TIL! ty

According to the chronicler Orderic Vitalis, the crew asked [William Adelin, Henry I’s heir] for wine and he supplied it to them in great abundance. By the time the ship was ready to leave there were about 300 people on board, although some, including the future king Stephen of Blois, had disembarked due to the excessive drinking before the ship sailed. Orderic attributes this to a sudden bout of diarrhoea.

FitzStephen was ordered by the revellers to overtake the king’s ship, which had already sailed. The White Ship was fast, of the best construction and had recently been fitted with new materials, which made the captain and crew confident they could reach England first. However, when it set forth in the dark, its port side struck the submerged Quilleboeuf Rock, and the ship quickly capsized.

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A result of William Adelin’s death was the period eighteen years later known as the Anarchy. The White Ship disaster had left Henry I with only one legitimate child, a second daughter named Matilda.

I swear, I hear it in my sleep: paidforbythegovernmentofontario ding-dingding-ding

A merit-based appointment, I’m sure. /s

She may be the one putting her name to the council’s requests, but they should all be on the hook for this ongoing abuse. The idle rich amusing themselves and finding their purpose by harassing the help: born to be our supervisors, aren’t they all?

The lack of empathy is nauseating. Imagine making it your business to harass and hobble a children’s hospital for 40-odd years.

2021, we’re all in the depths of the covid crisis, hospital staff are already beyond overworked, and you’re gonna moan that they haven’t provided documentation to justify last month’s emergencies to a frigging community council group?

Rotten little over-entitled hoarders. Good on the people keeping this filthy business in the public eye.

My conspiracy theory is Corey Comperatore was a blood sacrifice for Project 2025 ghouls. He was also proof that the gun was loaded with real bullets.

Leading up to the election, Christian fundie social media spaces were stuffed with bible verses (Leviticus and Revelations) and commentary about whether earblood was A Sign. So now they’re shifting the narrative from Trump’s being annointed by god to being the outright antichrist? Even when his supporters seem to be distancing themselves, you can see he’s still the most important person in the world to them. It’s so frigging weird.