The world is a chaotic place today full of bad news and struggle. There are some small things to help endure the hard times however. In my past I spent time doing missionary work, not the digging wells in Africa kind, the proselyting kind. I no longer go to a particular church, but some of the lessons from those very busy days have stuck with me. One in particular came from a speech that was given to a group of us at a conference. The speech talked about finding small things in daily life to look forward to. At the time we would wake up at 6:30, study, pray, plan, and then go out to teach people from 9:00AM to 8:30PM every single day. It was a pretty busy and hectic schedule, so that advice really came in handy. I have kept that advice ever since. Find small things in every day life to look forward to, and the day won't seem as hard. When I lived in China it became my walk home from work every evening. Chinese cities are full of neon lights and people. I would walk home through that cyber punk blade runner like world watching the people go about their lives. Today the small thing has become photography. It could be anything really, but finding that thing can help in these troubled times. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXrFwQ1wZmg

I have finally figured out why so many people are quitting YouTube, and I am too. It is exactly what you think it is, and not quite at the same time. It is all related to a misunderstanding of what Youtube cares about. Youtube does not care about viewers. Youtube does not care about creators. We are a long way from the days of YouTube being just a fun place for creative people to upload videos, YouTube is a big business now, and their customers are advertisers. Did you think that algorithm was designed to find the best videos for you? Did you think that, as a creator, the algorithm was designed to find you an audience? Nope, none of these things. The algorithm was designed to serve YouTubes customers, the advertisers. Have you wondered why YouTube would promote woke stuff when it turns most viewers off of the platform? Its because advertisers still believe that is what gen z wants, the same gen z they are trying desperately to court. As far as YouTube is concerned, the customer is always right, so thats what you get. If you don't want to make that sort of thing, or you don't fit into the category, or you just don't feel like keeping up with the schedule they set for you then its going to be a hard slog. That is why so many are quitting. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygPRUFSFUqE

#americanexpat #freespeech #thenews The elections went exactly as they were predicted to go... if you go back to the polls from more than a week before the election. Something happened just before the election, the news and polls started saying there would be a red wave so big that it would be an historic blowout. What actually happened? Have we all been played for fools? that and much more TONIGHT! Wife's new video: https://youtu.be/l6lFeWYIN2Q News articles for today's video: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-speak-midterm-results-democrats-defy-expectations-avoid/story?id=92998874 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/09/pennsylvania-dead-democrat-tony-deluca-victory https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/mark-zuckerberg-meta-call-layoffs-lay-offs-leaked-rcna56480?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma https://www.forbes.com/sites/unicefusa/2022/11/09/unicef-climate-induced-drought-endangering-childrens-lives-in-somalia/?sh=1fbf728ab5ad https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/nov/9/tiktoks-china-founded-parent-working-addict-americ/?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=socialnetwork https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/09/beyond-meat-bynd-q3-2022-earnings.html https://www.wsj.com/articles/ukraines-zelensky-sets-conditions-for-genuine-peace-talks-with-russia-11667907501 Intro music: Xin - One Night in Beijing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-E-qmtDPKk terrible translation of One Night in Beijing: ONE NIGHT IN BEIJING I fell too much in love no matter if you love or not, that is history ONE NIGHT IN BEIJING I fell too much in love Don’t dare to ask the road where I am in the mid of night, I am afraid to walk into the abyss of flowers. People say in the abyss of flowers, there is an old sweetheart sewing embroidered shoes the kind old woman is still waiting for the departed lover ONE NIGHT IN BEIJING Please don't drink too much no matter if you love or not, that is history ONE NIGHT IN BEIJING I fell too much in love The Men who live it up with wine and song are the northern wolf clan People say when the cold wind blows, the northern wolf clan will stand outside the city gate He who wear the rusty iron clothes and calling for the open gate, their eyes are full of tears. Woo I have been waiting for a thousand years, why don’t the city gates open Woo I have been waiting for a thousand years, why doesn’t my beloved come back ONE NIGHT IN BEIJING I fell too much in love don’t dare ask the road where I am in the mid of night, I am afraid to touch the soul of sadness. ONE NIGHT IN BEIJING I fell too much in love Don’t dare ask the road where I am in the mid of night, I am afraid to walk into Di'anmen People says inside Di'anmen there is an old woman who is still waiting the kind old woman is still waiting for the departed lover ONE NIGHT IN BEIJING Please don't drink too much On the way to Di'anmen, everyone is deeply touched/None can avoid it ONE NIGHT IN BEIJING you will fall too much in love Don’t dare to ask the road where I am in the mid of night, I am afraid to touch the soul of sadness. ONE NIGHT IN BEIJING ONE NIGHT IN BEIJING I don't wanna ask where you are from I don't think over whether you are coming back I listen for you, I wanna see your face. I wanna embrace you - not let you go ONE NIGHT IN BEIJING you will fall too much in love Don’t dare to ask the road where I am in the mid of night, I am afraid to touch the soul of sadness. สดใส รุ่งโพธิ์ทอง - รักจางที่บางปะกง https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C78ALKDoU9M&list=PLy9rP20pKdxKBpEjZsatJB2N8rKpp8tWW&index=6 links to other platforms: https://www.parler.com/#/user/AmericanExpat6 https://twitter.com/AmericanExpat6 https://www.instagram.com/the_american_expat/ https://gab.com/AmericanExpat76 https://www.minds.com/americanexpat76/ https://rumble.com/c/c-665973 https://odysee.com/@American_Expat:6 Current events: Tim Pool https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe02lGcO-ahAURWuxAJnjdA https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG749Dj4V2fKa143f8sE60Q https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLwNTXWEjVd2qIHLcXxQWxA Styxhexenhammer https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0rZoXAD5lxgBHMsjrGwWWQ ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-0kSIe8_50

Does it make sense using a Nikon EM film camera in todays digital world? I recently came across a supposed working example of a Nikon EM 35mm SLR camera from 1979, bought some Fuji 400 film, and plan to take the thing out to see what it can do after all these many decades, more than I have been alive. The Nikon EM was among the first cameras to implement computer components in order to help users find the best exposure without being an expert at photography. The portion of the exposure triangle taken over in this case is shutter speed. Simply tell the camera what speed of film you have loaded, set the aperture for what you are trying to accomplish, and the camera will set the shutter speed to whatever it needs to be for perfect exposure. At least it's supposed to work that way in theory. Today we are going to see if the Nikon EM can still pull it off after all these decades using 1970s technology. #film #filmcameras #nikon Acid Jazz by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_Z14FHPLdc