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Whit

@whit-tn.bsky.social
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TN native. “With fear for our democracy, I dissent." - Justice Sotomayor. **Views and opinions are my own and do not represent those of my employer.**

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Whit @whit-tn.bsky.social · 9h
When are we going to stop extracting and look at a more reciprocal relationship with the only place we can live?
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Whit @whit-tn.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
That’s what the majority of the country sounds like at this point.
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Whit @whit-tn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Sounds like every builder in Nashville, including the one building next door to me.
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Janel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
you kids may not believe this, but things were so stable 15 years ago that the news had to start reporting on people seeing Jesus in their toast
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
How THE FUCK is it only Tuesday????
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 04/10/2026
Glaciers in Switzerland — the home to the most in the Alps — lost 5.5% of their ice volume this year, the second-biggest percentage drop on record due to heat waves and low winter snowfall, experts report. to.pbs.org/4hoUYLy
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Swiss glaciers lost more than 5% of ice volume in 2026. Heat waves and low winter snow accelerated the thaw
Global warming is wreaking havoc on Europe, the world’s fastest-warming continent.
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whitney pastorek @whittlz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Wow, $30m a year to seek out “mega” tourist opportunities? What if we saved the symphony first guys
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 03/10/2026
It has been 118 years since the Supreme Court ruled the federal government owes tribes water, but Native American communities in northern Arizona are still fighting for their rights to the Colorado River. (Published June)
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Native American Tribes Came Together to Secure Their Rights to Colorado River Water. Four States Are Stalling the Deal.
Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming are resisting the deal because it would allow the Navajo and Hopi to lease water to cities downstream, likely the growing towns around Phoenix.
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Whit @whit-tn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Guys, if you’re not already doing this, today is the best time to start.
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Whit @whit-tn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
All signs point to… neversayanythingyoulljinxit.
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Whit @whit-tn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Forever.
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Blue Oleta @blue-oleta.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
👇👇👇👇
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Maybe the most important political story of our time. People just want the bullshit to stop.
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71% of Americans Say They're Completely Exhausted
A CDC report shows that people are not feeling relaxed and restful in the United States.
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Men in politics, I'll tell you a secret about what really attracts women voters. What makes them think you're really manly. It ain't sports. It ain't lifting. It ain't guns. You wanna know? It's a tightly held secret. But I'll tell you. [leans in and whispers]: Giving a shit about other people.
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Janel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
rewatching Futurama and every episode is either: - silly Fry episode - silly Bender episode - silly Zoidberg episode - you are of infinitesimal significance to the cosmos and you are doomed to live and die in a blink of existence, trapped in the relentless onward march of time
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Whit @whit-tn.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
They planned this for decades, guys.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 12/09/2026
Police use reverse warrants to demand the identity of everyone who used a search engine to look up a particular word or phrase — without any evidence they've done anything wrong. Delaware's ban on these dragnets should be celebrated and replicated across the country.
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Whit @whit-tn.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Come for the pawpaw, stay for the alt text.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 05/09/2026
When 3M scientist Kris Hansen discovered that a chemical the company produced was in the blood of the general public, her bosses questioned her work. Yet all along, some people inside the company had known the same thing. Listen to this excerpt:
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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
When old SVU episodes don’t hold up in modern times.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 04/09/2026
Gloria Steinem challenged entrenched ideas about gender and power, helping bring the fight for women’s equality from the margins of American life into the mainstream. to.pbs.org/4qW9L3m
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Remembering Gloria Steinem and her trailblazing fight for women’s rights
Gloria Steinem, the pioneering journalist and activist who became one of the most recognizable voices of the modern women’s movement, has died at the age of 92. For more than half a century, Steinem c...
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 03/09/2026
Shop at any of these grocery stores? Kroger Fred Meyer Ralphs Food for Less Mariano’s Smith’s Harris Teeter Seems like a lot of competition—except that every one is owned by Kroger. Now Kroger is trying to buy another: Giant Eagle. And when competition dies, you pay more.
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Whit @whit-tn.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Do yourself a favor and watch that in wonder.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 31/08/2026
As the cost of living continues to rise in the United States, people are finding it more and more difficult to make ends meet. And older Americans are feeling it more than most. to.pbs.org/44DV7DL
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As living costs soar, more retirees head back to work
As the cost of living continues to rise in the United States, people are finding it more difficult to make ends meet. Older Americans are feeling it more than most. Paul Solman reports on what's forci...
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Whit @whit-tn.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Exactly what someone who makes their own granola would say.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I sincerely believe they could have ridden “They Weird, Yo” all the way to the White House.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 16/08/2026
We should all be worried about "dynamic pricing." That's when companies change their prices in real time. If it's hot out, the cost of ice cream could go up. If it's cold, tea bags could go up. It's a way for giant companies to squeeze you even more.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 16/08/2026
“I don’t believe in climate change.” Dude, this is physics, not Santa Claus.
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Janel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
“It’s not fair that all the exciting history already happened and I won’t get to live through anything interesting,” I whined as a teenager in 2007. In the distance, hoofbeats.
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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Here's an idea: governwoment
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Whit @whit-tn.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
NYT Cooking: 😒😒😒
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Holly McCall @jhollymc.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Sure, that square pizza was good, but was it good for you? @cstephenson.bsky.social reports cafeteria workers in five Northwest Tennessee school districts are upping their game.
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Grant-funded program to bring cooking labs, fresh local foods to Northwest Tennessee schools • Tennessee Lookout
School lunch menus in Northwest Tennessee will be fresher over the next two years via Children’s Health through Education and Food program.
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Janel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
me: hey do you have this movie I want to watch? Disney: no Netflix: not anymore Apple: ew no CBC Gem: yes and it’s free Prime: maybe I do, maybe I don’t. Maybe it costs $5 for no reason, even though you already pay for this. Maybe you should fuck off into the sun.
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Whit @whit-tn.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Work smarter, not harder, everyone.
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
WaPo making same claim that’s been disproven again & again. Who do they imagine these people are, willing to pay the price of abandoning home, friends, lives they’ve built. “Sorry, kids, we’re leaving the only home you’ve ever known & all our friends to pay 7% state tax instead of 8%.”
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Holly McCall @jhollymc.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
One of the more interesting side-notes of the evening was that two Democrats were elected in Williamson County. That's home to U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, Gov. Bill Lee and Senate Majority LeaderJack Johnson among others. If memory serves, the last time a Democrat was elected was in 2000.
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Whit @whit-tn.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
We don’t get much down here, but we got this. ✊
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Whit @whit-tn.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Please share. ❤️
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
This is VERY bad. Congressional investigation immediately. They’re trying to use Palantir to figure out who you voted for. 0% chance this ends well. Stop it ASAP.
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Exclusive: FBI gets voter's IP address in new fraud probe tactic
The move offers a glimpse into how authorities are now digging into voter rolls and registration practices.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 01/08/2026
Larger theater companies, venues and museums typically get more attention. But in cities and rural areas, it’s smaller arts organizations that are closest to and address the needs of their communities. to.pbs.org/4fNoCIn
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Local arts groups that shape community culture face financial pressure
Larger theater companies, venues and museums typically get more attention. But in cities and rural areas, it’s smaller arts organizations that are closest to and address the needs of their communities...
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Holly McCall @jhollymc.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
State Sen. Heidi Campbell, a Nashville Democrat, has fired off a four-page letter to Gov. Bill Lee to disclose the location of any new nuclear energy and waste sites as part of a potential partnership with the federal government.
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Democratic senator asks TN governor for details about potential federal nuclear partnership • Tennessee Lookout
A Tennessee state senator is asking Gov. Bill Lee to disclose the location of any new nuclear energy and waste sites as part of a potential partnership with the federal government.  Sen. Heidi Campbel...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 31/07/2026
Here’s how some of Wall Street’s richest and most powerful figures use a decades-old legal loophole to avoid paying millions of dollars in taxes earmarked for health care. (Published Dec. 2024)
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How a Decades-Old Loophole Lets Billionaires Avoid Medicare Taxes
Some of Wall Street’s richest and most powerful figures are using a legal loophole to avoid paying millions of dollars in taxes earmarked for health care, a ProPublica investigation found.
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
1. This New York Post cover: “Thousands of 9/11 families demand Mamdani be banned from 25th-Anniversary” is a brazen lie. How do I know? I interviewed the organizer of the petition.
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Whit @whit-tn.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Ross Douthat is going exactly where he needs to.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 22/07/2026
OpenAI has disclosed an "unprecedented cyber incident" where its AI system allegedly hacked into another AI company.
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OpenAI says its AI technology acted on its own in an 'unprecedented' hack of another company
OpenAI has disclosed an "unprecedented cyber incident" where its AI system allegedly hacked into another AI company.
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Whit @whit-tn.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Never forget.
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Janel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
1996: can't use the internet without your phone 2010: the internet stretches before you like the vast expanse of a new frontier. You dance through it, unhindered. Unburdened. You have never heard of 2-factor authentication. 2026: can't use the internet without your phone
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Whit @whit-tn.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
There is a place waiting for you in hell if you are a dick about babies crying in public.
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Whit @whit-tn.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Leave Taco Bell alone!
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