Rich O’Malley
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“One Lucky Fan” / @NYBuildingCongress / Ex-Executive Editor @NYDailyNews / Ex-Deadspin, Newsday, SJU, Medill, LIU / Flânerie / Irreparably fraught / (he/they)
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Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Yes, truly... where WOULD it go?
November 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Yes, truly... where WOULD it go?
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Why *does* the mayor of Subway City always end up in the back of a Suburban? There are good reasons: Security, productivity, travel to non-Manhattan destinations. And a bad reason: Habit.
The politics/practicalities of mayoral mobility from Lindsay thru now — nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/11/18/s...
The politics/practicalities of mayoral mobility from Lindsay thru now — nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/11/18/s...
Security Blanket: Will NYPD Smother Mamdani’s Love of Transit and Bikes? - Streetsblog New York City
Zohran Mamdani spent his mayoral campaign riding the subway and biking around — but the demands of City Hall may test his transit habit.
nyc.streetsblog.org
November 18, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Why *does* the mayor of Subway City always end up in the back of a Suburban? There are good reasons: Security, productivity, travel to non-Manhattan destinations. And a bad reason: Habit.
The politics/practicalities of mayoral mobility from Lindsay thru now — nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/11/18/s...
The politics/practicalities of mayoral mobility from Lindsay thru now — nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/11/18/s...
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This very old sign under the Bruckner is about to see its sixth mayor
November 14, 2025 at 5:46 PM
This very old sign under the Bruckner is about to see its sixth mayor
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Today I learned (thanks, NPR) that from 1875 to 1975, there were more than 6,000 commercial shipwrecks on the Great Lakes. The publicity of song led to safety standard changes and there has not been a single commercial wreck since then.
November 11, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Today I learned (thanks, NPR) that from 1875 to 1975, there were more than 6,000 commercial shipwrecks on the Great Lakes. The publicity of song led to safety standard changes and there has not been a single commercial wreck since then.
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My suggestion for everyone with the TouchTunes app is play this around 7:15 tonight. You don't even have to be at the bar. If you're just sitting at home play it at the nearest place to you.
November 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
My suggestion for everyone with the TouchTunes app is play this around 7:15 tonight. You don't even have to be at the bar. If you're just sitting at home play it at the nearest place to you.
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Seems like a good day to revisit my favorite book review of all time.
www.nytimes.com/2006/01/29/b...
www.nytimes.com/2006/01/29/b...
November 5, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Seems like a good day to revisit my favorite book review of all time.
www.nytimes.com/2006/01/29/b...
www.nytimes.com/2006/01/29/b...
He’s running… again.
Again…
A…gain.
Again…
A…gain.
November 5, 2025 at 3:53 AM
He’s running… again.
Again…
A…gain.
Again…
A…gain.
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We’re further away from The Rolling Stones recording “Sympathy for the Devil” than they were from the murders of the Romanovs when they recorded it
November 4, 2025 at 4:59 PM
We’re further away from The Rolling Stones recording “Sympathy for the Devil” than they were from the murders of the Romanovs when they recorded it
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This is great. Public transit is public space and public space should be more playful.
MTA arrival signs have little ghosts haunting the screens
October 31, 2025 at 7:18 PM
This is great. Public transit is public space and public space should be more playful.
Fun read, and worth it to see the NYT headline offered that day on the same story, which I had never seen but is absolutely [chef’s kiss]!
It’s rare that a headline outlasts the person who wrote it. But long after Bill Brink’s father had died, “Ford to City: Drop Dead” endures in the national consciousness.
October 30, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Fun read, and worth it to see the NYT headline offered that day on the same story, which I had never seen but is absolutely [chef’s kiss]!
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Ah, she was wonderful. Goodbye to her. 😔
Breaking news 🚨
Fawlty Towers actor Prunella Scales dies aged 93
Fawlty Towers actor Prunella Scales dies aged 93
Prunella Scales death: Fawlty Towers actor dies aged 93
Actor was best known for playing the bossy wife to John Cleese’s eccentric hotelier Basil Fawlty in the acclaimed Monty Python sitcom
www.independent.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Ah, she was wonderful. Goodbye to her. 😔
These all look WAY too official. Where's the guy in the Monster Drinks baseball cap and big-boy Batman badge I saw last week? Who is he with?
The New York Times publishes a handy guide to which federal forces are terrorizing us at any moment. This is America, 2025.
October 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
These all look WAY too official. Where's the guy in the Monster Drinks baseball cap and big-boy Batman badge I saw last week? Who is he with?
“A tiger, an elephant, a giraffe…”
October 27, 2025 at 2:39 PM
One of the more embarrassing, out-of-touch, and frankly gross moves my former employer has made in modern times.
The Daily News Endorsement: Cuomo offers NYC a path forward while Mamdani peddles hollow promises buff.ly/tHHM3Qj
The Daily News Endorsement: Cuomo offers NYC a path forward while Mamdani peddles hollow promises
Zohran Mamdani’s dithering performance in the final mayoral debate pointed up the ongoing problem with his campaign. It’s a house of cards built on sound bites and laced with antisemiti…
www.nydailynews.com
October 26, 2025 at 10:02 PM
One of the more embarrassing, out-of-touch, and frankly gross moves my former employer has made in modern times.
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"they just let you do it."
a live look at the demolition of the White House's East Wing for Trump's ballroom
October 22, 2025 at 8:37 PM
"they just let you do it."
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I want to meet the person at the Ontario provincial government who found quality audio of an anti-tariff speech by Ronald Reagan and thought to use it in an ad during the ALCS. They've got to be feeling the kind of high that only comes along once or twice in a career.
October 21, 2025 at 1:10 AM
I want to meet the person at the Ontario provincial government who found quality audio of an anti-tariff speech by Ronald Reagan and thought to use it in an ad during the ALCS. They've got to be feeling the kind of high that only comes along once or twice in a career.
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Happy birthday to these NYC legends.
October 20, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Happy birthday to these NYC legends.
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This photo accompanying a news story about the heist at the Louvre is perfection.
October 19, 2025 at 9:56 PM
This photo accompanying a news story about the heist at the Louvre is perfection.
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the Muppets have been real quiet since the Louvre heist
October 19, 2025 at 10:19 PM
the Muppets have been real quiet since the Louvre heist
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The official slogan of the ‘No Kings’ protests is “I have friends everywhere” from Andor and I may just be a simple God but that is fucking badass.
October 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
The official slogan of the ‘No Kings’ protests is “I have friends everywhere” from Andor and I may just be a simple God but that is fucking badass.