2025-07-15T19:37:28Z https://yabu.me Be_Outside https://yabu.me/npub1av208gapnvg5ladllaa8f69ct837r67ys3vxr3m34rezuzgpqdwqecah5v https://cdn.masto.host/photog/accounts/avatars/000/146/287/original/87b283a03b2ea62e.jpg https://cdn.masto.host/photog/accounts/avatars/000/146/287/original/87b283a03b2ea62e.jpg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswjnqhmezj3kul0dsn3dgzv33p96uueqagrsf8hv4yuuxjf3mla3gzyr43fuar5xd3znl4hllh5a8ghpv78c0tcjz9scw8wx50ytsfqyp4cdam27m In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyc6k5ksg7jg4twv38c5nvs3p3mgyrlhe2hrrartyefwde5wjat9gnh7d7r'>nevent1q…7d7r</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I appreciate that take on things.<br/>lol, no decent person DOESN&#39;T want to kick turnip and his ilk in the nuts. ;)<br/><br/> I hear you.<br/><br/>I&#39;m not sure how much &#34;tact&#34; or business we should do with a full-on nazi shithole government, thinking that turnip will find provocation whever he chooses no matter how &#34;amicable&#34; his &#34;trading partners&#34; are. We need to bring that 75% down &amp; deal with better countries.<br/>And always true: The workers will be the one to pay, in this paradigm. 2025-07-15T19:30:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf9sk3z7lpn9e3756vg6nu7c0p5t2julv898fqclntjjwtmnwjjpgzyr43fuar5xd3znl4hllh5a8ghpv78c0tcjz9scw8wx50ytsfqyp4cryd9fy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs94ks7gsdjyff8ffm7pfezuuzudsgz6e2sgr44h9ulfazqk6xx8mqzlcjkk'>nevent1q…cjkk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Carney won because he wasn&#39;t the ass-sucking shit-weasel that is pierre poilieverything-is-broken.<br/><br/>It was a very very low bar.<br/><br/>Canadians have a lot of work to do if we want this &#34;liberal&#34; (actually a progressive conservative) to not suck up to the same oligarchs as lil pp. 2025-07-15T01:08:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszlhxv9hdhsjke9svfj7fcjk8s9f8qrgmxh0qufm9c3tqmd49v09gzyr43fuar5xd3znl4hllh5a8ghpv78c0tcjz9scw8wx50ytsfqyp4czjh58d In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrkaw2kz2dz5npm8mxp5qx630wahylu8hevewzaejr4dhtqv0fk7qy3femc'>nevent1q…femc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>A &#34;warning&#34; that is literally decades old now.<br/>&#34;Canadians should be prepared...&#34; HOW?<br/>In my time is was by stopping the rape of the world&#39;s resources and tackling infinite growth... which my generation not only failed to do but made it infinitely worse.<br/>Just what the hell does &#34;Environment Canada&#34; think we should actually DO to &#34;prepare&#34; at this late late hour? Any concrete ideas that will work?<br/>Didn&#39;t think so.<br/>🙄 2025-07-14T19:24:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv9lp6wcty2plr79ljxwwmfg0pjp0secdxc2grpylew4kkh2jgu2gzyr43fuar5xd3znl4hllh5a8ghpv78c0tcjz9scw8wx50ytsfqyp4cdvz9qh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrtlm2gd46eudm886khktr346jvqvewlm76f88rtrwdkjyvx82j7saeku97'>nevent1q…ku97</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That&#39;s satisfying and all, and also I hope they ALL get fucked while they eat eachother.<br/>Only a fuckin&#39; asshole gives a shit what a proud boy thinks. 2025-06-23T17:48:17Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrwjaj7rvwq8l65p53xj02qna54xkk4exr2ztsyyeu9vq2pxn7myczyr43fuar5xd3znl4hllh5a8ghpv78c0tcjz9scw8wx50ytsfqyp4ccyl3tq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8gclx5z79efjs4pawdlg0mame3jvut3rd0d80c7xxnytvel62wasx4x3sk'>nevent1q…x3sk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>the harper cons... a dumpster fire that just keeps on burning. 2025-04-05T15:10:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgys2zr53w0u68klvdfc6939peywzd07rvtqmd6h4qvmjzl90ap5qzyr43fuar5xd3znl4hllh5a8ghpv78c0tcjz9scw8wx50ytsfqyp4cgvtf6j In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxq2m7e7dp9t09nk9ur5l9sdksgq2hsutcey7t96t954872k2hacs9cxcn5'>nevent1q…xcn5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>cheers!<br/>When I finished Moon of the Crusted Snow I immediately wanted a sequel. I also fell in to it, and the sequel is no different.... I soaked it up in two days and was sad when it ended, just because it was done.<br/>Waubgeshig is a wonderful and genuine guy.<br/>I hope you get to read it soon. 2025-04-03T00:24:16Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqku3k7drx2ef747yn5texccjam5kr3dyk4penkg7cx8sgk0zxddqzyr43fuar5xd3znl4hllh5a8ghpv78c0tcjz9scw8wx50ytsfqyp4ck3zhhq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvkk4g34eus9vzhgu9prexxwfmzjx8c088z38klqs3c5rxypexd8c86p8eg'>nevent1q…p8eg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I just finished the book Moon of the Turning Leaves, by Waubgeshig Rice, 2023.<br/>It&#39;s the sequal to Moon of the Crusted Snow, 2018.<br/>Highly recommend. 2025-04-03T00:00:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgmvgmael2av4d9te2pn5asp86qm40f74w9qxtxjqjzcvgzdc7zlszyr43fuar5xd3znl4hllh5a8ghpv78c0tcjz9scw8wx50ytsfqyp4cn9kc9f It&#39;s kind of exhausting trying to &#39;splain Mastodon and the fediverse to the folks who have been brainwashed by for-profit foreign surveillance networking sites pretending to be &#34;social networks&#34;.<br/>They&#39;re caught up in their &#34;scope, reach, influence&#34; bs. They don&#39;t get the community.<br/><br/>I&#39;m exclusively here on Masto. I&#39;m not popular. I don&#39;t care. This is the only one that doesn&#39;t feed the billionaires and the consumer crap... and it still gives me everything I am looking for, and more every day. 2025-03-19T19:18:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9nj02jfgavh6x9kydxhfe09w595jkjctdkj6v7u5axmpr4l70dqczyr43fuar5xd3znl4hllh5a8ghpv78c0tcjz9scw8wx50ytsfqyp4c869jqw It wasn&#39;t Ironic, it was coincidental.<br/><br/>#DebunkASongOrPoem<br/>#HashTagGames 2025-03-12T01:27:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9y7qqd3vrqg735hsd86uy8nh7ge7vchla6e3g3uzw433dse8gtjczyr43fuar5xd3znl4hllh5a8ghpv78c0tcjz9scw8wx50ytsfqyp4cjyyrh6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszw2a9yu7r92vhxy9dghsv6uvzxxndz43eq5p0ptawxjgvd60svvq8z6rku'>nevent1q…6rku</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>delightful! sounds delicious.<br/>...I sliced and began a quick ferment of carrot slices today, for snacking on next week.<br/>Two or three... or four.... days in a salt brine in open jars on the kitchen counter (with red onion and ginger for flavour) and then lidded and in to the fridge for at least a week. 2025-02-22T23:36:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd7jejqawz3v5206e24ch6wyk27mx3cp3dtfldpr7qj8wqnwmz7wgzyr43fuar5xd3znl4hllh5a8ghpv78c0tcjz9scw8wx50ytsfqyp4ca2lykp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvstznzvux03hhdqwg8ke47p9wa9cezaahudxfk3mhx5ex2wjtcgs4lyph0'>nevent1q…yph0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>omg that looks PERFECT for getting close around vehicles and in tight spaces around the actual house.<br/><br/>I have a tractor and a huge blower for the bigger spaces (and for my neighbours long driveways) but it doesn&#39;t help in those tight spaces.<br/><br/>Some of these battery-powered tools ie this shovel, and weed-cutters etc work better than the old gas-powered ones, I find.<br/>Hows the price, I wonder? I&#39;ll look.<br/>(lol, I don&#39;t like buying too many things) 2025-02-17T21:36:49Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg7mgv5jqwquad6fvt7sj6zdwr0t3qwh4w5ruul56f9g7purlshjszyr43fuar5xd3znl4hllh5a8ghpv78c0tcjz9scw8wx50ytsfqyp4c3ra2vc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxmt6ww4vtv2fugl2jth70r3u7yyj34d2rs4zwjnppqenl0c2s34chg37qr'>nevent1q…37qr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Oh how I hear you!<br/><br/>The larger farm I&#39;m just clearing paths to out-lying buildings for access... But the driveway where the cars are has been a pain. And the animals are snowed in.<br/>I woke myself up at 3:30am when the snow was almost finished to brush off the cars &amp; shovel it out for a seventh time.<br/>I did it multiple times so I had much smaller amounts of snow to remove... but it took six hours out of my day and I had less sleep.<br/>hip hurts. elbow, shoulder.<br/>lol, too old for this! 2025-02-17T21:26:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg8k5nnuke6t823mdp4yet40yw8za62r22d5lkwyjy25a7ktykxvszyr43fuar5xd3znl4hllh5a8ghpv78c0tcjz9scw8wx50ytsfqyp4c3wc36d farm notes today:<br/><br/>animals safe and fed, but snowed in. Dogs not wanting to go out.<br/><br/>plowed and shovelled out the farm all day. 7 hours. 3 feet deep, 4-6 foot drifts.<br/>windchill brought it down to a mere -30 celcius... it has been worse. Be prepared.<br/><br/>Shovelled through some of the largest snowdrifts I have seen since I lived in the mountains.<br/><br/>Wind is blowing... drifts will return. Doin&#39; it all again tomorrow morning. At least the snowstorm is over.<br/><br/>lol, I&#39;m sore. need sauna. 2025-02-17T19:41:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfdgrn7numsu2c8mttfy2tnpjqgu5zl8rynem46f85y2jzfxtqx4czyr43fuar5xd3znl4hllh5a8ghpv78c0tcjz9scw8wx50ytsfqyp4cllyk7g In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfzma68qrtcycnfujt40l5wzmreq9j0fnkw5l7l23jfalq8av0zvq3zfedq'>nevent1q…fedq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m so tired of trying to diplomatically splain the difference between &#34;biological gender&#34; and &#34;gender identity&#34; to people/media who are too stupid to master words beyond two syllables. I will keep trying though I am tired. 2025-02-07T05:39:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy8jah6x4gjsgas6fc4j0zfh9gq8mufdpjcqx3v52w0x3xrsqvsggzyr43fuar5xd3znl4hllh5a8ghpv78c0tcjz9scw8wx50ytsfqyp4cnhlfw9 There&#39;s really only ONE THING to do with nazis... and it ain&#39;t business. 2025-01-28T02:01:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs24724yv5xup70uf3c70a44ljx95cguhywn39fw8ge67fflqkcz5gzyr43fuar5xd3znl4hllh5a8ghpv78c0tcjz9scw8wx50ytsfqyp4c9yfy6g Happy to share that I now am aware of ten couples/families who have cancelled their trips to our fascist neighbours country this week, and will not be planning on going any time soon.<br/>...Also, many have decided to minimize all purchases of products from our fascist neighbours.<br/><br/>Making good choices is a start. lol, now Canada has to also deal with our own wanna-be nazis in the form of conservative leadership in this nation.<br/>godspeed. 2025-01-23T18:01:39Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv9tql9xwurmatkkmmjk3my2zklxczm7r5terulak7cxy2kxye2tqzyr43fuar5xd3znl4hllh5a8ghpv78c0tcjz9scw8wx50ytsfqyp4ce3hs9t In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstjn3xe87uleynhms0f9guye2emc4kle8llk4ng6zkk0mgxx27zycqlx470'>nevent1q…x470</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>thanks to musk and social media/news, kids at the local public school were nazi saluting all over the place today. Most thought it was just funny. They don&#39;t know.<br/>The teachers feel helpless. They can only act on what they can prove.<br/>It&#39;s.... not good. 2025-01-21T21:18:52Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxanu9z9kfg50j7tylg2cmrftsk3zf4kpp94g9tcm4ffp5ptp9n2gzyr43fuar5xd3znl4hllh5a8ghpv78c0tcjz9scw8wx50ytsfqyp4cfcnufz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz50w3v28fad2q4c8tnug9uf290n66xvk74egs3n6eg45kctsr24cv0822m'>nevent1q…822m</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>don&#39;t forget his &#34;policy&#34; about gender. ...the fascists also decided that millions of people no longer exist.<br/>This is war. 2025-01-21T19:55:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2x8qj06qfhdmygpmuanlanrkhnaeu7ft7lxncrgwpfu5ynawsuwgzyr43fuar5xd3znl4hllh5a8ghpv78c0tcjz9scw8wx50ytsfqyp4cdp4ldm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstj3q6wswaqlf78f4kgjs0llnes785nduqlr7tp9m5w6wq5nyhu2qsgn5ut'>nevent1q…n5ut</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>some of the ACTUAL creators of images stolen to make your AI might sue... but not me. ;) 2024-12-29T02:51:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsq0nkqkat7v265llf6cfgzljh26glz36n0qn2c5slms8qd7u2s99qzyr43fuar5xd3znl4hllh5a8ghpv78c0tcjz9scw8wx50ytsfqyp4cy9c3cq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8srncc9m5c4r9ev373zh4s2ca6udkeaz3jajdslgtkxuj6vudx3swtnadf'>nevent1q…nadf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>lol, All I can see are the broken/failed parts of this ai image. 2024-12-29T02:47:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyrgjymt9kq7teud86z6j7yzc7hclx7qysqx37tce8a50q2kt6xkqzyr43fuar5xd3znl4hllh5a8ghpv78c0tcjz9scw8wx50ytsfqyp4ckjsqdy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdl2k69wtwse5hhua7hr6m8jaedlfv5rff59hxgj8l62f5gfcc87cjxyr3l'>nevent1q…yr3l</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I was wondering if I should play it safe for the first try, and just salt them... but I also saw a recipe that included cloves and a little cinnamon.<br/>...I add a little dill to some of my ferments. I&#39;ll probably try the peppercorns in my next saurkraut.<br/><br/>I do a three-day ferment of carrot sticks before fridging them, and those get onion, garlic, bay leaf, and some chili pepper flakes. 2024-12-21T02:07:14Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp3zzc0g7l8847aec5xayf8cws8rqcyjgze5gcf4pnvrxu72ygv7gzyr43fuar5xd3znl4hllh5a8ghpv78c0tcjz9scw8wx50ytsfqyp4c6n0hsr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2pyznhneyrvsxce0htt9crtlexkkgwy5seyz8sju68wef0y33h5qxzm2jf'>nevent1q…m2jf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>niiice.<br/>I made a batch that is in week three of fermentation and I have already eaten half of it. So delicious.<br/>lol, going to have to start another batch soon.<br/>Also, i&#39;m going to try fermenting brussel sprouts tomorrow... never done that before. Should be interesting. 2024-12-21T01:35:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstgsqxhqrgwuhxh44eyg79t3a6r75ny8hw4m8ac4mqnpdlq8pkrkszyr43fuar5xd3znl4hllh5a8ghpv78c0tcjz9scw8wx50ytsfqyp4ccp8ych In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswdjsssadwanzhdc0hr9ra3j02pzt97tt2lph7x52l6c5q8ptnkhsntpjp5'>nevent1q…pjp5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I agree that- in reality- it wasn&#39;t about the truckers. But the gas-lighting about the trucker convoy was huge.<br/>A local food placein my region had a &#34;god bless the truckers&#34; sign flying below their &#34;fuck trudeau flags.&#34;<br/>...two local food places, now that I think about. 2024-12-18T21:14:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstt6ej972wraevgs4hcpcuxrc8nk4vem86ejgvhway7gy7j709qxqzyr43fuar5xd3znl4hllh5a8ghpv78c0tcjz9scw8wx50ytsfqyp4csyxuty In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrkahz0kvu2hweemh54qwc2tdevgsxskhe3562grjjfa2rxlfrnjskhuyt9'>nevent1q…uyt9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>true.<br/>lol, in light of that, I look forward to watching all of these clownshoes turn on pierre poili-everything-is-broken when they realize that he is not one of them. 2024-12-18T19:36:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfgrxa3cz4z8398cpngxp5z69ll853fzwfcuusju6ym6dn2rlp0yczyr43fuar5xd3znl4hllh5a8ghpv78c0tcjz9scw8wx50ytsfqyp4ce3scfw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxe6rsjcdrqqp4j9xxqcr6w00k7p8jefx6y5veh2gdc6xdscj3cvsfk5d82'>nevent1q…5d82</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I wonder who idiots like this are going to want to fuck once trudeau is gone...? 2024-12-18T18:54:06Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxe6rsjcdrqqp4j9xxqcr6w00k7p8jefx6y5veh2gdc6xdscj3cvszyr43fuar5xd3znl4hllh5a8ghpv78c0tcjz9scw8wx50ytsfqyp4c7t7vr0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyd86xlhfnrsc0ecq66an6dtht2cf8qw75zknsd6deeafcxpf6s3qrlew38'>nevent1q…ew38</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>So gross. This disgusting person DOES NOT represent the &#34;blue collar&#34; workers that I know, and certainly does not represent this country.<br/><br/>Of course, the VAST majority of &#34;truckers&#34; were vaccinated and working while this minority of canada-hating occupiers harassed the residents of the city of Ottawa and tried to commit serious crimes at the Coutts border... and cost Canada over 4 billion in trade. 2024-12-18T18:49:49Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst58gl27w06d2n9csp7ctw7u98kncdtlaxjm0u88u8amtf6j4hhwgzyr43fuar5xd3znl4hllh5a8ghpv78c0tcjz9scw8wx50ytsfqyp4cq2dd67 It&#39;s totalitarianism now... Time to stop being surprised by it every day, and learn how other people in better nations dealt with it on the ground, in the past. 2024-11-26T01:05:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszqlamh54nszatn60cx7m64845nlmglaua9g9lckymsusc7hznq6gzyr43fuar5xd3znl4hllh5a8ghpv78c0tcjz9scw8wx50ytsfqyp4ccmwqkh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdlhttwj6trqndvrtxazg3g0jrz4r7k925686863g0fe9w9jtgezgh274y3'>nevent1q…74y3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Years ago I wrote a fake proposal for Kelowna City Council about homelessness.<br/>I called it the HRI: Homeless Removal Initiative.<br/>In that fake, offensive, bullshit proposal, I presented a plan to bus homeless people out of Kelowna and drop them in a nearby valley.... where there was literally nothing. Just a road, a creek, trees and mountains.<br/>SOME of the councilors bought it and wanted to propose it in session!! 🤔 <br/>You&#39;d think they&#39;d have clued in to how awful it was. NOPE. 2024-11-07T01:45:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0c4j2ag58r2x8lmyjp3l7axhazmml4fcnypv90jjxk9eyznpcxyqzyr43fuar5xd3znl4hllh5a8ghpv78c0tcjz9scw8wx50ytsfqyp4chknjy4 If you are a mayor of an Ontario municipality, and the ONLY WAY you can see to governing that municipality is by asking the premier to take away the basic Human Rights of your poorest constituents, then you are a shit mayor who should resign in total shame.<br/><br/>Like the mayors of THESE cities:<br/><br/>Barrie<br/>Brampton<br/>Pickering<br/>Brantford<br/>Chatem-Kent<br/>Clarington<br/>Oakville<br/>Oshawa<br/>Sudbury<br/>Windsor<br/>Pickering<br/>St Catherines<br/>Cambridge<br/><br/>#ontario #onpoli #notwithstandingclause<br/><br/><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-big-city-mayors-notwithstanding-clause-encampments-1.7370210">https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-big-city-mayors-notwithstanding-clause-encampments-1.7370210</a> 2024-11-03T16:37:54Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8awtzwcs50nethp3uvnh7lwt52ya9jx3ka4sqm8dzlw6qvl5d3rqzyr43fuar5xd3znl4hllh5a8ghpv78c0tcjz9scw8wx50ytsfqyp4cjkz8z0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqeqr6jm5s0pn5yzjjn3lcadsw59st2jskw0awpupysevzk708fqgzhpg5a'>nevent1q…pg5a</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>long ago I worked- in the bush, tree planting- with one of the drummers for godspeed.<br/>Bruce was a wildcrafter. He knew so much about the forests it was intimidating. He taught me a few things.<br/>He brought recording equipment to the camp and collected the sounds of nature in the northern forests of ontario for a future album.<br/>A really good guy.<br/>lol, but I never heard them live. 2024-10-30T16:34:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0jf0f7qzayjxlckgz8g5d26nx7kcqhkf7r80xtgslsx0c03tzx8czyr43fuar5xd3znl4hllh5a8ghpv78c0tcjz9scw8wx50ytsfqyp4cnfap02 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxr3v6k0xtznve0ttyf856rxcxfs5w7vqufdw74knxdltkmzxk3dc09x0wt'>nevent1q…x0wt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I don&#39;t know if this was already mentioned.<br/><br/><a href="https://pressprogress.ca/24_connections_linking_christy_clark_bc_liberals_to_stephen_harper_conservatives/">https://pressprogress.ca/24_connections_linking_christy_clark_bc_liberals_to_stephen_harper_conservatives/</a> 2024-10-21T18:02:55Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg5y4zy22tzmfkgvkzdcupg3gjpef6sccz3ph4vrrkawzgee7d75czyr43fuar5xd3znl4hllh5a8ghpv78c0tcjz9scw8wx50ytsfqyp4cxqn34k In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd24z239mnney7nwyh6mqp2qyldg4s785tyenaawrf89dth7hargqw82ycv'>nevent1q…2ycv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Humility Contest!!<br/>....GO! 2024-10-19T23:31:52Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgnqh3qlxqg90vh3zjjydafe9wxtnq56paryk07tratz0fq9zvleszyr43fuar5xd3znl4hllh5a8ghpv78c0tcjz9scw8wx50ytsfqyp4cfmxs22 Autumn landscapes in the rural places.<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/photog/media_attachments/files/113/336/179/486/032/810/original/0142bafcd6af41e6.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/photog/media_attachments/files/113/336/179/745/967/028/original/5bb821399a12ce43.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/photog/media_attachments/files/113/336/179/754/361/512/original/3b42150d659639a4.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/photog/media_attachments/files/113/336/180/644/874/348/original/783f99d82ee30a8f.jpg"> <br/> 2024-10-19T21:29:32Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstrpf4xllppanfnppjzkvhkncy7429dz93tr2drrlseaee2t4f5fgzyr43fuar5xd3znl4hllh5a8ghpv78c0tcjz9scw8wx50ytsfqyp4cers8mu Another One Bites the Crust<br/><br/>#PizzaToppingASongOrPoem<br/>#HashTagGames 2024-10-12T01:52:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsprelcsr9rmmscjsu86u03r8t2hecylfhdtwppvxhqz8axkey3juczyr43fuar5xd3znl4hllh5a8ghpv78c0tcjz9scw8wx50ytsfqyp4c7xk4f7 The choke cherries by the forest have a wild grape vine growing up in them.<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/photog/media_attachments/files/113/265/878/944/377/494/original/a8454d3a53c7a910.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/photog/media_attachments/files/113/265/879/023/384/342/original/f6fad78e8254a71a.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/photog/media_attachments/files/113/265/879/162/243/571/original/6182e2aae37e65b8.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/photog/media_attachments/files/113/265/880/112/572/739/original/ff8b4685df9035d9.jpg"> <br/> 2024-10-07T11:30:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfc262uxcslnwfazufuel2m3sann6vrytc4med6qxmheyd6yqg4sszyr43fuar5xd3znl4hllh5a8ghpv78c0tcjz9scw8wx50ytsfqyp4cm5q6ge &#34;satanic panic&#34;<br/><br/>#MostEightiesThingEver<br/>#HashTagGames 2024-10-06T01:31:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr2p5ra2qxz2ujl9tzkwtpavsr3ufdt5t8mezr3kff99x7n0c2nuqzyr43fuar5xd3znl4hllh5a8ghpv78c0tcjz9scw8wx50ytsfqyp4csx56fw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfgmc65gt470p8vrr2hegu8tqdljjaelh0dncu4ullv3eyd9dwn6qrake08'>nevent1q…ke08</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The sample is from ONLY 1500 Canadians!<br/>I bet they spent more time colouring the graphs on the fancy website than they did doing actual methodologically sound research that would (more) appropriately reflect the opinions of the population of Canada.<br/>This survey is junk. 2024-10-05T22:57:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp8llz9ufvjdkyrq5504ws2tr4uap2mls26unz0vc09t3cak2ldxgzyr43fuar5xd3znl4hllh5a8ghpv78c0tcjz9scw8wx50ytsfqyp4csqmg90 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf56pg70hld8fwhck6uqnd4zgq9utatuzhmmzv35d6fq0vsr66rgc72yvgk'>nevent1q…yvgk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Poor john having a hard time.<br/> Life without the straw, man, it&#39;s rough. No plastic to suck, lips directly on the thing. .. or on a CARDBOARD straw... ok, I know it&#39;s still a straw but shut up.<br/>At least there&#39;s still a stupid plastic lid (on the heavily waxed, and inked with a logo) recepticle from which I drink, so that I am still FREE,<br/>god bless this country......<br/>and try not to think about the fact that- if you want a straw- copper or stainless steel straws are awesome. 2024-10-04T21:20:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvzvl7wv7nd9603zsy3z5jgp7a42zjmsvzplcmr0dcfwm9lrqnn4qzyr43fuar5xd3znl4hllh5a8ghpv78c0tcjz9scw8wx50ytsfqyp4cgwlm2m Democracies are relying on &#34;social networks&#34; and media owned almost entirely by oligarchs. That is definitely hurting democracies worldwide. 2024-10-01T20:08:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrw8cs3m7s26clv8rt3fmcfle759ssvwtx5kccw308hdu33ufukfszyr43fuar5xd3znl4hllh5a8ghpv78c0tcjz9scw8wx50ytsfqyp4cjx7wku In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg49p9fkpj8jptlfzp0lsu9frg4ah3c4xra6swea9t82mhus04nps7d96x5'>nevent1q…96x5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>lol, in 2045 you&#39;ll be competing for land on the east coast somewhere, hoping the dry coastal winds are not too polluted.... Unless you go waaay north of an airport in ontario or quebec its already well above a humid 21C for a whole lot of the summer... also well below -20C for parts of the winter. 2024-09-25T18:39:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszwa920zaykc8lp90n2h2hcmj4un5f4egtgdp2txllzadckquugqszyr43fuar5xd3znl4hllh5a8ghpv78c0tcjz9scw8wx50ytsfqyp4cnfaw35 #flowers in the garden.<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/photog/media_attachments/files/113/181/535/430/883/368/original/aa5f2b9b12e7585b.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/photog/media_attachments/files/113/181/535/711/429/223/original/5767dc4c16a14fcd.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-09-22T13:58:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstacnu43lxzujauww9e8jv3vsjdkkke6llu696hpm57rn0cqtsregzyr43fuar5xd3znl4hllh5a8ghpv78c0tcjz9scw8wx50ytsfqyp4c0nd68l A few tens of hops varieties to play with.<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/photog/media_attachments/files/113/177/967/451/846/707/original/d27d24f78bcfcf43.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/photog/media_attachments/files/113/177/967/457/062/821/original/1d498e1a55f0dbda.jpg"> <br/> 2024-09-21T22:48:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8hza7ju6ygkw9gmmfy5uhnpheedtkrq9r97xy2u82lvnfq9r0mdczyr43fuar5xd3znl4hllh5a8ghpv78c0tcjz9scw8wx50ytsfqyp4c0vrecz Raisin awareness. The grapes.<br/>Do I juice them, jam them, jelly them, or booze them?<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/photog/media_attachments/files/113/177/952/275/768/508/original/9e369da9be3490ea.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/photog/media_attachments/files/113/177/952/259/145/563/original/bb7be1da23c50458.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/photog/media_attachments/files/113/177/952/351/549/398/original/bb49f88853544a2e.jpg"> <br/> 2024-09-21T22:44:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9fd5uakuynpl8wwxyzwxrldd6aw5n5e4789r3ar33demcagxmu4szyr43fuar5xd3znl4hllh5a8ghpv78c0tcjz9scw8wx50ytsfqyp4cqp6atn Some cool summer mornings in the early mist, in the rural places.<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/photog/media_attachments/files/113/177/821/092/591/138/original/75e66aee25153fd8.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/photog/media_attachments/files/113/177/821/420/040/522/original/19f9ed1a6c6409d8.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/photog/media_attachments/files/113/177/821/648/470/366/original/30215b8ab7a3c4e1.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-09-21T22:14:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxch83fj7sf92kfmvsk8zuglkk2r87u7qqjunjdppnqtmumdmsn7szyr43fuar5xd3znl4hllh5a8ghpv78c0tcjz9scw8wx50ytsfqyp4cgz3sgc Late summer sunflowers under a bright blue sky. The bees are everywhere. Taken this morning.<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/photog/media_attachments/files/113/177/456/197/806/404/original/95fcd631a2a6c5ee.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/photog/media_attachments/files/113/177/456/517/362/842/original/2f8eb28833e9aec9.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/photog/media_attachments/files/113/177/456/571/287/490/original/b08f572255dbfc08.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/photog/media_attachments/files/113/177/457/000/591/683/original/5f7b25b7b5fae8fd.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-09-21T20:39:57Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszm5l7gp03724z7tyar4tpcmcsqnqvjplekcptfwhgskzman9rneszyr43fuar5xd3znl4hllh5a8ghpv78c0tcjz9scw8wx50ytsfqyp4cvdse93 &#34;I don&#39;t like nazis... I just go to that nazi bar to drink.&#34;<br/>That&#39;s YOU, on twitter. 2024-09-14T20:25:23Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvs4h3wed92u5ynhwl09tx253krgcx9uve0r5eqrns3yfkf36fvjszyr43fuar5xd3znl4hllh5a8ghpv78c0tcjz9scw8wx50ytsfqyp4c7t8w7l In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8kyug0x7wwczrqqw5fuer3rpgl7fc93q9mxka2wg57kw0m0kkglgqxfm92'>nevent1q…fm92</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>One of the most disgusting aspects of the okanagan fruit industry (twenty years ago but I assume it hasn&#39;t changed) was the realization that Okanagan Fruit was packed and shipped to warehouses hundreds to thousands of miles away.... and THEN &#34;distributed&#34; from these hubs to grocery stores....<br/>This meant that some BC apples that were picked literally a few miles from a store were trucked far far far away and then back to the local grocery store....<br/>Unbelievable. 2024-08-27T23:41:06Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8kyug0x7wwczrqqw5fuer3rpgl7fc93q9mxka2wg57kw0m0kkglgzyr43fuar5xd3znl4hllh5a8ghpv78c0tcjz9scw8wx50ytsfqyp4c96hh4w In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg2vy4dzps6hzk7nssmsmlshdpclkegtjxltnskfezjxpdmxsy9ucs0uwcp'>nevent1q…uwcp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Sure!<br/>AMERICAN-owned grocery chains determine product placement in CANADIAN stores. Years ago, as part of a food movement in BC, we established that Canadian stores should be pushing Canadian Foods, but our major grocery chains were not on board. Many took their orders from San Francisco.<br/>After that: Let Fruit Pickers UNIONIZE, and give farm laboureres more rights.<br/><br/>It&#39;s been a while since I was in it. I&#39;ll think some more about your question. 2024-08-14T14:59:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxx2xf6sqnjle0usduthze9ydsc3pprvgszzf9n7ernfkfcyt4r9szyr43fuar5xd3znl4hllh5a8ghpv78c0tcjz9scw8wx50ytsfqyp4c6nvqrz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs27q9amgg8d0rd4v6uqvfj2vz39ac87d0ks4tvrf7qnr5st0jkqmckgnzqf'>nevent1q…nzqf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>In the Okanagan, BC Tree Fruits just filed for bankruptcy. They have been fully behind squeezing out Canadian labourers to save money on cheaper foreign workers. They have struggled. Clearly their plan only delayed the inevitable. Their industry is presently not sustainable<br/><br/>....I feel like I need to absolutely clarify that no TFWorkers are to blame for this.<br/>The industry used the lure of TFW&#39;s to squeeze Canadian labourers like me out of the industry and avoid unions. 2024-08-14T14:41:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz3lwdhpny0h4p7dv396wump03ls83j4mjg3s7rp43t00rfz5m6xszyr43fuar5xd3znl4hllh5a8ghpv78c0tcjz9scw8wx50ytsfqyp4cj9ez48 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsflhc4jnkqh3lcaslcmwrkq9vxygu4t20vqjkhuv9vfwd9qssjchg9x72u3'>nevent1q…72u3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The biggest problem Canada has in the BC fruit market is the USA. Even at peak apple season in the Okanagan, American apples (usually washington) are at the front of the grocery stores shelves.<br/>Fruit-dumping makes the industry in Canada very expensive. TFW&#39;s are cheaper and they are subsidized. Farmers liked that.<br/>But it doesn&#39;t solve the problem, and eventually the fruit industry in the Okanagan will be unsustainable the way its going. 2024-08-14T13:23:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsflhc4jnkqh3lcaslcmwrkq9vxygu4t20vqjkhuv9vfwd9qssjchgzyr43fuar5xd3znl4hllh5a8ghpv78c0tcjz9scw8wx50ytsfqyp4cumevt7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswscgmh4l3unneej86upqhznyuwj67m8gajkn7umt3m3s867rrfnsau26ms'>nevent1q…26ms</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>NOW farmers get to charge hundreds of dollars in &#34;rent&#34; to the people who live &amp; work their land. Living arrangements used to be provided as part of your labour. I never paid a cent to live where I worked. The new TFW&#39;s that took over my jobs did &amp; do. (Lodging is part of the farming job. You lodge your labourers.) 2024-08-12T14:07:52Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswscgmh4l3unneej86upqhznyuwj67m8gajkn7umt3m3s867rrfnszyr43fuar5xd3znl4hllh5a8ghpv78c0tcjz9scw8wx50ytsfqyp4cl3n8cm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszknf0p6n8fur2ncfl99nt3fyf8waseca0zufdt6szjhsa4xs5lgsty9m42'>nevent1q…9m42</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I was a (Canadian) &#34;fruit-picker&#34; for ten years. I migrated across Canada seasonally. Planted trees in Northern ON in spring/summer, went west to BC &amp; pick fruit in the summer/fall, tended horses in the winter back in Ontario.<br/><br/>In 2000, picking apples in BC paid 1979 wages still. Labourers like me were often called &#34;gypsies&#34; by locals.<br/>By 2003, farmers found out that using temporary foreign workers could save them even MORE money than paying Canadian labourers 1979 wages. 2024-08-12T14:01:34Z