Will England

Will England

@wingland.wxexw.com

Photographer, dabbler in video. Unix geek, gamer, reader. Loc: Overland Park, KS now: https://will.mylanders.com/now video: https://www.youtube.com/@wxexw photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/kcsporttour/ blog: https://wxexw.blogspot.com/

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Unusual Whales
@unusualwhales.bsky.social

BREAKING: Amazon has scrapped a plan to build data centers in Northern Virginia after widespread opposition to the project from residents, per WaPo

Will England
@wingland.wxexw.com

Most malware campaigns I've seen are spread through ad networks. Blocking ads is basic cyber hygiene.

By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)@doctorow.pluralistic.net

As large as that boycott is, everyone - yes, *everyone* - should block *every* "programmatic" ad, because the entire system is so insecure that failing to do so could result in the total compromise of any or all of your digital devices.

Will England
@wingland.wxexw.com

A bit of what I've been working on. Multi-cam, drug out the good sound system (Rode M5's in ORTF on the track, 32/96 Tascam FR-AV2) and cut it all together in DaVinci Resolve. What I do for fun.

Shawnee Mission West Bands@bandaides.org

The Shawnee Mission West Pride Band performing Club Fuego! - the full show at the SMSD Marching Festival! youtu.be/QmlSpf_IWPs

youtu.beShawnee Mission West Pride Band at the SMSD Marching Festival, 9/28/2026YouTube video by Shawnee Mission West Pride Band
Will England
@wingland.wxexw.com

@chuq.bsky.social Your digitizing project in the latest newsletter struck a chord with me - I've inherited several thousand family photos going back generations. I've been looking at Legacy box vs an Epson flatbed. The longest part is going to be matching up people in the photos.

Will England
@wingland.wxexw.com

Well after reading your pinned thread, I put in the pre-order. And I may pick up the game Sunday night. Looks like it will be a good read and true to your writing!

Will England
@wingland.wxexw.com

Ban cows. And campfires. Now.

Abilu Tangwa.@abilutangwa.bsky.social

100 companies are responsible for 71% of global emissions. They told YOU to recycle better while they polluted more. Don't fall for it. Hold systems accountable. #ClimateCrisis

Will England
@wingland.wxexw.com

Perhaps this could come to pass...

Jen Taub@jentaub.bsky.social

“A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace, according to a new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.” ysph.yale.edu/news-article...

ysph.yale.eduUniversal Health Coverage Could Save $1 Trillion and 114,000 Lives Every Year, Yale Study ProjectsA single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it
Will England
@wingland.wxexw.com

What an amazing photo of the partial solar eclipse effects. We saw similar shadows in the most recent one in the Midwest US.

Kadir@candidframe.bsky.social

Sunlight filtering through a large tree’s leaves illuminates a building during the solar eclipse. #art #photography #solareclipse #eclipse

Will England
@wingland.wxexw.com

AI Cage Match - Trapped behind steel walls with nowhere to run, nowhere to hide — only the strong survive this night of war! No ropes to save you, no referee to stop it — tonight, silicon and fury decide who reigns supreme!

NPR@npr.org

OpenAI and Anthropic say their models broke into other companies' systems during testing, raising security concerns amid a heated debate over how to regulate AI.

n.prWhy did OpenAI's and Anthropic's AI models hack other companies?OpenAI and Anthropic say their models broke into other companies' systems during testing, raising security concerns amid a heated debate over how to regulate AI.
Will England
@wingland.wxexw.com

What I was working on yesterday and today. Fuji XT-2, Fuji XF23mmF2 R WR and the new (to me) XF150-600mmF5.6-8 R LM OIS WR. Damn, that 600mm lens has some reach, and really shows you the power of "F8 and show up". More clear, more clean images than I'm used to. #photosky #photography #sooc

Shawnee Mission West Bands@bandaides.org

Friday night, our band family got to see what the band has been working so hard on all week! Please enjoy these photos, courtesy @wingland.wxexw.com - at our BandAides Photo Archive: bandaideswest.smugmug.com/2026-2027/20... #marchingband #highschoolband #bandcamp

bandaideswest.smugmug.com2026 Band Camp Exhibition - Band-Aides WestPhotos from the Shawnee Mission West Band Camp Exhibition, courtesy Will England
Will England
@wingland.wxexw.com

My post for this shot - some 30+ feet above the field in the top of the coaches reviewing stand. Shot video - although the wind blew out the audio completely - on the Canon HF G-70 camcorder. We'll see if I can rescue any of that tomorrow. #photosky #photography

Will England
@wingland.wxexw.com

Stop ticks - use Permethrin SFR 36.8% concentrate, diluted 1oz to 1 gallon water (30 ml/4liters), all inner and appropriate outer clothing dipped. No ticks. Important. (after drip drying outdoors, set in a medium high dryer. lasts 4-6 wash cycles)

John Scalzi@scalzi.com

Two roads diverged in a wood And I - I took the one that hopefully has fewer ticks And that has made all the difference.

Will England
@wingland.wxexw.com

Can you put any more red flags on this project? A Private Equity company wants to tear down a historic registered building in downtown KC to build a new Data Center. And claim the tax credits for the historic building. That they're tearing down. www.kcur.org/politics-ele...

kcur.orgKansas City could get a 20-story data center in the heart of downtown. Here's what we knowThe City Planning Commission has yet to approve the proposal to build a 384-foot data center in Kansas City’s Quality Hill neighborhood. Neighbors worry the project could drain resources and ignore hi...
Will England
@wingland.wxexw.com

"given only a limited number of truly perfect summer days" - and as far as I can see, I have already spent my quota of perfect summer days. Do you see the dust, smoke and wildfire situation improving in the next 30 years?

Emily Atkin@emorwee.bsky.social

We are given only a limited number of truly perfect summer days in our time on Earth. One of the more insidious cruelties of fossil fuel greed is how it slowly strips those days from us, more and more throughout our lifetimes, perhaps without us even realizing what we have lost.

heated.worldAnother stolen summer dayWhat are we still waiting to learn?
Will England
@wingland.wxexw.com

If your Bluetooth headset audio keeps cutting out or stuttering on your desktop PC, the fix is ridiculously simple. It has nothing to do with Windows drivers. Here is why it happens and how to fix it in 60 seconds: wxexw.blogspot.com/2026/07/fixe...

wxexw.blogspot.comFixed! The Unseen Reason Your Bluetooth Headset Audio is Choppy on a Desktop PCIf you just bought a nice Bluetooth headset (like a pair of Shokz) and paired it to your desktop PC, only to get terrible, stuttering audio,...
Will England
@wingland.wxexw.com

What a well timed and fantastic view of the fireworks!

Jason Rabinowitz@airlineflyer.net

A $3 @mta.info subway fare and some good Q train timing can buy you one hell of a view of the July 4th fireworks and the Brooklyn Bridge light show! Huge shoutout to the train operator for slow rolling over the Manhattan Bridge and the conductor for announcing it.

Will England
@wingland.wxexw.com

So, I've got 5 cameras, in two ecosystems (Canon, Fuji), and all the lenses I can eat. And I'm still not taking photos, nor editing and posting the ones I've already taken. This last quarter has been crap. At least I can put it to bed by the end of the month.

Will England
@wingland.wxexw.com

Yes, just a bit busy, but finally getting into the photos from the end of the Band year! Click through to the gallery for all the photos!

Shawnee Mission West Bands@bandaides.org

While our photographer has gotten a bit busy, he did pass on these photos from before our Spring Band Concert this May – please enjoy and share with your friends! Full resolution downloads are free! bandaides.org/wp/2026/06/0...

Will England
@wingland.wxexw.com

Fascinating essay about our current Police comparing and contrasting them to pre-civil war territorial conflicts. Worth the read.

Kansas Reflector@kansasreflector.com

Opinion from @maxmccoy.com: Welcome to American Deconstruction. Our democracy is fractured, but not yet beyond repair.

kansasreflector.comWelcome to American Deconstruction. Our democracy is fractured, but not yet beyond repair. • Kansas ReflectorAmericans are tested at intervals of about a generation or two about what kind of country we’d like to live in.