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Tim Donnelly @timdonnelly.com · 4h

check out @davecolon.bsky.social and @nyc.streetsblog.org as they get ACTION! nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/10/09/s...

State DOT Scraps Cross Bronx Expansion Road On Highway Repair Plan - Streetsblog New York City

The state Department of Transportation will not build a "traffic diversion" structure next to the Cross Bronx Expressway — a highway expansion project that Streetsblog exposed.

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The New York Groove @nygroove.nyc · 6h

On today's dubious holiday, reread our report from the anti-Columbus protest this summer:

Chanting ‘Danny DeVito,’ Italians for Zohran tell protesters to get over Columbus already
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Chanting ‘Danny DeVito,’ Italians for Zohran tell protesters to get over Columbus already

Mamdani fans propose some other Italians to venerate instead of Columbus

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The New York Groove @nygroove.nyc · 3d

It's time for the Friday High Five: 5 things Team Groove is seeing, doing and eating right now. Check out this week for @timdonnelly.com's tour of the most slept-on Halloween neighborhood, a decent dance floor, a new interactive museum and one very specific wonton nygroove.nyc/the-friday-h...

The Friday High 5 [members-only]

5 picks of things we are doing, seeing and eating right now

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Award-Winning Reporter Dave Colon @davecolon.bsky.social · 3d

The New York Groove is doing another fun happy hour in two weeks, and this time we're all going to Siberia. You too, you're also coming, you just don't know it yet luma.com/30eds28k

New York Groove October happy hour · Luma

Darkness falls across the land; The Groove's October happy hour is close at hand! Get together with Team Groove and other Groove readers for our very special…

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Luke Burns @lukevburns.bsky.social · 3d

Taking the bus

Homer Simpson, plated in gold and encrusted with jewels, wearing a ruby-studded crown, laughing haughtily

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The New York Groove @nygroove.nyc · 4d

National politics is a joke, so these comedians are going local instead
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Civic nerd comedy is having a moment

National politics is a joke, so these comedians went local

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Tim Donnelly @timdonnelly.com · 4d

you should def award a peace prize based on a verbal agreement among parties that have shown great commitment to peace before, just like I should be awarded an Oscar for my spec script (yet to be written) called Crash 2: Crash Grab

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 4d

Wolf being absolutely destroyed in Jeopardy by Andy Richter

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Charlie Todd @charlietodd.com · 4d

Awesome story about Not In My Backyard! and other local political comedy shows.

The New York Groove @nygroove.nyc · 4d

yes, there are currently not one but TWO popular Power Broker-themed live shows in the city, reports @timdonnelly.com, what a time to be alive nygroove.nyc/local-news-c...

Civic nerd comedy is having a moment

National politics is a joke, so these comedians went local

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Tim Donnelly @timdonnelly.com · 4d

For this issue, I wrote about how civic nerd comedy is having a huge moment in the city right now, including two competing Power Broker themed comedy shows nygroove.nyc/local-news-c...

Civic nerd comedy is having a moment

National politics is a joke, so these comedians went local

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Tim Donnelly @timdonnelly.com · 4d

Really fun new issue of @nygroove.nyc out now: wither the dollar oyster, the rise of civic nerd comedy, our next happy hour and more! nygroove.nyc/email/069b53...?

Issue No. 115: Dollar-ish oysters 🦪 + Live, laff, learn 🤣

This week's newsletter is brought to you by the Brooklyn Navy Yard's Annual Open House on Oct. 18. More info below! Last night I went to the Hell Gate showcase of reporters who are in bands (never sa...

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The New York Groove @nygroove.nyc · 4d

~1 hour left to subscribe so you don't miss this week's issue of The Groove. A sneak preview: nygroove.nyc#/portal/signup

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Tim Donnelly @timdonnelly.com · 4d

pop stars should spend less time beefing and more time doing the most important work we need them to be doing: figuring out how to create another song that is anywhere close to Thriller

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Tim Donnelly @timdonnelly.com · 4d

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 · 4d

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 · 5d

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

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Tim Donnelly @timdonnelly.com · 5d

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 · 5d

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 · 5d

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 · 5d

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 · 5d

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 · 6d

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 · 6d

The Newsroom ass

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 6d

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 · 7d

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 · 9d

Remember some dives?

The New York Groove @nygroove.nyc · 9d

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 · 10d

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

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