@vksmith

co-founder @theNY_Groove, digital editor @marketplace, proud member @mplaceunion @sagaftra (also: @wgaeast and @gmgunion forever)

 Brooklyn
Joined February 2009
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I'm not nuking my account (yet) but I sincerely just hate being on here and would like to spend less time generating data and shareholder value for the absolute worst people alive — you can find me on @vksmith.bsky.social or just like email me idk!!
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hey gang, we're officially closing up shop on this wasteland. come follow us over on Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/nygroove.ny… and sign up for our free weekly emails: nygroove.nyc/support-us/#/po… see you around the rest of the internet, and more importantly, see you around the city 👋
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Jake Offenhartz@jangelooff16 Jan 2025
Need an oral history on how this got made
NYC Sanitation
@NYCSanitation16 Jan 2025
In 1991, David Lynch showed the world the alienation and innate horror of a dirty street, directing this unforgettable anti-littering ad for the City of New York. RIP to a visionary filmmaker and a pioneer of the Trash Revolution.
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really loved this week's blog from @DaveCoIon about the long-running confusion over New York's founding (complicated in part by a past mayor who changed the date in order to spite the British) nygroove.nyc/happy-400th-bir…

Happy 400th birthday New York! Or 361st? Who knows!

No one seems to know when "New York" was actually founded, but we're celebrating its quadricentennial this year anyway

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Dave has now informed me "it was a City Council president, not a mayor who got the flag and seal changed," time to read the blog again!!
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New York Groove parties: Making your horrendous suffering almost worth it
Bianca@biancafortis19 Dec 2024
I won a @TheNY_Groove contest for "worst thing your boss has done" by sharing about a job in nyc where I made a $26K annual salary. To my surprise, I beat out people who have suffered literal crimes. Thanks for the cool mug, almost makes the poverty worth it
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Bobby Wagner@bwags19 Dec 2024
“grok is now free for everyone” yeah man, so are those mixtapes people hand out on the street
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must be said that this morning the national NPR correspondent mispronounced "Mangione" but the local WNYC anchor of course nailed it
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𓆦@minasdemon6 Dec 2024
Don is such a diva…… he didn’t have to gag her like that
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Yuie@YusufYuie4 Nov 2024
Another gem “Give Me The Night” produced by Quincy Jones w/ George Benson.
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moike@lilmoike28 Oct 2024
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@ratlimit
@ratlimit28 Oct 2024
"I hate small talk" = "I don't know how to let my authentic self shine thru regardless of the conversational register + lack the playfulness to discern the deeper attitudes behind other people's words"
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"Should we talk about how I got the mayor indicted?" — Sabrina Carpenter at her #NYCShortnSweet show
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it’s called self love, but most of you on here wouldn’t know anything about that….
DiscussingFilm
@DiscussingFilm18 Sep 2024
Francis Ford Coppola has given his own film ‘MEGALOPOLIS’ a 5-star review on Letterboxd. Read our ⭐️ review: bit.ly/DFMega
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bullied into apologizing by the PioneerTown Gazette..... local news does it again folks!!! vulture.com/article/selling-…

Selling Sunset’s Alanna Gold Apologizes for Overselling

“I certainly do not own Pioneertown, I never should have said that,” she said in a statement.

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10/10 closer to this dudes rock obituary 🥲
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The New York Groove@TheNY_Groove9 Aug 2024
The facts are hard to ignore nygroove.nyc/rfk-bridge-trib…
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Gus Saltonstall
@GusSaltonstall5 Aug 2024
A West Side Rag commenter got impressively close to uncovering the truth in 2014 about the dead bear cub in Central Park. A mention of RFK Jr. as a suspect would have put it in the Hall of Fame of comments.
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