Showing posts with label bicycles. Show all posts
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The "Jet Set" Used to be Groovy, but Hey Man, the Sixties Are Over! Trump's doing everything he can to convince people to Not Fly in Jet Airplanes... Long lines at TSA... High ticket prices... Insane ICE Monsters at the Airports Arresting People for the Crime of Having Brown Skin...

IN FACT: Trump's ACTIONS are Promoting Solar, Wind, Electric Cars, Bicycles, Public Transportation, Veggies & Brown Rice! 


With the price of gas being so high people are considering alternatives. Maybe an electric car is a good idea! Or riding the bus... Or a bicycle!

Decades ago it was considered totally HIP to get in a bus and follow the Grateful Dead all around the country... Driving hundreds of miles... Maybe thousands of miles... It seems really insane now!
I found that after attending three concerts in three nights I'd had enough and wanted to do something else... But those three nights were fun!

Every time you pump gas at the gas station the question stares you right in the face... Gee, maybe I should have gotten one of those electric cars that don't use gas... Charge it at night when I'm asleep and run it during the daytime...

I spent years riding the bus to work in both San Jose and Eureka... And I can tell you from personal experience that riding the bus was great... I sat in the back and talked to women...

Have you seen the price of hamburger recently? Maybe the hippies were right... Maybe veggies and brown rice is a better way to live...



and then there's bicycles... I used to live in Chico, California which is a completely flat town and everything is within 10 MI of everything else so... Owning a bicycle was the way to go... There's never a problem finding a place to park... The college has endless bike racks!

Insane ICE monster kicks a puppy... https://www.facebook.com/reel/920871503854219


Data cable Under the Red Sea


Beneath the surface of the Red Sea and the Strait of Hormuz lies a hidden network that quietly powers the modern world—and it’s now under threat. Just 17 fragile undersea cables carry nearly 17% of global internet traffic and almost all data flowing between Europe and Asia. These aren’t just cables—they’re the backbone of a multi-billion-dollar AI boom across the Middle East.

From Microsoft’s massive UAE investment to Amazon’s Saudi cloud region and Google’s AI hub near Dammam, entire digital ecosystems depend on these unseen lifelines. But as tensions rise in 2026, the risks are no longer theoretical. From accidental damage to potential targeted disruptions, these cables are increasingly vulnerable.

And the stakes couldn’t be higher. Unlike brief outages, a serious disruption could trigger months of global instability—impacting banking, cloud services, and AI systems worldwide. In today’s world, the real battleground may not be on land or air—but deep beneath the sea.

Carson Mansion - Zipper Carnival Ride - Fireworks - Eureka California - Kinetic Sculpture Race - Photographs from California's Rugged North Coast

Carson Mansion Eureka, CA - gvan42

Zipper Carnival Ride at 4th of July Celebration in Eureka, CA - gvan42


Fireworks over Humboldt Bay - Woodley Island - Eureka, CA - gvan42

Freeman Griffin said:
A lot of acceptance of the status quo worldview boils down to a failure of imagination. People literally can't imagine the possibility that reality is as different as it is from what they've been told by their teachers, parents, pundits and politicians. It's actually unfathomable to them, and that is because it's so different. The world we're trained to see by establishment perception managers is as different from the real world as any fictional world is.
HOWEVER: when we do our work of real perception change that world is possible! It isn't easy but it is necessary work we all have to do.

Fireworks over Humboldt Bay - Woodley Island - Eureka, CA - gvan42


Zipper Carnival Ride at 4th of July Celebration in Eureka, CA - gvan42

Kinetic Sculpture Race 2014 in Arcata, California. Videos and Still Photographs... Whimsical Art Bicycles That Travel on Roads, Sand and In the Water... JUST FOR FUN!

Water Wheel & Samoa Bridge in Humboldt Bay near Eureka, CA, USA
Water Wheel & Samoa Bridge in Humboldt Bay

Madaket Ferry and the Scaredy Cat in Humboldt Bay near Eureka, CA, USA
Madaket Ferry and the Scaredy Cat

Here's a Video from 2022:

Kinetic Sculpture Race in Arcata, California 2014 - gvan42
Duane Flatmo Changing Tires on the Dragon

Kinetic Sculpture Race in Arcata, California 2014 - gvan42

Kinetic Sculpture Race in Arcata, California 2014 - gvan42
This years best: Pigasus
Kinetic Sculpture Race in Arcata, California 2014 - gvan42
Pigasus Support Crew
Click on the Pictures to see them Bigger

Link to Video of Star Ship Enterprise:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IquyAQNupWI&feature=youtu.be

Kinetic Sculpture Race in Arcata, California 2014 - gvan42

Link to Video of the Wild West Wagon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QWIh98dYs0&feature=youtu.be


Link to Video of the Giant Shark: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMV6_iVsC90&feature=youtu.be

Kinetic Sculpture Race in Arcata, California 2014 - gvan42

Link to Video of the Pirate Ship approaching Manila School: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wP6pCgEw_P8&feature=youtu.be

In the event of Sunshine, the race is still ON.
Kinetic Sculpture Race in Arcata, California 2014 - gvan42
What IS this? A Coal Mining Earth Eater?

Kinetic Sculpture Race in Arcata, California 2014 - gvan42
Bounce Machine...
The Elf Jumps Up and Down to create forward Motion

Kinetic Sculpture Race in Arcata, California 2014 - gvan42
2001 TMA Monolith

Kinetic Sculpture Race in Arcata, California 2014 - gvan42
Think Train

Kinetic Sculpture Race in Arcata, California 2014 - gvan42
Egyptian Goddess
Kinetic Sculpture Race in Arcata, California 2014 - gvan42
Egyptian Goddess and Mummy on Highway 101 Eureka, CA

Kinetic Sculpture Race in Arcata, California 2014 - gvan42
Whirled Peas

Kinetic Sculpture Race in Arcata, California 2014 - gvan42
Clam

Kinetic Sculpture Race in Arcata, California 2014 - gvan42
June Moxon's Shoe
 and Posing Clowns Holding up 
Invisible Applause Sign

Kinetic Sculpture Race in Arcata, California 2014 - gvan42
Gumball Machine

Kinetic Sculpture Race in Arcata, California 2014 - gvan42
Duane Flatmo: The Doomed Buggy
(it Sank Later in Humboldt Bay)

Kinetic Sculpture Race in Arcata, California 2014 - gvan42
Duane Flatmo: The Doomed Buggy on 
Highway 101 in Eureka, CA

Kinetic Sculpture Race in Arcata, California 2014 - gvan42
Pigasus... Highway 101

Kinetic Sculpture Race in Arcata, California 2014 - gvan42
Man with Child as a Passenger Kinetic Sculpture

Kinetic Sculpture Race in Arcata, California 2014 - gvan42
Mr Bubble entertains the Children.
The fellow has a long rope with a dozen loops attached to sticks that he dunks in a gallon jar of bubble mix...
MAKES GIANT BUBBLES

Kinetic Sculpture Race in Arcata, California 2014 - gvan42

Kinetic Sculpture Race in Arcata, California 2014 - gvan42

Kinetic Sculpture Race in Arcata, California 2014 - gvan42

Kinetic Sculpture Race in Arcata, California 2014 - gvan42
Photographs from a few years ago... 

Photographs of the Kinetic Sculpture Race in Arcata, CA. Whimsical Art Bicycles travel 3 days over Road, Water and Sand thru Eureka to Ferndale.

I've been visiting the Kinetic Sculpture Race for many years. Every time I take my camera and document on websites the machines. My favorite location is the Manila Community Center. They have a big celebration there with live music, food, a jump balloon for the kids and food. The Sculptures Change their wheels from street tires to sand worthy tires. The next part of the race goes over sand dunes and on the beach. I've walked on the beach there during the race but it's really exhausting so in recent years I've not gone there. My wife never wants to go out to events so for years I've taken photographs for her to enjoy when I get home.

Links to More Photographs: https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2018/10/carson-mansion-in-eureka-california.html

https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2017/06/kinetic-sculpture-race-free-fun-for_27.html




TV Station Filming KSR in Manila going up the sand dunes to the Beach

Video:

Click on the Enterprise to Engage Engines When Loaded... 

or even if you are Not Loaded.
















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