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Ben Vaught @benvaught.bsky.social · 3h

The greenway, of course, technically closes at dusk, so even when it reopens, I’ll be breaking the law (which I’m fine with. It’s a dumb law)

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Ben Vaught @benvaught.bsky.social · 3h

With the greenway closed, my other options are both four-lane urban highways. Not fun at 1AM!

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Ben Vaught @benvaught.bsky.social · 3h

To cross Jefferson on 5th with a signal, I have to get off my bike and push the ped call button. This is easily fixable by adjusting the signal timing to eliminate the need for a ped call

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Ben Vaught @benvaught.bsky.social · 4h

Also feel compelled to point out that between the greenway closure and the lack of bike detection on signals on Jefferson, there’s no safe way to get downtown from one of Nashville’s most walkable inner ring neighborhoods @jkupin4d19.bsky.social

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Matthew Lewis is ready for progressive federalism @mateosfo.bsky.social · 5h

I am becoming convinced that autonomous vehicles are designed to solve the problem of "I live in a wealthy suburb but have a horrible car commute and don't want to drive anymore but also hate trains and buses and refuse to ride a bike."

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Ben Vaught @benvaught.bsky.social · 10h

The city built a dense walkable neighborhood full of both residents and tourists around the restaurant I own with a killer view of downtown and I am Mad Online about it

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Ben Vaught @benvaught.bsky.social · 1d

If you send me a screenshot of myself from the livestream you will be blocked and reported

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Ben Vaught @benvaught.bsky.social · 1d

I’m officially a podcast bro

This Is Nashville @thisisnashville.bsky.social · 2d

Coming up this week on This is Nashville.

This is Nashville is sponsored by Music City Prep Clinic.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

we’ll see how his mayoral tenure shakes out but i am convinced that Mamdani has the juice. not just the charisma to win an election but the temperament to govern and the measured pragmatism of someone who genuinely believes what they’re saying and wants to accomplish real things.

Inside the Improbable, Audacious and (So Far) Unstoppable Rise of Zohran Mamdani

www.nytimes.com

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Ben Vaught @benvaught.bsky.social · 1d

But hey if we want to talk about property tax rates, I have some ideas that would make us less reliant on downtown to keep the city afloat!

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Ben Vaught @benvaught.bsky.social · 1d

I wish we got this much hand wringing over residential rents

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Ben Vaught @benvaught.bsky.social · 2d

Too much malort

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Ben Vaught @benvaught.bsky.social · 2d

Ok but where do their billionaires park??? Do they have the option to park for free on the street if their garage spot is too inconvenient?

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Andes Castro @castroforgeorgia.com · 2d

I think a lot of the “change” in MTG’s messaging isn’t evolution, it’s positioning.

They know a power vacuum is coming after the Trump regime collapses.

The Epstein files will blow open, the economy’s collapsing, and the opportunists are getting ready to jump ship.

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Ben Vaught @benvaught.bsky.social · 2d

I know I’ve probably posted this a dozen times but it was just so funny

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Ben Vaught @benvaught.bsky.social · 2d

Thinking fondly of when I spoke at an MHC meeting and said that historic overlays resulted in ahistoric uses. This woman pointedly asked “just to be clear, historic overlays don’t regulate use, correct?” and then glared at me over her shoulder. Stay delusional, queen

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Ben Vaught @benvaught.bsky.social · 2d

Single family homeowners have reserved most of the city for themselves, and the rest of us have to fight over the scraps

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Ben Vaught @benvaught.bsky.social · 2d

It’s probably bad that the only place we consistently allow commercial space (immediately abutting highways) is also the only place we consistently allow densification

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Ben Vaught @benvaught.bsky.social · 2d

No mobile vending anywhere. But (new) car dealerships are permitted by right. lol. Lmao.

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Ben Vaught @benvaught.bsky.social · 2d

A second page of uses has hit the downtown code

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Ben Vaught @benvaught.bsky.social · 2d

Wait a minute. Theaters are permitted, but theatres aren’t…? My hillbilly might be showing, but what’s the difference

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 2d

the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 4d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
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Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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Ben Vaught @benvaught.bsky.social · 2d

I love that theatres are treated with similar disdain. Super logical

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Ben Vaught @benvaught.bsky.social · 2d

Historic overlays don’t regulate use. Should still be fine.

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