NGL I wasn't expecting Simon Whistler to do an exposé on Seafarer Abandonment. Hopefully a good way to raise awareness and bring it into the public consciousness. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0zy...

The Sailors Trapped Aboard Abandoned Ships.

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We are now up against live, hostile targets. So, if Little Red Riding Hood should show up with a bazooka and a bad attitude, I expect you to chin the bitch.

The Independent@the-independent.com · 5d ago

Netflix’s Pride and Prejudice hands Jane Austen’s iconic line to one of its characters for the first time

Went to London; 3 excellent Bridge Command Halloween missions 1 excellent musical 2 excellent museums 1 excellent board game session with 1 excellent friend 1 excellent pub / crossword session another excellent friend Not too shabby I guess.

My heart is heavy. Walter Koenig, our Ensign Pavel Chekov, passed away early today. Walter and I met on the bridge of the Enterprise in the 1960s, and we stayed friends for nearly six decades. When Brad and I married in 2008, Walter stood beside us as our best man.

Had an absolute ball watching this live last night. Sadly it was the last show of the current run, but hopefully there'll be more in the future!

Mitch Benn@mitchbenn.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Now available for pre-order: GILBERT & SULLIVAN’S DRACULA: Original London Cast Recording All the songs from Mitch Benn’s forthcoming comic operetta Preview tracks now streamable mitchbenn.bandcamp.com/album/origin...

I might be showing my working class roots, but if your family's coat of arms can boast 35 quarterings then maybe your ancestors were trying a bit hard.

New data point! Beverley Minster Parish Church of Saint John and Saint Martin No Trinity House Ensign

madeline odent@oldenoughtosay.com · 6mo ago

Winchester is also holy trinity! And I know I’ve seen one in Bristol too and I want to say Norwich, both of which are also Trinity. But it’s just a guess

Uncertain if enough cheese. Will report back.

If I were a professional navigator I might have opinions about this. ... Oh wait, I am, and I do.

For those admiring the Trinity House socks a few months ago. They've not put the socks up in the shop I'm afraid, but there are hoodies. shop.trinityhouse.co.uk/categories/7

Rejected Space Mission Profiles xkcd.com/3310/

+ve it's payoff day -ve I have to be awake about things well before noon As 12-4 OOW I feel this should be in some way illegal.

Our 2/E just pointed out that IALA are doing buoys all wrong. A Cardinal mark should be red, and instead of a bell it should scream "libera te tutemet!" if you get too close.

Apparently giving the 8-12 OOW a big Buddy Christ thumbs up and declaring 'Welcome to wind against tide!' was not the response they were expecting to a comment about how the ship is constantly heaving and rolling.

If someone told you that dessert would come with custard, but it turned out to be cold confectionery custard would you: a) feel sad b) feel betrayed c) feel empty inside

Greetings from the Bristol Channel

Ambushing ABs as they washwah their plates, demanding to know their favourite lighthouse so we can continue the game of 'if that lighthouse was a dog, what breed would it be' gets you really funny looks. Just FYI

You know you're an AtoN nerd when: 1) you're sat in a pub named after a buoy and your desperately trying not to tell the staff the buoy is now a west cardinal, so their branding with it as a south is out of date 2) you're playing 'if this lighthouse was a dog, what breed of dog would it be'

Me: removes marks accidentally made using permanent marker using dry wipes marker. 3/O: "how do you do that?!" Me: "some of us still remember the old magics....."

*blackadder theme* His head is bigger than a fence He breathes, and everything gets warmer His urge to trample represents A nation's nuclear war trauma Godzilla! Godzilla! The scourge of beast and man! Godzilla! Godzilla! He's flattening Japan!

Hello Yes Relevant to my interests.

Bart⚓️@bartgonnissen.bsky.social · last mo.

The Facial Expressions of Tethys by artist Julius von Bismarck. A suspended high-sea buoy that moves in real time. Sensors on a twin buoy out in the Atlantic Ocean send live satellite data to motors inside the museum. This makes the indoor buoy copy the exact, real-time movements of the ocean waves.

I left home at 1200 yesterday. I arrived at my destination at 1320 today. Gentle readers, I was only going to South Wales. FML

It's Fat Bear Week, Yes it's Fat Bear Week, It's F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F Fat Bear Week explore.org/fat-bear-week

I'm bad at infantry in ARMA3. Can't shoot at all. Generally I'm the RO and help co-ordinate air / artillery etc. Friday called for a someone to stay in camp and use direct fire support. I volunteered and was rewarded with an M50 Ontos. A++ would mallet the ever living shit out of hillsides again.

I'm trying to book tickets to go on the Postal Museums underground railway. I won't let me, as my post code isn't in their database. The irony is killing me.

Can recommend both. Both excellent examples of art in their medium.

Edain@d20yfx.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Feeling cultured. Today was Coyote vs Acme - fun film suffering from only one showing a day, in the middle of the afternoon. Tomorrow is Operation Mincemeat.

Wearing my RNLI cap today, for reasons. At the train station, there's a gentleman wearing a different RNLI cap. Silent nods of acknowledgement exchanged. Fuck the Fash

Feeling cultured. Today was Coyote vs Acme - fun film suffering from only one showing a day, in the middle of the afternoon. Tomorrow is Operation Mincemeat.

I made the mistake of reading some of the comments this morning. I know, I know, I should have known better. Now I have to go take a long, hot shower then ponder ways to restore my remaining faith in humanity.

A new legend is born.

Damon Young@damonyoung.com.au · 2mo ago

This Finnish guy has been teaching himself Sumerian, and sent a cuneiform tablet to the British Museum to check his progress. They just emailed him that they've sent him something in the post. I'm now thrilled and excited for a total stranger! Clay tablet mail! www.reddit.com/r/Cuneiform/...