John Blair

@jdblair.org

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American living in the Netherlands. I lead the Netflix Partner Engineering team in Amsterdam. My tech posts are mostly in the fediverse as @jdblair@hachyderm.io. he/him

Anakin and Padme 4 Panel meme: Anakin: The days are longer since CERN was shut off Padme: That's a bit, right? Anakin: (stares menacingly) Padme: RIGHT?!?
strongbad, from home star runner, sitting behind his computer with a label "Lappy 486"
union membership in the United States, 1930-2010. peaks in 1955 and then declines
A concert advertisement poster for GENESIS, A Trick of the Tail, based on the record album cover of the same name. Black text and line drawing on white background. The drawing, in the middle, depicts various characters from the album in Victorian etching style. Bottom text is "NEW BINGLEY HALL STAFFORD, SATURDAY 10th JULY 7:30, Tickets 2.50 in VAT from advance box office. New Bingley Hall Stafford telephone 0785 58080 & and all usual agents
A Shell filling station sign with prices in euro cents / liter: Diesel 267.9 Euro (petrol) 243.9 v-power Diesel 291.9 v-power 280.9
a rendering of a 7.25 oz box of Kraft mac & cheese
three CDs on an opened cardboard mailer. upper right: digital underground, sex packets upper left: orbital in sides lower: orbital cd (1991)
the Cincinnati Mentioned meme, the cartoon woman is wearing a reds cap and is behind a plate of skyline chili.
The “this is the worse day in my life” Bart and Homer Simpson meme, with the text: Bondi is the worst AG in history The worst AG in history… so far
The cover of the My Bloody Valentine album Loveless. It is a blurry rendering of perhaps a hand on a guitar fretboard. The quality is they of an x-ray print colored pink.
the Disney+ page confirming my subscription is cancelled
a weather symbol with a shining sun partly behind a cloud with a lightning bolt
food choice test: your food choices could not be tied to any one social class
a child's backpack with a picture of Mickey Mouse in a red beret. the text at the bottom reads Dinsey in the typical Disney script. the child is wearing red shorts and a black and white striped shirt.
a snapshot of a group of mostly young women holding red solo cups and making an awkward expression of disapproval
FOUR IN HAND features four medium and long length scarves, perfect for freezing weather the rest of the image shows a diagram of how to tie the scarf using a faceless humanoid torso with arms and a head
view from behind of a man with pink skin and short dark hair looking through a window at a laboratory setup with a scale, a bottle, tongs and other related items. his arms reach through an opening into dark colored gloves mounted on the window
a star wars storm trooper with the caption "Let me see your identification."
various colored candies in transparent containers
a red vintage can of Pringles with the tag line "new fangled."
a pile of used books on the sidewalk under a tiny free library, also full of books. on the top of the stack on the sidewalk is "Elon Musk" by Ashlee Vance.
the OK COMPUTER album cover
a pink sky over still water, which is reflecting the sky. there is a rock in the foreground at bottom of the frame, reeds growing in the water on the right side and trees in shadow in the distance.
the "sickos" meme printed on folded newsprint
a split screen view with Trump on the left and Harris on the right in front of a blue background. Harris is speaking with her right hand and looking straight at the camera, and Trump looks to his upper right with wistful concern
Minnesota governor jokes that residents should ‘go get vaccinated so you’re alive to vote against me’ by Marina Pitofsky - 05/11/21 2:48 PM ET
A stone monument in front of small red barns and green grass, with the text (errors in Finnish transcription) 1872 IN MEMORY OF THE EARLY PIONEERS WHO ARRIVED HERE AT THE HEAD OF THE LAKES IN 1872 AND THEREAFTER AND THROUGH MANY A HARDSHIP AND SACRIFICE. ESTABLISHED A SOLID AND FIRM FOUNDATION IN OUR COMMUNITIES, SO THAT WE WHO ARE HERE TODAY WOULD HAVE SOMETHING SOLID TO STAND ON MUISTOKSI THOMSON TAUNIN JA SEN YMPARISTON SUOMA LAISILLE ESIRAIVAAJILLE JOTKA SAAPUVAT TANNE VUONNA 1873, JA SEN JALKEEN JA LAS KIVAT ENSIMAISEN PERUSTUKSEN MEIDAN PAIKKAKUNNALLE SPONSORED BY FINNISH AMERICAN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION ESKO MINN. 1956