I dunno if tagging this will actually improve its reach much, but worth a shot. #CDNPoli #Canada #Election2025 #leftpol #NDP #GreenParty #Bullyliberals

Wasting time on that when there is a government in power with a bare minority who might be open to switching to a ranked choice ballot (or actually doing a proportional system) is maybe not the best use of your time. Pick your battles, and learn enough to know which are actually worth fighting.

While the idea of somehow pushing three ideologically incompatible but nominally similar parties together might seem like a good idea, it's worth remembering that two-party democracies (what FPTP tends toward) are some of the least competitive in the world.

Class politics has always been central to the NDP and its members. This (excerpted) post from 2019 lays out the fundamental divide between Greens and the NDP ideologically, in no uncertain terms. Some might say "class relations are not useful" but to those people I'd say, try living in reality.

Calls for party unity or even mergers are frequent after these sorts of "close-call" elections, but the most incoherent of these are the mergers. After (and even during) the 2015 Federal election there were calls for an NDP-Green merger even from former MPs (who really ought to have known better.

Evangelion

Tamer is a good one, 10/10 for cute slimes.

I would recommend pacing yourself when watching it, rather than trying to speed through it. It's a show that benefits greatly from having time to sit between episodes.

There’s only two more Frieren Fridays 😔

Seems like they're really leaning into mobile viewers, none of that works on either my or my brother's TV hardware, and is actually less functional on both. Runs slightly better tho.