C. Henry
@henryhenryhenry.com
political scientist @ University of Zürich
platforms, political violence, social media, computing
research & writing:
henryhenryhenry.com
sometimes land of enchantment, sometimes land of Helvetia
platforms, political violence, social media, computing
research & writing:
henryhenryhenry.com
sometimes land of enchantment, sometimes land of Helvetia
it's actually not terribly odd that some people like well-produced internet-first video content from an insurgent non-establishment figure but not an old man doddering around a Capitol Hill office who contributed to losing all three branches of government this century
The pivot from "Mamdani is a political genius for focusing his message almost entirely on affordability" to "Schumer is a political moron for focusing his message almost entirely on affordability" is odd.
January 20, 2026 at 3:43 PM
it's actually not terribly odd that some people like well-produced internet-first video content from an insurgent non-establishment figure but not an old man doddering around a Capitol Hill office who contributed to losing all three branches of government this century
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As Homeland Security’s siege on Minneapolis enters its third week, locals are volunteering for patrol shifts, protesting in the streets, and keeping one another up to date in group texts.
Read more from @scottmeslow.bsky.social in Minneapolis:
Read more from @scottmeslow.bsky.social in Minneapolis:
It’s worse than it looks in Minneapolis
But locals are organizing to keep each other safe from ICE agents.
www.theverge.com
January 20, 2026 at 2:01 PM
As Homeland Security’s siege on Minneapolis enters its third week, locals are volunteering for patrol shifts, protesting in the streets, and keeping one another up to date in group texts.
Read more from @scottmeslow.bsky.social in Minneapolis:
Read more from @scottmeslow.bsky.social in Minneapolis:
autocrats care so much about polls that there’s a whole Named Thing about them caring about polls (Dictator’s Dilemma)
"they don't care about polls." okay. the next question to ask is, "how has this worked out for them?" and he answer is that it has led to the rapid deterioration of their political position, which erodes their ability to influence or compel other actors.
I wish part 2 was true. They don’t care about polls.
January 19, 2026 at 8:25 PM
autocrats care so much about polls that there’s a whole Named Thing about them caring about polls (Dictator’s Dilemma)
I’ve never hired movers before because poor, but goddamn they are worth every penny
January 19, 2026 at 8:23 PM
I’ve never hired movers before because poor, but goddamn they are worth every penny
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Wrote a long piece about why (almost) nobody's addressed deepfake sexual abuse, and how we, the pissed off masses, can dismantle the infrastructure behind it
www.thewayfinder.net/p/i-never-wa...
www.thewayfinder.net/p/i-never-wa...
I Never Want to Write About Deepfake Sexual Abuse Again
Why nobody’s solved this horrifying problem—and how you can help
www.thewayfinder.net
January 19, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Wrote a long piece about why (almost) nobody's addressed deepfake sexual abuse, and how we, the pissed off masses, can dismantle the infrastructure behind it
www.thewayfinder.net/p/i-never-wa...
www.thewayfinder.net/p/i-never-wa...
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Minneapolis and Saint Paul have basically mobilized into a war economy of mutual aid and non-violent defense. I’ve never seen anything like it, even during Covid. People who barely vote are guarding their schools from ICE and doing the shopping for neighbors in hiding.
This is so smart. I’m so impressed with all the different ways you’re helping your neighbors.
January 19, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Minneapolis and Saint Paul have basically mobilized into a war economy of mutual aid and non-violent defense. I’ve never seen anything like it, even during Covid. People who barely vote are guarding their schools from ICE and doing the shopping for neighbors in hiding.
checking in on CJ Stroud
January 18, 2026 at 9:37 PM
checking in on CJ Stroud
important to remember that these people lose constantly, they lost most recently in ‘24, and they’re poised to lose again in ‘26 unless structural effects save them
Losing my mind at the Dems with their billionaire backers and powerful friends who have come up with the brilliant strategy that the party should adopt the policy positions of the avg MAGA voter — apparently ignoring that independents and swing voters even exist. Is this what $40 million gets you??
January 18, 2026 at 9:12 PM
important to remember that these people lose constantly, they lost most recently in ‘24, and they’re poised to lose again in ‘26 unless structural effects save them
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This is literally what I've been writing and podcasting about for years. I was planning to do an essay on this, but here's a 🧵.
The main reason is psychology. Due to personal, family, and cultural histories, some people are inherently scared of the world.
The main reason is psychology. Due to personal, family, and cultural histories, some people are inherently scared of the world.
Fight and help win a world war.
Establish a global order that cements your national power for 80 years.
Blow it all up.
What am I missing?
Establish a global order that cements your national power for 80 years.
Blow it all up.
What am I missing?
January 18, 2026 at 5:43 PM
This is literally what I've been writing and podcasting about for years. I was planning to do an essay on this, but here's a 🧵.
The main reason is psychology. Due to personal, family, and cultural histories, some people are inherently scared of the world.
The main reason is psychology. Due to personal, family, and cultural histories, some people are inherently scared of the world.
Putnam’s revenge: you have to dissolve social capital in order to produce the conditions for democratic backsliding, but this ironically makes the communities that survive dissolution or rebuild in the face of crisis much more difficult to repress
It’s ironic that they’re like “if we do ethnic cleansing we’ll have a high trust neighborly society” and then Minneapolis is literally doing high trust neighborly society and they’re like nooooo
Many Americans are terrible neighbors to each other, and that is why MN is striking everyone as extraordinary activism... when they are telling us that it is not. They're good neighbors!
It's no wonder that "being a shitty neighbor" is the hallmark of our domestic politics and our foreign policy.
It's no wonder that "being a shitty neighbor" is the hallmark of our domestic politics and our foreign policy.
January 18, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Putnam’s revenge: you have to dissolve social capital in order to produce the conditions for democratic backsliding, but this ironically makes the communities that survive dissolution or rebuild in the face of crisis much more difficult to repress
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New at Can We Still Govern?
"I am writing as an ordinary citizen of Minneapolis/St Paul...to share with the outside world what is really going on ─ the terror being inflicted upon a U.S. city and state by our federal government."
Please read, share, help. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/dispatch-f...
"I am writing as an ordinary citizen of Minneapolis/St Paul...to share with the outside world what is really going on ─ the terror being inflicted upon a U.S. city and state by our federal government."
Please read, share, help. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/dispatch-f...
Dispatch from the occupation
What life is like in Minneapolis now
donmoynihan.substack.com
January 17, 2026 at 1:49 PM
New at Can We Still Govern?
"I am writing as an ordinary citizen of Minneapolis/St Paul...to share with the outside world what is really going on ─ the terror being inflicted upon a U.S. city and state by our federal government."
Please read, share, help. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/dispatch-f...
"I am writing as an ordinary citizen of Minneapolis/St Paul...to share with the outside world what is really going on ─ the terror being inflicted upon a U.S. city and state by our federal government."
Please read, share, help. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/dispatch-f...
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Do you study disinformation or want to start working in that area?
Come to the DSI June 15-18th with @cailinmeister.bsky.social, @katestarbird.bsky.social, @jevinwest.bsky.social, @rcalo.bsky.social, @naomioreskes.bsky.social, @emmaspiro.bsky.social, and many more.
disinfoinstitute.org
Come to the DSI June 15-18th with @cailinmeister.bsky.social, @katestarbird.bsky.social, @jevinwest.bsky.social, @rcalo.bsky.social, @naomioreskes.bsky.social, @emmaspiro.bsky.social, and many more.
disinfoinstitute.org
Disinformation Summer Institute (DSI) - Disinformation Summer Institute
Disinformation Disinformation is false or misleading information created and spread to advance policy, political, economic or ideological goals. It is sometimes used by industries, governments, and ot...
disinfoinstitute.org
January 17, 2026 at 11:47 AM
Do you study disinformation or want to start working in that area?
Come to the DSI June 15-18th with @cailinmeister.bsky.social, @katestarbird.bsky.social, @jevinwest.bsky.social, @rcalo.bsky.social, @naomioreskes.bsky.social, @emmaspiro.bsky.social, and many more.
disinfoinstitute.org
Come to the DSI June 15-18th with @cailinmeister.bsky.social, @katestarbird.bsky.social, @jevinwest.bsky.social, @rcalo.bsky.social, @naomioreskes.bsky.social, @emmaspiro.bsky.social, and many more.
disinfoinstitute.org
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"Vast majority of men are only willing to engage in public violence if they feel like the people around them will approve of — and reward them for — that violence. ICE Watch works because it surrounds men seeking approval with people loudly expressing their disapproval."
www.ms.now/opinion/minn...
www.ms.now/opinion/minn...
January 17, 2026 at 4:51 AM
"Vast majority of men are only willing to engage in public violence if they feel like the people around them will approve of — and reward them for — that violence. ICE Watch works because it surrounds men seeking approval with people loudly expressing their disapproval."
www.ms.now/opinion/minn...
www.ms.now/opinion/minn...
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🙃
This FB post is public.
This FB post is public.
January 16, 2026 at 11:24 PM
🙃
This FB post is public.
This FB post is public.
good afternoon, here’s the roadrunner that lives on my porch
January 16, 2026 at 11:14 PM
good afternoon, here’s the roadrunner that lives on my porch
reconstruction agenda
Oh hell yes, Gov. Spanberger! www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/u... [gift link]
Some U.Va. Board Members Asked to Resign as a Democratic Governor Takes Power
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:05 PM
reconstruction agenda
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BREAKING: posts in text-based social media applications may not be reliable information. More as things develop.
January 16, 2026 at 8:52 PM
BREAKING: posts in text-based social media applications may not be reliable information. More as things develop.
a lot of worry about AI slop, but this is an info ecosystem where humans can just write absolutely anything they want after the magic token BREAKING
January 16, 2026 at 9:52 PM
a lot of worry about AI slop, but this is an info ecosystem where humans can just write absolutely anything they want after the magic token BREAKING
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every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
January 16, 2026 at 9:24 PM
every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
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For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
Opinion | I'm a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence. Here's how ICE observers are helping.
Research into how violence occurs shows that disapproval from the people around you can help reduce it.
www.ms.now
January 16, 2026 at 6:55 PM
For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
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back at it again with the early January eJobs comparison for #polisky:
January 2025: 22 total (6 open to assistant TT)
January 2026: 25 total (7 open to assistant TT)
January 2025: 22 total (6 open to assistant TT)
January 2026: 25 total (7 open to assistant TT)
(preliminary) comparison of the May-December #polisky eJobs listings for 2024 versus 2025:
May-December 2024: 772 total (458 assistant TT)
May-December 2025: 601 total (326 assistant TT)
22.2% overall decline; down from 59.3% to 54.2% of those jobs listed are assistant TT positions.
May-December 2024: 772 total (458 assistant TT)
May-December 2025: 601 total (326 assistant TT)
22.2% overall decline; down from 59.3% to 54.2% of those jobs listed are assistant TT positions.
Final #polisky eJobs update of the year (12/1-12/31)
Confirms the approximately 30% drop overall in the number of positions and tenure-track positions
December 2024: 52 total positions (13 open to assistant TT)
December 2025: 53 total positions (19 open to assistant TT)
Confirms the approximately 30% drop overall in the number of positions and tenure-track positions
December 2024: 52 total positions (13 open to assistant TT)
December 2025: 53 total positions (19 open to assistant TT)
January 15, 2026 at 6:35 PM
back at it again with the early January eJobs comparison for #polisky:
January 2025: 22 total (6 open to assistant TT)
January 2026: 25 total (7 open to assistant TT)
January 2025: 22 total (6 open to assistant TT)
January 2026: 25 total (7 open to assistant TT)
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New: We built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.
readsludge.com/2026/01/16/t...
readsludge.com/2026/01/16/t...
The Companies Behind ICE
Sludge built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.
readsludge.com
January 16, 2026 at 8:19 PM
New: We built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.
readsludge.com/2026/01/16/t...
readsludge.com/2026/01/16/t...
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y'all this guy is clearly engagement trolling
ffs stop being marks
ffs stop being marks
January 16, 2026 at 8:26 PM
y'all this guy is clearly engagement trolling
ffs stop being marks
ffs stop being marks
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in addition to this, people will (and are) justifying complicity in making this have legs beyond its lifespan by saying "well it might as well be true because the dems are spineless" but at least some portion of the "spineless" perception is due to garbage just like this!
so the previous post wasn't actually true, but that's the one that will careen across the site and generate a ton of outrage (and maybe some traffic to the personal blog). idk man, seems like slimy journalistic behavior to me.
🚨BREAKING: DEMS DRAW RED LINE IN DHS APPROPS: NO FUNDING INCREASE FOR ICE. POLICY RIDERS GROWING. STORY COMING IN MIGRANT INSIDER
January 16, 2026 at 8:33 PM
in addition to this, people will (and are) justifying complicity in making this have legs beyond its lifespan by saying "well it might as well be true because the dems are spineless" but at least some portion of the "spineless" perception is due to garbage just like this!