https://yabu.me https://yabu.me/npub1vzjr7fuy3c4dch67mkdxs0kc2phjdz3rjkhrsvukdnqyty0vh8rsuamyuf https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx6wkcj7x6yvc3r8ch9dtwtj3pz2pz409598wrlfxrrgxgkan8ffqzyps2g0e8sj8z4hzltmwe56p7mpgx7f52yw26uwpnjekvq3v3ajuuwqer4gq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv2cdezfycd2d4a6t60mwt4jstjnc23hy22244ahcrhjhdwhmncwgnhz978'>nevent1q…z978</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Beautiful shot of a beautiful bird…doubtlessly taken with a high-end telephoto lens. 2026-03-26T21:22:35Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx6c05v9cmeqck3g6gkzg2ypnmg59vuuplc8nt5v7wevvn6ht5r0szyps2g0e8sj8z4hzltmwe56p7mpgx7f52yw26uwpnjekvq3v3ajuuw7gq6e4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszj6duvc3f6pa4ywdmpyamxhhmhp4mkfs56f3474gcvccyury6rmc596ywg'>nevent1q…6ywg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Though “American Pie” explains, indirectly, why nobody watches *The Phantom Menace* any more. Weird Al Yankovic’s use of the melody in “The Saga Begins” tells the story better in five and a half minutes than the movie did in two and a half hours. 2025-11-03T02:56:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsq8jvy557sh5jf6f9zxqhf89tacmj3n63xju4h2sv3muchrm6f58szyps2g0e8sj8z4hzltmwe56p7mpgx7f52yw26uwpnjekvq3v3ajuuw793t4z In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdr9c0kkktxy0gqkdqqd2w7s9ups49fqxcrztydjhv6q0vk7cfwlghfmk2f'>nevent1q…mk2f</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>My experience with northern paper wasps is that they’re mildly curious and mostly harmless when they’re out and about. Once they’re satisfied that you’re neither food nor a threat, they’re perfectly happy to go about their business and move along. 2025-08-04T17:43:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvq9s97xmp9q07n9hg6wqrfqnldzsqtk385q94xt4kcfaqde02c0szyps2g0e8sj8z4hzltmwe56p7mpgx7f52yw26uwpnjekvq3v3ajuuwxlmnj4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstaj7u9sercezya6d9mxs9sdt0pahlkm4e746hywgnzqx65cmlkkc8pzqct'>nevent1q…zqct</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Thought for a moment you were going for “Iä! Iä! Cthulhu fhtagn!” 2025-06-18T13:42:14Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyy89qwa5as9vqq05gsz3ked7z0d6qgvnd03gcpheyulhppmstj6szyps2g0e8sj8z4hzltmwe56p7mpgx7f52yw26uwpnjekvq3v3ajuuwe0mkp9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs05xylf8fj82c45ht3uw2su636xw0g60s5t6apylk0slyxte8zvgg7pkx96'>nevent1q…kx96</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I spent the better part of eight years overseas working in the two most kleptomaniacal languages on the planet. The contrast with the #InsistentTerminology I learned in my high school French was striking: «Non, non, non, ce n’est pas “basketball”, c’est “ballon-panier”, maudit tête-carrée.» 2025-05-22T17:39:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyqg6e37cpe2rhfky9x0ydvlzrwppt3t9gmttuxdkg4mud5qe0wmgzyps2g0e8sj8z4hzltmwe56p7mpgx7f52yw26uwpnjekvq3v3ajuuwvmd66e In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfn67y7xnns4l8qch8ps0pvmg8glpt2r46d79mkk7a8t7qmgwkhscc6ky2g'>nevent1q…ky2g</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Must be the *concept* of a deal. 2025-05-08T13:50:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs99tkza37qywmngg5amevvwuvp84l7p6cvel6se8wk2ltl0m6u6tqzyps2g0e8sj8z4hzltmwe56p7mpgx7f52yw26uwpnjekvq3v3ajuuwp54tww In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxjr824u9uh7xfrft63t9luckp9437d5g86zghsnm8sdmyqnjqqqcg864ar'>nevent1q…64ar</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Narrator: “The spoonful of sugar meant to help the medicine go down was actually lead acetate.” 2025-04-07T00:38:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfx6ml5qeg5znzlrhpamjk6m87w93wr73cc92wzdmhy29hvphxg7qzyps2g0e8sj8z4hzltmwe56p7mpgx7f52yw26uwpnjekvq3v3ajuuw3p9quy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0vqxlw3crkgmwy75ls7pwd5mp3tlc5g9kh2fzd2llsxgl5mpx2wcpy46qj'>nevent1q…46qj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It should be pretty obvious by now that as of Tuesday the USMCA is a dead letter. This is the weekend for Canada to get together with Mexico, the EU, Japan, South Korea, Australia, and New Zealand — along with the UK, should they condescend to participate — to effect a co-ordinated retaliatory response…and to deliver a joint ultimatum — America stands down, or we *buy* nothing *from* them, and we *sell* nothing *to* them.<br/><br/>#CanPoli #WelcomeBackTo1812 2025-03-01T02:06:15Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg38g3mdgtt3nctu3jggvaszsn03kvl59zuuwg0fmn33eqr8pfk9gzyps2g0e8sj8z4hzltmwe56p7mpgx7f52yw26uwpnjekvq3v3ajuuwt0eth3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy4d83upgysqq4u0dwv2n532jvqsve7dugp3vf5pxxu9ld0t9tdtsvd0n3c'>nevent1q…0n3c</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>“There are limits to the conversations one can have with a parrot.”<br/>— Sir Peter Ustinov 2025-02-26T15:18:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0rytdsuxdvs9hl9vr3upuh36wdkcksuea4rk7g7ay9qr27zuqmjszyps2g0e8sj8z4hzltmwe56p7mpgx7f52yw26uwpnjekvq3v3ajuuwa5aemp Advance polls are open across Ontario from 10.00 to 20.00 on the following dates:<br/>* Thursday, 20 February 2025<br/>* Friday, 21 February 2025<br/>* Saturday, 22 February 2025<br/><br/>Eligible voters in #TorontoCentre can cast a ballot at any of the following advance polling stations:<br/>* The 519, 519 Church Street<br/>* Wellesley Community Centre, 495 Sherbourne Street<br/>* St. Lawrence Community Centre, 230 The Esplanade<br/>* Regent Park Community Centre, 402 Shuter Street<br/><br/>#ONPoli 2025-02-20T13:51:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdmkm9g2mst8c925hs62qwgf5hahx6wr3ze79azs2cj2pxd094hkczyps2g0e8sj8z4hzltmwe56p7mpgx7f52yw26uwpnjekvq3v3ajuuwk3sms7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsypcz2g8455rutmlklf07j3n544dxkwczqpmanxg0lmheqyg6v9wcdkl5j3'>nevent1q…l5j3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Tariffs on Teslas should be set to a level they fully understand — to wit, 420.69 percent.<br/><br/>#CanPoli #USPoli #TradeWar #WelcomeBackTo1812 2025-02-11T14:51:15Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfazffsax2889y3ceu97haamdk5lg70nccwy9r4nyf7pnf4scedsgzyps2g0e8sj8z4hzltmwe56p7mpgx7f52yw26uwpnjekvq3v3ajuuw7gmv8n In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdnsmuv0f7rns27ljthhfuylxcqgvkljq5p42hcxc65fq58uf6mxczds5qd'>nevent1q…s5qd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I liked that movie better when Bruce Willis, Timothy Oliphant, Justin Long, and Kevin Smith were in it. 2025-02-08T17:52:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9smpmqzwrp3u3uxlk7n2gm49hj978krqym7qpd8j6epcltrr0kkczyps2g0e8sj8z4hzltmwe56p7mpgx7f52yw26uwpnjekvq3v3ajuuwxf74hy “We will have to save a free press in America in the mode of Ginger Rogers — backwards, in high heels — but also while getting whacked by a baseball bat. But we have to try, because history has shown there is only one place where democracy can survive. In a place called Reality.”<br/>— Will Bunch, in Sunday’s Philadelphia Inquirer<br/><br/>Hashed to #CanPoli without further comment.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/trust-mainstream-media-2024-election-20241110.html">https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/trust-mainstream-media-2024-election-20241110.html</a> 2024-11-10T22:26:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfur7ypk8ekln2new2l779krxy97fyunuckr3zx0jxvrle9ueej3qzyps2g0e8sj8z4hzltmwe56p7mpgx7f52yw26uwpnjekvq3v3ajuuw70q8qq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq8ut8wvxgfmynyplqxpmmu9xj8j8qy94tt02p2075ujwhc7a3wes3ua7f2'>nevent1q…a7f2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>“Penguin evolution is a fib.”<br/>“The state rests.”<br/>“The earth isn’t round, either.”<br/>“Save it!”<br/>“Yep! It’s shaped like a burrito!”<br/><br/>#BloomCounty<br/><br/><a href="https://www.gocomics.com/bloomcounty/1982/02/06">https://www.gocomics.com/bloomcounty/1982/02/06</a> 2024-10-17T23:56:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx8xsuetqv7tt48jkhwqv4r2m7ux53qu9trvkztm2fhfm6qddfhjqzyps2g0e8sj8z4hzltmwe56p7mpgx7f52yw26uwpnjekvq3v3ajuuwf5gdn2 I just *had* to be reminded of this old #EarWorm from #TheFrantics back in the day:<br/><br/>Tommy Thomson was a painter renowned<br/>He got lost in the woods and some say he drowned<br/>But we all know who sent Tommy to heaven<br/>Made a Group of Six out of the Group of Seven…<br/><br/>They were carp!<br/>With jaws of steel!<br/>They were carp!<br/>You’ll be their next meal!<br/>They were carp…carp…carp…carp…carp…<br/>Yes, they were carp!<br/><br/>#Toronto #IYKYK<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/112/914/898/540/651/538/original/922bb0ec51eee7ee.png"> <br/> 2024-08-06T11:44:33Z