Been using this quote a lot since yesterday.

James Connolly was executed by crown forces in 1916. Despite a doctor saying he had two days at the most to live due to injuries sustained during the Easter Rising, he was brought by military ambulance to Kilmainham Gaol where he had to be tied to a chair to be shot, because he couldn’t stand. He was then dumped in a mass grave with the other executed leaders.

IS THAT A CUNARD FUNNEL IN THE POKEMON ANIME?!?!?!?!.!.!?!?!

Heist movie idea: Because almost all national programming and the London Stock Exchance shut down when a monarch dies, a professional crew plans the score of a lifetime for the distraction caused by the death of Queen Elizabeth II ...but because they expected her to kick it like fifteen years ago, they’re all middle-aged and fussy about it.

Queen Elizabeth 2, Cunard

Another reason why not to mourn.

"the queen is dead and you're celebrating irishly" mood board

"Golden calf behaviour" is a really funny tag considering the official stance of the church of England is "the Queen's most excellent Majesty, acting according to the laws of the realm, is the highest power under God in this kingdom, and has supreme authority over all persons in all causes, as well ecclesiastical as civil."

the instant she died she became a false idol and the king particle traveled to charles. her corpse is not going to do any miracles i think

Do you know of any rumors of more ocean liner projects in the works? Or is it still too unprofitable at the moment?

So, in terms of "modern" ocean liners that are still in service, pretty much the only name in the game is the RMS Queen Mary 2. TECHNICALLY the MV Astoria WAS an ocean liner, formerly the Stockholm, but she was converted into a cruise ship. As far as I know, she's been laid up since 2021 anyway. I don't know of any future ocean liners in development (if there are any), but as I detailed in a previous post, I do suspect they'll be making somewhat of a comeback. In terms of classic liners, you have a few more options. The RMS Queen Mary is semi-permanently docked in Long Beach California, and over the past few years she's undergone some incredible renovations to preserve and restore her. Having been launched in 1935, she's the oldest liner that I know of to survive to the modern day. The SS United States is currently laid up in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. She's nearly been scrapped on several occasions, and her interiors were yanked out and auctioned off, leaving her as pretty much an empty shell. She's in a very sorry state at the moment, but there are plans by the SS United States Conservancy to redevelop her into a floating hotel like the Queen Mary. Finally, much like the Queen Mary, the RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 has been preserved as a floating hotel. Unfortunately, she's in Dubai, and from what I've heard, it can be very dangerous for members of the LGBT community there. I don't know specifics though. Also, from what I've heard, she's not in nearly as good shape as the Queen Mary, despite the decades of neglect, compared to the QE2, which has only been open for a few years and is comparatively much younger. So if you want to take a trans Atlantic crossing at the moment, your only option is the Queen Mary 2 at the moment. I've heard some cruise ships make OCCASIONAL crossings, but if they're open for bookings, I wouldn't reccomend it. Cruise ships aren't designed for that, and are famously unstable even in calm weather. Comparatively, frequent cruisers often praise the QM2, because they say she's so stable they often forget they aren't on land.

'It's bigger than that Chris, it's large'

Queen Elizabeth II launch on the Clyde at John Brown's 1967