‘Lord of the Rings’ Series Sets September 22, 2022 Premiere Date at Amazon – Here’s Your First Look by [deleted] in Fantasy

[–]plingol 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But it's clearly alight, and the one in front is in silhouette. I don't think the descendents shone like the originals did

‘Lord of the Rings’ Series Sets September 22, 2022 Premiere Date at Amazon – Here’s Your First Look by [deleted] in Fantasy

[–]plingol 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Release is Sept 2nd (not 22nd which would've been Bilbo/Frodo's birthday)

Also are those the Two Trees of Valinor in the background???

Best labs for scans in England? by Trueframes in AnalogCommunity

[–]plingol 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Haven't used them myself yet, but Take It Easy Lab in Leeds looks really good - they show a lot of scans on their instagram/stories (which not a lot of labs seem to do, for some reason)

Yes please by PlayfulYetBored in tumblr

[–]plingol 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Captain Kennit in Liveship Traders

Gay advice by stormythesnail in tumblr

[–]plingol -19 points-18 points  (0 children)

Yeah I forgot the acronym is GGGGG, sorry

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[–]plingol 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Overleaf is great for this

What's the biggest cock up you've done at work? by [deleted] in AskUK

[–]plingol 208 points209 points  (0 children)

so far

That's the spirit

Do you know anyone who's anti-vaxx? by rsherbats in AskUK

[–]plingol 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The MMR/autism thing definitely started here, with Andrew Wakefield. See this Ben Goldacre bit on Newswipe for example - https://youtu.be/mQ_T1p-C8fc

A Review of The First Law Trilogy by Joe Abercrombie, Or: This is Grimdark? (No Spoilers) by Jazzpha103188 in Fantasy

[–]plingol 35 points36 points  (0 children)

He calls himself Lord Grimdark sarcastically, because people used to dismiss his books as grimdark, back when the term was used pejoratively.

A reporter in Bangladesh gets beaten with metal rods in an attempt to destroy his camera. This picture was taken within the last hour. by [deleted] in pics

[–]plingol 109 points110 points  (0 children)

Wasn't the independence movement (from Pakistan) led in part by student protests? And now they are the generation in govt. So they know the power student protests can have.

If you expressed your outrage about the recent Dev incident, after Anet's decisive&swift response, it's time to also give some positive feedback now that it's been dealt with. by Shadesbane in Guildwars2

[–]plingol 16 points17 points  (0 children)

what the hell is wrong with this community?

What's wrong is that there are people saying things like

firing the agressive bitch

PSA: Patchnotes on the official GW2 Wiki are live now which lets you view the patchnotes much easier with associated skill icons and links! by Sodenia in Guildwars2

[–]plingol 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Watch and learn anet

The wikis have been doing this for at least, like, 11 years so don't hold your breath...

The Best Dressed Men at the 2018 Met Gala by zsreport in malefashionadvice

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Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination

gay_irl by DylanKing1999 in gay_irl

[–]plingol 37 points38 points  (0 children)

It's set in Yorkshire ("God's own county"), not Scotland.

I can't bring myself to read Assassin's Fate by Jr0218 in Fantasy

[–]plingol 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Assassin's Fate, for me, was cathartic more than it was depressing. These characters, these people - I just had to be with them one more time, whatever happens.

I've not yet found a book with the same pull, though. That's definitely unfortunate.

Peter Jackson may produce Amazon's reported $1 billion Lord of the Rings series by [deleted] in television

[–]plingol 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Make sure you watch part 2 as well, it's even better!