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Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 06-04-26

I missed two days of Pook-Emu Bee links. But it is not all bad: Now we have even more links from around the web to choose from. 1. Why I Built Bubbles (Ben at Bubbles Blog. March 26, 2026.) I've been an RSS obsessive for years. Hundreds of feeds, hand-picked one by one. But RSS only shows you sources you already know. New voices don't find you there. I added Bubbles' Daily Briefing to my feed reader to find new articles of interest. Nevertheless, I offer my qualified disagreement with the […]

https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/pook-emu-bee-links-for-06-04-26/

Nicholas A. Ferrell May 9

Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 05-08-26

I was busy this morning and forgot to write daily Pook-Emu Bee links. But since tomorrow is newsletter day and there are no Pook-Emu Bee links on newsletter day, I figured I would publish a late-night edition of the Pook-Emu Bee. 1. Can subway rats give New Yorkers hantavirus? Only if you do something extremely disgusting (Natalie O'Neill for the New York Post. May 8, 2026.) I wouldn't put it past the TikTok "creators." 2. Iryna Zarutska Murder Suspect Deemed Incompetent, But Case Will […]

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[Article] Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 05-08-26

A late night edition of Pook-Emu Bee links for May 8, 2026, covers topics including California taxes, Brooklyn real estate, Xteink firmware, and Subway rats.

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Nikolas Kozloff has moved Mar 8

#CobbleHill and #BrooklynHeights

N.A. Ferrell Mar 3

Two snow creatures... maybe bears... maybe Ewoks... seen on Court Street in Cobble Hill (Brooklyn, NYC) on February 24, 2026. Photo taken with the Ubuntu Touch camera app on my Google Pixel 3a XL.

Article:
I included these "snow bears" in an article covering snowmen I saw around Brooklyn Between February 24-28.
https://thenewleafjournal.com/brooklyn-snowmen-in-february-2026/

Tags:
#NYC #NewYorkCity #Brooklyn #CobbleHill #Snow #Snowmen #Snowman #Scarves #Hat #Bench #TreePit #GooglePixel3axl #UbuntuTouch #NewLeafJournal #TheNewLeafJournal

N.A. Ferrell Aug 18, 2025

Many people enjoy going to the beach in the summer. But what if I told you that "people" includes "garden gnomes." I saw this bikini-clad gnome in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, right before where Cobble Hill turns into Carroll Garden. Unfortunately, from her position, she is staring at the street and BQE instead of the Atlantic Ocean.

Article:
https://thenewleafjournal.com/inflatable-gnome-in-bikini-in-brooklyn/

Tags:
#NYC #NewYorkCity #Brooklyn #CobbleHill #CarrollGardens #Gnome #Swimsuit #Bikini #Flamingo #SwimmingRing #Hat #Inflatable #NewLeafJournal #TheNewLeafJournal #GooglePixel #GooglePixel6a #GrapheneOS

N.A. Ferrell May 19, 2025

On March 12, 2025, I came across a discarded Els Pet "Spaceship" litter box left out for the taking in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn. It came with a note. The note indicated that the litter box "worked" but was left out due to the former owner's lack of satisfaction with the product (namely the smell). I enjoyed the review and re-published it along with my own thoughts on the litter box's website.

Article:
https://thenewleafjournal.com/sharing-handwritten-review-of-the-els-pet-spaceship/

Tags:
#NYC #Brooklyn #CobbleHill #FreeStuff #LitterBox #Review #Note #NewLeafJournal #TheNewLeafJournal #GooglePixel6a #GrapheneOS

A Handwritten Review of the Els Pet “Spaceship”

I share a negative review of the Els Pet “Spaceship” cat litter box I found taped to a “Spaceship” left out for the taking in Brooklyn New York.

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Nicholas A. Ferrell Apr 22, 2025

https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/woodpecker-in-brooklyn-04-22-2025/

I was walking through the Brooklyn neighborhood of Cobble Hill in the late afternoon on April 21, 2025. I heard a tap-tap-tap in a tree. I looked up and saw a woodpecker with a red crown and white breast with spots pecking away. This was notable because it is only the second time I recall having seen a woodpecker in Brooklyn, with the first being in Park Slope/Gowanus one or two years ago. I pulled out my camera to take a photograph of the woodpecker. Unfortunately, it flew away and across the street before I could even open my camera app, much less take a picture. Thus, the woodpecker joins the blue jay and black squirrel, albino sparrow, and squirrel with a French fry on my tell, don’t show list of New York City wildlife stories.

#birds #brooklyn #cobbleHill #nyc #woodpeckers

[Note] Woodpecker in Brooklyn

I heard a woodpecker pecking away on a tree in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn. I readed my phone to take a photo but the woodpecker flew away before I could.

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Karen Keiller 🥌 📚Feb 13, 2025

Doing a jigsaw puzzle doesn't usually feel like an act of defiance. It is a great puzzle, challenging but not impossible, with lots of symbolism. This is from the Canadian company #CobbleHill puzzles. #FamilyReunion #diversity #blackhistorymonth #Jigsaw #AudreysBooks (Purchased from an independent bookstore in Edmonton, Canada)