Gandalf
Galadriel
Elrond
Cirdan
Fëanor

The video was cut so even the shots across the bow impacts weren’t shown so it’s not surprising they didn’t also show the damage to the ship once they’d put a 4.5” shell through the engine room. Supposedly enough to disable it though

@down.blue

‘I never said nothing,’ said Nanny Ogg mildly.
‘I know you never! I could hear you not saying anything! You’ve got the loudest silences I ever did hear from anyone who wasn’t dead!’ [said Granny Weatherwax]
– Lords and Ladies

Whilst it is unfathomable in its own right. What exactly do they expect to do with it now? Is the USN going to be paying for the ship to be towed to a repair port or are they going to create another danger to navigation in the Gulf of Oman?

@down.blue

strange these op-eds about women being too angry have all come out the last few days when during the same time there's also been a massive investigation published on an online rape academy with millions of viewers a month and none of them have bothered to even cover it, even as news

@down.blue

And now lets us bombard you with emails trying to sell you the product you just bought from us

The man in black fled across the desert and the gunslinger followed

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this race-bending the new musketeers thing is taking it way too far, next they'll be claiming Dumas was black or something

Life of B̷r̷i̷a̷n̷ Donald.

As a tall person I cannot offer to reach something on a high shelf for a stranger, yet if they ask me I must oblige. This is the law of the giants

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Do you think they’re a little upset that most people don’t agree with them?! 😂

Who’d want to be sane in this current climate?

Happy Praying Mantis Appreciation Day, to all who celebrate…

CHILD PRAYING MANTIS: Dad, who are we all praying to exactly?
DAD PRAYING MANTIS: Depends which religion you belong to
CHILD: So not all people follow the same religion?
DAD: No, son… we’re in sects

@down.blue

Teddy bear in a bath with a speech bubble that says “So Bud, where the hell are you?” The reply is “I’m just pulling out of Paddington” to which the bear then replies “I bet that made him drop his marmalade sandwich!”

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So sad that this is an AI fake.

Fucking AI, what a waste of everyone's time. Evolution is a goddamn marvel on its own, and octopuses incredible without this bullshit.

i have very rapidly become incapable of thinking about anything that isn’t this video

Good afternoon. A single fin whale produces 250 gallons of urine a day. There is no context, subtext or special reason for my sharing this fact – I just needed to get it out of my head and into yours. Do feel free to add your own random facts.

Does a presidential pardon equal a “spent” conviction in UK law?

Red shouldered hawk on bird feeders at the community gardens

Red shouldered hawk spoiling the fun for the others. 🪶😎

We put all our politicians in prison as soon as they’re elected. Don’t you?” “Why?” “It saves time.
Terry Pratchett, The Last Continent (Discworld, #22)

I’ve heard rumours that Pete Frame who did the rock family trees would occasionally insert the name of a friend if he couldn’t find the actual name of the band member

It is 2026 and AI generated 'content' is flooding the internet.

To find relevant information is getting more difficult with every day.

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