JoAnn Welch
@bebobestcat.bsky.social
Nashville, TN
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This is the telling part. GOP lost ground in every county.
December 3, 2025 at 2:49 AM
This is the telling part. GOP lost ground in every county.
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TN07 is a story about gerrymandering: the GOP cracked Nashville into 3 districts when it redrew the 2022 map, destroying the Dem seat there.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
December 3, 2025 at 2:14 AM
TN07 is a story about gerrymandering: the GOP cracked Nashville into 3 districts when it redrew the 2022 map, destroying the Dem seat there.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
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About 48% reported: no Williamson has come in -- I would expect people are still waiting to vote or just finishing -- but Behn still holds a 4% lead. If she wins, this is cataclysmic.
#TennesseeCD7
#TennesseeCD7
December 3, 2025 at 1:50 AM
About 48% reported: no Williamson has come in -- I would expect people are still waiting to vote or just finishing -- but Behn still holds a 4% lead. If she wins, this is cataclysmic.
#TennesseeCD7
#TennesseeCD7
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If you ever wondered what GOP gerrymandering looks like in red states with blue cities, I present:
December 2, 2025 at 8:49 PM
If you ever wondered what GOP gerrymandering looks like in red states with blue cities, I present:
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The community has been promised throughout this process that the bridge would stay open. It's a critical connection and the only safe way across the river. Leave the bridge alone.
@walkbikenashville.bsky.social @freddieoconnell.bsky.social @seanforfive.bsky.social @jkupin4d19.bsky.social
@walkbikenashville.bsky.social @freddieoconnell.bsky.social @seanforfive.bsky.social @jkupin4d19.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The community has been promised throughout this process that the bridge would stay open. It's a critical connection and the only safe way across the river. Leave the bridge alone.
@walkbikenashville.bsky.social @freddieoconnell.bsky.social @seanforfive.bsky.social @jkupin4d19.bsky.social
@walkbikenashville.bsky.social @freddieoconnell.bsky.social @seanforfive.bsky.social @jkupin4d19.bsky.social
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Open Table Nashville is in full-on winter mode taking care of vulnerable fellow Nashvillians. With a few clicks, you and I can be part of their efforts! They'll be busy every night this week. Let's make this happen, fam! buff.ly/yCPECcN
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November 30, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Open Table Nashville is in full-on winter mode taking care of vulnerable fellow Nashvillians. With a few clicks, you and I can be part of their efforts! They'll be busy every night this week. Let's make this happen, fam! buff.ly/yCPECcN
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Proposal to add these markings to the MUTCD.
November 29, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Proposal to add these markings to the MUTCD.
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🧵 Lowe's CEO, one of 8 Black Fortune 500 CEOs, stands firm on DEI.
"Championing Diversity Through Action: Ellison’s approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is rooted in practical change rather than public statements"
Home Depot, meanwhile, allows ICE agents to raid its parking lots.
"Championing Diversity Through Action: Ellison’s approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is rooted in practical change rather than public statements"
Home Depot, meanwhile, allows ICE agents to raid its parking lots.
November 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
🧵 Lowe's CEO, one of 8 Black Fortune 500 CEOs, stands firm on DEI.
"Championing Diversity Through Action: Ellison’s approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is rooted in practical change rather than public statements"
Home Depot, meanwhile, allows ICE agents to raid its parking lots.
"Championing Diversity Through Action: Ellison’s approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is rooted in practical change rather than public statements"
Home Depot, meanwhile, allows ICE agents to raid its parking lots.
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big late breaking news: the market monitor for the largest energy grid in the u.s., covering much of the midwest and mid-atlantic, has called to block new data centers connections to the grid, saying current course of growth assures regular blackouts
No more PJM data centers unless they can be reliably served: market monitor
The PJM Interconnection’s market monitor urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to rule that large data centers can only come online if the grid operator can still meet reliability metrics.
www.utilitydive.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:17 AM
big late breaking news: the market monitor for the largest energy grid in the u.s., covering much of the midwest and mid-atlantic, has called to block new data centers connections to the grid, saying current course of growth assures regular blackouts
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data centers are driving up electricity prices for households — and price relief may not be coming anytime soon… Residential retail electricity prices in September were up 7.4%, to about 18 cents per kilowatt hour, according the Energy Information Administration... www.cnbc.com/2025/11/26/a...
AI data center 'frenzy' is pushing up your electric bill — here's why
Energy-hungry data centers that underpin artificial intelligence are contributing to higher residential electricity bills, say experts.
www.cnbc.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:40 AM
data centers are driving up electricity prices for households — and price relief may not be coming anytime soon… Residential retail electricity prices in September were up 7.4%, to about 18 cents per kilowatt hour, according the Energy Information Administration... www.cnbc.com/2025/11/26/a...
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i think tech and ai positive people are going to be in for a big shock when anti tech and anti ai sentiment becomes a major part of leftwing politics going forward especially as datacenters continue to destroy communities and raise electricity bills
Is this platform still massively against AI or has it moved more towards acceptance?
November 26, 2025 at 5:34 AM
i think tech and ai positive people are going to be in for a big shock when anti tech and anti ai sentiment becomes a major part of leftwing politics going forward especially as datacenters continue to destroy communities and raise electricity bills
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If Mamdani could meet with Trump every day we’d have Medicare for All by the end of January.
November 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
If Mamdani could meet with Trump every day we’d have Medicare for All by the end of January.
You don’t get views like this when you commute by car.
November 14, 2025 at 12:05 AM
You don’t get views like this when you commute by car.
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If you need food, Second Harvest has a helpful tool to help you find it:
www.secondharvestmidtn.org/find-resourc...
www.secondharvestmidtn.org/find-resourc...
Find Food | Food Distribution Centers & Mobile Pantries
Looking for food for you and your family? Find a food distribution center in the Middle Tennessee area and where our Mobile Pantries will be.
www.secondharvestmidtn.org
October 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
If you need food, Second Harvest has a helpful tool to help you find it:
www.secondharvestmidtn.org/find-resourc...
www.secondharvestmidtn.org/find-resourc...
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If you are going to have kids, be prepared to fold queen size bedsheets by yourself.
September 21, 2025 at 1:16 AM
If you are going to have kids, be prepared to fold queen size bedsheets by yourself.
Just biked home from work, time to do like three hub Nashville requests…
September 8, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Just biked home from work, time to do like three hub Nashville requests…
Unsubscribed from a company whose marketing includes sustainability and carbon offsets yet started using an “AI concierge” to text me every month about my order. 🙄
September 3, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Unsubscribed from a company whose marketing includes sustainability and carbon offsets yet started using an “AI concierge” to text me every month about my order. 🙄
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One of my neighbors planted sunflowers in a traffic circle.
Another one of my neighbors added this sign.
I love Capitol Hill.
Another one of my neighbors added this sign.
I love Capitol Hill.
August 8, 2025 at 9:47 PM
One of my neighbors planted sunflowers in a traffic circle.
Another one of my neighbors added this sign.
I love Capitol Hill.
Another one of my neighbors added this sign.
I love Capitol Hill.
Is there a hub Nashville request to get a traffic light changed to whatever type can recognize cyclists and doesn’t need the weight of a car to change?
August 7, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Is there a hub Nashville request to get a traffic light changed to whatever type can recognize cyclists and doesn’t need the weight of a car to change?
Excited for this!
A bit of news:
@wesmars.bsky.social & I are launching Look Both Ways, a new podcast where we’ll debate everything transportation – from street design to robotaxis to fare-free transit.
First episode will be recorded live on Thurs, July 17th at 6p ET.
Join us then (and subscribe) ⤵️
🧵
@wesmars.bsky.social & I are launching Look Both Ways, a new podcast where we’ll debate everything transportation – from street design to robotaxis to fare-free transit.
First episode will be recorded live on Thurs, July 17th at 6p ET.
Join us then (and subscribe) ⤵️
🧵
Look Both Ways Podcast: Episode 1
YouTube video by Look Both Ways with David & Wes
www.youtube.com
July 15, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Excited for this!
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ICEblock, which allows users to alert others to the geographical location of ICE officers, is the top social networking app in the App Store right now after Karoline Leavitt condemned it from the podium yesterday.
July 1, 2025 at 7:27 PM
ICEblock, which allows users to alert others to the geographical location of ICE officers, is the top social networking app in the App Store right now after Karoline Leavitt condemned it from the podium yesterday.
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Seems like a problem that the "city's lead East Bank planner" thinks transit and bike lanes CAUSE gridlock.
Where are you @freddieoconnell.bsky.social @nashvilledot.bsky.social?
Where are you @freddieoconnell.bsky.social @nashvilledot.bsky.social?
June 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Seems like a problem that the "city's lead East Bank planner" thinks transit and bike lanes CAUSE gridlock.
Where are you @freddieoconnell.bsky.social @nashvilledot.bsky.social?
Where are you @freddieoconnell.bsky.social @nashvilledot.bsky.social?