Math teacher. Foster parent. Nashville. Transit/bike advocate.

Nashville, TN
Joined January 2016
Christian Jenkins retweeted
BREAKING: Multiple students have been suspended for protesting. The Hustler has been barred from reporting inside Kirkland Hall, and a Nashville Scene reporter was arrested for alleged trespassing. The story will be updated. vanderbilthustler.com/2024/0…
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Christian Jenkins retweeted
All I wish is that people knew about the app that tells you things like when your garbage will be picked up and when it will not. It’s very good. apps.apple.com/app/id1550158… – at Nashville, TN
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Replying to @WeGoTransit
@WeGoTransit is reconsidering the ban on e-bikes on the bus racks. Let the CEO and board hear from you. [email protected] nashville.gov/sites/default/…
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Christian Jenkins retweeted
Tornado is now in Davidson County and has turned a little right - it should move near the north side of Briley Parkway - take shelter now Nashville! - path looks just a few miles north of the 2020 tornado - 427 PM / We are live here: youtube.com/channel/UC6ajz-N…
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Christian Jenkins retweeted
I am thrilled to announce that the City of Chattanooga has earned a $500,000 federal grant from the U.S. Dpt of Transportation’s Corridor ID Program to fund a comprehensive study to develop the scope, the cost, engineering, and other requirements needed to
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Christian Jenkins retweeted
The level of fiscal irresponsibility in this plan is mind boggling. Huge transfer of tax dollars to wealthy families whose kids already attend private schools. Incentivizes unaccredited schools to recruit kids for the money while destabilizing school financing across the state.
EXCLUSIVE: Details from Gov. Bill Lee’s plan to dramatically expand Tennessee's controversial school voucher program, allowing K-12 students to receive taxpayer funding for private school regardless of need. (More in 🧵 below)
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Christian Jenkins retweeted
For those of you not watching the proceedings of the Tennessee House of Representatives, @CSexton25 has ruled @brotherjones_ out of order and there's a vote to silence him for the rest of the day.
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TODAY is the deadline to register to vote in the August 3 elections. Fast, easy, secure. Register at ovr.govote.tn.gov/ #PrepareToVote #BeAVoter #Nashville
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Christian Jenkins retweeted
6. Since 2015, the U.S. has added more than $300 billion to annual defense spending. That is equivalent to the annual cost of universal pre-K, 2 years of free community college for every HS graduate, and health insurance for every uninsured American — combined.
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Christian Jenkins retweeted
Nashville’s 3 recent mass shootings: Burnette Chapel, Waffle House & Covenant. Before each, family and/or law enforcement knew perpetrator was a danger to self or others. With no Extreme Risk law, there was no path to prevent them legally purchasing or owning weapons in TN. 1/
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Christian Jenkins retweeted
I don’t know what else to say except this image taken by @NicoleHester90 will be seared into my memory for the rest of my life. I can’t look at it and not start crying
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Christian Jenkins retweeted
THIS is last year's Christmas card from Tennessee Rep. Andy Ogles, a Republican who represents the district that Covenant School is in in Nashville. #tnleg
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This has been a tough season to be a Nashvillian. But my message to you is simple: I want you to stay. I hope you'll watch this, hear our message, and join our movement to reinvest in a Nashville for Nashvillians. youtu.be/qjSg1vG136c via @YouTube
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Are you also sick of being stuck in traffic? Ask for less space for cars! 🤯
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Christian Jenkins retweeted
NewsChannel 5
@NC56 Jan 2022
According to the Nashville Weather Service, a record daily maximum snowfall was set for Nashville today. A record of 6.3 inches happened. This breaks the old record of 4 inches in 1977.
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I can’t believe schools in today’s polarized America are teaching arithmetic. Literally promoting division.
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Christian Jenkins retweeted
New TikTok video: Doing my part in helping people understand the difference between P(vacc|infected) and P(infected|vacc)
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♻️ THREAD: Beginning Monday, February 22, MPW will pick up both 3rd week & 4th week recycling, so if your recycling collection day is normally the 3rd Monday, please set it out on Monday, February 22. and leave it on the curb until it is picked up.
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Christian Jenkins retweeted
.@MittRomney summoned me as lawmakers and press arrived at a secure location “This is what the president has caused today, this insurrection,” he said w fury in his voice.
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Christian Jenkins retweeted
The Nashville Christmas Bombing is incredibly unusual for a few reasons. The facts we think we know so far — and things may change as new information emerges — paint a picture that is different than any other attack on U.S. soil. It raises some serious questions. A thread 1/x
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