velocykel
@velocykel.micro.blog
Author. Educator. Advocate. Cyclist. Runner. Canadian.
As an alum, I vote that H simply leaves Cambridge. The President and Fellows should make the Yard into a not-for-profit museum of higher education, sell off the rest, and move their operations to Canada or the UK, while operating satellite campuses around the world. Nothing says checkmate like F.U!
April 17, 2025 at 10:48 PM
As an alum, I vote that H simply leaves Cambridge. The President and Fellows should make the Yard into a not-for-profit museum of higher education, sell off the rest, and move their operations to Canada or the UK, while operating satellite campuses around the world. Nothing says checkmate like F.U!
When you read through the litany, the stuff today almost seems worse. https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript
April 15, 2025 at 6:25 PM
When you read through the litany, the stuff today almost seems worse. https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript
This is not economics. It is egonomics.
April 7, 2025 at 9:38 PM
This is not economics. It is egonomics.
Winning. All this winning.
April 3, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Winning. All this winning.
Madonna (1910)
Artist: Voldēmars Matvejs (1877-1914)
Latvian National Museum of Art
2025
Artist: Voldēmars Matvejs (1877-1914)
Latvian National Museum of Art
2025
March 13, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Madonna (1910)
Artist: Voldēmars Matvejs (1877-1914)
Latvian National Museum of Art
2025
Artist: Voldēmars Matvejs (1877-1914)
Latvian National Museum of Art
2025
Elbows up, Canada! 🇨🇦 Vive La Canada!
March 9, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Elbows up, Canada! 🇨🇦 Vive La Canada!
If you used Facebook (or any Meta product: Instagram, WhatsApp, Threads) today, you are part of the problem.
If you bought from Amazon (or Whole Foods or read the Washington Post) today, you are part of the problem.
If you dro... https://velocykel.micro.blog/2025/03/04/if-you-used-facebook-or.html
If you bought from Amazon (or Whole Foods or read the Washington Post) today, you are part of the problem.
If you dro... https://velocykel.micro.blog/2025/03/04/if-you-used-facebook-or.html
March 5, 2025 at 1:13 AM
If you used Facebook (or any Meta product: Instagram, WhatsApp, Threads) today, you are part of the problem.
If you bought from Amazon (or Whole Foods or read the Washington Post) today, you are part of the problem.
If you dro... https://velocykel.micro.blog/2025/03/04/if-you-used-facebook-or.html
If you bought from Amazon (or Whole Foods or read the Washington Post) today, you are part of the problem.
If you dro... https://velocykel.micro.blog/2025/03/04/if-you-used-facebook-or.html
Not my photo, but a marvelous capture by photographer Mervyn Sequiera, the image says it all.
Go loonie, go!
Go loonie, go!
March 5, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Not my photo, but a marvelous capture by photographer Mervyn Sequiera, the image says it all.
Go loonie, go!
Go loonie, go!
AirBaltic may be my new favourite airline.
February 28, 2025 at 5:33 PM
AirBaltic may be my new favourite airline.
Reposted by velocykel
Elon Musk is not a Federal employee or a political appointee. DOGE is not a real department. None of their activities are legal. This is a coup. The Republicans in Congress are willing participants in it. At what point do Democrats in DC get that and start acting like it? It’s not the price of eggs!
February 2, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Elon Musk is not a Federal employee or a political appointee. DOGE is not a real department. None of their activities are legal. This is a coup. The Republicans in Congress are willing participants in it. At what point do Democrats in DC get that and start acting like it? It’s not the price of eggs!
If you haven’t read it, now would be a good time to get a copy.
We’re just starting Chapter 7. Literally.
Get ready.
We’re just starting Chapter 7. Literally.
Get ready.
February 2, 2025 at 10:15 PM
If you haven’t read it, now would be a good time to get a copy.
We’re just starting Chapter 7. Literally.
Get ready.
We’re just starting Chapter 7. Literally.
Get ready.
I keep thinking back to the time just before and at the very beginning of the coronavirus pandemic.
The November before the pandemic, I was at a horrible conference in New Orleans. I took a walk on the Friday morning of the con... https://velocykel.micro.blog/2025/02/01/i-keep-thinking-back-to.html
The November before the pandemic, I was at a horrible conference in New Orleans. I took a walk on the Friday morning of the con... https://velocykel.micro.blog/2025/02/01/i-keep-thinking-back-to.html
February 2, 2025 at 1:42 AM
I keep thinking back to the time just before and at the very beginning of the coronavirus pandemic.
The November before the pandemic, I was at a horrible conference in New Orleans. I took a walk on the Friday morning of the con... https://velocykel.micro.blog/2025/02/01/i-keep-thinking-back-to.html
The November before the pandemic, I was at a horrible conference in New Orleans. I took a walk on the Friday morning of the con... https://velocykel.micro.blog/2025/02/01/i-keep-thinking-back-to.html
Truly, a perfect winter evening.
February 1, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Truly, a perfect winter evening.
When I was an undergrad, my design instructor showed this film. I thought it was very thought-provoking then. I showed it to generations of my own students, and I still think it’s thought-provoking, but perhaps for different reasons.
January 29, 2025 at 12:52 AM
When I was an undergrad, my design instructor showed this film. I thought it was very thought-provoking then. I showed it to generations of my own students, and I still think it’s thought-provoking, but perhaps for different reasons.
Any electrical engineers or electronics people out there? I was on the treadmill last week, running at 15km/hr and the treadmill stopped dead. Turns outt the little built-in fuse/GFCI blew and the machine stopped... https://velocykel.micro.blog/2025/01/21/any-electrical-engineers-or-electronics.html
January 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Any electrical engineers or electronics people out there? I was on the treadmill last week, running at 15km/hr and the treadmill stopped dead. Turns outt the little built-in fuse/GFCI blew and the machine stopped... https://velocykel.micro.blog/2025/01/21/any-electrical-engineers-or-electronics.html
Some people—especially those who identify as leftist, progressive, or just plain “democrat”—are afraid. They fear a President Trump ripe with retribution, carefully plotting against his enemies. They imagine the... https://velocykel.micro.blog/2025/01/21/some-peopleespecially-those-who-identify.html
January 21, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Some people—especially those who identify as leftist, progressive, or just plain “democrat”—are afraid. They fear a President Trump ripe with retribution, carefully plotting against his enemies. They imagine the... https://velocykel.micro.blog/2025/01/21/some-peopleespecially-those-who-identify.html
Tonight as I go to sleep, I reflect that by this time tomorrow the world will be in a different era. The order of things will be different. It’s not that this hasn’t happened before, it has. It’s just a rare occurrence to know about the change in advance.
January 20, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Tonight as I go to sleep, I reflect that by this time tomorrow the world will be in a different era. The order of things will be different. It’s not that this hasn’t happened before, it has. It’s just a rare occurrence to know about the change in advance.
Sunset view from my office window.
January 17, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Sunset view from my office window.
A quick winter hike.
January 13, 2025 at 2:40 AM
A quick winter hike.
So today, I was running on the treadmill… and my worst fear happened. It stopped dead. I however did not stop. Oddly, though I was running forward, I fell backward. The rowing machine cushioned my fall.
I think the tread motor overheated … but I’m not sure why.
Fix it or buy a new tread??
I think the tread motor overheated … but I’m not sure why.
Fix it or buy a new tread??
January 11, 2025 at 5:17 AM
So today, I was running on the treadmill… and my worst fear happened. It stopped dead. I however did not stop. Oddly, though I was running forward, I fell backward. The rowing machine cushioned my fall.
I think the tread motor overheated … but I’m not sure why.
Fix it or buy a new tread??
I think the tread motor overheated … but I’m not sure why.
Fix it or buy a new tread??
Some backyard telescope images. Chilly night! 🔭
January 10, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Some backyard telescope images. Chilly night! 🔭
One of my goals for the new year is to find a number of old school pen pals – someone who I can write to like once a month and will write back. Interested? Let me know!
December 24, 2024 at 1:24 AM
One of my goals for the new year is to find a number of old school pen pals – someone who I can write to like once a month and will write back. Interested? Let me know!