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Vision Zero Sees Red
🐂 Vision Zero: is Metro Council rushing to do more of what isn’t working? · More trimming, fewer outages? Metro wants NES to prove it · Lebanon Road gets more lanes · Much more!
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This Week in Streaming (April 29th)
Our recommendations to counteract the endless scrolling.
Densification On the Ropes in Woodbine
🏘️ District 16 shouts down upzoning proposal · New Youth Safety Director · Fusus on the fritz · Voucher voyage · Repeat offender of the day · Much more!
The Rise and Fall of Pants
👖 Civilizational decline and the rise of men's pants · Metro Sues RFK · Casada/Cothren Trial Update · Weekly film rundown · Much more!
Cut 'Em Loose, Round 'Em Up, Then Do It All Over Again
👑 Old Tent City requests audience with king · Upzone ya · Bills that died · Future deported of the day award · Conclave review · Much more!
Review: Conclave (2024)
Back in early March, we thought this Oscar also-ran would be going the way of many of its prestige predecessors after Anora and The Brutalis
Gavel, Out
🏛️ General Assembly concludes · Casad/Cothren Trial · Refugee funding tap runs dry · Canadian tourists · Bar to avoid like the plague of the day · Much more!
The future is now
🔮 Who will make it out of the 21st-century · Mayor O'Connell ready to take on LPRs · Pitfalls of Potholes · This week in streaming · Much more!
This Week in Streaming (April 22nd)
Our recommendations to counteract the endless scrolling.
Slash and Burn
💸 Grover Norquist stays on message · Reappraisals · O'Connell unphased · Biden's Gone · Repeat tourist offender of day · Much more!
Do we need more parties?
🌊 Tourism on the rocks around nation · Importing employees and property tax rates · New state budget · Cui bono Super Bowl · Criminals at large · Film Rundown · Much more!
Missing Megaphone
🎼 What ails the symphony · Blackburn hits VUMC · No tariff impact · Repeat illegal of the day · New Soderbergh movie · Much more!
Review: Black Bag (2025)
At some point between the frenzy over Killing Eve, Apple’s relentless PR push for Slow Horses, and Netflix’s binge-ready Treason, the Britis
Patchwork Politics
🏛️ Last night at the Metro Council · CHYM · Good tariff news · Reappraisals · Stupid judge of the week · Much more!
The Best Day of the Year
💰 You know what time it is · Stormwater settlement · ESL on the rise · Repeat offender of the day · This week in streaming · Much more!