i got no horse in that maine race but saying he's "out on the water everyday" is some petit bourgeoisie copium
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i got no horse in that maine race but saying he's "out on the water everyday" is some petit bourgeoisie copium
A few dozen students walked out of McGavock High School on Friday to stage a protest against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
another bullshit ICE arrest in Nashville
The Metro Council has officially passed a non-binding resolution that opposes The Boring Company’s Music City Loop tunnel project in Nashville.
State Senate Majority Leader Jack Johnson made a substantial investment in Elon Musk’s Tesla as the state coordinated The Boring Company's Music City Loop deal last year.
“I'm trying to make an impact,” says Meyer. “I don't believe in violence. Therefore, the only thing I can do is educate.”
Meyer was compelled to action after reading a @dropsitenews.com article about the airstrikes hitting a girl's elementary school killing over 100 people, including children.
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Karl Meyer, the @nashvillescene.com's 2024 Nashvillian of the Year, is outside the federal building on Church Street protesting against the U.S. and Israel's strikes on Iran.
According to emails reviewed by the Scene, U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn coordinated a personal power restoration timeline with NES CEO Teresa Broyles-Aplin during Winter Storm Fern.
"Why are so many men leaving their wives on mountains?" my wife suddenly asks.
We are safe on the couch indoors on flat land, I swear.
it's hard to watch his third fight with Frazier for that reason
1/ The dispute between Anthropic and DOD over the limits of using AI in warfare is escalating. I’ll have more to say on what these limits should be in a @brennancenter.org report out next month. But for now, here’s what you need to know, and what’s truly at stake 🧵:
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/t...
A MN protester accused of assaulting ICE officer had case dropped after vids showed no assault.
LA protester accused of assaulting ICE w/ “hat” had case dropped; judge said govt acted in “bad faith”
In Chicago, 92 ppl were arrested for assault/impeding ICE; 0 convicted
DOJ keeps lying and losing:
VUMC patients received surprise messages Friday saying the health care system will no longer offer gender-affirming surgeries.
INVESTIGATION: Over the last 5 months, the Banner and a coalition of partners analyzed 52 hours of footage and thousands of pages of documents from a joint THP/ICE operation targeting Nashville’s predominantly immigrant neighborhoods. Here’s what we found: (1/11)
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Man, Coretta Scott was a bad ass.
I read this and The Violent Take It by Force back-to-back. They complement each other quite well.
![I stayed with Fletcher's Band from the last part of 1924 to almost [the end of] 1925. We played at the Roseland Ballroom for over Six Months, then we went on tour. We were the First Colored Big Band to Hit the Road. We went All through the New England States. We spent our First Summer up in Lawrence Mass-That was our Headquarters, while we played dances to all the Surrounding Towns. Was quite a Thrilling Experi-ence to have most of my days off and we would go 'Swimming' etc. Buster Bailey was exceptionally good at Swimming. He would Swim all the way cross that big 'River in Lawrence Mass. Of course I am not so bad myself at 'Swimming.-In fact it's one of my' famous 'Hobbies, outside of "Typing." I loves that also.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tsiirsquqyjgfjmwlo2qeuiv/bafkreigmawe2gru2zirini2ogwpaayyeq4jmegjvel7f24qrjsgd5fcgf4@jpeg)
I stayed with Fletcher's Band from the last part of 1924 to almost [the end of] 1925. We played at the Roseland Ballroom for over Six Months, then we went on tour. We were the First Colored Big Band to Hit the Road. We went All through the New England States. We spent our First Summer up in Lawrence Mass-That was our Headquarters, while we played dances to all the Surrounding Towns. Was quite a Thrilling Experi-ence to have most of my days off and we would go 'Swimming' etc. Buster Bailey was exceptionally good at Swimming. He would Swim all the way cross that big 'River in Lawrence Mass. Of course I am not so bad myself at 'Swimming.-In fact it's one of my' famous 'Hobbies, outside of "Typing." I loves that also.
Every so often I think back to how Louis Armstrong spent time in my hometown of Lawrence, Mass. The big river must be the Merrimack. From the book 'In His Own Words.'
Just learned Karoline Leavitt attended the same Catholic high school I did and I feel like some stuff just makes more sense now
It's pretty depressing how his critiques of media elites and white liberals and protest-scolding centrists in the 50s and 60s would still hit targets today.
Only a third of the way through this book and it's great so far. In addition to providing some history of MLK's northern experiences it also pushes back on the characterization that his views on economic equality were only a late-in-life development.
that's an amazing name
why is the guy who hasn't won yet in the middle?
“We see Nashville [and] Middle Tennessee families navigating this landscape every day, because love doesn’t really wait for papers,” says Will York of Ozment Law.
Valentine's Day is coming up, so I spoke to an immigration lawyer and a couple that decided to leave Tennessee about the turbulent legal environment facing couples of different citizenship and immigration statuses. Read it at @nashvillescene.com.
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This makes me think of my dad, then in his 60s, hearing "Don't Speak" for the first time (years after its release) and learning the guitar tabs for it.
A raccoon reaches up toward a collection of records including Jack White’s Lazaretto
I met a raccoon after the Super Bowl on Sunday. It was meandering around the house, using its hands to get into stuff, leading to one of the most Nashville photos I’ve ever taken.
From the Archives: Following Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show, we look back on managing editor Alejandro Ramirez's coverage of his 2024 performance at Bridgestone Arena.
Exum shot an unarmed woman
