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Less than half of Edmontonians voted Conservative, yet under our current system, the party got nearly 80% of the seats.

Proportional representation means every voice counts no matter where you live.

Great thread. Gifs not loading for 1, 8, and 9 for me for some reason.

17-year-old solves a long-standing math problem about waves.
"Then two things happened. The first was that she realized she could replace her complicated construction with a much simpler one and achieve the same result.
The other was that she convinced herself, and Zhang, that the result was right."

“On July 30, as people approached trucks distributing aid near Zikim, in north #Gaza, Israeli forces opened fire on them,” says Caroline Willemen, MSF Project Coordinator in Gaza.

“People were wounded in the gunfire and in the crush as crowds panicked and ran.”

My least favorite brand of doomerism is talking about how we can’t fix any of this and why offered solutions are unworkable and asserting that the electorate is fixed and unchangeable. “Can’t” is the enemy right now.

This move only saves the average residential taxpayer 84¢/month on their property taxes. $10/year.

Meanwhile, the families affected by this will be paying an additional $372/year, per kid, on top of the $1248/year they're already paying.

I bet many will just not buy passes and drive istead.

A map or bar chart showing the top 10 countries in the 2025 World Press Freedom Index, all of which use proportional representation. Canada is ranked 21st, with a note about media concentration and outlet closures.

The 2025 World Press Freedom Index is out. The top 10 countries all use proportional representation.

Canada ranks 21st. Over 80% of our media is owned by 5 corporations. We've lost 252 local outlets since 2008.

If we want real media diversity and accountability, we need PR.

Ontario court strikes down Ford government's plan to remove Toronto bike lanes | CBC News An Ontario court has deemed the province's plan to remove three major Toronto bike lanes unconstitutional. A spokesperson for Ontario's transportation minister said the government will appeal.

"The evidence shows that restoring lanes for cars will not result in less congestion, as it will induce more people to use cars and therefore any reduction in driving time will be short-lived, if at all, and will lead to more congestion," said Schabas in his decision.

👏👏👏 🙌 Eat our dust, Premier Ford, as we ride by you still stuck in gridlock!

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May this serve as a reminder to stay in your lane, Mr. Ford, unless you get on a bike and join us in ours.

#BikeTO #TOpoli #ONpoli
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Jack Layton believed in electoral justice and made passionate calls for proportional representation during his time as leader.

It's time to honour his vision and make every vote count.

#ProportionalRepresentation #cdnpoli

'There's an arrogance to the way they move around the city': is it time for digital nomads like me to leave Lisbon? Like so many others, I moved from London to Portugal’s capital for the sun, lifestyle – and the tax break. But as tensions rise with struggling locals, many of us are beginning to wonder whether we’re...

The digital nomads who have destroyed Lisbon begin to feel (very slightly) guilty.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

This year, India will beat the US on renewables deployment. Its goal to reach 500 GW in carbon-free power capacity by 2030 now looks achievable. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Revealed: Harvard publisher cancels entire journal issue on Palestine shortly before publication As Harvard’s feud with Trump escalated, so did tensions over an ‘education and Palestine’ issue of a prestigious journal. Scholars blame the ‘Palestine exception’ to academic freedom

How strange that I can't find anything about this important American story in The New York Times.

www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Fixing our voting system is just the start - Dogwood To reclaim our democracy for the people who live here, deeper shifts are needed

Fixing our voting system is just the start www.dogwoodbc.ca/news/fixing-...

Action Items Wondering what you can do to help make electoral reform actually happen? Here’s what you can do to get involved.

Alberta!
Join us in signing the petition to change the way we elect MLAs. We shouldn't have to vote against a party. We should be able to vote for folks whose values match our own, and have our vote count.
fairvoteedmonton.com/action-items/

A graphic titled "First-past-the-post Decision Making" describes how power is centralized under the current voting system. It lists four points: "Cabinet acts as a focus group for the Leader," "Leader’s Office makes the decision," "Governing party MPs are issued talking points," and "MPs from parties representing the majority of voters are irrelevant." The text suggests a lack of meaningful input from most elected MPs.

This is what decision-making looks like under first-past-the-post.

One party controls everything, even if most voters did not choose them.

Tired of this democracy distortion? Demand proportional representation.

Here is an opinion piece in the Calgary Herald by me.

epaper.calgaryherald.com/article/2816...

A thread on how gauge/gravity duality tells us to take string theory very seriously. ⚛️🧵

No its not the usual holographic universe argument.

Let us start with a quick intro to the duality from that noted string diehard, Sabine Hossenfelder

“The Coordination Committee of the Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council today strongly condemned the US Government’s sanctions on Francesca Albanese, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967"

There's more choice at a Stampede food truck then in our democracy. See the comments to learn why.

The Grand Unified Theory of Rogue Waves | Quanta Magazine Rogue waves — enigmatic giants of the sea — were thought to be caused by two different mechanisms. But a new idea that borrows from the hinterlands of probability theory has the potential to predict…

Rogue waves have been held responsible for the sinking of 22 supercarriers and the deaths of over 500 people since the mid-1990s alone. This theory that borrows from probability theory might finally allow researchers to predict them.

Narrative 1: China is dumping cheap solar panels onto the world by unfairly subsidizing its solar industry.

Narrative 2: US, Russia, Saudi are dumping cheap oil and gas onto the world by unfairly subsidizing production and transport.

Both can be defended with facts. Which one do you hear more?

The Conservative war on EVs is bound to fail It seems almost inevitable now that electric vehicles will become part of the Conservative Party of Canada's ongoing culture war.

Canada's Conservatives are trying to pick a fight over electric vehicles. So, as it happens, are Donald Trump and his MAGA regime.

Here's why it's one they're both destined to lose. #cdnpoli

Patient outcomes are worse, costs balloon, but there are a few people who can make a lot of money off of it while plunging the public system further into crisis so Ford goes full steam ahead.

Hey @heathermcpherson.bsky.social! We see you're running for @ndp.ca leader.

First-past-the-post just decimated your party, that’s why it’s crucial to make proportional representation a core part of your campaign.

NDP voters deserve fair representation, no matter where they live.

A HISTORIC MILESTONE: For the first time, solar power generated more electricity globally than nuclear, making it the world’s 4th largest power source.

In just 5 years, solar output nearly tripled—from 79 TWh (Apr 2020) to 233 TWh (Apr 2025). The energy transition is speeding up.

@ember-energy.org

A very long but thorough overview of the many problems with Metrolinx/GO.

Credit to the Single Transferable Vote system used by the Victorian Legislative Council for the impressive long-term thinking behind this policy.

There is an extraordinary thing happening in many Asian economies. #electrostates

In Canada, voters are told they're "wasting their vote" if they vote their values.

Elections shouldn't be about fear and guilt, they should be about ideas and hope.

Demand proportional representation so you can always vote your values.