When I posted this 30K oral history of the McCarren Pool Parties to launch a site nobody had ever heard of, it got a nice write-up I. Brooklyn Vegan and exploded. This is a real loss yet again, at the whims of idiots. Pour one out… RIP www.brooklynvegan.com/read-an-oral...

read an oral history on Williamsburg's McCarren Pool Parties

The bands, the dodgeball and slip-n-slides, free beer, the dead guy, and more -- it's all discussed in this new oral history about the mid-'00s McCarren Pool Parties.

brooklynvegan.com

Leor Galil@imleor.bsky.social · 5h 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”

lol eat shit

Bump BK

Patrick Sauer@pjsauer.bsky.social · 19h ago

Simmer down, now

Simmer down, now

My daughter is doing a month long exchange program in Brittany, France. She called to excitedly tell me they have edible biscuit spoons with the frozen yogurt. Kid knows the kind of things I want to know about that Gallic culture. 🇫🇷

crabcakes, football and retaliatory gerrymandering, thats what maryland does

It happened to my wife the same year the vaccine came out and abdolutely positively had nothing to do with her turning 54, now that you mention it. Bless you. #PowerToMrsCatPower

kate bush’s husband@airbagged.bsky.social · yesterday

Cat Power is antivax

Mass 8/25 @squawkinsports.bsky.social email just went out, only one irritated response this time. progress! Whatever, their loss. Join @davidjroth.bsky.social @the2ndserve.bsky.social @mattfutterman.bsky.social @juliekliegman.com rb.gy/fpvq55

Hell yeah @alexsegura.com

Alex Segura@alexsegura.com · 2d ago

We are seeing an increased ICE presence in NYC - making it imperative that NYers KNOW YOUR RIGHTS. I wrote a comic with @mayor.nyc.gov @nycimmigrants.bsky.social @davidhahn.bsky.social @elllewrightart.bsky.social @tayloresposito.bsky.social to do that! DOWNLOAD: www.weteachnyc.org/resources/co...

We are seeing an increased ICE presence in NYC - making it imperative that NYers KNOW YOUR RIGHTS. I wrote a comic with @mayor.nyc.gov @nycimmigrants.bsky.social @davidhahn.bsky.social @elllewrightart.bsky.social @tayloresposito.bsky.social to do that! DOWNLOAD: www.weteachnyc.org/resources/co...

That being said, remain #TeamFortGreeneTennisCourts

Patrick Sauer@pjsauer.bsky.social · 3d ago

The Dink is a perfect low-grade hangover foldin’ laundry drinkin’ ice coffee movie. 5 situational stars.

RIP Vincent Pastore. Playing the turncoat mobster Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero on The Sopranos was of course his biggest accomplishment. But he wasn't that guy. When I think of him, I see him sitting on the set wearing a teal cardigan and eyeglasses with a chain, reading The New York Times.

A good commissioner steps in now before every WNBA game becomes a rightwing performance space, like school board meetings were during peak CRT. You just have to throw the hammer down on this. Do not give them an inch.

taylr@taylordahlin.com · 3d ago

riley gaines is at the minnesota lynx vs indiana fever game posing with people courtside as they line up for photos

The Dink is a perfect low-grade hangover foldin’ laundry drinkin’ ice coffee movie. 5 situational stars.

My man @risenc.bsky.social gets this killer obit gig but somehow never mentions where his eyeballs ended up.

Vincent Pastore, Actor on ‘The Sopranos,’ Dies at 80 (Gift Article)

He played Salvatore Bonpensiero, a mobster’s foot soldier turned F.B.I. informant known to his friends as Big Pussy, on the celebrated HBO series.

nytimes.com

My eye doctor! (Renée did my surgery in 2001.)

Julie Kliegman@juliekliegman.com · 4d ago

So, uh, a funny thing happened with the FINDING RENÉE RICHARDS jackets, and now the title is in grayscale. Let’s sell out this print run and then you’ll have a quirky first-edition keepsake after the correct jacket gets printed for future runs? Sound good? www.harpercollins.com/products/fin...

And then bring it to Squawkin to get signed. It’s the Billy Ripken card of trans athlete sports biographies.

Julie Kliegman@juliekliegman.com · 4d ago

So, uh, a funny thing happened with the FINDING RENÉE RICHARDS jackets, and now the title is in grayscale. Let’s sell out this print run and then you’ll have a quirky first-edition keepsake after the correct jacket gets printed for future runs? Sound good? www.harpercollins.com/products/fin...

She's playing Cafe Carlyle next month and I've never wished to be a rich guy more in my life.

Susanna Hoffs at Café Carlyle | The Carlyle, A Rosewood Hotel

Café Carlyle is delighted to welcome acclaimed singer-songwriter and Bangles co-founder Susanna Hoffs for her Café Carlyle debut this September.

rosewoodhotels.com

Stella Sacco@antlervel.vet · 4d ago

80s Susanna Hoffs, hello. You would clean up in 2026 Brooklyn

Man, I thought that one asshole dying meant never having to hear from a shitty Dilbert again.

David Dilbert@candyman718.bsky.social · 5d ago

Stop the War on Cars. Stop taking our parking spots away.

I try not to call on my boy @davidjroth.bsky.social to explain the Mets unexplainable very often. But seriously what the fuck am I looking at?

Greatest City on Earth Fuck ‘em up

Soraya Nadia McDonald@soraya.press · 5d ago

"WE THE FUCKING JUDGE SON" New York, I love you. I love you so fucking much. Via wali_talks on IG

Hell yeah, rusted out Myrtle Ave Subaru Outback

People when asked about whether they liked a movie answer “I fell asleep” as a perjorative. THAT’S NOT HOW SLEEP WORKS If you’re so bored you decide to close your eyes, that’s intentionally taking a nap. NOT THE SAME THING I GUARANTEE YOU’VE STAYED AWAKE THROUGH PLENTY OF SHITTY MOVIES

Sanjay Srivastava@sanjaysrivastava.com · 6d ago

What is an extremely nerdy/obscure/specific thing you hate with a white-hot wrath?

“Because the night belongs to pontiff, because the night pertinet ad nos…”

Rich Raho@richraho.bsky.social · 5d ago

Pope Leo received singer and songwriter Patti Smith in private audience this morning. The Pope and Smith are both Chicago natives. She was accompanied by @antoniospadaro.bsky.social, undersecretary for the Vatican's Dicastery for Culture and Education.

Do I need to listen to ~34~ minutes of Roth to know he didn’t mention Squawkin’ Sports? Or ask Errol to ask Dean Meminger about Al Maguire? Jesus Christ hook a brother up. Fine, I’ll listen, but I’m gonna do something else like crochet. And by that I mean gin.

David_j_roth@davidjroth.bsky.social · 6d ago

Unclear what's going on with my posture here, I have sat at tables before. But it was fun to get to talk to the legend Erroll Louis about Defector and New York politics on NY1. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlIQ...

Absolutely the Sauer family gameplan. Best City on Earth when you know the rent is reliably stable.

Cooper Lund@cooperlund.online · 6d ago

My apartment is rent-stabilized, maybe the most financially responsible thing I can do is live here until I die

*standing up on plane” *turn to the right* “DUCK SEASON!” *turn to left* “RABBIT SEASON!” *ad nauseam until the pilot comes out and shoots me in the head*

Elon Green@elongreen.bsky.social · 6d ago

*standing up on a plane* Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmbop

No Brakes in the Game

Cooper Lund@cooperlund.online · 6d ago

This guy is also a strong case for “the car has made you crazy”, given that he KILLED SOMEONE WITH HIS FUCKING CAR

The front-runner for “Weirdest New York City Sign Seen in the Wild This Week” award.