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Molly T-H
@mollytack.bsky.social
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Attorney at Earthjustice, previously ACLU of Pennsylvania and Washington.

Based in Seattle (previously Philly).

Focusing on environmental justice in OR and WA.

She/they

Opinions are mine.
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Happy Election Day, Seattle!

I found myself subconsciously expecting there to be hard DVD-shaped objects in these ballot envelopes while I walked them to the drop-off box. Guess the early Netflix days hard-wired my brain.

#votingselfie @elections.kingcounty.gov
Hand holding two red and white King County, WA ballot envelopes roughly the size of Netflix DVD mailers in front of a ballot drop-box that says “vote!” in bright blue.
August 5, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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For my sign, I went with a lyric from a local musician (Macklemore)
#Seattle #NoKings
My sign lays on a table. The cardboard is covered in blue construction paper. Two printed pages, Marker font, all caps, in the center read: “THE PROBLEM ISN’T THE PROTESTS, IT’S WHAT THEY’RE PROTESTING.” This is from Macklemore’s Hinds Hall. The words “protests” and “what they’re protesting” are in larger black font; the other words are red. The sign is a little shiny because I wrapped it in packing tape so it will withstand rain and more protests.
June 14, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Found a copy of Dan Brown’s 1998 “Digital Fortress” in a little free library.

It was a simpler time.
Part of a page from Dan Brown’s 1998 novel Digital Fortress that says: “They’re called the National Security Agency,” Becker said, calling a few of his colleagues for background. The reply was always the same. “You mean the National Security Council?” Becker checked the message. “No, they said agency. The NSA.” “Never heard of ‘em.” Apparently not only did the NSA exist, but it was considered one of the most influential government organizations in the world. It has been gathering global electronic intelligence data…
April 27, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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Hackers really didn’t optimize for mobile
NYU.edu except instead of the normal purple logo and whatever banal photo is usually on there it’s a poorly formatted missive in mint green on black about how affirmative action is illegal but NYU continued it anyway. A large “Cho inside” logo appears over top of the anti-DEI rant so you can’t read the text well. There are some charts of SAT scores by race. Links to raw data of SAT scores that say PII redacted. Probably other stuff, I’m honestly not reading this very closely.
March 22, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Rubio has a chance to do the funniest thing
The scene from Office Space where Milton finally sets the building on fire. Flames shoot out of windows. Firefighters gather round.
March 5, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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More from the Seattle 50501 Presidents Day protest
Grandma holds homemade “Stop the madness” sign and one arm around a smiling 8yo holding a “Dictator or Democracy” banner Dog wearing homemade “DOGS FOR DOGE” sign on its back 8yo standing on brick wall around a tree outside the federal building holding “Dictator or Democracy: That’s the Choice” banner, one hand on dad who is looking up from his phone and holding up a homemade “Stop the Madness” anti-Elon sign Shot above the crowd at the federal building in Seattle. Signs read “Nobody voted for this: get money out of politics *… and FUCK ELON and the FELON;” “Stop the madness” sign with an anti-King Trump image; and “STOP THE F-ELON”
February 17, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Not the 8yo’s first media appearance, but the first one of *this* Trump administration. With @rtackhooper.bsky.social and Grammy @beu2full.bsky.social
Local news anchor interviews Ryan holding a “NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW” sign, his mother holding a “Dictator or Democracy: That’s the choice” sign, and 8yo son in oversized coat holding a “stop the madness” sign across the street from the Seattle 50501 Presidents Day protest at the federal building
February 17, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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I did some serious damage to this bag of pretzels tonight
An 11-ounce bag of Unique Snacks Extra Dark Boldly Charred Splits, “The original split-open pretzel,” featuring a photo of a very dark but not quite burned salty pretzel
January 30, 2025 at 5:04 AM
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I may not win any parenting awards but I’ll take the snuggle time however I can get it
My second-grader rests their chin on my knees and holds their Nintendo Switch in my lap. They are snuggling me while playing video games.
January 25, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Crafting tip: by twisting together LED lights and gold star twine, you too can make festive barbed wire
Six presents (mostly books) wrapped in birthday-themed wrapping paper, encircled by a party garland made of a strand of colored led lights twisted together with metallic gold twine with little sprigs of gold stars. The whole effect of the garland is, as my spouse out it, “a little bit Amnesty International” or, as the birthday boy put it, “cool barbed wire”
November 18, 2024 at 4:19 PM
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I mean LOOK AT THAT EAR
Me spooning an elderly black lab mix, lazing on the bed. She has raised her ear up blocking my face. Her coat is very shiny. The black bedspread has dog hair on it unfortunately but worth it!
August 27, 2024 at 2:57 PM
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August 25, 2024 at 2:53 AM
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Screenshot of article about the pina saying they’re not licensed by IOC and not for sale — Snoop is just giving them out to US athletes
August 1, 2024 at 6:02 AM
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Detail from a yellow painted arch where kids can write their feelings. “I am tired and overwhelmed” is scribbled in purple paint pen in a child’s handwriting.
July 15, 2024 at 4:30 PM
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This bit of art from a graffiti arch at my kid’s camp is very on point today
A bit of kid’s graffiti that says “The anxiety monster woke up and chose VIOLENCE”
July 15, 2024 at 3:55 PM
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(And I meant “eldritch horror muppet” in the most loving way possible! Here is my youngest as Gritty in 2018.)
A 2-year-old dressed as Gritty in an orange hoody with yarn hair and giant googly eyes on the hood, gripping a paper cup with two hands and staring wide-eyed up at the camera.
July 4, 2024 at 11:02 PM
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True once again
Screenshot of my Tweet from4/26/19 that says “Just muted ‘Biden’ and this is what’s left of my feed” with a GIF of a tumbleweed
July 4, 2024 at 3:08 AM
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Jill Biden compliments her husband’s debate performance by saying “You answered every question” A scene from Friends in which the friends brainstorm compliments they can give Joey about his terrible performance in a horrible TV show
June 28, 2024 at 3:35 AM
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Brutal, NYT. I know this is a word because our vet just used it to describe our dog’s liver tumor.
NYT Spelling Bee game telling me “CAVITATED” is not in their word list instead of giving me points for my pangram. “Cavitate” means to form bubbles or cavities.”
May 22, 2024 at 4:13 PM
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Taking the kids (11, 7) to Disneyland on Wednesday! Their first time. (My first time in 20 years.) @rtackhooper.bsky.social has planned the hell out of this, but tips always welcome!
February 19, 2024 at 7:02 PM
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Something like this?
December 4, 2023 at 3:21 PM
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A few hours later, and the burned-out Jumbo building is gone.

✅ Burdensome permitting processes bypassed
Nighttime shot of two cranes where the vacant Jumbo building once stood, a day after it burned. The parking lot is still a giant puddle from last night’s fire hoses. A chunk of the graffitied facade lays between the cranes, its reflection cisible in the giant puddle. Only one piece of the building’s peach wall remains, in the far back corner. Behind the cranes you can see the illuminated Darigold Milk factory, now visible from Genesee St. because the Jumbo is gone.
November 30, 2023 at 5:17 AM
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Learned some firefighting terminology:

The day after a fire, when the flames are out but a building is still smoking and smoldering, is called “the decay stage.”
A photo taken from the edge of the parking lot of the former Jumbo building on Rainier and Genesee in South Seattle the morning after the fire of the building in the decay stage. The sky is light grey, as usual. It’s hard to tell what’s a cloud and what’s a puff of smoke rising from the smoldering building. The middle of the vacant Jumbo building is charred black and crumbling. The left and right parts of the building still bear the original outdated peach paint, covered in graffiti. The “Jumbo” signs are still visible on the left and right, but smaller and less prominent than the graffiti. In the foreground are two neighbors (one standing, one in a wheelchair), their backs to the camera, looking at the wreckage. The parking lot is a giant puddle, reflecting the charted and graffitied building.
November 30, 2023 at 12:29 AM
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How many more users do we need for Bluesky to be a place where I can expect to find posts about breaking news in my city, like the abandoned grocery store a few blocks from me in South Seattle that is currently on fire?
The abandoned Jumbo grocery store on Genesee at Rainier Ave. A construction site-style fence is toppled over in the foreground with a thick layer of trash around it. The building has large graffiti letters where there was once signage. Orange smoke rises from the building, blowing east. A firefighter at the top if a ladder extending from a fire truck, lights ablaze, sprays water onto the roof.
November 29, 2023 at 5:00 AM
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Friday

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Screen shot from Billboard article: “He did, however, run the new tracks by some of his younger contemporaries, with Tyler, the Creator and Frank Ocean getting an early listen to the album, with Tyler opining about one song, “It sounds like you’re chasing a butterfly through a garden and I figured it out. It helped me to figure out how to do this,” in reference to the Odd Future founder’s collection of travel suitcases he could not figure out how to properly display on a wall in his home until hearing André’s new music.” Screen shot from Billboard article of the track list for New Blue Sun
November 14, 2023 at 3:25 PM