Sebastian 'Guardian reading, tofu-eating wokerati' Jones
@wildlifeseb.bsky.social
Off grid, ex-salmon fisher, student, @YCSYukon @YFWMB @yukonsalmon
musher, skijorer, 1st Aider, gardener, he/him. Grateful resident of Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in
He/him
musher, skijorer, 1st Aider, gardener, he/him. Grateful resident of Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in
He/him
Minus 2 is pretty warm for this time of year, I thought, until I realized that America still uses Imperial....
November 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Minus 2 is pretty warm for this time of year, I thought, until I realized that America still uses Imperial....
No idea if Gates and Blair shared Epstein's sexual tastes, but they certainly shared the view that they were masters of the universe, that they run the planet, that their opinions are more important than those of the great unwashed.
November 9, 2025 at 5:29 PM
No idea if Gates and Blair shared Epstein's sexual tastes, but they certainly shared the view that they were masters of the universe, that they run the planet, that their opinions are more important than those of the great unwashed.
So much fun!
November 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM
So much fun!
What are they?
Sidewalk roombas?
Sidewalk roombas?
November 7, 2025 at 5:55 PM
What are they?
Sidewalk roombas?
Sidewalk roombas?
We are looking at a 35% rate increase in Yukon to help pay for a massive increase in DIESEL generators, while it has been made illegal to install residential and industrial solar.
This is what happens when one combines sclerotic utilities with conservative politics.
This is what happens when one combines sclerotic utilities with conservative politics.
November 6, 2025 at 3:56 PM
We are looking at a 35% rate increase in Yukon to help pay for a massive increase in DIESEL generators, while it has been made illegal to install residential and industrial solar.
This is what happens when one combines sclerotic utilities with conservative politics.
This is what happens when one combines sclerotic utilities with conservative politics.
Wait, what? Isn't the use of prison labour one of the things America is pissed off at China for, arguing it gives them a trade advantage?
Anywhere other developed countries that use prisoners for cheap labour like this?
Definitely not a thing here in Canada.
Slavery is illegal here....
Anywhere other developed countries that use prisoners for cheap labour like this?
Definitely not a thing here in Canada.
Slavery is illegal here....
November 6, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Wait, what? Isn't the use of prison labour one of the things America is pissed off at China for, arguing it gives them a trade advantage?
Anywhere other developed countries that use prisoners for cheap labour like this?
Definitely not a thing here in Canada.
Slavery is illegal here....
Anywhere other developed countries that use prisoners for cheap labour like this?
Definitely not a thing here in Canada.
Slavery is illegal here....
That makes sense, however we are also trying to electrify our society- heat pumps over gas for buildings, EVs over ICE for personal transport.
There is thus an argument for encouraging (the right sort of) electricity use....
There is thus an argument for encouraging (the right sort of) electricity use....
November 6, 2025 at 3:43 PM
That makes sense, however we are also trying to electrify our society- heat pumps over gas for buildings, EVs over ICE for personal transport.
There is thus an argument for encouraging (the right sort of) electricity use....
There is thus an argument for encouraging (the right sort of) electricity use....
Why go to France?
I'm fairly certain that there is a Francophone community in Canada, some place called Quebec, I think, has lots of them. 😉
I think the French they speak in Quebec is Canadien too, unlike that spoken in France...
I'm fairly certain that there is a Francophone community in Canada, some place called Quebec, I think, has lots of them. 😉
I think the French they speak in Quebec is Canadien too, unlike that spoken in France...
November 5, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Why go to France?
I'm fairly certain that there is a Francophone community in Canada, some place called Quebec, I think, has lots of them. 😉
I think the French they speak in Quebec is Canadien too, unlike that spoken in France...
I'm fairly certain that there is a Francophone community in Canada, some place called Quebec, I think, has lots of them. 😉
I think the French they speak in Quebec is Canadien too, unlike that spoken in France...
It's much cheaper in Mexico, or India than in Canada.
November 5, 2025 at 6:29 PM
It's much cheaper in Mexico, or India than in Canada.
Holy shit, that's wild.
No family with an income of $85,000 can afford an INCREASE in health care premiums of $35,000/yr.
What must the premiums be already?
Across the border in Yukon, we don't have premiums at all, or co-pays. Our pharmacare and dental care systems are still underfunded though.
No family with an income of $85,000 can afford an INCREASE in health care premiums of $35,000/yr.
What must the premiums be already?
Across the border in Yukon, we don't have premiums at all, or co-pays. Our pharmacare and dental care systems are still underfunded though.
November 5, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Holy shit, that's wild.
No family with an income of $85,000 can afford an INCREASE in health care premiums of $35,000/yr.
What must the premiums be already?
Across the border in Yukon, we don't have premiums at all, or co-pays. Our pharmacare and dental care systems are still underfunded though.
No family with an income of $85,000 can afford an INCREASE in health care premiums of $35,000/yr.
What must the premiums be already?
Across the border in Yukon, we don't have premiums at all, or co-pays. Our pharmacare and dental care systems are still underfunded though.
Jeepers, I never thought about it like that!
November 5, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Jeepers, I never thought about it like that!
I am impressed by the outcome. Given the poor or absent campaign to educate Yukoners about the plebiscite, I didn't think it would garner so much support, let alone more support than the Yukon Party itself.
Will the first decision of the YP be to reject the will of the electorate?
Will the first decision of the YP be to reject the will of the electorate?
November 4, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I am impressed by the outcome. Given the poor or absent campaign to educate Yukoners about the plebiscite, I didn't think it would garner so much support, let alone more support than the Yukon Party itself.
Will the first decision of the YP be to reject the will of the electorate?
Will the first decision of the YP be to reject the will of the electorate?
They absolutely would have threatened to!
Where else would they have gotten high quality old growth?
And, so what if the giants logged less, maybe we'ed have had more artisanal operations making things with the wood, in BC.
Where else would they have gotten high quality old growth?
And, so what if the giants logged less, maybe we'ed have had more artisanal operations making things with the wood, in BC.
November 3, 2025 at 9:04 PM
They absolutely would have threatened to!
Where else would they have gotten high quality old growth?
And, so what if the giants logged less, maybe we'ed have had more artisanal operations making things with the wood, in BC.
Where else would they have gotten high quality old growth?
And, so what if the giants logged less, maybe we'ed have had more artisanal operations making things with the wood, in BC.
Imagine if stumpage rates had been higher, high enough that Americans didn't complain we are subsidizing loggers.
Think how much money would have flowed into provincial coffers, think how few fights we'd have had with the Americans.
Think of how value added would all of a sudden made sense...
Think how much money would have flowed into provincial coffers, think how few fights we'd have had with the Americans.
Think of how value added would all of a sudden made sense...
November 3, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Imagine if stumpage rates had been higher, high enough that Americans didn't complain we are subsidizing loggers.
Think how much money would have flowed into provincial coffers, think how few fights we'd have had with the Americans.
Think of how value added would all of a sudden made sense...
Think how much money would have flowed into provincial coffers, think how few fights we'd have had with the Americans.
Think of how value added would all of a sudden made sense...
Any guesses who will be required to make these sacrifices?
(sarc)
(sarc)
November 3, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Any guesses who will be required to make these sacrifices?
(sarc)
(sarc)
In Yukon we reduced downtown municipal speed limits to 40km/hr, to reduce the number of people getting killed and injured by drivers.
November 3, 2025 at 7:46 PM
In Yukon we reduced downtown municipal speed limits to 40km/hr, to reduce the number of people getting killed and injured by drivers.
I wonder how these trends compare to relative population increases.
And how housing affordability relates to immigration policy....
And how housing affordability relates to immigration policy....
November 3, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I wonder how these trends compare to relative population increases.
And how housing affordability relates to immigration policy....
And how housing affordability relates to immigration policy....
Safari and Chrome on my iphone and my macbook.
I keep my phone and lap[top fairly separate (no work, email or socials on my phone, no podcasts or audio books on my laptop).
I keep my phone and lap[top fairly separate (no work, email or socials on my phone, no podcasts or audio books on my laptop).
November 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Safari and Chrome on my iphone and my macbook.
I keep my phone and lap[top fairly separate (no work, email or socials on my phone, no podcasts or audio books on my laptop).
I keep my phone and lap[top fairly separate (no work, email or socials on my phone, no podcasts or audio books on my laptop).
They were...HUGE!
Like up to 6m!🤯
Like up to 6m!🤯
November 2, 2025 at 6:15 AM
They were...HUGE!
Like up to 6m!🤯
Like up to 6m!🤯
Haha! In Dawson City, from Dec 12th to Jan 6th, you could stay in bed until noon!
(Don't tell anyone, but we do exactly that)
(Don't tell anyone, but we do exactly that)
November 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Haha! In Dawson City, from Dec 12th to Jan 6th, you could stay in bed until noon!
(Don't tell anyone, but we do exactly that)
(Don't tell anyone, but we do exactly that)