Moonrise and Aurora near Haines Junction, Yukon.

Sometimes the world is insanely beautiful.

Moonrise and Aurora near Haines Junction, Yukon.

Aurora Borealis and a mountain backlit by light pollution from Whitehorse.

Right now. On my drive home.

22-degree halo

22-degree halo

22-degree halo!

Dakwäkäda, also known as Haines Junction, Yukon.

A lop bunny scowls ferociously at her human servant. She is a bored and annoyed bunny and this is unacceptable. She prepares to discipline her human servant.

The face says it all. There will be no more reading of the news today.
#rabbit #pets #bunny #thenewsisscary

Male Pine Grosbeak with frozen ice on his eyebrows and forehead. Blurry female Pine grosbeak beside him, eating

Female Pine Grosbeak with frozen ice on head

Female Pine Grosbeak with frozen ice on head

It is -40C, and the Pine Grosbeaks have ice on their brows. They remain undeterred and tough as heck, while also looking most pretty. #burds #yukonbirds #yukonterritory

YouTube video by TIME WITH THE LAND Time With the Land - Making a Fire With a Bow Drill

Getting ready for the inevitable collapse of society. #skills

#yukon #bushcraft #bowdrillfire

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Aurora in the Alsek Valley, Yukon

Aurora in the Alsek Valley, Yukon

Aurora in the Alsek Valley, Yukon

Aurora in the Alsek Valley, Yukon

This is where I walk my dog. #YukonLiving

Ah, the infamous #Tennesszebra

Nationally, there was a decline in violent crime until around 2013, and then it started climbing again, according to StatsCan. Sorry, I’d share the link but don’t have it at hand. I looked it up yesterday out of a similar curiosity.

The REALLY interesting thing is that under a Westminster Parliamentary system, we don’t need political parties at all. We COULD just have independent MPs who are only there to represent their ridings. Alas, political parties are like herpes. Pretty much impossible to get rid of once you have them. 😆

That’s true. Unfortunately, there is an overall trend to toward concentrating power in the PMO (the Office of the Prime Minister). Party MPs are “whipped” into voting along party lines instead of what their constituents want. Having said that, as we saw with our last PM, the party members can revolt

In the NWT and Nunavut, they use the same system (Westminster Parliamentary Democracy), but don’t have political parties. If they have an issue with their Premier, the Members of the Legislative Assembly can vote them out without triggering an election. Federally, it tends to trigger an election.

For example, if one party got the most seats, but still had a minority of the total seats, the other parties could get together and decide that someone other than the party leader with the most seats would be PM.

What happens, by custom, is the party leader with the most seats becomes PM, but not by law. Technically, the PM serves with the confidence of Parliament. The MPs could pick ANYONE to be PM. The Governor General officially makes the appointment.

I’ve got a joke about Batman, but am I going to tell it to you?

Na na na na na na na na

These comments aren’t pro- or anti- anybody. That’s just how our Westminster Parliamentary system works.

The confidence of the house was untested because the legislature was prorogued. This is a non-partisan statement of fact.

Carney was elected in the Liberal Party leadership race - not yet as an MP. Because anyone can be PM as long as they have the “Confidence of the House”, he was appointed by the Governor General to the Privy Council.

Because we elect individuals in Canada, that’s why when someone defects from one party to another or leaves a party to sit as an independent, they retain their seat - because the riding is theirs, not the party’s.

In Canada, under Westminster Parliamentary Democracy, you elect an individual. People can run as independents. Also, anyone can be PM as long as they have the “confidence of the House”. Customarily it’s an MP and party leader - but doesn’t have to be. In theory, you could have an independent as PM.

Comment was for @mattrigg.bsky.social

He was elected by the Liberal Party to be the party leader - and appointed to the Privy Council as PM. In federal elections, we cast our vote for a Member of Parliament (who TYPICALLY has a party affiliation). By custom (but not by law), the party leader whose party has the most seats becomes PM.

WOW!!!

Great Depression Cooking with Clara 98 year old cook, author and great grandmother, Clara, recounts her childhood during the Great Depression as she prepares meals from the era. Learn how to make simple yet delicious dishes while listen...

Realizing now how many of Clara's Great Depression recipes are made with what will soon become gourmet food items.

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YouTube video by English Lessons by Cloud English Can "guys" & "bud" be used for girls?

Maybe he did: m.youtube.com/watch?v=YtJX...

Bud is short for buddy. Buddy is a synonym for friend.

Genius.

The plebiscite will depend on whether Yukon’s election happens as scheduled or no. If a snap election is called, there won’t be enough time to do the plebiscite process. If the election happens on schedule, we will be voting in the election AND voting on the plebiscite.

@electionsyukon.bsky.social is waiting for plebiscite regulations from Yukon Government. It won’t be a referendum. A referendum is binding, but a plebiscite is not.

An update for anyone wondering about the Yukon Citizens Assembly on Electoral Reform’s recommendation. The YCAER recommended that the Yukon move to a ranked ballot system. Today I got an update from @electionsyukon.bsky.social. It is as follows…