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Lucas Hendrickson

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Writer/editor/dad/mammal. Planning/assignments editor for The Ledger (www.tnledger.com) Enjoys rational thought, occasional absurdity, a well-turned phrase and a hoppy IPA.

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Coulda been worse. He coulda just torn it down.

19.12.2025 18:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This looks like a promo photo from "D.W. Griffith's The West Wing."

16.12.2025 17:52 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

At the very least Nov. 8, 2016.

16.12.2025 17:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Came here to say much the same thing.

16.12.2025 17:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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PolitiFact names 2025 the Year of the Lies β€œIt’s time to revisit the basics of why it’s important to call out lies. They’re more than just words. Lies harm livelihoods and families.” Read why PolitiFact named 2025 the Year of the Lies, from Ed...

Once they dug themselves out from the relentless pile of purposeful misinformation (that doesn't show any sign of abating any time soon), they just said screw it.
2025 is The Year of The Lies.

16.12.2025 15:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I have to think their corporate health care claims have some interesting notations, like "injury from excessive eye rolling" and "bilateral torn rotator cuffs from repeatedly throwing one's arms up in frustration."

16.12.2025 15:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Take a moment, if you will (and if you have a smidgen of regard for the concept of "truth"), to pity the poor folks at @politifact.bsky.social.
This morning, I learned they only use the world "lie" once a year on their pages, to highlight the Lie of the Year.
And they they got to 2025.

16.12.2025 15:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

@kentremendous.bsky.social I'm sure I'm not the first or only one to make this joke/request/demand, but now that we're two seasons in, isn't it time for a Marc Evan Jackson-hosted "A Man On The Inside: The Podcast"?

29.11.2025 13:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Kevin Knight was a revelation last night. Here's hoping he does big things in the Classic.

27.11.2025 15:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm sure I'm not the only one who flinches and winces when I see a pre-2001 image of the twin towers of the World Trade Center.

Now we get to feel that way about photos of the White House.

Great. Again.

21.10.2025 12:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

When isn't it?

02.10.2025 14:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Highly jealous.

02.10.2025 14:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

If this is the kind of unhinged "I approve this message..." pre-midterm replacement election advertising we're getting now, the mind wobbles at the toxic nonsense we're going to be inundated with this time next year. #TNPolitics

28.09.2025 22:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Every unemployed coach with NFL experience is checking flights to Nashville right now. #TitanDown

28.09.2025 19:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I think we need to stop referring to the current regime as "2.0." The first go-round was clearly the beta testing. Then they refined it away from public scrutiny, field testing it on school boards and state legislatures. We're now experiencing the gold release as they truly intended.

25.09.2025 14:06 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Why is it almost every ruling can be summed up with the response β€œYOU THINK?!?”

02.09.2025 14:11 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

At least the Titans get off the top of the list for Dumbest Trade of the 2020s. #micahparsons

28.08.2025 22:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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AJC to move to fully digital publication, phase out print Dec. 31 The AJC will continue to publish distinctive journalism every day and with urgency on its website, mobile app, as well as through video, podcasts and other digital platforms.

Peacefully rest, Atlanta Journal-Constitution print edition. Both shocking that it's happening, and not-so-much considering the paper's private equity ownership. Will be interesting to see how many others follow suit. Regardless, sad to see. www.ajc.com/business/202...

28.08.2025 15:17 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I don't even know why I bother to shake my head and mutter "Unbelievable..." when seeing the latest piece of regime news.

22.08.2025 22:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Volunteers still needed for β€˜9-1-1: Nashville’ concert scene Just two days after announcing the need for thousands of volunteers to serve as extras in a massive concert scene for the new TV series β€œ9-1-1: Nashville,” the casting director has closed down the …

Looks like the producers of the new "9-1-1 Nashville" show underestimated just how much locals don't want to go downtown on a weekday morning.

07.08.2025 13:27 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Elon Musk’s company just promised to save Nashville’s traffic problems. We’ve heard this story before | CNN Business Nashville officials on Monday announced a massive public transportation partnership with Elon Musk’s The Boring Company to alleviate the city’s significant traffic congestion problems for travelers bo...

Take a deep breath, Nashville-based techbrofans. "Between 2017 and 2021, The Boring Company canceled or postponed similar projects in Chicago; Fort Lauderdale, Florida; the California cities of Los Angeles, San Bernardino and San Jose; and one from Baltimore to Washington, DC."

29.07.2025 13:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Every morning zoo/sports talk radio show has either β€œCrazy Train,” β€œWar Pigs” or both cued up as their bumper music this morning. #ozzy

23.07.2025 13:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A Nashville transit haiku triptych:

Ellington Parkway,
why dost thou often vex me?
I loathe my commute.

WeGo driver does
not sense me on the right side.
Good thing my brakes work.

Crosswalk lollygaggers
oblivious to schedule.
Rage making daily.

22.07.2025 14:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Meanwhile, the "most powerful man in the world" celebrates the passing of the single-most unforced financial error in the history of the country with a press conference at a concentration camp format he hopes will turn into a franchise. Good thing the justices have started their summer vacations.

01.07.2025 18:41 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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RFK Jr. Says AI Will Approve New Drugs at FDA 'Very, Very Quickly'

As if the rest of the country isn't already sizing handbaskets, Sec. Brainworm says the FDA is gonna approve drugs quicker by foregoing trials and relying on AI. Read it for yourself. I quit.
gizmodo.com/rfk-jr-says-...

01.07.2025 18:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The most unbelievable thing about the new #Superman movie isn't that a man can fly. It's that a newsroom can have that many windows and that much natural light.

26.06.2025 13:56 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is gonna be the wildest set of Sunday shows since Sept. 16, 2001.

22.06.2025 12:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A quick reminder, especially for those of us who create media intended to inform: We don’t have to swing at every pitch. Take that however you choose.

05.05.2025 16:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

One more reminder that "when the price is 'free,' you're the product"... www.wired.com/story/chatgp...

01.05.2025 20:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Please tell us his walk-on music was Alanis Morissette's "Ironic."

24.04.2025 14:51 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0