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[rabbitcruiser]

French Language Day

French Language Day is on March 20 and we’re more than excited to celebrate with some French culture, language, and history as we ask…parlez vous Francais? Even if you don’t speak the language there’s a lot of aspects of French culture to learn about. This occasion is meant to respect multilingualism and cultural diversity. When most people think of French they think of France, but it’s actually Africa that has the most French speakers. There are an estimated 120 million Africans from 29 countries that speak the language alongside their indigenous languages.

History of French Language Day

The French language comes from Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire. France was known as Gaul during that time and they were conquered by the Romans in the first and second century BC. At that time, they spoke Gaulish which is a Celtic language, but that was replaced by Latin from the Romans. In the fifth century, Germanic tribes invaded Gaul and they were Romanized as well. As a result of these outside influences, modern French owes its origins to Celtic, Germanic, but most of all to Latin.

Old French was spoken by the ninth century to the thirteenth and it was different from Latin. The Oaths of Strasbourg is the oldest known document that uses Old French and it had varying dialects including Francien, a dialect that was used near Paris. In the fourteenth and sixteenth centuries, Middle French was used with expressions from Latin, Greek, and Italy. A group of French poets known as the Pléiade, inspired the French to strengthen their language and literature.

The seventeenth-century marked the modern period of French and in 1635, Cardinal Richelieu founded the French Academy. The purpose of this was to maintain the sanctity of the language and its literature. The language evolved over time with artistic movements like romanticism and realism, but in large, it has stayed true to this period.

In 2010, the UN’s Department of Public Information made French Language Day official to celebrate multilingualism and cultural diversity. The day is also used to promote the equal use of all six official languages throughout the UN which are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish. March 20 is also recognized as the International Day of La Francophonie that celebrates the anniversary of the Agency for Cultural and Technical Cooperation (ACCT) that began March 20, 1970.

French Language Day timeline

2010 Language Days

French Language Day is made official by the UN to celebrate multilingualism.

1635 French Lit

Cardinal Richelieu founded the French Academy to maintain the sanctity of the language in literature.

842 The French of Old

The Oaths of Strasbourg is the oldest known document that uses Old French.

5th Century AD Epidemics

Gaul is conquered by the Roman Empire and the language Gaulish gives way to Latin.

French Language Day FAQs

What is World Language Day?

World Languages Day is a worldwide career expo that connects over 1,000 high school and college students to businesses and professions that value global skills.

Why do we celebrate Francophonie

International Day of La Francophonie celebrates the anniversary of the Agency for Cultural and Technical Cooperation that began March 20, 1970.

Do people in Canada speak French?

French is the mother tongue of an estimated 7.2 million Canadians, which is 20% of the population.

French Language Day Activities

Learn French

Have French cuisine

Join the discussion

French is known as one of the most romantic languages for a reason. Find out by trying it out for yourself! There are a plethora of French language learning guides online to practice with. You can make this a group activity and challenge a friend to try learning it as well and see how well you do in conversation with one another.

France is also known for its exquisite cuisine. Try your hand at cooking (and saying) some of the meals that they’re most known for. There’s soupe à l'oignon, cassoulet, chocolate soufflé, and more. If cooking isn’t your thing, you can go to an authentic French restaurant and share your experience with pictures on social media to spread the word.

The United Nations organizes dialogues all over the world as part of their UN75 initiative to hear from diverse groups about their hopes, fears, and experiences. Join the discussion by providing your own opinions, or listen to other voices to get a better grasp of global perspectives.

Five Facts About French Language Day

Recognized language

Social media ranking

Simplicity

Fast growth

Wide-spread

French was one of the first two working languages used by the United Nations.

French is the sixth most common language on the internet.

French is one of the easiest languages to learn for English speakers.

French isn't the most commonly spoken language, but it's a fast-growing language.

French is spoken on five different continents.

Why We Love French Language Day

It celebrates culture

Multilingualism is important

Know your French history

There’s no denying that the French language is a beautiful one. A long list of talented poets, writers, and artists are French and their works have lasted the test of time. By honoring the French Language Day, you also show respect to the hard-working artists that have put so much beauty out into the world.

French Language Day is a show of support for multilingualism and accepting diversity. The day reminds us to respect other communities and cultures and to act in cooperation with one another. Language can be a bridge between worlds.

Oftentimes, there are incorrect beliefs about a country, but you can never know the full story unless you investigate. France has an important history that has affected and has been affected by many other countries. We owe it to ourselves to understand these truths so that collectively we have a broader and more cultured mindset.

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[wilted]

canadians specifically are so goddamn annoying when it comes to this shit i saw another one say “children don’t die in schools here” yeah they just find 200+ of their bodies buried under the schools up there! and people still smuggle guns in canada! you still have gun violence! stop using dead children to pretend like you’re a superior country when you have just as much violence, racism, and hate as the united states. instead of constantly comparing and gloating, try donating to the organizations made to try and stop future school shootings and violence against children from happening. and btw

In Toronto, Canada’s largest census metropolitan area (CMA), the proportion of violent crimes that were firearm-related (4.7%) was the second-highest among CMAs. Its rate of firearm-related violent crime (43.2 incidents per 100,000 population) rose 36% from 2021 and 93% since a low in 2013.

In 2022, the rate of firearm-related violent crime was 36.7 incidents per 100,000 population, an 8.9% increase from 2021 (33.7 incidents per 100,000 population). This is the highest rate recorded since comparable data were first collected in 2009.

All provinces and territories have seen the rate of firearm-related violent crime increase since the low in 2013. The largest increases were recorded in the Northwest Territories (+303%), Saskatchewan (+165%), Yukon (+149%) and New Brunswick (+126%).

[driftwithme]

According to the pacrim wiki, Coyote Tango was the first jaeger the program lost. By that time, Pentecost and Tamsin were not piloting anymore. It was June, 2016.

The order of pre-knifehead fallen jaegers is:

- Coyote Tango. Destroyed in combat against Itak. On its second set of pilots. June, 2016.

- Victory Alpha. Destroyed in combat against Raganarok. The pilots survived. July, 2016.

- Tacit Ronin. Abandoned because its pilots died of neural overload. July, 2016.

- Lucky Seven. Abandoned because one of its pilots was decommissioned. 2019.

Following this pic from the wiki:

We know that the first jaeger was launched in 2015 (Brawler Yukon) and the last in 2019 (Striker Eureka).

The golden age of the jeager program was from 2017 to 2019, three years of gaining more than they were losing. The peak was in 2019, with 20 active jaegers. The bottom was in 2025, with no jaegers left.

2024 was the year with more deaths, with 8 j-pilots going KIA. Then 2025, with 7 deaths between the Double Event that killed both Cherno and Crimson, and Operation Pitfall, who claimed Pentecost and Chuck.

Between 2019 and 2023 there were 9 KIAs.

Which means Yancy was the first jaeger pilot to die on combat. It makes sense, given the reaction of Penecost to hearing that they had lost Gipsy's signal (and Yancy was dead).

It marks:

- 2019-20: 1 lost jaeger, 1 pilot KIA.

The list of fallen jaegers Post-Knifehead:

- 2020-21: 2 lost jaeger, 1 pilot KIA.

- 2021-22: 3 lost jaegers, 2 pilots KIA.

- 2022-23: 2 lost jaegers, 3 pilots KIA.

- 2023-24: 8 lost jaegers, 2 pilots KIA.

- 2024-25: 0 lost jaegers, 8 pilots KIA.

- 2025: 4 lost jaegers, 7 pilots KIA.

Let's compare all this info with the following Kaiju War Timeline from the wiki:

A) 2013-2014: The Feral Burst. There were no jaegers yet to defend humanity against the 3 kaijus that invaded the world.

B) 2015-2019: The Long Game, Part I. There were 24 jargers up around this period, with a total of 13 kaijus making contact.

Special mention to the Beckets, who got an impressive mark of 5 kills during those years. It means they helped killed more than a 1/3 of those bastards during the golden era of the jaeger program. For what I see, Raleigh is the only pilot who had ever abandoned the jaeger program because he wanted to, not because he was hurt or kicked out.

C) 2020-2023: The Long Game, Part II. The amount of kaijus who invaded in those three years equals the amount of kaijus who made contact within the first 6 years of the war. It means the precursos sent as many kaijus in half the time. Humanity went into this phase with 19 jaegers. By the end they had 4.

2024 reports 13 kaiju attacks. It makes sense that they lost 8 jaegers and 10 pilots more or less in that year. With 12 jaegers active, it is more than a 1vs1 situation. Something tells me that most of Striker Eureka's kills were during this phase.

Special mention to the Hansen, btw. *During Chuck active years, he participated in almost third of the kaiju killings that happened then. I don't know Lucky Seven's score in this race, but *Herc's win amount to a 1/4 of the whole kaiju fights during his active time.

*The count stops at Mutavore. It does not include the Double Event or Pitfall.

If we include Post-Mutavore but not their participation/assistant at killing Leatherback:

- Chuck: 11 kills, 35 kaiju appereances during his active career (almost a 1/3).

- Herc: 12 kills, 44 kaiju appearances (not counting 2016 and adding at least 2 kills of the Lucky Seven era; around a 1/4).

Yet again, if by statistics alone, Mako is the most winning jaeger pilot of the movie. In her active years there had been 5 kaijus and she has helped kill 4. It's worth mentioning that her debut was on a double event followed by a triple event, with the only Category-5 ever saw. Impressive, to say the least.

On the other hand, Raleigh has helped kill or killed himself almost half of the kaijus that had appear on his active years.

Here: (ratio is 19-20 kaijus, 9 kills).

- 2025: 6 kaijus, 4 kills.

- 2015-2019: 13-14 kaijus, 5 kills.

The Hansens record is impressive just in the sheer size of their killing count, which is still not complete given I don't have the info on Lucky Seven. Meanwhile, Raleigh and Mako are impressive for the efficiency record.

Of the 51 kaijus that invaded the Earth, Gipsy and Striker combine to 20 kills. That means 2/5 of the total.

The last three j-pilots hold the best or most insane records of the program. Herc with the most wins, Mako with the best efficiency and Raleigh fucking Becket who had solo piloted twice and explode a jaeger in another world.

[follow-up-news]

General Motors is recalling nearly 462,000 pickup trucks and big SUVs with diesel engines because the rear wheels can lock up, increasing the risk of a crash. The recall in the U.S. covers certain Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra 1500, 2500 and 3500 pickups from the 2020 through 2022 model years. Also included are the 2021 Cadillac Escalade, GMC Yukon and Chevrolet Tahoe and Suburban. Documents posted Wednesday on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration website say a transmission control valve can wear out over time. In rare cases it can fail and lock up the rear wheels. Drivers may notice harsh shifting before any wheel problems. GM says in documents that dealers will install new transmission control software that will monitor the valve and detect excess wear 10,000 miles before the wheels lock up. If wear is detected, the transmission will be limited to fifth gear, preventing wheel lockup, which happens when the transmission downshifts from eighth gear. GM will provide warranty coverage to fix transmissions that have a defective control valve. Owners will be notified of the recall by letter on Dec. 9.

[conradscrime]

Unsolved Canadian Cases

April 17, 2024

These are cases of individuals who have gone missing in Canada but may not have enough information to be an entire case post of their own.

James David Kunuk

James David Kunuk was born in 1981 and was 34 years old at the time of his disappearance. He was last seen by family on September 21, 2016 in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada. He was not reported missing until December 2016 by his landlord.

James had been living in downtown Vancouver, BC, but had recently moved to the Yukon and not yet unpacked his belongings. He did not take his wallet with him.

James did not contact his family for his birthday or over Christmas, which was unusual. Most do not think he moved again, however, he does have family in the Northwest Territories.

James uses multiple aliases including Jay Kunuk, Jimmy Miller, Jay David Springgay, Jimmy Kunuk, James Thrasher, Jeremiah McClusky.

He is Indigenous, 5'10 in height, 181 pounds with a medium build. He has short, straight black hair and brown eyes. He has two tattoos; one on his left forearm of a cross with the word "LIFE" and on his right arm of the word "THUG."

He would be 42 years old today.

Edward Joseph Arcand

Edward Joseph Arcand left his home in Coleman, Alberta driving a 1969 Ford Falcon station wagon on June 8, 1975. He has never been seen since.

On June 15, 1975, one week later, his vehicle was found abandoned 80 km north of Coleman on Highway 940. However, the Doe Network states his car was found in July 1975. Edward is Indigenous, 5'8 in height, 139 pounds with a medium build. Joseph has brown eyes and short black hair, last seen wearing a blue, denim jacket, red shirt and blue, denim pants.

Many speculated he could have been Septic Tank Sam, a man whose remains were discovered in a septic tank outside Tofield, Alberta in 1977. However, Edward was missing 6 teeth and Sam had all his teeth.

Septic Tank Sam would later be identified in June 2021 as a 26 year old Indigenous man named Gordon Sanderson, who had been murdered by a gunshot wound in 1976 or 1977.

Joseph had a hernia scar on his lower abdomen, a dark complexion, and no facial hair at the time. He was 27 years old at the time of his disappearance.

Joseph would be turning 76 years old in 2024.

Glenn Field

Glenn Field was 62 years old when he was last seen in April 2019 by a pilot flying over his campsite at Rolfe Lake, Northwest Territories. Glenn had flown to Rolfe Lake on September 13, 2018 to spend the winter living on the land.

He was then going to make his way back to Yellowknife, Northwest Territories in the spring of 2019. Glenn had three dogs with him and enough food to last the winter.

In October 2019, the RCMP Search and Rescue team did an aerial search of Rolfe Lake, but found no sign of Glenn.

Glenn is 5'10 in height, 170 pounds with grey hair and grey eyes. He has glaucoma and is missing one toe on his left foot and two toes on his right foot.

Glenn would be 67-68 years old in 2024.

Jean Gravel & Jean-Guy Champagne

Jean Gravel was 24 years old and went missing with his coworker Jean-Guy Champagne, who was 25, on July 6, 1972 in Trois-Rivières, Québec. Both men were employees of the Rio Bar in downtown.

Both arrived to work early in the evening to work the closing shift. Neither ever returned home and have not been seen since. They were reported missing on July 10, 1972.

Jean Gravel is described as being 5'8 in height, 139 pounds with brown eyes and hair. He was wearing yellow corduroy pants, a beige wool vest, leather black and white running shoes, a gold ring on his left finger, a necklace with assorted colours and a dark blue coat.

Jean-Guy Champagne was described as 5'11 in heigh, 163 pounds with brown eyes and brown hair. He was wearing a green cotton coat, white cotton shirt, green cotton pants, a watch that may have been "Timex" brand, a silver wedding ring on his left finger, black shoes that were size 10-10.5 and has a scar on his chin.

If you have information on any of the above cases you can contact Crime Stoppers: 1-800-222-TIPS(8477) or online at https://www.canadiancrimestoppers.org/tips. You can stay anonymous.

Source: Canada Unsolved (canadaunsolved.com)

[projectourworld]

The ice bear cometh … by Andy Skillen, UK

It is a two-hour helicopter ride from the nearest town to this spot on the Fishing Branch River in Yukon, Canada, where the river never freezes. The salmon run occurs in late autumn here, and for grizzly bears this open water offers a final chance to feast before hibernating. It was averaging around -30C (-22F) and Andy had been waiting, hoping one particular female bear would use this log to cross. Eventually she did and he got the picture he’d envisioned – her wet fur had frozen into icicles and ‘you could hear them tinkle as she walked past’

Photograph: Andy Skillen/2021 Wildlife Photographer of the Year

[workingforitallthetime]

could you do a little team canada primer? i want to know the narratives!

let's start with the ships!

bo and dylan: once upon a time kirby dach broke his wrist and dylan cozens and bowen byram were consequently elevated from As to co-captains of the 2021 world juniors team. team canada lost to trevor zegras's insufferable americans in the gold medal game, and bo spent the medal ceremony weeping uncontrollably, and dylan tenderly cradled his head and comforted him. then bo went to visit dylan in the yukon, which is exactly where you'd expect a reclusive vampire and a sensitive werewolf to fall in love.

bedsy and zelly: they were roommates at world juniors and here is a video where bedsy says, “he’s got one of the best bodies i’ve ever seen." catfish mouth olen zellweger my beloved.

other fun items of note!

adam fantilli revenge tour: adam's one and only wjc appearance was marred by the canadian media and even his own teammates unfairly blaming him for the entire team's failings. he and bedsy both tried lacrosse goals but the media only got mad at adam. he was demoted to the fourth line and his teammates chirped him about being a fake canadian. (recall the canadian shitstorm ignited by 14yo adam's decision to go play prep school/ushl/ncaa hockey instead of being a good little OHL soldier.) it was rough enough that he came back to umich with a chip on his shoulder about it for the second half of the season (per naur.) i did not include all the links in this paragraph but feel free to peruse my blog starting on boxing day 2022, where i lost my mind about this topic. the point is that team canada and adam have had kind of a fraught relationship and it's always interesting to see how he's treated and how he performs when he's got a maple leaf on his chest.

unhaunted nolan patrick: celebrini, another canadian who went the ncaa route, does not seem to inflame canadian emotions the way that adam does, probably because he (a) never played in canada in the first place, and (b) is not from the greater toronto area. i look forward to getting some glimpses of personality from this tournament.

spicy dyl: once upon a time when the thunderbirds played the oil kings, reid schaefer memorably chirped dylan guenther by calling him spicy dyl (which some girl had apparently tweeted at him). a year later dylan got traded to the t-birds and i became the world's only reid schaefer/dylan guenther shipper. spicy dyl was once asked for his thoughts on lacrosse goals and said, "if you tried that in the western, you'd get your teeth knocked in." he's my favorite antagonist.

owen power: the biggest pup in the litter is back! it seems like guys who sign on for men's worlds are either players who've had a disappointing season and are looking for some redemption (note all the kraken on this roster) or younger guys who want an opportunity to get on the radar. owen probably falls in the former bucket, and that's going to make him interesting to watch. it will also be interesting to see which defenseman on this roster is the scratch.

[coastermaynia]

Coasters on Previous Years' Lists

List of coasters on the prompt lists from 2020-2023, alphabetical by park name!

Adventureland

Dragon (2021)

Monster (2022)

Outlaw (2023)

Alton Towers

Galactica (2022)

Oblivion (2021)

Smiler (2020)

Wicker Man (2023)

Blackpool Pleasure Beach

Icon (2021)

Busch Gardens Tampa

Cobra’s Curse (2022)

Iron Gwazi (2021)

Kumba (2020)

Montu (2023)

Busch Gardens Williamsburg

Alpengeist (2022)

Pantheon (2021)

Verbolten (2023)

California’s Great America

Gold Striker (2020)

RailBlazer (2023)

Canada’s Wonderland

Bat (2023)

Behemoth (2022)

Leviathan (2020)

Yukon Striker (2021)

Carowinds

Copperhead Strike (2020)

Fury 325 (2021)

Nighthawk (2022)

Cedar Point

Corkscrew (2022)

GateKeeper (2023)

Millennium Force (2020)

Steel Vengeance (2021)

Chessington World of Adventures

Dragon’s Fury (2022)

China Dinosaurs Park

Dinoconda (2021)

Dollywood

Lightning Rod (2020)

Thunderhead (2022)

Dorney Park

Steel Force (2023)

Drayton Manor

Shockwave (2022)

Efteling

Baron 1898 (2021)

Vliegende Hollander (2023)

Joris en de Draak (2022)

Energylandia

Zadra (2020)

Europa Park

blue fire (2023)

Silver Star (2022)

Wodan (2020)

Farup Sommerland

Fonix (2022)

Ferrari Land

Red Force (2021)

Fuji-Q Highland

Do-Dodonpa (2020)

Eejenika (2022)

Fujiyama (2021)

Takabisha (2023)

Fun Spot Atlanta

ArieForce One (2023)

Hansa Park

Flucht von Hovgorod (2023)

Karnan (2020)

Heide Park

Colossos (2022)

Krake (2023)

Hersheypark

Candymonium (2020)

Skyrush (2021)

Wildcat’s Revenge (2023)

Holiday Park

Expedition GeForce (2021)

Holiday World

Voyage (2020)

Indiana Beach

Steel Hawg (2021)

Islands of Adventure

Velocicoaster (2022)

Kennywood

Phantom’s Revenge (2020)

Steel Curtain (2021)

Kentucky Kingdom

T3 (2020)

Kings Dominion

Intinidator 305 (2020)

Twisted Timbers (2022)

Volcano (2023)

Kings Island

Beast (2020)

Mystic Timbers (2021)

Orion (2023)

Racer (2022)

Knott’s Berry Farm

GhostRider (2022)

HangTime (2020)

Silver Bullet (2023)

Xcelerator (2021)

Knoebels

Impulse (2022)

Phoenix (2020)

Kolmarden

Wildfire (2020)

Liseberg

Helix (2020)

Marineland

Dragon Mountain (2022)

Motiongate

Dragon Gliders (2023)

Nagashima Spa Land

Hakugei (2021)

Steel Dragon 2000 (2020)

Nanchang Sunac Land

Coaster Through the Clouds (2022)

Oakwood

Speed (2021)

Parc Asterix

Toutatis (2023)

Phantasialand

F.L.Y. (2023)

Taron (2020)

Winja’s (2022)

Plopsaland De Panne

Ride to Happiness (2023)

PortAdventura Park

Dragon Khan (2022)

Shambhala (2021)

Sea World Australia

Leviathan (2023)

Sea World Orlando

Ice Breaker (2020)

Mako (2021)

Sea World San Antonio

Texas Stingray (2021)

Silver Dollar City

Time Traveler (2020)

Silverwood

Aftershock (2023)

Six Flags Fiesta Texas

Dr. Diabolical’s Cliffhanger (2023)

Six Flags Great Adventure

El Toro (2022)

Jersey Devil (2021)

Kingda Ka (2020)

Nitro (2023)

Six Flags Great America

Maxx Force (2021)

Six Flags Magic Mountain

Full Throttle (2023)

Goliath (2020)

Twisted Colossus (2022)

X2 (2021)

Six Flags Mexico

Medusa (2021)

Six Flags New England

Wicked Cyclone (2022)

Six Flags Over Georgia

Blue Hawk (2022)

Thorpe Park

Colossus (2020)

Nemesis Inferno (2022)

Stealth (2021)

Swarm (2023)

Tobu Zoo Park

Kawasemi (2022)

Tokyo Dome City

Thunder Dolphin (2020)

Universal Studios Florida

Rip Ride Rockit (2021)

Universal Studios Japan

Flying Dinosaur (2023)

Walibi Belgium

Kondaa (2021)

Walibi Holland

Untamed (2020)

[judgemark45]

INDIAN OCEAN (Oct. 18, 2021) – Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Izumo-class multi-purpose operation destroyer JS Kaga (DDH 184) conducts an underway replenishment with Henry J. Kaiser-class underway replenishment oiler USNS Yukon (T-AO 202) in the Indian Ocean Oct 18. Yukon provides U.S. Navy, allies’ and partners’ ships operating in the 7th Fleet area of operations with critical supplies, including fuel, food and spare parts. As the U.S. Navy's largest forward-deployed fleet, 7th Fleet employs 50-70 ships and submarines across the Western Pacific and Indian Oceans. U.S. 7th Fleet routinely operates and interacts with 35 maritime nations while conducting missions to preserve and protect a free and open Indo-Pacific Region. (Photo by Capt. Daniel Glazier)

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[iamayellowbird]

23.05.2000

Love you forever Leo. Happy 24th birthday to this ol' stud.

Thank you for tolerating my shenanigans. You're a real sport.

My Gemini pal 💙

He's taught me a lot over the last 3.5ish years

- don't touch faces

- ear rubs must be earned (on the part of scratcher mostly)

- positive reinforcement works

- less pressure is okay

- taking it easy is fine

- winter is for being fat

- someone with hands will clean up the mess

- I will get vet care even though I don't pay it myself (even though I sometimes act like it)

- buying horse feed = less $$ for nonsense

- when you have a tough day...spend time with horses

Leo came into my life in January of 2021 after what I recall to be the most "ouch" year of my adult life.

I had just made it through my first year in the Yukon, braving the winter in a dry cabin.

When we met, he was 20 going on 21, and I was just shy of 29. I don't think I was ever more lost than when I started to find myself, and being around Leo anchored me. My 29th and 30th year were fraught with self doubt, loss in my belief of humanity, fear for my livelihood, my home.

Visions of my cabin on fire were not uncommon enough to not be a pattern.

Loneliness crept in through every gap, the cold draft nipping at me.

Leo's guardianship was passed on to me right around his 21st birthday. I had just turned 29.

Horse guardianship for the first time....about 20 years after I started dreaming and praying and about 10 years after I stopped wishing for it. A more distant dream while I built my life up.

I would never have chosen Leo out of a lineup of horses...for many reasons that I'm sure he wouldn't be shocked by. (For one....he's not a grey pony)

I am not built up in the ways appropriate pr conducive to horse guardianship.

I'm so glad he "fell into my lap" when he did. He's a gentle, sensitive soul. He might not be as cuddly as I dreamt MY horse would be. He might not be as young. But, he's actually exactly the horse I need in my life. He presents me with challenges daily. He is authentic and strong and if I don't believe in what I'm doing, neither does he.

Find a horse who doesn't let you fake it.

[rabbitcruiser]

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

In Canada, over 150,000 First Nations, Métis, and Inuit children were forced to attend residential schools from the 1880s to 1990s. Shortly following the country's founding in 1867, there was an effort to create a Canadian national identity. This meant that the indigenous population would have to assimilate, to the point that their culture would be eradicated. A report released in 1879 said that the only way assimilation could be accomplished would be by taking children from their parents and putting them in residential schools. The report recommended that the government work with Christian churches to open the schools. The Canadian government started funding them in 1883, with the Roman Catholic Church and the Anglican Church being the main organizations running them. The schools did away with indigenous language and culture and replaced them with English and Christianity.

There was resistance from the indigenous population, so, in 1894, the Canadian government made attendance compulsory, and gave the Royal Canadian Mounted Police the authority to take children from reservations and bring them to schools. The schools were underfunded and were rampant with diseases, forced labor, and sexual abuse. Students who spoke in their native language were beaten. When students died, their parents often weren't told about it, and the children were buried in unmarked graves. The 2015 Truth and Reconciliation Commission Report estimated that 6,000 children died while attending the schools.

In the 1950s, the Canadian government started making moves towards shutting down the schools, and they took control of the schools from the churches in 1969. There were still a few schools open in the 1980s, and the last one closed in 1996. The United Church of Canada apologized for its role in the schools in 1986, and the Anglican Church did the same in 1992. Although some Catholic organizations have offered apologies, and Pope Benedict XVI acknowledged the wrongs in 2009, as of 2021, the Catholic Church has not formally apologized.

In 2008, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper apologized for the residential school system on behalf of the Canadian government, and formed the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, to get to the bottom of what had happened at the residential schools. The final report came out in 2015 and said that the residential school system inflicted "cultural genocide" against the indigenous population. The report outlined the ramifications of the schools. It found that the schools undermined parents' ability to pass along language, which led to 70% of Canada's indigenous languages being classified as endangered. It found that the residential education was deliberately poor, and led to a poorly educated indigenous population that did not make high income in adulthood, which in turn impacted the education of their children and grandchildren, continuing a deficit of education and income in indigenous communities for generations. It found that the physical and sexual abuse that residential school students experienced led to lifelong trauma, and that trauma and abuse sometimes was passed down to children and grandchildren.

The St. Joseph Mission Residential School was in operation from 1891 to 1981, in Williams Lake, British Columbia. The St. Joseph Mission Residential School Commemoration Project and Reunion organized events that were held in Williams Lake in May of 2013. The events commemorated the residential school experience, witnessed to and honored the journey of healing of the survivors and their families, and were a moment of commitment to the ongoing process of reconciliation. They were attended by former residential school students and their relatives, of the Secwepemc, Tsilhqot'in, St'at'imc, and Southern Dakelh Nations, as well as by others in the Cariboo Regional District.

Phyllis Webstad, an alumnus of the residential schools, was the spokesperson for the reunion group leading up to the May 2013 events. When she was six, her grandmother bought her a new orange shirt to wear to her first day of school. On that day, she was stripped of her clothes and the shirt was taken from her, never to be returned. Throughout her life, the color orange reminded her of the event, but also of how the school stripped her identity from her—as it did with so many other children—and how no one had cared what the feelings of her and other children were. She spent years dealing with the repercussions of her residential schooling. She shared her story at the May 2013 events, and it inspired the creation of Orange Shirt Day, which was first held on September 30th, 2013.

Orange Shirt Day facilitates global conversation on all aspects of residential schools, providing an opportunity to have meaningful discussions about their effects and legacy, which spurs reconciliation. The day reaffirms to survivors and others affected that they matter, and, aptly, the official tagline is "Every Child Matters." Orange Shirt Day reminds Canadians that the cultural experiences of all people are relevant and should be embraced and celebrated. On Orange Shirt Day, Canadians are encouraged to learn more about the residential schools and their assimilation practices. Film screenings, memorial walks, and public lectures are organized, and orange shirts are worn.

September 30th was chosen as the date for Orange Shirt Day because it was around that time of the year when children were taken to residential schools, and also because it is a fitting time of year to set forth anti-racism and anti-bullying policies for the upcoming school year. School districts, local governments, and First Nations near the Cariboo Regional District, as well as some from far away from it, have passed resolutions supporting the day. For example, the Assembly of First Nations Chiefs-in-Council passed a resolution in support of the day.

When the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Report was released in 2015, it called for a National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. In 2018, the Department of Canadian Heritage and Multiculturalism announced that it was considering creating the day as a statutory holiday to honor the legacy of residential schools. September 30th, the date of Orange Shirt Day, was chosen for it, and a bill for the day was introduced to the House of Commons by Georgina Jolibois. It was passed on March 21, 2019, but didn't make it through the Senate before the next election.

On September 29, 2020, during the next parliamentary session, a similar bill was tabled by Steven Guilbeault, Canada's Heritage Minister. On May 27, 2021, the bodies of 215 children were found in an unmarked cemetery on the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School. The House of Commons agreed to fast-track the bill the following day, and it passed by unanimous consent. The Senate passed it unanimously six days later, and on June 3rd, it received royal assent, and the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation became a federal statutory holiday. It is a paid holiday for federally regulated employees in Canada, and for some private-sector employees. Today, Orange Shirt Day and the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation coincide with each other, grapple with the same history, and have similar goals.

How to Observe Orange Shirt Day

Some ways you could take part in the day include:

Wear an orange shirt. This could spark a conversation about the residential schools.

Learn more about residential schools and their assimilation practices, perhaps by reading a book about the schools.

Check for, organize, or attend events like film screenings, memorial walks, and public lectures. Share your story or listen to the stories of others. Post pictures on social media of events you attend.

Watch Every Child Matters: Reconciliation Through Education.

Read Orange Shirt Day or another book related to Orange Shirt Day.

If you're an educator, explore the Orange Shirt Day teacher resources.

Take part in the Orange Shirt Day Design Contest.

Visit the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation or explore its website.

Learn about similarities and differences between Canada's residential schools and those that were in the United States.

Join the Orange Shirt Day mailing list.

Donate to the Orange Shirt Society.

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Mike Beets popularly known for "Gold Rush"

Mike Beets is a public figure best known for appearing on the reality TV show "Gold Rush." "Gold Rush" is a popular reality TV series that follows gold miners searching for gold in various locations, often in remote and challenging environments. Mike Beets has been a part of the show as a member of the Beets family, who are gold miners featured in the series.

Here are some general details about Mike Beets and his involvement in "Gold Rush":

Family Background: Mike Beets is a member of the Beets family, which includes his father, Tony Beets, and his siblings, Monica Beets and Kevin Beets. Tony Beets is a well-known gold miner and one of the central figures on the show.

Mining Operations: The Beets family is known for their gold mining operations in the Klondike region of Yukon, Canada. They are recognized for their large-scale mining operations and their use of heavy machinery to extract gold from the ground.

"Gold Rush" Series: Mike Beets, along with other family members, has been featured on multiple seasons of the "Gold Rush" TV series. The show documents the challenges, successes, and failures of gold mining in often harsh and remote environments.

Please note that the information provided is based on the status of the "Gold Rush" series and Mike Beets' involvement in it as of September 2021. For the most up-to-date information about Mike Beets and his activities, you may want to check recent episodes of the show, official websites, or his social media profiles.

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In 2015, my dear friend Skyler Johnson introduced me to his "15 for 2015" playlist, which featured 15 songs released in 2015 that he liked. Skyler has always been my most disciplined friend when it came to tracking the things he liked. (Later, he would get a job at Spotify, where I believe he is still employed. I now blame every change to Spotify Wrapped on him, jokingly.) I took the concept and made my own "15 for 2015" playlist, and have been doing them ever since.

Last year's 21 FOR 2021 was subtitled "IT'S BEEN A LONG YEAR / HOW DID WE GET HERE?" which was a line from Audrey Nuna's mournful pandemic theme, "Long Year." 21 FOR 2021 also had Fred again…'s "Marea (we've lost dancing)", another thoughtful send-up of all the things the pandemic had changed for us during 2020/2021. 22 FOR 2022 is less obsessed with the pandemic and loss, even if it is subtitled "SONGS FOR WEIRD GOODBYES." In a way, is a song for a weird goodbye not also a song for a weird beginning? There are many artists here that I discovered for the first time this year: haer (my sad girl queen), Dry Cleaning (another in the line of wry female voices talk-singing drily over slow rock noodling), Gigi Cheung (cold city chick Cantopop, incidentally I love the late late night vibes of the music video for "Panda"), grandma (the only artist in this playlist who would and in fact did write the line, "when I was mourning my innocence you said 'LMAO'"). While this year may be the last I feature a song with MATTON's vocals (he was the lead vocalist for both Paellas, who showed up in 19 FOR 2019 and then disbanded shortly thereafter, and Pearl Center, who unfortunately also disbanded this year), it's also been rewarding to see artists I've loved for years (Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The National, Beach House) still making new music that I'm into. In some cases, like the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, they not only sound as good as I remember but more like themselves, like a whisky that's been aged to perfection.

An unexpected member of this group is Shamir. In 2014, right after I graduated law school and started working, Shamir came out with "On the Regular" which got regular play at a club that Skyler and I would frequent. While it owed a lot obviously to Azealia Banks' "212"(RIP), listening to it in 2022 feels like you're hearing the bones of what would eventually become hyperpop. "Stability" doesn't have that sort of futuristic vision, but it has a dark molasses richness to its vocals, Shamir's voice stretching out the vowels until they sound unfamiliar as he sings, "I know that life came fast at you / and you weren't ready yet."

Like many of my year end playlists, 22 FOR 2022 is more a memory box than a "best of the year" list. So while I genuinely love Djo's "End of Beginning," I have to admit I added it because 2022 was the year I left Chicago (again) and I couldn't resist a song whose chorus actually talks about bidding farewell to Chicago, in body if not in spirit. Same with Joji's "YUKON (INTERLUDE)." A low-key, sparse song that suddenly introduces Joji's own panting breath as a ghost over a kick drum, it's meditative and anxious the way my favorite Joji tracks are, a perfect slice of being stuck in someone else's head without any plea for you to understand him or help him. But I'd be lying if I told you I picked it for any reason other than the line, "Circles at the Chevron / I can't be forever young." In past years, I've added songs just for their adjacency to esports. This year I had the opportunity to hear Interpol play live in the most unexpected circumstance. They played "Mr. Credit" (my favorite track off their new album), but the high point was getting, finally, to hear "Slow Hands" live.

You could write a long, long time about 22 songs, so I won't talk about every one. I'll mention, however, the two and a half places where I cheated, because Tim Rogers once said that when you are writing something you should give yourself three wishes, or three times you can deviate from the script. Well, I'm NOT Tim Rogers (she says, in a Tim Rogers-esque voice), but I WILL give myself the occasional cheat. "Long Road Home" was originally written and released in 2020 by Oneohtrix Point Never. While Caroline Polachek's vocals are technically on that track, this version with just her voice is somehow a completely different song. The original feels insistent, the libido of a computer given a Greek chorus voice, while Polachek's solo version is balletic, like a cold wind turned into a single piercing high note. "Just to be Needed" was released last year, but on December 16, long after I had already made my 21 FOR 2021 list. I did love "Neon Memories" and "Light Left the Garden" from this year, but there is a catharsis in "Just to be Needed" that felt right for this year, especially on the tail end of "This is a Life," the big cinematic theme song to "Everything Everywhere All at Once." And Dremedreman's "Ngadan" was released in March 2021, but I didn't discover it or this collection of Taiwanese indigenous artists until this year. I loved both the song and music video for "Ngadan" so much that I pushed it on everyone in every platform I could, which means, of course, this one as well.

[gwendolynlerman]

Separatist and irredentist movements in the world

Western Canada

Proposed state: Western Canada

Region: Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Saskatchewan, and Yukon, Canada

Ethnic group: Western Canadians

Goal: independence

Date: 2019

Political parties: Maverick Party

Militant organizations/advocacy groups: -

Current status: active

History

11th century - first European explorers

1497 - British claim

1534 - French claim

1763 - New France is ceded to Great Britain

1791 - Constitutional Act

1840 - Act of Union

1858-1866 - Colony of British Columbia

1867 - Canadian Confederation

1870 - Manitoba Act

1871 - British Columbia joins the Confederation

1905 - Alberta Act, Saskatchewan Act

1982 - Constitution Act

2019 - beginning of the Wexit movement

2020 - creation of the Maverick Party

The first European to arrive in present-day Canada is believed to have been Norse explorer Leif Erikson. However, the first large European settlement was established in the 16th century, when England and France claimed parts of the North American continent.

After the Seven Years’ War, France ceded its territories in North America to Great Britain. The 1791 Constitutional Act divided the country into English-speaking Upper Canada and French-speaking Lower Canada. Both regions were joined through the Act of Union. The country was finally united in the 20th century, with Alberta and Saskatchewan as the last provinces to join the four original provinces of the Canadian Confederation.

The Wexit movement for the independence of Western Canada began after the 2019 federal election, and Wexit Alberta was born. Its grievances include the excessive focus on Quebec sovereignty and economic issues. In 2020, it changed its name to the Maverick Party, which ran for the first time in the 2021 federal election, achieving only between 1 and 4 percent of the vote.

Western Canadians

Around 11.7 million people live in Western Canada, accounting for 32% of the country’s population. The majority of them are white, descended from Europeans.

English is the predominant language and Christianity is the most practiced religion, with 53.3% of Canadians professing it, of which 29.9% are Catholic and 11.4% Protestant. The dominant economic sectors are energy and agriculture.

[wttt-dirus-work]

Yukon (Headcanon)

Yukon, smallest territory with the biggest population of the three of them (40,232 in 2021). The capital is whitehorse, which is also the biggest city grouping more than half of the population (28,201 in 2021) of all the three territories. Because of the importance of native culture in the territory, I headcanon that they are bi-spiritual and use they/them pronouns.

They appeared in 1895 with the first recognizable local government. Before becoming a territory in 1898, the land was a part of the Northwest Territory managed by the Hudson bay company, so Yukon, Northwest and Nunavut are siblings, with North being the oldest and Nunavut the youngest.

They are less alone than the other territories; they interact with the west provinces; especially since the Alcan highway was built. They’re friendly and nice, but don’t reall engage with the others. They can spend weeks in the wilderness without North, the twins or BC hearing from them (they are sometimes with Alaska too). Though they will side with the West if you instult them.

They spend time with Alberta when she comes to them, or she takes them hunting with Saskatchewan, usually up in the mountains. For their temperature, in winter they stay between -40°C/-40°F and -13°C/8.6°F, more in the lower --20°C/-4°F during the day. In summer, they get warmer temperature, up to 25°C/77°F and more.

Physically, they have native traits (like the other territories and Manitoba). Yukon has more almond eyes with heterochromia (blue and green, like his flag) and glossy black hair in a wolf cut. They’re taller (5’11) than California (5’10) and have furred leather jacket with an ushanka with the flap tied on their head. They usually wear a t-shirt with a malamute dog on it, dark pants and furred boots.

Here they are, smallest territory. Don’t underestimate them; living in the wild with some of the best natural views seem like paradise to many people.

That’s all I really have, since I don’t know much about Yukon. If you’re from there and wants to add your own ideas, feel free to reblog or sent an ask! (Also, I’m terribly sorry for the late post. Had family visit this week-end and my boss was an a-hole at job plus a doctor appointment for my depression and anxiety, I hadn’t the time to finish it^^)

Masterpost here

[projectourworld]

The ice bear cometh … by Andy Skillen, UK

It is a two-hour helicopter ride from the nearest town to this spot on the Fishing Branch River in Yukon, Canada, where the river never freezes. The salmon run occurs in late autumn here, and for grizzly bears this open water offers a final chance to feast before hibernating. It was averaging around -30C (-22F) and Andy had been waiting, hoping one particular female bear would use this log to cross. Eventually she did and he got the picture he’d envisioned – her wet fur had frozen into icicles and ‘you could hear them tinkle as she walked past’

Photograph: Andy Skillen/2021 Wildlife Photographer of the Year