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Featured in Domain Arrivals · 2026-08-09

The Fire: Parliament’s Votes, Counted in Public

thefire.computer ↗ · Civic & Public Life · score 88.0
Open: public page gives enough substance to understand the site $Paid: pricing, booking, ecommerce, subscription, or paid access is visible ADAds: visible ad load or ad-supported content Pretty: notable design, copy, craft, or presentation Pro: polished, finished-feeling, serious, or operationally mature Niche: specific audience, workflow, or unusually focused use case Human: personal, local, community, civic, handmade, or real-person signal !Suspicious: scammy, spammy, trust theater, finance fog, or credibility concern

A public record of how Canadian members of Parliament vote, with rankings, riding-level views, housing data, sources, and a visible correction log.

Why it surfaced

The Fire treats counting as the product: it records 1,270,388 votes, lets readers recolour 343 seats across 173 divisions, and refuses to rank individual politicians. Its first published correction prints the wrong query beside the right one, an unusually candid design choice for a public-data project.

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