Rebecca Fishbein
@bfishbfish.bsky.social
Writer: NYT, WaPo, Teen Vogue, Jezebel, Vulture, The Cut, Hell Gate, etc. I talk back.
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biggest italian-american cliffhanger since the sopranos finale
November 18, 2025 at 1:37 AM
biggest italian-american cliffhanger since the sopranos finale
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Al-Anon but for people who’ve dated writers
November 18, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Al-Anon but for people who’ve dated writers
Too many people writing tell-alls today. I want to be told less.
November 18, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Too many people writing tell-alls today. I want to be told less.
If you don't drink (or temporarily aren't drinking) and miss it, an NA beer scratches the muscle-memory itch when you're with people who are drinking. Also nice to have if you are drinking and want to stay out w/friends for "one more drink" w/out having more alcohol. And some of them are very good.
I've never really understood the demographic for this beverage. Wouldn't you rather have a ginger ale? What's the benefit of the taste of beer without the alcohol? I doubt anyone really drinks beer for the taste of it first and most.
November 18, 2025 at 12:43 AM
If you don't drink (or temporarily aren't drinking) and miss it, an NA beer scratches the muscle-memory itch when you're with people who are drinking. Also nice to have if you are drinking and want to stay out w/friends for "one more drink" w/out having more alcohol. And some of them are very good.
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oh, hey, look, it’s what literally everyone who knew anything about hiring staff said would happen
Insiders are saying the Department of Homeland Security's ICE hiring is in "chaos" and Homeland Security Advisor Stephen Miller is reportedly angry over "lagging" deportation numbers.
‘Everyone is being screamed at’: Insiders say Stephen Miller irate as deportations lagging
Insiders are saying the Department of Homeland Security's ICE hiring is in "chaos" and Homeland Security Advisor Stephen Miller is reportedly angry over "lagging" deportation numbers. A DHS source tol...
www.rawstory.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:49 PM
oh, hey, look, it’s what literally everyone who knew anything about hiring staff said would happen
Nothing makes you appreciate editors more than three years of blogging alone at night for a website with several million readers.
I do not have a newsletter because I understand, deep down in my soul, that I need an editor
Editors have a really hard job, and the good ones can make something unreadable readable, and the great ones can make something unreadable into something good. But they're basically invisible, until someone tries to write without one.
November 17, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Nothing makes you appreciate editors more than three years of blogging alone at night for a website with several million readers.
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psst reminder to book your appointments for flu and covid shots if you haven't already. just do it right now it takes two seconds ok xoxo
November 17, 2025 at 8:28 PM
psst reminder to book your appointments for flu and covid shots if you haven't already. just do it right now it takes two seconds ok xoxo
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there has to be at least 1 woman on Bsky who left her high-powered job to marry a Christmas tree farmer who loses money bc he donates too much to the local orphanage
Hi! Working on story for Bustle on women who left their big city corporate jobs for "Hallmark" lives, i.e., moved to a small town to open a bookstore, left finance for farm life, dumped a Bay Area tech gig to become a florist, etc. If that's you, I'd love to talk! DMs open, [email protected]
November 17, 2025 at 6:33 PM
there has to be at least 1 woman on Bsky who left her high-powered job to marry a Christmas tree farmer who loses money bc he donates too much to the local orphanage
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Hi! Working on story for Bustle on women who left their big city corporate jobs for "Hallmark" lives, i.e., moved to a small town to open a bookstore, left finance for farm life, dumped a Bay Area tech gig to become a florist, etc. If that's you, I'd love to talk! DMs open, [email protected]
November 14, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Hi! Working on story for Bustle on women who left their big city corporate jobs for "Hallmark" lives, i.e., moved to a small town to open a bookstore, left finance for farm life, dumped a Bay Area tech gig to become a florist, etc. If that's you, I'd love to talk! DMs open, [email protected]
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I think it’s admirable that Sam Darnold will throw the ball to any player, no matter the team.
November 16, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I think it’s admirable that Sam Darnold will throw the ball to any player, no matter the team.
Sam Darnold stop throwing to the Rams challenge
November 16, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Sam Darnold stop throwing to the Rams challenge
Begging the MomTok wives to transition to side parts.
November 16, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Begging the MomTok wives to transition to side parts.
Brb having an aneurysm
Exactly one woman has won the Booker in the past six years www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 16, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Brb having an aneurysm
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Do the same with fire departments: abolish them and give people the proceeds to protect themselves from fires. Fire fighters just sit around most of the day anyway. They’re leaches on society.
Reader: the actual solution is to make all insurance public rather than private, not to abolish it.
Reader: the actual solution is to make all insurance public rather than private, not to abolish it.
Cassidy: "The president is proposing that we take the $26b that would be going to insurance companies if we just do an extension and give it directly to the American people in which 100% of the money is used for them to purchase healthcare on their own terms. That makes them an informed consumer."
November 16, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Do the same with fire departments: abolish them and give people the proceeds to protect themselves from fires. Fire fighters just sit around most of the day anyway. They’re leaches on society.
Reader: the actual solution is to make all insurance public rather than private, not to abolish it.
Reader: the actual solution is to make all insurance public rather than private, not to abolish it.
Something I've been thinking about is that even if the Dems do win in 2026 and 2028...what comes next for the Republican Party is going to be really, really bad.
I do think a lot of people are underestimating the risks of the GOP civil war. I remember thinking in 2015/16 that Trump moving the the GOP further to the right was going to make it easier for Dems to win, and boy was I wrong there. The Outright Antisemitism wing beating MAGA could be Real Bad.
November 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Something I've been thinking about is that even if the Dems do win in 2026 and 2028...what comes next for the Republican Party is going to be really, really bad.
My theory about Marjorie Taylor Greene is that she knows the way the wind is blowing.
November 15, 2025 at 11:13 PM
My theory about Marjorie Taylor Greene is that she knows the way the wind is blowing.
I think Dean Fuleihan was a good call but I can't say I'm a fan of how this Mamdani/Lander situation appears to have played out www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/n...
The Strategic Uncoupling of Zohran Mamdani and Brad Lander
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November 15, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I think Dean Fuleihan was a good call but I can't say I'm a fan of how this Mamdani/Lander situation appears to have played out www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/n...
Already over winter. Unfortunate that it’s November.
November 15, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Already over winter. Unfortunate that it’s November.
Oh no way
No one leaving New York City because of Mamdani, say two top real estate CEOs
No one leaving New York City because of Mamdani, say two top real estate CEOs
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's democratic socialist views spark fears companies and capital will flee, but top real estate CEOs say it's not true.
cnb.cx
November 14, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Oh no way
Here to ruin everyone's day by letting them know that the person who wrote the screenplay for The Mighty Ducks also wrote Little Nicky.
November 14, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Here to ruin everyone's day by letting them know that the person who wrote the screenplay for The Mighty Ducks also wrote Little Nicky.
Hi! Working on story for Bustle on women who left their big city corporate jobs for "Hallmark" lives, i.e., moved to a small town to open a bookstore, left finance for farm life, dumped a Bay Area tech gig to become a florist, etc. If that's you, I'd love to talk! DMs open, [email protected]
November 14, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Hi! Working on story for Bustle on women who left their big city corporate jobs for "Hallmark" lives, i.e., moved to a small town to open a bookstore, left finance for farm life, dumped a Bay Area tech gig to become a florist, etc. If that's you, I'd love to talk! DMs open, [email protected]
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you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric
That this man is somehow only one year older than me is proof that evil rots the skin
This is good reporting and all that but here's the thing I learned the other day: Bill Pulte, the 50-year-mortgage dude and the guy who keeps pulling the mortgage docs of Trump's enemies is only 37 years old.
www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
Exclusive | Fannie Mae Watchdogs Probed How Pulte Obtained Mortgage Records of Key Democrats
FHFA’s acting inspector general handed the probe report to the U.S. attorney office that had indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James.
www.wsj.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:04 PM
That this man is somehow only one year older than me is proof that evil rots the skin
Every time I try to search for Lily Allen I somehow type in Katy Perry instead. What syndrome is this
November 13, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Every time I try to search for Lily Allen I somehow type in Katy Perry instead. What syndrome is this
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BREAKING: Starbucks workers have launched a massive, nationwide strike.
Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.
Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.
Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.
Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.
November 13, 2025 at 1:31 PM
BREAKING: Starbucks workers have launched a massive, nationwide strike.
Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.
Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.
Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.
Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.