The Wreck of the Thomas Paingerald
@tompain.bsky.social
He/him. Co-host of Ten Thousand Losses. Lefty educator and Philly native in exile. History, beer, language, and transit nerd. Go birds.
really love the conceit of Amon Amarth’s eponymous track on their first album is that Vikings would have been able to raid Mordor as deep as Mount Doom and get away with it
November 10, 2025 at 9:53 PM
really love the conceit of Amon Amarth’s eponymous track on their first album is that Vikings would have been able to raid Mordor as deep as Mount Doom and get away with it
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I'm so worried about what'll happen when our kids are old enough to have phones!!!! 😮😮😮
![A meme depicting a woman staring at her phone with one hand on her head, with the following text below:
IS YOUR CHILD TEXTING ABOUT THE WRECK OF THE EDMUND FITZGERALD?
What your Great Lakes maritime history-obsessed teen's text messages actually mean:
brb = bell rang bro
rofl = rang out for lost (crew)
bff = big freakin' freigher
lol = Load of Ore on the Lake
smh = shift minutes to hours
glhf = Great Lakes hella freighter
tbh = taconite be haulin'
stfu = steer the freighter upwind
tfw = that freakin' witch (of November)
asl = a ship lost
gg = Gitche Gumee
idc = immoderate deadweight capacity
btw = beneath the waves
afk = a freighter kaput
hbd = hauler's beacon down
ily = iron load yonder
jk = just [24] kilometers
lmao = lost my abyssal ore
nbd = north bound draft
glhf = good lord, hold flooding
omg = obliteratingly massive gales
tmi = too much iron
wtf = White Fish (Bay)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ccm7gttkbfs2eyyrlpshmeun/bafkreib6ughtj23oqdskaisavrueyn6fijujbp2e663h6p6ukx74lbibyu@jpeg)
October 31, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I'm so worried about what'll happen when our kids are old enough to have phones!!!! 😮😮😮
50 years ago today, the skies of November turned gloomy. RIP the sailors of the Edmund Fitzgerald 🫡
youtu.be/FuzTkGyxkYI
youtu.be/FuzTkGyxkYI
Gordon Lightfoot - Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Gordon Lightfoot
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November 10, 2025 at 12:16 PM
50 years ago today, the skies of November turned gloomy. RIP the sailors of the Edmund Fitzgerald 🫡
youtu.be/FuzTkGyxkYI
youtu.be/FuzTkGyxkYI
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"I've just made a deal that will guarantee a vote on the ACA subsidies"
November 10, 2025 at 1:57 AM
"I've just made a deal that will guarantee a vote on the ACA subsidies"
where my spear Danes at?
November 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
where my spear Danes at?
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alright last one im done
November 9, 2025 at 3:31 AM
alright last one im done
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new vibe unlocked: going to home goods and buying the ramen with lead warnings on it
November 8, 2025 at 9:14 PM
new vibe unlocked: going to home goods and buying the ramen with lead warnings on it
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Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
200+ years of being wrong as fuck
November 8, 2025 at 2:38 AM
200+ years of being wrong as fuck
fusilli is a cognate of yeet I don’t make this shit up
November 7, 2025 at 11:46 PM
fusilli is a cognate of yeet I don’t make this shit up
same type of guy
November 7, 2025 at 11:08 PM
same type of guy
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Fact-Checking Claims About Zohran Mamdani https://theonion.com/fact-checking-claims-about-zohran-mamdani/
November 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Fact-Checking Claims About Zohran Mamdani https://theonion.com/fact-checking-claims-about-zohran-mamdani/
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worried about playing as Brandenburg in EU5 we know what road that leads to
November 6, 2025 at 2:32 AM
worried about playing as Brandenburg in EU5 we know what road that leads to
“I’m not mad I’m not mad”
This map is highly misleading. In the American electoral system, votes don't influence policy.
November 5, 2025 at 9:34 PM
“I’m not mad I’m not mad”
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One would think if someone was a recent catholic convert and the pope called then on their shit personally they'd freak out, but these types of catholic converts begin day 1 being pope of their own schism
November 4, 2025 at 8:53 PM
One would think if someone was a recent catholic convert and the pope called then on their shit personally they'd freak out, but these types of catholic converts begin day 1 being pope of their own schism
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dawg they’re live laugh loving the white house. president homegoods
November 5, 2025 at 3:55 PM
dawg they’re live laugh loving the white house. president homegoods
as a bucks county resident and teacher, to celebrate, I’ll be giving your kids extra pronouns today in school
November 5, 2025 at 12:35 PM
as a bucks county resident and teacher, to celebrate, I’ll be giving your kids extra pronouns today in school
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cracking open a gatorade because i libbed out too hard last night
November 5, 2025 at 12:14 PM
cracking open a gatorade because i libbed out too hard last night