2026-04-13T14:57:48Z https://yabu.me Dave Muth https://yabu.me/npub1szjygdrmez8uqwzh084t53ej2wfw4aqqdt8nlc8e0t4qny2n96qq4tnts9 https://media.mas.to/accounts/avatars/109/282/491/989/327/876/original/9999fc738be003a6.jpg https://media.mas.to/accounts/avatars/109/282/491/989/327/876/original/9999fc738be003a6.jpg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszg0qs5pe7ek3423tuxvg88wrje2qqxzdvu6crhdfc8j4l2q24ptgzyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgqf08j50 Cat nappin&#39;, with Dave, Penny and Molly.<br/><br/>#Kitties #Comfort #Happiness<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/116/406/025/120/739/362/original/a5eae59fc8061751.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-04-15T01:03:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswznhypth3attxyseaud3lt8htu6rczgfyllgxt4vhgalenemhaqczyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgqvck4cl I think introspection can help us figure out things about ourselves that we didn&#39;t know we didn&#39;t know. And many times, that&#39;s a good thing.<br/><br/>Sometimes we might have asked others, except we never thought to.<br/><br/>#SelfAwareness #Introspection 2026-04-13T00:34:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw9knvays9s6es4g0t02qyn53njglk0fz0tlv4u9djwmrmyf5wucczyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgqnw26f7 The last known sane thing a US Republican tried to say:<br/><br/>There are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say, we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns – the ones we don’t know we don’t know.<br/>–- Former U.S. Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld (a famous liar), 2002<br/><br/>He failed miserably...<br/><br/>#Politics #Philosophy #Liars 2026-04-11T15:12:40Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz02cydt3ddjlvfjsglx82g9hfk7r70dwefde2lgwd7u3x6725c3qzyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgq2f2u3h In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8vhpq4l8xvm6x2xujkswf7ag7zdlme2tl60cdavp79z3zaczhc7gg3xpe8'>nevent1q…xpe8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Oh, yeah. That&#39;s a bunch of reposts. You said something a lot of people wanted to say, and something people wanted others to hear. 2026-04-05T15:39:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxj6vy0g8dgfeclhqjwqrur0hzksyqfw43rzmnjn69trxy92pj2jczyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgq3xadma I love science, and it pains me to think that so many are terrified of the subject or feel that choosing science means you cannot also choose compassion, or the arts, or be awed by nature. Science is not meant to cure us of mystery, but to reinvent and reinvigorate it.<br/>—Robert Sapolsky, Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers, p. xii<br/><br/>#Science #Philosophy 2026-03-31T00:35:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsq96kn6g4djxvpccr6ckcnjlc4dm3wsmnspvgmnj6hwvfst8uya4qzyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgqvy9dvc I just got a new hip! Surgery was a piece of cake--1 hour. Soon (6 weeks) I&#39;ll be in full hiking form, again. It&#39;s modern magic. 2026-02-24T22:21:49Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs02xd7nzg5rp4lcr38aptpjxjpdr0gh2re40vzde7exkzndcn2d3szyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgq3lg6a2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0agy7u8w2dpd6tyk6app3tq0hxemtzs3yr3wcj0c998jr3lqvgacpmugdc'>nevent1q…ugdc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>They&#39;re beautiful. I used to watch them run around the big empty grass lot near where I worked in Colorado, USA. 2026-01-25T04:25:00Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8tnqys4ngnchvdxy78rn9294j6mea6txwjw984n8w37jqpzzqv5szyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgqjmqx6p In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0cku73dhxepgtwdu4209guxr6shrjas8yclewel00ae8mrcwejhcjgupfc'>nevent1q…upfc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I hope this is the year of de-glassing. The longer they stick with it the longer it will hurt, changing back toward an interface that makes sense. 2026-01-01T20:24:25Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2y82k6wwsyzscxkc3f90kc6anw47nv83z6x2puyr0h4tx48mtkkszyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgqglwden In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst0qumvzjf8gwusq6frsx85gdfeez9sj9wg949k3q0sg29xy87tesr523xc'>nevent1q…23xc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Wait a minute…<br/><br/>Are you saying there&#39;s no strike and my Dad’s a liar? 2025-12-24T21:44:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfyp6vv8vjtwvaejxpp89lkxk9eg5jwdyajegjhryu5sh53edymzczyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgqpjfn4u In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyvw45qy6kuc53shuslf6hjg7thylnz2nua8jlsnfx4e2tvgyrkmqdmvwg7'>nevent1q…vwg7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>You had me hooked at pterodactyl shitstorm. But jazz, afrofunk, etc., YES! 2025-12-13T16:39:46Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqr66nemrzhupakudd3qqfcsgautve8t4dydps0c6pyr72y6npjpgzyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgqeyqdcv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsycaapsn8lh2xqfwmcwjjut3h0qrw2wcezfxgcwfv5g4rkf84qaygr40hu7'>nevent1q…0hu7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>You can do better, now give up harder! 2025-12-11T19:01:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqk2sec8v6jj69cwmcua7z6d6x43zmecrfj9xn2n6dq8hqdgzjyqszyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgqqfc0hj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrwy630cupavuxhgnjjkc92l7nugh8yc3hhr6jsemrurxuu6vq6yqszvnwm'>nevent1q…vnwm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Thank you, on behalf of all our overlords. Also, great pic! 2025-11-13T17:11:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx9j9v3vwrdk7yl6q38u7qeqpz9rt476lhju5uxld270qxlfy0snczyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgq9m9ylu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfncxarphuy82xvspgcd8m8lnzwkcvgf342u5y6hmj9nv8wrnczfgqjy4p9'>nevent1q…y4p9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Starting with a picture was good. Next, a kitty petting session? 2025-11-13T16:25:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2e5cqce480q2g9rl2th50zxvf8w70j27edg50t3ak6lv66xztrkqzyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgqpu4zs3 Julia Platt was a brilliant scientist. She made experimental breakthroughs in developmental biology from the late 1800s to the 1920s. She worked in universities in the U.S. and Europe. Her non-standard ideas and techniques were eventually accepted and shown to be correct by male scientists, after she died.<br/><br/>Here&#39;s a portrait of her after she was mayor of Pacific Grove, California. She had led an effort to set up an animal sanctuary on Monterey Bay. (1/2)<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/460/198/963/716/426/original/3da11a1c255c0224.png"> <br/> 2025-10-30T00:07:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqhgaa45dzd7wgn0xfwpq05hr0hfu8h0q33cu0mflppn9an8mp6lgzyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgqtd4k5e Beethoven kindly wrote this out for the string section.<br/><br/><a href="https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/music-manuscripts-from-the-17th-and-18th-centuries-in-the-british-library/">https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/music-manuscripts-from-the-17th-and-18th-centuries-in-the-british-library/</a><br/><br/>(Great article.)<br/>Courtesy of the Public Domain Review organisation.<br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1qer6hqenkqlm27zy2t452dmf6lsj6ff5mf2uxa3mvynymrhqym4qylzunx" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>The Public Domain Review</span> (<span class="italic">npub1qer…zunx</span>)</a></span><br/><br/><a href="https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/music-manuscripts-from-the-17th-and-18th-centuries-in-the-british-library/">https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/music-manuscripts-from-the-17th-and-18th-centuries-in-the-british-library/</a><br/>#Music #MusicHistory #MusicNotation #PublicDomain<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/435/249/819/343/459/original/8bacf44ed98dea3c.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-10-25T14:17:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswzymzff705jhamxj68tvhm78dcqqzzsskg665az3rlxgyecrrcfgzyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgqwwr4v0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0lnmx7yeqq2urs8j3vvcenrautgp3pnde26g2g0u5dz2xydudzkqhfyn74'>nevent1q…yn74</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>They must have paid everyone that lives there to stay out of the picture. 2025-10-03T16:48:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0lnmx7yeqq2urs8j3vvcenrautgp3pnde26g2g0u5dz2xydudzkqzyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgqggmtsu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv7clprsz8cwtq3t5tduw4kdtlnmzf5gw5zkpel759nmw8csz4lnc22dqys'>nevent1q…dqys</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Great picture. 2025-10-03T15:45:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyt8ltyhm646vn6ej29cl66xwmj7x0yhxflr77c9j2vcqqr6a8negzyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgqgz9u57 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr9hwu6std896hjtrzlcylgn2vr82l4mgmsdu2y0vl6xexuwhncaslj96yj'>nevent1q…96yj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;ve seen them flying out of Carlsbad Caverns like swirls of smoke.<br/><br/>I&#39;ve seen things you people wouldn&#39;t believe. Baking tins on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched macaroni noodles glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate.<br/><br/>All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die from over-eating. 2025-09-27T17:16:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8qwuhhujxyxzm9m5j8yrpz353msy9hkne0eznm5hrf2dcl5pahfgzyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgq9v40mv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9rvrff0x3cnq8txpemlzjzkclfdd0q4kzq6caakp84d6g2xct7qsfgehrm'>nevent1q…ehrm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Be sure to treat them REALLY well when they&#39;re little baby angelhairs, so they don&#39;t grow up and EAT YOUR FACE. 2025-09-27T16:30:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdsv0d9rk6rzskwqgpygmxgv340cjyl5k62u6fjv47jrdz5f9fy6czyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgq99w683 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqun6sz07kn2e54n8vjzlqvuskey4tt7xe3udwqmcs8k4u9zmgw6qvwyrls'>nevent1q…yrls</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Sir, we&#39;re at your destination. Sir? 2025-09-27T14:47:55Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszl5w2pxazyt7yan2pcnccmrk86yrvz2h4wcyyja6es8ylg9t6m0czyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgq2qz357 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdrvdsgvt70ayg5jyjmjhv8ssh4qy6xeseansruck93fuqx2j2cjgc46zme'>nevent1q…6zme</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Here&#39;s a somewhat similar, yet also interesting, older Scientific American article, from 2016.<br/><a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/inside-the-breakthrough-starshot-mission-to-alpha-centauri/">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/inside-the-breakthrough-starshot-mission-to-alpha-centauri/</a> 2025-09-25T20:58:15Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdrvdsgvt70ayg5jyjmjhv8ssh4qy6xeseansruck93fuqx2j2cjgzyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgqkezn29 Interesting 15 min. read from Scientific American:<br/><a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-quiet-demise-of-breakthrough-starshot-a-billionaires-interstellar">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-quiet-demise-of-breakthrough-starshot-a-billionaires-interstellar</a><br/><br/>The article reads like a suspense story. The project started in 2016 with GREAT fanfare, but so far has not produced much at all.<br/><br/>The Breakthrough Starshot announcement event in April 2016: documentary writer and producer Ann Druyan, Zachary Manchester, Yuri Milner, Stephen Hawking, Freeman Dyson, Mae Jemison, Pete Worden, Avi Loeb and Philip Lubin. (Bryan Bedder/Getty Images)<br/>#Science #SpaceExploration #Interstellar<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/266/595/824/664/533/original/c4eb04fb85a7843b.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-09-25T19:31:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgv3mk7gzunw9kfhcl2y0mxt7g7elwrgm8qeql4lht9ays0xt2zyszyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgqqyapsm Here&#39;s the cover from a really great book of short stories, from 2010, named &#34;Shadow Show&#34;.<br/><br/>The stories, written by a wide variety of top-notch authors, such as Margaret Atwood and Harlan Ellison, each celebrate Ray Bradbury&#39;s life and writing.<br/><br/>(The book cover art is by Tom Gauld--I found it searching online for Gauld&#39;s cartoons.)<br/><br/>#Writing #Reading #ShortStories #Fiction<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/244/345/716/815/982/original/e85438e9924ee77f.png"> <br/> 2025-09-21T21:12:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspuglc0k6nhxj22vvgnt76hchujdyxk9cypzml7m6e6rg0ph63c2qzyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgqthdykw Get off my lawn!<br/><br/>Octopus arm flexibility facilitates complex behaviors in diverse natural environments.<br/><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-10674-y">https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-10674-y</a><br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/191/853/758/787/096/original/5e83c7b64b9f11e9.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-09-12T14:43:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszdvlzkr53cr3thpxnhr8uh5qdu2x4ww6ce442mf8u9spyx7uyrfczyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgq3ktfha This gorgeous photo of a southern dumpling squid, nicknamed Priscilla was a winner in the Australian geographic nature photographer of the year awards. The photographer, Peter McGee, took the photo in Sydney, Australia. It was published this Friday in The Guardian.<br/><br/>#Photography #Wildlife #Nature #Cephalopod<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/154/684/943/001/565/original/3321546fe221f6ad.png"> <br/> 2025-09-06T00:36:13Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspfyfpqg2vvauwduvz3t07r4jj9ywxcfkj296rn8hr2w6slpsvh5qzyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgq8w2jqg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd9a20uazs5uy0ruxpr3qd03k55mztpefu3hk484wa7200urdhalstjqgwv'>nevent1q…qgwv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I’ve seen plans for potato guns that could be revised to throw spaghetti and meatballs. Or coleslaw. 2025-08-28T17:38:57Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd5vlxsnur70956dlzznp8a29avzmnn78j3rw2uw7xl6lyhukgeyqzyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgq5szgsl A stable reference is not necessary for meaning.<br/><br/>If ancient poems have no current similar meanings to use for construction or deconstruction, we all yet understand them as communications. Even over the years, and spaces.<br/><br/>Sometimes their meanings multiply.<br/><br/>#Poetry #Philosophy 2025-08-21T22:47:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvhcwccxj5ra79tzva8c5d0lrq5qsy85753xrec0zccw426cha76gzyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgqthyj35 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0cl77m5qs77pcwgtan3mx46fj0hftge349v4sev5x607f6fr2t7czmq3f0'>nevent1q…q3f0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Is that a frog stirring it up in there? 2025-08-19T14:30:40Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg4rhmvum2x6a3q45n0h8z8tuhkhrs2d3xtm9tdyna7uhuuvhvmyczyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgql9tvpz Here&#39;s a beautiful kitty. The photo is from a cats.com article by Kate Barrington<br/><a href="https://cats.com/calico-cats">https://cats.com/calico-cats</a><br/><br/>The kitty is a rare &#34;male&#34; calico. It has XXY genes, and male sexual characteristics.<br/><br/>#Catstodon #MastoCats<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/052/038/805/235/090/original/cb06110f4622dde7.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-08-18T22:06:32Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstrqyyu6a7fpx49sxktgh7aurlkfzn4t0qu88pc46tlfaks2xc54gzyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgq26vwt9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd9s7estwa0f7grkpjhselayww07qvsx5whpsjuexpfgm6l7qhqdccnz37g'>nevent1q…z37g</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Thanks! I got #TIL and #2IL. Good fun! 2025-08-17T01:24:00Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsghatncc04c9eywfxsysxhyv7sgrru7zz56c4d9xkjcuxtv9kd5hszyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgq9md3h6 “You see, that’s how modern physics works: first we deny the existence of something, then we explain where it came from.”<br/><br/>—Sabine Hossenfelder<br/><br/>She’s the best. She was explaining time. But she could have been talking about any other basis for physics or math.<br/>#Science #Philosophy <br/>#ScienceExplainer #Astrophysics #Maths #Mathematics 2025-08-16T17:01:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdelq2yj9s9uu4d67kw3rxaxyk65qwj5dghwtvc6zyx8rf7luj2yszyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgq9g7ghn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgl38yex57vd342rrw3g7utjsk9m85nrm3j7et7dfgkj3hhvdj7jshyghp6'>nevent1q…ghp6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>No, but Alice IS in there deep. And treacle.<br/><br/>I also remembered that &#34;Twinkle&#34; line from a Walt Kelly poem. And the paper &#34;What is it like to be a bat?&#34;, by Thomas Nagel. And hearing my own very high shriek, responding to a bat hitting my head. 2025-08-16T16:25:22Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsysyc92p555pj47h85nesc568ntvjhejk0ycuvqu8fdwp9s8gazfgzyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgqus2m98 Twinkle, twinkle, little bat.<br/> How I wunda where you&#39;s at.<br/>I&#39;d like to know jus&#39; how you feel,<br/> right af-ter a girlie squeal. 2025-08-16T16:10:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyzszqqfvce9x9wzppx5hgjkgxhfdh02p9893ajgjx76mfzckyn6szyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgqdz9j2e Whence that Wince?<br/><br/>I was stirrin&#39; up a stirrup cup<br/>In a stolen sterling stein,<br/>When I chanced upon a ladle<br/>Who was once my Valentine.<br/><br/>&#34;Oh whence that wince, my wench?&#34; quoth I.<br/>She blushed and said, &#34;Oh sir,<br/>Old daddy isn&#39;t stirrin&#39;<br/>Since my momma&#39;s been in stir.&#34;<br/>--Walt Kelly<br/><br/>Almost Lost Poetry<br/>from<br/>My Brain Dissolves<br/>or<br/>Time: The Final Solvent<br/><br/>#Poetry 2025-08-16T12:39:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdvqglthan7m39gmjjcvxtdtdsjmn0egvmhhcqdk59jhteq7ke47czyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgqnvkwdn Birdy with a yaller bill<br/> Hop up on my windy sill<br/>Cock his shiny eye and said<br/> Ain&#39;t you shamed you sleepy head?<br/>-- Robert Louis Stevenson translated by Walt Kelly, re-translated by my worn memory bits<br/>#Poetry 2025-08-16T12:31:58Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2j34tkumtxvpx92ncc3hj3svvg92v64drxzdnzqs5u640znzsurqzyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgqvelny6 Wake! For the Sun, who scattered into flight<br/>The Stars before him from the Field of Night,<br/> Drives Night along with them from Heav’n and strikes<br/>The Sultán’s Turret with a Shaft of Light. -- Omar Khayyam through Edward Fitzgerald translation<br/>#Poetry 2025-08-16T12:18:40Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgwy043d4rxh34mgd355c90mpvhqsvszans23err3wg2m85aj99lczyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgqat48j5 I thought this was a joke at first. It&#39;s getting harder and harder to tell reality from satire.<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/021/880/565/938/418/original/f37b27f20f4f7dca.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-08-13T14:16:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9ygpq35pcx88s0nwf8yuxh4eck8rdf8nw7e277hgetf4x63exzfczyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgqgfduc0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv99gvv3qh7hn22p8yhujctnuthy4vqdt5y0s2ehjffvrpv2lldmc5frkut'>nevent1q…rkut</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;ve got a couple of domain names. I got room on a server system today. Oh, boy! 2025-08-12T19:22:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp78g0u24rs35vva6ka9r8a57ysen2ltp7tsq57mjkqy5a3x7kv5szyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgq5jhxjd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq72f07424g5f0t9ag5navyp2cv0ysg0k4qxpmh84q9z4qwnhe83swwuu06'>nevent1q…uu06</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I totally dig your lickable website<br/><a href="https://www.dialup.cafe/~vga256/">https://www.dialup.cafe/~vga256/</a><br/><br/>And I&#39;m excited to make a new website using<br/><a href="https://tomodashi.com">https://tomodashi.com</a><br/>RSN! 2025-08-12T18:19:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs06unh3kmllk7k7zc9rp9grxr474yh6flz5llas7t7d8x70cgm66czyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgqe8hlmk Fun podcast, but I love reading A Way with Words at <a href="https://waywordradio.org/mox-nix/">https://waywordradio.org/mox-nix/</a><br/>#WordOrigins #Language<br/><br/>...Baby Birding, Airsipping...Water-Drinking...<br/><br/>&#39;...California...to birdie means “to drink from a bottle without touching it with...lips.”...this germ-avoidant act is...called airsipping, airing, baby birding. In...UK, you might sky a drink or air it...also bluetooth a beverage. The French equivalent is boire en wifi or “to drink in wifi mode,” that is, “drink without direct contact&#39; 2025-08-12T17:04:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv2vddndc3dngrrm45fwul4arqms3y9awlt30m32lnun4c25gsz6szyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgqashva4 I love watching Sabine Hossenfelder&#39;s videos about Cosmology/Einstein/Mathematics.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75c2a-pFGS8">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75c2a-pFGS8</a><br/><br/>(Clue: Einstein&#39;s not wrong, yet. 🍿 )<br/><br/>#Einstein #TwoSlitExperiment #Cosmology<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/016/584/293/870/531/original/e4b0a77d74b8bd8d.png"> <br/> 2025-08-12T15:56:39Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqavxh4qnyf022ssxjcr6npda9wzk9n7utn9p0vrjj8mmy0rln3dgzyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgq574kdh Too good. I had to re-repost. (And I&#39;ll keep reminding myself--it&#39;s just a #JOKE.)<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/015/954/460/593/320/original/32119a4b5534fc00.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-08-12T13:09:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqcl6c6lcw4tkal6080tf0a7svvlt0cupylg37mdcr4l67fmkpekqzyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgq07lrhk Here&#39;s my favorite Penny kitty. Sometimes she&#39;s a tiger, and sometimes a bunny.<br/><br/>#CatsOfMastodon #Kitty<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/114/977/938/862/659/304/original/4f7a75a2f971227d.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-08-05T20:01:57Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstmvjamegcthylr3kn9jzyhgpj8n4lhe3k7mps0n4ht39ww5vfkwgzyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgqvc769q &#39;Very true,&#39; said the Duchess: &#39;flamingoes and mustard both bite. And the moral of that is — &#34;Birds of a feather flock together.&#34;&#39;<br/>...<br/>Only mustard isn&#39;t a bird,&#39; Alice remarked.<br/>...<br/>&#39;It&#39;s a mineral, I think,&#39; said Alice.<br/>&#39;...said the Duchess...there&#39;s a large mustard-mine near here. And the moral of that is — &#34;The more there is of mine, the less there is of yours.&#34;&#39;<br/><br/>--Lewis Carroll 2025-07-17T13:55:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxym58sy7z54pp0xn5ufhrtnpxkxs4sw9ny968y246vcqpstu78kgzyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgq0284hh Was that my inside voice, or my outside voice?<br/><br/>Or was I thinking out LOUD? I HATE MY STUPID, NAZI POLITICIANS!<br/><br/>Sorry, I didn&#39;t mean to ruin everyone&#39;s ears. Or thoughts. 2025-07-17T13:52:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst8ugfhv8a8krxgedcwdmx7jrd97uz2w77lkywp4svhfcda7vdq4qzyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgq8js69j This is ʻāhinahina. The Haleakalā silversword. It&#39;s my alma mater Chaminade&#39;s school mascot. One of the prettiest plants anywhere. It grows near the top of a volcano on Maui, Hawaii, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The leaves are covered with little pretty silver hairs. This one is blooming like crazy. Its flowers are a beautiful reddish purple. <a href="https://mastodon.nl/@ErikSchouten73/114817495507730644">https://mastodon.nl/@ErikSchouten73/114817495507730644</a> 2025-07-08T14:22:55Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvu86ykuycqj065zxmmq54lryxmkwnpq78xt205ccrz3p3g6vs50gzyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgqwm34dl Looks like it&#39;s time to migrate ancient data. Thanks, <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1w9z9typtwg977v9v8cqlhand0v9wv2j4jg8zwlljxng8xcu32l9qxscg82" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>9to5Mac</span> (<span class="italic">npub1w9z…cg82</span>)</a></span> !<br/><br/>Luckily, I&#39;ve got an ancient iMac running Linux. Can use Firewire and the format, and Modern Linux Mint runs great on it.<br/><br/>#HeadsUp #UpToDate #TimeToMigrate #ThanksForEverything #Computers #Apple <a href="https://mastodon.online/@9to5Mac/114815443115334357">https://mastodon.online/@9to5Mac/114815443115334357</a> 2025-07-08T12:54:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx5f00jhjsfr96uczqup2xqflspjlxx6zzfp5dkk4c05uhl2j27yszyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgqpu5fh3 Because I remember, I despair. Because I remember, I have the duty to reject despair.<br/>-Elie Wiesel (from his Nobel acceptance lecture <a href="https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1986/wiesel/lecture/">https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1986/wiesel/lecture/</a>)<br/><br/>#Philosophy #Memory #Hope #Despair 2025-07-06T16:01:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyvd6hhp3rj7vmeyfnxjshzc82a6rwj0uqkhke7entr7kjpsd5avczyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgqq8t500 By being yourself, you put something wonderful in the world that was not there before.<br/>-Edwin Elliot (Really...not Edward? Anthony Hopkins trying to blow up the Kremlin?)<br/><br/>To be yourself is to wonder. Always wonder.<br/><br/>#MoreWonder in your #Philosophy 2025-07-06T14:58:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstj9hnnlzeakfe2ez0pqny9g9ddu2rh4x90fv2jjyv363vfstu4jgzyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgqnks4vr My favorite kitty Penny, sleeping this morning. She sleeps while I soak my bones in the hot tub. The birds sing in the morning.<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/114/801/216/820/476/902/original/eba1a0ccd70e6905.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-07-05T14:59:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0nz8zr4jwavdjkwvf840m85l6jmr86wqsxh7du5fzzx2wtq6c74qzyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgq9hwwl8 Two Long Eared owls. Photo by Ed Yong.<br/><br/>Their &#34;ear&#34; feathers are folded down, and their beaks are touching.<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/114/786/628/457/375/794/original/47f4bbb4f5dd436d.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-07-03T01:09:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsq3f35njex9455ezclusxu6y4f0nam25fslg7wpz4llt0saf65cuczyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgqrgsyy4 Sometimes progress proceeds from sideways motions. Sometimes it proceeds from retro motion, then sideways motion, then slantwise.<br/><br/>Sometimes you should pass the baton. But ACTIVE wishfulness adds to reality.<br/><br/>Possibilism expands reality.<br/><br/>#Actualism #Find a new #Philosophy #Possibilism 2025-07-02T12:54:16Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvullvhd2l8t4fty6x5nzk2rhwglclezyv8lrc5r7agqdg8rfujggzyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgqrvrkyx Existentialism is a philosophy that focuses on the question of what it means to be human. Un-existentialism focuses on what to do with the mess afterwards.<br/><br/>#Philosophy #UnPhilosophy #Facetionalism #Onanism 2025-06-30T19:17:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs249yrp8dkc45m97rxet45vf3vqqkg33vydnwnrk2asp6u0dk8mdczyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgq5qtfmp Great stuff! I can&#39;t recommend enough!<br/><br/>OK, I&#39;ll try, but it&#39;s like I&#39;m trying to slam dunk a basketball, when I can&#39;t jump 6&#34; off the ground...<br/><br/>You&#39;ll love his books. They&#39;re great. Life-lessons. Tragedy. Comedy. And they&#39;re a good deal. Did I mention cheap?<br/>#ShortFiction #ProsePoetry #Vonnegut did I mention #KurtVonnegut ? <br/><a href="https://www.DeepFried.store">https://www.DeepFried.store</a><br/><br/><a href="https://beige.party/@wampusmm/114491746174829658">https://beige.party/@wampusmm/114491746174829658</a><br/>#Bookstodon #SuggestMeABook #GreatWriting #WritersOfMastodon 2025-06-30T14:44:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxgfytj4t6pjd93rnacqw6az4wg6zd7rrkfz9jvcv92g5wk4jztgqzyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgq2pm94n If this is too thinky, then, &#34;Nyah nyah--I&#39;m scissors, you&#39;re glue...wait...now we&#39;re BOTH all sticky!&#34;<br/><br/>#TheoryOfMind #Philosophy 2025-06-30T13:52:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrmasgzjsgxkvmtatw85xudyl0wq70a2tqgznuzdt5rjkg96qhm6czyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgqm4ldsa Thomas Nagel thinks most people use reason to create a unified world view.<br/><br/>I think almost everyone have a very limited window into reason, and that their &#34;unified&#34; view is jam-packed full of self-contradictions.<br/><br/>I&#39;m right. No, no thanks is necessary. Carry on.<br/><br/>#Philosophy #WorldView #Crazy #Damn #Society 2025-06-30T13:45:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg43vr68l0tz5q7krmfh95lqadfjdtzdaggaykz9783mudeduq8jqzyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgql2x8w7 William James is right in that religious experiences are simply human experiences: “Religious happiness is happiness. Religious trance is trance.”<br/><br/>#Philosophy #HumanNature #Pragmatism 2025-06-30T02:45:54Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs07s55lktw2llzgwhm073gs72vcdpu7l87z0q8ddxstykrngysptgzyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgqpa775f Vagus nerves in deep rest.<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/114/755/392/792/982/658/original/9f47c0ada8ec67a3.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-06-27T12:45:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstfxyg7nn8rmnw0zszc0u4xuaaaledtgj2th3srayuzs6tkweyhwczyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgqcp72c4 &#34;The British used parts of North America as a penal colony. Convicts were transported by private companies and sold by auction to plantation owners. Between 1718 and 1776, it is estimated that 30,000-50,000 convicts were transported for penal labor to at least nine of the continental colonies.&#34; -- <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penal_labor_in_the_United_States">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penal_labor_in_the_United_States</a><br/>This practice of enslaving convicts is still quite popular in the US.<br/><br/>Wikipedia is good fun. The history stories...often not.<br/><br/>#Prisoners #SlaveLabor #StillEnslaved #History 2025-06-20T15:32:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstm9d74req9sz9h48v72qgyhyp2qmtxpgcrq5ttks9pr93y9yg03czyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgqyzll8f <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juneteenth">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juneteenth</a><br/>Juneteenth is federal holiday in the U.S.<br/><br/>Here&#39;s a picture of six former slaves at an Emancipation Day Celebration on June 19, 1900. The photo is from the Austin History Center.<br/><br/>In 2021 the 117th U.S. Congress enacted and President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act.<br/><br/>Every state and the District of Columbia recognizes it as a holiday.<br/><br/>But, not all CELEBRATE it.<br/><br/>#Hatred #Racism #Freedom is a #LongRoad<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/114/699/803/583/911/219/original/9419b64dcf6131c7.png"> <br/> 2025-06-17T17:08:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxjd9e4v2lnaf6xfy3l54y0qc49tjl3ux9sj89h7e6ycx6srv3n2szyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgq58f536 &#34;MediaMatters for America&#34; is good to read. ALWAYS. Here&#39;s their story about how media is reporting on, and ignoring, our own governments plans to implement NAZI &#34;ethnic cleansing&#34; deportations.<br/><a href="https://www.mediamatters.org/immigration/mainstream-media-ignore-trumps-planned-office-remigration-term-ethnic-cleansing">https://www.mediamatters.org/immigration/mainstream-media-ignore-trumps-planned-office-remigration-term-ethnic-cleansing</a><br/><br/>EVERYONE, worldwide should care. Then talk about it--and loudly protest.<br/><br/>#Protest #Nazis in US #Politics 2025-06-14T15:05:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyan3tcfr4y76nr8nl3qrspfz9jut5ph7rf8ct0423nlgmrx9ltcqzyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgqpu76h3 Great quotes of the day:<br/><br/>It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness -Eleanor Roosevelt<br/><br/>To light a candle is to cast a shadow -Ursula K. Le Guin<br/><br/>Listen to them squabble. Where&#39;s my food? -TskTsk, Ursula&#39;s Kitty<br/><br/>#Quotes #QuoteOfTheDay #Philosophy #GreatWomen #Wisdom 2025-06-11T13:19:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdt9rs6uumh4sh863ptd76xldc60p0mjnudd60cavl2vgzzwa4kggzyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgqc968qa “If you argue with a madman, it is extremely probable that you will get the worst of it... The madman is not the man who has lost his reason. The madman is the man who has lost everything except his reason.” G.K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy<br/><br/>He was a kook. Good reading, tho. Sometimes.<br/><br/>#Philosophy #Religion #Theology 2025-06-10T12:00:06Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw6u2e2qs0lsyqmv2ql7akhgf4uz8tntk0qx9qc5zrhnkz550m5yczyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgqsdjftw At first it looked like--defiant Martyr-to-Nazis--Bonhoeffer&#39;s left arm (in the X-tian 2 arm cross) was a brotherhood fist, and the right was flipping off the Nazis. The statue is right outside St. Peter&#39;s Church in Hamburg, though, so no. His right hand is giving a Jesus-style blessing. <a href="https://bne.social/@anathema_device/114645685802723218">https://bne.social/@anathema_device/114645685802723218</a><br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/114/648/074/616/780/497/original/1a9e433109b5812f.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-06-08T13:53:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs22fm5zdnxkrkhdgwnqtdnygj50p2ewnha2efmmrcnk3pdgzs0xyczyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgqucdhxn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgg6cwuxdhgymd7m6frxqft0yrmjumqtl92w8vtncwnqxnx8qvfng2thkw5'>nevent1q…hkw5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Thank you!<br/><br/>I&#39;m part-way through that video. It&#39;s worth watching completely. I&#39;ve got to pause to research points. (The video flavor is typical click-bait, &#34;What if I told you...&#34; The content is very good.)<br/><br/>I&#39;d never heard of Bonhoeffer. I&#39;ll read more. These hashtags are for me, (sorry).<br/>#WillfulStupidity #StubbornIgnorance #IntensePride 2025-06-08T13:15:58Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs04xfzck23w2gf93mhjrupft9npr7ntmk6m2gf34cygcr6ja8rh9gzyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgql0wq5r A little learning is a dangerous thing;<br/>Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring;<br/>There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain,<br/>And drinking largely sobers us again.<br/><br/>Alexander Pope, Essay on Criticism<br/><br/>#Poetry #Philosophy #Knowledge #Wisdom 2025-06-08T01:13:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2t2zwkmu0mh4m7x3yl9dfmg6kqge6d6r44se70mx4rg2fhpemjgczyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgqr640yy From a German lagerstätte, which means &#34;hold my beer&#34;. <a href="https://tech.lgbt/@DelilahTech/114617249507331663">https://tech.lgbt/@DelilahTech/114617249507331663</a> 2025-06-05T13:38:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszul3sk2ezxrwvghspegvzdzk9clmzre2uqd9379prfhgm0jt883qzyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgqr2ju90 Good stuff for Mac Users. I’ve used it forever. Really handy, and it works well.<br/><br/>#Software #Mac #MacOS <a href="https://mstdn.social/@stclairsoft/114498838169717837">https://mstdn.social/@stclairsoft/114498838169717837</a> 2025-06-03T21:53:47Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgp7fgft9pdycam6xqs5r9s99m4rl6kqrcqt4uv0vqsan0577xkqqzyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgqn6uv4a People!<br/><br/>#Comedy #Joke #GeorgeCarlin<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/114/611/607/515/817/502/original/546f0bee3916b474.png"> <br/> 2025-06-02T03:19:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsq5x8ta2xu4u9qvmvxk276q4tcntycedqthgtk6jvxekk329pg3tqzyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgqft4q8v ...in 1943...[A. Mercer ]Daniel discovered what were later referred to as D.C.&#39;s &#34;lost laws&#34;.These two laws were published in 1872 and 1873 and prohibited segregation in restaurants in D.C.; the laws were later found to be still in effect...and were used...to force a legal end to discrimination in Washington.<br/><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._Mercer_Daniel">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._Mercer_Daniel</a><br/><br/>Stuck on a shelf or locked in a safe, D.C.&#39;s &#39;Lost Laws&#39; still packed a punch The Washington Post 14 February 2018<br/><br/>#Librarians !! #LibrarianPower #HumanRights 2025-05-25T16:18:54Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2n3w2vmygzfalld4pv0cgmz8wrp0q50qd4pqhu2fgmcgp5tgxwfgzyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgqt6m6jh Young giraffes, sleeping, with their heads resting on their flanks.<br/><br/>Giraffes only sleep 1 to 2 hours a day. And as always, they&#39;re the cutest guys.<br/>#Beautiful #Animals<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/114/553/885/283/004/511/original/89d02ea6e365599a.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/114/553/885/464/668/043/original/8c800942a11383b9.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-05-22T22:39:35Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdehw44h3la9m3l77nvu2pe92w08suf6klafwn437ve44kf8ykwkgzyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgq82z5zu According to Mo Rocca&#39;s book &#34;Roctogenarians&#34;, Warren Buffett loves to eat McDonald&#39;s and at least 5 sodas a day. And he said,<br/><br/>&#34;I checked the actuarial tables, and the lowest death rate is among six-year-olds. So I decided to eat like a six-year-old. It&#39;s the safest course I can take.&#34;<br/><br/>#Humor #Jokes #Age 2025-05-16T22:01:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0r2ca450k7k55s9evuukgtsfvctphd99uhvsshm94nm9kh3dwr6szyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgqkegkm9 Nature never repeats itself, and the possibilities of one human soul will never be found in another.<br/>-- Elizabeth Cady Stanton<br/><br/>#BeingHuman #Humanity #Wisdom #Philosophy #Individualism 2025-05-09T14:10:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9yarwhra4emgj3jj7r5ufppq9ljpvxkm6scdhnd0zc3xn2yygdnqzyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgqgax3v4 Pulsar leaving our galaxy, says, &#34;Not if I CU first!&#34; (She can&#39;t see anything. She&#39;s spinning 8.7 times a second.)<br/><br/>#NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) from 2019 August 13 #Astronomy #Science<br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/114/444/370/053/293/805/original/cfb5a6653133398f.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-05-03T14:28:22Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrp9csya54nm4f50n73qfgw33xk3cs5vc0caunejvaj0qsxhdh80qzyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgqv93dr4 We&#39;ve been aware of this, but don&#39;t want to start more fights. <a href="https://mas.to/@mcpinson/113683468017666478">https://mas.to/@mcpinson/113683468017666478</a> 2024-12-20T19:28:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsza4vpzzvwt87pedlrl0fc9ywaz205wjjwfwrfkvxg6dcvxjec25czyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgqzm7fwx <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub18x75k7r3stplr9jylm2eyn8jfhudvnteyv0c6u76y9hc3y37cpuqqsp6e7" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦</span> (<span class="italic">npub18x7…p6e7</span>)</a></span> Thank you.<br/>Thanks so much for ALL your &#34;will become public domain January 1st&#34; postings. I&#39;m putting them on the calendar. Fats Waller, Popeye, Steinbeck and Hemingway top the search list.<br/>#Copyright #Free <a href="https://everybodyslibraries.com/2024/12/02/a-nobel-laureates-unlikely-first-novel/">https://everybodyslibraries.com/2024/12/02/a-nobel-laureates-unlikely-first-novel/</a> 2024-12-02T15:59:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2cmw0s9t9klgu6whdjta7m9pt5e28swtd4r3u8kmd4q2cf3s5l3szyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgqdh4wqm Beautiful, fine work! <a href="https://mastodon.design/@mjausson/113561730871149048">https://mastodon.design/@mjausson/113561730871149048</a> 2024-11-29T14:58:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst4y70sn4pykv3q42lhhhwl7ggetcfkzalptga64eazxsexryfz5szyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgqd66dgm Or it&#39;s alien nachos!<br/>#Science #ScienceAdvances <a href="https://mastodon.social/@ScienceScholar/113545592073148149">https://mastodon.social/@ScienceScholar/113545592073148149</a> 2024-11-26T21:40:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsttu9w2vd0ra3fr0mes0wunwc56gkd0fdnfsp6jwvk4j3r8r2vj5gzyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgqpqma4d Fun! Your English pronunciation-changes-over-time posts are simply great, thanks!<br/><br/>As Hawaiians would say, &#34;Choice, brah!&#34;<br/>#Linguistics #Language #LanguageChange <a href="https://toot.community/@yvanspijk/113324222305435532">https://toot.community/@yvanspijk/113324222305435532</a> 2024-10-19T01:45:17Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgdzaurgnk4yh2g67ym9whevu8pdp647uhh0uvzzh2v7zjmutvjlqzyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgqu7mvdl What&#39;s our vector, Victor? Or, vice versa. <a href="https://scientificnetwork.de/@cellbionews/113119147531054171">https://scientificnetwork.de/@cellbionews/113119147531054171</a> 2024-09-11T14:55:35Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg6mfqvm0sh60rzdex882sqedd6skrcuqv0uls5lmw63ueyp4rydszyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgq2hqcal In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqrtqz6cllawp3u3j3zyl3m76k6rp7rr4l6t0gaf7ahmxkgks335qnzg46m'>nevent1q…g46m</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>You discovered it, you get to name it. That&#39;s just science. 2024-09-09T13:58:35Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqrtqz6cllawp3u3j3zyl3m76k6rp7rr4l6t0gaf7ahmxkgks335qzyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgqg0chl6 That&#39;s its name now. Scientists have been confused about these for centuries! Flying Spaghetti Monster Mushroom is just perfect.<br/><br/>Clavulinopsis fusiformis is its old, silly name.<br/><br/>Source: Wikipedia, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clavulinopsis_fusiformis">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clavulinopsis_fusiformis</a><br/><br/>#Mushroom #WhoKnows ? #Fungus #MushroomMonday #FSM #FlyingSpaghettiMonster 2024-09-09T13:55:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvu7hz0uxuh3p385ffahf5npwx04aetm0nte73q6pgygg6dyzrx4gzyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgqhzt5ne In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdj6sm34zw3c8m9d0hq488wm2qfpzfaz4y4pvurdq5erjk8dkkxcgfn5edx'>nevent1q…5edx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That would be wonderful, but it&#39;s unlikely to happen soon. 2024-08-25T14:59:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspnw50f37nw79cp4s3twt70neum5lnq7e3jfy2pc9pskgfsqce96czyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgqa7c6lw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8f7fuuqmt044gutjuhn3avd64ffcjq768xrfsrd099mvkmtvy62gdzpq50'>nevent1q…pq50</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>They have a prehensile tail--semi-opposable toes! The cutest, tiniest mammals anywhere. Now I have to save until I can afford to work on a freighter to cross the Atlantic. 2024-08-25T13:30:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8f7fuuqmt044gutjuhn3avd64ffcjq768xrfsrd099mvkmtvy62gzyzq2g3p500yglspc2au74wj8xffe96h5qp4v70lql9aw5zv32vhgq4yl42p Thank you, fabulous photographer Vicky Outen Photo CPAGB <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub177epk84tx0pxq053madzrd829nqck9ud9r36uhn9f79r9kqkl0nqpxne0p" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Vicky Outen Photo DPAGB</span> (<span class="italic">npub177e…ne0p</span>)</a></span> !<br/>What a great website you have!<br/><a href="https://vickyoutenphotography.com">https://vickyoutenphotography.com</a><br/><br/>Other pictures of these tiny creatures:<br/>Harvest Mouse in Britain pokes her head out of a dandelion seed head, because she CAN. This photo, and MANY more, copyrighted by Dean Mason, available at<br/><a href="https://www.windowsonwildlife.co.uk">https://www.windowsonwildlife.co.uk</a><br/><a href="https://mymodernmet.com/?s=dean+mason">https://mymodernmet.com/?s=dean+mason</a><br/>#HarvestMouse Mammal #WildlifePhotography #Art #TinyMammals <a href="https://mastodon.world/@VickyOuten/113018640234065264">https://mastodon.world/@VickyOuten/113018640234065264</a><br/> <img src="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/113/022/870/019/685/322/original/dec9d548bed73983.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-08-25T13:22:14Z