#Sailors

Phil Ewing

philewing

You know how much we love gas turbines and diesel engines on #WarshipWednesday but steam still makes much of the fleet go -- and accordingly *look* at this amazing capture

Alexa Price, PhD 🍂🌘🌙🌊🍂

Downeast_Alexa

Alright polar Twitter, who wants a New Years party? By which I mean, James Clark Ross’s party in the ice, 1842! Thread below for details. For New Years 1842, Ross

Pat Savage

PatrickESavage

Why are sea shanties going viral on TikTok? A thread from the perspective of musicology / psychology / cultural evolution.TL;DR: it's a perfect example of music's power to create social

nome

NomeDaBarbarian

This is probably as good a cultural moment as any to remind the world that Sea Shanties are Black Music.https://twitter.com/Beertheist/status/1348759849077714951 Quite literally. Historically, that's where they come from. While there

ProPublica

propublica

In the early hours of Aug. 21, 2017, the USS John S. McCain took an unexpected left turn & collided with a tanker. 10 sailors lost their lives. In an

Carl Zha

CarlZha

The movie based on 1867 American punitive expedition against Taiwan Indigenous people, has a White guy as love interest? Why am I not surprised US Marines attack indigenous people

JamesRPBarnes

James_RP_Barnes

#OTD – We Remember Chief Petty Officer Johnathan Rogers, GC, DSMJonathan 'Buck' Rogers was born in Llangollen, Wales, on 16 September 1920. He joined the Royal Navy in 1938 and

James Brun

LeBrunJames81

It's the seventy-fifth anniversary of Allied victory in the Atlantic. Here is a 'thread in progress' of some work to highlight Canada's role in that epic battle. At Close Range:

JD Roberts

JDRobertsMusic1

Okay, thought for the day time - let's talk about disease hierarchies and empire (long thread, mostly to help me organise my own thoughts) One of the little theories I

studio100a

studio100a

My daughter is learning to play "what shall we do with the drunken sailor". I thought sailors may have been working on slave ships. Not an original thought, James Fenton

Ned Pyle

NerdPyle

From 1893 until 1942, Black men joining the US Navy were restricted to mess & steward duies. In 1944, under pressure from Eleanor Roosevelt, the Navy finally allowed a group

Gray Connolly

GrayConnolly

On this day in 1963, the US President, John F. Kennedy, was assassinated in Dallas. Kennedy was a naval officer and war hero in WWII, then a Congressman and Senator.

Craig McClain, Ph.D.

DrCraigMc

I think it’s important to understand the influence of African-American and Carribbean work songs on #seashanties #Seashantytiktok I’m not an expert here but will post this from Wikipedia "So while

Andre 🌌 CEO of overthinking | cr: Jojolion

whaddafuckandre

You thought you were safe from it but AH! No one is, here's my completely unnecessary headcanon stating that Prosciutto was once a sailor/navy officier based off his clothing.We see

Resist the Hologram - Stu Cvrk

STUinSD

Thread – Chief of Naval Operations Letter to Navy Leadership on the USS Bon Homme Richard Fire1. ADM Mike Gilday sent the following letter/email all admirals and master chief petty

nome

NomeDaBarbarian

SO @matthewmercer INCLUDED APOTROPAIC TATTOOS AND I'M SCREAMING.A small thread.#CriticalRole 2. One of my favorite bits of Pirate Lore is the tattoos. Each of them had a meaning, but the

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