Rebecca Fishbein
@bfishbfish.bsky.social
Writer: NYT, WaPo, Teen Vogue, Jezebel, Vulture, The Cut, Hell Gate, etc. I talk back.
And this is why it doesn’t matter that Maduro is a bad actor.
January 3, 2026 at 2:20 PM
And this is why it doesn’t matter that Maduro is a bad actor.
Someone was preparing for a slow news weekend.
January 3, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Someone was preparing for a slow news weekend.
Mamdani’s first act as mayor? Announcing the city as an interested party in my slumlord landlord Pinnacle’s bankruptcy auction. (And a slew of executive orders addressing housing!)
January 1, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Mamdani’s first act as mayor? Announcing the city as an interested party in my slumlord landlord Pinnacle’s bankruptcy auction. (And a slew of executive orders addressing housing!)
Begging everyone decrying the loss of the MetroCard to learn about the subway token
December 23, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Begging everyone decrying the loss of the MetroCard to learn about the subway token
Things are bad but at least I made this horrific gingerbread house
December 16, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Things are bad but at least I made this horrific gingerbread house
Rare second cat sighting
December 13, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Rare second cat sighting
There has to be some kind of authority to contact about this
December 9, 2025 at 7:56 PM
There has to be some kind of authority to contact about this
NYC rental market in a nutshell
December 8, 2025 at 9:39 PM
NYC rental market in a nutshell
Anyone know how to clean drywall/debris off cookware? Super demoed our kitchen wall without covering anything up and now our surviving dishes look like this
December 4, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Anyone know how to clean drywall/debris off cookware? Super demoed our kitchen wall without covering anything up and now our surviving dishes look like this
Put Cat TV on to keep him out of the construction zone
December 3, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Put Cat TV on to keep him out of the construction zone
What was once our kitchen wall
December 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
What was once our kitchen wall
Will add that while the pipe is (allegedly) fixed, we still have no kitchen wall and our apartment is full of drywall dust. This is what it looked like on Monday!
December 3, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Will add that while the pipe is (allegedly) fixed, we still have no kitchen wall and our apartment is full of drywall dust. This is what it looked like on Monday!
Incredible stuff happening on Nextdoor
December 3, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Incredible stuff happening on Nextdoor
Every single glass in our home is smashed to pieces but know this is hardest for the cat
December 1, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Every single glass in our home is smashed to pieces but know this is hardest for the cat
Our negligent management company (Pinnacle) has allowed our apartment building to degrade so considerably that a pipe burst in our bathroom and destroyed our kitchen.
December 1, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Our negligent management company (Pinnacle) has allowed our apartment building to degrade so considerably that a pipe burst in our bathroom and destroyed our kitchen.
Been mostly logged off thank god but here’s me with a mountain
November 29, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Been mostly logged off thank god but here’s me with a mountain
In case anyone’s wondering what the vibe is over on threads
November 8, 2025 at 8:32 PM
In case anyone’s wondering what the vibe is over on threads
Side note, I’d like to know what “overt venom” against Jews is being referenced here when Mamdani critics have repeatedly called him a jihadist terrorist who did 9/11 when he was in elementary school
November 5, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Side note, I’d like to know what “overt venom” against Jews is being referenced here when Mamdani critics have repeatedly called him a jihadist terrorist who did 9/11 when he was in elementary school
Mets fans clocked this loser years ago
November 5, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Mets fans clocked this loser years ago
I'm living the good life in the Commie Corridor
November 5, 2025 at 5:52 AM
I'm living the good life in the Commie Corridor
ok but in VERY small fairness to the UWS
November 5, 2025 at 5:47 AM
ok but in VERY small fairness to the UWS
People at this bar are throwing things at the screen
November 5, 2025 at 3:46 AM
People at this bar are throwing things at the screen
You could swap Zohran Mamdani's name out here for any Jewish American who ran for office or sought a position of power or prominence in the 20th century.
November 3, 2025 at 12:46 AM
You could swap Zohran Mamdani's name out here for any Jewish American who ran for office or sought a position of power or prominence in the 20th century.
Interesting that Renee Collymore is preemptively blaming Mamdani when City of Yes is Eric Adams’s signature initiative gothamist.com/news/why-som...
October 30, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Interesting that Renee Collymore is preemptively blaming Mamdani when City of Yes is Eric Adams’s signature initiative gothamist.com/news/why-som...