Harper Andrews
@harperandrews.org
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To be clear, saying you're going to "avoid politics" is an INCREDIBLY political statement, especially in an age of fascism.
October 1, 2025 at 4:00 AM
To be clear, saying you're going to "avoid politics" is an INCREDIBLY political statement, especially in an age of fascism.
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[taps the sign]: People who want to "run government like a business" are willfully ignoring the fact that almost every for-profit business that everyone *has* to use *sucks*. Cable companies, telcos, airlines, insurance companies, power companies — they're almost all awful.
I don't want to start a thing so I'll just say that there will never be a good argument for privatizing USPS. That would be like privatizing libraries. The aim of services isn't to be run for profit, they are for serving the greater good, which USPS has been extremely successful at.
September 8, 2025 at 5:07 AM
[taps the sign]: People who want to "run government like a business" are willfully ignoring the fact that almost every for-profit business that everyone *has* to use *sucks*. Cable companies, telcos, airlines, insurance companies, power companies — they're almost all awful.
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They're openly calling to lock up every trans person by force. We need every ally to speak out forcefully against this because trans folks cannot do this on our own.
August 28, 2025 at 5:05 PM
They're openly calling to lock up every trans person by force. We need every ally to speak out forcefully against this because trans folks cannot do this on our own.
@tangled.sh I'm unable to connect to knot1.tangled.sh via SSH:
> ssh -v git@knot1.tangled.sh
debug1: OpenSSH_10.0p2, OpenSSL 3.5.1 1 Jul 2025
debug1: Connecting to knot1.tangled.sh [2606:4700:3032::ac43:be37] port 22.
debug1: connect to address 2606:4700:3032::ac43:be37 port 22: Operation timed out
> ssh -v git@knot1.tangled.sh
debug1: OpenSSH_10.0p2, OpenSSL 3.5.1 1 Jul 2025
debug1: Connecting to knot1.tangled.sh [2606:4700:3032::ac43:be37] port 22.
debug1: connect to address 2606:4700:3032::ac43:be37 port 22: Operation timed out
August 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
@tangled.sh I'm unable to connect to knot1.tangled.sh via SSH:
> ssh -v git@knot1.tangled.sh
debug1: OpenSSH_10.0p2, OpenSSL 3.5.1 1 Jul 2025
debug1: Connecting to knot1.tangled.sh [2606:4700:3032::ac43:be37] port 22.
debug1: connect to address 2606:4700:3032::ac43:be37 port 22: Operation timed out
> ssh -v git@knot1.tangled.sh
debug1: OpenSSH_10.0p2, OpenSSL 3.5.1 1 Jul 2025
debug1: Connecting to knot1.tangled.sh [2606:4700:3032::ac43:be37] port 22.
debug1: connect to address 2606:4700:3032::ac43:be37 port 22: Operation timed out
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Obama didn’t announce his candidacy until 2007, for the 2008 election.
It’s 2025. Election is in 2028. Like… no. We don’t have to accept that Gavin is the best we can do. We gotta push for better in the time we have.
No candidate is perfect (Obama wasn’t), but we can do better than Gavin, ffs.
It’s 2025. Election is in 2028. Like… no. We don’t have to accept that Gavin is the best we can do. We gotta push for better in the time we have.
No candidate is perfect (Obama wasn’t), but we can do better than Gavin, ffs.
August 15, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Obama didn’t announce his candidacy until 2007, for the 2008 election.
It’s 2025. Election is in 2028. Like… no. We don’t have to accept that Gavin is the best we can do. We gotta push for better in the time we have.
No candidate is perfect (Obama wasn’t), but we can do better than Gavin, ffs.
It’s 2025. Election is in 2028. Like… no. We don’t have to accept that Gavin is the best we can do. We gotta push for better in the time we have.
No candidate is perfect (Obama wasn’t), but we can do better than Gavin, ffs.
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I'm gonna have to move to @tangled.sh aren't I? 🧍🏾♂️
GitHub is no longer independent at Microsoft, as CEO Thomas Dohmke resigns. GitHub is now moving to Microsoft's AI engineering team, CoreAI, with a new structure for GitHub's leadership team. Details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/757461/...
GitHub is no longer independent at Microsoft after CEO resignation
GitHub will be part of Microsoft’s AI engineering team
www.theverge.com
August 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I'm gonna have to move to @tangled.sh aren't I? 🧍🏾♂️
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Some notes from the Carrollton Pre-Public hearing this evening:
Many impassioned Paratransit riders expressed serious concerns with the potential restructuring . To them, it is already a service that is struggling to meet their needs as is.
These cuts would be catastrophic for Paratransit!
Many impassioned Paratransit riders expressed serious concerns with the potential restructuring . To them, it is already a service that is struggling to meet their needs as is.
These cuts would be catastrophic for Paratransit!
June 24, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Some notes from the Carrollton Pre-Public hearing this evening:
Many impassioned Paratransit riders expressed serious concerns with the potential restructuring . To them, it is already a service that is struggling to meet their needs as is.
These cuts would be catastrophic for Paratransit!
Many impassioned Paratransit riders expressed serious concerns with the potential restructuring . To them, it is already a service that is struggling to meet their needs as is.
These cuts would be catastrophic for Paratransit!
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Unfortunately, Android has made changes which will make it much harder for us to port to Android 16 and future releases. It will also make adding support for new Pixels much more difficult. We're likely going to need to focus on making GrapheneOS devices sooner than we expected.
June 11, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Unfortunately, Android has made changes which will make it much harder for us to port to Android 16 and future releases. It will also make adding support for new Pixels much more difficult. We're likely going to need to focus on making GrapheneOS devices sooner than we expected.
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BREAKING
The President of California’s largest union has been detained during an ICE raid.
The President of California’s largest union has been detained during an ICE raid.
June 6, 2025 at 10:32 PM
BREAKING
The President of California’s largest union has been detained during an ICE raid.
The President of California’s largest union has been detained during an ICE raid.
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hello cis friends
this is what people mean by trans genocide
if a type of person does not officially exist, then any harm against them cannot be measured or reported
this headline change isn't even being caused by an executive order
it's simply the NYT editors deciding we don't deserve to exist
this is what people mean by trans genocide
if a type of person does not officially exist, then any harm against them cannot be measured or reported
this headline change isn't even being caused by an executive order
it's simply the NYT editors deciding we don't deserve to exist
February 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
hello cis friends
this is what people mean by trans genocide
if a type of person does not officially exist, then any harm against them cannot be measured or reported
this headline change isn't even being caused by an executive order
it's simply the NYT editors deciding we don't deserve to exist
this is what people mean by trans genocide
if a type of person does not officially exist, then any harm against them cannot be measured or reported
this headline change isn't even being caused by an executive order
it's simply the NYT editors deciding we don't deserve to exist
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Yeah, that's exactly what this anti DEI purge is all about. Censoring minorities and expelling trans people out of public life.
February 16, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Yeah, that's exactly what this anti DEI purge is all about. Censoring minorities and expelling trans people out of public life.
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it's hard to read the chart in the screenshot but what this moron is actually complaining about isn't "DEI" staff, it's special education teachers. these ghouls are coming for people with disabilities and they aren't even shy about it.
January 31, 2025 at 12:36 PM
it's hard to read the chart in the screenshot but what this moron is actually complaining about isn't "DEI" staff, it's special education teachers. these ghouls are coming for people with disabilities and they aren't even shy about it.
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too many people who should know better want the orange man not to be so bad but the truth is that, in fact, the orange man is bad
January 8, 2025 at 5:09 PM
too many people who should know better want the orange man not to be so bad but the truth is that, in fact, the orange man is bad
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The central objective of Trump’s foreign policy at this moment appears to be the forcible acquisition of territory at gunpoint.
I teamed up with @tparsi to analyze a possible silver-lining in the next four years of foreign policy for the @latimes — rejecting the neo-imperial “rules-based international order” meme of recent years, in favor something better rather than worse. www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Opinion: The improvement Trump could make to U.S. foreign policy
Donald Trump's first term, with exits from the Iran nuclear deal and Paris climate agreement, hardly showed good global governance. But here's something he could get right.
www.latimes.com
January 8, 2025 at 5:06 PM
The central objective of Trump’s foreign policy at this moment appears to be the forcible acquisition of territory at gunpoint.
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i think it is great that the press is treating this like it’s just another proposal
Rep. Brandon Gill: "Listen, I think that the people of Panama, I think that the people of Greenland, I think that the people of Canada for that matter should be honored that President Trump wants to bring these territories under the American fold."
January 8, 2025 at 6:39 PM
i think it is great that the press is treating this like it’s just another proposal
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Two disturbed guys rent trucks and commit public acts of violence to deliver explicit ideological messages: one gets the scare story about who radicalized him, the other gets a sympathetic, nonpolitical account of his trauma
January 4, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Two disturbed guys rent trucks and commit public acts of violence to deliver explicit ideological messages: one gets the scare story about who radicalized him, the other gets a sympathetic, nonpolitical account of his trauma
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In Georgia, a mom facing eviction reached out to DFCS for help. They offered her nothing. Soon the agency took her kids away because of "inadequate housing."
The state then paid *$6,200 a month* to house her kids in foster care.
One of the most important and infuriating stories I read this year:
The state then paid *$6,200 a month* to house her kids in foster care.
One of the most important and infuriating stories I read this year:
When Families Need Housing, Georgia Will Pay for Foster Care Rather Than Provide Assistance
In more than 700 cases over five years, Georgia reported inadequate housing as the sole reason for taking a child into foster care, a WABE and ProPublica analysis found. Advocates say it would be chea...
www.propublica.org
December 30, 2024 at 8:02 PM
In Georgia, a mom facing eviction reached out to DFCS for help. They offered her nothing. Soon the agency took her kids away because of "inadequate housing."
The state then paid *$6,200 a month* to house her kids in foster care.
One of the most important and infuriating stories I read this year:
The state then paid *$6,200 a month* to house her kids in foster care.
One of the most important and infuriating stories I read this year:
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To add to this very correct post: Trans people know Dems don't care about us either.
Ordinary voters see that Dems don't care about them and it opens them up to the Republican lie that it's because Dems only care abt trans rights.
The truth is Dems don't stand for anything at all.
Ordinary voters see that Dems don't care about them and it opens them up to the Republican lie that it's because Dems only care abt trans rights.
The truth is Dems don't stand for anything at all.
Ultimately Democrats vulnerability on trans rights has nothing to do with trans rights. What people hear is that Democrats care more about trans rights than their own concerns, a message that would have zero traction if they felt Democrats genuinely did care about their own concerns
December 23, 2024 at 7:29 PM
To add to this very correct post: Trans people know Dems don't care about us either.
Ordinary voters see that Dems don't care about them and it opens them up to the Republican lie that it's because Dems only care abt trans rights.
The truth is Dems don't stand for anything at all.
Ordinary voters see that Dems don't care about them and it opens them up to the Republican lie that it's because Dems only care abt trans rights.
The truth is Dems don't stand for anything at all.
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sadly, this comic perfectly captures the politics of trans ppl in the US right now...
December 24, 2024 at 12:55 AM
sadly, this comic perfectly captures the politics of trans ppl in the US right now...
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I'm about to use a slur as a psa.
FYI gyp/jip/gypped is a slur.
Yes the word you use to mean you got ripped off or scammed is a slur.
It comes from "gypsy " Another slur for the Romani people.
Maybe stop using it.
(You didn't know, now you know)
FYI gyp/jip/gypped is a slur.
Yes the word you use to mean you got ripped off or scammed is a slur.
It comes from "gypsy " Another slur for the Romani people.
Maybe stop using it.
(You didn't know, now you know)
December 22, 2024 at 2:53 PM
I'm about to use a slur as a psa.
FYI gyp/jip/gypped is a slur.
Yes the word you use to mean you got ripped off or scammed is a slur.
It comes from "gypsy " Another slur for the Romani people.
Maybe stop using it.
(You didn't know, now you know)
FYI gyp/jip/gypped is a slur.
Yes the word you use to mean you got ripped off or scammed is a slur.
It comes from "gypsy " Another slur for the Romani people.
Maybe stop using it.
(You didn't know, now you know)
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The below statement by Elon Musk is authentic.
The AfD demands a “reversal” of Holocaust remembrance in Germany and states that the Nazi Schutzstaffel were “not criminals”. More here—> amp.dw.com/en/how-much-... …and here—> www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/10...
The AfD demands a “reversal” of Holocaust remembrance in Germany and states that the Nazi Schutzstaffel were “not criminals”. More here—> amp.dw.com/en/how-much-... …and here—> www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/10...
December 20, 2024 at 11:20 AM
The below statement by Elon Musk is authentic.
The AfD demands a “reversal” of Holocaust remembrance in Germany and states that the Nazi Schutzstaffel were “not criminals”. More here—> amp.dw.com/en/how-much-... …and here—> www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/10...
The AfD demands a “reversal” of Holocaust remembrance in Germany and states that the Nazi Schutzstaffel were “not criminals”. More here—> amp.dw.com/en/how-much-... …and here—> www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/10...
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He's literally trying to buy himself congress, right out in the open.
December 20, 2024 at 4:39 AM
He's literally trying to buy himself congress, right out in the open.
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Gonna miss you Star Trek Lower Decks ❤️🖖
December 19, 2024 at 8:51 AM
Gonna miss you Star Trek Lower Decks ❤️🖖
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And yet UK media and the nyt dishonestly repackaged this blatantly political document.
The nyt then went out of its way to completely ignore a report in France this fall that came to much different conclusions than Cass. Why? It didn’t comport w its leaders’ political views.
A journalistic failure
The nyt then went out of its way to completely ignore a report in France this fall that came to much different conclusions than Cass. Why? It didn’t comport w its leaders’ political views.
A journalistic failure
Anyone reading the Cass Review should be able to see it was political, with a set end point dictated in advance. It was criticised at the time by scientists for this. Every other country’s reviews on gender affirming care has found puberty blockers are safe. Cass’ report should be binned.
An independent (2024) review commissioned by the NSW government into gender-affirming care for children has found that Puberty blockers a 'safe, effective and reversible' form of gender-affirming care.
www.saxinstitute.org.au/wp-content/u...
www.saxinstitute.org.au/wp-content/u...
December 19, 2024 at 12:38 PM
And yet UK media and the nyt dishonestly repackaged this blatantly political document.
The nyt then went out of its way to completely ignore a report in France this fall that came to much different conclusions than Cass. Why? It didn’t comport w its leaders’ political views.
A journalistic failure
The nyt then went out of its way to completely ignore a report in France this fall that came to much different conclusions than Cass. Why? It didn’t comport w its leaders’ political views.
A journalistic failure
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"The Marshall Project and Los Angeles Times have identified more than 30 lawsuits regarding sleep deprivation behind bars." Important story from @keribla.bsky.social and @shannonheffernan.bsky.social:
One morning, Steven straggled into the prison shoe factory a little groggy. The prison made him be up at 2 am, so he'd only had 3.5 hrs of sleep when pushed the wrong button & a machine mangled his hand.
Here's our deep-dive into the toll of sleep deprivation in prisons and jails:
Here's our deep-dive into the toll of sleep deprivation in prisons and jails:
What it's like to sleep in prison: Moldy mattresses, bright lights, nonstop noise
The dangerous problem of sleep deprivation leads to a health and safety crisis in prisons and jails.
www.latimes.com
December 16, 2024 at 6:00 AM
"The Marshall Project and Los Angeles Times have identified more than 30 lawsuits regarding sleep deprivation behind bars." Important story from @keribla.bsky.social and @shannonheffernan.bsky.social: