#brooklyn-ny — Public Fediverse posts
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_wrks and Dr. MistaLow – Emissary
#Brooklyn #BrooklynNY #CollaborativeAlbum #HipHop #HipHopRap #InstrumentalHipHop #Rap #TorontoON #chillout #jazzy #oldsamples #NewYork
CC BY-NC-ND (#CreativeCommons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives) #ccmusic
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Ashes to ashes, corpse to #compost: #GreenWoodCemetery to offer ‘human composting’ starting in 2027
By Kirstyn Brendlen
"In pursuit of a more eco-friendly future, Green-Wood #Cemetery is going back to basics.
"Starting next year, the storied cemetery will offer a new burial option: 'natural organic reduction,' also known as human composting.
"The process is fairly similar to run-of-the-mill composting. Bodies are sealed in specialized 'pods' on a bed of hay, straw and alfalfa. The pods — designed to regulate moisture and airflow — rock gently back and forth to help speed decomposition.
"After just 40 days, the contents of the pod break down into roughly 160 pounds of nutrient-dense soil, which will be used to support Green-Wood’s many plants and trees. "
Learn more:
https://www.brooklynpaper.com/green-wood-cemetery-human-composting/#SolarPunkSunday #GreenBurial #HumanComposting #NYC #BrooklynNY #CompostingHumanRemains
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Remembering Big $exy – One Year Later, Celebrating the Life of Big $exy (Warren “Tony” Bruce)
It has been one year since the passing of my oldest brother, Warren Anthony Bruce — who most people knew simply as Tony. To me, he was more than a brother. He was my best friend. As we mark this anniversary, I’ve been reflecting on a life that was bigger than most people ever truly understood. Depending on where you met him, you might have known him by a different name — Tony, Warren, or Big $exy — but no matter what you called him, you knew his presence was unforgettable.
Tony’s story begins in the 1980s in New York City. In all five boroughs — Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, the Bronx, and Staten Island — he was known for break dancing. Crews from across the city would come to Flatbush just to battle him. That era of hip-hop culture, street competition, and raw talent defined a generation, and my brother was right in the middle of it. He wasn’t just participating — he was a name people traveled to see. In a time when respect was earned on the dance floor, Tony earned his.
By the 1990s, he had entered what I call his “nightclub head” phase. He was outside — at the parties, at the events, everywhere the energy was alive. Brooklyn nights, city lights, music blasting — that was his environment. He knew people in every borough, and every borough seemed to know him. Tony had that rare ability to move between circles and still remain authentic.
In the early 2000s, he transitioned into working nightlife from a different angle. He began bouncing at clubs and festivals across the country. The funny part? The family didn’t even fully know. All I knew was that he worked clubs and summer festivals, traveling city to city. He moved quietly but confidently, building relationships and experiences we only later began to understand.
Somewhere along the journey, he became known as Big $exy. I remember who gave him that name — a good friend — and it stuck. That name followed him into his music phase, when things began shifting in a major way. Suddenly, he wasn’t just known locally. He was traveling the world, performing, connecting, and expanding his reach. His career in music started gaining momentum, and the same charisma that made him a legend in Flatbush translated onto stages across the globe.
What’s always made me smile is how your location determined what you called my brother. Family called him Tony. Flatbush friends called him Tony. The North Side of Brooklyn? Warren. Staten Island? Warren. The music world? Big $exy — or Warren. Each name represented a different chapter, a different circle, a different version of the same incredible man. And he carried all of them with pride.
My brother was a great guy with a lot of friends in a lot of places. He built connections everywhere he went — through dance, nightlife, music, travel, and pure personality. He had layers, stories, and experiences that were bigger than most people ever realized. As we celebrate his life one year later, we don’t just mourn his absence — we honor the impact he made.
Tony, Warren, Big $exy — whatever name you knew him by — his legacy lives on in every memory, every story, and every person whose life he touched. He is deeply missed, but he will never be forgotten.
Enjoy a Tribute Video Created by his Friends.
#BigExy #BrooklynLegacy #BrooklynNightlife1990s #BrooklynNY #CelebratingHisLife #FamilyTribute #Flatbush #HipHopCulture1980s #InLovingMemory #MusicJourney #News #NYCBreakdancing #RememberingTony #TonyBruce #WarrenAnthonyBruce
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Dr. MistaLow – Biter's Delight 6
#BrooklynNY #HipHopRap #InstrumentalHipHop #beats #chillout #delightful #jazzy #jazzyhiphop #oldsamples #NewYork
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Great new catchy, brief, punchy EP by Brooklyn garage punks DR. DENCE. Almost has an Aussie pub rock feel, but like, yknow, in New York. It rips. Four great, fast, fuzzy songs.
https://doctoredtapes.bandcamp.com/album/sick-dumb-spam
#punk #NowPlaying #PunkRock #garage #GarageRock #GaragePunk #DrDence #Brooklyn #BrooklynNY #NewYork #NYC #BrooklynBands #NewYorkBands #BrooklynPunk #NewYorkPunk @Defiance @brian @alabut
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#OTD (Dec. 25) in the #history of organized crime.
#MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory #NewOrleans #YoungstownOH #ProvidenceRI #BrooklynNY #Texas #LasVegas #Chicago #ButnerNC
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#OTD (Dec 14) in 1922, at the intersection of Hanover and Union streets in #Boston MA, Albert #Bruno fatally shoots #BrooklynNY gangster Annabile #Stilo.
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#BrooklynNY to #PlymouthMA - Thursday, November 27
#NationalDayOfMourningBus leaves @ 6am
Location: Flanbwayan
3116 Clarendon Rd.
(Bet. E. 31st & E. 32nd)
#BrooklynNY 11226
Bus fee $50
(#2 or 5 train to Beverly)FMI - https://www.uaine.org/2025_ndom/NDOM%20Orientation%202025.pdf
#UnitedAmericanIndiansOfNewEngland #UAINE #PlymouthMassachusetts #ClimateJustice #DayOfMourning #NoDAPL #LandBack
#DefendTheSacred #MMIWG #NoPipelines #LeaveItInTheGround #HumanRightsAreNeverWrong #LoveYourMotherEarth #ResistWhiteSupremacy #CorporateColonialism #Capitalism
#NativeAmericanActivism #DayOfMourning #Solidarity #WeWillContinue #PlymouthRock
#Wampanoag #FrankJames #FrankWamsuttaJames
#SettlerColonialism #IndigenousHistory
#AmericanHistory #Mayflower
#ThanksgivingMyth #InTheSpiritOfMetacom #LGBTQ #TwoSpirits #MMIWG #LandBack #Resistance #ProtectMotherEarth #FreePalestine #CorporateColonialism #Capitalism #NoMiningWithoutConsent #ColonialismIsACrime #IndigenousResistance #DefendTheSacred #ManifestDestiny -
Untitled painting calls to mind #Irish-American bootleggers (Part 1).
Danny #Walsh of #RhodeIsland and Vannie #Higgins of #BrooklynNY are best remembered for their dramatic exits in the closing days of #Prohibition.
A new article on the MobHistory Substack.
https://mobhistory.substack.com/p/painting-calls-to-mind-irish-american?r=12oapz
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CW: Historic Brooklyn gangland murder
#OTD (Nov 08) in 1918, children playing in #BrooklynNY find the body of murder victim Gaspare Candella in a discarded barrel.
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#OTD (Nov 02) in 1949, Gioacchino "Jack" #Parisi is returned under police guard from northeast #Pennsylvania to #BrooklynNY to be charged with the murder of labor official Morris Diamond.
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All part of the fun
Lauren Altman’s approach to #art and #fashion has both creativity and inclusiveness at heart. Jack Yan interviews herhttps://lucire.com/2025/0318fe0.shtml #mode #FashionDesigner #interview #moda #BrooklynNY #USA #sustainability #upcycling #SlowFashion #trend #tendances
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Dr. MistaLow – Soft Eyes EP
#BrooklynNY #DubStep #Electronic #Experimental #HipHopRap #InstrumentalHipHop #breakbeat #chillout #drumandbass #dub #electronica #jazzy #jungle #oldsamples #techno #NewYork
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Film screening:
Sun, Oct 6, 2024Part of #NYFF62 at #BAM and #BAMFilm2024
Directed by #BaselAdra, #HamdanBallal, #YuvalAbraham, #RachelSzor (2024)
"This eye-opening, vérité-style documentary, made by a #Palestinian-#Israeli collective of four directors over the course of five years, provides a harrowing account of the systematic onslaught of destruction experienced by Masafer Yatta, a group of Palestinian villages in the southern West Bank, at the hands of the Israeli military. Headed by Palestinian activist Basel Adra and Israeli journalist Yuval Abraham (also two of the film’s directors), the collective commits itself to filming and protesting the demolitions of homes and schools and the resulting displacement of their inhabitants, which were carried out to make way for Israeli military training ground. In addition to the indelible footage of destruction and expulsion captured by its undaunted witnesses, No Other Land serves as a moving portrait of friendship between Adra and Abraham, who form a philosophical and political alliance despite the drastic differences in their abilities to exist freely in this world. Winner of the Panorama Audience Award for Best Documentary Film at the 2024 Berlinale."
https://www.bam.org/film/2024/nyff-no-other-land
#BrooklynNY #WestBank #Palestine #CeasefireNow #FreePalestine #Film
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Blixworld is hosting their summer Festival this Sunday at 4pm at Purgatory in Brooklyn! Food, vendors, music, and raffles in support of the Chaos Computer Collective.
Some of the organizers' moms have gotten together to create a fund for festival-goers who can't afford any of the delicious food on sale, so if you would like to support us please see August's venmo on the menu graphic and let them know it's for the "Mom Fund". #trans #BrooklynNY #TransPunk #TransFolks #Blixworld #BrooklynMusic
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Since I didn't include the hashtag the first time around, let me try doing this #Introduction thread again.
Hi! My name is Ethan. I live in #BrooklynNY. I’m an #English professor at The King’s College, where I teach all kinds of #writing and #literature, from #Shakespeare to Russian novels to Southern lit. Most of my published writing is about #medieval literature, namely from 14th-century England (#Chaucer, the #GawainPoet, #Wyclif, etc.). I also like to write #fiction. 1/4
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The calm before the crazy wind-chills and windstorm all over the place. Who left the freezer door open?🥶 🥶
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#thicktrunktuesday My girl is super thick she's popping outnin the sides. I love my neighborhood tree. 😊❤️ #BrooklynNY