Babbling Brooklyn

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.

Brooklyn Botanic Garden looking iconic this morning.
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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.

The assignment is clear: Get him a cameo in the next Knives Out

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.

Wart Whitman

Pluribus

Reprogramming “Goodnight” at the Airbnb

I got it yesterday and was so traumatized by it that I ripped it to shreds immediately lest any neighbor think I supported it.

Ran it through the translator and came up with: Man innocent of hurling poutine at SQ officer attempting to remove the apostrophe from Eaton’s sign.

Brilliant

Not guilty of assault, it was just a pepper spray

Felony Footlong
Psyop 6-inch
Misdemeanor Meatball

Might have seen Apple’s latest earnings report

How’d they get through security?

I hope this email finds you laying face first on the carpet

I’m waiting for the Enterprise-D.ly set to drop

I’ve long thought about the layer of masks in landfills that future archaeologists will use to date things

A feather from a duck’s back is called upside down

Don’t forget that their verdict has to be umamimous

Better still, he’s planning a run for congress (although redistricting could complicate it).

I walk past Radio Bakery almost daily and I swear I could profit by advertising those rare fleeting moments when there is no line (the only time I go in).

Screenshot of Upper West Side district 67/027 showing that Sliwa received 20 votes compared to hundreds for Mamdani and Cuomo.

Sliwa received 20 votes (3%) in the district where he held what would have been his victory speech (at the Arte Cafe).

Does… he… realize… that he lost?

Is that what the kids call Lynch’s version?

Say hello to my grittle friend

Why didn’t I think of this?

Typically this time of year I have to vacillate between coats based on the weather. I’ve gone so far as to migrate my stickers in the past (which never works very well). But it’s been a 1-coat voting season this year. ; )

Photo of the lullwater in Prospect Park partially covered in duckweed, reflecting a wall of trees with bright Fall foliage.

Prospect Park showing its true colors today.
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The password on the door was “”l’ouvre”

“I voted and all I got was the systemic change we needed”

Even for some NYT subscribers their thinly veiled biases are cause for concern