why must i work to earn a living? why cant i just read polar books and write yaoi?

happy new year to all! maybe this year i will write more poems

i havent polished my brassware since march. this one needed some love! (astrolabe from the royal museums greenwich shop)

et tu, brute?

siblings

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the handsomest man in the navy meets The Handsomest Man in the Navy™ thats it, thats the fic :D pls enjoy! #sailoutsummer25 archiveofourown.org/works/67964506

i tried bookbinding! a simple perfect bind of ... my les mis fanfic from 2013 😄

do it for him etc etc

quick Tom Crean and Alf Cheetham sketch while I wait it out at the psych's office #antarctica #polarexploration #endurance

my cat bigboy very rarely shows himself out in the open. he suffers from arthritis & gingivostomatitis caused by FIV. he's always in some form of pain, so he tends to hide instead of hang out with other cats & humans. today he's chosen to lounge on the sofa. a rare treat for me

just goes to show that having something printed doesnt mean it's accurate. the cover hers says worsley was captain of hms endurance, but endurance was never an hms. it wasnt a navy ship; it was privately owned. it's official name was S.Y. Endurance for "steam yacht"

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Someone working out on a spar on RRS Discovery about a month ago. Camera: Carl Zeiss Werra 3 with 35mm Flektogon lens. Film: Kentmere 100 #believeinfilm #filmphotography

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I think shai hulud would fix all my problems

saturday lunch! i havent been this full in ages. time for a siesta! 😄

A scarce postcard of Shackleton's first British Antarctic Expedition ship SS Nimrod with a very interesting message on the back by someone who had visited the ship.

Your 'downtime' scenes have to advance the story just as much as a chase or confrontation does. They advance the intellectual/emotional aspects. Never think of them as filler. Give them purpose.

he's been lying on me for 30 mins, help i gotta pee

steinbeck has a way of explaining the evils of capitalism better than anyone ever could

#OnThisDay - June 2, 1916: News broke in England that Shackleton and his Endurance crew were alive after nearly 2 years lost in Antarctica. Their survival was hailed as a miracle after months stranded on ice. americanradioworks.p...#OnThisDay

redbubble stickers always take so long to arrive. idk why but the delay doesnt happen with larger items like prints and shirts, its just the teeny weeny sparkly stickers that get profiled as illegal for some reason jk jk but seriously where are my terrebus fc stickers?!

Everything was going fine on the Franklin expedition until it became clear that the rut and heat suppressants supplied by the Goldner brand were becoming ineffective

tomate al natural 🥫✂️ #paperengineering #papercraft

kitty cat seems to have found a new hiding place in the house bc she was missing for FOUR HOURS and we couldn't find her at all! we thought she'd escaped the house somehow but no she just casually resurfaced in the living room all dusty and hungry

Worsley and the German submarine captain he fished out of the sea, as discussed @anadequatesir.bsky.social ! Arnold is the fellow in the middle. Plus, the letter he wrote Worsley after the event...the rituals are INTRICATE

a good day today. went to museum and looked at art, had poutine for lunch, had a mango shake, ignored work. a lovely day

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polarizing the discourse by bringing up ernest shackleton at every opportunity

It’s a little late, but I made my now-traditional blueberry cake in honor of Greenhithe Day! 180 years since the Franklin Expedition set sail…

Dave K: You get that death scene of Goodsir? Director: Sure did boss, real fuckin sexy just like you asked. Dave K: what

i made my cat's vet laugh today. thats good. im getting a good grade in making my cat's vet laugh, something that is both normal to want & possible to achieve

First look at the saint nedward bookmarks! #theterror #theterroramc #amctheterror #edwardlittle

my youtube feed is now filled with church news. no, no, my beloved algo. it's not what you think! this is a phase. i'll go back to being a lukewarm catholic in a week's time

A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope

apparently i was retching so hard yesterday that i popped a blood vessel in my eye 😬 there's a nasty red spot in my left eye rn that definitely wasn't there last night. but doc says it'll go away on its own in time. meanwhile i'm jfj-larping.

finally cleaned my room after more than a month of neglect! the sight of spiders weaving webs was the last straw for me 🕸️🕷️😄

some effort at the mixing & matching today. let's ignore the 40 celsius temperature

youtu.be/_wGFMMBrTzE?... Holy crap! I read the Iliad 50 years ago. It didn't sound like this!

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poor oreo (~9yo) has been confined in the vet hospital for straining to pee. they found 1 small stone. hopefully thats it & not the beginning of chronic kidney failure. he's such a sweet boy. affectionate & handsome & fastidious in grooming himself. i hope he can go home soon

Frederick Albert Cook (1900)

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is it too soon if i switch up from heroic age dramatic gen fic to a/b/o

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finally put up the postcards from spri in my wall of polar exploration vessels! i should be adding 2-3 more next month

just thought of a dirty discoverycule prompt so indulgent i had to let go of my phone and calm down a bit