Subject: Hurrah! Fair winds, Ever Given. (nm)
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Posted on: 2021-03-29 15:26:29 UTC
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Shipfest has collided with recent world events by
on 2021-03-26 01:15:42 UTC
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I've stumbled across "XXX-TRA WIDE CARGO STUFFS MAJOR SHIPPING LANE --- DELIVERS HUGE PAYLOAD!!" (contains strong language, but is otherwise safe work work, if your work doesn't mind you looking at crackfic about the Suez Canal being blocked) thanks to Helsinki, and thought I'd post it here since it has shipfest vibes and even reads a bit Culture-y.
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O_o (nm) by
on 2021-03-27 09:10:27 UTC
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O.O You realise there's twenty of these fics? by
on 2021-03-26 15:31:53 UTC
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21, in fact, including a Percy Jackson crossover and a riff on the infamous William McGonagall's The Tay Bridge Disaster.
But none, to my utter dismay, feature the only proper 'ship: Big Boat / smol digger.
hS
PS: For more breaking news, visit istheshipstillstuck.com. Current status: "Yes." ^_^
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Oh my lord, that site... by
on 2021-03-26 16:34:34 UTC
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istheshipstillstuck, I mean. I shouldn't be laughing so hard, but honestly there's something just so absurd about the whole situation.
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This NY Times story got me going. by
on 2021-03-27 15:48:27 UTC
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The best part is that I got there from "Is that ship still stuck?" and the article mentions the site at the end. It's the ciiiircle of meeeemes... ^_^
~Neshomeh
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Big boat maybe float? by
on 2021-03-29 08:12:36 UTC
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istheshipstillstuck has updated to "Sort of?". The current status seems to be that they swung the stern away from the bank - possibly on a spring tide - and pulled the bow back a bit, but the eastern third of the canal is still way too shallow, so the ship as a whole is still stuck. But at a different angle now!
hS
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Big boat DEFFO float! by
on 2021-03-29 14:33:05 UTC
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As of about an hour ago, Ever Given is free and sailing north through the Suez. You can track her on this site.
Buh-bye, big boat.
hS
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Aww man, I was betting the Chuck Tingle book would be finished before it got unstuck... by
on 2021-03-29 17:39:18 UTC
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(Yes, he's really making one...)
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Hurrah! Fair winds, Ever Given. (nm) by
on 2021-03-29 15:26:29 UTC
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