Brian PJ Cronin
@brianpjcronin.bsky.social
Environmental Reporter for The Highlands Current: An award-winning, non-profit, independent newspaper in New York's Hudson Valley. (https://highlandscurrent.org/author/bcronin/) Also teaching journalism at Marist University. He/Him.
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Presumably a mistaken suspension of a journalist who is a very anodyne poster over here, @aaron.bsky.team and co. What's the best way to reach the team who can look into it?
In a rare case of Substack notes usefulness, I just learned that Sarah Kendzior (author of They Knew and a brilliant writer) got bounced from Bluesky. What the hell? new @sarahkendzior.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Presumably a mistaken suspension of a journalist who is a very anodyne poster over here, @aaron.bsky.team and co. What's the best way to reach the team who can look into it?
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Okay sorry I just want to say that it's a pretty clear sign both of how devastated the media landscape is and how hard it has especially hit women that we are not INUNDATED with cool writing at every single outlet about Silksong and WOMEN
November 11, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Okay sorry I just want to say that it's a pretty clear sign both of how devastated the media landscape is and how hard it has especially hit women that we are not INUNDATED with cool writing at every single outlet about Silksong and WOMEN
TIRED: Getting Chotinered
WIRED: Getting Oated
WIRED: Getting Oated
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 3:14 AM
TIRED: Getting Chotinered
WIRED: Getting Oated
WIRED: Getting Oated
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The Post (me and @kcrowebasspro.bsky.social) analyzed the social media posts and appearances of prominent politicians across the country.
We found that no one is talking about climate change anymore. In 2025, mentions are 60% lower than in 2024.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
We found that no one is talking about climate change anymore. In 2025, mentions are 60% lower than in 2024.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
November 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The Post (me and @kcrowebasspro.bsky.social) analyzed the social media posts and appearances of prominent politicians across the country.
We found that no one is talking about climate change anymore. In 2025, mentions are 60% lower than in 2024.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
We found that no one is talking about climate change anymore. In 2025, mentions are 60% lower than in 2024.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Look, America voted for this because Americans love panic stockpiling basic necessities and they love it when the thing they have to panic stockpile is constantly changing. Elite democrats need to get out of their bubbles and recognize America's deep love of absolutely losing it at the grocery store
Trump trade war costs US Italian pasta: “Exporters say import and antidumping duties totaling 107% on their pasta brands will make doing business in America too costly and are preparing to pull out of U.S. stores as soon as January.” Via WSJ
Italian Pasta Is Poised to Disappear From American Grocery Shelves — The Wall Street Journal
Trump administration is set to impose duties of 107% on Italian pasta imports, among most punitive of tariffs it has levied
apple.news
November 10, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Look, America voted for this because Americans love panic stockpiling basic necessities and they love it when the thing they have to panic stockpile is constantly changing. Elite democrats need to get out of their bubbles and recognize America's deep love of absolutely losing it at the grocery store
Meanwhile Facebook keeps showing me classic Calvin & Hobbes strips but redrawn by AI so that they look terrible and the wrong characters are saying the wrong lines which means the strips don't even make sense now and my god every day feels like being kicked in the head by a mule
November 10, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Meanwhile Facebook keeps showing me classic Calvin & Hobbes strips but redrawn by AI so that they look terrible and the wrong characters are saying the wrong lines which means the strips don't even make sense now and my god every day feels like being kicked in the head by a mule
Looking forward to a political era in which I do not have to use the word “craven” every day.
November 10, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Looking forward to a political era in which I do not have to use the word “craven” every day.
Hamburglar would have held out for increasing SNAP benefits, not just restoring them
At this point, it’s clear that the Hamburglar, Dr Evil, and Sideshow Bob are advising Chuck Schumer.
November 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Hamburglar would have held out for increasing SNAP benefits, not just restoring them
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I’ve said it before but news outlets worry a lot about looking biased and not enough about looking phony.
Why should people trust you if you won’t say what they can see plain as day?
Why should people trust you if you won’t say what they can see plain as day?
"Appearing to close his eyes"
November 9, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I’ve said it before but news outlets worry a lot about looking biased and not enough about looking phony.
Why should people trust you if you won’t say what they can see plain as day?
Why should people trust you if you won’t say what they can see plain as day?
You want me to get into an argument? On the computer? The thing from Wargames?!?!?
November 9, 2025 at 9:03 PM
You want me to get into an argument? On the computer? The thing from Wargames?!?!?
I know there’s a lot of talk on here about who should eventually get sent to Nuremberg but it’s becoming increasingly clear that we should set aside a courtroom for whoever was behind legalizing gambling on sports.
November 9, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I know there’s a lot of talk on here about who should eventually get sent to Nuremberg but it’s becoming increasingly clear that we should set aside a courtroom for whoever was behind legalizing gambling on sports.
I’m not mad, don’t put in the paper that Joyce Carol Oates made me mad.
November 9, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I’m not mad, don’t put in the paper that Joyce Carol Oates made me mad.
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Breaking news per Jeff Passan: “Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz have been indicted by prosecutors in Brooklyn on a host of charges related to a scheme to rig bets on pitches thrown in MLB games. Ortiz was arrested in Boston earlier today. Clase is not currently in custody”
November 9, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Breaking news per Jeff Passan: “Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz have been indicted by prosecutors in Brooklyn on a host of charges related to a scheme to rig bets on pitches thrown in MLB games. Ortiz was arrested in Boston earlier today. Clase is not currently in custody”
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This is an absolutely insane administrative process. Within the space of a week, states were told by judges/White House
*no SNAP benefits
*half benefits
*full benefits
*pause provision of benefits.
Result is chaos, uncertainty, and uneven access to benefits depending on where people live.
*no SNAP benefits
*half benefits
*full benefits
*pause provision of benefits.
Result is chaos, uncertainty, and uneven access to benefits depending on where people live.
NEW: The Trump admin told states it must immediately "undo" the work to provide full food stamp benefits, or face penalties. The feds sent this in a late-night memo, only adding to the chaos and confusion around SNAP. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/b...
Trump Administration Demands States ‘Undo’ Work to Send Full Food Stamps
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:34 PM
This is an absolutely insane administrative process. Within the space of a week, states were told by judges/White House
*no SNAP benefits
*half benefits
*full benefits
*pause provision of benefits.
Result is chaos, uncertainty, and uneven access to benefits depending on where people live.
*no SNAP benefits
*half benefits
*full benefits
*pause provision of benefits.
Result is chaos, uncertainty, and uneven access to benefits depending on where people live.
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wrote this a week ago and feel very strongly that there is just going to be a lot of pain any way you slice this. and i feel like the societal backlash might be genuinely surprising
November 9, 2025 at 2:34 AM
wrote this a week ago and feel very strongly that there is just going to be a lot of pain any way you slice this. and i feel like the societal backlash might be genuinely surprising
“Imagine campaigns that celebrate collective competence: communities building microgrids; tribal nations restoring rivers; homeowners installing heat pumps not to signal virtue but to save money and regain control.”
Appreciate @lennecefer.bsky.social dropping cold, hard truths here.
Appreciate @lennecefer.bsky.social dropping cold, hard truths here.
Environmentalism Is Out of Ideas
Petitions. Lawsuits. Press releases. The movement that once built the EPA is managing its own decline. To make the environment matter again by 2028, we need risk, speed, and imagination.
open.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:21 PM
“Imagine campaigns that celebrate collective competence: communities building microgrids; tribal nations restoring rivers; homeowners installing heat pumps not to signal virtue but to save money and regain control.”
Appreciate @lennecefer.bsky.social dropping cold, hard truths here.
Appreciate @lennecefer.bsky.social dropping cold, hard truths here.
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What we’ve heard after a day of reporting is that some states couldn’t complete benefit payments, and some SNAP recipients could not use their cards.
The Trump admin continues to block food stamp aid
The Trump admin continues to block food stamp aid
NEW: Millions of Americans on food stamps found themselves in limbo Saturday, after the intervention of the Supreme Court. The order froze states' efforts to provision full benefits, and in many parts of the country, there was a severe lack of info about what's next www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/u...
Families in Limbo After Supreme Court Order Interrupts Food Stamp Payments
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:39 PM
What we’ve heard after a day of reporting is that some states couldn’t complete benefit payments, and some SNAP recipients could not use their cards.
The Trump admin continues to block food stamp aid
The Trump admin continues to block food stamp aid
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latino voters swinging 60 points against trump is really something
Passaic County precinct analysis shows strong correlation between % Latino and swing
Some Latino Trump voters switched to Democrats, but swing also due to compositional change
Latino communities saw more churn in electorate — it looks like many Trump voters stayed home, and new voters broke D
2/3
Some Latino Trump voters switched to Democrats, but swing also due to compositional change
Latino communities saw more churn in electorate — it looks like many Trump voters stayed home, and new voters broke D
2/3
November 8, 2025 at 1:10 AM
latino voters swinging 60 points against trump is really something
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The current U.S. government made solar power more expensive and added more red tape to get solar power built. Your electricity will now be more unreliable and more expensive for at least several years.
any policies that impede the uptake of solar impede resilience
"Rooftop solar is spreading fast in Jamaica, and people with panels got their power back almost immediately. The ‘entire neighborhood benefits,’ one resident said."
November 8, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The current U.S. government made solar power more expensive and added more red tape to get solar power built. Your electricity will now be more unreliable and more expensive for at least several years.
Probably because he knows the crappiest Shop Rite in New Jersey is still a thousand times better than Gristedes
Big Apple billionaire John Catsimatidis planned to move his business to New Jersey if Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor. Now he’s reconsidering.
Supermarket Billionaire Reacts To Mamdani’s Win
Big Apple billionaire John Catsimatidis planned to move his business to New Jersey if Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor. Now he’s reconsidering.
www.forbes.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Probably because he knows the crappiest Shop Rite in New Jersey is still a thousand times better than Gristedes
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This is the correct explanation of what happened tonight👇
KBJ threaded the needle thanks to CA1’s unfinished business.
-if she denied the admin stay, the full SCOTUS woulda stepped in to override her.
-if she immediately referred the case to the full Court, they coulda dragged feet.
-instead she boxed them in to act quickly once she does refer the case.
-if she denied the admin stay, the full SCOTUS woulda stepped in to override her.
-if she immediately referred the case to the full Court, they coulda dragged feet.
-instead she boxed them in to act quickly once she does refer the case.
November 8, 2025 at 3:35 AM
This is the correct explanation of what happened tonight👇
The is the greatest victory for a group of frogs since the Battle of Hastings
A federal judge Friday issued a permanent injunction barring President Donald Trump from deploying National Guard troops from any state to Oregon, finding the president exceeded his authority.
www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
November 8, 2025 at 1:50 AM
The is the greatest victory for a group of frogs since the Battle of Hastings
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This is so much funnier now LOL
November 8, 2025 at 12:53 AM
This is so much funnier now LOL