More 18th Century Thirst Traps Please

🇵🇸 STAND WITH PALESTINE 🇵🇸 Claude. He/Him. Trans. Queer. Disabled. In my 50s and feel like I'm in my 80s. "Life should be full of strangeness / Like a rich painting / But it gets worse day by day"

[18thcenturythirsttrap]

Domestic abuse resources England

It's a sad fact that incidences of domestic abuse increase during football tournaments. For example, when England loses a match, incidents of domestic abuse increase by 38% - and when England wins, they still increase by 26%.

Here are some helpful links to information about domestic abuse support in England:

Support for women, men, members of the LGBTQIA+ community, and disabled people: visit this link for further info.

Childline help children and young people deal with whatever is happening in their lives, including abuse of any kind.

Stay safe ❤️

[nevver]

The moonlight ain’t so great, Ivan Marchuk

[wantsusdead]

Happy Birthday @gildedlife ♥♥♥

[wilwheaton]

[entelechies]

#my brain deciding what information to retain

[w0mbmates]

[bisexualmagnum]

[ltwilliammowett]

Nautical Terms

Here are just a few terms that might be of interest to some of you.

Before the mast – refers to the sailors’ quarters, which were located in the fore part of the ship (the bow), whilst the officers’ quarters were near the stern. The term can also be used as a synonym for a common sailor.

Clap on – to increase power by adding more rigging or deploying more men. Also: to set more sails.

Deck passage – accommodation for passengers on deck when there was insufficient cabin space. Often used on short voyages.

Hail – a greeting at sea

Handsomely – slowly and carefully; particularly when handling ropes under tension.

Maiden Voyage – the first voyage of a ship that has recently been fitted out and is finally fit for service.

Salt – nickname for a sailor. Also ‘Old Salt’ for a very experienced sailor.

Slew – to turn something around its own axis: to swing a mast round.

Stand by – to be ready

Stave off – to push a boat or floating object away from a jetty or the side of a ship using a pole, a boat hook or a similar tool.

The sailor's word-book, by Smyth, W. H (William Henry), 1788-1865; Belcher, Edward, Sir, 1799-1877

The Visual encyclopedia of nautical terms under sail, by Basil W. Bathe 1978

[marisatomay]

this tweet has been rattling around my head all day like a pinball in a machine

[secondjulia]

trying to keep things appropriate in the green room but he's sitting right there

The Scarlet Pimpernel (1999), La Révolution Française Part 2 (1989)

[18thcenturythirsttrap]

@secondjulia This is superb. A work of art. A thing of beauty. The campest Robespierre meets the most twink Saint-Just.

[potsdamite-morgenpost]

(explaining frederick the great to an american) okay so imagine a Shopping Mall,

[potsdamite-morgenpost]

Lafayette, FIVE GUYS, and DICK'S are inside the King of Prussia shopping mall

[softp3ach]

Gaze

[black-bloc-antifa]

[echinoderm-of-the-day]

Today’s echinoderm is Nardoa gomophia, commonly known as the bumpy sea star. I mean it sure is bumpy.

Image source: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/98519767

[sunlaire]

[jedilukeskywalkers]

Uruguayans sorrounded by brazilians and colombians hold sign “FIFA give Football back”

Honestly the mood of a continent

[sailorloneperblog]

Chain Pier, Brighton by John Constable ( 1776-1837) was an English painter . Date circa 1826.

[searcherofamroth]

my friend’s mom is out here with the real ideas