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Ryan T. Pozzi @ryantpozzi.bsky.social · 16h

On This Day in History: October 11, 1987
Two hundred thousand marched in Washington for lesbian and gay civil rights. The AIDS Memorial Quilt was displayed on the National Mall for the first time, and the day helped seed National Coming Out Day.

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annie parnell 👽 @avparnell.bsky.social · 1d

who was going to tell me that this town in West Texas got Donnie Darkoed

'It's kind of surreal that it happened to us': Rural West Texas woman witnesses NASA space junk as it lands in her neighbor's yard | Fortune

When Ann Walter called the local sheriff's office, she learned that NASA, indeed, was looking for a piece of equipment that had gone lost.

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Nashville Scene @nashvillescene.com · 1d

"Haven’t been on a bike for 30 years? Have a kid who hasn’t ever ridden without training wheels? There’s no judgment." Read more about Bike Fun, our Writer's Choice for Best Way to Learn to Ride a Bike, and check out the rest of our 2025 Health, Beauty and Fitness Best of Nashville winners.

Best Way to Learn to Ride a Bike

I tried to teach my child to ride a bike, I swear. I really tried. But my patience was wearing thin and my legs were tired. Enter Bike Fun, which

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annie parnell 👽 @avparnell.bsky.social · 1d

the David Berman/Skyway Man central Virginia to Nashville pipeline

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Nashville Scene @nashvillescene.com · 2d

The @NashSevereWx.com team has the city's vote for Best YouTube Channel! See who won second and third place in our readers' poll and check out the rest of our 2025 Best of Nashville Media & Politics winners here.

Media & Politics

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annie parnell 👽 @avparnell.bsky.social · 2d

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Nashville Scene @nashvillescene.com · 2d

Woodmont Christian Church plans to turn its longtime parsonage into a parking lot and multi-use space — testing a city zoning exception against frustrated neighbors.

Proposed Church Expansion Strains Green Hills Neighborhood

Woodmont Christian Church to turn longtime parsonage into a parking lot and multi-use space, testing a city zoning exception against frustrated neighbors

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annie parnell 👽 @avparnell.bsky.social · 2d

Manaen what’s your pick for Best Bus Line

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annie parnell 👽 @avparnell.bsky.social · 2d

weird queer art forever. an honor to give these folks their flowers

quinn hills 🏳️‍⚧️ @quinnhills.bsky.social · 2d

so proud of our queer little crew :)
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Nashville Scene
Best Repertory Series Queer Qlassics
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Illustration of a person painting a mural that reads “Nashville Scene”

When The People's Joker screened in the Belcourt's Queer Qlassics series, director Vera Drew handed out stickers on the sidewalk — and my partner and I ran into Grammy nominee Aaron Lee Tasjan (whose latest album explores coming out) in the popcorn line. That's just the surface of the community and happy chaos of this July series, which featured a Q&A with Drew, a local queer film history seminar, and screenings of tearjerkers (Brokeback Mountain) and camp oddities (D.E.B.S.) alike. Its focus on "stability in hostile times" is especially important now — and so was its revolutionary sense of joy.

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annie parnell 👽 @avparnell.bsky.social · 3d

it’s finally here!! I have some Writer’s Choice blurbs about great music and @belcourttheatre.bsky.social programming in this year’s Best of Nashville issue. everyone at the Scene has been working our asses off for this. go get your copy

Nashville Scene @nashvillescene.com · 3d

Best of Nashville 2025 has landed! Read all the writers' choices and readers' poll results in the Scene's massive 37th annual #BON25 issue. Illustrations by Kat Conde.

Best of Nashville 2025

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annie parnell 👽 @avparnell.bsky.social · 3d

not from here, my mom’s family are, but it’s “Lancaster”

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 3d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Nashville Scene @nashvillescene.com · 4d

It's 7 p.m. and the polls are closed in the 7th Congressional District's special primary elections. Stay tuned to nashvillescene.com for more on the results.

7th Congressional District

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Tatiana Tenreyro @tatianatenreyro.bsky.social · 6d

i've done a lot of writing this year and while i've spent a lot of time editing (both for antics and paste), here are some pieces i haven't shared here that i'm very proud of:

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annie parnell 👽 @avparnell.bsky.social · 7d

if you’re still in the merch line at the Nilüfer Yanya/Alex G Ryman show STAY IN LINE

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Nashville Scene @nashvillescene.com · 9d

Nashville SC can officially open its trophy case. The team’s first trip to the U.S. Open Cup tournament final proved both successful and historic.

Nashville SC Claims U.S. Open Cup Tournament Championship

The Boys in Gold win first trophy and first major pro sports championship in state history.

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Nashville Scene @nashvillescene.com · 10d

Pre-election disclosures show more than $2.5 million in the 7th Congressional District race to replace U.S. Rep. Mark Green.

Self-Loans Help Reeves, Copeland Claim Top Fundraising Spots

Six 7th Congressional District candidates raise triple digits; Bulso campaign mostly self-financed

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annie parnell 👽 @avparnell.bsky.social · 12d

kicking in chairs and knocking down tables? in a restaurant?

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annie parnell 👽 @avparnell.bsky.social · 12d

this rules

Marissa R. Moss @marissarmoss.bsky.social · 12d

TWO SOUTHERN JEWISH GALS WALK INTO A BAR....I spent AmericanaFest with Karly Hartzman (aka "goth Dolly Parton," thanks Missy Dabice) and profiled Wednesday for GQ. And yes, the album is as good as everyone says it is
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Wednesday’s Plan to Keep Southern Rock Weird

Karly Hartzman is determined not to become the next “prince of Brooklyn.” “Just being a little outside of the norm,” she says, “is such a beautiful weapon.”

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 15d

Mario Guevara faces imminent deportation after being detained by ICE for over 100 days.

His crime? Livestreaming a “No Kings” protest.

If you were outraged about Jimmy Kimmel, you should be more outraged about Guevara.

It’s time to #FreeMario now!

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Nashville Scene @nashvillescene.com · 15d

Paul Thomas Anderson's 'One Battle After Another' — opening today at the @belcourttheatre.bsky.social and Regal and AMC locations — is an urgent, freewheeling action epic. Logan Butts has our review.

'One Battle After Another' Is a Shotgun Blast of Radical Thrills

Paul Thomas Anderson's action epic is now showing at the Belcourt and local megaplexes

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annie parnell 👽 @avparnell.bsky.social · 15d

hell yeah genderfluid Neko Case. new album is magnificent too

We've Got A File On You: Neko Case

We’ve Got A File On You features interviews in which artists share the stories behind the extracurricular activities that dot their careers: acting gigs, guest appearances, random internet ephemera, e...

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Alejandro Ramirez @alejandroramirez.bsky.social · 16d

I'm at Lipscomb Academy where parents and students are protesting the reassignment of the principal of the upper school, claiming that certain parents, including country singer John Rich, unfairly pressured the school into the decision. Yes, there's a Charlie Kirk angle.

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Micah Loewinger @micahloewinger.bsky.social · 17d

My employer New York Public Radio just announced that it is offering @onthemedia.bsky.social, @radiolab.bsky.social, and other programs to at-risk public radio stations for free! More info: current.org/2025/09/wnyc...

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jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 16d

imagine a world where politicians said stuff like this about trans health care, too. coz they totally could, from a science perspective

Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 17d

We have people in power making broad claims around certain drugs and autism that have been continuously disproven.

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Nashville Scene @nashvillescene.com · 17d

This week’s cover story: As the Major League Soccer season draws to a close, Nashville SC is chasing trophies.

Good as Gold: Nashville SC Makes Its Case

As the Major League Soccer season draws to a close, the Boys in Gold are chasing trophies

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annie parnell 👽 @avparnell.bsky.social · 17d

@julianneakers.bsky.social captured this show perfectly, especially “Better Son/Daughter,” which I fully sobbed during

Nashville Scene @nashvillescene.com · 17d

In our live-review column The Spin: Beloved indie rockers Rilo Kiley’s first gig in Nashville since 2005 was a career-spanning show at The Pinnacle on their reunion tour.

Reunion Brings Rilo Kiley Back to Nashville

The indie-rock darlings' set at The Pinnacle, their first local show in 20 years, featured a catalog-spanning set list and support from The Faint.

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