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Anita Bonita @anitabonita.bsky.social · 4h

#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...

www.thecity.nyc

Anita Bonita @anitabonita.bsky.social · 2d

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

Anita Bonita @anitabonita.bsky.social · 2d

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)

YouTube video by CHANNEL NYC

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Anita Bonita @anitabonita.bsky.social · 3d

Something to look forward to.

deadline.com/2025/10/ben-...

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.

deadline.com

Anita Bonita @anitabonita.bsky.social · 3d

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 · 7d

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

Anita Bonita @anitabonita.bsky.social · 7d

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

Anita Bonita @anitabonita.bsky.social · 7d

#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 ...

www.nbcnewyork.com

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Anita Bonita @anitabonita.bsky.social · 7d

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 · 7d

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

latenighter.com/features/dav...

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.

latenighter.com

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Anita Bonita @anitabonita.bsky.social · 8d

😳

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...

www.hollywoodreporter.com

Anita Bonita @anitabonita.bsky.social · 9d

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.

www.curbed.com

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Anita Bonita @anitabonita.bsky.social · 9d

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Anita Bonita @anitabonita.bsky.social · 9d

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 ...

www.untappedcities.com

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Anita Bonita @anitabonita.bsky.social · 9d

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.

gothamist.com/news/why-an-...

Why an avocado can cost 25 cents or $3 — and what it says about grocery shopping in NYC

New Yorkers can add avocado to practically anything, our salads or burrito bowls — for a fee.

gothamist.com

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Anita Bonita @anitabonita.bsky.social · 12d

#PharmaBro

Martin Shkreli Must Face Lawsuit Over Wu-Tang Album, Judge Rules

The Wu-Tang album lawsuit against Martin Shkreli over the group’s Once Upon a Time in Shaolin album can proceed.

www.billboard.com

Anita Bonita @anitabonita.bsky.social · 12d

#ShabbatShalom ... #GutShabbos ... #BuenShabat. And @bsky.app, fix the damn custom handles already! Bonita out.

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Anita Bonita @anitabonita.bsky.social · 13d

More for us. 😁

deadline.com/2025/09/hot-...

Hot Spots: How New York City Plans To Lure Productions Back With The State’s Sweetened Film & TV Incentives

When NY Governor Kathy Hochul approved a state budget in May that increased the state’s film and TV subsidy to $800 million, it was a welcome move.

deadline.com

Anita Bonita @anitabonita.bsky.social · 16d

#ShanaTova u'metukah -- a happy, HEALTHY New Year to all. #BonitaOut.

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Anita Bonita @anitabonita.bsky.social · 16d

Ick.

gothamist.com/news/oil-spi...

Oil spill snarls traffic on Manhattan's First Avenue, turns block into slip-and-slide

The incident left oil all over the busy street, worsening gridlock on the East Side caused by the ongoing United Nations General Assembly.

gothamist.com

Anita Bonita @anitabonita.bsky.social · 16d

In Edge, click on the little lock next to the address, and make sure that sound is "automatic."

In Chrome, click on the little icon next to the address, and make sure sound is on.

In Safari ... I don't have a Mac, so you're on your own!)

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Anita Bonita @anitabonita.bsky.social · 16d

From our house to yours ...

scowlingpygmy.com/rh2025/rh202...

(There IS music. The problem is that most browsers are configured not to allow it. If the music doesn't play:

In Firefox, click on the little icon next to the address; make sure that audio and video is allowed for scowlingpygmy.com.

Shana Tova 5786!

scowlingpygmy.com

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Anita Bonita @anitabonita.bsky.social · 16d

“The White House was trapped in a rigged game, facing the crude asymmetry between the U.S. and Russia, whose leader, in power for a quarter-century, could simply order foreigners plucked from their hotel rooms and sentenced to decades on spurious charges.” #Putin

www.politico.com/news/magazin...

Why Vladimir Putin Decided to Arrest Evan Gershkovich

The Russian president wanted to up the ante in his game of "human poker."

www.politico.com

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Anita Bonita @anitabonita.bsky.social · 17d

That this happens in America doesn't surprise me. That it happened in Connecticut disgusts me.

www.blackenterprise.com/alex-okeefe-...

Alex O'Keefe, Award-Winning Black Screenwriter, Pulled From Train After White Woman Objects To How He Was Sitting

Alex O'Keefe, an award-winning Black screenwriter, was pulled from a train by the police after a white woman objected to his posture.

www.blackenterprise.com

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Anita Bonita @anitabonita.bsky.social · 19d

Good article, even if it fails to acknowledge the recent passing of Mark Volman.

www.mixonline.com/recording/cl...

Classic Tracks: The Turtles' "Happy Together"

By Robyn Flans. If Disneyland is the happiest place on Earth, then Happy Together is the happiest song on Earth.

www.mixonline.com

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