What if, and just hear me out, letting children get mad and learn to self-regulate is an important part of childhood development?

I feel like I didn’t read enough books, watch enough movies or TV, or listen to enough (new) music to write any kind of meaningful best-of list for my seven Bluesky followers. Next year?

A ton of middle schoolers home with the flu probably means a ton of middle schoolers in class with the flu, too. Hoping my kid makes it through Friday without getting sick. 😬

Last night the Rutherford County School Board approved a rezoning plan affecting every middle school in the system. I would link to the DNJ story about this buuuut. They have the In-N-Out grand opening covered, though!

$99 wow i've got a similar device that costs about a dollar it's called a pen and the back of an envelope

Maybe things would go smoother at the geriatrician’s office if they put away the iPads and let the patients fill out paperwork the old-fashioned way. Maybe asking some of these people to “download this app real quick” is kinda mean.

Giving Tuesday tip: if your FOR-PROFIT company sends emails asking for money in exchange for goods, services or perks that’s not GIVING. It’s called buying. I’m not naming and shaming, but come on.

Thank you, Tennessean.

y’all ever think about how they blew up the library

This is so soulless, I can't stand it. We have BRAINS. We can USE THEM.

My mom, new and reluctant iPhone user, just responded to a text message with FaceTime and tried to play it off as intentional.

We’re suing because public money belongs to public schools, not private schools that can pick and choose who they serve. - For the full statement, visit: https://www.aclu-tn.org/press-releases/tennessee-parents-sue-state-over-universal-private-school-voucher-program/

I'm not ready for a post-Bargain Hunt Christmas.

Oh, hmm, cool.

This is 1000% about loss prevention, not “making stores more hospitable.”

Glassdoor sends me construction job listings, particularly those related to masonry, daily. I didn’t request this, but I can’t bring myself to stop it. Too weird. Maybe it’s a sign?

wild line when 40 million americans are no longer able to buy food because of their actions

While other states, including Republican-led ones, are finding ways to temporarily replace SNAP, sending $ to food banks & beefing up other anti-poverty programs, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has declined to use state funds during SNAP freeze tennesseelookout.com/2025/10/31/d... @tennesseelookout.com

What happened in libraries during Banned Books Week? Turns out, there was a lot of banning of Banned Books Week, period. A look at what happened across the country and why. That, plus this week's *extensive* book censorship news. bookriot.com/banning-bann...

Is "actually, the monkeys don't have hepatitis C, herpes *or* COVID" the greatest retraction of all time?

Some news: We received a $1.2M grant [email protected] to expand our statehouse & local coverage — including new beats in health, housing & environment to deepen civic engagement in Middle TN. The funding boosts our revenue team for a stronger, sustainable newsroom primed for growth.

A little shocked and shook by this Katy Perry / Justin Trudeau thing despite not caring at all.

New plan: writing a check to a local food bank instead of buying Halloween candy. This feels like the best way to love my neighbors right now. ❤️

Add pretzels, peanuts and cashews to make a little trail mix. Perfection.

City of LaVergne offices shut down Friday after a “cybersecurity incident” and have yet to reopen. TV news mentioned it early this week, and the DNJ published a little story that went no deeper than the press release. Seems like this would be a bigger story to someone.

All of this is the most foreseeable, avoidable, unnecessary disaster in sports in my lifetime. It’s ruining fandom, it’s harming players, it’s robbing bettors of everything they have, and it’s being not only allowed but *pushed* upon audiences by the leagues and their media partners.

Watching and hearing kids play music often brings me to tears. Today reading about it did the same.

I miss editing.

(Screams into the void)

I feel like if your AI company has to apologize to the estate of Martin Luther King Jr you should just flood your servers and walk into the ocean

Thinking about going out for a nice dinner Oct. 31 instead of buying Halloween candy. We’ve put in enough years of service to take a break and leave the porch light off this year, right?

Whenever people talk about cryptids in Tennessee, they leave out the Percy Priest Beast. Give the Beast some credit!

and I feel fine

Who wants to pay me to recap “9-1-1: Nashville”? I’m highly qualified.

Ludacris could've written Dr Seuss but Dr Seuss couldn't have written "Ho"

Today in the Banner: Up and out early to talk to some District 7 voters.

This is not sustainable.

PEN America has released their latest report on the state of school book bans in 2024-2025. They've found nearly 23,000 book bans since 2021, and there were 6,870 in 2024-2025. This report is crucial reading for understanding the state of book censorship right now. bookriot.com/pen-america-...

This is what I would say if I was given a stick and told to market it

I subscribe to (too) many local and national newsletters. The Flyer from @nashvillebanner.bsky.social is the only one I always read top to bottom. Quick stories, previews of meatier ones and links to elsewhere at 6:30 every Monday-Friday. Give it a read! nashvillebanner.com/newsletters/...

A nice reminder to help your neighbors, if you can. Don’t wait for your city / state / country to do it, or you might be waiting A While.

Baseball is almost over?

The rain tonight smelled so wonderful while it lasted.

Wrote about professors and university employees getting fired in Tennessee for posts about Charlie Kirk’s life and/or death. nashvillebanner.com/2025/09/16/c...

My new glasses are almost too clean. I need a fingerprint or a smudge, or the beauty and horror of this world might be too overwhelming.

Vince Gill singing "Go Rest High On That Mountain" during the Emmys in memoriam segment messed me up. That song was played at my father-in-law's funeral, then again at my mother-in-law's. Now they have to share it with David Lynch and Wink Martindale?

I can’t stop thinking about this.

If the CDC brings back Wellbee as it's mascot, that would end the public health calamities of our time.

🎶 Hey there Delilah I am stuck inside this waiting room so I can not escape this song I might jump through the window yes I might 🎶

I saw a comment on .. somewhere where a person referred to people who love AI as “botlickers” and I haven’t stopped laughing about it