Yeah I'm on a few politics, open source, and tech communities and it's pretty good, just an adjustment from the sheer volume of Reddit. I'm enjoying being a part of something quieter that really benefits from interaction at this stage, and I'll probably post more because of that rather than just lurking. Reminds me of what Reddit used to be before it went mainstream.

Any input/recommendations/advice for someone just getting into the Fediverse?

How are you finding Lemmy? I dumped all but Reddit years ago but Reddits become the same as the rest so I just made the switch. Bit of a learning curve on Lemmy with the Fediverse and instances but I'm liking it so far. Honestly having less content and no algorithms pushing never ending feeds means I've cut my former "Reddit" time by like 75% haha.

Charlie Angus the other day: “Donald Trump, I’m going to say this once—and I might never say it again—I want to thank you. I want to thank you for bringing Canada together.”

“It took a malignant narcissistic slug like you to make us put aside all our differences—all our regional fights, all our concerns with one another—and realize we actually had to stand up for something better: standing up for the rule of law, for democracy, for decency.”

Angus went on to hit out at Trump and his “incel gang” who are terrified of diversity, equity and inclusion, adding, “Your DEI nightmare? Well, we are your DEI nightmare, Donald. Canada will always be a country of diversity. We will always be a country of equity. We will always be a country of inclusion. And we will defend the rule of law.”

Edit: Source

For now. Conservatives have been inching further right for decades and if the US is any indication, they're gonna start speeding up. Especially if they win this one.

I'm sure there are a lot of other people who are thinking the same thing. This is why progression takes so long.

If you and the others like you vote, you may not change anything, true. However, you may increase the numbers enough to turn the tide in the next election. All votes matter. It'd be interesting to see the results if the 40% of Canadians who didn't vote last election do this time, or did last time.

There are people who strive to make you believe your vote doesn't matter. Sounds like they were successful.

Same. I went around 3pm and they said it's been like that since they opened at 9. Great to see.