Josiah Hawthorne
@josiahhawthorne.bsky.social
I'm not Young, Restless, or Reformed -- I'm Old, Exhausted, and (Ana)baptist. Half Took, Half Baggins. #ADHD. He/him.
Sweatuh weatuh.
November 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Sweatuh weatuh.
I am in your age bracket (42), but my dad was more of a "classical piano" and/or "obscure 1970s Jesus movement praise songs" guy, and much less a "sea shanties" guy. He also doesn't sing randomly, now that I think about it. (My mom, on other other hand...)
November 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I am in your age bracket (42), but my dad was more of a "classical piano" and/or "obscure 1970s Jesus movement praise songs" guy, and much less a "sea shanties" guy. He also doesn't sing randomly, now that I think about it. (My mom, on other other hand...)
I discovered the Lightfoot song when I was looking for sea shanty tunes to use for a parody shanty about the Trump Boat Parade on Lake Travis that accidentally sank four of their own boats.
November 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I discovered the Lightfoot song when I was looking for sea shanty tunes to use for a parody shanty about the Trump Boat Parade on Lake Travis that accidentally sank four of their own boats.
(Yes yes, I know the Fitzgerald sank in November while the Esso Northumbria launched in May. Just...
...roll with it.)
...roll with it.)
November 11, 2025 at 4:14 PM
(Yes yes, I know the Fitzgerald sank in November while the Esso Northumbria launched in May. Just...
...roll with it.)
...roll with it.)
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the Fitzgerald: 150 metres deep in anoxic water, so undisturbed that the bodies are preserved perfectly intact, nearly impossible to reach or interfere with, ghostly but not dangerous
the Richard Montgomery: so shallow that you can see the masts at all tide stages, rapidly deteriorating, explosive
the Richard Montgomery: so shallow that you can see the masts at all tide stages, rapidly deteriorating, explosive
November 11, 2025 at 3:14 PM
the Fitzgerald: 150 metres deep in anoxic water, so undisturbed that the bodies are preserved perfectly intact, nearly impossible to reach or interfere with, ghostly but not dangerous
the Richard Montgomery: so shallow that you can see the masts at all tide stages, rapidly deteriorating, explosive
the Richard Montgomery: so shallow that you can see the masts at all tide stages, rapidly deteriorating, explosive
Right?
Connery, Moore, Brosnan, Craig and the others were just new regenerations.
Connery, Moore, Brosnan, Craig and the others were just new regenerations.
November 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Right?
Connery, Moore, Brosnan, Craig and the others were just new regenerations.
Connery, Moore, Brosnan, Craig and the others were just new regenerations.
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NY AG JAMES: "I believe that not only was SNAP being used as a political pawn, but also, unfortunately, all of the delays at our airports were also being used as a political pawn, and that's why you had a cadre of Democrats who decided to cede power."
November 10, 2025 at 7:31 PM
NY AG JAMES: "I believe that not only was SNAP being used as a political pawn, but also, unfortunately, all of the delays at our airports were also being used as a political pawn, and that's why you had a cadre of Democrats who decided to cede power."
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For reference. I might print this out and hang it in my house:
November 10, 2025 at 5:07 PM
For reference. I might print this out and hang it in my house: