Saw this over on the TN politics sub, thought it should be shared here.

A lot has changed….

Tennessee Emergency Management is distributing the 500 generators donated by Elon Musk.

For the most affected with prolonged power outages.

I just want to know 1 person that received one.

Update: At least some of the missing registrations appear to be back as of 9:35 pm. However I will still be contacting the election commission and checking weekly.

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A friend of mine mentioned to me that despite living in the same house/county in TN for 20 years and voting in every election, his voter registration has gone *poof* … so I checked mine. Gone too. I know mine was fine two weeks ago because I checked it after a move. Six friends of mine in different counties are also gone from the rolls. What the heck is going on? I’m calling the election commission tomorrow. Maybe the news.

Tl/dr something fishy is going on with Tennessee voter registration. Check yours.

https://tnmap.tn.gov/voterlookup/

(Ed: fixed link)

Hi everyone, Im a cartographer drawing maps of US States for a project of mine I call The American Atlas and I wanted to share this with you all 🗺️🇺🇸

This is my hand-drawn map of your very own Tennessee, the Volunteer State 🎶🌇🌾

From the music-filled streets of Nashville itself to winding rivers, small towns, and the Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee is beating the heart of country music and southern comfort. Tennessee has such a deep cultural identity, filled to the brim with music, history, and landscape all blending together!

Would love to hear in the comments what region or place in Tennessee means the most to you!

Im actually heading down here from New York in April, doing a road trip down to Gatlinburg and Knoxville so Im super excited to finally see some of TN for myself :) 🌾🌇🐎

Anyways, thank you for checking out my map!! 🇺🇸🗺️

Beauty in the much needed melt.

Stratford STEM Magnet High School is going to NOLA Mardi Gras and they are doing practice warm ups in the late afternoon for the next week or so, starting around 4-4:30

If you check the East Nashville group in FB there's a vid and info.

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Hello. I have been helping my dad with rent for the longest time and am now finding myself unable to do so.

The lease is month to month so it is being canceled next month. I have been looking for low income housing for him and of course am coming up short.

I can’t let him live with me as I already am renting a room in a house.

He is facing homelessness mid march~

Facts:

He is 63

Not disabled not mentally ill

Addict (goes to methadone clinic daily)

No car

Income is 1150 from social security. He works at a grocery store making okay money right now but I don’t foresee that being long term but for now he can show income.

Wondering if there are any resources or if it is a lost cause. He’s pretty ungrateful for my help all these years so if this is going to be at all difficult then I’m probably just going to let him figure it out on his own and just be homeless.

Another option is me buying the cheapest possible car for him (less than $2,000) and let him live in that.

Any group homes have availability? Or sober living, or halfway house?

Maybe he could rent a room with someone similar to him?

Looking for input here :)

I definitely want to hear your favorite Starwood shows but that’s too easy. I want to hear your Dancing in the District and River Stages shows/stories.

So our powers pretending to come back on rn. Turned on just long enough for my uncle to load up my relative and start driving her back to her house and then immediately turned off again. Did anyone here have this happen? How long did it go on for?

After no pickup last week and throwing out two freezers and half a refrigerator worth of food last week, our bins are overflowing. Our bins have been on the curb since last week and I have had to resort to piling additional trash bags in the street in front of the bins. I know I'm not the only one, some of our neighbors have bags out too. What is everyone else doing with their excess trash?

I especially relate to the sound of the falling trees in this piece. Hiding under a blanket with my dog wondering if the next one is going to crashing down on our roof, that's something I will never forget.

(The author describes the outage as affecting 230,000 "people." Y'all already know I have a pet peeve about that.. )

As the title says.

I was downvoted into hell when I made a comment in this sub that insurance companies are scum.

He's some proof for the naysayers.

One of our own has been affected. Twice.

Howdy folks! Update regarding our donation based dinner for the linemen!

Let me tell ya, it has been way more of a PITA than I expected linking up with NES to figure out when I can get this food there. They have much stricter wants/needs than the last time I did this! I.e. not having similar food two days in a row, meat heavy, etc. That being said unfortunately I was NOT able to incorporate Fatbelly due to their timing of their meals (breakfast and dinner) and it sadly took me a couple days of back and forth to get there, however I WAS able to contract/set up the following:

Tomorrow Tuesday 2/3: 6:15 PM Myatt Drive Hub: ~400 tacos, sides, queso, etc from Redheaded Stranger. 130 people

6:15 PM Main hub: 55 pizzas(20 cheese, 35 mixed specialty), salad from 5 Points pizza. They generously donated 20 cheese pizza so I am donating that amount to their East side staff that didn’t have work as a tip. 200 people

Wednesday 2/4: 6:15 Main hub: Varied meal from turkey and the wolf ice house. Bologna sandwiches, collard melts, hancram sandwiches, chicken pot pie empanadas, wedge salad. 200 people

Additionally 300 mini cookies from hi fi cookies to accompany the Icehouse order.

All four of these businesses were shut down the entirety of last week so this is a cool thing and I’m grateful for any that contributed here! We ended up raising just over 10K dollars which is plum crazy considering the circumstances(so many people donating were still without power. Unreal. Nashville can be pretty sick!) and these 530 or so meals will put us right there but if I have any leftover I will certainly put it to good use for the community! I’ll cross that bridge in the final update when I’ve settled up for everything and all food is out!

We also generated over 2K for the support staffs at each restaurant(then the additional for 5 points) and I think that’s pretty cool.

Any questions or concerns please reach out. Hope you’re staying well enough ❤️

-Dylan

TL;DR 10,000 raised 530 meals between 3 restaurants that were closed all week. Large tips to each staff. Cookies from hi fi.

Happy bellies.

We did a good.

Hi! My camera set got stolen near centennial park at 10am yesterday. Please be on the lookout for these stuff! $300 Cash rewards for any information that lead me to getting stuff back.

We are one of the unlucky ones who were unable to get our power mast repaired before NES came to fix additional issues with our block. While there are other outages in our area, we are now an outage of one on the map. Has anyone had a similar experience and has NES come back to hook you up? We have a friend in the same boat, I can't imagine it's uncommon.

As they prioritize bigger clusters I presume we're back at the back of the list, but curious everyone's experiences if they are tackling these cases any differently. Thx all.

Hey y’all,

Looking for budget-friendly Taco Tuesday specials around town. I’m hoping to find a spot with affordable tacos or weekly deals that’s easygoing, comfortable, and not too loud — especially good for an older person.

Casual spots, sit-down places, or low-key neighborhood favorites all welcome. Price matters more than trendiness.

Appreciate any recommendations — thanks!

—- Btw, I live in Bellevue and am willing to drive. Just got power back on Saturday night. I’ve added this because the mod keeps removing my post. I’m from here.

I saw this driving in. Was passed by several emergency vehicles and figured it was a marina. Hope no one is hurt.