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Benjamin Samuel
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Voted “Most likely to be seen at the diner” by the class of 2002.

Senior Editor at ‪@bombmag.bsky.social‬
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Helped my daughter finish a hidden picture worksheet, and now I'll never sleep again.
Illustrated rooster that has a human hand instead of a tail.
November 7, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Saturday was a doubleheader of kid birthday parties. I decompressed at the jewelry making station.
Bracelet with the abbreviation FML on it.
October 27, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Closing out the week with @nyreviewofarch.bsky.social
A copy of the New York Review of Architecture next to a glass of beer on a yellow cafe table
September 26, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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Happy pub day to the glorious new collection GOOD AND EVIL AND OTHER STORIES by Samanta Schweblin and translated by Megan McDowell!

Get your copy from @bookshop.org or your local heroic bookstore.

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The cover of Samanta Schweblin's new book GOOD AND EVIL AND OTHER STORIES, translated from the Spanish by Megan McDowell.
September 16, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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The fall issue of BOMB launched today, and it’s a stunner!

bombmagazine.org/magazine/173/
The cover of BOMB’s new fall issue features artist and musician Dickie Landry, author Samanta Schweblin, and many other contributors.
September 15, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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Be still my heart.
A bag of old bay flavored bagel chips.
September 9, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Doctors I trust more than RFK Jr.
Album art for Spin Doctors’s Pocket Full of Kryptonite
September 7, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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I’ll never be a stage mom, but I am proud to be a pizzeria-napkin-dispenser dad.
September 5, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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Did artificial intelligence make these chips?
Ramen flavored Funnyuns
August 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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He’s a style icon too.
Cover of the Raffi song book
July 3, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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"Men were created in order to destroy everything, and women were created so there would be one thing they couldn’t destroy." — @catherinelacey.bsky.social‬'s The Möbius Book

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@fsgbooks.bsky.social @bombmag.bsky.social
July 2, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Come celebrate with us!

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Red and yellow invite to BOMB Magazine's summer issue party.
June 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Americans are always overcompensating: We have the biggest trucks, the highest debt, and our passport applications allow you to claim that you're TEN FEET TALL.
Dropdown menu for a US passport application that allows people to claim they are ten feet tall.
June 23, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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I've never met the owner of this car, and yet I'm certain that we're soulmates.
June 23, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Grateful to @catherineweiss.bsky.social‬ for the opportunity to publish her poems—and this GIF of a guy doinking off the propeller of the Titanic.

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June 18, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Happy pub day to Catherine Lacey's The Möbius Book!

You can read an excerpt in the latest issue of BOMB—and find a link to order the book so you can read the rest!

bombmagazine.org/articles/202...

@catherinelacey.bsky.social @bombmag.bsky.social‬
‪@fsgbooks.bsky.social
The cover of Catherine Lacey's book The Möbius Book is blue and features a white illustration of a möbius strip.
June 17, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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🌟 The summer 2025 issue of @bombmag.bsky.social‬ is here, and it is absolutely star-studded! 🌟

bombmagazine.org/magazine/172/
Cover of BOMB Magazine's summer 2025 issue features a behind-the-scenes photo of a show by the collective CFGNY.
June 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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If you ever need to slow down, may I suggest letting a child in rain boots set the pace?
Black umbrella with only the legs and rain boots of a child visible below it.
June 11, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Here are the books, films, albums, and more that my colleagues at @bombmag.bsky.social are recommending this month.

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June 11, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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This talented NYC busker, Gabriel Mayers, was so good that I happily let my train go by and waited for the next one.
June 11, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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This is what happens when the ice cream truck peels out.
A streak of sprinkles on a sidewalk.
May 28, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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“One of the secret ways I’m special is that I can will my body to do anything, but I have no willpower.”

FLOWER by Ed Atkins is wild and unlike any other book I’ve read. And, it’s out now from @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social

fitzcarraldoeditions.com/books/flower/
A white book titled Flower, by Ed Atkins.
May 8, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Donut deodorant?

If anyone needs me, I'll be living on a mountaintop until society comes to its senses.
Ad for Native and Dunkin' selling donut scented deodorant.
March 26, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Celebrate St Patrick’s Day with free Irish books from the Irish Arts Center! irishartscenter.org/event/book-d...
Book giveaway table outside Shekar Krishnan’s office
March 17, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Can someone explain this to me?
My 4yo's homework asks her to connect uppercase letters to their lowercase counterparts. I tried to help, but I just don't understand this new math...
Half finished worksheet page with mismatched uppercase and lowercase letters.
March 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM