Stasia
@stasiabrew.bsky.social
Food & drinks writer, PR/marcom. 🌈🎨🍪🍻🚲🌷
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The total number of pedestrians killed on Connecticut’s roads this year is actually one more than in the article. There was a death in July that never got reported by news.
A recap of what happened on Connecticut's roads in August; or, how to make e-bikes safer:
www.realhartford.org/2025/09/15/s...
www.realhartford.org/2025/09/15/s...
September 16, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The total number of pedestrians killed on Connecticut’s roads this year is actually one more than in the article. There was a death in July that never got reported by news.
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@stasiabrew.bsky.social and her companions find camaraderie and joy on a dismal, drizzling Sunday in Germany.
August 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
@stasiabrew.bsky.social and her companions find camaraderie and joy on a dismal, drizzling Sunday in Germany.
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If North Carolina can do it, any state can do it.
🚨The North Carolina Legislature voted unanimously (107 to 0) to ban minimum parking requirements in new developments statewide.
June 26, 2025 at 4:23 AM
If North Carolina can do it, any state can do it.
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The veto of HB5002 a 🧵1/ a lot
If only we gathered a group of municipal leaders and both sides of the aisle, and advocates and listened to experts . . . Spent six months on the Majority Leader’s Round Table learning how best to move forward in the 2nd most constrained housing market in the country.
If only we gathered a group of municipal leaders and both sides of the aisle, and advocates and listened to experts . . . Spent six months on the Majority Leader’s Round Table learning how best to move forward in the 2nd most constrained housing market in the country.
June 23, 2025 at 7:11 PM
The veto of HB5002 a 🧵1/ a lot
If only we gathered a group of municipal leaders and both sides of the aisle, and advocates and listened to experts . . . Spent six months on the Majority Leader’s Round Table learning how best to move forward in the 2nd most constrained housing market in the country.
If only we gathered a group of municipal leaders and both sides of the aisle, and advocates and listened to experts . . . Spent six months on the Majority Leader’s Round Table learning how best to move forward in the 2nd most constrained housing market in the country.
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Inject the phrase “we need bollards, we need to replace these flex delineators” straight into my veins 🩼🩼🩼
Zohran's right. flex posts need to go the way of Andrew Cuomo's career
"we need bollards, we need to replace these flex delineators... there are New Yorkers who do not bike because they're afraid of their safety... we need to further protect our already protected bike lanes."
"we need bollards, we need to replace these flex delineators... there are New Yorkers who do not bike because they're afraid of their safety... we need to further protect our already protected bike lanes."
June 26, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Inject the phrase “we need bollards, we need to replace these flex delineators” straight into my veins 🩼🩼🩼
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Tons of great articles here from @stasiabrew.bsky.social, @meganululani.bsky.social, @amethystheels.bsky.social, @sip-and-savor.bsky.social, @ashcroach.bsky.social, @melindag.bsky.social, & others. www.beantobarstool.com/shop/p/final...
June 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Tons of great articles here from @stasiabrew.bsky.social, @meganululani.bsky.social, @amethystheels.bsky.social, @sip-and-savor.bsky.social, @ashcroach.bsky.social, @melindag.bsky.social, & others. www.beantobarstool.com/shop/p/final...
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When I brought up the fact that fed / state agents were using Flock to target immigrants in my interview with incumbent Richmond Commonwealth’s Attorney Colette McEachin (a booster of RPD’s use of the system) last month she didn’t seem to grasp the reality of the situation or its grim implications.
The Florida Highway Patrol has been conducting hundreds of searches using Flock’s automated license plate reader network for immigration enforcement purposes.
Florida troopers tapped surveillance network for immigration searches
Florida Highway Patrol has tapped into a vast private surveillance network — performing hundreds of searches for license plates scanned by cameras controlled by the controversial surveillance compa…
www.orlandosentinel.com
June 15, 2025 at 11:15 PM
When I brought up the fact that fed / state agents were using Flock to target immigrants in my interview with incumbent Richmond Commonwealth’s Attorney Colette McEachin (a booster of RPD’s use of the system) last month she didn’t seem to grasp the reality of the situation or its grim implications.
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Just to put it in perspective: Trump’s birthday parade drew about 8,600 people. Meanwhile, Connecticut held 30 rallies, and over 10,000 showed up in Hartford alone. Donald Trump got ratioed by Hartford, Connecticut. On his birthday.
June 15, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Just to put it in perspective: Trump’s birthday parade drew about 8,600 people. Meanwhile, Connecticut held 30 rallies, and over 10,000 showed up in Hartford alone. Donald Trump got ratioed by Hartford, Connecticut. On his birthday.
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What if - and I'm just spitballing here - we designed park benches to actually be comfortable to sit on.
June 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
What if - and I'm just spitballing here - we designed park benches to actually be comfortable to sit on.
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this story was crazier than I thought: Lamont wants massive higher ed cuts *to pay for wage increases to other state employees*. he wants us all fighting each other for scraps. Lamont is so disgusting. www.ctinsider.com/politics/art...
Lamont, CT Democrats at budget impasse after neither side budgeted for nursing home wage increases
A nursing home strike settlement no one budgeted for is threatening budget talks between Gov. Ned Lamont and state legislators.
www.ctinsider.com
May 31, 2025 at 12:13 AM
this story was crazier than I thought: Lamont wants massive higher ed cuts *to pay for wage increases to other state employees*. he wants us all fighting each other for scraps. Lamont is so disgusting. www.ctinsider.com/politics/art...
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Dunno but Lamont's proposed public higher ed cuts, as the feds slash existing funding (federal research grants, international students) & limit student loans, seems like a bad idea for state econ development, but what do I know, I'm just someone with <<checks notes>> a PhD in economic development.
May 29, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Dunno but Lamont's proposed public higher ed cuts, as the feds slash existing funding (federal research grants, international students) & limit student loans, seems like a bad idea for state econ development, but what do I know, I'm just someone with <<checks notes>> a PhD in economic development.
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good piece on Ned Lamont and his passion for decontextualized data to justify resource hoarding rather than spending for an equitable Connecticut. www.ctinsider.com/news/educati...
Gov. Lamont says CT spends more on education than any state. The reality is more complicated
Connecticut spends plenty on schools, but little of that money comes from the state, and the result is sharp disparities from one district to the next.
www.ctinsider.com
June 1, 2025 at 1:42 PM
good piece on Ned Lamont and his passion for decontextualized data to justify resource hoarding rather than spending for an equitable Connecticut. www.ctinsider.com/news/educati...
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💯💯💯 this!!! I cannot emphasize enough that literally ZERO swing voters will know or care about this.
End this absurd “tradition” and either pass good bills or vote bad ones down.
ctmirror.org/2025/05/30/c...
End this absurd “tradition” and either pass good bills or vote bad ones down.
ctmirror.org/2025/05/30/c...
CT lawmakers choose compromise over progress, killing meaningful legislation
Lawmakers' culture of compromise and unlimited debate is killing necessary progress-– and CT residents are the ones suffering the costs.
ctmirror.org
May 30, 2025 at 11:44 AM
💯💯💯 this!!! I cannot emphasize enough that literally ZERO swing voters will know or care about this.
End this absurd “tradition” and either pass good bills or vote bad ones down.
ctmirror.org/2025/05/30/c...
End this absurd “tradition” and either pass good bills or vote bad ones down.
ctmirror.org/2025/05/30/c...
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Rank-and-file drinkers may not know this—hell, I didn't, until a few years ago, and I cover the beer industry for a living—but the USDA has a long-running public hops development program (as opposed to the proprietary varietals that have lately been popular.) Its newest release has insiders buzzing.
Hop Notes 24: Meet Vera
Expert analysis to help you make better hop decisions.
ericrsannerud.substack.com
May 29, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Rank-and-file drinkers may not know this—hell, I didn't, until a few years ago, and I cover the beer industry for a living—but the USDA has a long-running public hops development program (as opposed to the proprietary varietals that have lately been popular.) Its newest release has insiders buzzing.
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You never heard about this death because the driver remained on the scene.
If reporters expressed as much outrage over the lack of sidewalks and crosswalks near a boarding school as they do over “hit and run drivers,” we’d have any sense of reality.
If reporters expressed as much outrage over the lack of sidewalks and crosswalks near a boarding school as they do over “hit and run drivers,” we’d have any sense of reality.
May 28, 2025 at 10:53 AM
You never heard about this death because the driver remained on the scene.
If reporters expressed as much outrage over the lack of sidewalks and crosswalks near a boarding school as they do over “hit and run drivers,” we’d have any sense of reality.
If reporters expressed as much outrage over the lack of sidewalks and crosswalks near a boarding school as they do over “hit and run drivers,” we’d have any sense of reality.
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Last year a driver hit a child in Suffield. Because reporters have short attention spans, they never bothered to share that the 15-yr old died a few weeks later. He was the classmate of a friend’s son.
May 28, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Last year a driver hit a child in Suffield. Because reporters have short attention spans, they never bothered to share that the 15-yr old died a few weeks later. He was the classmate of a friend’s son.
Boston drivers ARE constantly hitting each other/other people.
In Boston, people are 130% more likely to be involved in a car crash than the national average — which is already significantly higher than in most countries (although not higher than Thailand).
In Boston, people are 130% more likely to be involved in a car crash than the national average — which is already significantly higher than in most countries (although not higher than Thailand).
May 28, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Boston drivers ARE constantly hitting each other/other people.
In Boston, people are 130% more likely to be involved in a car crash than the national average — which is already significantly higher than in most countries (although not higher than Thailand).
In Boston, people are 130% more likely to be involved in a car crash than the national average — which is already significantly higher than in most countries (although not higher than Thailand).
“All journalists in Connecticut, both at Hearst Connecticut Media Group and outside of it, should earn a living wage to keep doing the vital work of serving our audiences and communities.”
“Good unions make for good journalism, and good journalism is a foundation of a free and open society.”
More on our historic vote HERE:
newsguild.org/in-landslide...
More on our historic vote HERE:
newsguild.org/in-landslide...
In landslide election, Hearst journalists vote to unionize and demand company begin bargaining immediately | The NewsGuild - TNG-CWA
Hearst workers at Connecticut’s largest print/digital news organization have voted overwhelmingly to form a union with The NewsGuild-CWA.
newsguild.org
May 22, 2025 at 10:15 PM
“All journalists in Connecticut, both at Hearst Connecticut Media Group and outside of it, should earn a living wage to keep doing the vital work of serving our audiences and communities.”
“If human choices create inequality, then they can also alleviate it[…] Higher taxes on wealthy residents and corporations, greater investment in education and social services, housing policies that make the state more affordable, greater sharing of services between rich communities and poor ones.”
This week we publish something I've worked on a long time: a five-part series on inequality in Connecticut.
CT is known for wealth, but anyone living here knows that's only half the story.
Today's part explains what makes our state the nation's inequality capital.
www.ctinsider.com/news/article...
CT is known for wealth, but anyone living here knows that's only half the story.
Today's part explains what makes our state the nation's inequality capital.
www.ctinsider.com/news/article...
Two Connecticuts: How gaps between rich and poor define life in CT
Few places in the United States have inequality quite like Connecticut’s, where extreme wealth and extreme struggle coexist in startling proximity.
www.ctinsider.com
May 19, 2025 at 7:04 PM
“If human choices create inequality, then they can also alleviate it[…] Higher taxes on wealthy residents and corporations, greater investment in education and social services, housing policies that make the state more affordable, greater sharing of services between rich communities and poor ones.”
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I love the @ctmirror.org weekly local politics newsletter, get to find out about little bits like the fact free bus passes for HS Students has made it into the 2-year budget proposal from the appropriations committee
HUGE NEWS!!!
(@stasiabrew.bsky.social 🚌)
HUGE NEWS!!!
(@stasiabrew.bsky.social 🚌)
![🚌 FREE BUS FARE FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
The $55.7 billion two-year budget adopted by the legislature’s Appropriations Committee this week includes $3 million in both fiscal years 2026 and 2027 to provide free bus fare for high school students. The Transportation Committee also passed a separate measure to provide discounted and free bus rides to high school students as well as veterans. That proposal, which is not included in the version of the budget passed by the Appropriations Committee, requires the Department of Transportation to create a program allowing certain high school students to ride buses for free or discounted fares, as well as free bus fare to veterans.
“The [Transportation Committee] proposal is a recognition that these are two important groups of public transit riders and we need to support efforts to get them connected to places of work, education, recreation and home," said Sen. Christine Cohen, D-Guilford, co-chair of the Transportation Committee. "I think the Appropriations package takes a significant step in supporting this effort.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yaiik2nym7ufxqhl2hp5zn3b/bafkreia7draybxzdtqluxni4hnooer6n37htotu6j4s2t33u5cj37nams4@jpeg)
April 28, 2025 at 11:21 AM
I love the @ctmirror.org weekly local politics newsletter, get to find out about little bits like the fact free bus passes for HS Students has made it into the 2-year budget proposal from the appropriations committee
HUGE NEWS!!!
(@stasiabrew.bsky.social 🚌)
HUGE NEWS!!!
(@stasiabrew.bsky.social 🚌)
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America is really just 435,000 parking lots in a trench coat
April 11, 2025 at 9:17 PM
America is really just 435,000 parking lots in a trench coat
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No, we cannot switch to domestically-grown tea. Thank you to the few well-meaning few folks who have suggested we avoid 54% Chinese import tariffs by sourcing US-grown tea instead.
1️⃣ Commodity-volume tea of the variety and complexity of heritage growing regions simply does not exist here.
1️⃣ Commodity-volume tea of the variety and complexity of heritage growing regions simply does not exist here.
April 4, 2025 at 2:20 AM
No, we cannot switch to domestically-grown tea. Thank you to the few well-meaning few folks who have suggested we avoid 54% Chinese import tariffs by sourcing US-grown tea instead.
1️⃣ Commodity-volume tea of the variety and complexity of heritage growing regions simply does not exist here.
1️⃣ Commodity-volume tea of the variety and complexity of heritage growing regions simply does not exist here.
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One more awareness campaign, bro
For the love of god I’m begging DOT to STOP THESE USELESS “CAMPAIGNS” WE BUILT A STATE OF DANGEROUS FAST ROADS AND THIS IS THE RESULT
www.ctpost.com/news/article...
For the love of god I’m begging DOT to STOP THESE USELESS “CAMPAIGNS” WE BUILT A STATE OF DANGEROUS FAST ROADS AND THIS IS THE RESULT
www.ctpost.com/news/article...
CT DOT launches new Distracted Driving Awareness Month campaign: 'Every distraction is a beast'
The Connecticut Department of Transportation said a new campaign, "Distracted Driving is a Beast," is to remind motorists to keep the roads safe.
www.ctpost.com
April 2, 2025 at 9:09 PM
One more awareness campaign, bro
For the love of god I’m begging DOT to STOP THESE USELESS “CAMPAIGNS” WE BUILT A STATE OF DANGEROUS FAST ROADS AND THIS IS THE RESULT
www.ctpost.com/news/article...
For the love of god I’m begging DOT to STOP THESE USELESS “CAMPAIGNS” WE BUILT A STATE OF DANGEROUS FAST ROADS AND THIS IS THE RESULT
www.ctpost.com/news/article...
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“H.B. 7061 would end outdated requirements to prioritize excessive car infrastructure over the creation of needed homes, businesses, and vibrant places.”
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Fantastic joint piece from @dpherriges.bsky.social and @sarabronin.bsky.social
ctmirror.org/2025/04/03/p...
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Fantastic joint piece from @dpherriges.bsky.social and @sarabronin.bsky.social
ctmirror.org/2025/04/03/p...
Opinion: Parking reform offers many benefits for CT communities
Government should not require developers to build parking spaces that will sit empty and drive up costs.
ctmirror.org
April 3, 2025 at 12:03 PM
“H.B. 7061 would end outdated requirements to prioritize excessive car infrastructure over the creation of needed homes, businesses, and vibrant places.”
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Fantastic joint piece from @dpherriges.bsky.social and @sarabronin.bsky.social
ctmirror.org/2025/04/03/p...
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Fantastic joint piece from @dpherriges.bsky.social and @sarabronin.bsky.social
ctmirror.org/2025/04/03/p...