The SS United States, once the fastest ocean liner on the planet, is scheduled to be scuttled off the coast of Florida on 12 November.
There she will set another record becoming the world's largest artificial reef.
More details can be found at the link:
In a world that wishes you to be small and quiet, the bravest thing you can do is take up space and use your voice.
If you’re in the US, remember to vote early or in a week.
It will take all of us, but we are enough.
It's that special time of year when they give the danger-kitties pumpkins to play with at The Wildcat Sanctuary in Sandstone, Minnesota.
A much-needed timeline cleanse. 🐯🎃
(📷: wildcatsanctuary.org)
Happy #IntersexAwarenessDay!
Today I'm reposting my old Intersex 101 thread from Twitter - with new improvements, resources, and more!
It's starting right here, read on!
Literally the first shot of this "historically accurate" Odyssey movie shows a boat that
A) Has no steering oar.
B) Is under full sail *and* full rowers while entering a cave, presumably to dock inside.
I’m not a political journalist, so was gladly surprised at the community I found here last night. To Americans anxious about the upcoming elections, a key thing we learned in Brazil that might help you: DO NOT engage with the far-right online. Don’t share rage bait. Amplify your people. Ignore them.
This is such a fantastic photo: "The Witches' Tea Party" but I want to use it to explain the origin of the tall, pointy witches hat.
The real story of this photo:
These are residents at the Hospital of the Holy & Undivided Trinity: an almshouse in Castle Rising, Norfolk, England established 1610.
#31daysofgraves Day 26: Accident. This might be a plain stone in a country graveyard, but there’s definitely some kind of accident here. Possibly involving a time machine.
In a little-noticed webpage update, the Environmental Protection Agency has announced a plan to decommission its online web archive at the end of the year, a move that would wipe tens of thousands of publicly available environmental resources from the web.
Ursula Vernon: submitted for the approval of the midnight society, i call this the tale of your blorbo
King: MY blorbo?!
Vernon: yes
Vernon: YOUR blorbo
King: from my stories?!?
Vernon: yes
Vernon: from your stories
The images and footage from across Serbia tonight are genuinely inspirational. A protest movement taking its country back.
This is Freedom Square in the city of Novi Sad. 🇷🇸👏
(🎥 192 RS)
Brazil’s results tonight are a big endorsement for the idea that every country should have a second “are you you sure about that” election a couple weeks after the first one for the important stuff
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