barduils:

woman in a victorian novel: *develops a fever from worrying too much*

me, shivering and sweating with stress-induced anxiety: wtf that’s so unrealistic lol

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gwydionmisha:

todays-problematic-ship:

astraltrickster:

folieadeuxsday:

folieadeuxsday:

watching a video about this cargo ship that blew up in texas in the 40’s and it’s like . i know that with a lot of incidents especially older ones like this the reason that the safety standards were so shitty was because they literally did not know that these kinds of disasters COULD happen (and in many cases these disasters are what MADE the safety standards better) but sometimes you just learn about this shit and you think. how could all these people be so stupid

- cargo of the ship consisted of twine (flammable) peanuts (flammable, oily) and cotton (FLAMMABLE) from houston and POST WAR AMMUNITION (OH MY GOD) FROM CUBA

- additional cargo they were picking up in texas city was LOOSE BAGS OF AMMONIUM NITRATE that the dock workers described as being ANOMALOUSLY WARM UPON BEING LOADED INTO THE SHIP ??????

- small fire breaks out in cargo hold, instead of putting it out with water that could damage the cargo the captain decides to close all the hatches to try to make the cargo hold airtight and smother the fire (stupid but you can kind of understand how they got there)

- the heat of the trapped smoke in the cargo hold instead causes the aforementioned LOOSE BAGS OF AMMONIUM NITRATE to undergo a chemical reaction and turn into nitrous oxide, massively increasing the pressure inside of the airtight hold

- one of the hatch covers fails

- mfw all the pressure in the cargo hold is released at once causing an explosion that fucking levels everything in the port within 2000 feet

- mfw the shockwave shatters windows up to a hundred miles away

- mfw on-fire twine and peanuts and fucking grenades are raining down over texas city

- mfw some of the pieces of the ship got launched into the sky faster than the speed of sound

- mfw they found the ship’s anchor inside of a ten foot wide crater over a mile and a half away

- mfw this was one of the largest and most devastating non-nuclear explosions in world history

- mfw this could have been avoided if they’d just taken the L and put the fire out with water

also worth a mention: the SECOND boat that exploded in a very similar manner the next day which was an even more violent explosion, but less devastating because most of the port was. you know. already leveled and evacuated

someone running rescue and recovery after the FIRST boat exploded noticed that the second boat’s cargo was on fire and reported it….and this just went. ignored. for several hours. until someone was like “oh shit better get this under control” and tried to move the boat to no avail and they just gave up and evacuated

next day it started raining glowing-hot metal boat chunks all over the city. AGAIN.

Today’s problematic ships are the Grandcamp (first explosion) and High Flyer (second explosion).

Regulations are Written in Blood.  Deregulation lets the rich decide it’s okay to take risks like this again.

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whilomm:

hm. poll. bc a streamer i watch mentioned “getting dressed” to spend all day at home playing a video game

when youre just chilling at home (like on days off) do you “get dressed/put on real clothes” after u wake up or stay in pajamas

no, pjs all day

i might put a bra on (or st) but otherwise nah, pjs

sometimes, depends on the day

yes always. do other ppl. not change when you wake up??

bitch i dont even comb my hair im not putting on real clothes

im one of those freaks that sleeps in blue jeans so guess im already dressed

change from night comfy to day comfy (pjs to sweatpants)

i sleep in blue jeans AND change into diff ones (extra freak option.)

secret third option in the tags idk

(NOTE: for the purposes of this poll “real clothes”=whatever u would wear outside normally, pajamas=whatever ur comfy sleep clothes are. could be actual fancii pajamas could be boxers and a big shirt i dont care. if you sleep naked idk man)

(via flame-cat)

def depends I’m wearing the same comfy clothes I went to bed in Sunday night but am also currently going through it usually when it’s warm I don’t sleep in pajamas and put on comfy clothes working from home has encouraged me to amass sweatpants and comfy tank tops like never before

a-book-of-creatures:

submitpolls:

generate a random wikipedia article

whats your article?

a person

a species, genus, phylum, etc

a place (site, city, building, etc)

a piece of media (music, movie, book, game, etc)

a food or drink

a concept (scientific idea, political issue, philosophy, etc)

an object (including vehicles, machines, etc)

an event or time (sports, history, election, crime, etc)

a chemical, gene, drug, element, etc

other / results

I got Pithecopus nordestinus :3

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Ralph Peterson jr


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