Source: Twitter/@masooga
Tweets of the week: An analysis of trend reporting in Brooklyn
Plus, a win for Amazon Labor Union and Eric Adams takes an L, praise for Flatbush and some 'inspirational' signage in Park Slope
Every week we at Brooklyn Magazine read the entire internet in order to curate (some of) our favorite tweets from the previous seven days. These are locally sourced, hand-crafted, organically grown, free range nuggets of wisdom and jest for the week ending April 8.
This week, Amazon Labor Union’s Brooklyn headquarters celebrate the win in Staten Island, Mayor Eric Adams gets dinged (and dinged again), income and housing disparities are thrown into stark relief and some easy jokes at Bushwick’s expense.
Enjoy and have a great weekend. Be sure to check out our roundup of things to do on your way out.
The mood at @amazonlabor hq in Brooklyn is disbelief at the strong lead the union has over Amazon.
Workers are dancing to Rihanna & reading a HuffPo headline about how Amazon spent $4.3 million crushing Bessemer union. “That means they spent at least that much here!” pic.twitter.com/1TtrInnsUL
— Lauren Kaori Gurley (@LaurenKGurley) March 31, 2022
A lot of trend reporting is basically “here’s what my three friends in Williamsburg, Bushwick, and Dumbo are posting on Instagram”
— R/GA (@RGA) April 6, 2022
ICYMI: “Eric Adams Sucks” projected on the Verizon building in Brooklyn. #cagefreenyc #stoptheraids pic.twitter.com/BCx9STO9w1
— #ShutEmDown2022 (@cemicool) March 31, 2022
– “my city”
– “the entire LGBTQ+ community of Bushwick”
– fuck off https://t.co/LgYgIvsoPS— men and hommes / Betty Larceny 💋 (@communoah) April 7, 2022
Just learned that a constituent in Greenpoint is being displaced, solely because their landlord is demanding that they pay a rent increase of $900/month.
$900/month more than the rent they currently pay.
We receive cases like this all the time. It’s why we fight for Good Cause.
— Julia Salazar (@JuliaCarmel__) April 4, 2022
Overheard in Ft. Greene as I walk back to Bed Stuy: “If we buy a mountain house there will obviously be a guest room…”
Lol the disparities in wealth in Brooklyn are absurd
— John Haltiwanger (@jchaltiwanger) April 6, 2022
From an unbiased viewpoint, Flatbush is the best neighborhood in Brooklyn. It has everything. Even a good college lol
— SOLAECLIPSE®️ (@DrinkSolaPop) April 4, 2022
What if a pub served bagels instead of beer? At one corner restaurant in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, this question isn’t just for fun.
— Joe Bernstein (@Bernstein) April 3, 2022
One thing i miss about living in bed stuy are all the fish fry flyers that appear around now, a true sign of spring
— Kaitlyn Greenidge (@surlybassey) April 3, 2022
Inspirational quotes in Park Slope pic.twitter.com/V9dUhdxn5Z
— Hannah (@masooga) April 4, 2022
Park Slope: pic.twitter.com/Oeyy0wLtEg
— Alec Hamilton (@alecchamilton) April 5, 2022
Thank you @JustinBrannan for investing in these #Ramadan lights all along 5th avenue in Bay Ridge. This is so meaningful. What a strong message of support to Muslim communities in this district 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼. ✨🌙✨✨ pic.twitter.com/KW190Tkr5m
— Widad (@Widad_has) April 7, 2022
If someone asked me what the drag scene in Brooklyn is like, I would simply show them this video pic.twitter.com/TRFCXUA5hu
— Kiki Gold (@dandruffdiva) April 6, 2022
You have to choose one of these looks before you move to bushwick pic.twitter.com/Ai2BWqBmND
— Whacktose Intolerant (@MillyTamarez) April 7, 2022
Bushwick be having the most random couples lol it be Denise Huxtable cuffed up w Napoleon Dynamite
— SOLAECLIPSE®️ (@DrinkSolaPop) April 4, 2022
A driveway turns into two homes in Bushwick, Brooklyn. (2011➡️2013) pic.twitter.com/xCdgD0lRV0
— M. Nolan Gray (@mnolangray) April 5, 2022
is this not the most bushwick pile of trash you’ve ever seen pic.twitter.com/gNLtdETNSb
— liv not liz (@livwutang) April 2, 2022
Park Slope feels like a haunted neighborhood occupied by a bunch of swingers
— Caroline Olivia (@carolyo_) April 7, 2022
Having to explain to cab drivers where bay ridge is when they refuse to put my address into the gps is like “just drive til you hit the water and I’m a lil before that”.
— Taylor (Taylor’s Version) (@tayymaryy) April 5, 2022
