"Turns out, my make-out jam is being told in a soft, low voice that it’s the biannual fundraising campaign, and if I donate now, I’ll get a free tote.” cupofjo.com/2025/11/05/m...

Can we talk about tonight’s sunset!?

Coming up this morning at 10 on the @thebrianlehrershow.bsky.social, an election day special: the three candidates running for NYC mayor join him live on air. Listen on @wnyc.org! www.wnyc.org/story/the-br...

"I don’t resent the Dodgers for (having) the best players. I resent them because of the ridiculous strokes of good fortune that they enjoyed this fall. This absurd luck cuts against baseball’s true purpose: to build character by subjecting its fans to interminable misery." slate.com/culture/2025...

Happy 50th anniversary to this banger of a headline

Something to think about when you consider how to vote on the housing ballot proposals here in NYC: "Local opposition to new housing from individual councilmembers can turn whole neighborhoods into “no-go zones” for development." gothamist.com/news/see-whe... via @davidfbrand.bsky.social

There are many great things about working for @wnyc.org but in the top 5 is definitely getting pulled into @allofitwnyc.bsky.social to opine about @radiohead.wastehq.social. Great segment here (especially min 16:00) www.wnyc.org/story/radioh...

“He said he was on tour but needed to cash a royalty check,” a bank teller told police. “He was wearing red sunglasses and smelled faintly of margarita mix, so I thought it was actually him.” www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...

"The current zoning also doesn’t require any kind of affordable housing." Say what now?!! www.curbed.com/article/exte...

Reminder: tThe final mayoral debate of the NYC election season is happening tonight at 7, moderated by a dream team: @thebrianlehrershow.bsky.social, @errollouis.bsky.social, and @katiehonan.bsky.social. Listen on @wnyc.org! www.wnyc.org/story/listen...

Gorgeous www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/m...

@wnyc.org’s David Furst meeting my giant thermos for the first time

inspired choice, excellent, no notes www.theguardian.com/environment/...

How to be a pro-library voter this election season bookriot.com/library-elec... via @bookriot.bsky.social

“As President Trump’s immigration crackdown has begun to target more underage migrants, New York schools have become a quiet locus of resistance, with teachers, classmates and neighbors banding together in their defense.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/n...

AAAAAHHHHH www.curbed.com/article/rei-...

News you can use: NYC ballot questions, explained www.thecity.nyc/2025/10/06/b... via @thecity.nyc

oh I am sad -- I spent many happy hours reading Thomas Perry www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/b...

"A single mom agrees to be the partner of a bird enthusiast for a birding competition but misunderstands the assignment and tells everyone she's his new girlfriend instead of just his teammate." www.hallmarkchannel.com/adventures-i...

"New York City is poised to pay $2 billion to build a platform over a Manhattan rail yard at the behest of one of the country’s biggest developers, who would then erect mostly luxury housing along the Hudson River." (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/n...

My employer New York Public Radio just announced that it is offering @onthemedia.bsky.social, @radiolab.bsky.social, and other programs to at-risk public radio stations for free! More info: current.org/2025/09/wnyc...

I, for one, welcome our new redfish overlords www.wsj.com/lifestyle/re...

My long national nightmare is over www.vulture.com/article/heav...

You have one week left to complete the All Of It Summer Reading Challenge! You can do it! And when done, remember to tell us what you've read by filling out the form here www.wnyc.org/story/all-it...

Libraries: one of humanity's greatest achievements www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/c...

I love this! Also: FLYBRARY www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2025/...

“I can see how this looks strange” is really quite understated in this circumstance www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/20/w...

"The first person to eat a hot pepper probably did it somewhere in the lowlands of southern Mexico more than 10,000 years ago, and I would guess they probably thought it would kill them. But they went back for more, or at least they told their friends." www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...

Say what now

I love this kind of local reporting -- a little mystery, hiding in plain sight gothamist.com/news/bzzz-wh...

because nature is metal, and they are the most metal members of the bird family www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...

The primary postmortems remind me of this 2021 piece: “Coming to terms with his precipitous fall & recognizing his own part in it will occupy the rest of Andrew Cuomo’s life. It will require him to undergo ego-death on a scale unseen in the spiritual history of humanity.” nypost.com/2021/08/07/c...

Allow me to share some of the quotes from this article “Cuomo Doesn’t Blame Himself for Losing the Primary. Others Do.” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/n...

Say what now www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/w...

Some of the best money I spend is to support @hellgatenyc.com. If you live in NYC, you really should too. I am planning to subscribe to @thecity.nyc starting in July. Their coverage is stellar. Thank you to both of these publications.

@allofitwnyc.bsky.social is about to go live in the @wnyc.org Greene Space. Here’s the view from the control room.

I love this for them www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

“Hi, it's me, calling my very handsome senator. I have a favor to ask you." The latest season of Dead End delves into the downfall of former NJ Senator Bob Menendez, gold bars, pedestrian-killing wife and all. Great work from @nancysolomon2.bsky.social www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/dea...

New Yorkers! It's primary day! Polls are open until 9pm Find where to vote/what's on your ballot --> findmypollsite.vote.nyc How ranked choice voting works --> gothamist.com/news/what-to... And stay with @wnyc.org all day long for updates. Special coverage w/Brian Lehrer starts at 7pm tonight.

PREACH www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/m...

The Dem candidates for NYC mayor are making their final pitches on The Brian Lehrer Show today! Listen on @wnyc right now! They are up in alpha order: Adrienne Adams Michael Blake Andrew Cuomo Brad Lander Zohran Mamdani Zellnor Myrie Jessica Ramos Scott Stringer Whitney Tilson

"His biggest expense was the $500 annual donation he made to the Marfa public radio station, a lifeline in the months before he had internet." www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/s...

same www.wsj.com/articles/sci...

there's legislation being drafted to legalize bodega cats! gothamist.com/news/nyc-law...

he's back, baby: www.westsidespirit.com/news/exclusi...

If you, like me, have spent HOURS (no exaggeration) on hold w/the MTA recently, trying to understand why your credit card keeps being rejected at the turnstile, you need to read this @jmartineznyc.bsky.social story in @thecity.nyc. I felt seen. www.thecity.nyc/2025/05/20/o...

Carl Hiassen is on @allofitwnyc.bsky.social talking about his new novel, "Fever Beach." It centers on Dale, a man who has been kicked out of the Proud Boys and started a far-right hate group called Strokers for Freedom. IYKYK

Classic #findthecat

"Dogs know everything," said Sarah Ruhl right now on @allofitwnyc.bsky.social: * Demonstrate your love to people * Know your entrances and exits