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Mitch Spradlin

@immortalcashew

Father, husband, and software developer living in Nashville. Cycling, video games, rock climbing

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Group of young people walking in downtown Nashville with anti-ICE signs

Group of young people walking in downtown Nashville with anti-ICE signs

Caught what looks like a student protest against ICE in downtown Nashville. Inspiring!

10.02.2026 17:44 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Did you figure out a good front mount for the UA?

28.12.2025 22:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It should be impossible to end up with both too much and too little, and yet

24.12.2025 20:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Sometimes I feel like an adult and sometimes I can only cut wildly incorrect amounts of wrapping paper

24.12.2025 19:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

What applications are you primarily using?

24.12.2025 15:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
X915 - Akuvox Akuvox is a global leading brand of smart intercom that converges security, SIP, Android, cloud, ONVIF&AI, and delivers better communication and greater security.

Marketed for luxury apartments, but something so privacy invasive screams thoughtless management: akuvox.com/productsDisp...

23.12.2025 15:42 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Has this notice always been posted at the libraries? Not a great vibe

13.12.2025 15:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
In our solar system, Mars is the planet with time and calendar most like Earth's. On other planets, Sun-based time and calendars would work quite differently. For example, although Mercury's sidereal rotation period is 58.646 Earth days, Mercury revolves around the Sun so rapidly that an observer on Mercury's equator would see a sunrise only every 175.97 Earth days, i.e., a Mercury year is 0.5 of a Mercury day. Venus is more complicated, partly because its rotation is slightly retrograde: its year is 1.92 of its days. Gas giants like Jupiter are trickier still, as their polar and equatorial regions rotate at different rates, so that the length of a day depends on latitude. This effect is most pronounced on Neptune, where the day is about 12 hours at the poles and 18 hours at the equator.
Although the tz database does not support time on other planets, it is documented here in the hopes that support will be added eventually.

In our solar system, Mars is the planet with time and calendar most like Earth's. On other planets, Sun-based time and calendars would work quite differently. For example, although Mercury's sidereal rotation period is 58.646 Earth days, Mercury revolves around the Sun so rapidly that an observer on Mercury's equator would see a sunrise only every 175.97 Earth days, i.e., a Mercury year is 0.5 of a Mercury day. Venus is more complicated, partly because its rotation is slightly retrograde: its year is 1.92 of its days. Gas giants like Jupiter are trickier still, as their polar and equatorial regions rotate at different rates, so that the length of a day depends on latitude. This effect is most pronounced on Neptune, where the day is about 12 hours at the poles and 18 hours at the equator. Although the tz database does not support time on other planets, it is documented here in the hopes that support will be added eventually.

Unstyled HTML docs have the best little gems

data.iana.org/time-zones/t...

09.12.2025 03:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hillwood is a labyrinth

23.11.2025 22:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A person standing front of the Cafe Del Sol truck

A person standing front of the Cafe Del Sol truck

Good coffee, great breakfast food at CafΓ© del Sol on Hillsboro

linktr.ee/cafedelsol.n...

21.11.2025 14:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A person in a bright yellow rain cape on a bicycle in front of a garage

A person in a bright yellow rain cape on a bicycle in front of a garage

2,000 miles on the big bike!

20.11.2025 22:06 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve started reporting obstructions, I’m wondering if there’s value in consistent data on the opposite (lane was clear at X time).

17.11.2025 15:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

@bikelaneuprising.bsky.social I commute daily in Nashville with a GoPro that records my whole ride. If I annotate my whole route for obstructions, that also indicates the parts where it was clear. Have encountered situations where that sort of data would have been helpful for advocacy?

17.11.2025 15:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Anyone coming from around the White Bridge area and want to carpool?

08.11.2025 19:54 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Woodmont SUCKS this week. Petitioning to rename the bike lane Green Hills Strategic Black Walnut, Pine Needle, and Trash Cart Reserveℒ️

30.10.2025 13:12 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
A picture of a brake being worked on on the side of the road. Bicycle disc brakes

A picture of a brake being worked on on the side of the road. Bicycle disc brakes

Brake seizes on a car -> Tow Truck -> There goes your day

Brake seizes on a bike -> 20 minutes of fiddling -> Ride home slow

08.10.2025 21:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Another car parked in the bike lane on Church in a gap where three flex posts are knocked down

Another car parked in the bike lane on Church in a gap where three flex posts are knocked down

β€œIt doesn’t count as blocking the bike lane if my hazards are on, right?”

19.09.2025 16:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A car in downtown Nashville on Church with blinkers on in the bicycle lane next to three flattened flex posts

A car in downtown Nashville on Church with blinkers on in the bicycle lane next to three flattened flex posts

β€œHow convenient, someone lowered these flex posts so I can stop here!”

18.09.2025 14:22 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
A staple in a bike tire near Charlotte

A staple in a bike tire near Charlotte

Hand and legs covered in bike dirt/grease

Hand and legs covered in bike dirt/grease

A repaired bike hanging on a bike rack

A repaired bike hanging on a bike rack

First flat tire on a ride βœ…

Amazed it took this long. 4,000 miles over a few years with no issue

16.09.2025 15:10 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
The Daemon's Curse Ambitious dark elf warrior Malus Darkblade learns the location of a powerful relic and decides he wants it for himself. Malus leads an expedition into the dangerous Chaos Wastes in search of it but fi...

I think this series begins with A Daemon’s Curse, A Tale of Malus Darkblade, for the interested.

share.libbyapp.com/title/6436621

06.09.2025 00:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Apple Maps screenshot showing the intersection of Belmont Blvd and Clifton Ln

Apple Maps screenshot showing the intersection of Belmont Blvd and Clifton Ln

The massive bump in the bike lane on Belmont Blvd between Woodmont and the bridge over 440 FINALLY got fixed! No more confusing drivers because I’m slowing to like 2mph seemingly out of nowhere

29.08.2025 13:49 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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If the city won't build benches, we will. What happens when you get fed up with your city treating its own citizens poorly? You get some friends together for a bench party.

super grateful to for robin just doing the thing

jesusurbanist.substack.com/p/if-the-cit...

23.08.2025 17:07 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
A cyclist standing in front of a cargo bike by a brick wall. A small child is inside the bike and a parking lot is in the background.

A cyclist standing in front of a cargo bike by a brick wall. A small child is inside the bike and a parking lot is in the background.

Crossed 1,500 miles on the big bike mid-grocery-run. Been cycling for a while, but every 100 miles still feels special ✨

20.08.2025 23:06 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Musk in Music City? Not on our watch.

While we're stuck in traffic, Gov. Lee is rolling out the red carpet underground for Muskβ€”giving him a sweetheart deal to dig private Tesla tunnels instead of investing in real public transit.

Sign the petition: shorturl.at/X7F9o

29.07.2025 12:29 πŸ‘ 29 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 5

Why doesn’t any national politician run on the platform of normalizing a four-day workweek?

Talk about a slam dunk

06.07.2025 15:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Bring back the streetcar!

02.07.2025 17:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Groceries in a front-loading cargo bike. Bike computer shows 127 calories, watch shows 12 minutes and 53 seconds of travel time.

Groceries in a front-loading cargo bike. Bike computer shows 127 calories, watch shows 12 minutes and 53 seconds of travel time.

Today:
Bus βœ…
Car βœ…
Bike βœ…

Each one was flat out better than the other two for that trip. Some days it feels like transit in Nashville is pretty good

19.06.2025 20:05 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Downtown, it works well to just pretend to be a car, especially at intersections. No sense passing around cars when stopped at intersections, and carefully taking the lane discourages unsafe passing

17.06.2025 00:46 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Riding my e-bike downtown from East Nashville yesterday.

1) It's taken time & practice to get comfortable

-Knowing the best routes to take
-Getting comfortable on the bike itself
-Equipment: Helmet, clothing, storage, lock πŸ”’, etc

16.06.2025 01:43 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
Picture of a winding path with a few stumps and grass on both sides

Picture of a winding path with a few stumps and grass on both sides

There used to be 5 or six trees here, all of them cut down recently. So sad

Near Big Picture High School

09.06.2025 22:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0