Ryan Germann

Ryan Germann

@ryangermann.bsky.social

Canadian pragmatic progressive. gay cisgender male he/him/his. Don't follow if you can't abide "eff your feelings" progressive attitudes. You may be appalled at some point. 🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇸🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️⚛️ p.s. that pic is 30 years old, but I like it.

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We need to change provincial and federal electoral systems in Canada from the grotesquely unfair First Past The Post to a Ranked Ballot with Proportional Representation system. Doing so would effectively marginalize the extremists AND increase voter engagement because EVERY vote counts!

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Two former Governors of South Carolina - one from each party - have endorsed Democrat Annie Andrews who is running against Sen. Darline Graham R-SC

Who else thinks that what oligarchs REALLY want is a world only populated by 100,000 or so of 'the right people' and all of earth's resources are devoted to them, with robots doing all the work just to serve them?

I never left. Firefox and Thunderbird are great.

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I'm not really good with the AI prompts, but there's a kernel of an idea here that I don't think steals from actual artists, it's just text, but if someone good with the AI could rework this so it can be posted with photos of Stephen Miller, I would be grateful.

Racist and selfish conservatives as a voting bloc are a minority in Canada. Progressives who want the true MAJORITY of voters' attitudes reflected in parliament should look into Ranked Ballot (for choosing your local rep) and Proportional Representation (to balance the makeup of parliament).

fairvote.caProportional representation systems for CanadaProportional representation is the principle that 30% of the vote should equal about 30% of the seats. How would proportional representation work in Canada?

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Watching more and more people who allegedly care about art and artists slink into using and sharing Generative AI is just a tad depressing. If you're happy to do that, then you're happy with stealing from the artists whose work was stolen to train those engines. No respect.

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Avi Lewis: "There's been a lot of aggression directed at me recently for being a Jewish person standing up against genocide. But it's part of who I am. It's part of my Jewishness. And I won't apologize for it."

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Ukraine was winning the war, so Trump kneecapped Ukraine to help Russia. I wish it weren’t that simple, but it is. Our president is in bed with our enemies.

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If Trump succeeds in overthrowing our democracy, what will people in mainstream media say about their role in it? You’d want them to be able to say: “We did our best to warn the public.” But so far, all they could say would be: “We bent over backwards to be fair to the fascists.”

Remember: "US foreign aid" is a grift, not a gift. All US foreign policy has one goal: to further the policies of the US government, however ill advised or short-sighted they are. They are not doing charity, they are not being gracious, it is all self-serving and being grateful to them is idiotic.

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This fake Christian grifter funnels off over $700,000 from just *one* of his many "charities." And he pays no taxes--because he's a "Christian" who doesn't delve into politics. TAX THE CHURCHES.

Having half of a lung removed and being able to walk out of the hospital 4 days later has nothing to do with ghosts and spirits and pleas to imaginary beings. It's science and human intellect that made this possible.

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The crowd absolutely lost when PM Carney said the Pacific Link pipeline will reduce Canada's dependence on the US PM Carney: "Careful. They might think that's election interference.They're a little touchy down there. We're not. We're getting on with it" 🎥Credit: CPAC Live ❤️🍁🇨🇦TEAM CANADA FOREVER🇨🇦🍁❤️