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Paramount may stay in California for the time being, but Hollywood is already moving to Nashville
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The Big Slice
🔪 State cap takes a slice out of Metro Council · Judge blocks state on immigrant licenses · Nashville’s ultra-luxury home boom · Much more!
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Good morning everyone! I hope you all are recovering nicely from the coalescing forces of Halloween festivities and government mandated time changes. My weekly playlist is particularly chill this week, you can listen to it here. Tonight, there is a lovely indie-folk bill over at The East Room with
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Book Review: Keanu Reeves and China Miéville’s The Book of Elsewhere
Though John Wick may have returned Keanu Reeves to the A-list, he has always done what he wants on his own terms, stretching his acting abil
Building Resilient Food Systems
🥬 Local food for locals · Nashville Exec heads up DOGE · Faux-zempic · Much more!
What Tennessee Gets Wrong About Food and Farms
Elizabeth Murphy of Nashville Grown talks about the need for a robust regional food system in the Volunteer State
The Nine Lives of Cars
🚗 Don't we love our cars · State budget deep dive · Blackburn wants the black book · Week in streaming · Much more!
This Week in Streaming (February 25th)
Our recommendations to counteract the endless scrolling.
In favor of things that actually work
🛜 Fast internet is a requirement · Water mains · Tale of two memos · Much more!
Out on the Weekend
🏝️ Weekend Hideaway · No Bail · Nashville DOGE · Film rundown · Much more!
That Big Blue Dot in the Roaring Red Sea
🥏 Nashville against the world · Adaptive Budgeting · TSU Life Support · Cheekwood Orchids · Much more!
Snowflakes and Fascists
🏛️ Last night at Metro Council · Historical zones · School funding · OODA Loops · Much more!
Speeding through the Loop
How the Trump administration is staying ahead of the opposition
Don't Bet the Farm On It
Why some are afraid Governor Lee's Farmland Conservation bill is a land grab in disguise
Don't Bet the Farm On It
🌾 Easing Easement Concern · Tonight at council · Overtime pay· Week in streaming · Much more!
This Week in Streaming (February 18th)
Our recommendations to counteract the endless scrolling.
The Year in Movies
🎥 The movies we want to see this year · Break-ins strike fear · Session end in sight · Love Circle · Film rundown · Much more!
The Pamphleteer’s Most Anticipated Films of 2025
This weekend’s release of Captain America: Brave New World ushers in the opening salvo of the year in movies. With pandemics, strikes, and c