Yakpi (Michael Blanchard)
@yakpi.bsky.social
Musician and Improvisor on Bass Guitar #Jazz #Rock #Punk #Bassist Retired from #Tech - Liberal Democrat - Vancouver #CANADA 🇨🇦 #Taiwan 🇹🇼
Where the law is subject to some other authority and has none of its own, the collapse of the state, in my view, is not far off.
March 7, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Where the law is subject to some other authority and has none of its own, the collapse of the state, in my view, is not far off.
Oh Canada! From Brian Walsby I believe.
March 6, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Oh Canada! From Brian Walsby I believe.
Us jazz musicians got a bad rep...
March 5, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Us jazz musicians got a bad rep...
Canadians are nice, until they're not.....
March 5, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Canadians are nice, until they're not.....
Elon Musk: 'Canada is not a real country.' #BoycottTesla $TSLA
February 26, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Elon Musk: 'Canada is not a real country.' #BoycottTesla $TSLA
“Hope is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously headed for early success, but, rather, an ability to work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed. ” Vaclav Havel
February 24, 2025 at 3:28 AM
“Hope is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously headed for early success, but, rather, an ability to work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed. ” Vaclav Havel
We have this on special at Canadian Tire this week.
February 22, 2025 at 3:00 AM
We have this on special at Canadian Tire this week.
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist.”
― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
February 21, 2025 at 3:04 AM
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist.”
― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
Mo Sherwood, Vancouver BC
February 20, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Mo Sherwood, Vancouver BC
Mt. Lefroy, 1930, oil on canvas, Lawren S Harris.
February 17, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Mt. Lefroy, 1930, oil on canvas, Lawren S Harris.
Thelonious Monk by Martel Chapman
February 12, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Thelonious Monk by Martel Chapman
This is **Mount Robson**, the highest peak in the **Canadian Rockies**, located in **British Columbia, Canada**. Standing at **3,954 meters (12,972 feet).
February 11, 2025 at 4:44 AM
This is **Mount Robson**, the highest peak in the **Canadian Rockies**, located in **British Columbia, Canada**. Standing at **3,954 meters (12,972 feet).
“If I am only happy for myself, many fewer chances for happiness. If I am happy when good things happen to other people, billions more chances to be happy!” ~ Dalai Lama
February 11, 2025 at 4:39 AM
“If I am only happy for myself, many fewer chances for happiness. If I am happy when good things happen to other people, billions more chances to be happy!” ~ Dalai Lama
Matrix Bass.......
February 7, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Matrix Bass.......
Borrowed from library
February 6, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Borrowed from library
Ralph Goings
American, 1928–2016
"Flowered Table Top", 1978
American, 1928–2016
"Flowered Table Top", 1978
February 4, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Ralph Goings
American, 1928–2016
"Flowered Table Top", 1978
American, 1928–2016
"Flowered Table Top", 1978
Feven & Tiny Pyramids exploring the music of Sun Ra at the Vancouver International Fil Festival!
February 2, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Feven & Tiny Pyramids exploring the music of Sun Ra at the Vancouver International Fil Festival!
"There is no such thing as U.S. manufacturing, Canadian manufacturing or Mexican manufacturing, just North American manufacturing - a highly efficient, mutually beneficial system that sprawls across the three nations’ borders" - Paul Krugman on Trump's tariffs.
January 31, 2025 at 11:43 PM
"There is no such thing as U.S. manufacturing, Canadian manufacturing or Mexican manufacturing, just North American manufacturing - a highly efficient, mutually beneficial system that sprawls across the three nations’ borders" - Paul Krugman on Trump's tariffs.