Ryan Tack-Hooper
@rtackhooper.bsky.social
Civil rights attorney
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One of the few things the Abundance people are straightforwardly right about is that progressives need to stand up for their values and demonstrate their worth.
Wilson should be *extremely* aggressive in making the city better. Win the next election on outcomes, not process.
Wilson should be *extremely* aggressive in making the city better. Win the next election on outcomes, not process.
The way for progressive mayors to win reelections is to go all in
November 13, 2025 at 4:33 PM
One of the few things the Abundance people are straightforwardly right about is that progressives need to stand up for their values and demonstrate their worth.
Wilson should be *extremely* aggressive in making the city better. Win the next election on outcomes, not process.
Wilson should be *extremely* aggressive in making the city better. Win the next election on outcomes, not process.
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Brennan Lee Mulligan with Josh on Mythical Kitchen, eating his perfect last meal and being interviewed for more than an hour, is so wholesome and life-affirming: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLVd...
Brennan Lee Mulligan Eats His Last Meal
YouTube video by Mythical Kitchen
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November 12, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Brennan Lee Mulligan with Josh on Mythical Kitchen, eating his perfect last meal and being interviewed for more than an hour, is so wholesome and life-affirming: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLVd...
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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.
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.
September 15, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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.
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.
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Why Civil Resistance Works is worth a read for anyone struggling with this concept.
September 10, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Why Civil Resistance Works is worth a read for anyone struggling with this concept.
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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/
September 7, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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/
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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:
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:
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
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July 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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:
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:
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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...
www.theurbanist.org/2025/06/29/o...
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...
www.theurbanist.org
July 18, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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...
www.theurbanist.org/2025/06/29/o...
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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.
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.
July 8, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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.
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.
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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.
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.
June 27, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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.
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.
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Standing up against Donald Trump and Stephen Miller is essential to our freedom and safety and to the effort to hold corporate lawbreakers accountable.
June 26, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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.
June 23, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The Sounders playing PSG is my kind of sports. I want games where if the underdog wins it is international news.
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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)
(via WCCO reporter Caroline Cummings on X)
June 17, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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)
(via WCCO reporter Caroline Cummings on X)
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Farewell to NASA mechanical engineer Ed Smylie, whose lifesaving ingenuity was immortalized in a memorable sequence in the 1995 film “Apollo 13.”
May 16, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Farewell to NASA mechanical engineer Ed Smylie, whose lifesaving ingenuity was immortalized in a memorable sequence in the 1995 film “Apollo 13.”
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~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.
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.
May 9, 2025 at 2:15 PM
~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.
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.
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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-...
#SaveOurOceans
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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...
news.sky.com
May 8, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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-...
#SaveOurOceans
news.sky.com/story/david-...
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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).
April 20, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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).
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.
Mississippi Goddam - Live At Carnegie Hall, New York, 1964
Nina Simone · In Concert · Song · 1964
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April 20, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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.
April 19, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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.
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Just to be clear, I'm advocating for due process for Kilmar Abrego Garcia
JUST IN: Deputy Assistant to the President and "Counterterrorism Czar" Sebastian Gorka says anyone advocating for due process for Kilmar Abrego Garcia could be viewed as "aiding and abetting a terrorist" and be federally charged. (h/t Philip Germain)
April 17, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Just to be clear, I'm advocating for due process for Kilmar Abrego Garcia
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BREAKING: Days after a Louisiana judge ruled that the deportation of Mahmoud Khalil can proceed, thousands are holding an emergency Passover Seder at the ICE headquarters in New York City, saying: If you come for one, you face us all.
April 14, 2025 at 11:43 PM
BREAKING: Days after a Louisiana judge ruled that the deportation of Mahmoud Khalil can proceed, thousands are holding an emergency Passover Seder at the ICE headquarters in New York City, saying: If you come for one, you face us all.