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A Red Sun Rises
My trip to the mailbox this morning began peacefully enough, a quiet stroll through a slowly brightening day. Then I looked up. The sun hung in a hazy sky, its light filtered by particulates from fires in Quebec, leaving a visible disk that looked like a second moon. The smoke changed the usual morning light from bright yellow to a darker, ruddier hue. Very dramatic.
Today’s forecast? Thunderstorms, which brought to mind the old adage about skies and sailors. “Red sky at night, sailor’s delight. Red sky in morning, sailor’s warning.” It turns out to be based on atmospheric science, and while the logic doesn’t hold up everywhere all the time (and yes, smoke can interfere with its accuracy), it can be useful.
Red Sky at Night: Is the Sailor’s Saying Really True?
The folklore lines up with two pieces of plain physics: how air moves and how light scatters. Low pressure pulls air together and lifts it, which builds clouds and brings rain. High pressure does the opposite. Air sinks and spreads out, which keeps the sky clear and traps dust and fine particles near the ground. Sailors learned the shorthand long before anyone measured a millibar: low pressure for foul weather, high pressure for fair.
Happily, forewarned is forearmed (to use another old adage). Now I wait, and watch for the coming storm.
A red sun rises.
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Photo by Red Dot on Unsplash #365Ways #365Ways2026 #atmosphere #folklore #oldSayings #physics #predictions #sailors #Thoughts #weather -
A Red Sun Rises
My trip to the mailbox this morning began peacefully enough, a quiet stroll through a slowly brightening day. Then I looked up. The sun hung in a hazy sky, its light filtered by particulates from fires in Quebec, leaving a visible disk that looked like a second moon. The smoke changed the usual morning light from bright yellow to a darker, ruddier hue. Very dramatic.
Today’s forecast? Thunderstorms, which brought to mind the old adage about skies and sailors. “Red sky at night, sailor’s delight. Red sky in morning, sailor’s warning.” It turns out to be based on atmospheric science, and while the logic doesn’t hold up everywhere all the time (and yes, smoke can interfere with its accuracy), it can be useful.
Red Sky at Night: Is the Sailor’s Saying Really True?
The folklore lines up with two pieces of plain physics: how air moves and how light scatters. Low pressure pulls air together and lifts it, which builds clouds and brings rain. High pressure does the opposite. Air sinks and spreads out, which keeps the sky clear and traps dust and fine particles near the ground. Sailors learned the shorthand long before anyone measured a millibar: low pressure for foul weather, high pressure for fair.
Happily, forewarned is forearmed (to use another old adage). Now I wait, and watch for the coming storm.
A red sun rises.
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Photo by Red Dot on Unsplash #365Ways #365Ways2026 #atmosphere #folklore #oldSayings #physics #predictions #sailors #Thoughts #weather -
#RIP Chris.
The #RCN It was a small Navy. The senior guys all knew every other. I worked all around this guy, and sailed on the same ship, but not at the same time. Good guy, we were never close, just remembering his service and personality.There's fewer of us every year now. #Sailors
https://thechronicleherald.remembering.ca/obituary/christopher-andrew-1093866956 -
#RIP Chris.
The #RCN It was a small Navy. The senior guys all knew every other. I worked all around this guy, and sailed on the same ship, but not at the same time. Good guy, we were never close, just remembering his service and personality.There's fewer of us every year now. #Sailors
https://thechronicleherald.remembering.ca/obituary/christopher-andrew-1093866956 -
🚢 Ahoy, sailors! #Iran wants your cash 💸 before you sail their Strait of Hormuz waters. It's like a toll booth, but with extra layers of #bureaucracy and more fine print than a novel 📜. Enjoy those "mandatory" fees while navigating the sea of #legalese and cookies 🍪!
https://www.lloydslist.com/LL1157571/Iran-imposes-mandatory-insurance-on-ships-transiting-Strait-of-Hormuz-with-fees-likely-to-follow #Sailors #StraitOfHormuz #TollFees #HackerNews #ngated -
🚢 Ahoy, sailors! #Iran wants your cash 💸 before you sail their Strait of Hormuz waters. It's like a toll booth, but with extra layers of #bureaucracy and more fine print than a novel 📜. Enjoy those "mandatory" fees while navigating the sea of #legalese and cookies 🍪!
https://www.lloydslist.com/LL1157571/Iran-imposes-mandatory-insurance-on-ships-transiting-Strait-of-Hormuz-with-fees-likely-to-follow #Sailors #StraitOfHormuz #TollFees #HackerNews #ngated -
The Blue Tribunal
The tide throws itself over the land so suddenly that we call it storm, as if a thing were simply its cause. Thunder shakes our bones like dank justice as bright veins of lighting search out their evidence. Something stands accused, and I, having forgotten how to pray, can only hope that the clouds will break somewhere above the Atlantic.
Elsewhere, unseen, ships really bob idly […]
https://www.communityedition.ca/the-blue-tribunal/ -
The Blue Tribunal
The tide throws itself over the land so suddenly that we call it storm, as if a thing were simply its cause. Thunder shakes our bones like dank justice as bright veins of lighting search out their evidence. Something stands accused, and I, having forgotten how to pray, can only hope that the clouds will break somewhere above the Atlantic.
Elsewhere, unseen, ships really bob idly […]
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#INDIA PROTESTS AFTER 3 INDIAN #SAILORS KILLED #HORMUZ STRAIT: On #June 13, India’s Foreign #Minister summoned a senior U.S. diplomat to formally lodge a complaint after U.S. forces’ hit three #ships off the coast of #Oman, killing 3 #Indian sailors. India stressed that the use of force against commercial #vessels was unjustified.
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#INDIA PROTESTS AFTER 3 INDIAN #SAILORS KILLED #HORMUZ STRAIT: On #June 13, India’s Foreign #Minister summoned a senior U.S. diplomat to formally lodge a complaint after U.S. forces’ hit three #ships off the coast of #Oman, killing 3 #Indian sailors. India stressed that the use of force against commercial #vessels was unjustified.
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Two missing Indian sailors confirmed dead; search continues for engineer off Oman. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/india/two-of-three-sailors-reported-missing-after-oman-tanker-strike-confirmed-dead-qountcfd?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Sailors #StraitofHormuz #Oman
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CPA Illustrateur Gervese Nos marins la baignade
https://www.cpaphil.com/en/vintage-postcard/cpa-illustrateur-gervese-nos-marins-la-baignade-4
#VintagePostcard #GerveseIllustrator #Sailors #NavyLife #Swimming #MaritimeArt #RetroIllustration #FrenchArt #VintageMarine #NauticalHistory #BathingScene #MilitaryMarines #ArtHistory
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CPA Illustrateur Gervese Nos marins la baignade
https://www.cpaphil.com/en/vintage-postcard/cpa-illustrateur-gervese-nos-marins-la-baignade-4
#VintagePostcard #GerveseIllustrator #Sailors #NavyLife #Swimming #MaritimeArt #RetroIllustration #FrenchArt #VintageMarine #NauticalHistory #BathingScene #MilitaryMarines #ArtHistory
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CPA Illustrateur Gervese Nos marins la baignade www.cpaphil.com/en/v... #VintagePostcard #GerveseIllustrator #Sailors #NavyLife #Swimming #MaritimeArt #RetroIllustration #FrenchArt #VintageMarine #NauticalHistory #BathingScene #MilitaryMarines #ArtHistory
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CPA Illustrateur Gervese Nos marins la baignade www.cpaphil.com/en/v... #VintagePostcard #GerveseIllustrator #Sailors #NavyLife #Swimming #MaritimeArt #RetroIllustration #FrenchArt #VintageMarine #NauticalHistory #BathingScene #MilitaryMarines #ArtHistory
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NOOOO ONE sucks nipples like GASTON
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NOOOO ONE sucks nipples like GASTON
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Newport Harbor, Laguna Beach baseball teams surge into CIF semifinals https://www.rawchili.com/mlb/707075/ #Anderson #aquinas #BallField #Baseball #breakers #Division #GrandTerrace #hit #LagunaBeachBaseballTeam #Lee #playoff #quarterfinal #run #sailors #season #win
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sailing by michel nguie
https://tmblr.co/Z7VXvxjLk--v4u00
#michelnguie #sailors #sailing #rowing #aviron #blois #laloire #loire #stream #river #nature #sky #sun #sunrise #trees #men #sport #filmisnotdead #film #yashica #somewheremagazine #nowherediary #grainisgood #shootfilmmag #flickr #thingsdavidlikes
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sailing by michel nguie
https://tmblr.co/Z7VXvxjLk--v4u00
#michelnguie #sailors #sailing #rowing #aviron #blois #laloire #loire #stream #river #nature #sky #sun #sunrise #trees #men #sport #filmisnotdead #film #yashica #somewheremagazine #nowherediary #grainisgood #shootfilmmag #flickr #thingsdavidlikes
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📣 New Podcast! "28 April 1789: Mutiny on the Bounty" on @Spreaker #anniversaries_history #day #facts_weekly #history #history_historical #history_otd_on #history_weekly #in #lives #mutiny #naval #navy #news_everyday #royal #sailors #shipping #ships #stories_daily #this
https://www.spreaker.com/episode/28-april-1789-mutiny-on-the-bounty--71033848 -
📣 New Podcast! "28 April 1789: Mutiny on the Bounty" on @Spreaker #anniversaries_history #day #facts_weekly #history #history_historical #history_otd_on #history_weekly #in #lives #mutiny #naval #navy #news_everyday #royal #sailors #shipping #ships #stories_daily #this
https://www.spreaker.com/episode/28-april-1789-mutiny-on-the-bounty--71033848 -
In one of the most blatant pieces of malevolent corporate greed I've seen, I'm greeted by headlines today that around 2500 seafarers are still stranded in the Persian Gulf, simply because the shipping companies they work for don't want to spend any extra to fly them back to their homes.
#Corporategreed #war #iran #persiangulf #shipping #merchantmarine #sailors #seafarers #evil #greed #globalism #corporatism #oligarchy -
In one of the most blatant pieces of malevolent corporate greed I've seen, I'm greeted by headlines today that around 2500 seafarers are still stranded in the Persian Gulf, simply because the shipping companies they work for don't want to spend any extra to fly them back to their homes.
#Corporategreed #war #iran #persiangulf #shipping #merchantmarine #sailors #seafarers #evil #greed #globalism #corporatism #oligarchy -
If #MobyDick has taught me anything, it's that #sailors are #gay, #GayMarriage was always legal under #MaritimeLaw, and whaling ships are just big gay orgies, and that's why they don't want women there to tempt them into being straight.
This is simply a straightforward reading of the text. If you don't like it, maybe you don't like classic #American #Literature. 🇺🇸 📖 🫡
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If #MobyDick has taught me anything, it's that #sailors are #gay, #GayMarriage was always legal under #MaritimeLaw, and whaling ships are just big gay orgies, and that's why they don't want women there to tempt them into being straight.
This is simply a straightforward reading of the text. If you don't like it, maybe you don't like classic #American #Literature. 🇺🇸 📖 🫡
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https://www.europesays.com/people/12763/ Hegseth memo expands personal weapons access on military bases #airforce #airmen #army #FortJackson #FortStewart #ga #georgia #GunViolence #marines #memo #MentalHealth #MilitaryBases #MilitaryWeaponsPolicy #navy #personal #PersonalGuns #PersonalWeapons #PeteHegseth #Policy #sailors #ServiceMember #soldiers #veteran
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Hegseth memo expands personal weapons access on military bases
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) – Secretary of War Pete Hegseth signed a memo this week expanding…
#UnitedStates #US #USA ##AirForce #airmen #army #Død #fortjackson #FortStewart #Ga #Georgia #gunviolence #marines #memo #mentalhealth #militarybases #militaryweaponspolicy #navy #pentagon #Personal #personalguns #personalweapons #petehegseth #policy #sailors #SecretaryofDefense #servicemember #soldiers #Veteran
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Definition of insanity via NYT Arrival of 2,500 #Marines + another 2,500 #sailors is keeping no. of American troops in #Mideast region at over 50,000 roughly 10,000 more than usual as Tump decides next step. Still unclear just what Marines, from 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, will be charged with US officials say president is weighing whether to try a larger #attack, like venturing to seize an island or other ground as part of Trump’s effort 2 open #StraitOfHormuz https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/29/us/politics/us-marines-middle-east-iran-war.html #war
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Definition of insanity via NYT Arrival of 2,500 #Marines + another 2,500 #sailors is keeping no. of American troops in #Mideast region at over 50,000 roughly 10,000 more than usual as Tump decides next step. Still unclear just what Marines, from 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, will be charged with US officials say president is weighing whether to try a larger #attack, like venturing to seize an island or other ground as part of Trump’s effort 2 open #StraitOfHormuz https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/29/us/politics/us-marines-middle-east-iran-war.html #war
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3,500 U.S. #MARINES AND #SAILORS ARRIVE IN MIDDLE EAST: The USS Tripoli arrived in the Middle East, carrying the U.S. Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), which is capable of seizing territory and intercepting vessels. https://aje.news/zgevw1?update=4443575
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3,500 U.S. #MARINES AND #SAILORS ARRIVE IN MIDDLE EAST: The USS Tripoli arrived in the Middle East, carrying the U.S. Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), which is capable of seizing territory and intercepting vessels. https://aje.news/zgevw1?update=4443575
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The #US #military is deploying thousands of additional #Marines & #sailors to the Middle East, 3 US ofcls told Reuters Friday.
The deployments of the USS Boxer, along with its Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) & accompanying #warship, comes as Reuters reported that the #Trump admin was considering deploying thousands of US #troops to reinforce its #war in the #MiddleEast.
#TrumpsWar #Iran #Israel #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #WarPowers #geopolitics #economy #oil
https://www.reuters.com/world/us-deploy-thousands-additional-troops-middle-east-officials-say-2026-03-20/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement -
The #US #military is deploying thousands of additional #Marines & #sailors to the Middle East, 3 US ofcls told Reuters Friday.
The deployments of the USS Boxer, along with its Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) & accompanying #warship, comes as Reuters reported that the #Trump admin was considering deploying thousands of US #troops to reinforce its #war in the #MiddleEast.
#TrumpsWar #Iran #Israel #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #WarPowers #geopolitics #economy #oil
https://www.reuters.com/world/us-deploy-thousands-additional-troops-middle-east-officials-say-2026-03-20/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement -
📣 New Podcast! "USS Columbia Eagle Mutiny: Anti War Rebellion at Sea" on @Spreaker #1970_american #1970_vietnam #actions_us #anti #columbia #eagle #harbor #hijacking_anti #history_military #incident #merchant #movement #mutiny #mutiny_cambodia #mutiny_ss #protest #sailors #ship #war
https://www.spreaker.com/episode/uss-columbia-eagle-mutiny-anti-war-rebellion-at-sea--70369182 -
📣 New Podcast! "USS Columbia Eagle Mutiny: Anti War Rebellion at Sea" on @Spreaker #1970_american #1970_vietnam #actions_us #anti #columbia #eagle #harbor #hijacking_anti #history_military #incident #merchant #movement #mutiny #mutiny_cambodia #mutiny_ss #protest #sailors #ship #war
https://www.spreaker.com/episode/uss-columbia-eagle-mutiny-anti-war-rebellion-at-sea--70369182 -
The nicest anchor graffito from tonight's visit to a north Anglesey cemetery.
Scale bar in cm squares.
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As a little spin-off on my current project to document all cemetery ship graffiti, this 'mini-report' about a drowned Liverpool Pilot from Anglesey comes to you, free of charge.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1t0gfTKBK148nVvAZSUZBB8jm-1mjeeVn/view?usp=sharing
#churches #sailors #liverpool #cemeteries #hertiage #cymru #wales
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“Sailors’ Valentines, at one point, were thought to be made by sailors aboard whaleships. The truth is these intricate shell pictures were a favorite souvenir of mariners, usually acquired in Barbados, a frequent stop by whaleships on their return home”
https://nha.org/learn/heritage-craft/workshops/sailors-valentine/
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Chilean Photographer Sergio Larrain (1931-2012)
Captured images of bars, nightlife, sailors ... moments that really tell stories.
Larrain spent ten years on the road doing photography before pursuing a life of solitude - writing, drawing + meditating.#sergiolarrain #Valparaiso #photography #photographer #sailors #blackandwhite #nightlife #streetlife #bars #barlife #london #chile #bwphoto #blackandwhitephotography #bwphotography #fotografia #fotografie #streetmeeting #barmeeting #rendezvous
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Chilean Photographer Sergio Larrain (1931-2012)
Captured images of bars, nightlife, sailors ... moments that really tell stories.
Larrain spent ten years on the road doing photography before pursuing a life of solitude - writing, drawing + meditating.#sergiolarrain #Valparaiso #photography #photographer #sailors #blackandwhite #nightlife #streetlife #bars #barlife #london #chile #bwphoto #blackandwhitephotography #bwphotography #homoeroticphotography #homoerotic #streetmeeting #barmeeting #rendezvous #fotografia #fotografie
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Chilean Photographer Sergio Larrain (1931-2012)
Captured images of bars, nightlife, sailors ... moments that really tell stories.
Larrain spent ten years on the road doing photography before pursuing a life of solitude - writing, drawing + meditating.#sergiolarrain #Valparaiso #photography #photographer #sailors #blackandwhite #nightlife #streetlife #bars #barlife #london #chile #bwphoto #blackandwhitephotography #bwphotography #homoeroticphotography #homoerotic #streetmeeting #barmeeting #rendezvous #fotografie #fotografia
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Joyful group of #VictoriaBC #sailors embark on first #SalishSea outing.
A total of 12 clients of the #GarthHomerSociety paired with the #NorthSaanich #SailingClub in their first #partnership.
In partnership with #AbleSail Victoria – a charity providing #AccessibleSailing opportunities for children and adults with #disabilities – the club opened its boats to clients of the Garth Homer Society for a crash course in #sailing.
#PeopleWithDisabilities #Inclusion #AccessibleRecreation #YYJ #Saanich #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #AdaptiveSports #AdaptiveSailing #GoodNews
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Joyful group of #VictoriaBC #sailors embark on first #SalishSea outing.
A total of 12 clients of the #GarthHomerSociety paired with the #NorthSaanich #SailingClub in their first #partnership.
In partnership with #AbleSail Victoria – a charity providing #AccessibleSailing opportunities for children and adults with #disabilities – the club opened its boats to clients of the Garth Homer Society for a crash course in #sailing.
#PeopleWithDisabilities #Inclusion #AccessibleRecreation #YYJ #Saanich #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #AdaptiveSports #AdaptiveSailing #GoodNews
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My #DisabledSailing association, #AbleSail Victoria secured a funding grant from #SailCanada & now can offer a CANSAIL 1 course at Royal Victoria Yacht Club. I signed up this morning for training in August.
Once I successfully complete CanSail 1, I can take their Can Sail 2 course. These will help me reach my adaptive sailing dreams of competing in a future Mobility Cup regatta.Very grateful for all funding grants & donors for helping Able Sail Victoria with monies needed to keep their programs running. Disabled folks like me wouldn't be able to afford participating if the programs weren't highly subsidized.
#PeopleWithDisabilities #ParaSports #AdaptiveSailing #Sailing #Sailors #AdaptiveSports #AdaptiveRecreation #VictoriaBC #RVYC #DisabilitySports #WeCanDoIt #AccessibleSports #Inclusion #YYJ #VancouverIsland
