Harry Underwood
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Reconstructionism or National divorce. @georgiademocrat.bsky.social State Committee Member for Columbus-Muscogee County. California native. nonbinary. https://blackgaynerd.com #gapol
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Harry Underwood
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· Sep 25
Donate to Help Our Mom, Wanda, Recover After a Tramatic Medical Crisis, organized by Cedrica Dean
Hi, my name is Cedrica Dean, and I’m creating this GoFundMe w… Cedrica Dean needs your support for Help Our Mom, Wanda, Recover After a Tramatic Medical Crisis
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I hate that it has come to this, but my biomom has been partly paralyzed due to gallbladder issues sustained throughout much of this year. She’s recovered several vital functions (speaking, eating solid food, breathing on her own), but her limbs remain incapacitated. Please help if you can.
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MAD Magazine and @analogsf.bsky.social editor John W. Campbell discovered a rather more complicated version of this shape in the mid-'60s. MAD called it the MAD poiyut.
What, me worry?
What, me worry?
January 18, 2026 at 1:31 AM
MAD Magazine and @analogsf.bsky.social editor John W. Campbell discovered a rather more complicated version of this shape in the mid-'60s. MAD called it the MAD poiyut.
What, me worry?
What, me worry?
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The dread of the cubicle was always in large part sublimated anxiety about a certain kind of white collar existence. I’ve worked in every office type, and I think people in an open office has always seemed noticeably more stressed.
Early Dilbert comics were funny but also harmful to society because they turned us against the noble cubicle. Cubicles were civilization’s apex - a cloth box for everyone, millennia of progress ending in a private paradise cube - but Dilbert made them uncool and we’ve paid the price ever since
January 18, 2026 at 12:43 AM
The dread of the cubicle was always in large part sublimated anxiety about a certain kind of white collar existence. I’ve worked in every office type, and I think people in an open office has always seemed noticeably more stressed.
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Proportional representation systems can't be gerrymandered. Don't believe me? Give it a try!
I made a gerrymandering simulator with an imaginary state under either single-member districts or multi-member proportional districts.
How much can YOU gerrymander?
claude.ai/public/artif...
I made a gerrymandering simulator with an imaginary state under either single-member districts or multi-member proportional districts.
How much can YOU gerrymander?
claude.ai/public/artif...
Gerrymander Game: Interactive Electoral Districts Tool
Learn how gerrymandering affects elections. Interactive game comparing single-member vs multi-member districts with real-time seat allocation results.
claude.ai
January 17, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Proportional representation systems can't be gerrymandered. Don't believe me? Give it a try!
I made a gerrymandering simulator with an imaginary state under either single-member districts or multi-member proportional districts.
How much can YOU gerrymander?
claude.ai/public/artif...
I made a gerrymandering simulator with an imaginary state under either single-member districts or multi-member proportional districts.
How much can YOU gerrymander?
claude.ai/public/artif...
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Reminder: Troops are still deployed in the nation’s capital under the Trump administration’s direction. As they have been since August.
January 17, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Reminder: Troops are still deployed in the nation’s capital under the Trump administration’s direction. As they have been since August.
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Video: VA Sen. Louise Lucas campaigning hard - even at parties! ;) - for a 10D-1R map. bluevirginia.us/2026/01/vide... h/t @notlarrysabato.bsky.social
January 17, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Video: VA Sen. Louise Lucas campaigning hard - even at parties! ;) - for a 10D-1R map. bluevirginia.us/2026/01/vide... h/t @notlarrysabato.bsky.social
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With Sherrill’s inauguration imminent, I can’t for the life of me understand why moderate Dems aren’t copy-pasting that campaign.
- say the Republicans are bad for your wallet
- vociferously fight smears
- profit?
- say the Republicans are bad for your wallet
- vociferously fight smears
- profit?
January 17, 2026 at 10:51 PM
With Sherrill’s inauguration imminent, I can’t for the life of me understand why moderate Dems aren’t copy-pasting that campaign.
- say the Republicans are bad for your wallet
- vociferously fight smears
- profit?
- say the Republicans are bad for your wallet
- vociferously fight smears
- profit?
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you know this guy is a FOR REAL photographer because he's telling the story of his brutal, unconditional arrest by federal goons and can't help but slip in a gear review
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 3:37 PM
you know this guy is a FOR REAL photographer because he's telling the story of his brutal, unconditional arrest by federal goons and can't help but slip in a gear review
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Oh one more. At a nearby elementary school that has a lot of vulnerable families, parents have implemented a buddy system, pairing up with another family to bring over groceries, take their kids to the playground, and do their laundry. It is beyond heartening to see the ways people have stepped up.
January 17, 2026 at 10:00 PM
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Part of the issue is that most of the parties interfering for Trump are not functional democracies and if they are on paper democracies the ruling party does not believe in democracy. Hard to get pro democracy parties to be comfortable interfering in others elections
January 17, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Part of the issue is that most of the parties interfering for Trump are not functional democracies and if they are on paper democracies the ruling party does not believe in democracy. Hard to get pro democracy parties to be comfortable interfering in others elections
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Good example of this is Denmark, simultaneously a victim of genuine fascistic-imperial aggression at the hands of a rogue America and doing their damndest to deport as many immigrants as possible whose blood quantum the state has ruled makes them genetically incompatible with social democracy
I see a lot of well meaning people (not OP) who like to talk about countries (usually the ones they're from or have an affinity with) as being steadfast bastions in the new cold war and I cannot stress enough that you have failed the assignment if you think this
i think, however, this is a crystal clear example that the next cold war is actually democracy vs autocracy and the battle lines run right through every single advanced democracy. there aren't really any safe harbors.
January 17, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Good example of this is Denmark, simultaneously a victim of genuine fascistic-imperial aggression at the hands of a rogue America and doing their damndest to deport as many immigrants as possible whose blood quantum the state has ruled makes them genetically incompatible with social democracy
The Virginia Voting Rights Restoration Amendment seems to require completion of parole, probation and fines before automatic restoration of voting rights. That would place Virginia closer to its neighbors to its south (NC/SC/GA) than those to its north (PA/NY/MD). Could’ve had better text.
January 17, 2026 at 10:30 PM
The Virginia Voting Rights Restoration Amendment seems to require completion of parole, probation and fines before automatic restoration of voting rights. That would place Virginia closer to its neighbors to its south (NC/SC/GA) than those to its north (PA/NY/MD). Could’ve had better text.
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The thing that I hate most in the world is some mother fucker in a Winter Park McMansion who thinks that scamming people is cool and smart but paying taxes is for suckers.
These dicks think they’re winning but their souls smell like ass and they’ve built nothing but wealth.
These dicks think they’re winning but their souls smell like ass and they’ve built nothing but wealth.
January 17, 2026 at 9:33 PM
The thing that I hate most in the world is some mother fucker in a Winter Park McMansion who thinks that scamming people is cool and smart but paying taxes is for suckers.
These dicks think they’re winning but their souls smell like ass and they’ve built nothing but wealth.
These dicks think they’re winning but their souls smell like ass and they’ve built nothing but wealth.
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Between this and Brown-Forman (Jack Daniels) disavowing Whiskey Fridays with Tony Dikopouli, the winds are a changing.
You know people are unpopular when corporate brands come along to personally disavow any connection.
January 17, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Between this and Brown-Forman (Jack Daniels) disavowing Whiskey Fridays with Tony Dikopouli, the winds are a changing.
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This is a huge win.
The First Amendment is clear: We the people have the right to speak without fear, document federal agents' activity in public, and hold those in power accountable.
The First Amendment is clear: We the people have the right to speak without fear, document federal agents' activity in public, and hold those in power accountable.
Judge orders federal agents to stop pepper spraying, retaliating against peaceful Minnesota protesters
A federal judge on Friday ordered federal law enforcement participating in the Minnesota immigration crackdown to stop pepper spraying, detaining and pulling over peaceful protesters
www.nbcnews.com
January 17, 2026 at 8:37 PM
This is a huge win.
The First Amendment is clear: We the people have the right to speak without fear, document federal agents' activity in public, and hold those in power accountable.
The First Amendment is clear: We the people have the right to speak without fear, document federal agents' activity in public, and hold those in power accountable.
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i think about this every time i look at the latest Overdrive or Hoopla or Kanopy invoice. unless prices or demand stabilize, our budget and thus our library will soon be describable as “lessee of digital content with a legacy dead-tree side concern.” 📚
No surprise to librarians, but perhaps surprising to users, demands/prices for ebooks /audiobooks are killing public library budgets. David Szalay's book, Flesh,” costs DCPL:
$28.99 hardcopy
$59.99 ebook
$69.99 audiobook
DCPL owns hardcopy; rents & must repurchase ebook & audio book every 2 yrs.
$28.99 hardcopy
$59.99 ebook
$69.99 audiobook
DCPL owns hardcopy; rents & must repurchase ebook & audio book every 2 yrs.
Libraries can't afford e-books. D.C. lawmakers have a plan.
The demand and price for e-books is up — and it’s busting the D.C. Public Library budget.
51st.news
January 17, 2026 at 8:34 PM
i think about this every time i look at the latest Overdrive or Hoopla or Kanopy invoice. unless prices or demand stabilize, our budget and thus our library will soon be describable as “lessee of digital content with a legacy dead-tree side concern.” 📚
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Eric Swalwell answering a question on how the next governor of California will protect Californians from ICE.
“They're going to lose their immunity. They're not going to be able to drive. I will take your driver's license. Good luck walking to work, assholes.”
“They're going to lose their immunity. They're not going to be able to drive. I will take your driver's license. Good luck walking to work, assholes.”
January 17, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Eric Swalwell answering a question on how the next governor of California will protect Californians from ICE.
“They're going to lose their immunity. They're not going to be able to drive. I will take your driver's license. Good luck walking to work, assholes.”
“They're going to lose their immunity. They're not going to be able to drive. I will take your driver's license. Good luck walking to work, assholes.”
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that’s right
Spanberger ends relationship between ICE and Virginia State Police
“This is an absolutely huge first step because it sends a message that she cares about the trust that the community has with the government, not just law enforcement,” immigration advocate Luis Aguila...
www.wvtf.org
January 17, 2026 at 8:33 PM
that’s right
Reading about how segregationist state governments, through “State Sovereignty Commissions”, carried out surveillance of civil rights activists, socialists, LGBT people and the general left.
State governments have long used their own surveillance for political purposes, so why not sousveillance?
State governments have long used their own surveillance for political purposes, so why not sousveillance?
January 17, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Reading about how segregationist state governments, through “State Sovereignty Commissions”, carried out surveillance of civil rights activists, socialists, LGBT people and the general left.
State governments have long used their own surveillance for political purposes, so why not sousveillance?
State governments have long used their own surveillance for political purposes, so why not sousveillance?
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Fun fact: This is a stone's throw away from what the Israeli government was trying to do to the families of the hostages taken on Oct 7th. Said families were calling for a cessation of hostilities to allow for safe extraction, which the fascist genocide freaks hated.
January 17, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Fun fact: This is a stone's throw away from what the Israeli government was trying to do to the families of the hostages taken on Oct 7th. Said families were calling for a cessation of hostilities to allow for safe extraction, which the fascist genocide freaks hated.
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Minnesota wants to win a war of attrition
Sousveillance over civil war.
www.theverge.com
January 17, 2026 at 7:05 PM
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DOJ investigating whether Denmark lied on its Greenland mortgage.
January 17, 2026 at 6:23 PM
DOJ investigating whether Denmark lied on its Greenland mortgage.
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Congratulations to AG Don’t Get the Discord Subpoenaed
Congratulations to Virginia’s new Attorney General, Jay Jones! We look forward to partnering with AG Jones as he stands up on behalf of the Commonwealth for the rule of law.
January 17, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Congratulations to AG Don’t Get the Discord Subpoenaed
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A man who was charged with a felony for allegedly shining a laser pointer at Trump's helicopter was acquitted in 35 minutes
Man Charged With Shining Laser Pointer At Trump’s Helicopter Acquitted In 35 Minutes
It's another embarrassing outcome for Jeanine Pirro, who tried to "make a felon out of a homeless man with nothing but a cat toy keychain."
www.huffpost.com
January 17, 2026 at 5:11 PM
A man who was charged with a felony for allegedly shining a laser pointer at Trump's helicopter was acquitted in 35 minutes
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BREAKING: The European Union and the Mercosur bloc sign a major deal to create one of world's biggest free trade zones after 25 years of talks.
European Union and Mercosur bloc of South American nations sign landmark free trade agreement
The European Union and the Mercosur bloc of South American countries have formally signed a long-sought landmark free trade agreement.
bit.ly
January 17, 2026 at 5:20 PM
BREAKING: The European Union and the Mercosur bloc sign a major deal to create one of world's biggest free trade zones after 25 years of talks.