2026-08-08T21:39:03Z https://yabu.me Gssy https://yabu.me/npub1cm2xd53g098s2uxhlexlgtvkn08a9k43x96l038kmg77mccepuzs4dk4z8 https://mediacdn.aus.social/accounts/avatars/109/279/201/319/661/610/original/c463a0497135355c.jpeg https://mediacdn.aus.social/accounts/avatars/109/279/201/319/661/610/original/c463a0497135355c.jpeg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxc6870czhzv6dl7am6stmfaw0kc8pgtup9q9k927sqsdealdvtvczyrrdgekj9pu57pts6llymapdj6dul5k6kychta7y7mdrmm0rry8s2y943r9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqxkmrt6z6jnjxlaj646cdrqv4hky6sm5zl2496rpw85rv4rz5t8q78rs56'>nevent1q…rs56</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I reckon Savoy Truffle could be the best (underappreciated) Beatles song #bigcall 2026-08-08T21:16:34Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr5dnl00swstazs0vzhpr09pvmjdgxmq066zwc52jdd5gn40dga6szyrrdgekj9pu57pts6llymapdj6dul5k6kychta7y7mdrmm0rry8s29rfx6j <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub15t7s8f6jvn93phgptma8vep4kxcck8ud3zekq2ceq73tv7y7at8q4808hr" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Madeleine Morris</span> (<span class="italic">npub15t7…08hr</span>)</a></span> Australians need to wake up to this too . The US doesn’t care about us - hanging our future prosperity and security on the US is incredibly foolish. <br/><br/>I think the question is: are Australians ready to face the big bad world alone without America? (Hugh White, an Australian defence analyst, has written several books about this)<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1jnvssyrgpx339qnu5tjrt4lnswr4rlgx87rlnyy3jcsfdxu5yxashvzpfx" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Erik Jonker</span> (<span class="italic">npub1jnv…zpfx</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub19krv3r42wh5rg97hzd7gqnx58h56ykwx68s689wc3zz5v7rshhxquvpd8t" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>geopolitics group</span> (<span class="italic">npub19kr…pd8t</span>)</a></span> 2025-01-26T10:57:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvmwzdza8tmzstata0fa2d7tpqdve375rspyrlgnrg09nessaveqczyrrdgekj9pu57pts6llymapdj6dul5k6kychta7y7mdrmm0rry8s280sj4a A priest, a pastor, and a rabbit entered a clinic to donate blood.<br/><br/>The nurse asked the rabbit &#34;what&#39;s your blood type?&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;I&#39;m probably a type O&#34;, said the rabbit.<br/><br/>#joke 2024-12-19T04:58:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9tzqvfr768j2nyrqt72vkcdczqe64wtpra5dkuh9hrqnuclak5aqzyrrdgekj9pu57pts6llymapdj6dul5k6kychta7y7mdrmm0rry8s2cd4cdz Remember when the Coalition said they could do the NBN for half the price that Labor could do it? Remember how that turned out? (Hint: Crappy NBN that was no cheaper than the better network proposed by Labor)<br/><br/>I’m getting echoes of that with their latest bullshit “costings” for their #nuclear non-plan.<br/><br/>Roll up, roll up, for “Dutton’s famous snake oil”<br/><br/>#auspol 2024-12-14T06:47:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgxhxnaqphtjm6wulrfstx6hpzstx2gtl0c9qr7qphs8nwfrdcfnszyrrdgekj9pu57pts6llymapdj6dul5k6kychta7y7mdrmm0rry8s27lzh9k In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0f9265prs7eftgzdsgyhed7sz9mf55w34393sz9l9j45c0m9emjckjufz8'>nevent1q…ufz8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I hope the US can find a peaceful way to redistribute wealth. A 21st century “terror” and Napoleon/war would be terrible. I hope you can find another FDR instead… 2024-11-20T10:15:40Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg28lev9tp50pe2gt6txuugvn9v43vuxk8vcf006v2nlhhvcqdrcszyrrdgekj9pu57pts6llymapdj6dul5k6kychta7y7mdrmm0rry8s276fg4l In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrjvrpatm4qnm9fkjpzzke3u4frn0qpfmawfhags0ssa2twsz790s0sq0uu'>nevent1q…q0uu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I somewhat agree, though I would extend that &#34;inner circle&#34; of beneficiaries to include middle class homeowners in countries like Australia. Basically, if a household has more than about AU$50k p.a. of disposable income, that probably puts them in the 1% (maybe as little as $25k or even less) who benefit from the status quo and would see a lifestyle hit, were it to be replaced with a different global order <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1kmhlnzmn56r07rqpzqf2ntnlwhfwt0l4wamlszg7w665xlsu75jsnxe30s" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Tingo</span> (<span class="italic">npub1kmh…e30s</span>)</a></span> 2024-10-02T23:33:57Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf8p0jz76rw3th70qwfs8hwsfy6km8pt3xcd9eeh8n90q8d3c8p5czyrrdgekj9pu57pts6llymapdj6dul5k6kychta7y7mdrmm0rry8s2782amp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxl49rrkvsc5f46t7krs0k4wjx8gd49h4qj2wu8h9jmsufeqx9dfsf9qarg'>nevent1q…qarg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>we stand for a global order that works so well for us - morality/ethics has nothing to do with it.<br/>(And the order is crumbling - we&#39;ll be left with neither our honour nor our money) 2024-10-01T08:11:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfe3tlshew9wlc82q6pf2y2l4u30daygru3pjxzm48ed2qnyc34dqzyrrdgekj9pu57pts6llymapdj6dul5k6kychta7y7mdrmm0rry8s2tw5sjk This poem feels all too real #poetry<br/><br/>The Second Coming, by Yeats<br/><br/>Turning and turning in the widening gyre<br/>The falcon cannot hear the falconer;<br/>Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;<br/>Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,<br/>The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere<br/>The ceremony of innocence is drowned;<br/>The best lack all conviction, while the worst<br/>Are full of passionate intensity.<br/><br/>Surely some revelation is at hand;<br/>Surely the Second Coming is at hand.<br/>The Second Coming! Hardly are those words out<br/>When a vast image out of Spiritus Mundi<br/>Troubles my sight: somewhere in sands of the desert<br/>A shape with lion body and the head of a man,<br/>A gaze blank and pitiless as the sun,<br/>Is moving its slow thighs, while all about it<br/>Reel shadows of the indignant desert birds.<br/>The darkness drops again; but now I know<br/>That twenty centuries of stony sleep<br/>Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle,<br/>And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,<br/>Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born? 2024-09-27T21:29:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxcuhh2htu4rpcxhadtnxp0wzaegfdv8f7ewtmy4hpqgevyk7z94qzyrrdgekj9pu57pts6llymapdj6dul5k6kychta7y7mdrmm0rry8s2wg7sh8 I know it’s not quite up to NYPD levels, but how many fares must one evade before a broken collarbone is justifiable in Australia?<br/><br/><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-17/perth-train-station-incident-cctv-man-tackled-by-transit-guard/104361838">https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-17/perth-train-station-incident-cctv-man-tackled-by-transit-guard/104361838</a> 2024-09-17T12:04:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspkwwje3a6xa72gupyhxwpkvgh7g4xxzuw8eqz0d7au6445lfgaxgzyrrdgekj9pu57pts6llymapdj6dul5k6kychta7y7mdrmm0rry8s25lqhxh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvtynex8568c8g5ezym9c2wz3prmk9ntwt96dj4pxwfa4ntemxptgu8kkhr'>nevent1q…kkhr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I partly want to reply to thank you for sharing this great story, and partly want to see if it appears on your blog :-)<br/><br/>[@TheRealNooshu](<a href="https://hachyderm.io/@TheRealNooshu">https://hachyderm.io/@TheRealNooshu</a> ) 2024-09-17T07:33:31Z