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Anita Bonita @anitabonita.bsky.social · 9h

I love this woman. And I still shake my head when I remember her first in-person words to me: "Anita, I bet you didn't believe that was me calling from my dentist's office!"

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#CyndiLauper

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Cyndi Lauper bid us farewell. It didn't really take

On the eve of her induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, the 72-year-old pop icon looks back.

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Anita Bonita @anitabonita.bsky.social · 2d

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Anita Bonita @anitabonita.bsky.social · 2d

This ... has been a week. I'm tempted to leave you with @howardhoffman.bsky.social's "Headspin Guy," because that's how I feel -- but a holiday deserves something more. So Shabbat Shalom, Gut Shabbos, Buen Shabat, Chag Sameakh, a gitten moyd, etc. #BonitaOut.

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Anita Bonita @anitabonita.bsky.social · 2d

Latest.

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QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY NEW YORK CITY POLL https://poll.qu.edu/poll-release?releaseid=3935 NYC MAYOR’S RACE: ADAMS EXITS, CUOMO GAINS, MAMDANI UP BY DOUBLE DIGITS With Eric Adams out of New...

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Anita Bonita @anitabonita.bsky.social · 3d

BFT. Last time I filed, it took two in-person day-long trips to the Department of Labor office downtown ... only to get more than $300 less a week than I would have if I lived across the Hudson. #Unemployment

www.thecity.nyc/2025/10/08/u...

Unemployed New Yorkers Get Benefit Boost

After years stuck at $504 per week, the maximum unemployment insurance payout set to hit $869 on Oct. 13 — helping more than half of those currently on the rolls.

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Anita Bonita @anitabonita.bsky.social · 3d

#Queensbridge

How Queensbridge’s “Baby Park” Became an Orphan and a Battleground for LIC Rezoning

Public housing residents want to bring back a once beloved, New Deal-era strip of playgrounds under the Queensboro Bridge. Local Councilmember Julie Won said she won’t approve the rezoning plan withou...

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Anita Bonita @anitabonita.bsky.social · 6d

Chag sameach, gut yontif, moedes alegres. #BonitaOut 'til Wednesday night. #Sukkot #Sukkos

Anita Bonita @anitabonita.bsky.social · 6d

After two months of teases, it's finally here: the premiere episode of "Ask Anita!" on @channelnyc.bsky.social

Please check it out ... and if you have questions, please send 'em along to [email protected]. New episode next Monday.

Thanks for watching! #AskAnita

"ASK ANITA" - (EPISODE 1)

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Anita Bonita @anitabonita.bsky.social · 6d

Something to look forward to.

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Ben Stiller On Expanding ‘Stiller & Meara’ From His Parents Life To His Own As Highly Personal Doc Premieres At New York Film Festival

Ben Stiller on his most personal film, a documentary about his famous parents Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara, a mainstay of 1960s and ’70s American culture.

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Anita Bonita @anitabonita.bsky.social · 7d

No words. #StephenMiller #ICE

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Alisa Kasmer

A preface: I have debated about sharing this. A week ago, after the ICE raids in Camarillo, I had the worst panic attack I’ve experienced in over 30 years. (Shoutout to Zoloft for holding it...

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Anita Bonita @anitabonita.bsky.social · 11d

@russdibello.bsky.social An easy fast to all observing, and a meaningful day to all. #BonitaOut.

Anita Bonita @anitabonita.bsky.social · 11d

You shoulda just asked -- I created it, I could have sent it to you!

Anita Bonita @anitabonita.bsky.social · 11d

#ICE

ICE agents grab and shove journalists at NYC immigration court, send one to hospital

Federal agents grabbed and shoved journalists in a hallway outside a NYC immigration court, sending one to the hospital in the latest clash between authorities enforcing President Trump’s immigration ...

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Anita Bonita @anitabonita.bsky.social · 11d

G'mar chatima tova -- may you and yours be sealed in the Book of Life. #YomKippur

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Anita Bonita @anitabonita.bsky.social · 11d

From the home office in Dubuque ... #Letterman #TopTen

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An Oral History of David Letterman's Top Ten List on Its 40th Anniversary - LateNighter

Forty years on, the creators of David Letterman’s Top Ten List trace its unlikely path from oddball desk bit to late-night legend.

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Anita Bonita @anitabonita.bsky.social · 12d

😳

www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

SAG-AFTRA Slams AI Actress: “Tilly Norwood Is Not an Actor — It Has No Life Experience to Draw From, No Emotion”

"It doesn’t solve any 'problem' — it creates the problem of using stolen performances to put actors out of work, jeopardizing livelihoods and devaluing human artistry," the union has said in a stateme...

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Anita Bonita @anitabonita.bsky.social · 12d

An RBG grows in Brooklyn.

www.curbed.com/article/ruth...

A Ruth Bader Ginsburg Monument Is Officially Coming to Brooklyn Bridge Park

A state committee is asking for artist proposals to honor the late Supreme Court justice.

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Anita Bonita @anitabonita.bsky.social · 13d

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Anita Bonita @anitabonita.bsky.social · 13d

Well, that's cool ... #WorldsFair #TrylonAndPerisphere

www.untappedcities.com/a-trylon-and...

A Trylon and Perisphere Replica Once Stood at the Lincoln Tunnel - Untapped New York

Searching the World’s Fair archives, Untapped New York’s founder Michelle Young came upon a forgotten gem: a mini Trylon and Perisphe replica that once stood at the New Jersey entrance of the Lincoln ...

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Anita Bonita @anitabonita.bsky.social · 13d

For proof of this, you only need to walk on 103rd and 102nd Streets, from the subway to Mount Sinai. The guy outside the station at 103rd and Lex sells his wares at prices significantly lower than the guy on 102nd between Madison & Fifth.

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