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When Scott and I started planning the project that would become The Reveal, we knew we wanted reviews to be part of it. I also knew that, despite past gigs in which reviews had been a big part of the workload, I was a bit rusty when it came to reviewing new movies. As a freelancer, most of my straight-up reviews have been of TV shows, usually for TV Guide. I felt out of practice.

Hey there, Happy Birthday beautiful(I don’t even call you this enough) I don't know if you've heard this lately but I just wanted to say this: I'm so proud of you. I know I don't tell you it enough and I'm sorry. The truth is, I haven't found the time to just sit back and reflect on everything that's been going on or has gone on in my life. Lately, I am always so chilled and relaxed and on some days my mind is so heavy.

My favorite holiday movie podcast recapped Falling for Christmas and made a startling discovery. Lindsay Lohan used a body double in her kiss with Chord Overstreet! I didn’t catch it on my first watch, so I went back to check. The distracting flash of sunlight, the obvious wig. It’s not her. The question is, who refused to kiss who? Did Lindsay’s financier husband ask her not to kiss Chord? Did Chord’s girlfriend/Suzanne Somers’ granddaughter forbid it?

Top notes: This is one of those bonus “80% nonsense” posts, because whenever a viral reactionary country song is dominating the discourse, Gotham’s newsletter commissioner shines theWhite Pages signal and I jump into action. I’ve been a really softie this summer on keeping these nonsense posts (which I sometimes save for paid subscribers) unpaywalled. There’s not a ton of rhyme or reason behind that decision, it’s just my vibe right now.

Last week I mentioned I had initially planned on writing about a different movie before revisiting Meet The Robinsons and feeling inspired to write about it. I promised I'd cover the original film in the future, and this week I decided it was time to rewatch 1995's A Little Princess. Unfortunately, it didn't have much of a lasting impact on society, and it might seem random that I'd choose to analyze such a forgettable film that's over two decades old.

15 April edit: a few hours later after publishing this article in March, I communicated with Aaron Mauer (sympy’s developer) via Twitter about a potential data bias which made me suspicious and I added the prefix (the demo of) to the title and a SWE-Bench recency disclaimer. Today, Devin has been “canceled” by a significant portion of the developer community for overpromising with a demo and underdelivering. I haven’t got access to the product so I don’t have an opinion, but I still believe it might be a valuable product, even though it is “just” a ChatGPT wrapper.

Welcome to the AZ Coyotes Insider newsletter. I generally publish stories four to six times per week. Thanks for supporting independent, accountable journalism. The Coyotes sent an email to their corporate partners, season ticket holders and key stakeholders on Friday evening from team president and CEO Xavier Gutierrez. I already examined the genesis of this long-expected breakup in a story on Thursday. That paragraph near the bottom of Gutierrez’s letter that addresses the team’s interim arena solutions is where I am turning my attention today.

Since my very first day as mayor, the most pressing and complex priority has been addressing the humanitarian crisis concentrated near Mass Ave and Melnea Cass Blvd (“Mass & Cass”)—dozens of people living on the street in the grips of substance use, mental illness, and homelessness. In just over a year and a half, we’ve made solid progress on a situation that has been many years in the making. But in a world that craves quick fixes and deserves urgent action, it’s not enough to move in the right direction—our job is also to be clear about what we’re doing, why we’re doing it, and how our efforts are working or falling short.

A local music scene is a fragile ecosystem. And in a tertiary market like Buffalo, this reality is underscored on a daily basis.  On December 12, SaveLive, a Los Angeles-based conglomerate working to  create a chain of small-to-mid-sized music clubs and a network of touring bands to populate those clubs, announced that it would be opening a 750-capacity venue, dubbed Electric City, at 622 Main Street in the Theatre District, the former site of the Tralf Music Hall.