We got beat: www.fox13memphis.com/news/mata-of... 🦞

My daughter just created a metro council diorama and titled it “Boring Meeting”. Her first agenda item is “build more houses so kids has places to live” 🥹

Just Margot in a fleece onesie at Peeler Park. Because it’s Thursday, and we all need a pick-me-up.

OMG SHE DID NOT EVEN READ THE ARTICLE. I AM DEAD. Calvin said, in today’s Homelessness Planning Council meeting, “Quite honestly, I did not read the article. I couldn’t get past the first sentence, just because it was not factual.”

I truly wish government officials would speak in plain English. Just listened to OHS Director April Calvin address Eli’s reporting in the Scene. I could barely follow what she was saying, and I worked at the precursor to OHS. Lots of innuendo and allusion to things unsaid.

America is basically a failed experiment at this point but @colbysledge.bsky.social is posting again so not all is lost I think

there are places in America you can just … get on a train. I’d love to be part of one someday

The U.S. Supreme Court has temporarily agreed to let the Trump administration forgo paying SNAP food benefits for the entire month of November.

WeGo: Call a special meeting of the board to update the public. Precedent for special called meetings is 5 days notice. Get it on the calendar. Journey Pass cannot enroll riders at-scale, and we’re pulling resources away from other priorities. Bag the box. nashvillebanner.com/2025/11/07/w...

I’m just going to leave this here. www.fastcompany.com/91372556/wha...

WeGo said there’s stigma associated with showing a bus driver a SNAP card yet their IG story right now is them filming a line of SNAP recipients waiting for a Journey Pass at WeGo Central. Absolutely disgusting & indicative of how much they value positive PR over the dignity of our neighbors 🤬🤬🤬

Why would the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office be involved here…?

No child deserves to go hungry and I also think it’s weird how people seem to think that there are in fact adults who deserve to starve

This entire thing has descended into mass chaos and confusion. Every single part of this mess was completely avoidable. BAG THE FARE BOX AND FREEZE FARES NOW. Journey Pass roll out being expedited before being ready is NOT WORKING. So much conflicting information and confusion.

BAG THE F****N’ BOX

My hot take is that the Democratic Party needs to spend less time on messaging and more time on getting hot. Getting yoked for democracy.

Hey @sandrafornash.bsky.social wyd in 2031?

WHERE IS NASHVILLE’S HOT MILLENNIAL MAYOR?

The allegations in the not-yet-filed ethics complaint likely do not amount to a violation of Metro’s ethics code. However, encouraging people to call the police on folks collecting signatures on a recall petition is counterproductive, inappropriate & indicative of a fragile ego.

Across two terms I’ve been able to count the blue-collar, non-college, and tenant councilmembers on one hand. That’s probably a supermajority of the county tho

When @mendesbob.bsky.social says do something, you do it.

Infrastructure comes when you build. How many sidewalks were built before a neighborhood? How many schools existed before a town?

OUT: Dick Cheney IN: Mayor Zohran Mamdani

There are very few councilmembers who do shitposting well.

This is classist bullshit. Also, none of this is for free! We subsidize WeGo’s operations & if they’re really going to be so devastated by a fare freeze for a period of time then let’s use OUR TAX DOLLARS from CHYM (just drew $104mil) to cover it. Homeless & poor folks pay sales tax just like us.

YEP! In NYC, free fare pilot resulted in a 39.8% decrease in verbal and physical assaults on bus operators. In Kansas City, 40% decrease with fare free. Stop the classist & racist dog whistles about safety and use the data we have from other cities. Anything else is disingenuous, bigoted BS.

She only grows stronger when they say things like this.

Stephen Bland read, “WHEN MCKINSEY COMES TO TOWN” and thought, wow, those folks at McKinsey have some really good points.

A creature who has never paid a cent for transportation and somehow still respects and appreciates the service.

“Payment creates a relationship” is not an argument that any leader of an allegedly progressive city should be making with a straight face.

If your last name is BLAND maybe you’re not ready for the SPICY FARE-FREE MOVEMENT. 🚏🚍🔥

Co-sign. This is not the time to quibble over anything. Being progressive/leftist/etc *requires* action, and people can’t eat Process. We need to move, now

ANOTHER WIN FOR FARE-FREE!

THIS IS DUMB AND WE NEED TO BE WILLING TO SAY SO.

Dear Stephen G. Bland, I respect my drivers. I respect WeGo. I say "Hello" when I get on and "Stay safe" when I get off. I do not need any sort of relationship beyond that. But my respect would grow exponentially if WeGo went fare-free for all. Kthnxby, Ezra A. Howard, Ph.D.

There is a fare freeze resolution on the council’s agenda tomorrow. It is an amendment to @erinfor12.bsky.social’s SNAP resolution. Let your council members know:

Why does everything have to be a fight? Just let people who have a SNAP card on the bus.

Portrait of a dog at rest.

A federal judge on Saturday issued a written order saying there is “no question” that U.S. Department of Agriculture contingency funds must be used to provide food assistance for 42 million Americans during the government shutdown. From @janenorman.bsky.social with @statesnewsroom.com.

Sign onto the form @johnwesssley.bsky.social linked and use the below template to email leadership at WeGo, CHYM and the Mayor! We have to do what we can to ease the crushing burden of SNAP cuts on our most vulnerable neighbors. We take care of each other ❤️ docs.google.com/document/d/1...

A growing coalition is calling on WeGo to freeze fares during the lapse in SNAP benefits. Riders shouldn’t have to choose between going to the food bank and going to a Metro agency to get a bus pass. Let’s make transit a lifeline, not a burden. Add your name or org: docs.google.com/forms/d/1sPu...

Fresh food, fair access. Nashville Farmers' Market will match every SNAP dollar spent at the market up to $100. Take your receipt to get reimbursed and ensure your dollar stretches farther.

I’m crying www.semafor.com/article/10/2...

i think if you ride public transit enough you learn that most weird behavior is not dangerous, and conversely i think driving a car teaches you that everyone is trying to kill you at all times

It’s past time for April Calvin to go.

4.5 hours later — after seven-ish hours of testimony and examination — the Board of Ethical Conduct has indeed voted to dismiss the complaint, finding insufficient evidence of wrongdoing by CM Kimbrough.

Lawyer for Ryan Moses calls councilmanic courtesy a “deplorable policy” lmao

15 minutes into a 10-minute break now…