Support your local bodegas by buying chopped cheese here and not Whole Foods.

Buy chopped cheese here, not Whole Foods.

Happening in the world: Senate Republicans, by quorum, suspended committee rules to push forward the Trump Administration nominee for leader of the Environmental Protection Agency, Scott Pruitt. This comes despite protests from the Democrats. (Washington Post)

Happening in NYC: Yesterday at around noon, a little over a thousand Yemeni-American businesses (including bodegas and grocers) went on an unprecedented strike in protest of Trump’s recent executive order banning immigration from seven nations, including Yemen. (Grub Street)

Happening on campus: At 8pm, there will be a stand-up show called SSO-LOL at EC 1008. The show promises a reprieve from “the western mode of thinking,” but, more seriously, it will raise funds for ACLU.

Overheard: “What do you think about the relation between Cubism and Einstein’s theory of relativity?” “Now, that is just pretentious.”

Relevant out-of-context Spongebob image macro

for the boys

For the boys

Four Bodegas via GrubStreet