Seth Pollack
@sethmpk.bsky.social
Bikes, seltzer, NYC for life. Wayward political organizer.
At the Museum of Contemporary Art in San Juan, I saw this placard explaining a solely smell-based artwork with juniper berries and angelica seeds etc.
Spent a couple of minutes sniffing the air before a docent told me it’s only spritzed on Wednesdays
Spent a couple of minutes sniffing the air before a docent told me it’s only spritzed on Wednesdays
November 12, 2025 at 2:46 PM
At the Museum of Contemporary Art in San Juan, I saw this placard explaining a solely smell-based artwork with juniper berries and angelica seeds etc.
Spent a couple of minutes sniffing the air before a docent told me it’s only spritzed on Wednesdays
Spent a couple of minutes sniffing the air before a docent told me it’s only spritzed on Wednesdays
It might have been literally 20 years ago that @kattullus.bsky.social mailed me a mixed CD of the coolest songs I’d ever heard.
The lesson: If you recommend music to a sulky teenager, it might get lodged in their brain forever
The lesson: If you recommend music to a sulky teenager, it might get lodged in their brain forever
August 15, 2025 at 4:27 AM
It might have been literally 20 years ago that @kattullus.bsky.social mailed me a mixed CD of the coolest songs I’d ever heard.
The lesson: If you recommend music to a sulky teenager, it might get lodged in their brain forever
The lesson: If you recommend music to a sulky teenager, it might get lodged in their brain forever
R/malelivingspace, rate my living room
July 28, 2025 at 6:42 PM
R/malelivingspace, rate my living room
Really important view of tomorrow’s mayoral primary from my favorite local organizer and political commentator Michael Kinnucan:
June 24, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Really important view of tomorrow’s mayoral primary from my favorite local organizer and political commentator Michael Kinnucan:
Heterosexuality is my passion
June 23, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Heterosexuality is my passion
Getting desperate. Just got offered a job by a ghost
June 16, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Getting desperate. Just got offered a job by a ghost
“Adults” is set around my childhood subway station in Queens, but their version has a lot fewer cars and a lot more Toronto
June 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM
“Adults” is set around my childhood subway station in Queens, but their version has a lot fewer cars and a lot more Toronto
The scare quotes around “live” are unfair
June 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The scare quotes around “live” are unfair
Looking forward to representing @jfrejnyc.bsky.social on this Zoom panel, alongside luminaries like @jamaalbowmanny.bsky.social, @alexaforcouncil.bsky.social, and @yuhline.bsky.social
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June 4, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Looking forward to representing @jfrejnyc.bsky.social on this Zoom panel, alongside luminaries like @jamaalbowmanny.bsky.social, @alexaforcouncil.bsky.social, and @yuhline.bsky.social
RSVP here ⬇️
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RSVP here ⬇️
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already made the list of Top Food Cubes in NYC
June 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM
already made the list of Top Food Cubes in NYC
Watching Anora and got an ad for @justinbrannan.bsky.social. Strong South Brooklyn moment
June 4, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Watching Anora and got an ad for @justinbrannan.bsky.social. Strong South Brooklyn moment
You know what they say… it’s always an occasion to use alcoholic beverages somewhere
June 1, 2025 at 3:23 PM
You know what they say… it’s always an occasion to use alcoholic beverages somewhere
Yglesias isn’t just wrong, he’s wrong in tired old ways that he thinks are new and innovative.
Lippmann wrote about the problems of imaging a fixed and concrete public fully 100 years ago
Lippmann wrote about the problems of imaging a fixed and concrete public fully 100 years ago
May 25, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Yglesias isn’t just wrong, he’s wrong in tired old ways that he thinks are new and innovative.
Lippmann wrote about the problems of imaging a fixed and concrete public fully 100 years ago
Lippmann wrote about the problems of imaging a fixed and concrete public fully 100 years ago
Big real estate is funding a challenger to my progressive NYC Councilmember @alexaforcouncil.bsky.social.
What is the challenger hinting at here? 🤔
What is the challenger hinting at here? 🤔
May 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Big real estate is funding a challenger to my progressive NYC Councilmember @alexaforcouncil.bsky.social.
What is the challenger hinting at here? 🤔
What is the challenger hinting at here? 🤔
Everyone in this city has an attitude
May 23, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Everyone in this city has an attitude
I love NYC old timers’ groups. Dozens of people here reminisced about “hot jelly apples,” though they’re nearly nonexistent by a Google search
May 23, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I love NYC old timers’ groups. Dozens of people here reminisced about “hot jelly apples,” though they’re nearly nonexistent by a Google search
Who can help me find Robert Moses’ unpublishable smutty romance novel “From Palms to Pines?”
May 21, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Who can help me find Robert Moses’ unpublishable smutty romance novel “From Palms to Pines?”
We need to be smart and we need to empower Adrienne Adams to be another voice against Cuomo. NYC residents’ donations can get matched! secure.actblue.com/donate/adrie...
May 19, 2025 at 6:37 PM
We need to be smart and we need to empower Adrienne Adams to be another voice against Cuomo. NYC residents’ donations can get matched! secure.actblue.com/donate/adrie...
It’s the prettiest high school in Queens, and every time I see it, I think:
“I’m Professor Charles Xavier. Welcome to my School for Gifted Youngsters.”
“Deadass?”
“I’m Professor Charles Xavier. Welcome to my School for Gifted Youngsters.”
“Deadass?”
May 18, 2025 at 11:55 PM
It’s the prettiest high school in Queens, and every time I see it, I think:
“I’m Professor Charles Xavier. Welcome to my School for Gifted Youngsters.”
“Deadass?”
“I’m Professor Charles Xavier. Welcome to my School for Gifted Youngsters.”
“Deadass?”
Imagine it: My dad, done with the barbecue guests, asks the speaker tablet to play “Closing Time”
May 18, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Imagine it: My dad, done with the barbecue guests, asks the speaker tablet to play “Closing Time”
Unusually cute times at Madison Square Garden today with NYU graduation + Knicks tailgating prep
May 16, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Unusually cute times at Madison Square Garden today with NYU graduation + Knicks tailgating prep
It rules trying to find a good spot to meet someone for coffee in Manhattan and finding a dozen places like this
May 14, 2025 at 12:56 AM
It rules trying to find a good spot to meet someone for coffee in Manhattan and finding a dozen places like this
Incredible. He’s taking the principle of “make crime illegal” and applying it to the healthcare system
May 12, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Incredible. He’s taking the principle of “make crime illegal” and applying it to the healthcare system