John Willis πŸ”°

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Apple nerd, photog, tinkerer, cyclist, English teacher. Former San Diego Mac-tech living in Japan.πŸ›  If you broke something, maybe I can fix it.πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΉπŸ‡ΌπŸ‡―πŸ‡΅πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

Still figuring this out πŸ”°

I love that in 20th century Britain they called anxiety β€œbrain storms.” πŸ§ β›ˆοΈ

Something like β€œβ€˜Do not worry, Monsieur! Despite the queer circumstances, we’ll spend each night dancing gayly!’ he suddenly ejaculated.” shows up every few hundred pages in Agatha Christie’s books.

πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ Happy pre-WWII European Pride! πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ

You can watch this short film by You Look Nice Today because it's up on The Museum of Modern Art's YouTube channel.

Whatever.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VJcIupUiEc

PopRally: Silent but Deadly | You Look Nice Today: "The Noises Rest"

YouTube

Have you ever heard Greg Davies tell the underpants story?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuXGpUR7fXA

Ryan Gosling Can’t Cope With Greg Davies’ Ridiculous Story - The Graham Norton Show

YouTube
Whatever.

This is that video about the fella who painted Mrs. Russell on The Gilded Age.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuHgxPe3J7I

John Singer Sargent (Full Length): Madame X and Dr. Pozzi

YouTube
New on https://OpenStreetMap.org: You can now choose your preferred language directly on the site - no need to rely on your browser settings anymore! Thank you to the awesome devs! πŸŒπŸ—£οΈ #i18n #OSM

Important to repeat this, especially today.

A world without war continues to be an ideal worth aspiring to. But it must be a world without nation-states and their so-called 'leaders.'