benjamin shaykin

All these people avoiding m-dashes because “AI uses them” simply means that there’s more for me!

Men will literally rip the facade off the East Wing of the White House instead of going to therapy

Men will literally rip the facade off the East Wing of the White House instead of going to therapy

Saul Zabar, Smoked Fish Czar of Upper West Side, Dies at 97

I grew up going to Zabar's. So many of my childhood memories center around the best lox in NYC (which is saying something). With Saul Zabar's passing today, the Upper West Side has lost a legend who turned his parent's humble store into a culinary institution.

my mom dressed me as a tylenol capsule for halloween in 1982

I always wondered how you got that sound!

White letters on a black background. "The media could not be played."

I think you'll find that this isn't true.

💕tony

an embroidered dark blue vest with an image of an MTA bus against the skyline with the words “when I move you move”

RAN after this driver to take a picture of his incredible vest!!! I want one so bad but he said they’re only available for MTA workers 🏆🚍🏆

The first episode of a new series, The Public Works, by KALW’s
@skaskowitz.bsky.social
launched on Crosscurrents. It explores how FDR's New Deal continues to shape our lives in the 21st century.
Guest on the topic @rauchway.bsky.social

Schmear Campaign | Bonfire Zohran for NYC, with apologies to Louis, Lillian, Saul, and Stanley. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Working Families Party, to help Zohran Mamdani get...

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Me wearing orange zohran shirt w zabars brand on it and sunglasses

NYC workout attire

Any other lyrics— don’t even try chronic town murmur or reckoning btw— just form vowels and syllables, and mean it

some of you need to make like travis kelce and engage with a tailor swiftly

Schmear Campaign | Bonfire Zohran for NYC, with apologies to Louis, Lillian, Saul, and Stanley. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Working Families Party, to help Zohran Mamdani get...

By popular demand: Schmear Campaign!

Shirts! Tote bags! Sweatshirts!

Show your support for #Zohran for Mayor, UWS-style. (With apologies to Louis, Lillian, Saul, and Stanley.)

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A portion of the proceeds will go to the WFP, to help Mamdani in the November election.

go Zohran! 2 supporters of the Democratic candidate for mayor sport their Zabar’s inspired merch designed by Ben Shaykin

zohrandipity: when you make a new friend by sporting the same gear for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social thank you @bshaykin.bsky.social 🧡 for the only schmear campaign I can get behind ✌️🥯 @tenshookmars.bsky.social

for sure. but also 🪐🌎☀️✨🌌

I’m not seeing it. Could you send it my way? Thx!

love it! 🧡🧡🧡

amazing! is this you? www.instagram.com/stories/bsha...

“get the solar system for free” is quite the marketing campaign

🔥

brass marker set in concrete: R.I. Paving and Granolithic Co, Providence R.I.

brass marker in the shape of a B, set in concrete, with words inside: Newton D Benson, Providence R.I.

brass marker set in concrete, shaped like a shield with stars at the top and an eagle at the bottom, with the words: Built by Works Progress Administration, 1935–1939

brass marker set in concrete: Laid by A. Saraceni, Prov. RI, established 1923

They’re all over Berkeley as well. I counted at least three on my block, all from the 1910s and 1920s.

The only other place I’ve noticed them to be as plentiful was when we lived in Providence, though those were all brass plaques set into the concrete (presumably to withstand the weather).

🎉

Dark gray t-shirt with ZOHRAN in orange in the style of the ZABAR’S logo

Screenshot of an ActBlue receipt showing a $1,156 contribution to Working Families Party

Update: My Schmear Campaign has raised more than $1,150, donated to WFP this afternoon to help elect #Zohran in November.

Thanks for your support and for spreading the word! The first batch ships out this week.

Shirts, etc., available at bonfire.com/schmear-campaign

#zohranfornyc #schmearcampaign

It seems to me an important aspect of the sidelining of Stephen Colbert by the pressures of this regime is not only to restrain his political views and criticisms, but also to silence one of the very few mass media personalities occasionally giving voice to actual Christian theology

True but let’s also be clear: PBS and NPR are *not* dead. The cuts hurt—and will hurt a lot of people, mostly Trump voters, since small local stations depend on federal funds more than the national apparatus and big city stations.

But public media is ALIVE—and needs your support more than ever.

i worked hard and spent years paying off my bees, AND NOW THIS?

First in, last out!

A Little Schmear | Bonfire Zohran for NYC, with apologies to Louis, Lillian, Saul, and Stanley. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Working Families Party, to help Zohran Mamdani get...

Also! Just added by special request! A little schmear for your bubbeleh. www.bonfire.com/a-little-schmear