Indie
@motherindie.bsky.social
Nashvillian. Interested in Nashville politics, roller derby, reading, drinking strong black tea all day long. Got a new job so the disclaimer: opinions are my own, not my employer's, obviously.
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Years ago, I did a study for Vanderbilt about how easily employees could commute by transit. Employees earning over $80k mostly lived west and had great bus access & could commute easily. Those earning under $40k mostly lived east, with terrible access to transit & commutes would be very hard.
July 27, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Years ago, I did a study for Vanderbilt about how easily employees could commute by transit. Employees earning over $80k mostly lived west and had great bus access & could commute easily. Those earning under $40k mostly lived east, with terrible access to transit & commutes would be very hard.
Not shocked; but still, damn...
Years ago, I did a study for Vanderbilt about how easily employees could commute by transit. Employees earning over $80k mostly lived west and had great bus access & could commute easily. Those earning under $40k mostly lived east, with terrible access to transit & commutes would be very hard.
July 29, 2026 at 5:22 AM
Not shocked; but still, damn...
The vast majority of this area has HALF a bus route (it splits near the top).
We all know in our bones why the Vandy area matters more than a very diverse working class area, but we don't have to be ok with it.
To be clear, this map highlights discrimination.
We all know in our bones why the Vandy area matters more than a very diverse working class area, but we don't have to be ok with it.
To be clear, this map highlights discrimination.
A little desner/essentially the same - South Nashville. Notice the huge discrepancy in bus service: hundreds of stops in West Nashville, 51 in South. Also consider how many more parks, greenways, and bike lanes service in Edgehill, Hillsboro, West End and 12 South.
July 29, 2026 at 5:18 AM
The vast majority of this area has HALF a bus route (it splits near the top).
We all know in our bones why the Vandy area matters more than a very diverse working class area, but we don't have to be ok with it.
To be clear, this map highlights discrimination.
We all know in our bones why the Vandy area matters more than a very diverse working class area, but we don't have to be ok with it.
To be clear, this map highlights discrimination.
Totally insane that Nashville Soccer Club got me to sign up for free tickets but didn't mention we would have to STAND the whole damn time.
My chronic pain could never.
Guess I'm still not going to see a NSC game.
My chronic pain could never.
Guess I'm still not going to see a NSC game.
July 25, 2026 at 12:08 AM
Totally insane that Nashville Soccer Club got me to sign up for free tickets but didn't mention we would have to STAND the whole damn time.
My chronic pain could never.
Guess I'm still not going to see a NSC game.
My chronic pain could never.
Guess I'm still not going to see a NSC game.
I ain't never shown a picture ID at the Olive Garden except when I ordered some alcohol drinks to cleanse my palate of the terrible taste. Sure as hell wasn't for pasta.
Scalise: "Anybody that gets on an airplane has to show a picture ID to vote. Nowadays, if you want to go to Olive Garden and get unlimited pasta, you gotta show a picture ID. This isn't complicated stuff."
July 22, 2026 at 3:28 AM
I ain't never shown a picture ID at the Olive Garden except when I ordered some alcohol drinks to cleanse my palate of the terrible taste. Sure as hell wasn't for pasta.
If I had a dollar for every time the weather radio went off, I wouldn't need to go to work Thursday.
Is there no better way than to send give or take 13 severe thunderstorm warnings as if I didn't notice the blaring siren-like hell sound of the first one?
Is there no better way than to send give or take 13 severe thunderstorm warnings as if I didn't notice the blaring siren-like hell sound of the first one?
July 22, 2026 at 3:24 AM
If I had a dollar for every time the weather radio went off, I wouldn't need to go to work Thursday.
Is there no better way than to send give or take 13 severe thunderstorm warnings as if I didn't notice the blaring siren-like hell sound of the first one?
Is there no better way than to send give or take 13 severe thunderstorm warnings as if I didn't notice the blaring siren-like hell sound of the first one?
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Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal.
July 22, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal.
Pride was awesome so clearly I am favored by all higher powers.
I'm trying to manifest for this to GTFO for Pride tomorrow.
Flooding/Severe Threat for Saturday, Then Dangerous Heat Next Week.
New blog here nashvillesevereweather.com/2026/06/26/f...
New blog here nashvillesevereweather.com/2026/06/26/f...
June 28, 2026 at 3:25 AM
Pride was awesome so clearly I am favored by all higher powers.
I'm trying to manifest for this to GTFO for Pride tomorrow.
Flooding/Severe Threat for Saturday, Then Dangerous Heat Next Week.
New blog here nashvillesevereweather.com/2026/06/26/f...
New blog here nashvillesevereweather.com/2026/06/26/f...
Flooding/Severe Threat for Saturday, Then Dangerous Heat Next Week
Recent model runs have backed off on our storm chances this afternoon and evening, although chances certainly are not zero, especially with this clearing we are seeing. With any popup storm this af…
nashvillesevereweather.com
June 26, 2026 at 10:59 PM
I'm trying to manifest for this to GTFO for Pride tomorrow.
Damn thieves blew up the library, get paid exponentially more than a regular Metro worker, and are too damn incompetent to have an operating reserve. Damn this city and it's willingness to bankroll these incompetent troublemakers. Taxpayers work too damn hard to have them in charge of our money.
I would love to stop thinking about NDP but the more I learn the worse it is.
I’ve confirmed that what we heard tuesday — that they do not maintain operating reserves — came straight from Tom Turner to Metro staff.
Coupled with the lawsuit allegations this looks to be a very poorly run operation
I’ve confirmed that what we heard tuesday — that they do not maintain operating reserves — came straight from Tom Turner to Metro staff.
Coupled with the lawsuit allegations this looks to be a very poorly run operation
June 21, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Damn thieves blew up the library, get paid exponentially more than a regular Metro worker, and are too damn incompetent to have an operating reserve. Damn this city and it's willingness to bankroll these incompetent troublemakers. Taxpayers work too damn hard to have them in charge of our money.
Could someone please do an analysis which I am sure will reveal a disproportionate percentage of rainy weekends here because God apparently hates Tennessee.
Could it rain while were stuck indoors working please?
Could it rain while were stuck indoors working please?
June 12, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Could someone please do an analysis which I am sure will reveal a disproportionate percentage of rainy weekends here because God apparently hates Tennessee.
Could it rain while were stuck indoors working please?
Could it rain while were stuck indoors working please?
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This guy shouldn’t be on death row to begin with. A jury voted to give him a life sentence. They were overridden by the judge who wanted him executed. Alabama has since ended the ability of judges to override a jury’s sentence.
June 12, 2026 at 1:45 AM
This guy shouldn’t be on death row to begin with. A jury voted to give him a life sentence. They were overridden by the judge who wanted him executed. Alabama has since ended the ability of judges to override a jury’s sentence.
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For so many women, the trauma of being raped doesn’t end at the hospital door. That’s where the 2nd one starts. The treatment, the follow-up care, the months of putting yourself back together. All of it lands on the one person who did nothing wrong.
#ProtectSurvivors
#ProtectSurvivors
June 11, 2026 at 6:49 PM
For so many women, the trauma of being raped doesn’t end at the hospital door. That’s where the 2nd one starts. The treatment, the follow-up care, the months of putting yourself back together. All of it lands on the one person who did nothing wrong.
#ProtectSurvivors
#ProtectSurvivors
Sickening that nothing was done about this utter corruption. 🤢🤮
Our Pulitzer-winning "Friends of the Court" series began with this story that revealed how SCOTUS Justice Clarence Thomas had, for 20+ years, been treated to undisclosed luxury vacations by real estate titan and GOP megadonor Harlan Crow.
(Published April 2023)
(Published April 2023)
Clarence Thomas Secretly Accepted Luxury Trips From Major GOP Donor
Island-hopping on a superyacht. Private jet rides around the world. The undisclosed gifts to Thomas have no known precedent in the modern history of the Supreme Court. “It’s incomprehensible to me tha...
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June 12, 2026 at 3:04 AM
Sickening that nothing was done about this utter corruption. 🤢🤮
I teared up this morning when I realized that this is the only thing my immigrant wife has been allowed to vote on in her 25 years in America and it was taken from her and our whole community.
She says she isn't the type to call the mayor like me, but she's really upset. "This is fraud," she said.
She says she isn't the type to call the mayor like me, but she's really upset. "This is fraud," she said.
More about the Seven Mile Creek greenway extention in South Nashville where Metro Nashville Parks nixed an already funded project and took our funding, redirecting it to something different than what we voted for in Participatory Budgeting. @freddieoconnell.bsky.social
South Nashville neighbors demand answers on stalled greenway
YouTube video by NewsChannel 5
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June 11, 2026 at 6:20 PM
I teared up this morning when I realized that this is the only thing my immigrant wife has been allowed to vote on in her 25 years in America and it was taken from her and our whole community.
She says she isn't the type to call the mayor like me, but she's really upset. "This is fraud," she said.
She says she isn't the type to call the mayor like me, but she's really upset. "This is fraud," she said.
More about the Seven Mile Creek greenway extention in South Nashville where Metro Nashville Parks nixed an already funded project and took our funding, redirecting it to something different than what we voted for in Participatory Budgeting. @freddieoconnell.bsky.social
South Nashville neighbors demand answers on stalled greenway
YouTube video by NewsChannel 5
youtu.be
June 11, 2026 at 1:10 PM
More about the Seven Mile Creek greenway extention in South Nashville where Metro Nashville Parks nixed an already funded project and took our funding, redirecting it to something different than what we voted for in Participatory Budgeting. @freddieoconnell.bsky.social
Cancelled my birthday dinner because they made it sound so horrible out there then five minutes later they post that it's over.
5:29p/ No longer any portion of our two counties under a Severe Thunderstorm Warning, and it appears our severe threat is over for the evening. However, a Flash Flood Warning for much of Davidson Co. remains in effect until 7p. If you encounter a flooded roadway, turn around - don't drown.
June 9, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Cancelled my birthday dinner because they made it sound so horrible out there then five minutes later they post that it's over.
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NDP can’t be trusted to handle fossil fuels. Cargo bikes and electric tools for all nashvillebanner.com/2026/06/08/n...
June 8, 2026 at 4:25 PM
NDP can’t be trusted to handle fossil fuels. Cargo bikes and electric tools for all nashvillebanner.com/2026/06/08/n...
It couldn't possibly be that we are more experienced in detecting and avoiding bullshit. Gotta be that we're not techy enough.
One of the more misogynistic takes currently trending in the AI policy space is "women use less AI than men because they have less tech literacy" Ok but have you considered that women use less AI than men because we have more tech literacy?
May 30, 2026 at 7:34 PM
It couldn't possibly be that we are more experienced in detecting and avoiding bullshit. Gotta be that we're not techy enough.
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What happens when publishers begin avoiding LGBTQ+ stories before a book is ever challenged? This article explores how years of censorship efforts are creating a chilling effect across the publishing industry, making it harder for queer voices & stories to reach readers
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bookriot.com/queer-books-...
Queer Books and Authors are at a Breaking Point
Authors, agents, publishers: every part of the industry is seeing the strain of five years of escalating anti-LGBTQ censorship.
bookriot.com
May 29, 2026 at 12:57 PM
What happens when publishers begin avoiding LGBTQ+ stories before a book is ever challenged? This article explores how years of censorship efforts are creating a chilling effect across the publishing industry, making it harder for queer voices & stories to reach readers
bookriot.com/queer-books-...
bookriot.com/queer-books-...
3 years ago I submitted 9 ideas for Nashville's participatory budgeting. The one promised to our neighborhood was funded but Metro Parks is refusing to complete it. Frustrating when I had so much hope three years ago.
May 27, 2026 at 10:01 PM
3 years ago I submitted 9 ideas for Nashville's participatory budgeting. The one promised to our neighborhood was funded but Metro Parks is refusing to complete it. Frustrating when I had so much hope three years ago.
Wow this is bizarre. I wish California was sovereign. I'd move back to my birth country and they'd not have to subsidize welfare red states anymore. No war from states that cannot afford to exist without blue state money.
Justice Thomas, joined by Justice Alito: California's issuance of driver's licenses to illegal immigrants would justify Florida going to war with California if they weren't part of the same country.
www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
![As to the first factor, this Court has described as a “model case” a dispute
that “would amount to casus belli if the States were fully
sovereign.” Ibid. (internal quotation marks omitted). In
other words, the Court asks whether the dispute would be
a matter of diplomatic concern in the international arena.
This case appears to meet that standard. A dispute over
one nation sending dangerous people into another “would
be the source of considerable international tension.” Texas,
593 U. S., at ___ (opinion of ALITO, J.) (slip op., at 9). If
Florida were an independent nation, it “might resolve [this]
dispute by diplomacy, by submitting it to international arbitration, or by self-help measures.” Ibid.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gqbrsb2cdeaz5ybuo3kk7vs7/bafkreigdqy32dpst6m535pnaunzmn7s6ich5yyhjq3mreoge54q2bfsfkm)
May 26, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Wow this is bizarre. I wish California was sovereign. I'd move back to my birth country and they'd not have to subsidize welfare red states anymore. No war from states that cannot afford to exist without blue state money.
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Finally, a clear repudiation of the brain-dead “it’s just a tool” argument that gets floated cynically about every new technology:
May 25, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Finally, a clear repudiation of the brain-dead “it’s just a tool” argument that gets floated cynically about every new technology:
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Open Spaces & Greenway Commission does not have a current roster of members, does not publicly notice their meetings in a timely fashion, and does not post their meeting minutes or agenda anywhere. Which is all a violation of the Open Meetings Act.
May 22, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Open Spaces & Greenway Commission does not have a current roster of members, does not publicly notice their meetings in a timely fashion, and does not post their meeting minutes or agenda anywhere. Which is all a violation of the Open Meetings Act.