Andy Grooms

Andy Grooms

@andygrooms.bsky.social

Born and raised a Hoosier -> East Nashville -> Williamson County I like to ride bikes of all kinds. I play music (mainly drums).

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They can't even spell it right. It is called "Mutilization". Duh.

Holly McCall@jhollymc.bsky.social

Whenever I am short on column ideas, I can always turn to Tennessee House Republicans for ideas: here is the latest disgusting lie.

Welp...that'll get a few more people to the polls who were planning on sitting it out. I'd like to see a study - at what theshold does the price of fuel override disdain of "trans athletes" and "illegals" to cause someone to vote against their inner bigotry.

Patrick De Haan@gasbuddyguy.bsky.social

watching Great Lakes refined products market this morning like 🫣🫣 we could tie or exceed spring prices in states that haven’t paused taxes.

Oh! I guess I DO need one! Nah...I'll keep working for my GF at the little company run out of our little old house and drive my little Prius when I'm not on my little bike riding around enjoying my simple little life.

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Same. Every day I still practice the instrument 🥁 I've played for 40 years, always working on something I'm not great at. And love playing guitar, bass, and keys as often as I can. But there is no greater joy for me than getting in a room with people and writing.

J. Magnolia Gilligan@jmgilligan.org

Wow. I am a good drummer and percussionist, but a shitty pianist and keyboard player. I love working on keys because I'm bad and it's hard, and it's so great to work hard on getting better at something I'm bad at, where I don't have to worry about impressing anyone else and I'm just doing it for me.

It's hard fucking work, and requires trust and communication with everyone else. But the collaboration produces something that AI can't....the human experience. We all put something of ourselves into a song, and you'll never be able to replicate that.

I gotta mention an upcoming show. A former member of our band is facing a significant health challenge and we are raising money for him and his young family. We also have a silent auction to bid for your choice of whatever song you want us to play. All deets and more: salmoninthecurrent.com

Go to your camera roll and search “boat” and post one that you like. (I was a houseboat captain in my former life 😆)

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I know some folks that are Fox "news" only watchers who are staunchly pro-Ukraine that will never see this story because Fox isn't reporting on it.

Kate from Kharkiv@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social

Just so you understand the scale of betrayal: first, our "partners" didn't warn Ukraine about the incoming ballistic missiles, so the air raid alert wasn't activated before impact, robbing people of their chance to survive. ​Then, Starlink was restricted to stop working at speeds above 100 mph.

I'm guessing that Starlink employees know that they are enabling Putin to blow up kids asleep in their apartment. How do you fucking sleep at night?

The strait is closed again?

FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social

IRGC NAVY: CONTAINER SHIP CARRYING 2,500 CONTAINERS SANK IN SOUTHERN WATERS OF STRAIT OF HORMUZ AFTER HITTING NAVAL MINE AND CATCHING FIRE; SHIP WAS ATTEMPTING TO PASS THROUGH "UNAUTHORIZED AND DANGEROUS" STRAIT OF HORMUZ

Oh shit!! 👀

Nicholas Grossman@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social

Oracle, 29th largest company in the world, led by Larry Ellison, books looking bad, bet huge on AI, tens of billions in negative cash flow, and if the company goes down, there’s a good chance it takes the AI bubble and Skydance down with it.

We had a couple events in town at the EC to attend today...but in between, I got to ride hero dirt at Cedar Hill and man...it was glorious. Best trail in Davidson county by far.

Andy Grooms reposted

🚨 URGENT BULLETIN TO ALL NASHVILLE SICKOS 🚨 If you see a painted bike box at any intersection, that intersection needs to have a No Right on Red sign to prevent cars from pulling through the bike box. If there is not a NROR sign, Hub it and Metro will fix it quickly!

The next congress needs to fund the fuck out of the NOAA. Every person in this country depends on weather data and research in some way whether they know it or not. It is one of the most important government services we have.

EJD@firewxguy.bsky.social

I don't think privatization is the answer. Weather data such as this needs to be publicly available and free. The answer is this administration shouldn't have gutted NOAA's budget with the horrible DOGE cuts.

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Reminder that Jim Cantore works for a private “weather” television network that would benefit massively from privatizing our network of weather radars.

EJD@firewxguy.bsky.social

I don't think privatization is the answer. Weather data such as this needs to be publicly available and free. The answer is this administration shouldn't have gutted NOAA's budget with the horrible DOGE cuts.

Andy Grooms reposted

Please please please stop making a big deal out of the G7 reserves release. Yes, it’s 100 million barrels over 4 months. We - the planet - use 100 million barrels of crude every…single…day. Almost literally a drop in the bucket.

I keep running across reposts of their performance. I might be a little jealous I'm not playing this one 😆, but it's awesome to see my dude do some REALLY cool shit lately. Stuff we used to dream of in our younger days, rockin' together. 🚀

Jeff Ament’s Army@jeffamentsarmy.bsky.social

This is something. #Repost @theohanafest ・・・ Eddie + Stephen Wilson Jr. = perfection

They're REALLY showing their ass in this hearing, and I'm enjoying every second of it.

Allison Gill@muellershewrote.com

OMG: Republican Senator Schmitt accused Jack Smith of being in ATL to conspire with Fani Willis b/c he got a text from JP Cooney about a “Hawks” game (Falcons?). Schmitt had a big visual aid but didn’t keep it up long. BUT smith was at an IOWA HAWKEYES game to see Caitlin Clark in Maryland HAHAHA

Excited to test this AI thingy out while flying into DCA this week. What could go wrong??? 🤷‍♂️

NPR@npr.org

The Federal Aviation Administration launched an ambitious $875-million-dollar push to make the U.S. airspace more efficient. But critics say it won't solve bigger problems with air traffic control. n.pr/4iLEe2d

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Excited to test this AI thingy out while flying into DCA this week. What could go wrong??? 🤷‍♂️

NPR@npr.org

The Federal Aviation Administration launched an ambitious $875-million-dollar push to make the U.S. airspace more efficient. But critics say it won't solve bigger problems with air traffic control. n.pr/4iLEe2d

Declare a war in the Western Hemisphere so he can cancel elections like Bibi??? I don't think people here are going to put up with that shit.

Edward Wong@ewong.bsky.social

NEW: Trump and his aides are building a rationale for more military strikes across Latin America and the Caribbean. They're getting 14 countries to designate crime groups "terrorist" organizations. That's expected to happen this week, during UNGA in NY. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/w...

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41% of Americans are out of their fucking minds; utterly, irredeemably batshit crazy

Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur.bsky.social

New NBC News poll Trump approval: 41% Generic ballot: 50% D, 45% R On handling the economy, voters prefer Ds by 1 point. (In Oct 2018 they preferred Rs on the economy by 15 pts.) 30% say they’re more likely to vote for aTrump endorsee; 52% less likely. www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...

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The Seigenthaler Ped Bridge is one of the best pieces of multimodal infrastructure in the city. I really do not understand why we are spending 75mm to fiddle with it and not even fix the downtown side grade.

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The rationale @brooklynspoke.bsky.social gives for wearing a helmet in the cold open (so his obituary in the paper when he gets run over doesn't chide him for failing to do so) seems like a joke, but it's literally going through my mind every time I put one on.

The War on Cars@thewaroncars.bsky.social

NEW! "Fine, We're Doing a Helmet Episode." After Mayor Mamdani posted a video showing him wearing a bike helmet, social media exploded. But what are helmets designed to do? Who sets the standards? And what is it about the mere mention of them that causes people to lose their minds? bit.ly/4gFMJub