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JoAnn Welch

@bebobestcat.bsky.social

Nashville, TN Math teacher Parent of 2 They/she

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Text on sign: Hell Yeah I am STOKED about sunflowers. Thank you for planting them. Everyone pls be nice to them. They are going to be so pretty!!!
Row of sunflower emoji

Text on sign: Hell Yeah I am STOKED about sunflowers. Thank you for planting them. Everyone pls be nice to them. They are going to be so pretty!!! Row of sunflower emoji

Sign within the sunflower laden traffic circle sign

Sign within the sunflower laden traffic circle sign

One of my neighbors planted sunflowers in a traffic circle.

Another one of my neighbors added this sign.

I love Capitol Hill.

08.08.2025 21:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 118    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Is there a hub Nashville request to get a traffic light changed to whatever type can recognize cyclists and doesnโ€™t need the weight of a car to change?

07.08.2025 01:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

To be fair, Nashville wants none of this. The state is trying to force it on us

06.08.2025 22:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The baby seems to like it more because they get more wind/better view. She always seemed very tucked away like if they fell the shell would protect her arms and legs. @immortalcashew.bsky.social

01.08.2025 19:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

No clue if thereโ€™s research or consensus. Itโ€™s definitely a different riding experience for where weight is and I could see how it maybe wouldnโ€™t be as safe because the kid is so much higher off the ground but it seemed safe enough to me for my baby especially for rides just for fun on a greenway

01.08.2025 19:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Amazon.com : Thule Yepp Maxi Child Bike Seat-Blue : Bike Child Seats : Sports & Outdoors Amazon.com : Thule Yepp Maxi Child Bike Seat-Blue : Bike Child Seats : Sports & Outdoors

Okay I kept saying Yeti seat but I meant this oneโ€ฆ a.co/d/1aK1qPw

Do you happen to want ours? We havenโ€™t used it in a couple of years and itโ€™s just sitting in our shed. Ours is orange.

01.08.2025 19:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I probably wouldnโ€™t have felt comfortable until a year with both for the trailer. Yeti seat was good for younger.

01.08.2025 19:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Now at 14 months she is big enough to sit in the UA next to her sister (almost 4) with a helmet on on the back bench (closest to the cyclist). Weโ€™ve also pulled her in a burley trailer with a helmet on at this point I think. @immortalcashew.bsky.social anything to add?

01.08.2025 19:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Toddler Bike Helmet for Boys and Girls, Adjustable Kids Helmets from Infant/Baby to Children, 1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8 Years Old (Galaxy,XS) Amazon.com : Toddler Bike Helmet for Boys and Girls, Adjustable Kids Helmets from Infant/Baby to Children, 1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8 Years Old (Galaxy,XS) : Sports & Outdoors

This was the smallest helmet we could find, fit a 9 month old. That was when we started biking with our first daughter in the yeti seat. With our second daughter, her first bike ride was at 3 months old in her car seat in the urban arrow www.amazon.com/dp/B09DKS2Q3...

01.08.2025 19:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Itโ€™s amazing! Going to go out and do yard work. I wish the humidity was lower but Iโ€™ll take it

01.08.2025 13:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I have been putting off mowing because of the heat. Maybe Iโ€™ll do it next weekendโ€ฆ

27.07.2025 14:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Excited for this!

15.07.2025 23:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™m looking for the application form. Has it closed?

13.07.2025 00:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yes, sheโ€™s great. She helped me get a slide repaired at Richland Park a couple of years ago!

08.07.2025 01:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That is amazing ๐Ÿ™Œ
I still have an open request on hub from over a month ago to clean it up from a storm in May and one from two months ago about potholes on the greenway so not getting my hopes up about something happening quickly but still good to know Brendaโ€™s on the case

08.07.2025 01:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Every time it rains I have to put in a hub request here for them to clean up this greenway entrance. Super slippery and muddy for biking

07.07.2025 19:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We have the VW ID 4 with our two kids and love it. We were able to get the 7500 tax credit on it for being manufactured in the US (the final put together was in Chatt and that counted). That was a few years ago, not sure if that credit program is still around

07.07.2025 01:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
black poste with yellow text
no bike lanes
no crosswalks
no stop signs
no sidewalks
no maintenance
no reliable transit
no investment
no political will

road violence is no accident

Reframe Road Safety logo

black poste with yellow text no bike lanes no crosswalks no stop signs no sidewalks no maintenance no reliable transit no investment no political will road violence is no accident Reframe Road Safety logo

No Accident

06.07.2025 10:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 44    ๐Ÿ” 16    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

๐Ÿ˜

06.07.2025 02:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Every time a car is parked blocking the sidewalk, my three year old says โ€œthat car shouldnโ€™t be thereโ€

05.07.2025 20:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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ICEblock, which allows users to alert others to the geographical location of ICE officers, is the top social networking app in the App Store right now after Karoline Leavitt condemned it from the podium yesterday.

01.07.2025 19:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21155    ๐Ÿ” 7187    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 638    ๐Ÿ“Œ 553

Seems like a problem that the "city's lead East Bank planner" thinks transit and bike lanes CAUSE gridlock.

Where are you @freddieoconnell.bsky.social @nashvilledot.bsky.social?

24.06.2025 14:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 27    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

I just have to say, as a historian of the Reconstruction-era Klan, that masked paramilitaries are very bad and masked vigilantes are even worse and there are causal links between the two and none of this is good for democracy.

19.06.2025 22:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6976    ๐Ÿ” 2031    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 114    ๐Ÿ“Œ 40
Flex posts and base have been completely removed

Flex posts and base have been completely removed

Request closed with the comment, "removed 2 bike bollards"

Request closed with the comment, "removed 2 bike bollards"

3. @nashvilledot.bsky.social comes out and REMOVES the flex posts entirely.

4. Request closed!

18.06.2025 13:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Improperly parked vehicle requests should probably just expire after some amount of time (maybe 4-8 hours?). Sending someone out days later does not seem like the best use of resources of @hubnashville.bsky.social & @nashvilledot.bsky.social

15.06.2025 14:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Photo from Carlin Stiehl from the LA Times. Dozens of people holding American flags on the streets of LA are in frame, with a massive cloud of tear gas billowing in front of them. One protester holds a sign that reads Immigrants Make Us Great.

Photo from Carlin Stiehl from the LA Times. Dozens of people holding American flags on the streets of LA are in frame, with a massive cloud of tear gas billowing in front of them. One protester holds a sign that reads Immigrants Make Us Great.

Truly wild photos coming in from Los Angeles right now.

15.06.2025 03:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8050    ๐Ÿ” 1838    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 109    ๐Ÿ“Œ 195

Thereโ€™s one two miles away up White Bridge

15.06.2025 02:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ“ŒThis oneโ€™s for you, #Nashville, in particular anyone who may be working on the design for that new East Bank Boulevardโ€ฆ.

10.06.2025 01:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 32    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Cars and trucks parked in a bike lane

Cars and trucks parked in a bike lane

Over the weekend, a woman was killed in a crosswalk in Germantown and a pedicab operator was sent to the hospital and yet this is what I have to contend with on Church St this morning. @nashvilledot.bsky.social & @hubnashville.bsky.social, have we just given up completely on Church St?

10.06.2025 14:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Holding the baby and scrolling Bluesky in the middle of the night really makes me appreciate the people who use dark mode before taking screenshots and posting them.

06.06.2025 07:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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