live nation is actively killing publications that cover new artists while also promoting festivals that almost exclusively cater to nostalgia and legacy acts. these problems are not unrelated.

Leor Galil@imleor.bsky.social · 6h ago

“Music publications BrooklynVegan, Alternative Press, Revolver, and Goldmine have been gutted by parent company Veeps... Nearly all the staff at each publication appear to have been laid off yesterday. Veeps, which is now owned by Live Nation, acquired the publications in 2024 or 2025”

The actual scandal is he won't do an interview on a bike ride with me

The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · 19h ago

New York City’s business elites are long accustomed to direct access to City Hall, where even Democratic mayors felt the need to court the city’s wealthiest and most influential corporate leaders. That access is getting shredded by Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

Council Speaker Julie Menin dispensed accurate e-bike stats without crucial context. Plus the news. buff.ly/glDOeZn

Wednesday's Headlines: Poorly Contextualized Data Alert Edition - Streetsblog New York City

Council Speaker Julie Menin dispensed accurate e-bike stats without crucial context. Plus the news.

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Thank you sir for always protecting women!!!!

Razzball@razzball.bsky.social · 23h ago

Did we ever find out if the A is for Asshole?

A counterpoint: You can sleep upon my doorstep, You can promise me indifference, Jim. But my mind is made up, And I'll never let you in again.

ProFootballTalk@profootballtalk.bsky.social · yesterday

Josh Allen: You knock enough at the door, it's going to open at some point.

This video includes a non-e-bike and was almost entirely by the shared path behind City Hall that cyclists are legally allowed to ride.

Speaker Julie Menin@speakermenin.bsky.social · yesterday

Every New Yorker deserves to move around our city freely and safely, regardless of how they get around. That’s why the NYC Council is launching a comprehensive review of where existing laws can be stronger enforced, and what additional solutions are needed to keep New Yorkers safe.

Incredible! Knicks won the title BTW

The New York Times@nytimes.com · yesterday

From @theathletic.com: In a moment that looks too spectacular to be real, Spurs star Victor Wembanyama kicked a basketball out of the net while still touching the ground. nyti.ms/4w2JWPV

It’s extremely satisfying when Dave is in the midst of trash talking a thrower, they abruptly nail the target & gravity takes its course

The New York Groove@nygroove.nyc · last wk.

Just a reminder that you can sign up to dunk Dave next week luma.com/op1xd9u1

New York City could pay for the completion of the Interborough Express by itself if its leaders are willing to take a piece of the higher property values that the transit expansion will bring, and put that money back into the IBX. nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/08/04/b...

By George! Could A 'Land Value Tax' Fund The Interborough Express? - Streetsblog New York City

New York could raise billions of dollars for the Interborough Express by taxing the increase in property values from the new rail line.

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One weird trick to fund the Interborough Express nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/08/04/b...

By George! Could A 'Land Value Tax' Fund The Interborough Express? - Streetsblog New York City

New York could raise billions of dollars for the Interborough Express by taxing the increase in property values from the new rail line.

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There are two E’s on this poster and only one of them is the right color

Between this and the guys falling all over themselves to say Donald Trump is going to fix Penn Station, it’s time to put a moratorium on architecture critics www.archpaper.com/2026/07/litt...

we took our three-month-old to see Maddie's Secret in the theater... you don't think she should see this???? interesting...

He came up to me and said “Hey aren’t you Dave Colon?”

Wham bam thank you flan

forget planes, trains and automobiles — take your next trip out of the city by bike, with this expert guidance from @davecolon.bsky.social nygroove.nyc/bike-trips-f...

Two wheels, two legs can’t lose: The quickie guide to bike tourism in and around New York City

Gas prices being what they are, it's time for a different kind of road trip.

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I talked with Streetsblog fan and MTA Board member Janette Sadik-Khan (maybe you've heard of her) about how she's gonna approach her new position as one of Mayor Mamdani's board appointees nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/07/30/q...

Q and A: New MTA Board Member Janette Sadik-Khan Yaps With Streetsblog - Streetsblog New York City

Janette Sadik-Khan, Mayor Zohran Mamdani's new representative on the MTA board, spoke to Streetsblog on Wednesday.

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I like how in this song Augusta Koch sings "Complaining about the traffic/When I'm part of it" gladie.bandcamp.com/album/car-al...

Car Alarm, by gladie

1 track album

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Just saw a Meta ad about how they're gonna bring everyone together, blah blah blah but it was soundtracked to "Five Years" which is famously a David Bowie song about how the world will end in five years

People are always like “New Yorkers you’re all terrible you think the world revolves around you” and every day I wake up and people from everywhere else are debating stuff the mayor is doing or threatening to arrest him. Pick a lane!

This is true

The Fig Economy@figgityfigs.bsky.social · last wk.

One of my Crank Theories of Everything, at least of Everything in the Recent Past, is that we are dealing (badly) with COVID trauma we’d mostly prefer to pretend never happened.

If the Times keeps uncritically profiling every dipshit in a nice suit I'm worried that Streetsblog leadership is gonna force me to start wearing a suit to work in order to get us one of these stories

Subscribe to Radio Free America (link in bio)@kleinman.bsky.social · last wk.

Hmmm actually Reihan Salam does NOT like it when you ask him about Chris Rufo when he's walking around Park Slope. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/n...

Just a reminder that you can sign up to dunk Dave next week luma.com/op1xd9u1

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Three years ago, The New York Groove set out to prove that local journalism could be useful, fun, and make you a better New Yorker. We've celebrated the best…

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Award-Winning Reporter Dave Colon@davecolon.bsky.social · last wk.

I'm taking over Ross Douthat's job at the New York Times as the guy who people post photos of and say "It's disgusting to consider this man even talking about sex, let alone having it"

I forgot that the perfidious clowns in Albany have mandated that we all purchase boats

I'm taking over Ross Douthat's job at the New York Times as the guy who people post photos of and say "It's disgusting to consider this man even talking about sex, let alone having it"

“They should call the show 2.5 minutes.”

Oliver Darcy@oliverdarcy.bsky.social · last wk.

Scoop: I’m told that Ross Douthat is exiting The NYT and is expected to take a role at “60 Minutes.” News expected to be announced soon.

Finally someone answers the question "What if Hozier had Opinions about the Park Slope Food Coop?"

Subscribe to Radio Free America (link in bio)@kleinman.bsky.social · last wk.

Someone wrote a song about the Park Slope Food Coop boycotting Israeli products and yes you are going to listen to it now www.youtube.com/watch?v=rz1o...