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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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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“What do you mean it’s on the record? It’s on Signal with disappearing messages” is the journalism equivalent of “How can I be out of money? I still have loads of checks left”.
October 21, 2025 at 12:07 AM
“What do you mean it’s on the record? It’s on Signal with disappearing messages” is the journalism equivalent of “How can I be out of money? I still have loads of checks left”.
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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.
Fascinating. This one wasn’t taught alongside Lexington and Concorde.
No Kings, 250 years ago
Oct. 18, 1775: The British burn the town of Falmouth, Mass., bombarding it from ships and then going ashore to torch the houses that survive. The destruction of this community of 2,000 (now Portland, Maine) is carried out by the Royal Navy to punish them for supporting the patriot cause. 1/11
October 18, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Fascinating. This one wasn’t taught alongside Lexington and Concorde.
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On October 17, 1998, Lucy Lawless hosted "Saturday Night Live," and did a sketch that wormed its way into my brain, heart and soul.
Happy 27th birthday to "Stevie Nicks' Fajita Roundup," which I wrote about once. www.theringer.com/2020/05/26/t...
Happy 27th birthday to "Stevie Nicks' Fajita Roundup," which I wrote about once. www.theringer.com/2020/05/26/t...
The Story of How ‘Saturday Night Live’ Made the “Stevie Nicks’ Fajita Roundup” Sketch
In 1998, Lucy Lawless brought down Studio 8H with an impression of the Fleetwood Mac frontwoman imagined as the owner of a bad Mexican restaurant. The sketch is not one of ‘SNL’s’ most famous, but in ...
www.theringer.com
October 17, 2025 at 1:33 PM
On October 17, 1998, Lucy Lawless hosted "Saturday Night Live," and did a sketch that wormed its way into my brain, heart and soul.
Happy 27th birthday to "Stevie Nicks' Fajita Roundup," which I wrote about once. www.theringer.com/2020/05/26/t...
Happy 27th birthday to "Stevie Nicks' Fajita Roundup," which I wrote about once. www.theringer.com/2020/05/26/t...
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Seriously, though, the way papers write headlines is insanely broken and needs to torn out at the root and replaced in its entirety.
October 16, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Seriously, though, the way papers write headlines is insanely broken and needs to torn out at the root and replaced in its entirety.
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okay so this was 8-6-2-2 for the outs but also scored a single (advancing to second on the throw) for rickey henderson
max muncy just went in the box score for an 8-6-2-2 gidp
max muncy just went in the box score for an 8-6-2-2 gidp
October 14, 2025 at 1:19 AM
okay so this was 8-6-2-2 for the outs but also scored a single (advancing to second on the throw) for rickey henderson
max muncy just went in the box score for an 8-6-2-2 gidp
max muncy just went in the box score for an 8-6-2-2 gidp
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baseball is the best preparation for death because it does not come with a clock that tells you when your suffering will end one way or the other
October 11, 2025 at 3:04 AM
baseball is the best preparation for death because it does not come with a clock that tells you when your suffering will end one way or the other