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JM Cole @jonathantn.bsky.social · 2d

The need for charity points to the failures of government.

JM Cole @jonathantn.bsky.social · 19d

Today is the 13th anniversary of the passage of the LGBT-inclusive Employment Nondiscrimination Ordinance by the Memphis City Council. Please join me in celebrating local advocates who worked to advance this legislation and the elected officials who recognized the need for it.

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JM Cole @jonathantn.bsky.social · Sep 25

Woke up early to walk Vanjie this morning for 2 miles. I felt a cool drizzle on my face on the way back home. What’s helping you stay grounded these days? How are you overcoming barriers to that effort?

JM Cole @jonathantn.bsky.social · Sep 23

I made this Vietnamese Lemongrass Chicken for dinner with @smartass63.bsky.social

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JM Cole @jonathantn.bsky.social · Sep 20

I made a zucchini and ricotta galette for dinner tonight.

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JM Cole @jonathantn.bsky.social · Sep 17

Last week at the Cooper Young Festival 4-Miler.

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JM Cole @jonathantn.bsky.social · Jul 12

Paul and I booked a trip to Uruguay in January 2025 to celebrate our 25th anniversary.

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JM Cole @jonathantn.bsky.social · Jun 26

This links make it easy to contact your lawmakers to protect national public radio,l and the public broadcasting system. Please act to protect federal funding for these resources.

protectmypublicmedia.org

Protect My Public Media

Take a stand for the local stations and programs you love.

protectmypublicmedia.org

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Andy Beshear @andybeshearky.bsky.social · Jun 24

This “big, ugly bill” is dangerous and will destroy rural health care. In Kentucky alone, 35 hospitals are under the threat of closing, stripping care from families, cutting jobs and crippling local economies. 1/2

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Jun 18

KAINE: “You didn’t call any of the families. They learned about it from the press.”

@sentimkaine calls out @petehegseth for not having the courtesy to call the families of the 🇺🇸 soldiers whose names he’s stripping from military bases to put the names of Confederate generals back.

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CNN @cnn.com · Jun 18

Jinkx Monsoon, best known for her winning runs on both “RuPaul’s Drag Race” and “Drag Race All Stars,” announced that she is set to take over the lead role in the wild, Tony-winning historical spoof “Oh, Mary!” on Broadway this summer. cnn.it/405u1Dq

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JM Cole @jonathantn.bsky.social · Jun 16

I am beginning to feel like having a presence on any social media platform is a form of surrender. Is unplugging the ultimate form of rebellion against control by the government and the corporations that control them?

JM Cole @jonathantn.bsky.social · Jun 9

RIP United States of America (July 4, 1776 - January 25, 2025)

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JM Cole @jonathantn.bsky.social · Jun 3

Get your tickets now at bgdp25.brownpapertickets.com

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JM Cole @jonathantn.bsky.social · Jun 2

He’s addicted to drugs.

JM Cole @jonathantn.bsky.social · Jun 2

It’s time to press legal claims based on the equal protections guaranteed in the 14th Amendment against Federal Government overreach justified over the last century under the 4th Amendment.
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We the People: Search and Seizure

Podcast Episode · Throughline · 05/29/2025 · 48m

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JM Cole @jonathantn.bsky.social · May 31

You should be dancing with PRIDE on June 6 with @tnequality.bsky.social

Tennessee Equality Project @tnequality.bsky.social · May 7

Coming up in June in Memphis. Ticket information at the link: www.tnep.org/big_gay_danc... .

Big Gay Dance Party: Flashback to 1985

Coming up on June 6 at the Crosstown Theater in Memphis

www.tnep.org

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Chris Davis of the Undead Davises @thepeskyfly.bsky.social · May 28

Can we stop saying anti-woke and just say bigot?

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JM Cole @jonathantn.bsky.social · May 29

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JM Cole @jonathantn.bsky.social · May 29

I made @hilltop.recipes Spanakorizo with onion, scallions, leeks, garlic, spinach, Arborio rice, feta, lemon and fresh dill with jammy egg for dinner with the @paullinxwiler tonight.