whitney pastorek
@whittlz.bsky.social
Executive Producer, City Cast Nashville / nashville.citycast.fm / Wally’s mom / former: WCK, EW / my analysis is largely correct / Go Stros / anger is a gift
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My ACA current plan is going from $385/mo to $821/mo.
November 11, 2025 at 12:21 AM
My ACA current plan is going from $385/mo to $821/mo.
Shot in the dark: Wally’s favorite toy got disemboweled by a dog friend while I was out of town, and they don’t seem to make this anymore. Does anybody have a Zippy Paws corgi that their dog doesn’t care about that you’d be willing to rehome?
November 11, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Shot in the dark: Wally’s favorite toy got disemboweled by a dog friend while I was out of town, and they don’t seem to make this anymore. Does anybody have a Zippy Paws corgi that their dog doesn’t care about that you’d be willing to rehome?
Eternally grateful to Ginny for not just taking care of my dog but also taking the time to make all these ridiculous photos. Also 2 of the 3 plants in this photo she found somewhere on my Instagram are now dead. But my dog is alive! That’s all that matters.
Wally’s human @whittlz.bsky.social is back and after all his canine carousing and treat treats, Wally’s ready to sit around and watch while she produces @citycastnash.bsky.social. If you see her, mums the word on the dog man’s escapades. He’s covered his tracks, so let’s let this partying dog lie!
November 10, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Eternally grateful to Ginny for not just taking care of my dog but also taking the time to make all these ridiculous photos. Also 2 of the 3 plants in this photo she found somewhere on my Instagram are now dead. But my dog is alive! That’s all that matters.
[whispers] is it normal to feel a pervasive sense of dread when landing in the city where you live after 2 weeks away
November 10, 2025 at 8:38 PM
[whispers] is it normal to feel a pervasive sense of dread when landing in the city where you live after 2 weeks away
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Mark your calendar to listen to @thisisnashville.bsky.social on Thursday. It's the season end of In My Place, a series about homelessness and housing in Nashville.
We added a special episode to hear from family members how homelessness of loved ones has impacted them.
wpln.org/programs/thi...
We added a special episode to hear from family members how homelessness of loved ones has impacted them.
wpln.org/programs/thi...
In My Place Archives
In My Place educates listeners on what cities like Nashville can do to prevent and end homelessness — while caring for our neighbors who are still unhoused. We talk to guests about everything from bes...
wpln.org
November 10, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Mark your calendar to listen to @thisisnashville.bsky.social on Thursday. It's the season end of In My Place, a series about homelessness and housing in Nashville.
We added a special episode to hear from family members how homelessness of loved ones has impacted them.
wpln.org/programs/thi...
We added a special episode to hear from family members how homelessness of loved ones has impacted them.
wpln.org/programs/thi...
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Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- harris@slate.com or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- harris@slate.com or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
My subscription just renewed and I’m so glad it did:
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November 10, 2025 at 6:39 PM
My subscription just renewed and I’m so glad it did:
After a challenge from @celebrityhottub.bsky.social this has been revised to 100%
Horrified to inform you that the fish tacos at Houston’s smaller airport are better than 95% of all fish tacos in Nashville
November 10, 2025 at 6:35 PM
After a challenge from @celebrityhottub.bsky.social this has been revised to 100%
Horrified to inform you that the fish tacos at Houston’s smaller airport are better than 95% of all fish tacos in Nashville
November 10, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Horrified to inform you that the fish tacos at Houston’s smaller airport are better than 95% of all fish tacos in Nashville
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I'm single. No kids, no claims, no pre-existing conditions. The cataclysmic leap from paying $50 a month to $1,228.28 a month is a level of devastation the depth of which I'm struggling to articulate. I wasn't going to be able to afford when I thought it was going up to $350 a month. And now...😵
I thought my new health insurance premium was going to be $350 per month until I got this letter informing me that it would be $1,228.28 PER MONTH. I CURRENTLY PAY $50. Is my math mathing? Is that.... a 2,356.42% increase?
2256.42%????
TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FIFTY SIX POINT FORTY TWO PERCENT😩
2256.42%????
TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FIFTY SIX POINT FORTY TWO PERCENT😩
November 10, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I'm single. No kids, no claims, no pre-existing conditions. The cataclysmic leap from paying $50 a month to $1,228.28 a month is a level of devastation the depth of which I'm struggling to articulate. I wasn't going to be able to afford when I thought it was going up to $350 a month. And now...😵
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it is pretty darkly funny seeing posts like URGENT!!!! it is SUNDAY EVENING you must PUT DOWN YOUR DINNER and call your senator IMMEDIATELY to politely request they not press the big button marked "fuck you". this will not actually stop them from pressing the fuck you button. functioning democracy
November 10, 2025 at 2:04 AM
it is pretty darkly funny seeing posts like URGENT!!!! it is SUNDAY EVENING you must PUT DOWN YOUR DINNER and call your senator IMMEDIATELY to politely request they not press the big button marked "fuck you". this will not actually stop them from pressing the fuck you button. functioning democracy
This is delightful:
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:40 PM
This is delightful:
Good morning! I don’t think Trump knows this or anything else for that matter but the people behind Trump who are actually running the country sure do
Not that he didn’t already know, but now Trump knows for sure he can roll the Dems every time and there’s no need to negotiate for anything
November 10, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Good morning! I don’t think Trump knows this or anything else for that matter but the people behind Trump who are actually running the country sure do
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This is not what they actually say. This is what they used to say, in the long ago before times when Shaheen learned to do politics. There is no kumbaya median voter anymore. The question you get knocking doors is not "why can't you all just work together?" it's "why didn't / will you fight harder?
Shaheen: "When I talk to my constituents in New Hampshire, you know what they say to me? They say, 'Why can't you all just work together to address the problems that are facing this country?'"
November 10, 2025 at 3:15 AM
This is not what they actually say. This is what they used to say, in the long ago before times when Shaheen learned to do politics. There is no kumbaya median voter anymore. The question you get knocking doors is not "why can't you all just work together?" it's "why didn't / will you fight harder?
The correct answer was 8pm CT and two large glasses
We’re playing a game called how late do I need to stay up to be on USA time tomorrow morning and how much of my mom’s Chardonnay must I drink to actually fall asleep
November 10, 2025 at 2:05 AM
The correct answer was 8pm CT and two large glasses
We’re playing a game called how late do I need to stay up to be on USA time tomorrow morning and how much of my mom’s Chardonnay must I drink to actually fall asleep
November 10, 2025 at 1:35 AM
We’re playing a game called how late do I need to stay up to be on USA time tomorrow morning and how much of my mom’s Chardonnay must I drink to actually fall asleep
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I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
November 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
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“I think it’s a terrible mistake,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren says of the deal. “People want us to stand and fight for health care, and that's what I believe.” (via Igor Bobic, HuffPo) x.com/igorbobic/st...
November 10, 2025 at 12:42 AM
“I think it’s a terrible mistake,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren says of the deal. “People want us to stand and fight for health care, and that's what I believe.” (via Igor Bobic, HuffPo) x.com/igorbobic/st...
Left a VM yelling at an elected official so I guess I’m back in the states
November 10, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Left a VM yelling at an elected official so I guess I’m back in the states
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Trump: I'm dismantling the Constitution, building a paramilitary fascist army loyal only to me, demolishing the White House, and blowing up the US economy for my billionaire cronies
Schumer: Okay, but you have to extend subsidies for corporate health care
Trump: No
Schumer: Okay
Schumer: Okay, but you have to extend subsidies for corporate health care
Trump: No
Schumer: Okay
November 9, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Trump: I'm dismantling the Constitution, building a paramilitary fascist army loyal only to me, demolishing the White House, and blowing up the US economy for my billionaire cronies
Schumer: Okay, but you have to extend subsidies for corporate health care
Trump: No
Schumer: Okay
Schumer: Okay, but you have to extend subsidies for corporate health care
Trump: No
Schumer: Okay
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🏈 JAX 29 - 36 HOU
FINAL
✅ That's Scorigami!! It's the 1094th unique final score in NFL history.
FINAL
✅ That's Scorigami!! It's the 1094th unique final score in NFL history.
November 9, 2025 at 9:35 PM
🏈 JAX 29 - 36 HOU
FINAL
✅ That's Scorigami!! It's the 1094th unique final score in NFL history.
FINAL
✅ That's Scorigami!! It's the 1094th unique final score in NFL history.
Everyone in the entire world connect headphones to your devices when they are emitting sounds in public again challenge
November 9, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Everyone in the entire world connect headphones to your devices when they are emitting sounds in public again challenge
Pitchers and catchers report in 93 days 😔
Brutal for Nashville that such a great season is ending with such a hollow whimper.
They've been absolutely carved apart here. 13 goals conceded in four games against Miami.
They've been absolutely carved apart here. 13 goals conceded in four games against Miami.
November 9, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Pitchers and catchers report in 93 days 😔
FIFA: We’re very corrupt
MLS: We’re working on it
MLS: We’re working on it
November 9, 2025 at 2:35 AM
FIFA: We’re very corrupt
MLS: We’re working on it
MLS: We’re working on it
😑
10' | Miami take an early lead. Matt Corcoran gives the ball away cheaply to Lionel Messi, and his shot looks like it takes a slight nick on its way in to freeze Joe Willis. Nashville behind early with a huge hill to climb.
November 9, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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