Stewart Quealy | Paris & France

An American in Paris 🇫🇷 | 🗣️ CELTA certified language coach | 🎙️ Event exec: launched & hosted Inside ₿itcoins

[Stewart Quealy | Paris & France @StewQ]

"With all the people who have to lie awake nights contriving to spend their time and their money, and all the others who lie awake wondering how they may get food, there is danger in the air."
— From PBS's American Experience: The Gilded Age

[Stewart Quealy | Paris & France @StewQ]

Why London firms are investing in corporate English training - https://t.co/3HuQiebVqK

[Stewart Quealy | Paris & France @StewQ]

"Pessimism is a privilege for those who can afford to despair." ~ Payal Arora https://t.co/0PgK3JNoz3

[Stewart Quealy | Paris & France @StewQ]

WTF! Modigliani died penniless in Paris at 35, tubercular & unable to afford heat or bread. Meanwhile, according to an article in today’s NYT, a single canvas of his (Seated Nude Wearing a Necklace) just sold for $63.9M.

The art market—like life—is brutal.

[Stewart Quealy | Paris & France @StewQ]

Le Moulin Jaune 💛 This 19th-century yellow mill & surrealist gardens 🌀 feel a bit like falling down the rabbit hole. 🐇✨

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Bat out of Orléans. 🦇 #orleans #bats #cathedrals

[Stewart Quealy | Paris & France @StewQ]

Half-timbered homes 🪵 and medieval heritage 🏰 in Cité Plantagenêt (old town Le Mans) 🇫🇷 #LeMans #CitePlantagenet

[Stewart Quealy | Paris & France @StewQ]

Living my best AI-assisted life. 🕶️🌚🇫🇷 #AIFun #solareclipse2026

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The Top 6 Countries Where English Is Spoken as a Second Language the Most https://t.co/yWmILtnxhW via @@Yahoo

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Gifted by the American expat community in Paris in 1889, she was intentionally placed to face directly West—staring across the Atlantic straight toward her big sister in New York Harbor. 🗽🇱🇷 🇫🇷 #statueofliberty

[Stewart Quealy | Paris & France @StewQ]

"Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better."

— Samuel Beckett, Worstward Ho (1983)

​Reminder: This isn't a Silicon Valley motivational speech about crushing your goals.

[Stewart Quealy | Paris & France @StewQ]

French artist JR is turning Pont Neuf into an Instagram‑ready “cave” by covering it with a massive, rock‑like tunnel of white fabric that glows by night—a playful tribute to Christo’s legendary 1985 wrapping of the same bridge.

[Stewart Quealy | Paris & France @StewQ]

Suddenly, this 120 year old Mark Twain quote is being bandied about.

"A powerful agent is the right word... the resulting effect is physical as well as spiritual, and electrically prompt."

— Mark Twain (1906)

#AGNT #SaaSpocalypse

[Stewart Quealy | Paris & France @StewQ]

We’re not building the future anymore; we’re just optimizing what’s left of it.

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On Feb 26, Block slashed its headcount from 10k to 6k.

Wall Street’s response? A 25% stock surge. 📈

By rewarding a 40% workforce reduction with a massive "pop," the market is essentially ordering every other CEO to do the same.

Today, $SQ is at $76.19.

#Fintech #AI

[Stewart Quealy | Paris & France @StewQ]

"The easiest people to fire are the people you haven't hired yet, which, again, is why you see the hiring of recent college graduates heading down."

— @AndrewYang on the "invisible" AI job crisis.

Watch: https://t.co/eAoBKv7DoA #AI #FutureOfWork #Hiring

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The pearl-clutching over Ryan Cohen’s CNBC interview is peak irony. https://t.co/7PGf5EJnTg via @YouTube

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Stop translating in your head & start leading the conversation. Most Business English materials are twenty years out of date. This 10-page masterclass focuses on the 10 high-yield idioms actually used in modern tech & finance. B2-C1 level. https://t.co/zYSqk1WNF4 #EFL #ESL

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Mel Gibson’s visceral masterpiece, The Passion of the Christ, has ascended to the Top 10 on Netflix in over 25 countries this April 2026, amassing a mind-blowing 3.5 million views and 7.1 million hours watched in a single week. #film #cinema #netflix

[Stewart Quealy | Paris & France @StewQ]

Château de Champs-sur-Marne. Over 80 films have been shot here, including Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette and Dangerous Liaisons. 🎬 🏰 #chateau #films #france