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Babbling Brooklyn
@deftestleftist.bsky.social
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Word nerd, progressive, chasing the next chortle. 📷: By my camera.
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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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Babbling Brooklyn @deftestleftist.bsky.social · 1h
Walked by a stoop in Park Slope yesterday that had 14 of them on display, all that size or larger, and all I could think about was the flaunting of wealth.
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Babbling Brooklyn @deftestleftist.bsky.social · 14h
When I last did jury duty there I was yelled at by the security guard for not taking my credit cards out of my wallet/pocket before going through the metal detector. Pointing to the tiny magnetic strip he said: Metal.
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Babbling Brooklyn @deftestleftist.bsky.social · 15h
…but still trying to determine if water is wet
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Babbling Brooklyn @deftestleftist.bsky.social · 1d
That reads like a ChatGPT answer to: What’s the opening line in Moby Dick?
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Babbling Brooklyn @deftestleftist.bsky.social · 1d
Penguins really skewing the results in Antarctica.
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Babbling Brooklyn @deftestleftist.bsky.social · 2d
One of my favorite tricks is telling people to meet me on 4th Ave (in Manhattan) because it’s so short you can find someone with only that much info.
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Babbling Brooklyn @deftestleftist.bsky.social · 3d
Dude, I know, that’s like in the Caribbean
Photo of a list of upcoming train destinations on the Long Island Rail Road. A hand drawn yellow arrow points to the fine print noting that a train “will not stop at Jamaica”, which of course refers to the Jamaica Queens station but comedy.
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Babbling Brooklyn @deftestleftist.bsky.social · 3d
I told them I’d settle (for the moment) with just the flu shot provided that they admitted their requirement was BS, which they did.
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Babbling Brooklyn @deftestleftist.bsky.social · 3d
I was denied the covid shot at Walgreens this week saying I needed a prescription effective last Monday. Everything I’ve read says this isn’t true and yet it happened to me.
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Babbling Brooklyn @deftestleftist.bsky.social · 4d
I often have to keep scrolling just to ensure that those aren’t the last images in my mind before leaving the app.
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Babbling Brooklyn @deftestleftist.bsky.social · 4d
That map with a second set of Americas in lieu of the other continents speaks volumes.
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Babbling Brooklyn @deftestleftist.bsky.social · 4d
I pronounce it flan, as in “No thanks, I don’t want any flan because it’s gross and slimy and every other dessert on earth tastes better including marzipan”.
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Babbling Brooklyn @deftestleftist.bsky.social · 4d
If a few entitled guys bloviating into a microphone can’t save us, nothing will.
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Babbling Brooklyn @deftestleftist.bsky.social · 4d
Chat, I have a structured settlement, but I need cash *now*. Any ideas?
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Babbling Brooklyn @deftestleftist.bsky.social · 4d
Thank you for not using the doo-doo emoji
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Babbling Brooklyn @deftestleftist.bsky.social · 5d
I used to be obsessed with the Talking Heads, and well, same as it ever was.
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Babbling Brooklyn @deftestleftist.bsky.social · 5d
How much for the ad-free level of compliments?
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Babbling Brooklyn @deftestleftist.bsky.social · 6d
aaaand scene.
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Babbling Brooklyn @deftestleftist.bsky.social · 7d
I’ve never downloaded the app or created an account, but I was able to view this in Safari on iPadOS. If you’re blocked by that login screen you can remove it using the “Hid distracting items” option in Safari.
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Babbling Brooklyn @deftestleftist.bsky.social · 7d
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Babbling Brooklyn @deftestleftist.bsky.social · 8d
Truer words have not been spoken
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Babbling Brooklyn @deftestleftist.bsky.social · 8d
What Would Marmaduke Do?
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Babbling Brooklyn @deftestleftist.bsky.social · 8d
Figured some Weiss-guy woulda
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Babbling Brooklyn @deftestleftist.bsky.social · 8d
He forgot to
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Babbling Brooklyn @deftestleftist.bsky.social · 9d
Another fun goal: Visiting each of the slices. I was happy to realize that I have.