#Ohio #Governor #Signs #Sickening #AntiLGBTQ #Bill into #Law.

The #law allows #parents to #optout of #lessons involving #LGBTQ #content, and #forces #teachers to #out #LGBTQ #children to their #parents creating a #potential #risk to #student #safety.

https://www.metroweekly.com/2025/01/ohio-governor-signs-sickening-dont-teach-gay-bill-into-law/

More #lessons from the #bike and #train trip.

5. I thought the mileage of the bicycle trails along the beachfront of Santa Barbara would take up all my allotted time. it turns out, your speed of travel on a bike in Santa Barbara is SO MUCH faster than walking AND driving (and so much easier than trying to deal with traffic lights and parking) that I crossed town three times while I was there.. and could have actually have seen the whole town on bike. In fact, the amount of time you spend looking for parking in Santa Barbara (having done that before) far exceeds the time required to travel by bicycle. If you are physically capable, bike > car in Santa Barbara downtown. (cont). #SantaBarbara

4. Here is the bicycle area of the Pacific Surfliner. You may need to remove the panniers and stow them if there are a lot of bikes. Key thing is to know which side of the train the bicycle train is! In my area, it's always the southern most car. Otherwise you will be running to find the right place! (Cont.) #lessons #amtrak #bike

#lessons continue from the #bike and #train trip:

3. Unlike plane travel, train travel (for me) includes A TON MORE CONVERSATIONS with strangers. I ended up in a long conversation waiting for the train with a fellow waiting for his commuter bus before I had even left, where he saw I was on a bike trip and talked about how much he loved bikes, how addictive it was, and his recent bicycling trip up and down the Ventura River trail (the bike path between Ventura, California and Ojai, California). He told me HOW MUCH he loved that trail, and how they have paved it, and how many times he has gone up and down it.

Then, on the train up, got the life story of another guy with a bike...

(cont)

So, #lessons from this trip (Amtrak -> Destination -> Amtrak Return)

1. Need to remember that Amtrak is aspirational travel, i.e. you want to go where your ticket is taking you, but you PROBABLY won't get there at the time it says. i.e. You'll get there EVENTUALLY, not without adventure and delays, but at least there is a bathroom on board.

2. Amtrak does allow bikes, but it is on a ROUTE-BY-ROUTE basis, and you need reservations. There is a single car with bicycle racks (on the Amtrak Pacific Surfliner, approx. officially 6 spots per train, though one of the trains had enough space for 8 bikes). They don't seem to check, but if you run out of room, could be an issue.

(cont) #Amtrak

What the Harris #Campaign taught her former #staffers about #leadership.

Four people who have #worked for the #VicePresident talk about why #KamalaHarris is a #strong #leader—and what #lessons they have learned from her.

https://www.fastcompany.com/91219234/what-kamala-harris-taught-her-former-staffers-about-leadership

Why I am leaning towards "mylar balloon" at the moment:

The clearing there is bushes that are about 2-3 feet tall. So, in order to cast a shadow like you see in the original image, would have to be ON TOP of the bushes. A rock (or skull) would not cast that kind of shadow in that terrain, unless it were on top of a bush. Those bushes are not seasonal, they are there all year long.