For when the holidays aren’t “happy”: Emergency Resources: National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 988 or 911 for emergencies TN Mental Health Crisis Hotline 855-274-7471 Crisis Test line Text TN to 741741 Child Abuse Hotline 877-237-0004 Rutherford Co Department of Children's Services 615-494-4540

Happy New Year! 🥂

The year is 2382. All physical and digital media was lost in a great cataclysm that humanity has gradually rebuilt itself from. The village gathers for festivities and drinks. A travelling musician plays a song passed down in folk tradition for centuries. It is called the YMCA. Everyone joins in

Blaming voters is funy cause its technically correct and you can easily form an argument where its a moral duty...... and that will not impact most people's behavior. It just refuses to engage in the question of "what do we do about this". You have to engage with the fact people being peopling

Anyone else notice fascism’s appeal on the Far-right AND Far-left?

“[P]rotests are important – particularly if the political opposition builds on them – but so are small, local gatherings that bring together people from a range of backgrounds and ideologies to solve shared concerns.“

We have a hot take on Dem’s loss in recent special election…

100% concur with the following statements.

Good job, Ohio! Having taught high school for years, this was always a problem with several of my students. Kroger, mostly, seemed to stretch or even ignore labor laws. Also exploited children employees as soon as they turned 18. Even tho still in school

Which parents are the ones who get "parental rights?" In Bellbrook-Sugarcreek School District (OH), it's those who want to ban books featuring any "sexuality content" or "gender ideology." Inside the school board's educationally-destructive new policy: bookriot.com/bellbrook-su...

I concur.

Republican Leadership = Purposeful Incompetence They mean to dismantle everything good

Our country’s spirit animal for 2025

“Well, let’s just agree to disagree then…”

More ideas to steal…

A big NO from here in TN

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Federal push to override state artificial intelligence laws puts Tennessee's ELVIS Act in the crosshairs

We are focused on local and state politics. But our local duties, and possibly eventually our lives, are in dire jeopardy at this moment in American history. This is the line in the sand: NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW. POLITICAL EXECUTIONS ARE THE END OF OUR COUNTRY AS WE KNOW IT.

Hey… can we borrow some ideas?

A new survey finds that walkability commands price premiums. "Those living in walkable communities also reported being happier -- perhaps a result of less gas fumes and gridlock, more fresh air and exercise, and the ability to wave and say howdy to your neighbor." www.realtor.com/news/trends/...

Retired Perry County officer weighs civil rights lawsuit after 37-day jail stay over Facebook comment

Free buses in Iowa City = ☀️ cleaner air 🛣 less traffic ⏱ faster commutes 😁 healthier, happier people www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...

Did you know Tennessee’s governor Bill Lee is the heir to an HVAC empire? Can we PLEASE get some clean air in the classrooms, Mr. CEO of Lee Company? You can even give yourself the contract 😉 (we know your type)

Ya know your views are super solid and good when you feel the need to block someone for asking sincere and pertinent questions

It is okay. When you’re ready, let’s combat the vile by doing some good. See what we are doing for ideas! THEvolunteerparty.com

“You have to go the way your blood beats. If you don’t live the only life you have, you won’t live some other life, you won’t live any life at all," ~ James Baldwin

Vouchers are Jim Crowe

It’s fuel for movements

The Moms for Loonytoons had a bad election night. Every single one of their endorsed candidates nationwide lost. The whole idea of the "M4L" was to push fringe far-right politics into the mainstream using school boards as a vehicle. But despite all that money, they've failed at their core mission.

You can’t just tell people to show up and vote if neither party represents them. The problem isn’t the voters. The problem is the parties. A large percentage of the population looks at these parties and sees corruption. And that vision is crystal clear.

Give back instead!

Oh my goodness.

"Do we want our kids to be able to roam freely in our neighborhoods? Do we want to be able to walk to the market and church...? Or do we want to be entirely dependent on our cars to go everywhere?...Sarah made the right choice the day she died. I hope one day our community will catch up." #WDoR2025

Neighborhoods built in the pre car era are always the most expensive per square foot. People love them and are willing to pay for them, yet we treat them like pre-atomic steel.

Thoughts???

You can start small- connect with your community and talk to your neighbors. Go to school board, city council, or county commission meetings, sign up for your local political party’s newsletter, volunteer at the local shelter, food pantry, church, nursing home, or PTO. Start at home. Do some good 😊

I’m trying something over here… I’d love for this idea to take off and bud up all over.

Proud that my sheriff’s department refused to cooperate with ICE. It’s solely because they know we residents will FLIP

NEW: Tennessee has one of the highest rates of gun-related homicide. A blind spot in the state's probation department appears at a time when experts say offenders are a danger to domestic violence victims, @wpln.bsky.social and @propublica.org found.

In Hemmer’s parting statement, he urged constituents to continue holding elected officials “to the highest standards of ethical and professional conduct.”

OMG can we be friends????

Reposting for no particular reason…

DECRIMINALIZE DRUG USE.

Why do we ever argue with uneducated people about the value of education? I remember being uneducated. And I remember the long act of ‘being educated.’ The latter is waaaaaaay better, okay?

Looking for the controversy…. 🔭🔮🔬🩻👓🔎

Well, this is a buncha bull 💩

I’m getting this tattooed on my back