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4:17 PM EDT May 30, 2026:

Isengard - "Naglfar" From the album Vinterskugge (March 28, 1994)

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9:34 AM EDT May 30, 2026:

Isengard - "I Kamp Med Hvitekrist" From the album Høstmørke (July 3, 1995)

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What Would J.R.R. Tolkien Think of Palantir? | Vox

Peter Thiel & Alex Karp’s Palantir Technologies is One of the Most Powerful & Mysterious Tech Companies in Silicon Valley. Its Name-Sake is Also One of the Most Powerful & Mysterious Magical Objects in the Lore of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Epic Fantasy Series "The Lord of the Rings".

The Palantiri of The Lord of the Rings are Like Crystal Balls or “Seeing Stones” That Allow Their Users to Communicate Across Vast Distances, See Events From Afar, & Sometimes Even Peer into the Future. But Just About Every One Who Tries to Use a Palantir is Deceived by it, Acting on the Visions They Receive Without the Greater Context or Wisdom of What is Behind Them. So Why Would the People Behind Palantir Want to Name the Company & Build its Culture Around These Powerful Yet Easily Corruptible Magic Objects?

J.R.R. Tolkien Was Famously Anti-Tech & Anti-Government, Expressing His Fears of What Would Happen When Those 2 Forces Combined in His Fantasy Works & His Letters to Friends, Family, & Colleagues. If He Were Alive in the Age of Palantir, He Might Not be Thrilled That a Tech Company With Lucrative Government Contracts is Name-Checking His Creations.

10:35 AM EDT May 23, 2026:

Isengard - "Thy Gruesome Death" From the album Vinterskugge (March 28, 1994)

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