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submitted 3 hours ago • 0 comments

It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office. Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc. Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.

submitted 1 day ago • 2077 comments

Texas Senator Ted Cruz posts a progress report of his recent accomplishments and tags Elon Musk, the unelected CEO of the United States. Our elected officials are reporting to an oligarch now.

submitted 8 hours ago • 68 comments

"trump take egg!" I shout as I crest the hill. a bullet strikes me and I fall. my brother in arms behind me takes my rifle from my weakening grasp. "trump take egg" ,I mumble as the color leaves my vision. "trump take egg", he reassures me as he gently closes my eyes, before rejoining the advance.

submitted 2 days ago • 11 comments

Zoning in theory: we need land use regulation to keep homes away from sources of pollution. Zoning in practice: the only places you can build new housing are right next to the highways and high-traffic streets that are your city’s largest sources of pollution.

submitted 2 days ago • 6 comments

I just remembered I had a dream I was riding with someone in a cybertruck and it was wallowing all over the road like a walrus on rollerskates anyways I’m still half convinced anything larger than a Honda Odyssey should require a separate license class

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

The next frontier in parking reform after minimum requirements: parking standards. How large the stalls must be, how flat the slopes must be, etc. Roomier standards essentially act as subsidies for SUVs and pickup trucks, forcing developers to accommodate them at everybody else’s expense.

submitted 2 days ago • 11 comments

trump take milk

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

the mayor is trying to take away your right to drink the TSA line jungle juice. don’t fall for it, folks

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submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

my “street parking is homophobic” shirt is raising a lot of questions that are already answered by my shirt

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

pretty sure I’m getting dinged by our building for this so y’all might as well see it

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

three (3) council members insisted on more feedback on this bill from the remarkably unrepresentative neighborhoods “protected” by MHZC, and not a single one of them (that I heard) mentioned feedback from Nashvillians outside them that shoulder the costs but don’t share in the benefits

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Angie Henderson has the patience of Job and whatever she gets paid is not enough

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

I look forward to CM Gadd reaching out to tenants in her district that pay higher rents because of MHZC’s work to see how they feel about moving it to the planning department

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

my thought on Fusus that no one asked for is that, considering the number of hit and runs that happen in Nashville, I wish MNPD had enough public trust for it to work as intended

submitted 4 days ago • 2 comments

logged on to the council meeting just in time to hear CM Vo say “good intentions do not erase harm.” queen

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

if we have both ADHD and a chronic illness, do we get to pick which camp we go to, or how does that work

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment