Jonathan Wiley
@wiley.bsky.social
📱Developer of 100+ native iOS & Android apps
🏢 Founder @LunarLincoln
🧑💻 Engineering leader
💰CTO for hire
🚀 Shipping is life
📍Nashville
🏢 Founder @LunarLincoln
🧑💻 Engineering leader
💰CTO for hire
🚀 Shipping is life
📍Nashville
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Some Lower Broad bar owners appeal their reappraisals while others seek nine-figure sales — telling two different stories about Nashville's party center.
What Is Lower Broadway Worth?
Some bar owners appeal their reappraisals while others seek nine-figure sales, telling two different stories about Nashville's party center
www.nashvillescene.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Some Lower Broad bar owners appeal their reappraisals while others seek nine-figure sales — telling two different stories about Nashville's party center.
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Nashville’s got free money for the NFL, but free bus fare? NO WAY. We mustn’t give an inch to the poor! It’s a violation of market principles!
November 12, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Nashville’s got free money for the NFL, but free bus fare? NO WAY. We mustn’t give an inch to the poor! It’s a violation of market principles!
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Despite a THP spokesperson saying "all stops were made after observations of traffic violations," only about 14 percent of 607 reports from the May 2025 ICE/THP sting list a reason for the traffic stop.
Reviewing records of ICE, THP immigration operation in Nashville - Nashville Banner
A review of records from ICE and THP's immigration sting in Nashville raises concerns about racial profiling and lack of transparency. Advocates demand accountability.
nashvillebanner.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Despite a THP spokesperson saying "all stops were made after observations of traffic violations," only about 14 percent of 607 reports from the May 2025 ICE/THP sting list a reason for the traffic stop.
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Come finish the week out strong and learn how to make every week #WeekWithoutDriving!
October 3, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Come finish the week out strong and learn how to make every week #WeekWithoutDriving!
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A new court watch group in Nashville hopes to hold judges and the criminal justice system accountable, educate the public on issues, and help Nashville’s citizens understand what they are voting for.
✏️: @mikeiereiland.bsky.social
✏️: @mikeiereiland.bsky.social
Court watch group aims to hold Nashville judges accountable - Nashville Banner
Two men from Memphis are now members of a court watch group in Nashville, hoping to hold the criminal justice system accountable, and sharing their experiences.
nashvillebanner.com
October 1, 2025 at 2:18 PM
A new court watch group in Nashville hopes to hold judges and the criminal justice system accountable, educate the public on issues, and help Nashville’s citizens understand what they are voting for.
✏️: @mikeiereiland.bsky.social
✏️: @mikeiereiland.bsky.social
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Look at all these awesome bikes!
Want to see even more? Come join us for the Cargo Bike Show & Tell on October 5th!
facebook.com/events/s/fal...
Want to see even more? Come join us for the Cargo Bike Show & Tell on October 5th!
facebook.com/events/s/fal...
September 18, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Look at all these awesome bikes!
Want to see even more? Come join us for the Cargo Bike Show & Tell on October 5th!
facebook.com/events/s/fal...
Want to see even more? Come join us for the Cargo Bike Show & Tell on October 5th!
facebook.com/events/s/fal...
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Nashville Department of Transportation faces off with citizens who want to reinstall seating on Korean Veterans Boulevard.
Plywood Benches Confiscated by City After Seating Changeup
Nashville Department of Transportation faces off with citizens who want to reinstall seating on Korean Veterans Boulevard
www.nashvillescene.com
August 29, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Nashville Department of Transportation faces off with citizens who want to reinstall seating on Korean Veterans Boulevard.
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Diana says "funding structures" are an impediment to quickly implementing life-saving projects.
Has anyone asked her who paid the ~$150k to remove the 9th Ave bike lane? Would love to know the answer to that.
Has anyone asked her who paid the ~$150k to remove the 9th Ave bike lane? Would love to know the answer to that.
“That was not enough,“ said protestor Manaen Hall. ”That was inaction. There are things that NDOT can do and has done elsewhere that greatly improve our safety, and they haven’t chosen to do it here. We’re calling for them to do that.”
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
no more excuses @nashvilledot.bsky.social
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no more excuses @nashvilledot.bsky.social
August 28, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Diana says "funding structures" are an impediment to quickly implementing life-saving projects.
Has anyone asked her who paid the ~$150k to remove the 9th Ave bike lane? Would love to know the answer to that.
Has anyone asked her who paid the ~$150k to remove the 9th Ave bike lane? Would love to know the answer to that.
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"We use coding agents like junior developers".
Cool. So you get the dual benefits of it being slower than an experienced developer to get a half-decent result *and* it never learns.
Bargain!
Cool. So you get the dual benefits of it being slower than an experienced developer to get a half-decent result *and* it never learns.
Bargain!
August 28, 2025 at 9:31 AM
"We use coding agents like junior developers".
Cool. So you get the dual benefits of it being slower than an experienced developer to get a half-decent result *and* it never learns.
Bargain!
Cool. So you get the dual benefits of it being slower than an experienced developer to get a half-decent result *and* it never learns.
Bargain!
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Great advocacy here from Meredith Montgomery of @walkbikenashville.bsky.social and Veronica Foster from @civicdesigncenter.bsky.social.
Sounds like it's time for @freddieoconnell.bsky.social to take a position.
Sounds like it's time for @freddieoconnell.bsky.social to take a position.
![“We are stuck in this 100-year culture of car-centric. And we have this blank slate of East Bank to build the road however we want to build it,” said Meredith Montgomery, executive director of Walk Bike Nashville and one of the event attendees. “At a time when we are actively retrofitting roads in our city to make them narrower, safer, better for pedestrians, more multimodal — it seems like the current [East Bank Boulevard] plan that’s out there is just building a new version of what we keep trying to fix.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4hgdjffqxgk3qyzss27rhhl7/bafkreibxeyiy6ccflezy6hwcvw57f37azxqa3c46wawh3so56cwzl3q2ki@jpeg)
August 22, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Great advocacy here from Meredith Montgomery of @walkbikenashville.bsky.social and Veronica Foster from @civicdesigncenter.bsky.social.
Sounds like it's time for @freddieoconnell.bsky.social to take a position.
Sounds like it's time for @freddieoconnell.bsky.social to take a position.
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Learn how to ride a bike this weekend with Bike Fun Nashville
Learn how to ride a bike this weekend with Bike Fun Nashville
Walk Bike Nashville and Bike Fun are helping people learn how to ride a bike this weekend.
www.wkrn.com
August 22, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Learn how to ride a bike this weekend with Bike Fun Nashville
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This morning, officers blocking the Commerce Bike Lane told me they hoped I got hit by a car and threatened to "punch my teeth out" if I didn't move along.
August 20, 2025 at 1:38 PM
This morning, officers blocking the Commerce Bike Lane told me they hoped I got hit by a car and threatened to "punch my teeth out" if I didn't move along.
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We won. Watch me and @neilkornutick.bsky.social race the 55 in downtown Nashville on a Saturday night
August 17, 2025 at 4:26 PM
We won. Watch me and @neilkornutick.bsky.social race the 55 in downtown Nashville on a Saturday night
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Truly a mystery how the flex posts get broken…
August 11, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Truly a mystery how the flex posts get broken…
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I really hope Nashville politicians are paying attention to all of the alarming news that has come out around surveillance since passing the “guardrails” legislation.
At this point, it should be glaringly obvious to everyone that there is absolutely no way to safely use surveillance technology.
At this point, it should be glaringly obvious to everyone that there is absolutely no way to safely use surveillance technology.
ICE is getting access to Loews and Home Depot's license plate reader data.
This is what happens when you are a customer of Flock Safety. You think you're securing your parking lot, but really you're feeding surveillance data to ICE.
This is what happens when you are a customer of Flock Safety. You think you're securing your parking lot, but really you're feeding surveillance data to ICE.
Home Depot and Lowe's Share Data From Hundreds of AI Cameras With Cops
Home improvement stores are finding ways to share data from their Flock license plate reader cameras with law enforcement, according to public records.
www.404media.co
August 6, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I really hope Nashville politicians are paying attention to all of the alarming news that has come out around surveillance since passing the “guardrails” legislation.
At this point, it should be glaringly obvious to everyone that there is absolutely no way to safely use surveillance technology.
At this point, it should be glaringly obvious to everyone that there is absolutely no way to safely use surveillance technology.
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Best comprehensive explainer of all of the problems with the Nashville Downtown Partnership & their various partners just dropped:
open.substack.com/pub/promethe...
open.substack.com/pub/promethe...
Council Votes Tonight on Whether To Reward Downtown Partnership After Decades of No Oversight on $60M+
What's the worst that could happen given the explosive revelations of late when it comes to DTP and Council's entangled history?
open.substack.com
July 15, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Best comprehensive explainer of all of the problems with the Nashville Downtown Partnership & their various partners just dropped:
open.substack.com/pub/promethe...
open.substack.com/pub/promethe...
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CMs *want* departments making political decisions, because it saves them from the blowback
July 12, 2025 at 3:36 PM
CMs *want* departments making political decisions, because it saves them from the blowback
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And a great, very well-sourced (& hilariously dark) read from Mike Lacy on the Nashville Downtown Partnership here:
open.substack.com/pub/promethe...
open.substack.com/pub/promethe...
Downtown Partnership's Specially Assessed Nonsense™
When and Why did Metro Council Give Up Its Oversight over $Millions of Business Improvement District Funds?
open.substack.com
July 11, 2025 at 5:03 PM
And a great, very well-sourced (& hilariously dark) read from Mike Lacy on the Nashville Downtown Partnership here:
open.substack.com/pub/promethe...
open.substack.com/pub/promethe...
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NASHVILLE, show up for the public hearing this Tuesday, July 15th to speak at the public hearing against the BID legislation. The Nashville Downtown Partnership has an outsized influence on our city with no accountability or oversight. It’s time for council to tell them NO. More info in posts below!
July 11, 2025 at 4:49 PM
NASHVILLE, show up for the public hearing this Tuesday, July 15th to speak at the public hearing against the BID legislation. The Nashville Downtown Partnership has an outsized influence on our city with no accountability or oversight. It’s time for council to tell them NO. More info in posts below!
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“IN VIOLATION OF THE DEPARTMENT’S POLICY”
Policies are only as good as the people entrusted to enforce them, my friends. That’s why we cannot give an inch on the surveillance state.
Policies are only as good as the people entrusted to enforce them, my friends. That’s why we cannot give an inch on the surveillance state.
“Richmond police chief Rick Edwards said in a press release Tuesday afternoon that data from the department's license plate reader program was used to assist with immigration enforcement, in violation of the department's policy.”
ATF officials apologize after using Richmond police database for immigration enforcement
"Their analyst should not have been granted access to our system — and absolutely should not have used it for immigration enforcement purposes."
www.richmonder.org
July 9, 2025 at 8:56 PM
“IN VIOLATION OF THE DEPARTMENT’S POLICY”
Policies are only as good as the people entrusted to enforce them, my friends. That’s why we cannot give an inch on the surveillance state.
Policies are only as good as the people entrusted to enforce them, my friends. That’s why we cannot give an inch on the surveillance state.
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we (sort of) have an answer! I put in a FOIA request on this:
NDOT spent around $150,000 to rip out a safety project and restore 1.5 (call it two) free street parking spaces for the Westview Condos, plus a loading zone on the west side
plus consultant fees, plus staff time
NDOT spent around $150,000 to rip out a safety project and restore 1.5 (call it two) free street parking spaces for the Westview Condos, plus a loading zone on the west side
plus consultant fees, plus staff time
June 30, 2025 at 4:33 AM
we (sort of) have an answer! I put in a FOIA request on this:
NDOT spent around $150,000 to rip out a safety project and restore 1.5 (call it two) free street parking spaces for the Westview Condos, plus a loading zone on the west side
plus consultant fees, plus staff time
NDOT spent around $150,000 to rip out a safety project and restore 1.5 (call it two) free street parking spaces for the Westview Condos, plus a loading zone on the west side
plus consultant fees, plus staff time
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This is just gross on so many levels.
June 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
This is just gross on so many levels.
This happened on May 8th, the Mayor's office was notified on May 9th, but the footage wasn't released until the day after the Metro budget was passed on June 17th 🤔 Did council know about this? @delishiafornash.bsky.social @emilyfor7.bsky.social @quinevanssegall.bsky.social @ginnywelsch.bsky.social
Amid state-federal joint immigration sweeps last month in South Nashville, a Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper, tailed by ~4 feds, swooped in on a routine Metro traffic stop. The state trooper asked to "take over" the stop.
Video shows THP involvement in MNPD traffic stop - Nashville Banner
Video footage casts doubt on the claim of traffic safety focus during last month's state-federal joint immigration sweeps in Nashville,
nashvillebanner.com
June 23, 2025 at 7:34 PM
This happened on May 8th, the Mayor's office was notified on May 9th, but the footage wasn't released until the day after the Metro budget was passed on June 17th 🤔 Did council know about this? @delishiafornash.bsky.social @emilyfor7.bsky.social @quinevanssegall.bsky.social @ginnywelsch.bsky.social
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Amid state-federal joint immigration sweeps last month in South Nashville, a Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper, tailed by ~4 feds, swooped in on a routine Metro traffic stop. The state trooper asked to "take over" the stop.
Video shows THP involvement in MNPD traffic stop - Nashville Banner
Video footage casts doubt on the claim of traffic safety focus during last month's state-federal joint immigration sweeps in Nashville,
nashvillebanner.com
June 23, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Amid state-federal joint immigration sweeps last month in South Nashville, a Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper, tailed by ~4 feds, swooped in on a routine Metro traffic stop. The state trooper asked to "take over" the stop.
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Understand CM Toombs general point about the hypocrisy of wanting services but not wanting increased taxes BUT it’s a bit insane to continue saying there’s no option but raising property taxes when they give SO MUCH MONEY TO MNPD
June 18, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Understand CM Toombs general point about the hypocrisy of wanting services but not wanting increased taxes BUT it’s a bit insane to continue saying there’s no option but raising property taxes when they give SO MUCH MONEY TO MNPD