Nashville was severely gerrymandered after the 2020 census. The entirety of Nashville (Davidson county) was in district 5 which was solidly blue. They split Nashville into three pieces to be watered down by the more rural areas to create the new Tennessee 7, 6 & 5. This is voter suppression.

Tennessee is a truly fucked up place, I left for a reason. HOWEVER, Nashville and middle Tennessee are so gerrymandered getting anywhere close is proof that there are lots of people fighting for something better.

Praying tn 7 can pull this through after being so horribly gerrymandered

Taskmasters team challenge this week is very fitting after this weekend 😂

Earlier this year, we published an article headlined “10 Ways to Enrich the Trumps and the MAGA Movement.” We failed, though, to consider that the president might simply force the US government, i.e. us taxpayers, to straight-up pay him hundreds of millions of dollars. Our bad.

Things are rough right now. Here is my dog in a flower bonnet intended for my nieces Halloween costume.

The world is falling apart and my Diet Coke tastes weird and it might be the straw that breaks the camels back.

once again, if tylenol caused autism, america would have a better rail system

The hundreds of hours I spent playing mancala growing up really prepared me for my weekly pill holder fill up.

THE FUCKING IRONY.

Wordle 1,553 1/6 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I’ve been using the same first word for years. Time to quit I guess.

Covid and flu shots done for the year and they gave me a free bag of white cheddar popcorn

Trashy hometown billboard company put up this trash….

“They are going to use this against us” They won this election by explicitly promising to harm trans people, queer people, Black people, immigrants, and women. They are occupying D.C. and kidnapping people and blowing up boats. What further ammunition do you think they require?

Charlie Kirk deserves about as much sympathy as he’s extended to the millions of people whose lives have been destroyed by the rhetoric he and his ilk profit off of.

My dog seems to have decided his task is to notify me every time my air fryer, microwave, or other kitchen timer beeps.

[looking at the gettysburg address] “that sign won’t stop me because i can’t read”

Flying to see baby niece tomorrow and finished her crochet dress just in time.

Making great use of my second monitor today.

BALTIMORE MAYOR BRANDON SCOTT: “D.C.’s violent crime is at a 30 year low…. It’s notable every city Trump called out has a Black mayor - most are seeing HISTORIC LOWS in violent crime… he could learn a lot from instead of throwing things at us.”

I’ve considered getting those talking dog buttons for my poodle but he would either (1) never get it or (2) weaponize it.

My baby brother starts his last year of elementary school on Monday and I’m emotional about it.

I do think my 18lb dog would have been capable of offing my building management this morning after we had to walk down and back up 7 flights of steps for the second time this week because both elevators were out. The first time he was annoyed. Second time he was pissed.

Tuesday is my teams normal day in office but I didn’t go in for personal reasons and got this from a team member who turned around and went home after walking in to an un air conditioned swamp. Happy year end close.

Scrolling through tiktok today and all I’m seeing is eulogies of the American dream, songs about the evils of where we’ve come and the hope we once held. It’s a dark day.

I’ve ordered 9 books in the last 24 hours as some sort of attempt to comfort my soul and I may or may not have 4 more chilling in my bookshop dot org cart 🫠🤫

Yesterday was the end of my time with this sweet old man. I never expected to have him as long as I did since he was an estimated 13 when I got him in 2020. So glad his silly little face was on the page before the puppies I was initially considering on the rescue’s website.

Everything might be on fire but my Trader Joe’s flowers I bought as a distraction are holding on.

Well shucks

Hot take: the way Tucker grills Ted Cruz in those clips should be the rule not the exception. If more of the media did this we would be in a much better place* (* = It should go without saying that we are not and never will be Tucker fans)

I grew up on the Evita soundtrack and now I really want to go see it in London cause these tiktoks have got me hooked

Only read 36 books last year. Already surpassed that for this year. Reading to dissociate from the current state of the country/world is fun.

Reading about the assassination and attempted assassination in MN and absolutely sick to my stomach. This country is so fucking broken and sick

Apparently in an autumn 🍂

I signed up for a silly little event weeks ago to distract myself tonight. When I signed up I wasn’t thinking that it was this stupid parade weekend and my metro is gonna pass maga central. I was hoping to avoid the entirety of downtown this weekend

The world is on fire and I have to keep working my day job??

Padilla: If this is how DHS responds to a senator with a question you can only imagine what they're doing to farm workers, to cooks, to day laborers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California.

Started a sweater. Will it be ready by fall? Only time will tell

May she rest in peace and may private equity rot in hell. They happened to have a lot of orange that’s pretty darn close to Tennessee orange so going to make some fuzzy blankets for the nephews and niece and their vol loving parents. All the skeins I got were $0.25-$0.60. Goodbye joann

I’m also flying with a cheddar parm sourdough loaf in my backpack which is also fragrant and I want a piece

My gate is between auntie Anne’s and Cinnabon and the smells are way more tempting than anything deserves to be at 5:45 am.

And how much did they spend on wages in this search? Probably $100s of thousands to “save” a few thousand? As an auditor I would have been fired.

It took a lot for me to not put this on my dog’s head like friends thanksgiving episode.

And with your help we can make them feel even worse

Mayday Movement on the National Mall

American politician job listing:

My stubborn senior dogs like to plant his feet and stare at passerbys on the sidewalk and refuses to walk until they’re gone in the slim chance they might pet him and it makes me sad for him.

ABC is discussing if he prefers Roman pizza or deep dish