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Virginia K. Smith @vksmith.bsky.social · 5d

goodnight, Irene's 😔 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 · 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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Virginia K. Smith @vksmith.bsky.social · 6d

it's the most wonderful time of the year (Open House New York season) 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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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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Virginia K. Smith @vksmith.bsky.social · 12d

wow wow wow

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lithobolos @lithobolos.bsky.social · 13d

We call ours Gorfield. We even gave him a bowtie. No matter how bad life is going for you at least you know you're doing better than him.

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Virginia K. Smith @vksmith.bsky.social · 13d

incredible things happening on Facebook marketplace…..

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Virginia K. Smith @vksmith.bsky.social · 13d

sorry for filling all of you with unreasonable hope that your favorite defunct dive bar might also someday come back nygroove.nyc/siberia-bar-...

Siberia, one of New York City’s scummiest dive bars, has reopened — again

The late '90s dive bar inside a subway station has found a new home inside a different subway station, two decades after shutting its doors.

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 13d

Raleigh vs. Judge what is this a North Carolina gerrymandering lawsuit?

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The New York Groove @nygroove.nyc · 20d

if your plan was to turn to sports to escape the endless onslaught of awful news, we've got bad news pal nygroove.nyc/mets-fans-ba...

Mets fans balk at ICE ad onslaught during games

ICE recruitment ads have been all over the sports airwaves, shattering escapism

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Virginia K. Smith @vksmith.bsky.social · 27d

big things happening in midtown 👍🏻

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The New York Groove @nygroove.nyc · 27d

Sleeping With Other people came out 10 years ago today, and remains a criminally underrated entry in the NYC rom-com canon, plus a time capsule of the de Blasio-era city.

plus, it contains what @davecolon.bsky.social considers the greatest rom-com line ever written:
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Happy 10th birthday Sleeping With Other People, an excellent little New York rom-com

An understated, modest movie that feels familiar as a city movie because its characters just live here, like you do.

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The New York Groove @nygroove.nyc · Sep 4

one of the few actually good things to come out of the pandemic — curbside dining — is on life support, but it's not too late to turn things around nygroove.nyc/curbside-din...

New York destroyed outdoor dining. Curbside Restaurant Week is trying to save it

Help save outdoor dining, and get some cheap drinks doing it

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The New York Groove @nygroove.nyc · Sep 4

some ghouls are still trying to plunk this hideous casino down in the middle of coney island, you've still got time to tell 'em what you think, @timdonnelly.com reports: nygroove.nyc/coney-island...

Your last chance to speak out against the Coney Island casino is coming up

After a summer of activism, the final public hearing is coming up next week

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The New York Groove @nygroove.nyc · Sep 2

Catch up on DREAM with @vksmith.bsky.social's story on how they created 'the ultimate guerilla hating campaign'

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Tim Donnelly @timdonnelly.com · Aug 21

GrowNYC — which runs farmers markets all over the city — is shrinking and needs your help, because apparently healthy food is not part of the whole 'make america healthy again" idea. @vksmith.bsky.social reports: nygroove.nyc/grownyc-is-s...

GrowNYC is shrinking and needs your help

Both local and federal budget cuts have come for one of the city's most reliable, affordable grocery options

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Tim Donnelly @timdonnelly.com · Aug 21

What if the grocery store was run like the library? I gathered up a few ideas on how Zohran Mamdani's city-owned grocery store proposal might actually work nygroove.nyc/city-owned-g...

How to make a city-owned grocery store actually work

Can you imagine if a grocery store was run like the library?

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Tim Donnelly @timdonnelly.com · Aug 21

Stuff this in your bag of chips: it's Grocery Week in @nygroove.nyc! nygroove.nyc/email/3c1c33...

Issue No. 109: Grocery week! Trader Mamdani's? 🛒 + Save the greenmarkets 🥬

It's Grocery Week here at The Groove and that means we're packing your cart with two ripe, juicy articles about the way we shop for food and fondle produce in this city. This hits home for us because ...

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bort @crushbort.bsky.social · Aug 21

still cheaper than a bag of chips from whole foods. bam. next

THE CITY @thecity.nyc · Aug 20

BREAKING: Eric Adams Advisor Winnie Greco Handed a CITY Reporter Cash Stuffed in a Bag of Potato Chips

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Eric Adams Advisor Winnie Greco Handed a CITY Reporter Cash Stuffed in a Bag of Potato Chips

THE CITY reported the incident to law enforcement and was promptly contacted by the Brooklyn U.S. attorney’s office.

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Virginia K. Smith @vksmith.bsky.social · Aug 15

still thinking about the lady I passed in midtown earlier carrying a copy of codependent no more in one hand a vape in the other

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The New York Groove @nygroove.nyc · Aug 14

extra extra!!! Brooklyn's most hideous, hated building made itself useful in a cool way this week! read all about it!! nygroove.nyc/sauronhenge-...

Watch Sauronhenge loom over Brooklyn

The all-seeing eye of Sauron took its place above Brooklyn this week, and we were there to see it

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The New York Groove @nygroove.nyc · Aug 12

Feeling rattled after the East Coast earthquakes this month? Still remembering the misinformation Eric Adams spewed during last year's quake?
Fear not. Groove co-founder and Seattle native @vksmith.bsky.social‬ put together a quick safety guide with some helpful tips:
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A West Coaster’s guide to New York City earthquake safety

The mayor is out here spouting misinformation, but The Groove has got you covered.

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The New York Groove @nygroove.nyc · Aug 11

according to our calculations this is going to be visible *tomorrow* August 12 at 6:29pm from the intersection of Vanderbilt and Dekalb — see you there? 👁️https://nygroove.nyc/eye-of-sauron-building-brooklyn/

Sauronhenge is calling. Are you ready?

What if Brooklyn had its own uniquely evil solar phenomenon? Well good news, now we do!

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Patrick George @patrickgeorge.bsky.social · Aug 9

"Some data centers could require more electricity than cities the size of Pittsburgh, Cleveland or New Orleans." apnews.com/article/elec...

As electric bills rise, evidence mounts that data centers share blame. States feel pressure to act

Amid rising electric bills, states are under pressure to insulate regular household and business ratepayers from the costs of feeding Big Tech’s energy-hungry data centers.

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Virginia K. Smith @vksmith.bsky.social · Aug 8

I'll check in with her and DM you!

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