“'Names matter, and we want your big moment to feel personal and accurate,' the district wrote in an email to parents." Names do matter. So do students. Taking the time to learn how to pronounce their names accurately is personal. There's nothing personal about whatever this is.

World’s oldest tortoise caught in viral crypto death scam www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

If The Pitt is such quality television, why does it share so many plot points with 911 Nashville? (I love them both; I contain multitudes.)

maybe baseball will fix my mental health!!

I am weak. Ordered this before I could think myself out of it. Who wants to help me put it together?

This is a tremendous bummer. Dial published many classics and modern bangers that I read at school, or for fun, or to my kids.

Looking forward to seeing the results of this un-demolition. (Molition?)

Last night’s dream: I got a job with a local newspaper covering burritos. Exaggerated my burrito enthusiasm quite a bit in the interview.

I’m gonna make the most of International Women’s Day and soak in the unconditional appreciation for all 24 hours. Wait. 23.

Three days in to meteorological spring aka Shauna Spring. Make way for linen sheets and Marshmallow Peeps. Take a walk before the pollen takes over and the humidity becomes oppressive. Not everything is terrible. Not everything is terrible.

Nashville Public Library main downtown branch finally has a tentative reopening date (March 30) after nine months closed. From the @nashvillebanner.bsky.social:

Dinosaur prices?

Oof. I just read your post in the most uncharitable, pedantic way possible, and I gotta tell ya: it's not looking good for you.

Forty buses grounded means lots of parents scrambling, lots of empty seats in classrooms and a learning disruption for everyone. I’m looking forward to seeing how the school board handles this and what candidates for the upcoming school board election have to say. www.wgnsradio.com/article/9789...

INVESTIGATION: Over the last 5 months, the Banner and a coalition of partners analyzed 52 hours of footage and thousands of pages of documents from a joint THP/ICE operation targeting Nashville’s predominantly immigrant neighborhoods. Here’s what we found: (1/11) ✍️ @sarahgracetaylor.bsky.social

sigh

Halftime was gorgeous. Followed up by the most fatphobic, piece of trash, garbage butt commercial I have ever seen.

Takes the EGG?

This is happening a lot to female journalists. So here is a modest proposal for the White House press corps: Stand together. No one should ask another question until the President answers the question that was ignored.

“I’m not gonna go as far as saying that we caused deaths here,” Councilmember Jordan Huffman said. “But I would say there’s a damn good chance that it happened that way.” nashvillebanner.com/2026/02/03/n...

Best part of the Grammys was that Fugees moment, even if Wyclef Jean didn’t emerge from Lauryn Hill’s enormous skirt like I hoped he would. She could have hidden so many friends in there.

Some help from Airbnb. news.airbnb.com/airbnb-org-o...

POETREE ✍🏻 Shauna Lavoy Reynolds @shaunashauna.bsky.social (?) 🎨 Shahrzad Maydani 2019, Dial Books/Penguin Random House a girl a tree 🌳 a poem 📝 a friendship 🥰 ♥️ Stunning opening line #PB #friendship #nature #poetry

When the dogs walk on this ice, there's a graceful little crunch that only sometimes breaks the surface. When I walk on the ice, it sounds like dumping glass into the bin at the recycling center. I'm leaving enormous yeti footprints, too.

I didn't realize it was #ALAYMA day. I'm sad to feel so disconnected from that community these days, both as a reader and a writer. But I can still always get behind a joyful celebration of children's literature. And a little joy goes a long way these days.

“Women and girls are far more reluctant to use AI. This should be no surprise to any of us. Women don’t see this as exciting new technology, but as simply new ways to harass and abuse us and try and push us offline.”

At least eight colleges and universities across the United States received bomb threats targeting their libraries yesterday: bookriot.com/university-l...

Like Elmo.

What if none of these things is a distraction from the other things and instead they're all just horrible things

And you didn't "ball (your) eyes out."

Oh.

I hope your year exceeds all expectations. I hope your year is full of sweetness, love and light. ❤️

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