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

📷: By my camera.
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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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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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Sliwa received 20 votes (3%) in the district where he held what would have been his victory speech (at the Arte Cafe).
Screenshot of Upper West Side district 67/027 showing that Sliwa received 20 votes compared to hundreds for Mamdani and Cuomo.
November 5, 2025 at 5:39 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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“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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This sent me reeling.
Photo of an ad on the subway that reads “Dont wait, vote by mail!” There’s no apostrophe in the word don’t.
October 19, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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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.
October 12, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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The beguiling beauty of a cemetery.
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Photo of a cemetery in Japan, showing hundreds of tightly packed rectangular headstones with kanji script on them.
August 30, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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Sunset skyline from Arthur Ashe Stadium at the US Open.
📷 📸 🌆 🎾 🏟️ #photography
Photo of the Manhattan skyline at sunset showing a gradient from red to blue. Trees are faintly visible in the foreground and obnoxious photo-ruining power lines are visible across the upper third.
August 25, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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Alanis, impersonating a skeksis.

📷 📸 🍃 🪶 🌑 🔮 #photography
Photo of the black-crowned night heron named Alanis (for their ironic daytime activity) standing on a log in Prospect Park lake, looking evil with red eyes sneering at the camera and back hunched.
August 24, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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👀

📷 📸 🍃 🪶 #photography
Photo of a great blue heron in Prospect Park lake in profile, neck extended high, staring down into the water intensely.
August 22, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Mourning dove makes the mistake of landing on the A/C unit near my camera.
📷 📸 🪶 🕊️ #photography
Close-up photo of a mourning dove in profile against a bokeh background.
August 21, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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Mute swan, after seeing the rerelease of Shin Godzilla in 4K.
📷 📸 🍃 🪶 🦢 🗼 #photography
Photo of an adult mute swan, reared up with neck stretched high and wings wide open, as if pretending to be a kaiju. Photo taken in Prospect Park while the swan was drying off.
August 19, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Great blue heron reflected in Prospect Park lake this afternoon.
📷 📸 🍃 🪶 #photography
Photo of a great blue heron in Proespect Park lake in profile, hunting for fish amidst the dogweed. Their reflection is visible below.
August 18, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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Typical bodega art design. Nothing says authenticity quite like a well-worn sign.
📷 📸 🪧 🐓 🇯🇲 #photography
Photo of a large sign on a building that reads “Jerk Chicken” in dark green block letters against a bright yellow background. The sign shows signs of aging with many scuff marks and it’s covered in old stickers. Photo taken in Prospect Lefferts Garden.
August 17, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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This installation, one of the first discoveries I made after getting a telephoto lens, is hiding in plain sight if you know where to look for it.
📷 📸 🗿 👩‍⚖️ 🪷 🏛️ #photography
Photo of an installation called NOW by Shahzia Sikander, depicting a golden female form with braided hair in the shape of ram’s horns, fluid arms, atop a lotus flower. This is located on top of the Courthouse of the Appellate Division, First Department of the State of New York, and stands in stark contrast to the gray statues of men also on the rooftop.
August 16, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Black-crowned night heron growing increasingly skeptical of how I’m going to use their images.
📷 📸 🍃 🪶 🤨 #photography
Photo of the black-crowned night heron named Alain (Alanis’s partner) standing on a mostly submerged log in a dogweed-filled Prospect Park lake. Their eyelids are caught here closed halfway giving them a look of extreme skepticism.
August 15, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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When you put on your puffer jacket for the first time of the season.
📷 📸 🍃 🪶 #photography
Photo of the black-crowned night heron called Alanis, on a log in Prospect Park lake. Their feathers are all puffed up in an attempt to dry off after an unsuccessful dive into the water for fish, making them look very silly.
August 15, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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Pine cones in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
📷 📸 🍃 🌲 #photography
Photo of three pine cones on a tree branch, against a green bokeh background. Pine needles can be seen on the edges of the photo.
August 14, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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Alanis, flying from one log to another, searching for fish.
📷 📸 🍃 🪶 🪽 #photography
Photo of the black-crowned night heron named Alanis flying away from the camera, low over a Prospect Park lake covered in dogweed.
August 14, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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Swiss Army duck
📷 📸 🍃 🪶 🦆 🇨🇭 #photography
Photo of a female mallard standing on a rock in Prospect Park lake. Her head is folded backwards laying on her back as if ready to flip forward like a Swiss Army knife.
August 13, 2025 at 1:38 PM