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  • Now I know how liberal gun owners feel. Very rarely do I not agree with the left platform, but y’all opting to dismiss one of the most powerful tools ever given to mankind is going to be at your peril.

    It has its faults just like humans do, but it is literally the culmination of all human knowledge. It’s Wikipedia for nearly everything at your fingertips.

    Perhaps the way y’all use it is wrong. It’s not meant to make the decisions for you, it’s a tool to get you 80% there quickly then you do the last mile of work.

    Anywho, the premise stands. Democrats have more leverage to use gerrymandering if they do chose it, though I wish we weren’t in a place where they had to go with a nuclear option that threatens US democracy even more.


  • I was skeptical of your assertion, so I peppered Copilot with a few prompts and it seems to confirm your point.

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    States with the Greatest Untapped Gerrymandering Potential

    Below are the key one-party trifecta states whose current congressional maps rate as relatively fair (Princeton A or B). These jurisdictions have the structural guardrails of independent or bipartisan commissions in place—but if those were overridden or relaxed, the controlling party could pick up a small handful of extra seats.


    1. A-Grade Maps under Unitary Control

    State Controlling Party 2021 Map Grade Current House Seats Estimated Additional Seats Source Arizona Republican A 9 +1 A Colorado Democratic A 8 +1 A Washington Democratic A 10 +1 A

    Arizona’s independent commission maps gave Republicans a near-proportional 5–4 split on a 50-50 statewide vote; stripping or subverting that commission could flip one more GOP seat. Colorado and Washington delivered Democrats fair shares of 4–4 and 8–2 respectively; each could see one extra Democratic district if guardrails were weakened.


    1. B-Grade Maps under Unitary Control

    State Controlling Party 2021 Map Grade Current House Seats Estimated Additional Seats Source California Democratic B 52 +5 B New York Democratic B 26 +2–3 C

    California Democrats are already eyeing mid-cycle tweaks that would boost their delegation from 82.7% of seats to over 92.3%, a net gain of about five seats relative to a 58.5% vote share. New York’s Democrats hold 25 of 26 seats with roughly 58% of the vote; abandoning the independent commission could net them an additional two or three safe districts.


    Each of these states demonstrates that even jurisdictions with top-graded, commission-drawn maps can swing several seats if the party in power decides to scrap or weaken those commissions. Turning a single “fair” seat-voter curve into a heavily tilted map typically yields roughly one extra seat per ten districts—a small change with an outsized impact in a razor-thin U.S. House majority.





  • My favorite thing to do when I was a monk was walk on water or walls. My DM would tell me that I could not end my turn while walking up a wall and that I would need to roll an athletics roll to hold on. I would retort Nuh uh, because that is bullshit.

    My buddy was recently a rogue that could get surprise attacks in shadows. He would jump from shadow to shadow. We were in the underdark. A cabin was in the middle of an open cavern, it was well lit by lanterns. Said friend wanted to jump from porch post shadow to porch post shadow until he was in the shadows of a rocking chair where a sleepy enemy sat. DM and buddy got in a 30 minute shouting match countering each others argument with bullshit.

    I had an echo knight once. Could leap and teleport onto ledges and escape prisons. DM got so flustered that he was the one that called bullshit. Character was promptly incinerated.

    DND nights are fun.