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Tim Donnelly @timdonnelly.com · 7h

the Cubs have an organ riff that i can only describe as "Bowser's Castle in Super Mario World"

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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 8h

Public comment period at our CB6 meeting in the Court Street bike lane. First comment: “I’m in favor of a bike lane on Court Street, just not this design.”

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Tim Donnelly @timdonnelly.com · 16h

history's greatest mysteries of why tech bros need to literally create friends

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Tim Donnelly @timdonnelly.com · 16h

reminder that @nygroove.nyc was on this weeks ago nygroove.nyc/ai-subway-ads/

Photos: Everyone hates those AI subway ads as much as you

Friend dot com? More like Enemy dot com!!

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Tim Donnelly @timdonnelly.com · 16h

every new thing i read about friend dot com unlocks a previously inaccessible well of molten rage www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/s...

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Tim Donnelly @timdonnelly.com · 17h

Marc Fisher was the first columnist I regularly read in J school, holding a cold issue of the Washington Post from the newspaper box over a hot Chipotle burrito. Safe to say both The Post and Chipotle ain't what they used to be.

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 1d

Last week, new WaPo opinion editor Adam O'Neal quietly carried out another purge of staffers, cutting editors and major names like Marc Fisher and David Hoffman, among others.

Meanwhile, he welcomed three conservatives to the section.

Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/washington...

Post Traumatic Disorder

Adam O’Neal says he’s bringing “intellectual diversity” to The Washington Post’s opinion pages—but the moves he’s making behind the scenes tell a different story.

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 18h

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

photo of Google News search results for Amazon Prime Day (the second this year)

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The New York Groove @nygroove.nyc · 1d

Answer our Question of the Week: In honor of Open House New York, what's the most forbidden place in the city that you crave access to? tally.so/r/3xOjQG

Snoop dogs

Made with Tally, the simplest way to create forms.

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Tim Donnelly @timdonnelly.com · 1d

The Newsroom ass

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 1d

Bari Weiss introduced herself to CBS News staff today on the network's 9AM call, saying she wants to "win," which requires restoring trust to CBS. She also said she was excited for staff to get to know the Free Press, and ended her remarks by saying: "Let's do the fucking news."

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Tim Donnelly @timdonnelly.com · 2d

i'm old fashioned as hell i guess but, regardless of the personalities and industry cynicism involved, it doesn't seem to me like someone who became famous for writing for the OPINION section is a good pick to lead any NEWS operation

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Tim Donnelly @timdonnelly.com · 5d

Remember some dives?

The New York Groove @nygroove.nyc · 5d

on the occasion of Siberia's triumphant return, we thought it was high time to Remember Some Dives nygroove.nyc/here-are-som...

Here are some dive bars we miss

Let's remember some dives.

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Tim Donnelly @timdonnelly.com · 5d

i love that i stopped using Twitter but I am still forced to see Twitter (Instagram stories) every day

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Tim Donnelly @timdonnelly.com · 5d

civic nerd taylor swift ticket day (open house new york)

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Tim Donnelly @timdonnelly.com · 6d

Getting word that a billionaire with infinite resources has potentially ... very thin skin? Shocking if true, but read @robertsilverman.bsky.social on MSG's surveillance tactics before you take your mom to the Rockettes this year nygroove.nyc/james-dolan-...

How MSG became Maximum Spy Garden under Knicks owner James Dolan

For 25 years, MSG has been shot through with a 'culture of paranoia' that stems straight from the owner's box

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Tim Donnelly @timdonnelly.com · 6d

Open House NY is coming up and tickets go up tomorrow so you better read @vksmith.bsky.social's guide if you want to be prepared to be nosy! nygroove.nyc/open-house-n...

The best things to see at Open House New York 2025

It's your annual chance to gain access to the city's coolest, usually-off-limits sites — for free

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Tim Donnelly @timdonnelly.com · 6d

"sorry for the convenience"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

Tim Walz: "My god, we've got the White House threatening investigations and jail time because an escalator stopped? Walk up the damn stairs!"

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Tim Donnelly @timdonnelly.com · 6d

An all-snooping issue of @nygroove.nyc is out NOW: Our annual Open House NY guide to snooping in forbidden places, and how the world's most famous venues are snooping on you. Check it out here, and subscribe for free too! nygroove.nyc/email/0b84ae...

Issue 114: MSG (Maximum Surveillance Guy) 👀 + Open House NY preview 🚪

Welcome to another issue, Groove Nation, a place where we can say the government is NOT shut down, which means independent service journalism is still available! This week's issue is about prying, bot...

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Tim Donnelly @timdonnelly.com · 6d

cursed forever to be able to recall the name of James Dolan's band on a moment's notice

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The New York Groove @nygroove.nyc · 6d

~ 1 hour left to subscribe to get this week's issue of The Groove in your inbox. Sneak preview... nygroove.nyc#/portal/signup

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Noah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social · 8d

“We’re not in a place to host a casino,” Ramos told me last May. Her constituents “are hoping to build generational wealth." A casino "it literally the opposite. It’s the extraction of the very little wealth we have.”

She just voted yes to the casino.

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Tim Donnelly @timdonnelly.com · 8d

i am forever shocked by the uses of wealth, that you could own so much prime land in coney island, sit on it for a decade and a half, blow millions and millions on a doomed casino proposal and millions more on lobbying etc, all to have it — very predictably! — fail gothamist.com/news/communi...

Community panel rejects Coney Island casino gambling proposal

The vote was 4-2 against the sprawling project, which would have changed the face of the beach community.

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Tim Donnelly @timdonnelly.com · 9d

ultra rare @thebrianlehrershow.bsky.social shout out on @cbbworld.bsky.social today

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james folta @jamesfolta.com · 12d

An early stage in the living in NYC timeline is “Knowing Instantly Which New Subway Ads Are Sharpie Targets”

Virginia K. Smith @vksmith.bsky.social · 12d

excellent sharpie work everyone keep it up nygroove.nyc/ai-subway-ads/

Photos: Everyone hates those AI subway ads as much as you

Friend dot com? More like Enemy dot com!!

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The New York Groove @nygroove.nyc · 12d

tech grifters want you to think AI is ubiquitous and inevitable, but you know what's actually ubiquitous and inevitable? new yorkers' ability to dunk on this dumb slop nygroove.nyc/ai-subway-ads/

Photos: Everyone hates those AI subway ads as much as you

Friend dot com? More like Enemy dot com!!

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Tim Donnelly @timdonnelly.com · 13d

got a PR pitch email about an NYC ghost tour company and when I clicked on the site, the first tour listed was about 9/11

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