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benjamin shaykin

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oh good, another platform! graphic designer, educator, someone hooked on cheese. he/him https://linktr.ee/bshaykin

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benjamin shaykin @bshaykin.bsky.social · Jul 2

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.)

www.bonfire.com/schmear-camp...

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

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...

www.bonfire.com

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

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.

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

www.nytimes.com

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benjamin shaykin @bshaykin.bsky.social · 16d

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

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 16d

my mom took tylenol when she was pregnant, which made me super focused on menswear and now i have a million followers on twitter

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benjamin shaykin @bshaykin.bsky.social · 21d

I always wondered how you got that sound!

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Doctor The Frog @skipbidder.bsky.social · Jun 25

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

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

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benjamin shaykin @bshaykin.bsky.social · 26d

💕tony

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Rachel Holliday Smith @rachelholliday.bsky.social · Sep 8

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 🏆🚍🏆

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

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kalwradio.bsky.social @kalwradio.bsky.social · Sep 5

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

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Lindsey Boylan @lindseyboylan.bsky.social · Sep 5

www.bonfire.com/schmear-camp...

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...

www.bonfire.com

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Lindsey Boylan @lindseyboylan.bsky.social · Sep 5

NYC workout attire

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Michael Stipe @michaelstipe.bsky.social · Sep 3

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

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · Aug 27

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

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benjamin shaykin @bshaykin.bsky.social · Jul 2

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...

www.bonfire.com

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Sue Apfelbaum @sueapfe.bsky.social · Jul 29

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

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

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benjamin shaykin @bshaykin.bsky.social · Jul 29

for sure. but also 🪐🌎☀️✨🌌

benjamin shaykin @bshaykin.bsky.social · Jul 29

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

benjamin shaykin @bshaykin.bsky.social · Jul 29

love it! 🧡🧡🧡

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benjamin shaykin @bshaykin.bsky.social · Jul 29

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

Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.

www.instagram.com

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benjamin shaykin @bshaykin.bsky.social · Jul 29

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

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benjamin shaykin @bshaykin.bsky.social · Jul 21

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benjamin shaykin @bshaykin.bsky.social · Jul 19

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).

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

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benjamin shaykin @bshaykin.bsky.social · Jul 19

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benjamin shaykin @bshaykin.bsky.social · Jul 19

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

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

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Michael Penn @mpenn.bsky.social · Jul 18

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

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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · Jul 18

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.

Willie Muse @williesillie2.bsky.social · Jul 18

It's fucked up that they voted to kill PBS this morning and it didn't even make it to the end of the day as the biggest story about the government fucking with the media

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Jill Twiss @jilltwiss.bsky.social · Jul 17

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

Peter Sterne @petersterne.com · Jul 16

Right-wing columnist Charles Gasparino complains that Zohran Mamdani wants to hand out "free bees"

Tweet from Charles Gasparino:

I keep hearing that young people are propelling Mamdani because the city is so unaffordable.
The real question is whether young people should want to start their career here particularly by living in Manhattan. There are much more affordable places w good paying jobs, decent living standards and low crime. Mamdani handing out free bees will just make the place less affordable and Miami and Dallas more appealing

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