Pirate Life

A modern pirate trying to navigate the seas of life in the 21st century.

[chocolatecakecas]

damn we got 2022 tomorrow

[certifiedgirlthing]

Damn we got 2023 tomorrow.

[spottedbread]

damn we got 2024 tomorrow

[churchofthestarrychildren]

damn we got 2025 tomorrow

[hussaroflight-deactivated202302]

Reblog this to give your mutual a nice dagger as a present 

[cosmonautroger]

[wholeheartedsuggestions]

[biscuitsarenice]

Puma, Tiger, Jaguar, Leopard, Bobcat, Lion, Sand cat, Pallas’s cat, Snow leopard, Panther

Big Cats

… a remarkable family that has conquered the world. One family… 40 different faces. They thrive in every landscape… from the frozen north… to the driest deserts. From the most remote, barely explored places… to the heart of our modern world. These are the cats.

[rosdottir]

Something self-indulgent

[madawhatever]

“Before the writers started working on the first season, I wrote a list of six things on the wall that every episode had to do.” - Mike Schur (x)

[raptorlily-deactivated20191105]

#ladies and gentlemen #a showrunner who knows what the fuck he is doing (via @stillscape)

[catchymemes]

[quasi-normalcy]

[babyfoxcollectionthings]

[sabertoothwalrus]

[thatdisasterauthor]

Somehow this video captures the scale of whales better than any other video or photo I have ever seen.

[cam-oak-corg]

That is a humpback. If you think they are huge, I have some news for you…

[may-the-nerds-be-with-you]

Me watching this video

[foone]

Fun fact: the blue whale is the biggest animal to ever live on earth. And they’re alive today.

The biggest isn’t some dinosaur or weird devonian fish, nope. It’s the blue whale, and you share a planet with them. How lucky is that?

[just-late-roman-republic-things]

So was anyone gonna tell me the Greek navy still has a fully functional trireme?

Her name is Olympias! She was built in 1987 and can sail up to 17 knots (30 km) per hour!

Olympias weighs 47 tonnes, but is remarkably agile, able to make a 180 degree turn within one minute. Everything but the bracing ropes was constructed of the same materials as in ancient Greece. (They used steel instead of hemp rope for cost reasons.)

Experiments with Olympias have helped us understand the capabilities of warships from ancient Greek and Roman times. Triremes like her were built for speed, maneuverability, and aggressive ramming. (Her beak alone weighs 200 kg.) It appears that many of the seamanship feats described by Thucydides were indeed possible!

Olympias is now an exhibit at Naval Tradition Park in Palaio Faliro, Athens, Greece. She's usually dry docked these days, but I've found a couple videos of her at sea!

[elodieunderglass]

The massive continuity of duck (boats)

[cbc-bb-deactivated20250802]

please be patient with me im from the 1900s

[jaubaius]

Antique safe made in France around ~1780 / 1810. With three keys and a combination of ordered switches

[teashoesandhair]

All this fuss about password security when it turns out that security peaked in 1780

[zerounwantedvibrations]

[catsofyore]

Seaman with two esteemed shipmates, ca. 1910. Source.

[dionysian-mystery]

The Crucible by Arthur Miller

[throughtimeandstarlight]

[charlesoberonn]

This post goes around Tumblr every year, and it’s always true. There’s never been an uneventful or boring January.