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water567891011.bsky.social @water567891011.bsky.social · 8h
Downtown and Midtown had explosive growth in residential and commercial occupancy over this same time period- driving economic activity faster than anywhere else in the county. And yet the entire tax increment gets attributed to tourism and trapped in the TDZ to lure "mega events" and other BS
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whitney pastorek @whittlz.bsky.social · 12h
Wow, $30m a year to seek out “mega” tourist opportunities? What if we saved the symphony first guys
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water567891011.bsky.social @water567891011.bsky.social · 10h
Giving tax money to Broadway bar owners, just because, would seem to be in direct violation of Article II, section 31 of the Tennessee Constitution. Courts have been clear that there must be a public purpose for the state to do something like that. Making Jason Aldean richer does not pass that test.
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Neil Kornutick @neilkornutick.bsky.social · 9h
The tourism industrial complex rages on. Mega events is such a dork term.
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Steven Hale @iamstevenhale.bsky.social · 10h
In light of we've learned about the execution team's struggle to establish IV access before Christa Pike's failed lethal injection, here's a story I wrote in June after Carruthers. The new protocol TN adopted in 2025 reduced training in IV placement. nashvillebanner.com/2026/06/30/t...
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Lethal injection protocol likely led to botched execution - Nashville Banner
Tennessee's current lethal injection protocol includes reduced training on IV placement, an issue that caused the state to halt Tony Carruthers' execution.
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manaen @themanaen.bsky.social · 9h
Mood.
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nicole has a collaborative spirit @startleseasily.bsky.social · 9h
I complain a lot, and there are all sorts of things we could do better in Nashville, but I love my city, y’all. I’m so happy to be from here, and I’m happy y’all are here, too. ♥️♥️♥️
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manaen @themanaen.bsky.social · 12h
Keep uplifting Tinashe
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Moxie On Wheels @moxieonwheels.bsky.social · 17h
Our only bus to the airport has 30 min headways and does LOCAL SERVICE?? There are dozens of stops before Dolly Parton International??
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manaen @themanaen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
kinda catchy
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Julianne Akers @julianneakers.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Amnesty International (@amnesty.org) weighs in on Tennessee's botched execution of Christa Pike.
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Ezra Jack Skeets Wants Expanded Public PreK, 3K, and 2K @ezrahowru.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Happy Thursday. I've been sick, but it's no subsided enough to wrap up a write-up. TL; DR: NTOR should have a positive impact on accidents involving pedestrians, cyclists, and scooters and especially downtown. Don't let naysayers murky the waters within nonsense. ezra-howard.com/2026/09/30/b...
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By the Numbers: No Turn on Red, Nashville Safety, and Big Boss Babies Downtown
Last Tuesday, September 22nd, I attended a community meeting downtown at Cannery Hall to review the substitute text for BL2026-1497. This bill, which was originally broader in scope but then limite…
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Charlie Weingartner @charlieweingartner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Excellent work by @ezrahowru.bsky.social! Thank you for pulling this together!
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Katherine McDonell @kemcdonell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Love to see it. GNRC taking on the choice lanes with data. fox17.com/news/local/c...
fox17.com
Could Nashville improve downtown traffic without adding more interstate lanes?
As Middle Tennessee continues to grow, transportation planners are asking a big question about one of Nashville’s biggest traffic trouble spots.
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Stephen Elliott @stelliott.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Thank you to @iamstevenhale.bsky.social, @mikeiereiland.bsky.social and Martin Cherry for their work at Riverbend on an impossibly difficult day:
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Charlie Weingartner @charlieweingartner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Nashville had 15 fatal crashes last month. We lost Michael Magee, Joseph Ballentine, Andre Adams, Gjuanna Southerland, Robert Gerald, Julio Cesar Ramirez-Rondon, German Mengual, Savannah Stair, Emily Dollarhide, Juan Resendiz, Austin Franklin, Madisson A. De La Paz Garcia, and three other people.
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Nashville Banner @nashvillebanner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Christa Pike, who was supposed to be the first woman executed in Tennessee in more than 200 years, is still alive after the state tried and failed to execute her on Wednesday. TDOC officials refused to comment after the state’s second failed execution this year. nashvillebanner.com/2026/09/30/c...
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Christa Pike survives botched lethal injection attempt - Nashville Banner
Tennessee attempted to execute Christa Pike for a 1995 murder, but the lethal injection failed. Pike survives and was moved to a medical facility.
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Nashville Scene @nashvillescene.com · 01/10/2026
Via the @nashvillebanner.bsky.social: Christa Pike is the state’s second death row inmate in a matter of months subjected to an unsuccessful attempt at a lethal injection.
nashvillescene.com
Christa Pike Transported to Hospital Following Two Failed Lethal Injection Attempts
Christa Pike was set to be the first woman executed in Tennessee in more than 200 years. Instead, she is the state’s second death row inmate in a matter of months subjected to an unsuccessful attempt ...
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Holly McCall @jhollymc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is the second execution since May that Tennessee has botched. We are unclear now what Pike's medical status is.
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haydensears.bsky.social @haydensears.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Fucking hell fuck everything about this
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Steve Cavendish @scavendish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Witnesss: Pike, at one point, told people in the execution chamber that "the vein in my arm feels like it's about to bust"
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WPLN News - Nashville Public Radio @wpln.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Tennessee unable to carry out the execution by lethal injection of Christa Gail Pike, witnesses say wpln.org/post/tenness...
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Tennessee unable to carry out the execution by lethal injection of Christa Gail Pike, witnesses say
Tennessee officials were unable to carry out the execution of Christa Gail Pike for a 1995 murder on Wednesday, media witnesses said, after the lethal injection was halted for hours as courts consider...
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Steve Cavendish @scavendish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A lawyer for Christa Pike confirmed to the Banner that she had been administered both doses of pentobarbital and was still alive. It appears the State of Tennessee has another botched lethal injection.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“A lawyer for Christa Pike said executioners have administered two syringes of lethal injection drugs to Pike but that she remains alive and breathing.” It’s been over an hour.
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Katherine McDonell @kemcdonell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Just a reminder how awesome the cargo bike party was last year
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manaen @themanaen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
fox17.com
Metro police, mayor renew push for license plate readers as crime drops in Nashville
Metro Police and Mayor Freddie O’Connell are renewing their push for license plate readers (LPRs) as they highlight a decrease in crime during the first quarter
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Sean Parker @seanforfive.com · 30/09/2026
Broken record at this point but it’s wild how correct ALPR opponents have turned out to be. Anyone still pushing this tech is reckless and/or ill-informed.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 30/09/2026
BREAKING: A US appeals court halted the execution of death row inmate Christa Pike in Tennessee, less than two hours before she was scheduled to become the first woman that state has put to death in more than 200 years reut.rs/4yXU91W
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Holly McCall @jhollymc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
From @friedmanadam5.bsky.social: A three-judge panel of the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily halted the execution of Christa Pike about an hour before it was set to take place on Tuesday. The judges agreed with Pike'd lawyers that they need time to investigate her history of sexual abuse.
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Federal court temporarily halts execution of Tennessee woman on death row • Tennessee Lookout
​A federal appeals court has temporarily stopped the execution of a Tennessee woman set to be the first female put to death in the state in nearly two centuries. ​Christa Pike, 50, was set to be execu...
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manaen @themanaen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The 56(bus 2007) smells like ass
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manaen @themanaen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If you like In-N-Out fries, you need an intervention.
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Jackson Ferrell @jbferrell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This movie was so much fun and also will scratch plenty of y’all’s local government/housing/infrastructure content itch.
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manaen @themanaen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Hmm is @haydensears.bsky.social gatekeeping his awesomeness?!? Go see him tonight!
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manaen @themanaen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Laura Poitras or Lauren Greenfield?
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manaen @themanaen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Richard Florida will be the keynote speaker at NDP's Annual Meeting Wednesday, October 28. I love the constant cycle of having experts on cities, transit, urbanism, etc come speak at events and institutions and yet they still govern like downtown is their personal Brentwood fiefdom
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Annual Meeting & Awards Luncheon | Events | Downtown Nashville
Annual Meeting & Awards Luncheon | Events | Downtown Nashville
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manaen @themanaen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
What song has been synced the most?
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manaen @themanaen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
FOX 17 News asked TDOT what is holding up a decision. A spokesperson said, “TDOT is working with NDOT on coordination.” @rlynch23.bsky.social ball is in your court
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'I feel that should be a priority': Calls for TDOT to make a decision on Broadway bollards
It’s been about two months with no action yet from TDOT on retractable bollards on Broadway to protect pedestrians.
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manaen @themanaen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
No way I'm calling this generation "Gen Beta." I'm calling them Gen B.
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manaen @themanaen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Spencer "Fix Gallatin Pike" Sharpe
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Chris Crofton @thecroftonshow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Gallatin Road through East Nashville is so fucked up today it made me actually laugh
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Irizoris @irizoris.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Tuesday, Sept. 30, 1PM at the Sevier Park Community Center, Terry Coats speaks about NASHVILLE TRAINS, for the Nashville History Club.
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Steven Hale @iamstevenhale.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee just announced that he will not grant clemency to Christa Pike, allowing her to be executed on Wednesday morning.
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Julianne Akers @julianneakers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Gov. Bill Lee said today he will not intervene in the planned Sept. 30 execution of Christa Pike, the only woman on Tennessee's death row. Read more about Pike's case and advocates' pleas for her sentence to be commuted to life without possibility for parole. www.nashvillescene.com/news/pithint...
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Katherine McDonell @kemcdonell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
PSA: it is officially prime bicycle commuting season. If you've ever thought about trying it, now's the time.
A selfie of Katherine in a jacket and sunglasses on her bike commute
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Katherine McDonell @kemcdonell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Now that it's finally fall, come to the 5th annual Fall Cargo Bike Show & Tell next Sunday! We'll have coffee, donuts, and lots of really awesome bikes.
A flyer for the cargo bike show and tell
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Mike Rogers is a corporate sellout who moves back to Michigan every few years to run for office to take another swing at the revolving door of corporate politics.
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manaen @themanaen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
USC's offense is like trying to stay inbounds smh
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manaen @themanaen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"In the US, traffic engineers favored speed"
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America's Deadly Stop Sign Addiction
YouTube video by Double Take
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Ben Vaught @benvaught.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Which way, western man www.newschannel5.com/news/nashvil...
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Councilmember Sandra Sepúlveda @sandrafornash.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Thank you @walkbikenashville.bsky.social for this recognition last night. The goal is simple. Build a Nashville where people can walk, play, and bike safely. Everyone deserves to make it home at the end of the day.
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