Brooklyn tweets of the week: Don't mess with Fauci edition

Bensonhurst's own stands his ground, plus the Nets crush the Bulls ... and the Brooklyn Bridge is on Grindr?

Every week we here 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.

This week, native son Anthony Fauci holds his own in true Bensonhurst fashion. Also, Sunset Park teachers stand in solidarity and a bit of background about the Free Black Women’s Library, which has new home in Bed-Stuy.

Plus jokes about Bushwick, obviously. Enjoy some sad deli meat and have a great weekend—here are a few things for you to check out if you’re so inclined.

Dr. Fauci grew up in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. He captained his high school basketball team even though he was only 5‘7“ tall. He graduated first in his class from Cornell medical school. He doesn’t take shit from anybody.

— Jeffrey_Donaldson (@JLDonaldson_) January 11, 2022

i have a disease where anytime i hear “park slope” i imagine a ski resort in brooklyn

— Ryan (@ryanntweets_) January 12, 2022

How is it 2022 and there still isn’t a separate Twitter for only New York City residents to talk about bodegas, Bushwick, and repertory cinemas? Let’s get on this!

— Michael Mann Facts (@MannFacts) January 12, 2022

I love how 80% of articles are just like “purple is a color, and it hasn’t gone unnoticed” or “people in Bushwick like to smoke cigarettes” .. I genuinely love it… it brings me comfort in an uncertain world

— Callie Beusman (@cal_beu) January 12, 2022

crust punks in bushwick: https://t.co/vwbwkgwhLt

— crazy cool hot boy (@crazycoolhotboy) January 11, 2022

Im bushwick sober.. wearing eye makeup that’s a little fucked up

— melissa (back to our regularly scheduled programm) (@melsideponytail) January 9, 2022

A guy I used to see ran into me tonight on a street in Bushwick. I was eating prosciutto out of a plastic bag while wearing sweats and an oversized trench coat.

2022 we single and eating deli meat alone.

— Riley Lassin (@rileylassin) January 9, 2022

for just $1550 you can rent this Bay Ridge studio where, based on the pictures, something truly unspeakable has occurred pic.twitter.com/69CJGqwm80

— irish-american strega nona (potato version) (@kickinson) January 12, 2022

My DMs used to be people telling me I’m hot. Now they’re full of “What’s going in Century 21?”

— ember loves bay ridge (@embernic) January 9, 2022

a picture of the brooklyn bridge just tapped me on grindr

— ✨ Mikey ✨ (@mikey_almeida) January 12, 2022

Nets told the bulls move that hand 🤒 pic.twitter.com/00TD3HqD0L

— 🪦🛸 (@DEADMAN_pt3) January 13, 2022

Sunset Park High School 5th floor staff wearing black in solidarity. We need weekly testing, transparent reporting of covid cases and a remote option for families. @nycschools are not safe. @morecaucusuft @ufcuft pic.twitter.com/AMi1P9xF3F

— katie.mc 🌎 💚 (@katiemcccc) January 7, 2022

“Before finding its new Bed-Stuy location, The Free Black Women’s Library traveled to galleries, block parties and churches with over 4,000 books exclusively by Black women authors.” https://t.co/nQidESMVwt

— Dr. Keisha N. Blain (@KeishaBlain) January 9, 2022

Downtown Brooklyn to the BQE on-ramp at Tillary Street. https://t.co/oXhBGT0wNb

— Doug Gordon (@BrooklynSpoke) January 11, 2022

Kind of insane how many strict tops live in Greenpoint, I can’t help but feel that Lena Dunham has something to do with it

— Dominic (@dom_msmsmsm) January 7, 2022