Ell
@ells-tired.bsky.social
tired history grad and polar enthusiast
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a weighted blanket isn't enough, I need to be buried in the permafrost on Beechey Island
October 23, 2025 at 11:17 AM
a weighted blanket isn't enough, I need to be buried in the permafrost on Beechey Island
just learned that in 1732 an ass was sent down a rope from the top of the steeple of Derby Cathedral, after a Frenchman had done it several times. the rope broke and several onlookers were injured. oh to be a fly on the wall for the events that led up to this...
October 22, 2025 at 10:49 AM
just learned that in 1732 an ass was sent down a rope from the top of the steeple of Derby Cathedral, after a Frenchman had done it several times. the rope broke and several onlookers were injured. oh to be a fly on the wall for the events that led up to this...
top surgery recovery has one pondering such questions as are button up shirts and trackies the new look, how many times can one be forced to sleep on their back before losing the will to live, and how the everloving fuck do you not automatically use your arms to push yourself up every time you stand
October 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
top surgery recovery has one pondering such questions as are button up shirts and trackies the new look, how many times can one be forced to sleep on their back before losing the will to live, and how the everloving fuck do you not automatically use your arms to push yourself up every time you stand
proud to admit that it took till my 50th listen of 'vincent' by don mclean to figure out it's about van gogh 👍
October 19, 2025 at 11:12 PM
proud to admit that it took till my 50th listen of 'vincent' by don mclean to figure out it's about van gogh 👍
introductory slide of my northwest passage powerpoint for my friend's party
June 14, 2025 at 11:31 PM
introductory slide of my northwest passage powerpoint for my friend's party
I don't know if my weather forecast is lying to me or if I am just reading it incompetently, but every time I leave the house at the moment I am either roasting or freezing and I Do Not Like It
May 23, 2025 at 9:22 AM
I don't know if my weather forecast is lying to me or if I am just reading it incompetently, but every time I leave the house at the moment I am either roasting or freezing and I Do Not Like It
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the "manosphere" is located at 80 degrees latitude or higher. you can only prove yourself a man in an elemental struggle against ice and scurvy. i dont make the rules
April 23, 2025 at 2:52 AM
the "manosphere" is located at 80 degrees latitude or higher. you can only prove yourself a man in an elemental struggle against ice and scurvy. i dont make the rules
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Absolutely insane. Uneblieveable. "Sex Matters", one of the hate groups responsible for removing trans people's rights via the Supreme Court are arguing that trans people shouldn't be allowed to transition because they don't have rights and not having rights is bad. Fucking hell
I'm not kidding. That's the fucking argument. "Kids will be harmed by the policy we rammed through once they grow up, so do conversion therapy on them."
May 1, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Absolutely insane. Uneblieveable. "Sex Matters", one of the hate groups responsible for removing trans people's rights via the Supreme Court are arguing that trans people shouldn't be allowed to transition because they don't have rights and not having rights is bad. Fucking hell
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Woke historians now claim the British Empire was colonial. Where does the madness end?
April 27, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Woke historians now claim the British Empire was colonial. Where does the madness end?
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Historians will shrug at this headline because it’s obviously true (one might argue ‘Imperial’ a slightly better label, I suppose?)
Presumably The Telegraph expects its readers to be outraged at this language? I’m not sure why
Presumably The Telegraph expects its readers to be outraged at this language? I’m not sure why
April 27, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Historians will shrug at this headline because it’s obviously true (one might argue ‘Imperial’ a slightly better label, I suppose?)
Presumably The Telegraph expects its readers to be outraged at this language? I’m not sure why
Presumably The Telegraph expects its readers to be outraged at this language? I’m not sure why
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I was joking yesterday about polaramory, but I do actually have a Famous Emotional Support Dead Guy and he has nothing to do with #FranklinExpedition.
He's Bob Bartlett. He was brave and principled. And no captain ever left his dying ship (the Karluk) as stylishly as he did in January 1914.
He's Bob Bartlett. He was brave and principled. And no captain ever left his dying ship (the Karluk) as stylishly as he did in January 1914.
![Bob Bartlett, photographed on the US Coast Guard ship Bear on its way to rescue the survivors of the Karluk. Bartlett and his Inuk friend Kataktovik travelled 700 miles across perilous terrain to raise the alarm and get help after the ship was crushed by ice.
Image by Lomen Bros, Nome; individual photographer not identified. - From the [www.historicsites.ca/hawthorne.html Historic Sites Association of Newfoundland & Labrador] website, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6177505](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:njzvjvzs4j6ehyl7wxz47kjd/bafkreiats7d5o4uhwob4lk5ysoitevb67eopmqicy3a7ilv4iit4ogsswe@jpeg)
April 21, 2025 at 12:14 PM
I was joking yesterday about polaramory, but I do actually have a Famous Emotional Support Dead Guy and he has nothing to do with #FranklinExpedition.
He's Bob Bartlett. He was brave and principled. And no captain ever left his dying ship (the Karluk) as stylishly as he did in January 1914.
He's Bob Bartlett. He was brave and principled. And no captain ever left his dying ship (the Karluk) as stylishly as he did in January 1914.
solidarity and love to all of my trans siblings, especially sisters, in the face of today's news. finding it hard right now to feel anything other than blinding anger, but I know we will get through this
April 16, 2025 at 1:09 PM
solidarity and love to all of my trans siblings, especially sisters, in the face of today's news. finding it hard right now to feel anything other than blinding anger, but I know we will get through this
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On what is a really difficult day, here are some resources for our trans friends and allies.
Solidarity 💜
goodlawproject.org/resource/sup...
Solidarity 💜
goodlawproject.org/resource/sup...
Support resources for our trans friends and allies | Good Law Project
At a time when anti-trans discrimination is rife and hate crime has reached record levels, it’s important to know what support is out there for trans, non-binary or gender-questioning individuals and ...
goodlawproject.org
April 16, 2025 at 9:22 AM
On what is a really difficult day, here are some resources for our trans friends and allies.
Solidarity 💜
goodlawproject.org/resource/sup...
Solidarity 💜
goodlawproject.org/resource/sup...
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A fringe group of bigoted weirdos have dragged British media, government, and law into their hateful obsession with trans people. Grim, depressing, and dangerous. Everyone with power in the UK who's played along should be ashamed of themselves.
April 16, 2025 at 10:15 AM
A fringe group of bigoted weirdos have dragged British media, government, and law into their hateful obsession with trans people. Grim, depressing, and dangerous. Everyone with power in the UK who's played along should be ashamed of themselves.
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Just finished preparing the HMS Terror for our arctic expedition, no time to check the news if we want to make it out before winter.
The voluntary recall covers 13 products sold at major grocery stores in 26 states and the District of Columbia. It was triggered by defective packaging that poses the risk of food poisoning.
Canned tuna sold at Costco, Trader Joe's recalled over botulism risk
The voluntary recall covers 13 products sold at major grocery stores in 26 states and the District of Columbia. It was triggered by defective packaging that poses the risk of food poisoning.
www.npr.org
February 11, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Just finished preparing the HMS Terror for our arctic expedition, no time to check the news if we want to make it out before winter.
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Happy Christmas from those of us aboard the HMS Terror
The holiday season is upon us, so it's time to start sharing weird AF Victorian Christmas cards!
First up... whatever this is 😂
There's a whiff of Star Wars to this one!
First up... whatever this is 😂
There's a whiff of Star Wars to this one!
November 27, 2024 at 2:36 PM
Happy Christmas from those of us aboard the HMS Terror
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Ted Lasso season 4 is set to take place on board the ill-fated Franklin expedition’s HMS Terror as the crew descends into madness and advanced scurvy
March 19, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Ted Lasso season 4 is set to take place on board the ill-fated Franklin expedition’s HMS Terror as the crew descends into madness and advanced scurvy
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just sat in the sun and ate a delicious orange. maybe Wendy Cope was onto something
April 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
just sat in the sun and ate a delicious orange. maybe Wendy Cope was onto something
I think I can wear a clean jumper for a maximum of 12 hours before god intervenes and makes me spill something on it
March 31, 2025 at 3:29 AM
I think I can wear a clean jumper for a maximum of 12 hours before god intervenes and makes me spill something on it
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Fuck this, fuck settlers, fuck settler colonialism, and FREE PALESTINE. 🇵🇸✊🏽🍉
A mob of Israeli settlers has attacked Palestinian filmmaker and activist Hamdan Ballal just three weeks after he won an Oscar. Israeli soldiers then blocked the ambulance transporting Ballal after the attack and detained him. His current condition and location is unknown.
Israeli Settler Mob Attacks “No Other Land” Co-Director Hamdan Ballal
Israeli soldiers blocked the ambulance transporting Ballal after the attack and detained him.
buff.ly
March 24, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Fuck this, fuck settlers, fuck settler colonialism, and FREE PALESTINE. 🇵🇸✊🏽🍉
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This made me cheer. It gets directly at a problem I’ve often noticed: people don’t fundamentally understand what a historian *does*.
March 22, 2025 at 5:59 PM
This made me cheer. It gets directly at a problem I’ve often noticed: people don’t fundamentally understand what a historian *does*.
destressing from my research on interpersonal drama in gay squats by listening to my audiobook about sexual assault, journalistic suppression, and surveillance
March 17, 2025 at 12:25 PM
destressing from my research on interpersonal drama in gay squats by listening to my audiobook about sexual assault, journalistic suppression, and surveillance
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If you've got a better photograph of a cat trying to fire a cannon at an unsuspecting dog then we'd like to see it.
#Caturday #Archives #SaturdayMorning
#Caturday #Archives #SaturdayMorning
March 15, 2025 at 10:13 AM
If you've got a better photograph of a cat trying to fire a cannon at an unsuspecting dog then we'd like to see it.
#Caturday #Archives #SaturdayMorning
#Caturday #Archives #SaturdayMorning