind words! enjoy your rewatch; i would love to hear any thoughts that might arise from it!

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love this, jo! thank you for watching, writing & sharing! xx

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thank you so much for reading!

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i’m trying to learn crochet! and for valentine’s day my partner and i tried making those rexlace keychains we would make in middle school lol

since getting bluesky i haven’t touched twt at all—insta is gonna be harder for me but im not as active on it as i was on twt so,,, progress!

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omg crafts are everything, i am so excited for you!

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💯 agree with Jeanna, this is BRILLIANT and I am also sharing everywhere.

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thank you so much!!

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i love the suggestion to get rid of Meta. I believe that company is deeply evil, from the way it treats its employees to the algorithm designed to steal our time and sell it to advertisers.

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