Ken Paxton is the most corrupt politician in America.  He embodies the broken system we’re running against. It’s time to come together: The People vs. Ken Paxton

The zinnias are zinnia-ing. I have given away 90 seedlings from my raised bed. The image below are the seeds from @quinevanssegall.bsky.social. The orange one is one I bought. Next time I may adopt a better strategy other than "Let's just put all of them out and see what happens!"

Single excel workbook form = 18mb. Just tell me you hate me and be done already.

Memorial Day is best enjoyed on a bike! If Metro welcomed it, we would gladly return to the Stones River Greenway (and elsewhere potentially!). Thanks for riding!

Why can't Donelson-Hermitage have nice things. And why was it so muggy.

Seeing the council liaison from Metro Water calling on a Friday night is always bad news.

I have seen Phil Ponder twice in two days, and I am always struck by how together a man in his 90s is.

Doug was so happy. 😄

Read all the hijinks in District 12. It's a zoo out here. 😄 👇

In Napier, Residents Express Concerns About Community Policing and Engagement nashvillebanner.com/2026/05/18/n...

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Good news, this duckling popped out of a drain in a different neighborhood!

Mom duck and her ducklings were trapped in a neighborhood pool. After several were scooped out the Mom ran so fast she lost 2 of her babies in a storm drain. MWS tried but couldn't find them. 😦

I have tour ideas. This isn't one of them.

After Losing Appeal, Solaren Risk Management Faces a Six-Figure Fine and License Suspension nashvillebanner.com/2026/05/15/s...

How many social media sites allow you to upload a PDF instead of an image file, if any?

I wrote a letter to a CEO when I was a kid and he sent me a t-shirt and a thank you. His favorite book was "Call of the Wild."

In 13 years of learning about various government programs and agencies, the two-word phrase that explains the most, and that I most wish the general public knew about and understood, is “administrative burden”.

Here’s what we know 🧵 - 16 Peds & Cyclists have died so far this year - VZAC got an incredibly long list of projects passed around on print out at our April 7th meeting - We deferred to wait until our April 21st meeting to go into details, expecting the full list to be emailed to members for review

Visiting my Mom for Mother's Day, I learned that her county is getting the world's largest data center on 1,700 acres. youtu.be/iehXN-geDgA?...

Today my friend released the butterflies she and her 3 year old daughter raised from a kit they got on Amazon. One of the butterflies promptly started flying and was immediately taken out by a bird. Happy Mother's Day!

We made this one for the real sickos and wonks with 16 maps and charts to compare the new districts with the old:

This made me cackle.

Virginia Supreme court has thrown out the voter-passed redistricting referendum, restoring the GOP's seats - the day after Tennessee legislators steamrolled Dems to eliminate the last Dem seat vacourts.gov/static/opini...

BREAKING: Tennessee legislators just voted to further erode the rights of Black voters across the state by redrawing our congressional districts. Voting rights and representation are not up for debate. We’ll see Governor Lee in court.

Man, listening/reading all of this special session content has really amped up my anxiety.

To boil down what experts on this Tennessee House Redistricting Committee are saying, the Tennessee 9th District, based in Memphis, wasn't created as part of the Voting Rights Act. It was drawn to represent a large urban area, which used to be majority white. Demographics shifted.

COLBERT: How dumb do you think it is for people to say that I should run for president? OBAMA: Well, you know, the bar has changed. I think you would perform significantly better than some folks we've seen. COLBERT: Is that an endorsement? OBAMA: It was not

Well, just like with every election you win some and you lose some.

NEW: Tennessee House and Senate Republicans still haven’t agreed on a version of Congressional redistricting — though they have taken a vote on the mystery maps already. Now they’re asking the White House to decide: Via @nashvillebanner.bsky.social nashvillebanner.com/2026/05/05/t...

Steve mentioning a very distressing fact right now. Oh, and I saw gas for $4.19 in Hermitage an hour ago.

Polls are closed in Nashville. Given the low turnout in this election, the early vote is likely to be 1) over half of the votes cast and 2) likely to tell us who the winners are.

The Tennessee House and Senate gaveled out of the first day of a special legislative session to redraw congressional maps less than an hour after starting, setting up committees and announcing rules that will limit public input.

The U.S. Department of Justice appears to be preparing to drop a nearly two-year criminal investigation of Tennessee Congressman Andy Ogles, agreeing to return or destroy evidence seized from the diehard MAGA Republican before the FBI got a chance to review it. www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...

The House appointed committees for the special session and gaveled out until Wednesday.

@russbradford.com is ready for his first WeGo Star ride. 🦞

It was a beautiful morning for a Greenway bridge ribbon cutting at Ascend Amphitheater! 🦞

I threw out @quinevanssegall.bsky.social zinnia seeds over the weekend and already have sprouts.

Reading about today's Supreme Court decision and then learning we have had just over 16k voters so far in a countywide election is beyond depressing.

ICE presence today is high. Reports of more vehicles and even an arrest of a 4 year old.

U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn is already calling for a special legislative session to redraw Tennessee's congressional maps: the state's only majority minority district is CD 9 in Memphis and it is also the only Democratic-held one.

With these changes, I don't think the general fund should be supporting the EBDA operations. I will probably be told that this can't happen for "reasons" or "it's illegal."

Coming soon to a future CSP: www.youtube.com/live/E25yuma...

10:08 pm, Non-severe brief downpours have bubbled up right on schedule in NW Middle TN. These will move NE. We're going to see if we can get a weather balloon up out ahead of them and see the status of the cap up around 10,000 ft. Your donation money put to good use! Thank you!

After being elusive since Easter our rooster was finally caught!

The emu's name is Picasso: www.wkrn.com/news/local-n...

Nashville Shores is May 9th in time for Mother's Day?

The Emu has a home, was raised from a hatchling, and got out after the owners went to work. If these folks have other exotic animals, I am going to be very disappointed that they haven't introduced themselves and invited me over.