2026-05-04T07:38:57Z https://yabu.me Baltergeist https://yabu.me/npub1fkyk4aluu99umrp8vtkw0q56qj4dsge3hjrtzcsnm249p63c38wqarxgc0 https://media.mstdn.social/accounts/avatars/109/282/777/405/581/642/original/084686e52426b44f.jpg https://media.mstdn.social/accounts/avatars/109/282/777/405/581/642/original/084686e52426b44f.jpg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdra0rwckew2avkadkwjvlmfhl4dtwna7v46j2j3m0u849qk6svzczypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyacexmz07 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0sta73wpsn6tek2j92wa7lt3ykewtjd3cr3grqfc3q5nycty945gp5y9kj'>nevent1q…y9kj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Nights like this are a balm for tired souls, especially precious since we&#39;re soon to be hammered on the anvil of our merciless, scorching, dry Texas summer. I nearly wasted tonight on &#39;talky&#39; podcasts or an action flick. Then I realized I really need music, grounding and healing. Bella is definitely in agreement, lol!<br/> <img src="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/116/446/159/458/979/600/original/c32aad659b174879.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-04-22T03:03:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvf8eh5vn67daqe2mdeer83knt2ajlrl6sfpeeg9xh0ypcuwx20rgzypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyac0gak20 Another cold day with steady rain. These are my absolute favorites! So cozy, even if I did have to drive crosstown and back.<br/><br/>Spending tonight listening to long-time favorite albums, some Enigma and Tubular Bells, which never get old.<br/><br/>I lost a four-mile argument with myself and came home with burgers and fries. Hubby was ecstatic for getting naughty food for dinner.<br/><br/>Bonus: Bella favors my plumpitudinous lap on cold, rainy nights. I, too, am soft and warm! 😉<br/><br/>#3GoodThings 2026-04-22T02:52:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfhceqq45sf5ur034hw2dr59dqu708adkemw9szx8fcj8m8veywugzypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyace8j4qv Please, boycott #FIFA activities scheduled in the U.S. for 2026. <br/>It&#39;s not safe here for you.<br/>It&#39;s not safe here for US citizens.<br/>Please don&#39;t feed this obscenity of a regime.<br/>Stay away. Stay safe. Stay free. <br/>Thank you. ✌️❤️<br/><br/>#FIFA2026 #FIFAWorldCup #Antififa 2026-01-09T23:59:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdsexc9jed8dmqdqpj9wr3l42ne5akjzn8wvrx2uzquzuqjs93h9gzypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyac3k62d6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvrputh5a28s3xg7vggt243h5tcl28r5pgjlchelprumm06ltg68gftyrnj'>nevent1q…yrnj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Apropos of AI, I came across this Fortune news article just now, of concern:<br/>&#34;Spending on AI data centers is so massive that it’s now two-thirds of GDP—and it could crash the American economy&#34;<br/>So much money has been invested in AI that if it doesn&#39;t pay off, financial systems may collapse, like the dot.com bubble a generation ago. It&#39;s a huge gamble, but investors fear more being left out than they fear collapsing economies.<br/><br/><a href="https://fortune.com/2025/08/06/data-center-artificial-intelligence-bubble-consumer-spending-economy/">https://fortune.com/2025/08/06/data-center-artificial-intelligence-bubble-consumer-spending-economy/</a> 2025-08-06T18:13:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvrputh5a28s3xg7vggt243h5tcl28r5pgjlchelprumm06ltg68gzypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyacf3xysy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx42xetv24tj7yqknf0e3ljayydpkuxvz7vxd2pj7yw7us6k7txpsjfxf58'>nevent1q…xf58</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>As for the world listening to the US government, personally, I think every government should keep lines of communication open and listen to each other. How else will we share good ideas and practices, identify and learn from bad practices, figure out who wants what is good for people, or who wants only what is good for themselves? Listening is how you learn who is your friend, who is an enemy, who can be trusted. That takes diplomacy, not bullying. No one likes being bullied. 2025-08-06T17:51:34Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx42xetv24tj7yqknf0e3ljayydpkuxvz7vxd2pj7yw7us6k7txpszypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyacl8h9a0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9fqutafud3558xc32gdrcqaapxzaeevs3qrddjdq0za5xdqtlllqhpqptx'>nevent1q…qptx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Private companies do manufacture and distribute vaccines, true. But these companies receive a lot of money from the federal government (subsidies) to research and develop vaccines and other medicines. Without government money and support, these medicines don&#39;t make enough profit for private companies to sell them. It&#39;s always about profit. <br/>Learn more about AI, for and against, on the Diary of a CEO podcast on YouTube. Many great interviews with industry leaders and investors. 2025-08-06T17:42:34Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9fqutafud3558xc32gdrcqaapxzaeevs3qrddjdq0za5xdqtlllqzypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyac26la9p In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrvqvmw2vv7hu7xqdttea3he4mfa2tlcmg00x4v2wpju0p3cfdmyccnamh8'>nevent1q…amh8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yes, JFK Kennedy, Jr., as head of US Department of Health, has authority to deny government money for research and development of vaccines, treatments, and cures for diseases. He has stopped money that was meant to fund development of vaccines for H5N1 bird flu, and a vaccine that would have been effective against ALL covid variants. He is not a scientist and has no medical training, just dumb ideas.<br/>AI will be a global disrupter, displacing huge numbers of jobs➡️ many unemployed. 2025-08-06T17:32:55Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf4g7kpghjz7exf9huuu7tt5jnv8x6weruhfq0je56cakgf5uw4xczypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyac5wl0ax In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfxe982fu4z4355x332anm0aurm5mqwu84d5jm70khe89tegprv3gg4692u'>nevent1q…692u</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I aim to be optimistic, but at heart am a pragmatist: hope for the best but prepare for the worst. I don&#39;t like the converging vectors of probabilities right now, but refuse to surrender hope. I love that your response is other-oriented. That&#39;s the best of humanity, our capacity for compassion and mutual support, which reinforces reason to expect we&#39;ll see these difficult times bring out the best in more of us than some might expect. Inelegantly put, but I&#39;m tired.<br/>🫶 2025-08-06T05:59:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswezfpcs5jxjz5u67dd6vwkgfrrgkkqka4whp93laasplk3rgxdgczypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyacgsgjav In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8uva8jp25qrp2eu6gt2g3t0pdejcdk5rxuj070rn993yqw906z8q7m4w6g'>nevent1q…4w6g</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Hope everyone has laid in appropriate supplies: masks, gloves, medicines, sanitizer, etc. <br/>I hope I&#39;m wrong, but history seems determined to loop through its worst scenarios under the current administration. <br/><br/>#H5N1 #BirdFlu #H5N1BirdFlu 2025-08-06T03:20:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx5pldkz8rzfskaa2aez7j9ygj6gla9ctrw7cczh2h076pvl8gznczypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyackhgew7 #DontForgetTo pet your pets!<br/>#HashTagGames<br/>#Caturday #CatsOfMastodon<br/> <img src="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/114/719/333/792/324/116/original/4fd43d835c20ff63.jpg"> <br/> 2025-06-21T03:59:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrkn6lhaz288azewp7xetfw992empczsr0m4rduuj7wfqjh7rgv6czypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyacxdtcm5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgc2yc8wy40ucyuuj5uklenl48lnafmcltnzlh9vdt2et4fd9tdvqgnpseg'>nevent1q…pseg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Thank you for sustaining this instance of the Fediverse. That&#39;s HUGE. ❤️ 2025-06-14T22:20:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0zv53zrcde2vr90ua00z0tpcclawytv8ayv3k6hx7n6eqydsfungzypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyacn680yq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrwy9mts9fscf2qen7fqpt2d3ejdaxvpjlthvs00eyamphn23wsfcal4whm'>nevent1q…4whm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That little face, a tiny dinosaur sizing you up. Just love it. 🤩 2025-03-28T21:31:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9xggrxhqgxrdczjk0d60tvqkluxg85ezwzsn8rq2l4vuvg4tgl0czypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyacy5g042 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfpcqahtcptxhlnur06uvehcmwlspylx7u2h48zzwtyu6ca7352fgvg3936'>nevent1q…3936</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I get lost in the detail of feathering. Beautiful! 2025-03-28T21:25:32Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstksfk5ru85g32hwjzn0hal5p4pad7fcxqpj5hm7ch4anup3tp5mgzypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyac2v46vr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsre20xp3zavccst7jv8zfrnc88ndruvvqwn4lqnty46uhzlj60hssll6y5z'>nevent1q…6y5z</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>You are conflating wealth with efficacy. I understand you are focused on money, but again, you are ignoring the fact that diplomacy will not be effective with Putin. <br/>I think you&#39;re speaking Russian propaganda. <br/>Blocked. 2025-03-02T21:54:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszuqnn82kx597ce3y4nuf9q3qulpkxax60cyxetvg9ewwn7ztnd9szypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyacesjg5t In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0dhsrznfxr2lq7ekewlgh4mse650cdvl82yfcdyyudkdhn3su8lq7ncw88'>nevent1q…cw88</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>All America does NOT align with the current administration, and this game is NOT over. Friday&#39;s White House debacle should infuriate all people who believe in democratic freedom. That anger is fuel for a vigorous resistance to fascism. If you believe you already lost, then you are weakening that which must be strengthened. I have empathy for all of us. We&#39;re dismayed, angry, frightened. But we are not yet defeated, and neither is democratic freedom. Don&#39;t kneel. 2025-03-02T21:32:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0dhsrznfxr2lq7ekewlgh4mse650cdvl82yfcdyyudkdhn3su8lqzypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyaccef46w In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2v43eem5grased2qwkpxnradk6ystujy2d2wgg25x5737qcrmsscj03sh7'>nevent1q…3sh7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Agreed, the current propaganda from the US is aligned with Russian interests. Disastrous, and not just for Americans.<br/>But it&#39;s too early to surrender the idea that NATO is finished. It&#39;s not. And respectfully, diplomacy only works when all parties act in good faith, which Putin decidedly will not. He wants to be Tsar.<br/>Let&#39;s dig up Neville Chamberlain and ask him about his diplomatic success with Hitler, keeping in mind that he handed nations over to Nazis. 2025-03-02T21:21:34Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs845ht5jkqezsx4fyz93uz23y4nlgtmw9zk86ynk8kere4tn62u4szypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyacr5a47j In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstqugp9yptydzq3fewxyq3hx67ud0k6y7sc57duprmdpnde0xkxzcdjvecj'>nevent1q…vecj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>profiter.<br/>NATO isn&#39;t gone. It had some respite because the world had relative stability. Putin destabilized the world. NATO is on alert, even gaining new members. Putin&#39;s military build-up was sabotaged by his own oligarchy that skimmed money and returned shoddy products. He didn&#39;t fnd this out till war started. Putin also thought NATO was too weak to worry about. Ironically, his aggression made it stronger. <br/>It sounds as if you&#39;re spreading Russian propaganda. 2025-03-02T20:27:56Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0wauldkctnd8n2dgyl64rs047v48ad38p8ml7wuztxtq0l8zmqvqzypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyacupxz3g What do you call a bear with no teeth?<br/><br/>Gummy bear.<br/>😆<br/><br/>#DadJokes 2025-02-28T08:15:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9n6lq9xctu3yjy0sknfp64s6uw4442c9wssqdr0qaskw33trm5nqzypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyacrhtlw8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsymgwvnl7aejz4f6klshm2n8z3gc5wtxh729hqj8hmek6wjz5jdyqa7l097'>nevent1q…l097</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m not proud of feeling that way, but I&#39;m only mortal. And I love Mom fiercely. I&#39;m at the point where I&#39;m praying the crook will get a karmic redirect. Lord knows, I&#39;ve had my share of Cosmic clue by fours. Uncomfortable, but I&#39;m okay with them because I know they help me evolve and become a better person. Schoolhouse earth delivers some tough love sometimes. 🤪 2025-02-25T03:25:16Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2t9guyjygv8j6kzf403pdg46xu5l79wp9mzzm32ht6fffa92n0pgzypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyac6xxj9l In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8wj664ckzasrsjhvwm2ze07fw28j7xcngavgdmjy798xuzuhkecc94t59a'>nevent1q…t59a</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Thanks! Honestly, I&#39;m terrified that there might still be fall-out. It&#39;s so scary. I don&#39;t know how anyone can be so evil. <br/><br/>If I could get my hands on that crook, he&#39;d need a Hadron collider to find any particles left after I got done with him. 😡 2025-02-25T02:54:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswv5j4gmmpegwjm573au4lkw3lz6wtdzz60ynwr64upv8f3cqwazqzypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyacyvql6a In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs89vvl9my9lr5jgwvj4wfp7pffngr5f3uzcpj4hn8g24af0vkvvzsnln52y'>nevent1q…n52y</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The scammer, weirdly, stayed on the line, even at the bank! He started talking crazy to the bank rep, so it really hit home to Mom how close she came to a disaster.<br/><br/>Please, folks, educate your family, especially seniors who aren&#39;t tech savvy, and friends. Innoculate them so they won&#39;t be victimized by these vile criminals. We&#39;re still in shock, but today, we won. The bad guys will keep trying, but now we&#39;re forewarned and have a game plan.<br/><br/>/3 2025-02-25T02:46:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs89vvl9my9lr5jgwvj4wfp7pffngr5f3uzcpj4hn8g24af0vkvvzszypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyacm839n5 One thing today, but it&#39;s BIG: TL:DR Saved Mom from huge fraud attempt.<br/>I got to Mom&#39;s house just as she was heading to her bank in a panic. She had a phone call that her account had been hacked and she had to hurry, pull out her remaining money, and invest it in crypto to save it. Took me 15 minutes to pull details out of her. Everything about this sketchy as hell. By the time we hit the bank, I got her to go in and talk to them, verify what I knew were lies. /1<br/><br/>#3GoodThings #ThreeGoodThings 2025-02-25T02:07:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxldlaga7hm9l302p5f8w4qlheh25zas904rvly3zuj44uce3jcagzypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyacllzx2j In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd2dpl890uxrtpx48lhgwnyyupx2rfqpwuwppt4cutqy5hu3cza9qglkdu3'>nevent1q…kdu3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>#Linux #LinuxInstall<br/><br/>Would a kindly Linux user please recommend which would be the best choice for someone who is Linux curious, a mite familiar with DOS, minimal experience with hardware, but excellent intuitive computer grasp? I will soon have a c. 2016 CPU, still good mileage, currently running Windows 10. I won&#39;t have bandwidth to do this until late summer/fall, but I want to run Linux (only) on it and explore Linux World. I&#39;m ignorant and would appreciate intel. Thank you! 2025-02-23T21:37:15Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8dxpzp8rc5xzqvfglhv2rtgkjee78kpkz634l9e0n8s7gv43tlpczypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyacq0t5ep #WritersCoffeeClub 1/22 What prompted you to begin writing?<br/><br/>Reading. Reading made me want to write. Greek and Roman myths, legends and stories from all over the world, Alice in Wonderland, Narnia, ghost stories, all of it. Before that, Mom reading to us kids, Mother Goose, Dr. Seuss, Winnie the Pooh. When I was five, I could hardly stand the wait for first grade, where I would learn to make letters, put them together and make words, put those together and express ideas.<br/>Read to your kids. 2025-01-23T08:08:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0v9ew7wcxz9dlx3vzsj9lm54da7na4z6fkcvhq505m44qfscs4vszypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyaca5fmr8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfy9nzzn7sa3gkczzmt3mhr92upr42kvwl0nsfs74jpzq7a857hrq6qpce0'>nevent1q…pce0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Jedi mind trick, playing me against myself, lol! I haven&#39;t mastered discipline, but my bait-and-switch tactics are nearing world class.🤭 2025-01-22T03:09:06Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd8k09ax5ujvlctr223ehup0jxxnjnchgz057mka99zqd2qhs6k5szypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyac5xhqcq Completed a fact-finding call for an essential service for Mom. Follow-through set for next week.<br/><br/>Spent a few hours tidying the kitchen countertop, reducing clutter and reorganizing for more space. Yeah, I&#39;m procrastinating something else I need to do, but we&#39;re happy with results and the Other Thing will get done. Soon. -Ish. It&#39;s marvelous how much I can get done when procrastinating what must be done when I don&#39;t wanna do it.<br/><br/>Clean laundry folded, put away. <br/><br/>#3GoodThings #ThreeGoodThings 2025-01-22T02:09:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr4sk2590xe4ee8q7mqr6hgv3g7v8xhrpumwn57ghtuqlff0xvkaczypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyacq9u2xh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8lcr2gzw5vvvxsflhtqf7tju0errrjk8vyl5m239ynglesxu0cqgq2uc92'>nevent1q…uc92</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Agreed. It&#39;s such a stealthy disease, good at disguise, flying under radar. Coupled with the ol&#39; &#34;I see nothing!&#34; attitude of our governments and healthcare systems, one must ponder that covid is like the bunny who leaped and landed in clover. <br/>Doesn&#39;t bode well for the coming bird flu adventure. 2025-01-01T06:23:47Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf0tcmdx4n7d4y3w045uepu8updwntnla0skskfl6zjxa0ndrgz5gzypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyaclhnjra In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgqy73fmpgrduncmnyvtzvexccn4evdcgxgt23ex5th4wj8znngfswdumm8'>nevent1q…umm8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;...over 410 million people are now living with Long COVID globally...&#34;<br/>With 8 billion people on the planet, is this an estimate of about 19.5% with long covid? <br/>&lt;EDIT: Nope, closer to 5%, 1 in 20.&gt;<br/>That is a LOT of suffering, disability, loss of human potential, additional strain on health care systems, lost man-hours of labor, and sick people forced to be out and about while trying to survive.<br/>How is this not a high-profile issue?<br/><br/>#LongCovid #Covid #CovidIsNotOver 2025-01-01T05:39:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8m5esgst9cuhd2g4gmv3359uysng7ujp0zkq09e7w50u0wrtqfaszypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyaczpdc63 From a T-shirt for sale at redbubble.com, Types of Cat Loaf. <br/>#Caturday #Cats<br/> <img src="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/113/612/781/380/490/355/original/2b351432004e3b9b.jpg"> <br/> 2024-12-07T17:53:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw34dggva0vq7enjwnkkd07fht43g7j5xvmcw8n62z6ul77p86eyqzypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyacmcvtuf Answering the phone instead of letting it roll to voice mail to screen out the 97% of calls that are frauds, spammers, crooks, and general nuisances. <br/><br/>#MissedFromBygoneDays<br/>#HashTagGames 2024-11-13T02:11:25Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs03wl72xxp37jctv4aqn7h7wcuz2gxtvydatpytyym6aney9d0kgczypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyacp0arc5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs99nhuercxfttxr8t4rtwu5uawd6jpvujqnvnt7c5dzj365lnzzjsgyvc6p'>nevent1q…vc6p</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That&#39;s why I adored these guys so much. Instead of responding with fear or hostility, they leaned into the gifts of their nerdery. They dressed up, went out, and had fun with it, celebrating their goofy wit and imagination. Every one of them is in my book of heroes. WBC slunk away to their hate-filled hellscape and the goofy guys won. Yay! 😆 2024-11-10T19:45:06Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdpfl8mmqg43998qeuwgg4vw8tka2sq8003200xurpxwxr6v4566qzypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyact96m8y In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstg0j4gkpxhqs7refe0p592qzgpfd4ns9k9kka8za3csha2pp8zvq375tmf'>nevent1q…5tmf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>My Favorite Westboro Baptist Church of Hate protest story is the 2010 San Diego Comic Con counter-protest, when WBC protested the evils of larping, furries and fun. My favorite counter-protest signs were &#34;God hates kittens&#34; and &#34;Is this thing on?&#34; I was never so proud of my people, and I wanted to hug them all. edit note: The top image is gone, but photos of counter-protest remain.<br/>Link to Comics Alliance news story: &#34;Superheroes Vs. The Westboro Baptist Church&#34;<br/><a href="https://comicsalliance.com/super-heroes-vs-the-westboro-baptist-church/">https://comicsalliance.com/super-heroes-vs-the-westboro-baptist-church/</a> 2024-11-10T19:17:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv97uwj6zelpwj34ln4j765zre9m40wah7pql3e33k30v955ng9jszypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyac66qjr9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdfd8gq4uk89l77c5djtt8lktk9kkv9eamc0mtpj7r6qp8xunvj8swedt4a'>nevent1q…dt4a</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>In the 1960s, kids in my school got the Weekly Reader, a short, kid-level newsletter. They were talking about climate change in articles for kids that long ago. Granted, not every kid had that kind of information back then, but by the 1970s, news articles about the threats to our planet from pollution and the oil industry were common. It&#39;s difficult for me to understand folks are now surprised by crises the public was consistently warned about from 50 years ago or more. How..? 2024-11-01T20:45:46Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgkakqv83yqqkwr4dmr6qqf6s6flf6pgwgzd35p623llaw8u02c0szypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyacg8prlh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9p9sztwxrr2pa4a8rzvz4lp9mqqx7530mcuxmpcgmwyepfxmgqqqujjnf9'>nevent1q…jnf9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&lt;Frantically stocking up on books, cats, and art and writing supplies against the coming Duhpocalypse.&gt;<br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/113/070/513/981/480/585/original/31ce8fca68d007d1.mp4"></video><br/> 2024-09-02T23:23:13Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9ajl5q40c8whajfdu0jrk9p7smrgduzm3raszh42lxsc4d0dka6qzypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyac569cgp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz2llldjaank9rq8u5pfvujvjdz8suvufzwxt8asw5k0wtv5ah03gcjx4xz'>nevent1q…x4xz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It works because the new FT live-in maid is Adrian Monk, the only person whose standards of hygiene meet or exceed Felix Unger&#39;s.<br/>But only until Day Two, when Oscar leaves Adrian&#39;s newly pristine bathroom and kitchen in shambles. Adrian experiences filth-sensory overload, enters a fugue state, wrestles Oscar to the floor, then smothers him to death in a full body cling wrap mummification that takes the coroner six hours to remove.<br/><br/>#TVCharactersLotteryLifestyle <br/>#hashtaggames 2024-08-28T02:28:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswyk0zdq6w7ltmdt403avathkqlkwsazaypzdyxmzrqnhs84gfetgzypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyacxe7yew In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx95h6j2xsjt62y22upp3grjtwchclg7hdgmydshx77mn05u35ahg939t0m'>nevent1q…9t0m</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>If there&#39;s a design college or art school in your area, you might see if a design student would welcome a commission. But please do pay them, even if not thousands of dollars, at least enough to make it worth their while. Artists need income, not exposure. <br/>Names...Bitty Kitties? Crafty Critters? Raggedy Rascals? Boo-Boo Zoo? Punky Pets? Make sure no one else is using whatever name y&#39;all do settle on. Good luck! 2024-08-27T04:13:52Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw57zxh2jmyrsewx929nem890ap60l5e4qlgj80zt9tu9yf8w3n3szypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyacn84ya6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszxsh09rmf7lejzq6gtvydp3z69f493p5sr94ugffez3ed0me2fssf2ptx4'>nevent1q…ptx4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This makes me so happy. 2024-08-26T07:47:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyc7y2x9lt0wxfznrsg9aqylzrkxx74fsh6wum9vjkzxfzdjkyl9gzypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyacpa58ff &#34;Dis pillow, mine. Dese toys, mine. *Sniffsniff* Dis also mine.&#34;<br/>#Caturday #CatsOfMastodon #Cats<br/> <img src="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/113/019/092/670/051/675/original/4a08fd0129827eb2.jpg"> <br/> 2024-08-24T21:29:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvspza4wwjlmju29z93lqef7jm0mlmv4pcx5nnka0hpmgmh3xqsegzypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyacr5u3tz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszsuynt9c40s3xh08svv8mv6m6zl5symkkxdj0mg9s8787dj9kf9cm803vr'>nevent1q…03vr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>No, but I was responding to the surprise expressed that an ER requires the presence of a security force. Not everyone is aware of that. 2024-08-21T17:40:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs03mlvkk250fw8g7wea37z8p4lhy6s6l8um60yjuxavgm96z06v0szypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyacwckzf0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszj9wqr0sqy3jdfa6aenfre43aqqp40gr6hvscssrwygalkh0eg9skc0ahv'>nevent1q…0ahv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Exactly. I suspect with Labor, it may also be governing inexperience, but that&#39;s mere noodling over my coffee, nothing to back it up. While I don&#39;t think taxing the rich is a cure-all, prying a fair share out of them would sure help. At a certain point, they&#39;re just keeping score, and their entrenched entitlement and conceit become the measure of misery for those they hold interior by virtue of that very poverty engineered to imprison them, generation after generation. 2024-08-21T17:38:15Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrzpwav77kwqytat9eg54se62f0apy99j4u2t0zucvf24fz69alqszypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyacqpcwm6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfsce8f4hc5vypecpmwa79cxkt48qpma0ga95f4a443xyze2pa6qqv929xe'>nevent1q…29xe</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think it&#39;s elitist cruelty, snobbery elevated to the level of a Dickensian ethical shambles. Please excuse me, I have to go outside and rage against the machine for a while now. 🤨 2024-08-21T16:56:46Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsypc0xpwtc9tut4fysg42fzffdv36cxm2v3gfdul7tfpzljqzashszypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyac7hdefq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs85sqvtqkg5sanhawnetpmapag3nqdyjz0z7lpamsvvj24jjymlasgfdmga'>nevent1q…dmga</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I thought the Thatcher years would have buried the myth of austerity as economic cure. They sure should have. 2024-08-21T09:46:23Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0h37zxakkqptyyvtjhcsrs4ytn7uztlyr62yhg3e9e0ttf4z53vczypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyac0vyjw9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxymqmf4k7s54g7c3q9qlhmrd4jpacv080c27mudvj9yplukrz5xcsshmfk'>nevent1q…hmfk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yes. ER staff have to deal with assaults by people on drugs, violent drunks, as well as mentally ill people who may become violent due to their fear and psychosis. 2024-08-21T09:05:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0rddmgsqa7zwwyw3mgf46vqgmz0jnh4ehdgu222vpy72el0nwvnszypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyac6ge30y In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdf983gnqyj98tyst8lhx9je3zc7z7qfmu77txkl374pe2sfh63wsumrux0'>nevent1q…rux0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/112/996/065/098/036/340/original/60daeaa0e7f7fd2c.mp4"></video><br/> 2024-08-20T19:48:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0gs6cg5lteksvh0wr9wwyy9qv77ceycyh2p8f7ftydmy5rx9nr9gzypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyac9xlunn Good night, and sweet dreams!<br/>An especially good night to all the Mastodon childless cat moms and dads. 😸<br/>#Caturday #CatsOfMastodon #Cats<br/> <img src="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/112/980/874/594/753/402/original/db619dfdf1f85f14.png"> <br/> 2024-08-18T03:29:40Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqkzu8qmptzf5cgqvuhgdqxyhvx5dw2grs2vwnlpmghxqjlalmlyqzypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyacxcn308 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszhumey77jktrhzkhw8cu5dpuqtmcaheeq595qd37cpsg5e8svn4sw32v74'>nevent1q…2v74</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>You have the makings of a great biologist, good for you! 2024-08-15T20:43:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswax4gv8x3c0y0pe0c3yt3y2ekg6mmgudzfrkm0d4gn6yg9tfyypqzypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyacldtas9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz6v85rlzfawxuxlagsjpuf6vxdu0q4uv0flwvlhg57kxlzf3sv9qkqtcm8'>nevent1q…tcm8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I got a lizard, a horny toad, a cockroach, and a decapitated water moccasin draped over a stick. I didn&#39;t mind the first two, screamed and ran from the roach, and climbed up an old oak tree as far as I could to escape the dead moccasin. <br/>Good times... 2024-08-15T20:39:57Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvh22y4ywupg5nk6n46xdatlura3x23kqmscl9vjedpmuy7trhy9qzypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyaca9xe26 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp2d37hpq7w8mf397nca0dmaypk6ufnkmpr2ekwqsxqfds0mzjhhqev9m2e'>nevent1q…9m2e</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>No worries! I&#39;m consternated to realize just how old this song is--and therefore how old I am. Urk! 😜<br/>Price of playing the long game well, though. I raise my wrinkly fists and bounce my arthritic knees in jubilant defiance of the many existential threats that I have so far overcome. Yay for old biddies and geezers! (We had some of the best music, too.) 2024-08-15T20:35:13Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqyre23psvmdk3hv6a4w6sws5hj2dxayckvsxq56r7q34tkskzslqzypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyaca8wx6q In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszrh58v0kjudec2lf5nphfwhlh5mtgfcphcr0kptxkgcma42j3yvsaehkde'>nevent1q…hkde</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>One from the vaults. It&#39;s about that time in childhood when little boys start to crush on little girls, want to get their attention, but don&#39;t know how to be smooth in their approach yet. It&#39;s that age when they pull little girls&#39; hair, scare them or gross them out, anything to get her to notice him. The little girl in the song tells the little boy, &#34;I don&#39;t like spiders and snakes, and that ain&#39;t what it takes to love me, you fool, you fool!&#34; Having lived this, I find it cute. 2024-08-15T20:18:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs07ek2tfg9pfjc3k0k8y7a0ms5p87s9tkmd93xwud8wq8r7xdv65czypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyacn4sjey As if we needed another reason to vote against the increasingly mentally deteriorating Donald Trump, consider that the president has the sole discretion and power to launch nuclear warheads at any time, with no one to contravene the launch. And he WANTS to use them.<br/>Link to Steven Bartlett&#39;s Diary of a CEO interview with Annie Jacobsen: &#34;Nuclear War Expert: 72 Minutes To Wipe Out 60% Of Humans, In The Hands Of 1 Person!&#34;<br/><a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=asmaLnhaFiY">https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=asmaLnhaFiY</a> 2024-08-15T18:16:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszwqegm20n3kgnjmkctqwj2p95gvvmazk4yzzv8wf4jv6ra5hp6xszypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyacxpvm2x &#34;I recently introduced the Long COVID Research Moonshot Act of 2024. This legislation provides the world’s largest investment into Long COVID and is critical to support research, expand care, and provide relief to the millions of Americans suffering from it. It provides $10 billion in federal funding...&#34;<br/>Support this bill, y&#39;all!<br/>#LongCovid #Covid #CovidIsntOver <br/>Link to Daily Beast opinion piece by Senator Bernie Sanders: &#34;America Must Confront Its Long COVID Crisis&#34;<br/><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/bernie-sanders-america-must-confront-its-long-covid-crisis">https://www.thedailybeast.com/bernie-sanders-america-must-confront-its-long-covid-crisis</a> 2024-08-15T17:57:35Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9cw6vsfmzlceuy9ttdgh0qq3cxtwj52rs8ysc5v4wdaw3txfl4vgzypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyac2jvptv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp6ul4dy3pw7yy4k6jp4ete52mfskgy323azwalvggwlwqqkfgk4c8wra8t'>nevent1q…ra8t</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Go for it! The divergent path takes us to interesting new vistas, sometimes better ones.<br/>Hubby and I argued for days about lyrics in &#34;I Don&#39;t Like Spiders and Snakes&#34;. Finally we played the song and REALLY listened (pre-internet, an actual LP), and I conceded. It is indeed &#34;You fool, you fool,&#34; and not &#34;Boo hoo, boo hoo.&#34; <br/>But I still sing it my way. Sometimes I do it just to annoy him. 😆 2024-08-15T06:39:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszjvwzsunf30rdcswak3ftmgfkeqtegjmug084j309nha49krjkeczypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyacn26vn3 #mishearatitle <br/>Due to my chronic lyricosis, for 20 years, I thought the song title was &#34;Secret Asian Man&#34;, not &#34;Secret Agent Man&#34;.<br/>It makes no sense to me either. 😑🤦‍♀️<br/><br/>#MishearATitle #HashtagGames 2024-08-15T06:14:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvz3eh3jearr9qu6df6r36zrcfw43hqzlsknl749tj6hpvg8e62ugzypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyacfujm6q In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg6wuf5zrd25rd25ls0tzhx9nn5ycr35uavlx99t68lmarwyagr2q3e9fn7'>nevent1q…9fn7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I mean, eventually I scraped my jaw off the floor, but seconds later, THHHHUNK! There it went again.<br/>Unbelievable. 2024-08-13T23:26:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgset53cmxprq2gledkan83fqf3ude9sgszhp5q6vhu8pfjv5sj9qzypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyacqg5692 Peekaboo, Bella!<br/>#Caturday #CatsOfMastodon #Cats<br/> <img src="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/112/936/503/049/453/681/original/122b672bbb5194bb.png"> <br/> 2024-08-10T07:22:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrnvknzwnul77e28rehk730apynstvthkcwd2s4e50wvflrgtd5mgzypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyac09uk0j Time Keeps on Slippin&#39; Into the Future Shock<br/>By Miller and Toffler<br/><br/>Bourree My Heart at Wounded Knee<br/>By Tull and Brown<br/><br/>I, Mr. Roboto<br/>By Asimov and Styx<br/><br/>#BookASongOrPoem <br/>#HashtagGames 2024-08-10T01:53:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp389a38rrqjs8q8cc860ccqpnttn03aupzy2ht8dy5zt7xjnuz5czypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyackwu49h Steeleye Span showed me A Lofty Tall Ship/Shallow Brown.<br/><br/><a href="https://youtu.be/Tqsa-CqLyoQ?feature=shared">https://youtu.be/Tqsa-CqLyoQ?feature=shared</a><br/><br/>#WhatISawFromTheLightHouse<br/>#HashTagGames 2024-08-08T03:18:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsywsuuy78n29d22f7pkmu467xk07vckkh0cw2gj276ul3j2pc8y0qzypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyaczk4cax In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0k3m4cxyppq2cjq5rfw3xvdhp82yy4ery0yelwfqcap3dmg8mz2gcjy6n6'>nevent1q…y6n6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Amen to that, the most insightful and compassionate observer of human nature in generations. Sir Terry&#39;s writing spoiled me. I had to learn to read with tolerance other work that doesn&#39;t reach the bar, which is mostly everyone else. Except maybe Neil Gaiman and Douglas Adams.<br/>Why do the Brits seem to have a lock on the best fantasy and fiction writers..? I&#39;m not complaining, but it is remarkable. <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1j3llx76lh4phy5dnuveua9dk4t7tce5wl2skgkndpdewykxl40nq37zmg9" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Neil Gaiman</span> (<span class="italic">npub1j3l…zmg9</span>)</a></span> 2024-08-07T20:46:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqvfg3shyz9ysz4ya85hxz2jspykj2u5j0qwx9x6nh9sz4r0keu6qzypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyac85637x In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsveht267nhyzt89akm3a4fhml3mtn3fctzk5d2fwseacdpafeq3sgd7la38'>nevent1q…la38</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Arg! All we can do is our best with resources and information available at any given time. <br/>This can be tragic. We lost a good friend to covid a few months after vaccines became available. Because he&#39;d been vaccinated, the hospital sent him home when he developed dangerous covid symptoms, including breathing difficulty. His unvaccinated girlfriend was admitted, survived. He died next day. They didn&#39;t yet know vaccination doesn&#39;t guarantee survival. (Get vaccinated anyway, folks!) 2024-08-07T20:37:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstjc6vxupc35pgdd5ne6mgkhycwca9adz92wx3w09he2hhaq4mc0szypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyacc7a39t In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq09kagh67pfd9xj5xep9wetylthrqlykylqf3rzzj46t2azcue6slhy3xy'>nevent1q…y3xy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Done, thank you! 😊 2024-08-07T02:30:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgrmjh4htdyej34g2n8sqp2060ufsks5enkphnx8alkzpvq3w4zggzypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyacr5eexc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfdxnhmxz98u6y562ppjus39eklry3mtd0zx3tfa74lrr2ye3xk3qvfmrfc'>nevent1q…mrfc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Thank you! I worry about oversharing, being a nuisance, so this is welcome validation that I can still be of use in the world. ❤️ 2024-08-07T02:29:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz4w4d3ep9pcek6rdhzepg5j9mtesdd9m363u4nxey64yks56602szypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyac5lfygt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsflj8ytg770gauevx9mzw0vn2d6vfyl504s832p5jzkg5d5e4hemqwp3002'>nevent1q…3002</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>❤️ 2024-08-07T00:16:25Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2cqtmvflevqpyegcrlscljrxf80kz45ch0ktf7crhn44ayk3yjfqzypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyac5uscc7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgwrukyn2zpvke429sufn8m597kal59av622ky6s2m3sje427fzvqhhkhm5'>nevent1q…khm5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I thought I was doing pretty well at keeping up with covid research. While I was doing better than the average guy in the street, this deeper dive is boggling my mind anew. Every so often, I start thinking maybe Hubby and I are falling prey to conspiracy theories, at worst, or germophobia, at best, and should ditch the masks, join the herd. Then something puts my nose deep in the science again, REAL real, and...yeah, we&#39;ll keep masking, embrace our weirdo status. 2024-08-07T00:07:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgwrukyn2zpvke429sufn8m597kal59av622ky6s2m3sje427fzvqzypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyackpw0rw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq995gznu46w746xqrtxgahtmxytsjuwzh90s3fwfy678qu4xqkgc43j4wp'>nevent1q…j4wp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Karen, ref Benadryl, I found this, plus there appear to be other relevant research publications available. I prefer DuckDuckGo for online searches rather than Google. This also is new information for me, thank you for bringing it to my attention! <br/>Link to article: &#34;Covid‐19 Histamine theory: Why antihistamines should be incorporated as the basic component in Covid‐19 management?&#34;<br/><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9903129/">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9903129/</a> 2024-08-06T23:58:52Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsq995gznu46w746xqrtxgahtmxytsjuwzh90s3fwfy678qu4xqkgczypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyacucrsjy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstathnjnu7tcyu7m63jy3uh4l3ps38jna4etp454uyzj49tsnnjqq7edqg2'>nevent1q…dqg2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;ll have to read up on Neosporin ointment, thanks for putting this on my radar! I&#39;m hip deep at present in the National Academies Press 2024 publication, &#34;A Long Covid Definition: A Chronic, Systemic Disease State with Profound Consequences&#34;. It&#39;s clearer to me why there&#39;s no comprehensive data tracking at present. We can&#39;t even adequately define or definitively diagnose long covid yet!<br/>Link to read free online here: <a href="https://nap.nationalacademies.org/read/27768/chapter/1">https://nap.nationalacademies.org/read/27768/chapter/1</a><br/>/1 2024-08-06T23:52:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstz8cjm6hwgngfnzqc20gjuwpkut3v78xt34tww4mhda4uulx7sjszypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyacqxr088 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqyhquwxrjc4sv2jpmc2n8mjprtg806ecw27hzzfuzf8j3s703pncgupfrk'>nevent1q…pfrk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m impressed that you found a doctor willing to diagnose long covid and try to help you. I live in a large urban area with a significant medical community, but am not sanguine about finding a doctor with the knowledge and compassion who could help with a long covid patient. I think they&#39;re here, but I also think I&#39;d have to truck through three or more doctors minimum to find that one who would be of help.<br/>I hope your health will improve over time. Take good care, please! 2024-08-06T18:51:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqyhquwxrjc4sv2jpmc2n8mjprtg806ecw27hzzfuzf8j3s703pnczypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyacvxrr2d In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdqt6fs9ljlt5r60436vrkd0z9sp7u7059uw4xe7trekf93ey0aecwymndk'>nevent1q…mndk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>We&#39;ll get there eventually. But I share your dismay at casual dismissal, which is casual cruelty, of the long-term threat covid poses, especially to our most vulnerable population. I can&#39;t get my head around the block-headed denial involved, but no one wants to give credence to long-term sufferers, legitimate researchers, or even the silent dead in their millions. We&#39;re frogs in the cookpot, oblivious to the boiling to come, sans intervention. Cost of neglect will be staggering. 2024-08-06T18:45:06Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvj5c273vqhemq738d70tuym6thh9csupfy33wcq8fkzd2z7uwdegzypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyacgyp3x2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8a6zuxagqfeq4meulk6rvn4kda3rqfn90ywcqgh6cmlda6dg67fcsjml83'>nevent1q…ml83</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Too many folks are living this story, and it&#39;s a tragic loss of human potential. I&#39;m so sorry your life has been upended by covid. I continue to expect we&#39;ll see meaningful treatments, or better, a cure, one day. Feels like we&#39;re treading water, hoping for a lifeline. But I won&#39;t surrender hope. 2024-08-06T07:58:56Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0smah9l7avffnyf9kdl90afeep0eunmdxs3m4xydx4uq9nr4a9lgzypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyacj5jdae In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst0lepcynlg68qgtw64lcmwtmjk6x2nz9erghwz9z788rlgu4tylc3x68rj'>nevent1q…68rj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It&#39;s certainly cause for hope, especially for the most vulnerable among us! 2024-08-06T07:47:55Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx5lmn96p3rkg5vk7hmsw3uhjkxp6v4329kn6nnkh7teyzd6rmx8szypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyacehl2x3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw4d628pww0zruyp8jsy2lw6p22daskmkr9cwv2c0ah0j7g5xar2gqd055q'>nevent1q…055q</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think there are some really good doctors here on Mastodon who take long covid seriously and are working to educate colleagues. But there are too many others who can&#39;t be bothered. It irks me any time a medical professional falls back on &#39;psychosomatic&#39; when what they really mean is &#39;I have no idea and it&#39;s not my problem.&#39; Doctors used to dismiss menstrual cramps as female hysterics in my grandmother&#39;s day. We make progress, but Lordy, it feels so slow. 2024-08-06T03:41:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfpsrzahu30hhp9urhnn79lv0zs9y54yvdervvz8wmp4cwl9xt72szypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyacyz3ly0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw2p2uw6hqaz0k9ze0c4hcyd9m6se3negyealg9dua72nan6fyc7qfnka3m'>nevent1q…ka3m</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That would do it, yep. I&#39;m so sorry. I know you must be doing everything you can to stay safe. Periodically I see updates on research into a covid vaccine administered nasally that will be vastly more effective at prevention. I hope we see this available soon!<br/>Link to SciTechDaily story: Breaking the Booster Cycle: Nasal Vaccine Offers Superior, Long-Lasting COVID-19 Immunity<br/><a href="https://scitechdaily.com/breaking-the-booster-cycle-nasal-vaccine-offers-superior-long-lasting-covid-19-immunity/">https://scitechdaily.com/breaking-the-booster-cycle-nasal-vaccine-offers-superior-long-lasting-covid-19-immunity/</a> 2024-08-06T03:34:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdj3qtxu5yz0zjrtlfhks0srukl2wkwen2g8g3qj59wmysfv33gpqzypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyacfx55hv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst5t8mknfvkyendm3j3hr78cj3ca6nkf96mnm50lqhhkekncy58hcw5mngw'>nevent1q…mngw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Three times! I&#39;m so sorry. Are you in a high risk environment, may I ask? 2024-08-06T03:23:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspmurjm6wcwqfqr0usfzwrcamy9ytt546466egdk7wm0wunz3m8rqzypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyacdkt9lr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstu76h5sma47ma4uz3gx9rw0lwljd42f4gzhdzkq44ejgx03gwm8qk6e7e2'>nevent1q…e7e2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Thank you! I had been thinking of recovery in terms of a couple of weeks, not months. It&#39;s disastrous that employers want sick employees back to work before they&#39;ve even gotten over immediate symptoms, let alone one or two months! Brother-in-law had mild covid last month and went back to work after a few days. Sis (retired) had it, not so mild, but brushed off my fussing for her to take it easy and not push. She gave it two weeks. Second infection, both of them. *sigh... 😑 2024-08-06T03:22:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszkyr6dpwuycsh9w5v9huj9a05m4nanwh70dmlgfljzun8wzz3ewgzypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyacmrpr5y In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8tsd0ds59wqgyhdcgsxeyxk6r02mphvgutwdcwgmke0r3wk8gj7gxgw40f'>nevent1q…w40f</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Thank you! This is very helpful. So many folks here, whether covid sufferers, doctors or nurses, are giving this same good advice. It&#39;s hard to get people to slow down, rest, not rush back to activity. But I hear resting sufficiently is vitally important for recovery.<br/>I hope that other folks will benefit from all this good advice and good research links, hopefully before they get sick. 2024-08-06T03:12:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsds3qk6umlts5n52p4fp06m7vqdag7mmymvhf2lsl65n4zuvux6ngzypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyac35906u In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspa8wterfc6cw9syej6wmqv77keejy0tsjh3shrvz70azpd54477q40h5h9'>nevent1q…h5h9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I suspect neighbor did have this new summer strain, which, though not more lethal, is reported to a nastier experience for victims.<br/>I swear, it feels like covid is like a relentless, swinging hammer. The first blow may not get you. Neither the second or third. But every blow weakens the overall structure, more and more. Every blow steps closer to collapse. I hope I&#39;m wrong, but the research indicates this. If so, within the next few years, mere cracks will become big fractures. 2024-08-06T02:11:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspy5ptn2dse6vnq4sssp7kre4nmy27rg37n3yeyqqughwu75l0f6czypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyacj3yzv0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswlyv8f92ffv2evl2gr08j3asylt33ny42z0yygrrqe3xw49ze9zqarr0qn'>nevent1q…r0qn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yes. The research I&#39;ve seen points to something more akin to AIDS. Covid tanks the immune system, embeds in multiple physical organs and systems, and will affect individuals differently depending on where the virus finds systemic weaknesses to exploit. That it can lie dormant before reigniting, or cycle through dormant/active phases, terrifies me. <br/>I struggle to understand people who want to ignore or deny covid research. I guess that&#39;s human nature, but me, I want the information. 2024-08-06T01:40:57Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw877sy3p0jee024hxrzj2dd4qvvqj5002vkj9axrmzfl72u9wn9czypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyachfjy3v In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsthu7h6mvu295h66s7q6xvtn7mw9ajppsmem5fry9nsfzxjzlfqlq0g7rza'>nevent1q…7rza</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Oh no, I&#39;m sorry you&#39;re dealing with that! It sure is a game-changer for life. You must have to really hoard your energy and manage your boundaries fiercely.<br/>I went through something similar very, very early in the pandemic, infected by a student returning from Wuhan, China. Took me about 2-1/2 years to find near-normal again, but not as bad as you&#39;re enduring. Still wear out fast, no stamina. Could have been worse. We survived, had the option to retire early, but wasn&#39;t the plan. 2024-08-06T01:33:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqah5fhspj2gvggd24sg3e848lsj6m97gpz64y8er3362a7q2nehqzypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyac60yue7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd5sag9hf9wshmx8wps9j7gs6276tldmc29lh5g7r5q5kxrddj38qm57u3y'>nevent1q…7u3y</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Oh, boy. How awful for you! Yes, even light reading can be too demanding under that kind of fatigue. Trying to manage bills and basic life maintenance, things so many of us take for granted, becomes too much. It doesn&#39;t help that there&#39;s research now showing even mild covid results in reduced mental capacity. We need those brain cells! Plus it&#39;s scary to go through all that, and fear itself is also exhausting. 2024-08-06T01:23:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9wczrnnacs2778rl8xdamq3njfr553l86mchdqw6rf9mr4m6mwcgzypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyacgwwxgd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswgv5ye8dp2e7xn8vtqknsrpgs5g7w3l5565u486hnedqq2gclfaqj4fnmp'>nevent1q…fnmp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Gosh, I&#39;m sorry you&#39;re struggling with your health. I hope today was a good day for you. <br/>You&#39;re right, it&#39;s infuriating for older folks in generally exceptional health when something gets off-kilter but the doctor just shrugs and basically responds, &#34;You&#39;re old. Bound to happen. What did you expect?&#34; Good doctors won&#39;t, but those are very rare birds. <br/>There&#39;s also the problem that a lot of the medical profession isn&#39;t keeping up with covid research, especially long covid. Arg. 2024-08-06T01:18:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv2kvjw98eqz3t4znen068ukspqwy72csun7xveqg0t63r3qpjgzczypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyacefqld4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0gt22xt8za5rrumajypjkdu39lzlslt0wu8u952p4ya4ef8m9ygsysra50'>nevent1q…ra50</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Thank you for your kindness! No worries, much more research to read, and I&#39;ll never finish the novel I promised to pass along to Mom. I appreciate this help more than I can say. I&#39;ve got info in the pipeline to the neighbor, cagily redirected through a source she is most likely to trust. But I&#39;m going to keep reading. I try to keep up with covid events and research, but this case is too close to home. I also greatly value personal accounts shared from our front line sources. 🙏 2024-08-06T01:11:16Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsypzcqzg27e3gdjeem5qlutsqceg6zfntvuq6kdsl9ywsr3wc56aczypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyacgaldc9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsww0zs5skwzcc0kxycewgtzqvlc6md49p35mqkykf0rp8dqqynllg02qw0d'>nevent1q…qw0d</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Thank you very much! I have a lot of reading to do, this is a huge help. 2024-08-06T00:54:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdazr0vzryk67pg29tkltvyzxpc29q9twdzrgu4alrp8h6vfr66pczypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyac9235p7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfv6xvyde3j20fsalht9efzzlhuf57snpw40v7tnmsq372m0kz4rs2neyhp'>nevent1q…eyhp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It seems so to me. The lady is in her 70s, but normally a live wire, a bustling charge of inexhaustible energy. No other health concerns, but she said that second covid infection was significantly more debilitating than the first one. This is why I think it&#39;s likely long covid, since her doctor finds no other cause. <br/>Hubby and I still mask and live small, which suits us fine. But others in our circle leaned into the &#39;covid is no big deal&#39; denial. Been hoping I&#39;m wrong, but... 😟 2024-08-06T00:26:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfa6ryd640h7lsxh97psujy965vsxmlfta393sg4xtvmz5kwqurqqzypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyac0vumj3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx5uylxut6wndnm4hf7y9xt50fc9r37uwcrneqfu8mnesejnhsd4qc64pms'>nevent1q…4pms</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Great resource, BTW! 2024-08-06T00:18:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs84tucentqecp8p8a5eh0fq8edcrxu7wsnq7gyh76jnw5vhwaks6qzypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyacgaddv7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx5uylxut6wndnm4hf7y9xt50fc9r37uwcrneqfu8mnesejnhsd4qc64pms'>nevent1q…4pms</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Thank you! Will do a deeper dive on this, much obliged. I&#39;ve been trying to keep up with the research, but wasn&#39;t certain whether a person could recover and then weeks or months later have a relapse of symptomatic fatigue without other symptoms, or a cluster of symptoms. It&#39;s that temporal gap that has me squinting, but the fatigue from seemingly nowhere, weeks after a more-than-mild second infection screams covid to me.<br/>Nobody in my circle takes my concerns seriously, &amp; I fear for them. 2024-08-06T00:17:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxqunmn6gwp8rc8tpjuxqsagqxnv7ljasvvs83pxcu7lsq0vna7mqzypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyac3hesrn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs04jxg4yf6v02g9rszm3zejkyh2pgrwttr3ye5qrafru2fmggn56sckzwad'>nevent1q…zwad</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;d love to help my neighbor, but she&#39;s seen her doctor (and said he was no help). I don&#39;t think she&#39;ll listen to me if I suggest it might be a consequence of covid. She had recovered, but every instinct in me screams, &#34;It&#39;s the covid!&#34; So I want to know for my own sake if this is possible. I believe it is, because covid destroys immune systems, among other system damage. But I&#39;m the family/neighbor covid weirdo nobody listens to, who&#39;s still masking, cautious, spouting studies, etc. 2024-08-06T00:10:34Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg5rt2yy9lmyg837rakdsht6axavyqlc87m5ylp9rh0gqekjvjw0qzypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyacs2fpqv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst8pa0umtxy4hj4xzqx3py6je56yny6swt0t8grjw6ugyeql0g42c5vlz48'>nevent1q…lz48</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>From Carpe Jugulum bySir Terry Pratchett:<br/><br/>&#34;And sin, young man, is when you treat people as things. Including yourself. That’s what sin is. <br/>“It’s a lot more complicated than that . . .” <br/>“No. It ain’t. When people say things are a lot more complicated than that, they means they’re getting worried that they won’t like the truth. People as things, that’s where it starts.” <br/>“Oh, I’m sure there are worse crimes . . .” <br/>“But they starts with thinking about people as things . . . ” <br/><br/>Nailed it. 2024-08-03T20:30:39Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8es4gluw3tz2y4dzdyeneyz2y9aeakpajkxf8hnmcxwpzm0qqwsszypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyacvscrd2 Honoring #Caturday and #SirTerryPratchett today.<br/>#Cats #CatsOfMastodon #discworld<br/> <img src="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/112/899/834/199/973/900/original/8916fac09d36d0cf.jpg"> <br/> 2024-08-03T19:56:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf3qaaghep3fct30x3aue2yuhaeah6qtu0w0fxx6zcavyujlpv8nszypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyacx7850v In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0gq62gfxrtstntz94uwurfhpghahse7aapll3z4rr96kx0e2meagx8kvz0'>nevent1q…kvz0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yes! Pretty please! 🥹 2024-08-03T07:28:13Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvh7p0xugyn02nnku5vcteqtln9u9zjzrmflj9844cqla3cva8zjszypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyacjmfg04 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvzdyr7z9jrrs7shesd6nyjkergksweke7yd8q8qznufya69clg9qhtz2fd'>nevent1q…z2fd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That said, I have more hope and excitement from what I&#39;m seeing than I&#39;ve had in years. We&#39;re not alone. I think despite the forces eager to pull us backward, there&#39;s a greater swath of people who hunger for this fresh energy and future promise. There are no perfect people, no perfect candidates, but I think it&#39;s high time the reins are handed to a new generation, to demographics that deserve a chance to make or break, to strive and fall, to rise again, reach, and fly. 2024-08-03T03:53:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvzdyr7z9jrrs7shesd6nyjkergksweke7yd8q8qznufya69clg9qzypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyacf9a6ue In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8yx79ckl0h0l5kuzpsn3l455pujp5rfmejfx67nh3mmly2fggjkc7udrh0'>nevent1q…drh0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Exactly. I know what I hope for, a fresh wind blowing our nation forward with a momentum that will forestall the authoritarian, retrogressive forces threatening our stability and freedom. I hesitate to lean into that too heavily because a &#39;failure to land&#39; would be devastating, not just personally, but globally. I am loving the energy, but I also am aware there are many voters who are poorly educated, lack critical thinking skills, easily led by emotional rhetoric. 2024-08-03T03:47:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqqkjshfy8auunxcgm963styhmuws3ex9juq3jhg73j5fcpaqnxaczypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyacjf07hx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf7fzaq8l0nck05rcz8stpfdh4kwlj33knz0slj449yklv5ylnaughuk3lc'>nevent1q…k3lc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Cautiously hopeful sums up my current stance. There are still months to go, and the tighter their backs get to the wall, the dirtier the moves we can expect from the GOP.<br/>Nevertheless, I have greater hope now than before Biden stepped down. I didn&#39;t support that move, but I was wrong. It&#39;s changed the game, but it would be folly to assume anyone can predict outcome yet. Sis-in-law exemplifies the MAGA mind, which is not remotely in touch with reality. They&#39;re not the brightest... 2024-08-03T00:30:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszztfnf3qffdpmlherj3daufvqtmwvavymzml39xyvjnsysw5e5cczypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyacnu3g4p In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvkx9l5vdzv3r8p5lvpcguhewn4q3nr9wre28sht26g6znht9xgncsqtdll'>nevent1q…tdll</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;The report also found that Barr’s leadership was &#39;chaotic and disorganized,&#39; which led to &#39;standard practices and procedures being set aside.&#39;&#34;<br/><br/>So, incompetence rather than malevolence. The damage was still done. 🙄 2024-08-02T17:59:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswsmn3vttz8vvasgvmm5m4jev06xxtjcxqp7f84gq3vyz8nwd2a7gzypxcj6hhlns5hnvvya3weeuzngz24kprxx7gdvtzz0d255828zyaceun9nc Brisket is slow-cooking in the oven, swamped in a mix of beer, Worcestershire, soy sauce, black peppercorns, liquid smoke, and other spices. The aroma will torment us over the next four hours, but then--! Brisket soft tacos, with melted cheese, onion, bell pepper, and dollop of Sweet Baby Ray&#39;s BBQ sauce. &gt;drool!&lt; The anticipation is half the joy. <br/>The best part is finding out there&#39;s still so much to learn, try, experiment with, and master this late in life. Age can be liberating. 🪷👵🌞 2024-07-31T17:43:27Z