As we say goodbye to #Olympics2024Paris, here is probably my favorite Olympic object from the #FashioninMotion exhibit- this 1924 #Olympics fan from LT Piver, a perfumer. It shows five women- a mountaineer, a tennis player, a swimmer, a fencer, and a rugby player #Fashionhistory

This dog with his ball has been a good boy for seven centuries. Worcester cathedral

Danny Deraney He even made his mark on science.

"Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let the pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness." — Kurt Vonnegut

Jacques Tati, Mon Oncle, (The House), 1958 Jacques Tati, October 9, 1907 – November 4, 1982.

“There's a category for me. I like to be referred to as a good singer of good songs in good taste.” — Sarah Vaughan

Words to live by today—and every day.

Vancouver’s Gastown Steam Clock runs on real underground steam, whistles every 15 minutes, and plays a five-note melody.

Rothko, pour ses couleurs

Stay liquid in a world of stone. ‘Quiet Rebellion’ Lyrics by me. Song made with Suno. Images made using Midjourney. Animation VEO3

Depression awareness. One of the best ads of all time.

Many old Irish sayings contain wisdom that’s applicable today. But my favourite is this proverb from a few hundred years ago... ná bolt do dhoras riamh le cairéad bruite. It means “never bolt your door with a boiled carrot.”

Folk say Shakespeare is hard to understand, but it isn’t when it is delivered like this by Ian McKellen. Amazing how the language flows and stops to flow again, immediately comprehensible even to the modern ear. Both of them geniuses in their own way.

Visually Grabs your attention so I thought Ill listen but at .12 seconds in 🤯 WOW live performance by the Québec-based experimental rock duo Angine de Poitrine.

🤯HOLY MOLY!! I NEVER KNEW THIS ABOUT A STEEL DRUM! 👂🏻LISTEN TO THIS!!

Exquisite.

In 1707, two thousand sailors DROWNED. Not because of a storm. Because nobody could tell where they were at sea 🇬🇧 This was the longitude problem. The deadliest puzzle in science. Parliament offered £20,000 to anyone who could solve it. Nearly four million today. Every

Im pretty sure this is how Rumpelstiltskin spun straw into gold . 😂

So beautiful! This video was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 1961 ❤❤❤

He plays like he's been through 2 divorces, has 4 children, cirrhosis, and smokes 4 packs a day