Gaurav Sabnis
@gauravsabnis.bsky.social
Food, travel, politics, entertainment, outdoors, astronomy, and bad jokes enthusiast. Posts are a random daily stream of consciousness.
Assoc Prof of Marketing on Lenape land at Stevens Institute of Technology. He/Him.
Assoc Prof of Marketing on Lenape land at Stevens Institute of Technology. He/Him.
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Gaurav Sabnis
@gauravsabnis.bsky.social
· Nov 29
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
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NYC is probably the quietest on the Saturday after Thanksgiving.
November 29, 2025 at 5:52 PM
NYC is probably the quietest on the Saturday after Thanksgiving.
This always reminds me of the most Indian uncle thing I ever experienced. At a party, someone said we just returned from Mexico.
Uncle: What was your favorite?
Me: Teotihuacan
Uncle (who's never left India): Actually it's pronounced Tenochtitlan.
--
😂😂
What to even say?
Uncle: What was your favorite?
Me: Teotihuacan
Uncle (who's never left India): Actually it's pronounced Tenochtitlan.
--
😂😂
What to even say?
November 29, 2025 at 4:20 PM
This always reminds me of the most Indian uncle thing I ever experienced. At a party, someone said we just returned from Mexico.
Uncle: What was your favorite?
Me: Teotihuacan
Uncle (who's never left India): Actually it's pronounced Tenochtitlan.
--
😂😂
What to even say?
Uncle: What was your favorite?
Me: Teotihuacan
Uncle (who's never left India): Actually it's pronounced Tenochtitlan.
--
😂😂
What to even say?
Last day in Oaxaca, hotel clerk said you folks like nature. Have you seen the world's widest tree?
Me: World's widest? Wider than widest Sequoia and redwoods?
Yes!
I was so amazed I had never heard of this tree! It is so cool! Vibe is also very low key local attraction type.
Me: World's widest? Wider than widest Sequoia and redwoods?
Yes!
I was so amazed I had never heard of this tree! It is so cool! Vibe is also very low key local attraction type.
November 29, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Last day in Oaxaca, hotel clerk said you folks like nature. Have you seen the world's widest tree?
Me: World's widest? Wider than widest Sequoia and redwoods?
Yes!
I was so amazed I had never heard of this tree! It is so cool! Vibe is also very low key local attraction type.
Me: World's widest? Wider than widest Sequoia and redwoods?
Yes!
I was so amazed I had never heard of this tree! It is so cool! Vibe is also very low key local attraction type.
For the 19th Thanksgiving weekend in a row, my "traditional" Black Friday Kacchhi Dabeli. 😋😋 Oh it really hits the spot. I think this is literally the only day of the year I buy pomegranate.
It started as a way to use up leftover mashed potatoes from Thanksgiving dinner. Now our tradition.
It started as a way to use up leftover mashed potatoes from Thanksgiving dinner. Now our tradition.
November 28, 2025 at 6:56 PM
For the 19th Thanksgiving weekend in a row, my "traditional" Black Friday Kacchhi Dabeli. 😋😋 Oh it really hits the spot. I think this is literally the only day of the year I buy pomegranate.
It started as a way to use up leftover mashed potatoes from Thanksgiving dinner. Now our tradition.
It started as a way to use up leftover mashed potatoes from Thanksgiving dinner. Now our tradition.
Folks who grew up with Internet can't imagine debates we had to figure out lyrics.
"Lug Frankincense and rid it my way?"
"Laugh Ranking Cesar did it my way?"
Found a cassette jacket with lyrics,
"Like Frankie said I did it my way"
Who is Frankie, we had to figure out. Valli? Oh Sinatra! Etc.
"Lug Frankincense and rid it my way?"
"Laugh Ranking Cesar did it my way?"
Found a cassette jacket with lyrics,
"Like Frankie said I did it my way"
Who is Frankie, we had to figure out. Valli? Oh Sinatra! Etc.
November 26, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Folks who grew up with Internet can't imagine debates we had to figure out lyrics.
"Lug Frankincense and rid it my way?"
"Laugh Ranking Cesar did it my way?"
Found a cassette jacket with lyrics,
"Like Frankie said I did it my way"
Who is Frankie, we had to figure out. Valli? Oh Sinatra! Etc.
"Lug Frankincense and rid it my way?"
"Laugh Ranking Cesar did it my way?"
Found a cassette jacket with lyrics,
"Like Frankie said I did it my way"
Who is Frankie, we had to figure out. Valli? Oh Sinatra! Etc.
This was a masterclass by Zohran in how to charm someone without praising them. When I heard him say Hillside Avenue, I smiled. And I saw Trump beam!
That pin is Trump's childhood home. That grey stretch is Hillside Avenue.
Trump felt flattered by just him dropping that name!
That pin is Trump's childhood home. That grey stretch is Hillside Avenue.
Trump felt flattered by just him dropping that name!
November 23, 2025 at 10:39 AM
This was a masterclass by Zohran in how to charm someone without praising them. When I heard him say Hillside Avenue, I smiled. And I saw Trump beam!
That pin is Trump's childhood home. That grey stretch is Hillside Avenue.
Trump felt flattered by just him dropping that name!
That pin is Trump's childhood home. That grey stretch is Hillside Avenue.
Trump felt flattered by just him dropping that name!
"Prof I'm a new student!"
Me: From Australia?
"Yes! Brisbane!"
Me: I've been to Cairns!
"I'm from Cairns! Most ppl don't know it so I say Brisbane! Are you Indian?"
Me: Yes
"My fave cricketer is Shower Murr!"
Me: Shower Murr?
"Row Hit"
Me: Oh Row Hit Shower Murr!
Me: From Australia?
"Yes! Brisbane!"
Me: I've been to Cairns!
"I'm from Cairns! Most ppl don't know it so I say Brisbane! Are you Indian?"
Me: Yes
"My fave cricketer is Shower Murr!"
Me: Shower Murr?
"Row Hit"
Me: Oh Row Hit Shower Murr!
November 22, 2025 at 7:28 AM
"Prof I'm a new student!"
Me: From Australia?
"Yes! Brisbane!"
Me: I've been to Cairns!
"I'm from Cairns! Most ppl don't know it so I say Brisbane! Are you Indian?"
Me: Yes
"My fave cricketer is Shower Murr!"
Me: Shower Murr?
"Row Hit"
Me: Oh Row Hit Shower Murr!
Me: From Australia?
"Yes! Brisbane!"
Me: I've been to Cairns!
"I'm from Cairns! Most ppl don't know it so I say Brisbane! Are you Indian?"
Me: Yes
"My fave cricketer is Shower Murr!"
Me: Shower Murr?
"Row Hit"
Me: Oh Row Hit Shower Murr!
I live in NYC. I do not think today's presser means Trump won't suddenly send troops into NYC tomorrow.
But it is objective fact that this is his city. Where his children & grandchildren will eventually live. I'm all for using whatever means necessary to stop or postpone ICE swarming my streets.
But it is objective fact that this is his city. Where his children & grandchildren will eventually live. I'm all for using whatever means necessary to stop or postpone ICE swarming my streets.
Where are you guys even getting the idea that this meeting means Trump won't try to fuck over NYC? What have you seen that indicates this is a likely outcome?
November 22, 2025 at 3:15 AM
I live in NYC. I do not think today's presser means Trump won't suddenly send troops into NYC tomorrow.
But it is objective fact that this is his city. Where his children & grandchildren will eventually live. I'm all for using whatever means necessary to stop or postpone ICE swarming my streets.
But it is objective fact that this is his city. Where his children & grandchildren will eventually live. I'm all for using whatever means necessary to stop or postpone ICE swarming my streets.
I'm too young to have seen Miller Lindwall Larwood Truman Statham Snow.
Cummins Starc Bumrah are definitely better than Brett Lee. And on par with Dennis Lilee.
Cummins Starc Bumrah are definitely better than Brett Lee. And on par with Dennis Lilee.
maybe but i can think of far greater Fast bowlers Miller Lindwall Truman Larwood Stathem Snow Bret Lee Lilee to mention a few. They also played against far greater players than any today with their thick bats short bounderies covered wickets. Only fielding is better today its superb.
November 22, 2025 at 3:11 AM
I'm too young to have seen Miller Lindwall Larwood Truman Statham Snow.
Cummins Starc Bumrah are definitely better than Brett Lee. And on par with Dennis Lilee.
Cummins Starc Bumrah are definitely better than Brett Lee. And on par with Dennis Lilee.
Our Jiignesh with 2 i's has some sage advice for President Trump about Mamdani. 😂😂😂
November 22, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Our Jiignesh with 2 i's has some sage advice for President Trump about Mamdani. 😂😂😂
Reposted by Gaurav Sabnis
trump cheerfully and unwittingly driving a stake through every attack line about zohran is the funniest thing I have seen all year
November 22, 2025 at 12:03 AM
trump cheerfully and unwittingly driving a stake through every attack line about zohran is the funniest thing I have seen all year
There's a fox news video of the Trump Mamdani presser where the camera pans occasionally to Bessent looking very peeved and Susie Wiles also wondering what the hell is going on. 😂😂
Bessent just sitting there alone in a chair in the distance was so weird! Why was he even there?
Bessent just sitting there alone in a chair in the distance was so weird! Why was he even there?
November 22, 2025 at 12:43 AM
There's a fox news video of the Trump Mamdani presser where the camera pans occasionally to Bessent looking very peeved and Susie Wiles also wondering what the hell is going on. 😂😂
Bessent just sitting there alone in a chair in the distance was so weird! Why was he even there?
Bessent just sitting there alone in a chair in the distance was so weird! Why was he even there?
#trivia
An oil baron in Pennsylvania asked chemist Bob Cheesebrough if he could prevent buildup of a sticky pale jelly slowing the drilling. Bob heard from workers how great the jelly was as an ointment. So he patented & sold it instead. What brand name did he give that product?
An oil baron in Pennsylvania asked chemist Bob Cheesebrough if he could prevent buildup of a sticky pale jelly slowing the drilling. Bob heard from workers how great the jelly was as an ointment. So he patented & sold it instead. What brand name did he give that product?
November 14, 2025 at 4:26 AM
#trivia
An oil baron in Pennsylvania asked chemist Bob Cheesebrough if he could prevent buildup of a sticky pale jelly slowing the drilling. Bob heard from workers how great the jelly was as an ointment. So he patented & sold it instead. What brand name did he give that product?
An oil baron in Pennsylvania asked chemist Bob Cheesebrough if he could prevent buildup of a sticky pale jelly slowing the drilling. Bob heard from workers how great the jelly was as an ointment. So he patented & sold it instead. What brand name did he give that product?
Living in NYC means people you know expect you to know of some secret affordable hotel at about $150 a night that you can point them to.
No such place exists.
So I have a draft email that I just slightly edit and send out. Whenever I get these requests every other week.
No such place exists.
So I have a draft email that I just slightly edit and send out. Whenever I get these requests every other week.
November 13, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Living in NYC means people you know expect you to know of some secret affordable hotel at about $150 a night that you can point them to.
No such place exists.
So I have a draft email that I just slightly edit and send out. Whenever I get these requests every other week.
No such place exists.
So I have a draft email that I just slightly edit and send out. Whenever I get these requests every other week.
I'm already quite impressed and intimated by students who submit their essay assignments a week before they're due. And then there are students who will also send you a draft 10 days before for feedback & suggestions. Which is already perfect. They impress & intimidate most!
November 13, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I'm already quite impressed and intimated by students who submit their essay assignments a week before they're due. And then there are students who will also send you a draft 10 days before for feedback & suggestions. Which is already perfect. They impress & intimidate most!
As a primary voter, I'm willing to hear out Jack Schlossberg but this is such a blah generic AI-ish announcement! Doesn't address a single current #NY12 issue. We have the best hospitals, but Beth Israel closed leaving a huge vacuum. Cool you rode a school bus but nothing about 34th st busway? /1
November 12, 2025 at 11:51 PM
As a primary voter, I'm willing to hear out Jack Schlossberg but this is such a blah generic AI-ish announcement! Doesn't address a single current #NY12 issue. We have the best hospitals, but Beth Israel closed leaving a huge vacuum. Cool you rode a school bus but nothing about 34th st busway? /1
Reposted by Gaurav Sabnis
NYT: are any of them trans or not
“would you like photos of donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen?” -Jeffrey Epstein
November 12, 2025 at 8:46 PM
NYT: are any of them trans or not
Reposted by Gaurav Sabnis
he's basically delusional, Trump's whole life is him saying a lie and insisting its true and no one having the balls to tell him he's lying so Trump honestly believes he can reshape reality by just saying things.
November 12, 2025 at 8:36 PM
he's basically delusional, Trump's whole life is him saying a lie and insisting its true and no one having the balls to tell him he's lying so Trump honestly believes he can reshape reality by just saying things.
The most bizarre thing about this all is that Trump was president when Epstein died in jail and Trump as president was the one who kicked this hornet's nest on Twitter. And kept kicking it through the Biden years. So I thought there really was nothing on him in the files.
He's so stupid!
He's so stupid!
November 12, 2025 at 8:30 PM
The most bizarre thing about this all is that Trump was president when Epstein died in jail and Trump as president was the one who kicked this hornet's nest on Twitter. And kept kicking it through the Biden years. So I thought there really was nothing on him in the files.
He's so stupid!
He's so stupid!
Reposted by Gaurav Sabnis
Todd Blanche would have had these emails before interviewing Maxwell. Why didn’t he question her directly about her exchanges? Why did he not follow up when she said things that were onviously a lie?? This shows that was a performance intended to dupe the public and benefit her (and Trump)
November 12, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Todd Blanche would have had these emails before interviewing Maxwell. Why didn’t he question her directly about her exchanges? Why did he not follow up when she said things that were onviously a lie?? This shows that was a performance intended to dupe the public and benefit her (and Trump)
Reposted by Gaurav Sabnis
TV conspiracies: we’ve hacked their computers but they’ve perfectly cleaned up the evidence!
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
November 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
TV conspiracies: we’ve hacked their computers but they’ve perfectly cleaned up the evidence!
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
Reposted by Gaurav Sabnis
When there’s documented evidence of both you committing sexual assault and creeping on young girls, it’s hard to have your administration claim you didn’t also commit sexual assault against young girls
November 12, 2025 at 8:22 PM
When there’s documented evidence of both you committing sexual assault and creeping on young girls, it’s hard to have your administration claim you didn’t also commit sexual assault against young girls
#trivia
Cleaning up after visiting family left, I came across this shopping bag from an iconic NYC store we took them to.
Which store?
Clue - the bag represents the BIG attraction in the store. Figuratively and literally.
Cleaning up after visiting family left, I came across this shopping bag from an iconic NYC store we took them to.
Which store?
Clue - the bag represents the BIG attraction in the store. Figuratively and literally.
November 12, 2025 at 12:56 PM
#trivia
Cleaning up after visiting family left, I came across this shopping bag from an iconic NYC store we took them to.
Which store?
Clue - the bag represents the BIG attraction in the store. Figuratively and literally.
Cleaning up after visiting family left, I came across this shopping bag from an iconic NYC store we took them to.
Which store?
Clue - the bag represents the BIG attraction in the store. Figuratively and literally.
If @jackschlossberg.bsky.social is serious about #NY12, he shouldn't run a social media only campaign like Suraj Patel did in our district, but go out in person and press the flesh too like Zohran. Or how Nadler used to do.
Ours is a high expectations district. Social Media isn't enough.
Ours is a high expectations district. Social Media isn't enough.
November 12, 2025 at 10:04 AM
If @jackschlossberg.bsky.social is serious about #NY12, he shouldn't run a social media only campaign like Suraj Patel did in our district, but go out in person and press the flesh too like Zohran. Or how Nadler used to do.
Ours is a high expectations district. Social Media isn't enough.
Ours is a high expectations district. Social Media isn't enough.
My district #NY12 tends to have interesting primaries in recent cycles.
Now we have Jack Schlossberg, Kennedy grandson. And also, most likely, Andrew Cuomo, Kennedy son-in-law.
I don't expect either of them to get far in the primaries. This is one district that won't be swayed by "pedigree".
Now we have Jack Schlossberg, Kennedy grandson. And also, most likely, Andrew Cuomo, Kennedy son-in-law.
I don't expect either of them to get far in the primaries. This is one district that won't be swayed by "pedigree".
November 12, 2025 at 10:02 AM
My district #NY12 tends to have interesting primaries in recent cycles.
Now we have Jack Schlossberg, Kennedy grandson. And also, most likely, Andrew Cuomo, Kennedy son-in-law.
I don't expect either of them to get far in the primaries. This is one district that won't be swayed by "pedigree".
Now we have Jack Schlossberg, Kennedy grandson. And also, most likely, Andrew Cuomo, Kennedy son-in-law.
I don't expect either of them to get far in the primaries. This is one district that won't be swayed by "pedigree".