https://simanaitissays.com/2026/08/13/joe-mackens-nyc/Simanaitis Saysen2026-08-13T13:05:00+00:00JOE MACKEN’S NYC"Incredible Miniature Replica of New York City Took Truck Driver Over 20 Years To Build" Rebekah Brandes "Nice News", Joe Macken's childhood dream of "The Panorama of the City of New York" encourages incredible model years later, Macken's model of NYC is on display at Museum of the City of New York through at least September., Macken's NYC model is 50 feet x 27 feet, Macken's NYC model nearly 1 million buildings, Macken's NYC model: balsa and cardboard, Macken's NYC model "CBS Evening News", Macken's NYC model "balsastyrofoam300", Macken's daughter encourages him to do "TikTok" on his model (more than 3.3 million Likes), MInneapolis next Macken project (he liked "Mary Tyler Moore" show), "The Work of Robert Moses? No. It's Joe Macken" John Forman Gill "The New York Times"https://simanaitissays.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/joe-macken-2026-020-1-2048x1374-1.jpg?w=150https://simanaitissays.com/2026/08/12/the-herring-is-red-part-2/Simanaitis Saysen2026-08-12T13:05:00+00:00THE HERRING IS RED! PART 2"red herring" misleads or distracts (logical fallacy/literary device/rhetorical strategy), "Google A.I. Overview" does a decent job with translations, "Google Translate" generally works fine but with odd quirks, "red herring" English/Latin/Afrikaan/Danish/Dutch/French/German/Japanese/Spanish, "Google Translate" oddity: "Miss Haring", German "Ablenkungsmanöver" English "distraction maneuver", political red herrings: start a war/think up national "emergencies"/ascribe to others one's own shortcomings