Chris Powers

Great to have someone with legitimacy on city and state level.

Going broader, would NYC/Chicago/LA be better off as their own city-states?

I go back and forth. You’d get flexibility to tackle urban issues, but you still need regional government for transit.

Even housing in Nashville, the strongest incentive to build sits with the governor.

Okay, now finally accepting that these plants ain’t coming back to life.

Anyone else see their house plants die in the ice storm/power outage?

You don't want to get rugged on your email or have that communication controlled by higher ups:

bsky.app/profile/them...

Wow - MLB used to reward teams to hold the line on arbitration hearings.

And you think a "salary cap" is good for baseball or the owner's bottom line?

great use of personal email

Uhhh, NES left me this transformer…?

And then there was power.

I’m going to get “3,477 - Ice Storm ‘26” tattooed on my chest

It's about this time in the day when you begin to accept that you're going to spend another night without power.

well...it's now fixed: experience.arcgis.com/experience/7...

Trying to withhold reactionary criticism of NES...but I cannot believe they have a dead link as the focal point on their landing page for at least the past hour.

Someone should fix it!

It is kinda interesting that Sexton just tagged Freddie and Marsha in his NES criticism post on Facebook.

Hilarious that we’re in the golden age of everyone being able to vibecode a dashboard in minutes but the home page of NES is just an Excel screenshot.

#ReleaseTheFile

Grilled Cheeserie coming back to Hunter's Station

Very curious to know what they paid for in rent during their first stint at Hunter's Station from 2019-2022 vs. what they will pay now.

Obvi more but I wonder if its more or less than what they were offered to renew in 2022

Congestion Pricing’s Unexpected Winners: Suburban Drivers NYC’s controversial toll program hasn’t just sped up trips inside Manhattan, a new paper finds. It’s easing traffic in outer boroughs and neighboring counties.

Shout it from the rooftops!

Reducing traffic in city centers helps reduce traffic in the suburbs

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

This power outage would be less miserable if there was a prediction market on when NES gets under 100k/50k/25k homes without power.

It creates a data point to challenge official PR, and gives folks at NES a financial incentive to share a real truth anonymously, rather than being forced to stonewall

I have now spent almost 30% of this year without power

This pic confirms my vague recollection: It wasn't that cold in the '94 Ice Storm

Everyone on our block got it back yesterday morning but ours went off after an hour. Then went back on and then back off.

Just 7 houses without power in our cluster and worried we are now too small to be on the priority list.

Now a week without power

Anyone needing transportation to a warming station can call 615-401-1712. (Be prepared to share your name, location, number of people needing transportation, special needs or mobility concerns, and whether you’re bringing pets.)

I wonder how these numbers compare to the surrounding counties

And one hour later:

I woke up this morning and said the same thing I say every morning, “I’m grateful to have power.”

Parking fees are 36% of BNA's overall revenue - more than they get from airlines.

So they're just following their own incentives.

BNA Composition (FY 2024):
- Parking: 36%
- Airlines: 31%
- Concessions (Food/Retail): 23%
- Rental Cars/Other: ~10%

Banger

mattbruenig.com/2026/01/19/s...

Dear lord that tie knot is way too big

I'm watching it now and just seems like Dr. Battle is making excuse after excuse.

Thanks.

As you said, the science is clear. This shouldn’t be so complicated. It’s hard not to feel like the system is stuck in institutional inertia. There were lots of reasons why it can’t happen, not enough focus on how to make it happen.

Hope the board chooses what’s best for students.