dreadships.bsky.social
Snarky history. Hideous French battleships. Nautical nonsense. Always check the alt text.
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Was genuinely confused the other day when my eldest casually mentioned that of course everybody knows Billy Joel...
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I avoid this by mostly being boring.
(And, let's face it, by ostensibly being a white, cis, straight male - I'm well aware that completely skews the equation)
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Britpop is having a bit of a thing right now, so them being able to say "so what's your favourite Oasis song?" and then putting their mate onto another song from the era with similar vibes is going a long way. As is the ability to say "load of shite, try this..."
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Similar denial about this being a big account, but I've occasionally known people have a single post pop off and then tag me in asking "shit, is this what it's like all the time?" and I find that sudden shocked reaction really interesting and oddly heartening.
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Nah, the containers at the top are mostly air.
Well... IF everybody has been honest about the manifest it's mostly air. That's a very big IF though.
(Also there's a lot of ship there, and it's very heavy and bloody wide - they're more stable than they look, honest)
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Both gorgeous
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Continuing the conversation, although algorithms silo people into their own tastes, that gives even more social cachet to people who can introduce you to new things. And algorithms tend to recommend artists, not individual songs - the kids who "know" music still get mad respect for it.
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It's impossible to know if it's the same, but I asked my eldest and it was ten minutes until they took a pause for breath, so…
Their 2 points were that choosing the right song for your tiktok is a huge thing, and their knowledge of older music (90s, FFS!) changed the way people at school saw them.
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The idea was to hunt bombers from below. It's a similar idea to the later Schräge Musik installation on German nightfighters in WW2, albeit without the fancy automatic firing mechanism.
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This thread of just three posts sits better in here, I think...
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Incredible work by Luke to ensure he's the only person capable of taking photographs at Pride without once accidentally capturing a trans pride flag. Absolutely amazing skills.
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Hi Luke, seeing as you won't answer my emails, what are YOU doing to pressure this [checks notes] Labour government to stop persecuting trans people? Fine - but vague - words don't cut it I'm afraid.
And if you haven't done anything, btw, attending Pride is hugely hypocritical.
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(yeah yeah, at least one is already back where it ought to be)
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Pretty much what it says on the tin, tbh!
I presume it was after the Whiteley site opened, as that changed some of the local road layout and had a small test track for quick shakedowns iirc. It was nothing like the track they have now at Gaydon.
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Have seen one rigged in Cowes like that, and it seemed like a lot of effort just to make a ketch sail sideways.
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"Once you've had 'port, you never goes backs" - Goldie Lookin' Chain
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Heisenberg, on seeing dazzle, famously said "oh do fuck off"
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It's been run through the same brown filter as every video game circa 2010 though
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Isn't it just?
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Because if they call it His Australian Majesty's Australian Ship Israel will bomb the shit out of it
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I still think this should be a straight striking off: not only have you (through stupidity) misled the court, you've billed a client for work you've not done.
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We've got a Cordelia. I generally waited to see if the reaction was "Buffy?", "Shakespeare?" or "sorry, what?" before saying anything else.
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I'm kind of surprised myself
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Yeah, but he's ruined their brand (by winning something)
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They sound like a Viz version of Roobarb and Custard
(If anybody from Viz is reading this and fancies doing a one shot strip, have at it - I won't mind)
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Wasn't a large part of his "army" a few chaps in vans tapping out an incredible amount of radio traffic?
That and the inflatable tanks etc
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Yeah, I've possibly got confused with Need for Speed - I didn't really play either but a lot of the lads did when we were testing refurbished consoles
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Just checked the dates - hadn't realised the movies came first
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Didn't it start out as a series of incredibly silly games though?
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Oh, it's new*here*.
I originally wrote it on Twitter the day the news broke. This version is updated and had the alt text added so everybody can play along though, so I guess it's equal parts new and old?
Either way, I'm glad you enjoyed it!
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It's a five year old reheat!
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Don't know, I'm afraid
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His letter to be sent in the event it failed is quite something too
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Some of y’all can’t handle 2 high agency males going at it and it really shows