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

Here is one of the dumbest things about vibe coding that I don't see a lot of people talking about Imagine you're an open source maintainer and someone opens up a pull request against your repository that they vibe coded. They may or may not tell you they vibe coded it; it doesn't really matter… 🧵

Your coworkers who use AI too much

Fuck ice

ICE spotted in Inglewood. D7 has a large immigrant population, plus ICE targets Home Depot and we have one of those. If you see ICE call Music City MigraWatch 615-933-8409.

We’re keeping tabs on/trying to verify ICE encounters in Nashville. If you see something, let us know. I’m on signal at sgtaylor.01, email [email protected] or you can DM me. @iamstevenhale.bsky.social is at iamstevenhale.88 @stelliott.bsky.social is stephen.81

Don’t we have a Downtown library that needed renovations??? Seems a good use of this funding that was already approved in the DMC’s grant contract would be to… renovate the library the NDP’s subcontractors blew up. Ah but wait, the mayors office is choosing to limit this use out with the MOU.

I think about it all the time. And I think we shouldn’t give the private org ultimately responsible $15 Million for surveillance equipment.

lol the mayor’s office favorite way to refute every single point we make is simply to claim “it’s misinformation” with no substantive rebuttal. Dave Rosenberg did the same thing with fusus and every single thing we said about surveillance tech has happened since then.

Some Lower Broad bar owners appeal their reappraisals while others seek nine-figure sales — telling two different stories about Nashville's party center.

Nashville’s got free money for the NFL, but free bus fare? NO WAY. We mustn’t give an inch to the poor! It’s a violation of market principles!

Despite a THP spokesperson saying "all stops were made after observations of traffic violations," only about 14 percent of 607 reports from the May 2025 ICE/THP sting list a reason for the traffic stop.

Come finish the week out strong and learn how to make every week #WeekWithoutDriving!

A new court watch group in Nashville hopes to hold judges and the criminal justice system accountable, educate the public on issues, and help Nashville’s citizens understand what they are voting for. ✏️: @mikeiereiland.bsky.social

Look at all these awesome bikes! Want to see even more? Come join us for the Cargo Bike Show & Tell on October 5th! facebook.com/events/s/fal...

Nashville Department of Transportation faces off with citizens who want to reinstall seating on Korean Veterans Boulevard.

Diana says "funding structures" are an impediment to quickly implementing life-saving projects. Has anyone asked her who paid the ~$150k to remove the 9th Ave bike lane? Would love to know the answer to that.

"We use coding agents like junior developers". Cool. So you get the dual benefits of it being slower than an experienced developer to get a half-decent result *and* it never learns. Bargain!

Great advocacy here from Meredith Montgomery of @walkbikenashville.bsky.social and Veronica Foster from @civicdesigncenter.bsky.social. Sounds like it's time for @freddieoconnell.bsky.social to take a position.

Learn how to ride a bike this weekend with Bike Fun Nashville

We won. Watch me and @neilkornutick.bsky.social race the 55 in downtown Nashville on a Saturday night

Truly a mystery how the flex posts get broken…

I really hope Nashville politicians are paying attention to all of the alarming news that has come out around surveillance since passing the “guardrails” legislation. At this point, it should be glaringly obvious to everyone that there is absolutely no way to safely use surveillance technology.

Best comprehensive explainer of all of the problems with the Nashville Downtown Partnership & their various partners just dropped: open.substack.com/pub/promethe...

CMs *want* departments making political decisions, because it saves them from the blowback

And a great, very well-sourced (& hilariously dark) read from Mike Lacy on the Nashville Downtown Partnership here: open.substack.com/pub/promethe...

NASHVILLE, show up for the public hearing this Tuesday, July 15th to speak at the public hearing against the BID legislation. The Nashville Downtown Partnership has an outsized influence on our city with no accountability or oversight. It’s time for council to tell them NO. More info in posts below!

“IN VIOLATION OF THE DEPARTMENT’S POLICY” Policies are only as good as the people entrusted to enforce them, my friends. That’s why we cannot give an inch on the surveillance state.

we (sort of) have an answer! I put in a FOIA request on this: NDOT spent around $150,000 to rip out a safety project and restore 1.5 (call it two) free street parking spaces for the Westview Condos, plus a loading zone on the west side plus consultant fees, plus staff time

This is just gross on so many levels.

This happened on May 8th, the Mayor's office was notified on May 9th, but the footage wasn't released until the day after the Metro budget was passed on June 17th 🤔 Did council know about this? @delishiafornash.bsky.social @emilyfor7.bsky.social @quinevanssegall.bsky.social @ginnywelsch.bsky.social

Amid state-federal joint immigration sweeps last month in South Nashville, a Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper, tailed by ~4 feds, swooped in on a routine Metro traffic stop. The state trooper asked to "take over" the stop.

Understand CM Toombs general point about the hypocrisy of wanting services but not wanting increased taxes BUT it’s a bit insane to continue saying there’s no option but raising property taxes when they give SO MUCH MONEY TO MNPD

LAPD when they think nobody is watching

It’s not just that it’s clearly intentional, it’s that it’s clearly intentional knowing that he’s being recorded. They know they can do whatever they want with complete impunity.

Homies, you can watch anti-ICE protests live in LA here: Twitch.tv/woke

I feel like this is easier to ignore in some places than others, but American citizens have been at war with “their” police forces for decades and I don’t know how to get people to understand that a lethal occupying force has never and will never keep us safe

Nashvillians should not have to show up every dang year to beg their elected officials for affordable housing, a living wage, and more money for community instead of more money for cops. And yet they do. Thanks to everyone who took the time tonight.

When we’re out winter canvassing & giving folks supplies & rides to shelter, we are CONSTANTLY seeing Downtown Partnership harassing & threatening folks. A homeless friend in a wheelchair passed out from low blood sugar arrested for “obstructing a pedestrian walkway” comes to mind when I read this.

Jesus tapdancing Christ "The reason state troopers are being summoned to arrest the homeless, a WSMV4 Investigation found, is that they are working for a proprietary security organization in which the troopers are paid with private dollars by a downtown Nashville business organization."

Worth taking note of who spent the last 6 months gaslighting those of us who raised concerns

While Nashville police did not do this, it appears police departments elsewhere across the state used license plate readers for exactly the sort of thing critics feared they would.

I'm just really, really tired of seeing headlines about fatal hit-and-runs. These bike lanes should be protected with concrete or steel, not paint and a sign. www.wsmv.com/2025/05/22/b...

This is exactly why we’ve been fighting surveillance for YEARS now. For the local politicians who have dismissed us, ridiculed us, accused of us spreading misinformation, etc… I hope you are opening your eyes to what we’ve seen all along. It’s here and it’s happening.

Less than half of the 196 people arrested locally by ICE had any criminal history, the agency claims in an informational release.

This is what real leadership looks like. Thank you @aftynbehn.bsky.social, we’re so lucky to have you representing us! ❤️

Reflection on ICE terrorizing our community this week. open.substack.com/pub/aftynbeh...

Nashville's very own, heroic, righteous State Representative, Aftyn Behn, chronicles her night stocking #ICE. Chilling. Read. Support her work. #Resist #Coup @aftynbehn.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/aftynbeh...

If you see Tennessee Highway Patrol and unmarked cars behind, it is more than likely ICE. This is how they’ve been conducting detentions this week. Report to music city migra watch at (615) 933-8409. Get best photos/videos possible of vehicles, plates, agents and give nearest intersection/landmark.