I was playing around with the ANeko Reborn app on my GrapheneOS-powered Google Pixel 6a for a quick review. As the name suggests, the app adds a cat to your display. I decided to try it with the Skitty skin (Skitty is a generation 3 Pokémon). I needed screenshots so I decided to unleash Skitty on my feed reader (Miniflux, PWA version). Here, you see Skitty running on the Semafor Gulf newsletter (in my feed reader thanks to Kill the Newsletter) in Miniflux. It appears that Skitty has just entered Egypt after leaving Saudi Arabia. I submit for the record that I did not note where Skitty was on the map until I looked at the screenshot on my computer.

Article:
https://thenewleafjournal.com/reviewing-aneko-reborn-for-android/

Tags:
#GooglePixel6a #GrapheneOS #Miniflux #Skitty #Pokémon #Map #Egypt #SaudiArabia #NewLeafJournal #TheNewLeafJournal #FDroid #ANeko

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

This is a photograph of the intersection of Myrtle and Vanderbilt Avenues in Brooklyn. This is the border of two neighborhoods: Clinton Hill and Fort Greene. There is not too much to say about it other than (1) I took it on May 4, 2025; (2) Exciting photo for Subway fans; and (3) You can see the tallest (and, some say, most ominous) building in Brooklyn in the background. I did however use this photo for an article featuring a different stretch of Vanderbilt Avenue (that is why I took it), so I figured why not share a bigger version on Pixelfed.

Article:
https://thenewleafjournal.com/nyc-open-streets-traffic-cone-shortage-05-13-2025/

Tags: #NYC #Brooklyn #ClintonHill #FortGreene #VanderbiltAvenue #Cars #StreetSign #Subway #Rain #NewLeafJournal #TheNewLeafJournal #GooglePixel6a #GrapheneOS

I took these two photos at 7:34 and 7:36 PM on May 4, 2025 from the Fruit Street Sitting Area in Brooklyn Heights (NYC). This is between the Brooklyn Heights Promenade and the long hill leading down to DUMBO and Brooklyn Bridge Park. As you can see, it was very foggy that evening and the fog obscured the Manhattan Skyline. In the bottom-right corner of the second photo you can see a wooden bridge which leads down to Brooklyn Bridge Park.

Article:
https://thenewleafjournal.com/foggy-manhattan-skyline-may-4-2025/

Tags:
#NYC #Brooklyn #BrooklynHeights #Manhattan #ManhattanSkyline #FreedomTower #BrooklynBridgePark #EastRiver #Clouds #Fog #TheNewLeafJournal #NewLeafJournal

I saw a discarded dry Christmas Tree on a Williamsburg, Brooklyn (NYC) sidewalk. You may be wondering why I stopped to take a photo. Reason: The day was May 4, 2025.

Article:
https://thenewleafjournal.com/williamsburg-christmas-tree-in-may-2025/

2021 PF post on same topic:
https://pixelfed.social/p/nafnlj/293021709823512576

Tags:
#NYC #Brooklyn #Williamsburg #ChristmasTree #Tree #TreePit #Rain #GooglePixel6a #GrapheneOS #TheNewLeafJournal #NewLeafJournal

I first saw a BLOB DYLAN tag in Bushwick, Brooklyn, in January 2021. That launched me on a journey toward becoming one of the internet's leading BLOB DYLAN scholars (or so I tell myself). Despite my research on the matter of BLOB, I never saw a BLOB DYLAN tag in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, which is one of his stomping grounds (or so I hear). However, that all changed on the afternoon of May 4, 2025. I present to you a BLOB DYLAN tag seen on Roebling Street.

(Note: There are a few other BLOB DYLAN photos in my Pixelfed collection if you scroll for them.)

Article:
https://thenewleafjournal.com/blob-dylan-seen-in-williamsburg-may-2025/

Tags:
#NYC #Brooklyn #Williamsburg #BLOBDYLAN #Graffiti #TreePit #Garbage #Trash #Rain #GooglePixel6a #GrapheneOS #NewLeafJournal #TheNewLeafJournal

A vintage Dunkin' DONUTS napkin from before Dunkin' Donuts went soft and dropped the donuts. I took this photo in 2025 but I probably obtained the napkin in 2017 or 18.
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Article: https://thenewleafjournal.com/dunkin-donuts-are-not-all-the-same/
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Tags: #DunkinDonuts #Dunkin #Napkin #Counter #GooglePixel6a #GrapheneOS #NewLeafJournal #TheNewLeafJournal

Seen on Cambridge Place in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn (New York City)... a zebra... on a home. I will hold off on asking about asking about the disco ball until we get to the bottom of the zebra situation. I took this photo with the GrapheneOS camera app on my Google Pixel 6a on March 27, 2025.
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Article: https://thenewleafjournal.com/portico-zebra-on-cambridge-place-in-clinton-hill/
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Tags: #NYC #Brooklyn #ClintonHill #House #Zebra #DiscoBall #GooglePixel6a #GrapheneOS #NewLeafJournal #TheNewLeafJournal

I was walking in the Brooklyn NYC neighborhood of Carroll Gardens on January 11, 2025. Something from across the street caught my attention. I approached and saw that it was a courageous, slightly past-its-prime decorative pumpkin in an orange knit hat sitting atop a definitely past-its-prime pumpkin, standing athwart the winter elements.

Article:
https://thenewleafjournal.com/brave-pumpkin-in-a-hat/

Tags:
#NYC #Brooklyn #CarrollGardens #Brownstones #Yard #Ivy #Pumpkins #KnitHat #Hats #Pixel6a #GooglePixel #GrapheneOS #NewLeafJournal #TheNewLeafJournal

It is not uncommon to see free stuff left out for the taking on sidewalks in Brooklyn, New York. For example, I came across enough desks over the summer to write a whole article. What is admittedly uncommon however is to come across a "free hardly used" toilet. At least whoever left it took the time to wash it and load it onto an also-free dolly for convenience.

Article:
https://thenewleafjournal.com/free-hardly-used-toilet-seen-in-brooklyn/

Tags:
#NYC #Brooklyn #CarrollGardens #Toilet #Dolly #Sidewalk #FreeStuff #Car #GooglePixel #Pixel6a #GrapheneOS #TheNewLeafJournal #NewLeafJournal