it is very funny the full-throated pivot to free market boosterism is getting buried in this particular market since youtube's algorithm tends to favor right-wing content

The Charizard/Gamestop news is reminding me about one of the first essays I ever got published: reminiscing about the youthful Pokemon card hustle and an embarrassing school yard trade-back situation. www.defunctmag.com/Essays/Place...

"Numb/Encore" by Jay-Z and Linkin Park

We've got a great team at the Capitol today and you can see some of their footage and interviews with lawmakers over at our IG: www.instagram.com/nashvillesce...

Photos from @tennesseelookout.com photojournalist John Partipilo was on the scene in South Nashville for ICE raids of an apartment complex, nearly one year after raids first shook the city.

Inscryption is full of surprises, what a game.

I rode in a Waymo (and my mom yelled at me via text) for journalism

i grew up on the stupidest memes possible but may not survive this "-maxxing" stuff

Cheryl "The Pearl" Cook, the last living member of groundbreaking female rap trio The Sequence, speaking at the National Museum of African American Music today. Items from the group are being added to the museum's collection, in addition to a tribute to recently deceased Gwendolyn "Blondy" Chisolm.

This doesn't look anything like the anime

No clue how you make a movie out of that game but A24 is willing to let filmmakers get dark and weird, so fingers crossed

I spoke to The Sequence members Blondy and The Pearl weeks before an event at the National Museum of African American Music honoring their legacy as a breakthrough all-female hip-hop act. Sadly, Gwendolyn "Blondy" Chisolm died days after the interview. www.nashvillescene.com/music/featur...

i would've stuck with fencing if the school had a VFX budget (and if my family had a "keep taking fencing classes" budget)

Democrat strategists and pundits who whine about purity tests have never waded into the discourse about whether or not Expedition 33 is an indie game

Still not used to seeing Don Lemon running up to people Billy Eichner-style

Faith leaders and immigration advocates say a man detained by ICE was denied visitation and legal counsel while hospitalized in Murfreesboro.

Makes me think of this AP story apnews.com/article/catholic-church-shift-orthodoxy-tradition-7638fa2013a593f8cb07483ffc8ed487 share.google/mdXWPjszxAuw...

i know a lot of people use social media as a news-discovery tool and there's value in that. but i do think the fact you're more likely to see the reactions to headlines (despair, rage, confusion, sarcasm) before even a snippet of copy means you're plunged into the deep-end of discourse each time.

Gonna start introducing my cat and dog the way Gandalf just announced his horse is the "lord of all horses"

Amid going slightly insane covering Tennessee's legislative session, I got a chance to touch grass (or in this case, touch creek) and tell the story of the small but mighty Nashville crayfish.

After I read NY Mag's profile of Altman calling him the next Oppenheimer I had to Google "what does Sam Altman actually do?" because that feature-length article did not spell out any skill-based credentials.

palate cleanser

TRUMP on Truth Social just now: "I agree to suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period of two weeks."

probably one of the bleaker mornings on this site, and there have been some grim ones.

I know the Y is a Christian organization but still surprised how much more religious the Nashville location I go to is compared to my old YMCA in Boston. Parking is better though, so 🙏 I guess.

Listening to 'Nixonland' as a journalist is interesting. Sometimes there are amazing feats of reporting or surprising levels of nuance to how contemporary journos covered student and anti-war movements. And sometimes there's just a wave of suckers and racists glomming onto law-and-order screeds.

SUPER NINTENDO CHALMERS

damn one for the ages

This was a nice read. I think options like motion blur should be included in the initial settings preferences, like brightness is — would certainly save me some discomfort when diving into newer games. www.mothership.blog/how-do-i-sto...

Both pets enjoy Octopath Traveler 0.

we wrote about this hole thing

The Boring Company is plowing forward with the Music City Loop project in Nashville. With the current tunnel route set to run underneath state-owned roads, they've essentially skirted the need for local government approval. ⬇️ www.nashvillescene.com/news/coverst...

If I didn't interrogate my own notes or transcripts over the small details, I think many stories would have turned out worse for it — less voice-y, less illuminating and maybe even less accurate. (Having an editor that asks questions helps reinforce that habit!)

Nashville Instagram is dominated by AI slop this April Fool's Day -- it's good reminder to hire humans instead. That said, read my contribution to the @nashvillescene.com's issue on physical media. (Last day to find a copy in the real world!) www.nashvillescene.com/arts_culture...

mostly not in favor of outlets running April Fool's pranks but still gotta salute the best one www.inverse.com/entertainmen...

I think more guys could use a friend who hypes them up the way Fat Joe did for Big Pun on "Twinz (Deep Cover '98)."

Four-byline alert: 🚨 “.. A broker for Pete Hegseth, the US defence secretary, attempted to make a big investment in major defence companies in the weeks leading up to the US-Israeli attack on Iran, according to three people familiar with the matter.” www.ft.com/content/744e...

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Listening to Nixonland and got to this evergreen line: "Moderates found themselves newborn conservatives." (Regarding politicians' reactions to the assassination of MLK.)

Finally saw The Substance and while I didn't know it would get quite so weird and absurd, I'm so glad it did

Some guy is wearing cowboy boots at the gym, pretty tragic

Nashville Noticias reporter Estefany Rodríguez Flórez has been released on bond.

Accusers were discouraged from speaking up but, "In the end, they said that the story of Chavez’s movement was their story, too — of the women who marched beside the men, worked in the fields, took care of the children. The movement, they said, was more than one man."

"The United Farm Workers will not be taking part in any Cesar Chavez Day activities."

Horrific details of how ICE is treating a Nashville journalist via @mikeiereiland.bsky.social

She's got her nose in a book

Bought Silksong back in September and finally beat Act 3! I found myself bouncing between other games because of the difficulty but it really is a special one if you stick with it.

The more I learn about Markwayne Mullin the more he sounds like an Okie version of Mac from 'Always Sunny.' www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...

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"End of an era," I say as dust from the Ruby Tuesday teardown coats Donelson Pike, even though I just moved here