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Rebecca Fishbein
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Rebecca Fishbein
@bfishbfish
Author, FLORAL ESTRANGEMENTS (January 2025) and GOOD THINGS HAPPEN TO PEOPLE YOU HATE. Words in @TeenVogue, @nytimes, @washingtonpost, @bustle, elsewhere.
Brooklyn, NY Katılım Mayıs 2009
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Maybe someone should TELL THE INSURANCE COMPANIES
The Washington Post@washingtonpost
You’ve probably heard that colon cancer rates are rising in young people. Should you be getting screened before age 45? Our Ask a Doctor columnist weighs in.
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Working on a story about the high financial cost of breakups and looking to speak w/people. Did you have to take on full rent instead of half? Cancel a vacation? Buy new furniture? Take on the full cost of pet care? LMK! DMs open, email rebeccafishbein@gmail.com
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And, crucially, the increased $$ means more reliable public transit and perhaps even expanded subway access (IBX!), which will benefit lower-income outer-borough residents
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There are some downsides for sure (businesses report higher delivery costs, which may be passed on to customers) but largely the program appears to be a success nytimes.com/2025/05/12/nyr…
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I feel that if you’re a journalist you shouldn’t be allowed to post things that aren’t true.
James Hohmann@jameshohmann
Congestion pricing is a regressive tax that disproportionately hits the poor, who lack the flexibility to work from home and often don’t live close enough to reliable public transit to count on it. Many white-collar workers would love another excuse to not come into the office.
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In addition to being a war criminal, Bibi has done generational damage to the Israeli-American relationship.
Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur
New @NBCNews poll finds American public sentiment turning against Israel since 2023. Double-digit drops in positive views of Israel: -21 among Democrats, -19 among independents, -9 among Republicans. Overall, a double-digit increase in negative views. nbcnews.com/politics/2026-…
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John Bolton jumping ship. JOHN BOLTON.
John Bolton@AmbJohnBolton
I favor regime change in Iran, but I'm deeply worried that inadequate preparation will prevent that goal from being achieved. There seem to be holes in the strategy, from the lack of coordination with the opposition, to the lapse in preparing the American people ahead of the attack. npr.org/2026/03/11/nx-…
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Millennials have fewer wrinkles because we stopped smiling in 2001
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@offbeatorbit The Killers' best song is When You Were Young on Sam's Town, I will not be taking further questions.
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Mr Brightside overrated as hell. Justice for the rest of Hot Fuss omg im sick of hearing this song at the club. Normie shit!!!
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Israel has created in Gaza generations of trauma and resentment and it is doing it again in Lebanon and now in Iran as well. It is not guaranteeing secuirty.
It is guaranteeing forever war
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What you're describing here is the concept of collective punishment. And you're right, collective punishment is horrible. This applies to children and families in Michigan, in Gaza, in the West Bank, in Lebanon, in Syria
J Street@jstreetdotorg
There can be no justification, excuse or contextualization for attacking, vandalizing or targeting in any other way a synagogue. That's antisemitism, plain and simple.
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a sitting US senator comparing an iftar hosted by NYC's first muslim mayor to the 9/11 attacks.
Coach Tommy Tuberville@SenTuberville
The enemy is inside the gates.
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This war in 7 days has cost 20 years of NPR/PBS funding.
NewsWire@NewsWire_US
The Iran war cost more than $11 billion in the first week, Pentagon says. — NYT
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It remains profoundly sad behavior like this is not immediately disqualifying
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A violent attack on a synagogue is only antisemitism. It is not antiZionism. It is not a principled stance against genocide. It is not a step towards liberation for anyone
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For Slate, I wrote about what it's like to get a terminal cancer diagnosis when you're 42.
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