Catherine Sweeney
@catherinejsweeney.bsky.social
Okie in Nashville. Health reporter at WPLN. Also write about social services and lethal injection. @cathjsweeney.38 on Signal
Made whipped brie and fig macarons
November 23, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Made whipped brie and fig macarons
Lost my mind at Warner Park today
November 22, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Lost my mind at Warner Park today
Latest on TN executions:
- Harold Wayne Nichols scheduled for lethal injection Dec. 11
- His attorneys want records TDOC refuses to hand over. A Knox Co. judge wants to review the docs, gave a Dec. 3 deadline
- TDOC fighting records release in a separate challenge
- Media witnesses selected today
- Harold Wayne Nichols scheduled for lethal injection Dec. 11
- His attorneys want records TDOC refuses to hand over. A Knox Co. judge wants to review the docs, gave a Dec. 3 deadline
- TDOC fighting records release in a separate challenge
- Media witnesses selected today
November 21, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Latest on TN executions:
- Harold Wayne Nichols scheduled for lethal injection Dec. 11
- His attorneys want records TDOC refuses to hand over. A Knox Co. judge wants to review the docs, gave a Dec. 3 deadline
- TDOC fighting records release in a separate challenge
- Media witnesses selected today
- Harold Wayne Nichols scheduled for lethal injection Dec. 11
- His attorneys want records TDOC refuses to hand over. A Knox Co. judge wants to review the docs, gave a Dec. 3 deadline
- TDOC fighting records release in a separate challenge
- Media witnesses selected today
Been using a little app to keep track and learn about my new friends
November 8, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Been using a little app to keep track and learn about my new friends
Been getting into collecting (pictures of) mushrooms in the parks. If any Tennessee friends have recommendations, let me know! These are all at Beaman!
November 8, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Been getting into collecting (pictures of) mushrooms in the parks. If any Tennessee friends have recommendations, let me know! These are all at Beaman!
I’ve never been able to have .ics files work on our outlook, so I have to add everything to my calendar manually. Spent about 10 minutes with Copilot, thinking it must be a user error. Eventually told it I quit.
Why do I feel like I’m being hit on?
Why do I feel like I’m being hit on?
November 7, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I’ve never been able to have .ics files work on our outlook, so I have to add everything to my calendar manually. Spent about 10 minutes with Copilot, thinking it must be a user error. Eventually told it I quit.
Why do I feel like I’m being hit on?
Why do I feel like I’m being hit on?
Now she’s all grown up
October 29, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Now she’s all grown up
Timeline cleanse. My baby when she was a baby.
October 29, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Timeline cleanse. My baby when she was a baby.
Hosted/ran the board while still foggy brained from being sick thank you for your patience and for not heckling
October 16, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Hosted/ran the board while still foggy brained from being sick thank you for your patience and for not heckling
Snake day at TIN
June 12, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Snake day at TIN
I haven’t seen anyone share this part of the viral AI college article.
I absolutely saw college as a few expensive years of meaningless assignments that stood between me and “real life.” Which, with my current worldview, I see as a tragic waste.
nymag.com/intelligence...
I absolutely saw college as a few expensive years of meaningless assignments that stood between me and “real life.” Which, with my current worldview, I see as a tragic waste.
nymag.com/intelligence...
May 7, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I haven’t seen anyone share this part of the viral AI college article.
I absolutely saw college as a few expensive years of meaningless assignments that stood between me and “real life.” Which, with my current worldview, I see as a tragic waste.
nymag.com/intelligence...
I absolutely saw college as a few expensive years of meaningless assignments that stood between me and “real life.” Which, with my current worldview, I see as a tragic waste.
nymag.com/intelligence...
May 6, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The statewide rate has been dropping over the years, but not as quickly as the rate for Williamson.
March 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The statewide rate has been dropping over the years, but not as quickly as the rate for Williamson.
Got my first COVID vaccine four years ago this week.
March 10, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Got my first COVID vaccine four years ago this week.
Organizers’ fliers (paper is THICK)
March 7, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Organizers’ fliers (paper is THICK)
About 300 people are outside the Capitol in Nashville for the Stand Up For Science rally. Similar demonstrations are happening across the country. Here are their policy goals: standupforscience2025.org/our-policy-g...
March 7, 2025 at 8:21 PM
About 300 people are outside the Capitol in Nashville for the Stand Up For Science rally. Similar demonstrations are happening across the country. Here are their policy goals: standupforscience2025.org/our-policy-g...
Here’s the letter.
The committee was a subsection of the Hospital Authority Board. They made the recommendation to allow Webb’s contract to lapse, and the full board would decide whether to take that recommendation. There’s a board meeting this afternoon.
The committee was a subsection of the Hospital Authority Board. They made the recommendation to allow Webb’s contract to lapse, and the full board would decide whether to take that recommendation. There’s a board meeting this afternoon.
February 27, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Here’s the letter.
The committee was a subsection of the Hospital Authority Board. They made the recommendation to allow Webb’s contract to lapse, and the full board would decide whether to take that recommendation. There’s a board meeting this afternoon.
The committee was a subsection of the Hospital Authority Board. They made the recommendation to allow Webb’s contract to lapse, and the full board would decide whether to take that recommendation. There’s a board meeting this afternoon.
Why does he love props so much
February 24, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Why does he love props so much
TennCare: “Examples of SDOH include safe housing, access to nutritious foods and transportation, education and job opportunities.”
February 5, 2025 at 5:05 PM
TennCare: “Examples of SDOH include safe housing, access to nutritious foods and transportation, education and job opportunities.”
The whole thing is wild, but even the most conservative states’ Medicaid agencies talk about addressing social determinants of health.
vanderbilthustler.com/2025/02/04/v...
vanderbilthustler.com/2025/02/04/v...
February 5, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The whole thing is wild, but even the most conservative states’ Medicaid agencies talk about addressing social determinants of health.
vanderbilthustler.com/2025/02/04/v...
vanderbilthustler.com/2025/02/04/v...
Not a ton of ways I think Nashville needs to be more like Oklahoma City but I do wish I could hit an HTea0 right now. I didn’t know how blessed I was
January 26, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Not a ton of ways I think Nashville needs to be more like Oklahoma City but I do wish I could hit an HTea0 right now. I didn’t know how blessed I was
I’m outside the school, where police have taken over the intersection to guide traffic away. We’ll be getting an update shortly.
January 22, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I’m outside the school, where police have taken over the intersection to guide traffic away. We’ll be getting an update shortly.
Coming at you live, asking for money (it’s winter fund drive)
December 12, 2024 at 1:52 PM
Coming at you live, asking for money (it’s winter fund drive)
Didn’t realize how many instant coffee jars I had collected in a break room cabinet
December 5, 2024 at 4:12 PM
Didn’t realize how many instant coffee jars I had collected in a break room cabinet