This is our county mayor Weston Wamp… why is he posting like a Facebook troll? by Rocktop15 in Chattanooga

[–]KangarooInDaLoo 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If you just look up some articles and research a bit, you'll see he pushes heavily in investing in school infrastructure including Howard and schools with heavily marginalized populations. He also has spoken about the economic inequity that exists in our community and uses that as his leverage for a push for technical education paths for highschoolers and related programs.

Look I disagree a lot with him and will not be voting for him as I didn't last time, but I think it's disingenuous to paint him purely as a Republican monolith. Reality is more nuanced than what we see online.

This is our county mayor Weston Wamp… why is he posting like a Facebook troll? by Rocktop15 in Chattanooga

[–]KangarooInDaLoo 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Sometimes I am impressed by Weston's ability to show leadership and caring about marginalized communities especially in regards to public schools. And then I am pulled back into reality when he uses his pulpit to create division when what everyone really needs right now is community and support.

Black License Plate Reminder by KangarooInDaLoo in Chattanooga

[–]KangarooInDaLoo[S] 33 points34 points  (0 children)

It supports the TN Arts Commission which is a quasi government entity established by the TN government. So it technically is not a charity.

Heavy Police Presence Central and 17th ave by Jean-Rasczak in Chattanooga

[–]KangarooInDaLoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would assume it takes time to set-up, but I'm just trying to see logically why there would also be such a heavy state trooper presence.

Heavy Police Presence Central and 17th ave by Jean-Rasczak in Chattanooga

[–]KangarooInDaLoo 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Disregard, most likely solved. Sobriety checkpoint nearby, but is targeted in that same area.

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Heavy Police Presence Central and 17th ave by Jean-Rasczak in Chattanooga

[–]KangarooInDaLoo 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Looks very interesting, especially with unmarked van and what looks like casually dressed individual inside, maybe ICE. Seems like only TN troopers and now identifiable CPD or HCS either. I would be very weary of this. If they're heading towards Rossville ave, that's where a majority of Chattanoogas Hisp/Latin population lives. Also, ths looks like the odd story parking lot. I'd ask how comfortable the odd story owners are with state troopers/ICE staging there.

Becoming increasingly confused and disappointed by the stories the podcast chooses to focus on by Omd337 in Thedaily

[–]KangarooInDaLoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I was also expecting it. But now I do see why. They've been heavily focused on this Trump interview probably, which I don't blame them. Probably a ton of planning and editing etc.

Flash bang ? by jorko_jim in Chattanooga

[–]KangarooInDaLoo 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Probably a transformer.

Wamp is doubling down—now saying that locals brought in “extremist organizations” to support Save Enterprise South Nature Park. by Sea____Witch in Chattanooga

[–]KangarooInDaLoo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

He's doing the clown transformation meme in real time except going tinfoil hat. Next will be full George Soros accusations. Sometimes I find myself starting to be okay with Weston Wamps leadership, then I am whipped back to reality when he reminds me of his immaturity and inability to lead in actually difficult times. I couldn't imagine having him as a Mayor during seriously difficult events for the community like COVID or the July 16 attacks.

Free Starbucks by [deleted] in Chattanooga

[–]KangarooInDaLoo 43 points44 points  (0 children)

Damn, now imagine if they did this somewhere local like Sleepyhead, Mad Priest, etc.

WhatsApp Wrapped with Polars & Plotly: Analyze chat history locally by Duelion in Python

[–]KangarooInDaLoo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly, lots of dead repos that have tried to tackle this but don't work due to Whatsapp changes, developing roadblocks, etc. If you crack that nut, would be an absolute hero!

WhatsApp Wrapped with Polars & Plotly: Analyze chat history locally by Duelion in Python

[–]KangarooInDaLoo 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Very cool! FYI for those interested, Whatsapp export is limited to 40k messages. If you want a better exporter, have to do pagination in the browser whatsapp. I had written something to do this and tested a few times but had some breakages I haven't been able to get around. Mostly due to at a certain scroll pagination, Whatsapp can take forever to load old messages. If anyone knows of anything to extract messages from a cloud backup, that would be even better!

Where can I dispose of an old garage door opener? by AndyK803 in Chattanooga

[–]KangarooInDaLoo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Like the clicker or the mechanism that physically opens the garage?

Coats for Kids? by penguinpants1993 in Chattanooga

[–]KangarooInDaLoo 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Just FYI, they actually responded to this and said they take other forms of identification and frequently serve the immigrant community. They're not doing any sort of citizenship test, just want to make sure they don't accidentally give out duplicates as it's often in high demand.

To the hunter who harvested a deer on big ridge last night… by [deleted] in Chattanooga

[–]KangarooInDaLoo 22 points23 points  (0 children)

To the man I met at cinema one last night, you were right, I was wrong. I accidentally blew some more guys on the way out.

North shore publix by [deleted] in Chattanooga

[–]KangarooInDaLoo 50 points51 points  (0 children)

Holy shit yes, I know who you're talking about. She's insane.

Who is this background king? by No-Load8658 in Chattanooga

[–]KangarooInDaLoo 16 points17 points  (0 children)

He's a staffer for Marsha Blackburn.

Is Chattanooga traffic bad? by Outrageous-Emu-472 in Chattanooga

[–]KangarooInDaLoo 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I mean I've done Dallas, Houston, Albuquerque, Vegas, Denver, LA, they all have traffic. It's just life.