Ryan Tack-Hooper

There are far too many takes on #YouCanSeeEverything already, but I’m going to add my own, because I can’t resist. As with most of these, spoilers on! Do not read without having seen the movie first.

New: We found cops who kept using Flock to spy on women after they left the force. One used it for five years after retirement, tracking his wife during a custody battle. Another ran searches while he was suspended (and later fired) after killing a 15-year-old boy. Free to read: wapo.st/3UEwWU7

Breathtaking 😮‍💨 @BHAFC

Summer’s lease hath all too short a date.-William Shakespeare

But I think they've decided that this is a price worth paying, because: a) They've done even *worse* things since Wynn-Williams parted ways with the company; and 36/

I’ve been thinking about the America I’m proud of and that I want to celebrate tomorrow, and it’s things like hip-hop and blue jeans and sending a man to the moon and this.

If someone from the FBI visits you about your algae posts the correct thing to do is to say you won’t talk with them. Please do not talk to the FBI. Like, at all. They have no sense of humor and they will take your stupid joke and charge you with lying to an agent.

Seward Park days are always the best days.

Can't get enough of this.

A searchable archive of the almost 5000 TV episodes that naturalist David Attenborough has worked on in his career (1954-present). “Search by animal, habitat, location, natural phenomenon, or theme to find exactly the episode you’re looking for.” [attenborough-100.vercel.app]

Me: maybe we need to subscribe to fox sports Me, stealing a classic Twitter joke: that’s when a fox jumps through your window and whispers soccer scores My 9yo, without hesitation, whispering: nil-nilllll

going to laugh forever about the Knicks only losing the Trump Game immaculate scriptwriting, no notes

Anthony Stewart Head will always be a real one for this. RIP www.thepinknews.com/2019/12/20/a...

New Flock stalking case just came to light -- Winnebago County, Ill. deputy used license plate readers to monitor the locations of his ex and her new partner dozens of times over several months. www.wifr.com/2026/05/08/f...

So glad the very capable Peter Romer-Friedman pursued this one

On the one-year anniversary of his detention by federal authorities, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and First Lady Rama Duwaji welcomed Mahmoud Khalil, his wife Noor, and their baby boy, Deen, to Gracie Mansion to break the fast together.

It feels like it's still winter, doesn't it? To trees, it is not. Tree dormancy is not caused by weather but by internal chemical signals which protect trees from cold. Now, most trees are ready to grow as soon as it warms a bit. This photo shows the tremendous flow of sap. Read more at Our Trees.

they tried to upsell me on donkey

Don't give anything an Emmy until it's as good as this.

A fascinating - and in places heartbreaking - long read on Mayan cultures, past and present. Archaeology, languages, politics, & identity in medieval and modern Guatemala. #MedievalSky www.theguardian.com/news/2026/fe...

Progressive messaging about homelessness should always at least mention the most important root cause—housing cost! Failing to do so is such a missed layup on leading the public toward durable and popular solutions.

What we’re doing to expand shelter, address homelessness, and keep public space accessible. Read the full statement:

So close to setting up a chess board correctly, but the black king is on the wrong square

Security theater undermining activism is a real thing that happens all the time. People need to sit down and actually learn how to think through threat models.

We are not the first people, or the first country, to suffer under a tyrannical government that does not respect our lives, or our rights. There is a method for how to effectively resist, and eventually topple, such a regime. We can learn from others who came before us. This is my favorite guide.

You there! Boy! Did it happen?

A good sign that something is amiss in how you think about politics is that you find internal contradiction among these positions

once again: the civil rights movement is worth studying not just because they were right, but because they won www.liberalcurrents.com/how-to-win-a...

Convinced this cover exists just to ragebait chess players. I get the basic visual metaphor. But why nine pawns? Why is the board rotated 90°? Why is the king moving into check?!

WASHINGTON (AP) — Claudette Colvin, whose refusal to move seats on a segregated bus helped spark the civil rights movement, dies at 86.

I’m running for Colorado Attorney General to stand up for the people of Colorado—including holding ICE officers accountable when they break the law. Thankful to join so many others outside the ICE Denver Field Office today.

i’m not crying you’re crying xkcd: Fifteen Years

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.

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.

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

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:

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...

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.