Tweets of the week: The Nets take MSG, the weather takes us by surprise

This week's tweets feature cameos from Adam Yauch, Julia Fox, a Guilded Age empress, and some uniquely Brooklyn fauna

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 Feb. 18.

Well the Nets had their first game without James Harden on Wednesday—against the Knicks in Madison Square Garden, no less—and emerged victorious, even despite a 28-point deficit at one moment. Twitter had a few thoughts. (The Nets were subsequently beaten by the Wizards the following night, but that makes a fun story less fun.)

Elsewhere, the co-founder of Threes Brewing had a specific take on Twitter about vaccine mandates, which provoked some (the words “crime against humanity” probably had something to do with that). On our own Instagram page, the news has sparked some … lively discussion—some of it is even thoughtful.

You wouldn’t know it today, but we started the week covered in snow. Thankfully Tek, half of the hip hop duo Smif-N-Wessun, was there to document it. Then it got nice out! Twitter had thoughts about that too.

Stick around for some interesting historical photos of our borough, one of which reminds us of Brooklyn’s elite Black community back in the Gilded Age (which has been portrayed accurately in the not-at-all-otherwise-clunky HBO melodrama “Gilded Age”). In more recent history, we’re treated to one of Beastie Boy Adam Yauch’s elementary school yearbook photos.

Plus some other … surprises. Enough words! Onto the tweets.

“Brooklyn” chants breaking out at The Garden in the midst of a massive comeback.

Things you love to see.

— Erik Slater (@erikslaterNR) February 17, 2022

“Damn I should have stayed in Brooklyn”. 😂😂 pic.twitter.com/GnoLI5GI9N

— SAINT (@SAINTNET1) February 16, 2022

weird to find out that the founder of a local spot (threes brewing in greenpoint) has lost his damn mind pic.twitter.com/zSm9vZJ8ZX

— Marlow Stern (@MarlowNYC) February 16, 2022

New York City’s in this weird space rn where some folks are saying it’s going down the tubes, others are saying it’ll emerge a stronger city from COVID, and then every day you get an email that’s like, ‘Here are 25 Michelin-starred restaurants that just opened in Brooklyn.’

— John Surico (@JohnSurico) February 16, 2022

This every pirate radio station in Flatbush https://t.co/EVxpZxEYMv

— BornFrontoDieGrabba (@throwawaypt2) February 16, 2022

julia fox worshipping a bike lane (greenpoint, bk) pic.twitter.com/7BK5ZaDQWs

— charlie (@sea_trains) February 14, 2022

photographers be like “i know a place” and then take you to The big dirty snow pile in greenpoint https://t.co/2RrpxB4H9d

— shawnee knoxville (@sh_wnee) February 14, 2022

Now through April, check out @theclimateclock at our Greenpoint office! It counts down the critical time window we have left to decarbonize our economy and prevent catastrophic climate change. It also displays the total % of global energy currently generated from renewables. pic.twitter.com/ICkxAa90QT

— Emily Gallagher (@EmilyAssembly) February 11, 2022

a bushwick queer will be wearing the worst outfit you’ve ever seen then boom $900 prada sneakers

— champagne bubble girl (@mssingnoah) February 13, 2022

There’s a neighbourhood in Brooklyn called GOWANUS and I love that it sounds like someone cheerleading their arsehole.

Go, go, gowanus, it’s ya birthday

— Alix Fox 🦊 (@AlixFox) February 16, 2022

My Hood Is Beautiful #bedstuy pic.twitter.com/7zoaijJz9Q

— Tek of Smif N Wessun (@TekSmokeeLah) February 13, 2022

Brooklyn fauna. pic.twitter.com/1H19cEQes7

— Kelly AuCoin (@KellyAuCoin77) February 16, 2022

“The Canadian truckers, they’re being set up. They’re being set up.”
“They’re racist.”
“They’re racist? What’d they do?”
Street talk in Dyker Heights, far outside my precious coddled media bubble.

— Glenn Kenny (@Glenn__Kenny) February 17, 2022

Well, that was fun. How about a walk down memory lane? History is fun! Without knowing it we wouldn’t repeat the mistakes of … oh, never mind.

Yes! Glad the show is exploring the Black elite of Brooklyn in the 1880s. I hope we get to meet Susan Smith McKinney Steward, Brooklyn’s first African American physician. #TheGildedAge #TheGildedAgeHBO pic.twitter.com/OjABSO3mDp

— Mozzie – Legitimate Artistical Discourse – Mendez (@TheRicanteur) February 15, 2022

Adam Yauch at Brooklyn Friends School, 1977. Photo shared by Keo X-Men. pic.twitter.com/vVAiAMZDNv

— Beastie Boys Shots (@beastieboyshots) February 16, 2022

Ladies cycling in Prospect Park, #Brooklyn, ca. 1897. pic.twitter.com/xz3NmQMpaI

— The Brownstone Detectives (@BrownstoneDetec) February 16, 2022

When a Brooklyn Rapid Transit subway train crashed near Flatbush and Ocean Avenues, it claimed the lives of 93 people—including Bessie Love.

The 1918 Malbone Street Wreck was the deadliest transit disaster ever in NYC; 14 of the victims rest at Green-Wood. #TombstoneTuesday pic.twitter.com/Xajtifzxbe

— The Green-Wood Cemetery (@GreenWoodHF) February 15, 2022

You still here? Good. Your perseverance will now be rewarded (or punished) with … these. In the meantime, a great weekend! Here are a few things for you to check out, if you’re so inclined.

"Make the golf course a public sex forest!"
Sticker spotted in Brooklyn, New York pic.twitter.com/rcZKhJMiTs

— Radical Graffiti (@GraffitiRadical) February 16, 2022