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Beautiful and whimsical illustration showing Louis Armstrong in 1928 New Orleans playing his trumpet under moonlight while a gentle funeral procession transforms into a joyful parade. Ghostly musicians, clarinets and trombones float through the air.

🎺 St. James Infirmary: Louis Armstrong's Darkest Song May Secretly Be His Most Life-Affirming

Dark, funny, heartbreaking and strangely joyful, Louis Armstrong's St. James Infirmary turns mortality itself into a celebration of being alive.

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Tags: 500 Musical Masterpieces, American Songbook, Betty Boop Snow White, Blues Music, Cab Calloway, Carpe Diem, Funanc1al, Jazz History, Jazz Legends, Jazz Standards, Louis Armstrong, Music Appreciation, New Orleans Jazz, St James Infirmary, The Unfortunate Rake, What a Wonderful World
Whimsical illustration showing an interstellar comet flying through a dazzling star-filled universe while scientists with giant radio telescopes listen for alien signals. In the foreground, travelers stand in Chile's Atacama Desert gazing upward in wonder

☄️ Sorry, True Believers. The Alien Spaceship Appears to Be a Comet.

No aliens this time. Probably. Yet humanity's search for extraterrestrial life and mysterious visitors like Oumuamua reminds us that wonder may be one of our greatest technologies.

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Tags: 3I/ATLAS, Alien Life, Astronomy, Atacama Desert, Avi Loeb, Carpe Diem, Chile, Curiosity, Extraterrestrial Intelligence, FUNanc1al, Interstellar Objects, Louis Armstrong, Oumuamua, Science, SETI, Space Exploration, Stars, Universe, Voyager, Wonder