Protests - Part 92

 Extinction Rebellion Bank Protests, 2021

On September 3, 2021, the group Extinction Rebellion, founded in 2018 in Britain, staged a protest at two banks in Manchester, England.  The group accused the banks of financing companies that produce fossil fuels that are causing global warming, as explained by the spokesman in the video above as the protest began inside Barclays Bank.  The protesters are wearing masks because this protest occurred during the Covid epidemic.

A view of the protesters outside Barclays Bank.

The protesters also targeted HSBC, another bank that has provided billions to finance fossil fuel companies.

A group of protesters inside the HSBC office.

And here they are outside HSBC.

We end with a view outside HSBC.

Did these protests get the banks to stop funding the fossil fuel companies?  Of course not.  But the naked protests did generate publicity, which hopefully helped spread the word about the dangers of global warming.

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Ads - Part 90

Sanex for Men

Sanex is a European brand of personal-care products.  Above is a 2005 French commercial for Sanex for Men deodorant, showing a naked man doing sit-ups, though it's only a side view.

The words "Vous voulez garder votre peau au top?" that accompany the sit-ups mean "Want to keep your skin looking its best?"

A 2007 Dutch commercial for Sanex for Men shower gel.  In addition to the naked man doing sit-ups, this one has a brief rear view of him in the shower.

And here's a screen grab of the man in the shower.

In 2011 (after these commercials were made) Sanex was acquired by Colgate-Palmolive.  I haven't seen any recent Sanex commercials that feature naked men.

Weighing In - Part 92

Eidy Moya

Eidy Moya (born in 1974) is a Venezuelan boxer known as "El Terrible."  In 2002 he weighed in for a fight with Johnny Bredahl for the WBA bantamweight title, above.  Presumably he weighed in slightly over the limit, and he's taking off his shorts to see if he's under the limit when he's naked.

Moya lost that fight, but his overall record is 17 wins, 3 losses and 1 draw.  He is now retired from boxing.

Hiking - Part 92

Big Island (Hawaii)

Today's photos were taken by a photographer who has a Flickr page where he shows photos of himself nude.  In March 2026 he took a trip to the Big Island of Hawaii, the island where I live.  (Note: I do not know him and did not meet him).

Above, a little side trail off the Chain of Craters Road in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, the same park where the volcano Kilauea has been erupting.

The next day, he visited Kehena Beach on the south coast of the island.  The beach is backed by cliffs, above.

He was enthralled by the black sand.

Another "victory" pose on the black sand.  I should mention that Kehena beach is a local nude beach, although this photographer did not show any photos of other people on the beach.

The next day he did a hike to Pu'u Huluhulu, which is located off of the Saddle Road that crosses the island.  The hike is not long, but it includes a steep climb to the top of Pu'u Huluhulu, a 200-foot tall volcanic cinder cone now covered with forest.  Above, he stands on the top, from which there are views of the volcanic mountains Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea, not visible in this photo.

After reaching the top naked, our photographer was surprised to hear someone else coming up the trail.

Oh, well, he thought.  Let them look, and we'll both have a story to tell afterwards.

Poem of the Day - Part 92

From Time to Time
by Matsuo Bashō

Matsuo Bashō (1644-1694) was the most famous Japanese poet of the Edo period.  He is considered the greatest master of the haiku poem.  Here is one of his poems:

雲をりをり人をやすめる月見かな

This has been translated as follows, accompanied by images that are probably not what the poet had in mind:

From time to time

The clouds give rest

To the moon-beholders.

Artists - Part 94

Arno Breker

Arno Breker (1900-1991) was a German sculptor best known for his public works in Nazi Germany.  Above, Breker in his studio, 1939.

In 1936 he created sculptures celebrating German athletes for the 1936 Olympics in Berlin.  Above, Zehnkämpfer (Decathlete).

He loved to portray the male nude, but he also created other interesting pieces such as these lions in Hanover.

Breker became Hitler's favorite sculptor for works glorifying Germany such as Die Wehrmacht (The Armed Forces), 1939, installed at the German Chancellery in Berlin.

Here is Breker working on a preliminary model for Bereitschaft (Readiness) in 1939.

And here is the finished sculpture Bereitschaft, again playing up German military strength.

Der Seiger (The Victor), 1939.  Breker made many other similar statues of nude males in this period, many with the theme of German strength.

After World War II, Breker continued to work as a sculptor in West Germany.  Above, a more unusual work, Junges Europa (Young Europe), 1980, features the head of an eagle, the German national animal, so again it's a German patriotic piece.

He made a number of busts of famous people.  This is a bust of German composer Richard Wagner at the Festspielhaus, the opera house in Bayreuth, Germany, dedicated to performing Wagner's works.

And he continued to sculpt male nudes.  We end with another Zehnkämpfer (Decathlete), 1984.  The model was the West German athlete Jürgen Hingsen, who won a silver medal in the decathlon at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.