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Babbling Brooklyn
@deftestleftist.bsky.social
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Word nerd, progressive, chasing the next chortle.

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Babbling Brooklyn @deftestleftist.bsky.social · Sep 22
The undisputed lightweight champion defends a prized acorn.
📷 📸 🍃 🐿️ 🗽 #sqrlpix
Photo of an eastern gray squirrel standing tall on their hind legs, facing the camera, with their arms curled into fists as if ready to box. An acorn lies at their feet. Photo taken in Prospect Park, Brooklyn.
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When an eel bites your shins and lacks pectoral fins that’s a moray.
December 6, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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Does FIFA have a James Beard award? Trying to figure out where to eat.
December 5, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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hi my dish is what, my dish is who, my dish is chicken tikka masala
francesmeh.reviews Frances Meh @francesmeh.reviews · 3d
hi my dame is what, my dame is who, my dame is chika chika dench judy
December 3, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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Malcom X is a Thanksgiving movie
Screenshot of a collection of movies available to stream on American Airlines under the heading of “Give Thanks”. The films include Spike Lee’s Malcom X.
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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Shiny, shiny, shiny boots of leather
Whiplash girlchild in the dark
Comes and bells, your servant, don't forsake him
Strike, dear mistress, and cure his heart
Photo of Pope Leo speaking into a microphone with eyes closed in a pose that looks like he’s singing passionately on stage. Many people stand behind him.
November 23, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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Was it because they lost their heads?
Headless bodies hint at why Europe’s first farmers vanished
Wave of mass brutality accompanied the collapse of the first pan-European culture
www.science.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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If I had a time machine I’d use it to go back to November 9th, 2025 and invest in whatever company makes scarves
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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Brooklyn Botanic Garden looking iconic this morning.
📷 📸 🌳 🍂 🍁 🍃 #photography
Photo of a straight paved path in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden lined on both sides with incredibly tall straight trees showing off their vibrant red and yellow foliage. People can be seen enjoying the walk.
November 9, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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The assignment is clear: Get him a cameo in the next Knives Out
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Sign that reads “Cooking for Humans” in the style of Zohran Mamdani’s campaign. There is a suspicious amount of space between the words “for” and “humans” suggesting there might be more to this story.
November 9, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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Not guilty of assault, it was just a pepper spray
November 6, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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A feather from a duck’s back is called upside down
November 6, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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Prospect Park showing its true colors today.
📷 📸 🌳 🍃 🍁 🍂 #photography
Photo of the lullwater in Prospect Park partially covered in duckweed, reflecting a wall of trees with bright Fall foliage.
November 3, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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Jack-o-lantern reacts to today’s weather.
📷 📸 🎃 😖 #photography
Photo of a large, wrinkled, jack-o-lantern on a stoop, carved with an exceedingly grumpy expression only accentuated by the wrinkles of an aging fruit.
October 30, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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Everyone lives in a pre-war building
October 30, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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Can’t believe there are only 12 innings left in this game.
#WorldSeries
October 29, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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Kids everywhere hoping they go 67 innings
#worldseries
October 28, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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The fans using their phones are just showing off their battery life
#worldseries
October 28, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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It’s the top of the 19th, here’s why that’s good for Democrats
#worldseries
October 28, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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If it goes 18 innings it counts as Games 3 & 4.
#worldseries
October 28, 2025 at 5:48 AM
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“Performative male”, a top 10 finisher at today’s Great PUPkin dog costume contest in Fort Greene Park.
📸 📷 🐶 📗 🎧 #photography
Photo of a dog wearing a white hoodie, with a Trader Joe’s tote bag, a copy of Normal People, a Blank Street coffee cup, and wired AirPods.
October 26, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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Runner up “Pawrisian bandit” at today’s dog costume contest in Fort Greene Park.
📷 📸 🐶 👑 🥷🏻 #photography
Photo of a dog wearing a crown and carrying jewelry, next to a woman dressed like the thieves at the Louvre heist. A large paper replica of the Louvre sits on the ground nearby.
October 25, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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The winning entry at today’s 27th annual Great PUPkin dog costume contest in Fort Greene Park.
📷 📸 🐶 🫐 🧑‍🍳 🎃 #photography
Photo of two people in chefs costumes holding up what appears to be a large tray of blueberry muffins, but one of them in supposedly a chihuahua. The sign reads “Chihuahua or blueberry muffin? #knowyourmeme”.
October 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Guys I finally found one
📷 📸 🚫 🐷
Photo of a storefront called “No pork halal kitchen”.
October 23, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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[Cartoon of the US constitution pushing that button that sends itself to the nuclear-proof vault]
October 22, 2025 at 10:16 PM