Ryan Tack-Hooper

Are we keeping that in Constitution 3.0?

[Sung by a finch]
This is my life,
And these times are so hard, and it’s gettin’ even harder,
Tryna feed and breed — keep my line from gettin’ slaughtered.
[Darwin, breaking in]
You only get one shot, you must adapt and grow,
Selective pressure comes once in a lifetime, yo.

I think they decided antibacterial bars were out of scope

Queen.

1/ A woman with dementia moves into an apartment in Colorado.

A few months later she passes away unexpectedly.

The family gets a bill for $4140. By dying, she “broke her lease early”

A landlord gone rogue?

No. It was a billionaire property management company called Greystar.

There was a remix (from the show?) that was popular on tiktok a couple years ago too

Why Civil Resistance Works is worth a read for anyone struggling with this concept.

Alright, so I've been afraid to say this out loud, but I think after today, I can say it: In the first Battle of Los Angeles, the good people of LA County have prevailed. We beat ICE back. 1/

City Attorney Election Puts Seattle's Renewed 'War on Drugs' Under Scrutiny - Bolts Over the past year, Seattle has begun barring some residents from entering certain neighborhoods of their city.  A new ordinance has given local judges the authority to ban people from... Read More

NEW: Seattle has a rare Republican in office, its city attorney.

She championed a policy rolled out last year — when you’re so much as charged (not convicted) of a drug offense, a judge can ban you from setting foot in select areas, like downtown.

She’s also up for reelection in a few weeks:

Op-Ed: Katie Wilson is the Zohran Mamdani of Seattle » The Urbanist # Progressive mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s victory in Tuesday's Democratic primary is a watershed moment for New York City, and Seattle is on the cusp of its own watershed moment with the opport...

Seattle has its own Zohran v Cuomo mayoral race going on: A young charismatic upstart who actually wants to make the city cooler vs an establishment dinosaur who once pulled a gun on a pregnant woman in a road rage incident.
www.theurbanist.org/2025/06/29/o...

The basic fact that dudes like this fail to understand is that driving a car has sooo many externalities. Pedestrian deaths. Air pollution. Noise. Water pollution from tires. Cyclists should be treated as saints and given every privilege.

I suspect there is some disparity among the kinds of churches currently complying with IRS regs. Perhaps the party that believes in the legitimacy of taxes and the rule of law disproportionally benefits?

This is Yasir. He’s 21 yo. He fled Sudan after he was kidnapped & tortured by the RSF.

Thx to his legal team @Door_NYC he walked out of his ICE check-in today (unlike too many others).

The best of birthday presents to have been there to meet him. Amazing what a New Yorker he’s already becoming.

ICE is now changing tactics and arresting people who have been granted asylum hearings.
 
This is both a violation of US & international law that demands immediate attention from all New York elected officials & underscores the urgent need for legal service providers to be at all of these cases.

Standing up against Donald Trump and Stephen Miller is essential to our freedom and safety and to the effort to hold corporate lawbreakers accountable.

The Sounders playing PSG is my kind of sports. I want games where if the underdog wins it is international news.

"We are devastated and heartbroken at the loss of our parents, Melissa and Mark. They were the bright lights at the center of our lives, and we can't believe they are gone. Their love for us was boundless. We miss them so much. "We want everyone to know that we are both safe and with loved ones. We are grateful for the outpouring of love and support we have received, and we appreciate your respect for our family's privacy as we grieve. "Our family would like to thank law enforcement for their swift action that saved others and for the coordination across communities that led to the arrest of the man who murdered our parents. We especially would like to thank the officers who were first on the scene to our parents' home and their heroic attempts to rescue our mom and dad. "Our parents touched so many lives, and they leave behind an incredible legacy of dedication to their community that will live on in us, their friends, their colleagues and co-workers, and every single person who knew and loved them. "If you would like to honor the memory of Mark and Melissa, please consider the following: • Plant a tree. • Visit a local park and make use of their amenities, especially a bike trail. • Pet a dog. A golden retriever is ideal, but any will do. • Tell your loved ones a cheesy dad joke and laugh about it. • Bake something — bread for Mark or a cake for Melissa, and share it with someone. • Try a new hobby and enjoy learning something. • Stand up for what you believe in, especially if that thing is justice and peace. "Hope and resilience are the enemy of fear. Our parents lived their lives with immense dedication to their fellow humans. This tragedy must become a moment for us to come together. Hold your loved ones a little closer. Love your neighbors. Treat each other with kindness and respect. The best way to honor our parents' memory is to do something, whether big or small, to make our community just a little better for someone else."

Please read and share this statement from Sophie and Colin Hortman, children of Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark.

(via WCCO reporter Caroline Cummings on X)

Farewell to NASA mechanical engineer Ed Smylie, whose lifesaving ingenuity was immortalized in a memorable sequence in the 1995 film “Apollo 13.”

~45% of US corn production is now used to make ethanol, mostly for mixing into gasoline.

That's ~13% of all US crop land already used for energy production.

Using some of the same land for solar panels would capture 50-100 times more energy per acre.

David Attenborough's Ocean film is 'biggest message he's ever told' Ocean With David Attenborough mirrors the broadcaster's lifetime as it takes viewers through 100 years of discoveries about Earth's seas. The film's directors spoke to Sky News at the premiere, held a...

Sir David Attenborough's latest film is "the biggest message he's ever told", its directors have said - with one telling Sky News the broadcaster's final words on saving the world's oceans brought him to tears.
#SaveOurOceans

news.sky.com/story/david-...

PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

OTD in 1871, Grant signed the KKK Act—now 42 U.S.C. § 1983—still one of our sharpest tools against local fascists. But there’s no equivalent statute for federal officials who violate rights. I'll bet a Dem Senator introducing one now would get some Sunday time to talk about ICE (and Musk).

Mississippi Goddam - Live At Carnegie Hall, New York, 1964 Nina Simone · In Concert · Song · 1964

Can anyone recommend a history of Civil Rights Movement music? I know some and there's some coverage in Taylor Branch's trilogy. But I want to learn more. I was just reading about 'Mississippi Goddam' and didn't know it was first performed live at Carnegie Hall. What a legend Nina Simone was.

Hot take: Focusing AI criticism on bad outputs or forced adoption misses the point—those are temporary, moving targets. The real and persistent issue is the social and political fallout, and the deep category errors baked into how AI is framed and deployed.

Ten Times More Dropkick Murphys · This Machine Still Kills Fascists (Expanded Edition) · Song · 2023

open.spotify.com/track/0t7Kcz...

Beautiful.

Did this commute on a bike for the better part of a year. Fishtown to Camden Post Office. Not recommended.

Just to be clear, I'm advocating for due process for Kilmar Abrego Garcia

The link to brief in the first post requires permission. Thank you for this work!