Post #2327620

2026-05-08 01:34 UTC

I can’t stop thinking about the redistricting in TN. My cousin, who practically lived as my only brother for years after his parents passed away, died indigent in TN. I had to dig his belongings out of insects and food waste and pay for his cremation. He was 38. There were no mental support services

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@hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange 2026-05-08 01:34

He got sicker and sicker and there were pretty much zero support services for the poor outside temperamental churches there. Public transport was dismal. He had horrible chronic health problems the ERa couldn’t address. I wish I could have gotten him out but he wasn’t in a mental state to consent.

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@dnkboston@apobangpo.space 2026-05-08 01:39

@hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange Oh my god. I'm so sorry for your loss. Also, one more reason why people who endorse a bs neo-secession should be quiet.

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@rmd1023@infosec.exchange 2026-05-08 02:33

@hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange 💔💔💔 Fuuuuuck. I’m sorry.

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@ramsey@phpc.social 2026-05-08 02:37

@hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange So sorry to hear that. Our (I live in Nashville) state legislature is horrible. What they did in Memphis today is the same thing they did to Nashville a few years ago, when my district was carved up. Nashville and Memphis no longer have urban districts of their own. They’ve been split up and absorbed into the surrounding rural districts.

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@Thumper1964@mindly.social 2026-05-08 02:56

@hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange @odd@social.lol My wife and I moved to #TN from #IN in December 2024. The Hoosier State is messed up in oh so many ways, but it’s got nothing on Tennessee. I am amazed on a daily basis about how backward things are here. Not only that, but how many people think that’s just fine and dandy. There’s a lot I like about Knoxville, where we live, but the state as a whole can take a flying leap as far as I’m concerned. And now the jerks in Nashville are going to make sure that things will never change.

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@mast0d0nphan@beige.party 2026-05-08 05:13

@hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange I'm sorry your cousin had to pay for the greed of those politicians. If only there was a way for those greedy bastards to take his place in the ground. 🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂

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@emc2@indieweb.social 2026-05-08 12:24

@hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange I'm sorry

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@darwinwoodka@mastodon.social 2026-05-08 15:22

@hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange Oh, I'm so sorry. The South is a very fucked up place.

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@Beachbum@mastodon.sdf.org 2026-05-08 15:47

@hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange I’m so sorry. Having moved from Pennsylvania, which is a ‘giving’ state to South Carolina, which is a ‘taking’ state. It’s very obvious that the Republicans do indeed enjoy their cruelty.

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@mildpeach@mstdn.social 2026-05-31 14:33

@hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange TN seems to vie with TX in an ongoing battle over which state is going to claim the title of ‘Third World Sh1th0le’. Although, TN does claim outright victory in the ‘whackadoodle theocracy’ category… Sorry for your loss.

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